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  • Blind spot lessons for bikers, pedestrians

    12 Kolkata: Lalbazar has asked all traffic guards to conduct special awareness sessions on blind spots for two-wheeler riders and pedestrians. Almost 28% of all road fatalities, especially those involving pedestrians and two-wheelers, are victims of blind spots, said ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    App-bike rider rams into truck at Park Circus, dies

    123 Kolkata: An app bike rider died as he crashed into a truck, was thrown to the road and was crushed under the rear wheel of the heavy goods vehicle. The accident took place at the gate of the ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Int’l call centre scam busted: 5 held, 28L seized in S Kol

    Kolkata: The Bank Fraud Section (BFS) of the Detective Department busted an international call centre scam that operated from two condos in south Kolkata, arrested five persons and seized over Rs 28 lakh, along with hardware and related equipment.The ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Wow! Momo eyes Rs 600 crore revenue from FMCG biz with new launch

    123 Kolkata: Wow! Momo, one of the leading homegrown QSR food chains, has set a revenue target of Rs 600 crore from its FMCG business in the next 5 years.The group recently entered the FMCG biz with frozen momos. ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    FADA seeks legal protection against sudden exits by auto cos

    Kolkata: The Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA), representing more than 15,000 automotive dealers across India, is lobbying with Centre and state govts for legislative protection to prevent automobile manufacturers from suddenly withdrawing from the country."We need a law ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    CESC seeks UK collab for EV charging infra in state

    Kolkata: CESC is planning to develop electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and battery storage systems for green energy in the state in the future. Vineet Sikka, managing director (distribution) of the power utility company, hinted that they may seek ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Trader takes 75.5L loan to pay crooks during 12-day digi-arrest

    12 Kolkata: A 41-year-old businessman dealing in switch gears reportedly fell victim to an organised digital arrest scam and lost Rs 75.5 lakh. The businessman, residing in the Sarsuna area of Behala, had taken the entire amount as business ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Man held for rape after false promise of marriage

    Kolkata: Police arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly engaging in sexual relations with a young woman with a false promise of marriage. Police said he met the woman at a hotel off EM Bypass on multiple occasions. Rahul Basu, ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    2-day stir may keep banks shut for 4 days

    Kolkata: A majority of the 10,000-odd branches and around 11,000 ATMs in the state may be closed for four consecutive days, from March 22 to 24, because of a two-day bank strike announced by United Forum of Bank Unions. ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    KP FIR for JU ‘Azad Kashmir’ graffiti

    123 Kolkata: Kolkata Police has filed an FIR against unknown individuals under stringent sections for allegedly putting up graffiti on ‘Azad Kashmir' and other "objectionable" posters on the walls of Jadavpur University. If convicted, the accused can face a ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Bengal gets 1st photo record of rare grass owl

    12 Kolkata/Malda: Bengal has registered its first photographic record of the rare Australasian grass owl, also known as eastern grass owl, during the Gangetic bird survey in the Farakka Important Bird Area (IBA) in Malda. State forest minister Birbaha ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    BJP MLAs won’t be given papers, says speaker after documents torn in protest

    12 Kolkata: Angry that protesting BJP legislators in the Bengal assembly were frequently tearing up papers, speaker Biman Banerjee on Tuesday asked assembly secretary Sukumar Roy not to provide any documents to the opposition party's MLAs. BJP has termed ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Kol stand-up comedians take Allahbadia row in their stride

    123456 Kolkata: After YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia and three others appeared before the National Commission for Women and tendered their unequivocal apology for their contentious remarks on ‘India's Got Latent', most of the city organisers and performers insist that the ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Minister records statement, JU to form panel to probe March 1 campus clash

    1234 Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Tuesday said they met education minister Bratya Basu and recorded his statement on the March 1 fracas on the Jadavpur University campus. JU's administrative meeting, which ended late on Monday night, decided to ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    TMC, BJP netas meet EC in Delhi over EPIC issue

