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  • 2 Bengal soldiers die in Kashmir snowstorm during anti-terror op

    Suri/Berhampore:Two para commandos from Bengal died after being buried in an avalanche during an anti-terror operation in south Kashmir's Anantnag on Oct 6.The bodies of Lance Naik Sujoy Ghosh, from Birbhum's Suri, and Lance Havildar Palash Ghosh, from Hariharpara ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Feedback sought to make IIT attendance student-friendly

    Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur's Technology Students' Gymkhana has sought feedback on "attendance policies and their implementation" in order to review the existing system and explore areas of improvement so that it can be "more balanced and student-friendly"."An online form is ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    2 Bengal soldiers die in Kashmir snowstorm during anti-terror op

    Birbhum/Murshidabad: Two para commandos from Bengal died after being buried in an avalanche during an anti-terror operation in south Kashmir's Anantnag on Oct 6.The bodies of Lance Naik Sujoy Ghosh, from Birbhum's Suri, and Lance Havildar Palash Ghosh, from ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    80-year-old kept on ‘digital arrest’ for 2 wks, loses 33L

    Kolkata: An 80-year-old resident of Rash Behari Avenue, close to Gariahat, fell victim to yet another digital arrest fraud, losing Rs 33 lakh over a two-week period. The first calls came in mid-June. The incident involved three individuals posing ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Special camps set up to reissue missing docus

    Darjeeling: The district administration in Darjeeling has set up special camps to help affected residents recover or replace documents lost in the disaster. As many as 202 families comprising 850 people displaced by the recent devastating landslides are currently ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Priests’ training for Kali Puja starts in Jorasanko

    Kolkata: Training of priests for Kali Puja began in the courtyard of the Shib Krishna Daw family house in Jorasanko on Saturday. The three-day camp aims to train priests in tantra, which dictates the puja, unlike shastra that is ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    ED wraps up 20-hr search at Sujit Bose’s office, son’s resto

    Kolkata: The (ED) team conducting searches at state fire services minister Sujit Bose's office and his son's restaurant completed the exercise Saturday morning, after nearly 20 hours. The searches were part of the agency's investigation in the municipal ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    KP begins vigil against illegal crackers, sets up 52 nakas

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police began its special vigil against illegal firecrackers on Saturday night with over 52 nakas set up at the entry points to the city. Detective department assisted the teams. All FIRs will be lodged under the Explosives ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Jam holds up tourists on way to Digha

    Digha: A bridge collapsed on NH 116B in the Marishda PS area on the way to Digha on Saturday, disrupting traffic between Kolkata and Digha. Scores of tourists from Kolkata, headed to Digha, were caught in the resultant traffic ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    TMC’s 100 Bijaya Sammilanis today to spotlight SIR concerns

    Kolkata: will organise 100 Bijaya Sammilani programmes across Bengal on Sunday. This will be the highest number of such events the party will have organised in a single day since this outreach programme was launched in 2021. The ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    ‘New N-S crossover set to end woes from Nov’

    Kolkata: Work to set up a crossover at Shahid Khudiram will begin in the next 15 days and completed in three days. Reconstruction of the Kavi Subhash Metro station will also start soon but take another six to seven ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Med student gang-raped outside Durgapur campus

    Durgapur: A second-year medical student was allegedly gang-raped by four-five unknown men outside the institute campus in Durgapur on Friday evening shortly after she went out for dinner with a male classmate. Cops have detained the classmate after the ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    2nd Purple Line TBM starts tunnelling below Kidderpore

    Kolkata: The second tunnel-boring machine (TBM), Divya, started rolling on Saturday evening to burrow and build the Purple Line's underground section, around three months after its twin, Durga, began its journey. The authorities hope to complete the underground tunnelling ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Shift to JU Main Hostel: Students told to submit form by today

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University issued a notice stating that the boarders of the New Boys' Hostel (NBH) who have not yet filled the option form for relocation to blocks A, B, and C of the Main Hostel must submit it ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Setu app for campus well-being goes live

    The Setu app, developed by IIT Kharagpur to enhance campus experience and take care of students' well-being, went live on Friday, World Mental Health Day. Besides having students' details and official notices, the app has a well-being and counselling ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Havan, special lunch for kids make the Shahenshah’s 83rd b’day a special affair