    Kolkata: A 10-member Trinamool Congress delegation met the Election Commission in New Delhi on Tuesday and asked how the poll body planned to clean up the duplicate EPIC card "mess in just three months" when the issue had persisted ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    7-min snag hits inline baggage scan portal ops

    Kolkata: Overloading in one of the eight inline baggage scan (ILBS) portals led to its temporary shutdown on Tuesday at 8 pm. Airport officials said the operational snag that occurred on ILBS portal 5 was addressed and the inline ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    TMC asks Panihati municipality chairperson to quit after graft claims

    12 Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Tuesday asked Panihati municipality chairperson Moloy Roy to step down, following graft charges being levelled against him. Roy, however, refused to do so, claiming the allegations were false. The party, however, indicated it was ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    HC to sr cop: Consider all data preserved at PS

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed IGP (training) Murlidhar Sharma to consider all CCTV footage and digital materials preserved at the Midnapore police station where Medinipur College student Sucharita Das was detained and allegedly tortured and submit ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Prasun records statement in court

    123 Kolkata: The younger of the Dey brothers of Tangra, Prasun Dey, recorded his statement before a magistrate at Sealdah court on Monday. The court earlier fixed this day to record Prasun's confidential statement after he informed the court ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Bizman held after woman alleges rape at city hotel

    123 Kolkata: Kolkata Police have arrested a 59-year-old businessman for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman at a hotel located on Sarat Bose Road. The accused was presented before the court on Monday.According to police, the accused, identified as Kirti ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Inline baggage scan snag: For 8 hrs, airport returns to pre-Cov era

    12 Kolkata: Passengers carrying registered baggage had to queue up to scan their luggage on Monday as the inline baggage screening system (ILBS) developed a snag in the morning and remained out of order till around 5 pm. The ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Everester aims for new feat, sets sights on North Pole

    12 Kolkata: Satyarup Siddhanta, Everest climber and a Guinness record holder for being the youngest in the world to complete seven summits and seven volcanic summits, will set out for the North Pole expedition in a month. Last week, ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Justice Bagchi set to take oath in SC next week

    New Delhi/Kolkata: The President on Monday appointed Calcutta HC Justice Joymalya Bagchi as a judge of the Supreme Court. Justice Bagchi is scheduled to become the Chief Justice of India on May 26, 2031, the second from the HC ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Med agency asks hosps to recall batch of spurious BP drug

    Kolkata: In a continuing move to weed out spurious drugs from circulation, the directorate of drugs control (DDC), West Bengal has asked all hospitals and other stakeholders to recall a certain batch of Telma-AM. This step comes after the ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Cool comfort on suburban trains soon as ER acquires 2 AC rakes

    12 Kolkata: This summer, at least a section of local train commuters can look forward to some cool comfort. Eastern Railway is acquiring two new AC rakes for suburban services, like those operational in Mumbai. The first rake is ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Dare we hope? Salt Lake follows 29.5cr road work

    1234 Kolkata: Road repairs are underway in stretches of First Avenue in Salt Lake and some blocks located off it. The first attempt to properly repair roads after a long time has raised hope among the residents who have ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    State tops MSME manufacture, Mamata hails role of women

    12 Kolkata: Citing a National Statistical Office (NSO) report, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that not only did Bengal have the highest number of MSME manufacturing units in India, but also topped the country when it came ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Bengal food processing industry vows to invest Rs 181 crore under PLI scheme

    12 Kolkata: Bengal's food processing industry has promised an investment of Rs 181 crore under Centre's production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme. If the investment conforms to all conditions, Centre will provide Rs 1,200 crore as subsidy over five years to ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    A teacher who went beyond books, taught students to live with compassion & honesty

    Teachers are expected to teach students how to get good results in their examinations; but the best teachers are those who additionally show students how to live their lives with compassion, joy, commitment and honesty. Professor Sajni Mukherjee Kriplani ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Weekend getaways overbooked as Holi holiday, end of exams trigger rush for short vacations

    1234 Kolkata: An extended weekend, with the Dol Jatra public holiday on Friday, has triggered a rush to nearby getaways, with Kolkatans seizing the opportunity for short vacations. As a result, accommodations — from hotels to resorts, from homestays ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Trials over, E-W to resume services today

    Kolkata: KMRC successfully completed the three-day trials on Sunday, after operating trains at speeds exceeding 80kmph to test the communication-based train control (CBTC) system for East-West Metro's Esplanade-Sealdah section, officials said. Services will resume on the Sealdah-Sector V and ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Fracas over Om Prakash Mishra’s return to campus

    123 Kolkata: Tension flared again on JU campus on Monday when Om Prakash Mishra, a senior professor of International Relations dept, entered the varsity. Woman students, primarily affiliated with a Left-leaning student body, blocked Mishra while holding placards at ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Cops renew Azad Kashmir row probe

    123 Kolkata: Kolkata Police recorded a fresh complaint regarding the new graffiti at Jadavpur University. Cops remained tight-lipped about whether they received a complaint from either JU students or authorities or if action is being taken suo motu.Cops said ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Spanish professor adopts abandoned baby in Jalpaiguri

    123 Jalpaiguri: Tinni was abandoned by her mother soon after her birth on Nov 29, 2023. She was sent to the custody of the Child Welfare Committee and had been living there since. On Monday, she got a home ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Indranuj goes home

    Indranuj Roy was discharged from KPC Hospital on Monday. Roy, 21, was admitted on March 1 with severe injuries on his left eye. The eye is healing, and the vision is normal, sources said. On Friday morning, a multi-disciplinary ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Classes, exams back at JU; officials speak to cops on students’ legal issues

    123 Kolkata: After a week-long impasse on the campus, students across departments attended classes and appeared for the exams on Monday. The undergraduate engineering students called for an examination boycott in protest after a first-year student, Indranuj Roy, was ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    7-yr-old elephant dies of infection 22 days after rescue

    Siliguri: A seven-year-old female elephant, rescued near Bangdubi Army Camp in Bagdogra Range on Feb 14, died after a 22-day struggle with severe protozoan infection. Forest officials said that the calf's right hind leg and foreleg were affected by ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    KP to carry out forensic exam of min car

    123 Kolkata: Kolkata Police has made all arrangements to carry out the forensic examination of education minister Bratya Basu's car, which a section of Jadavpur University students allege hit and injured a JU first-year student on March 1.Sources said ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Researcher’s body brought back from UAE

    12 Kolkata: The body of Joydeep Chowdhury, the young researcher from Nimta in north Dum Dum, arrived at his house on Sunday, nearly 20 days after his death. Chowdhury was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his hostel in ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Alipore furniture stores ransacked after theft allegation against locals

    123 Kolkata: Several shops selling old and refurbished furniture at Gopalnagar in Alipore were ransacked and vandalised after a tiff broke out between a shop owner and two local customers on Sunday afternoon. Four persons were detained for questioning ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Bengali cinema sees jump from 10% to 18% in nomination roster of FIPRESCI-India

    KOLKATA: Contrary to the accusations of contemporary Bengali cinema being 'ghatiya', the recent nomination roster of FIPRESCI-India for Grand-Prix-2024 unveiled a substantial increase in the number of Bengali motion pictures. Whilst the previous year witnessed merely six Bengali films ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Govt, varsity step in to save Purulia’s white forest flames

    123456 Kolkata: The Bengal forest department and Sidho Kanho Birsha University (SKBU)'s botany department have collaborated to safeguard 14 identified rare white palash or forest flame trees in Purulia from tourists and tribal healers during this flowering season by ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    50L pilgrims pray at Furfura Sharif

    123 Kolkata: Over 50 lakh pilgrims from across the country converged at Furfura Sharif, a village at Jangipara under Serampore sub-division of Hooghly district, offering prayers and seeking blessings on the occasion of the three-day historic Isale Sawab Mehfil, ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Video sparks assault, TMC factions clash; violence spills over to MCH

    Kolkata: A violent clash erupted between two Trinamool factions on Colootola Street on Saturday night, spilling over to Calcutta Medical College and Hospital and scaring away those who arrived with emergency patients or were staying there overnight. The incident ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Iconic Howrah bridge set for a new night look with dynamic illumination, 7-min light-and-sound show

    Kolkata: The city's grand old lady — the Howrah bridge — is all set to adorn herself more beautifully for the night. Kolkata Port, the custodian of the iconic 82-year-old engineering marvel, is inviting tenders, having finalised the detailed ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Test-drive car stolen in Salt Lake recovered from Bihar

    12 Kolkata: Bidhannagar police have arrested the man who had stolen a second-hand car following test drives from a Salt Lake used-car garage last month.Police said Jamir Ansari (21) had made a duplicate key and stole the vehicle from ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Belgharia shooting: Cops identify gunmen

    Kolkata: The detective wing of the Barrackpore Commissionerate identified the gang members, including the mastermind, involved in the Belgharia shooting, where Trinamool Congress functionary Bikash Singh and a local, Santu Das, were shot at a tea stall on Saturday."A ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Bijoygarh cabbydeath: No arrest yet

    Kolkata: Police probing into the death of an app-cab driver, who was allegedly assaulted over a parking row in Bijoygarh, Jadavpur, have not been able to make any arrests as of Sunday evening.The victim, Jayanta Sen, succumbed to his ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Woman files rape plaint, panchayat pradhan lodges FIR that he was being framed

    123 Midnapore: West Midnapore police on Sunday started a probe into a complaint and a counter-complaint, one in which a Narayangarh woman alleged that she was raped inside a Makrampur panchayat office by the pradhan and his aide, and ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Biz forum eyes Durga Puja for int’l tourism

    12 Kolkata: Pointers Business Forum, an alumni-driven business network from South Point High School, is looking for promotion of Kolkata's Durga Puja as a global destination for tourism.Speaking at the forum's two-day business conclave, entrepreneurs deliberated on branding strategies, ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    EDII champions green entrepreneurship at Kol roundtable meet

    12 Kolkata: The Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) reaffirmed its commitment to green entrepreneurship at a recent roundtable meet in the city. Aligning with the govt of India's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and net-zero targets, EDII emphasised the ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Wedding off, 1 dead after playlist row

    1234 Durgapur: A marriage party turned into a murder scene on Sunday in Durgapur after the groom's kin shot the bride's 19-year-old cousin, Atish Bed, over an altercation about which Hindi song to play at the venue. Three persons ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Teen accuses dad of pushing her after tiff

    Kolkata: The 15-year-old girl, who suffered serious injuries after falling from the third-floor balcony of her Jadavpur apartment on Friday night, told cops on Sunday that her father, Chinmoy Ghosh, had pushed her off the balcony. The class VIII ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Former GTA member held in 2017 SI murder case

    123 Siliguri: A former ‘sabhasad' of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration was arrested by Darjeeling Police late on Saturday in connection with the 2017 murder of SI Amitabha Mullick. Prakash Gurung, who was held at his Rimbik residence, was produced in ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Cops record statements of min driver, 2 students

    123 Kolkata: Police on Sunday recorded the statements of state education minister Bratya Basu's driver, Rehan Molla, and two Jadavpur University students as part of the investigation into the March 1 campus clash. Basu was surrounded and injured by ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    JU calls meet with student reps today to ‘restore normalcy in academic interest’

    123 Kolkata: Jadavpur University has called an emergency meeting at 11.30 am on Monday — an hour and a half before the protesting students' 1 pm deadline — in which university authorities will speak to two student representatives. The ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Super Sunday: Kol prays & cheers as Team India lays 25-yr-old demon to rest in nail-biting finish

    Kolkata: Fans swayed between hope and despair, joy and heartbreak, as the India-New Zealand Champions Trophy final took unexpected twists and turns. Finally, much to the relief of Kolkata fans, who had huddled around TVs at pubs, malls, clubs, ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Off campus, political games take centre stage

    Kolkata: Off the Jadavpur University campus, Trinamool Congress, BJP and CPM attacked each other on Sunday on the JU issue.Bengal BJP, which on Sunday organised a rally from Prince Anwar Shah Road to protest against "violence and lawlessness at ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Rajib meets Kalyan, seeks ‘forgiveness’ for joining BJP

    123 Serampore: Former Bengal minister Rajib Banerjee, whose pre-poll move to BJP in 2021 and subsequent post-poll ‘ghar wapsi' continues to cause unease in Trinamool Congress ranks, met MP Kalyan Banerjee at his Serampore home on Sunday to "seek ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    2 Cong members acquitted of 1993 murder by HC

    Kolkata: Two Congressmen convicted in 2003 for the 1993 murder of a person, claimed to be a CPM member, in Nadia were on Friday set free by Calcutta High Court, which observed that they were implicated out of political ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Two Heritage College students secure victory

    Kolkata: The third edition of the National Policy Hackathon's grand finale, jointly organised by IIM Kolkata and IIFT, in association with Teach for India and Tata Strive, concluded on March 2 at IIM Kolkata. The event saw participation from ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    National Library of India hosts exhibition honouring women’s contributions for International Women’s Day

    The National Library of India (NLI) in Kolkata marked International Women’s Day with a unique exhibition celebrating the literary and professional achievements of Indian women. Showcasing a curated selection of books by eminent female authors—including Jnanpith and Sahitya Akademi ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    Bag full of spent cartridges found in Contai pond

    Contai: Several spent cartridges — including shells from .303 rifles, AK-47s, and 9mm pistols — were recovered from a pond adjacent to Contai Railway Police quarters on Saturday.Sources said a heavy bag full of cartridges was found by a ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    Construction for Rabindra Bhavan starts in Salt Lake

    123 Kolkata: After a long delay, the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started construction work for Rabindra Bhavan, which was conceptualised long ago. The two-storey building, being set up on a 36-cottah plot in Salt Lake FE Block opposite ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    Health check-up unites Tolly camps

    123 Kolkata: Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI) organised a free health check-up on Saturday that was attended by minister Aroop Biswas and deputy mayor Atin Ghosh. In the presence of FCTWEI president Swarup Biswas, ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    2 Trinamool men shot at in Belgharia

    123 Kolkata: Two Trinamool Congress functionaries, Bikash Singh and Shontu Das, both in mid-40s and members of Kamarhati town Trinamool Congress Committee, were shot at in Belgharia's Uttar Basudebpur on Saturday night while they were returning home from a ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    JU students set to return to classes, take exams from Mon

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University students from all the three arts, science and engineering faculties signalled they would return to classes from Monday, following an all-faculty general body meeting on Saturday. Earlier, interim vice-chancellor Bhaskar Gupta, from his hospital bed, had ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    Bagan come to Shield party as Goa fall

    12 Kolkata: It was an evening Mohun Bagan Super Giant made their own with a sense of inevitability. A record run at home, record points tally and winning the biggest prize in Indian club football in back-to-back seasons — ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    7 ATM frauds in 3 wks: Cop lens on Bihar, J’khand links

    Kolkata: At least seven ATM fraud cases in Kolkata and its suburbs have been reported in the past three weeks. Cops said the number, beginning with 896, appears to be the most important clue as it was glued to ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    Business takes a hit in mini-Bangla’s first post-Cov Ramzan without B’desh tourists

    1234 Kolkata: The absence of Bangladeshi tourists due to the turmoil in the neighbouring nation has taken a toll on businesses in the New Market area this Ramzan, with many retailers reporting a sharp dip in sales. This is ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    Away centres for PG science exams to curb cheating

    Kolkata: Calcutta University's postgraduate exams of science subjects will no longer be held at home centres. Following complaints of rampant cheating, the university has decided to hold the exams at away centres, where students from multiple affiliated institutes will ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    VC, prof, injured boy’s statements recorded

    Kolkata: Police on Saturday recorded the statement of Jadavpur University professor Omprakash Mishra, who was reportedly attacked in the clash on the campus on March 1. Cops also recorded the statement of JU interim VC Bhaskar Gupta after visiting ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    Two more security hold areas for domestic departure terminal

    123 Kolkata: Two new security check portals are being added at either end of Kolkata airport's domestic departure terminal in a bid to ease congestion during security checks. At present, there are four security check portals in domestic and ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    Tower clock at Hazarduari strikes a chord once more

    123 Kolkata: The clock in the Ghari Ghar, or clock tower, at the Nizamat Fort campus in Murshidabad, which also houses the Hazarduari Palace, old Madina Mosque, and the Bacchawali Tope, is ticking and striking again after several decades.Master ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    CISF at Kol airport rescues Andaman-bound Basanti girl

    Kolkata: A 14-year-old girl who went missing from a village under Nafarganj PS in Basanti was found at Kolkata airport on Friday while attempting to board a flight to Port Blair. The flight ticket was purchased by a man ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    Cab driver beaten to death over parking row in Jadavpur

    123 Kolkata: A 38-year-old cab driver, who was beaten up by several local youths in front of his family in the early hours of March 5 over a parking dispute, died in hospital on Saturday morning. The incident had ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    2nd loan agent in cop net for Kasba family suicide

    123 Kolkata: Kasba cops have arrested a 24-year-old loan agent for allegedly helping auto owner Somnath Roy (40), who died by suicide earlier last week at his Haltu residence along with his wife Sumitra Roy (35) and son Rudranil ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    Subsidence setback for Garia-Airport Metro

    12 Kolkata: The Orange Line's underground tunnel construction by the box-jacking method below the airport approach was hit by subsidence on Thursday, prompting the authorities to summon experts for urgent soil reinforcement and strategic planning. Given the site's proximity ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    Free Ro-Ko shots, giant screens to go with Sunday cricket feast

    12 Kolkata: Get ready to feast on ‘Kohli Chicken Kebab' and gulp down a free shot if the Indian batters fire on Sunday. The stage is set for a riveting contest on blockbuster Sunday when India locks horns with ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    Cyber cell to get joint CPs after spate of e-frauds

    Kolkata: Despite an all-out attempt from police, several citizens are losing crores after falling prey to cybercrimes. In cases where the money is stopped at various bank gateways before reaching the fraudsters, the recovery process is taking time. There ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    Cal High Court gets three new addl judges

    123 Kolkata: The Centre on Saturday cleared the appointment of three advocates — Smita Das De, Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, and Om Narayan Rai — as additional judges to the Calcutta High Court. The three appointees are among five names ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    18 Holi spl trains to tackle festive rush

    Kolkata: Eastern Railway is operating 18 Holi special trains that are doing 86 trips in total. The routes include between Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri (4 trips), Malda Town-Charlapalli (2 trips), Howrah-Anand Vihar Terminal (18 trips), Kolkata-Lalkuan and Kolkata-Kanpur Central and several ...

    9 March 2025 Times of India
    Prasun statement likely on March 10

    1234 Kolkata: The younger of the Dey brothers of Tangra, Prasun Dey, may give his confessional statement before a lower court judge on March 10. On Thursday, the chief public prosecutor of Sealdah court, Suvendu Ghosh, informed the court ...

    8 March 2025 Times of India
    Student’s dad meets VC in hosp

    Injured JU student Indranuj's father Amit Roy on Friday met the university's interim vice-chancellor Bhaskar Gupta in hospital. "I urged him to break this deadlock on the campus at the earliest," said Roy, who presented flowers to Gupta. The ...

    8 March 2025 Times of India
    Pooja Chopra’s Kolkata adventure with phuchka and rosogolla

    Pooja Chopra is making the most of her time in Kolkata while promoting the newest OTT show she's part of, and she’s doing it in style! She started her day in a serene, picture-perfect white salwar kameez, visiting the ...

    8 March 2025 Times of India
    Bangladeshi smuggler shot dead by BSF in retaliatory firing at Indo-Bangla border

    JALPAIGURI: A Bangladeshi cattle and contraband smuggler was shot dead by BSF in retaliatory action while trying to smuggle cattle into the neighbouring nation. The incident occurred in the early hours on Friday along the India-Bangladesh border at Khalpara ...

    8 March 2025 Times of India
    Rudderless JU: Different sections pull in different directions

    123456 Kolkata: It's been a week since a clash broke out at Jadavpur University last Saturday but confusion continued to reign on the campus. The protesting students have given the JU authorities till Monday to meet them to resolve ...

    8 March 2025 Times of India
    City women get vocal about the great gender debunk: The Kolkata adda edition

    (Clockwise) Prateeti Mandal, Roshni Agarwal, Arundhati Maitra, Rukmini Paul, Srabonti Ganguli, Shivangi Sen, Sarodiya Mondal and Susruta KarPics: Sourav Mukherjee Women have heard it all — they gossip too much, they can’t drive, their biological clock is ticking. But ...

    8 March 2025 Times of India
    15,000 cars per hour on Kolkata's busiest flyover 'Maa' at morning peak, 19,000 in evening

    KOLKATA: The evening peak hour at Maa - the city's busiest flyover - is busier than the morning's, with 4,000 more vehicles using the elevated corridor every hour when office gets over for most people. A Kolkata Traffic Police ...

    8 March 2025 Times of India
    How can a minister be assaulted, asks HC

    12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday criticised state education minister Bratya Basu's security arrangement on the day his convoy was attacked at Jadavpur University. The court asked, "How many PSOs (personal securities) of the minister were injured?" ...

    8 March 2025 Times of India
    Till 13/3, no political rally around JU

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the state not to grant permission for any rally in the vicinity of Jadavpur University till the court takes up a petition on March 13 on the recent fracas on the ...

    8 March 2025 Times of India
    PPP push for public space boost in city

    Kolkata: An architects' collective has called for design interventions in Kolkata's public spaces through a public-private partnership so that they become aesthetic, inclusive, and accessible.Speaking on the sidelines of a two-day conclave titled ‘Cities in Transition: Inclusion through Urban ...

    8 March 2025 Times of India
    CP expresses concern over vagrants at bus shelters

    12 Kolkata: The Commissioner of Police, Manoj Verma, at a recent meeting of the district road safety committee expressed his concern about the rising number of homeless people — and even small businesses — taking over bus shelters across ...

    8 March 2025 Times of India
    BS-MS dual degree prog debuts at IISER

    Kolkata: The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata launched a BS-MS dual degree programme in Computational and Data Sciences.The interdisciplinary curriculum of the five-year dual degree programme blends computational techniques with applications in physics, chemistry, biology, ...

    8 March 2025 Times of India
    New laser tech for targeted therapies

    Kolkata: The Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute unveiled an indigenous thulium laser innovation on Friday to DRDO chairman and defence secretary (R&D) Samir V Kamal. The technology, developed under the Centre of Innovation & Manufacturing Eco-System for Sensors ...

    8 March 2025 Times of India
    HP to focus more on SMEs, Kol to have 1st ‘Connect’ centre in April

    12 Kolkata: Global PC and printing solutions leader HP is set to focus more on the SME sector in India. The company expects its India-specific brand for SMEs — HP Connect — to witness a surge in numbers during ...

    8 March 2025 Times of India
    NGO support for 50 girls

    Kolkata: Ahead of International Women's Day, NGO Ekkanaborti took pledge to support 50 girl students for the hospitality management course conducted by St Xavier's College, in collaboration with Chowman chain of restaurants. This was announced by minister of state ...

    8 March 2025 Times of India
    KMC sops for owners of small plots

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) buildings department has relaxed the existing building rules for owners of small plots in a colony or on thika land, besides reducing the regularisation fee for those who built homes without building plans ...

    8 March 2025 Times of India
    More recycled plastic for road construction in Kol

    12 Kolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim wants the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) roads department to take up the restoration of roads using recycled plastics as one of the ingredients to ensure a smooth ride. Hakim on Friday conceded that he ...

    8 March 2025 Times of India
    BJP’s oldest Kolkata office to get facelift, house social media wing

    12 Kolkata: BJP's oldest party office in Kolkata which has been losing its sheen — and importance — to its swankier cousins in Hastings and now Salt Lake, is now getting a facelift. Number 6, Murlidhar Sen Lane, home ...

    8 March 2025 Times of India
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