    Kolkata: Fans across Kolkata paid tribute to megastar on his 83rd birthday on Saturday by cutting a cake with the star's face engraved on it, organising a special lunch for children, and reciting the ‘Amitabh Chalisa' – a ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Golf tourney raises 1cr for cancer vax

    Kolkata: A two-day golf tournament raised Rs 1 crore in funds for cervical cancer vaccination among underprivileged girls in the city. The first camp will be organised at Maniktala on Sunday, where 200 girls aged below 15 years from ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Missing woman found dead, flood death toll rises to 42

    Nagrakata: The body of Rubisa Khatun, 65, who was missing for a week from Kuji Diana, about 8km from Nagrakata, was recovered on Friday evening. The total death count in the north Bengal calamity now stands at 42.Khatun's death ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    80-yr-old loses Rs 33L in 2-week digital arrest

    Kolkata: An 80-year-old resident of Rash Behari Avenue, close to Gariahat, fell victim to yet another digital arrest fraud, losing Rs 33 lakh over a two-week period. The first calls came in mid-June. The incidentinvolved three individuals posing as ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Nepal nod to shift consulate for Purple Line work

    Kolkata: The Nepal govt has given its approval for shifting its current Kolkata address to a building next door to pave the way for the Purple Line's ramp on DH Road.The Nepal consulate office is currently housed at 7/1 ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Rasna develops wellness drink under Jumpin brand

    Kolkata: Rasna is working on a wellness drink product that is likely to hit the market coming summer under the ‘Jumpin' brand. It would be a ‘noble product', Rasna Pvt Ltd chairman Piruz Khambatta said."We are working on a ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Training of priests for Kali Puja begins in Jorasanko courtyard on Saturday

    KOLKATA: Training of priests for will begin in the courtyard of the Shib Krishna Daw family house in Jorasanko on Saturday. The three-day camp aims to train priests in tantra, which dictates the puja, unlike shastra that is ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Tea body cites price drop, calls for minimum sustainable price

    Kolkata: The Indian Tea Association (ITA) has called for a minimum sustainable price for tea as the price of the North Indian tea has fallen by around Rs 16 per kg in auctions, below last year's price realisation range.The ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Patchy rain; AQI improves

    Kolkata is experiencing a pleasant morning on , with temperatures ranging between and , and humidity at . The day forecast includes patchy rain, while yesterday's air quality remained moderate with an , making it generally comfortable for ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal horror: Medical student 'gang-raped'; victim went out for dinner with friends

    NEW DELHI: A medical college student from Odisha was allegedly raped by unidentified men in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district, police said on Saturday.The incident took place on Friday night outside a private medical college campus in Durgapur, when ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Man found dead in Golpark house

    Kolkata: The decomposed body of a 55-year-old man was found in the bathroom of a vacant house on Gariahat Road near Golpark on Thursday night. The deceased, Monotosh Kundu, who ran a shop on the building's ground floor, lived ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Engg student alleges rape by classmate

    Kolkata: A 21-year-old engineering student from Jharkhand was allegedly raped by her classmate — who is also the boyfriend of her roommate — at her paying guest (PG) accommodation in Anandapur, off EM Bypass, during Durga Puja. The accused, ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    State engages TCS for ‘clean’ med exam system

    Kolkata: The state has roped in IT major Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) to introduce digital or computerised examinations for the recruitment of staffers in the health department, including general duty medical officers (GDMO), nurses, pharmacists and technologists. The decision ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Recruitment scam: ED raids Sujit Bose’s Salt Lake office, 5 other spots

    Kolkata: The office of state fire services minister Sujit Bose was among six locations raided by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Kolkata on Friday in connection with municipal recruitment irregularities. Residences of persons linked to Bose were also searched. ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Last of popular tourist circuits reopens in north Bengal after flood disruption

    Kolkata: Tourism activities at Jaldapara National Park resumed on Friday, making it the last of North Bengal's tourist circuits to partially reopen nearly a week after severe floods forced a shutdown and damaged critical infrastructure.Safaris restarted from Chilapata, Kodal ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    In 36 shelters, 9,000 lives hang between loss & hope

    Jalpaiguri/Mirik: Madhab Rai (57) from Bargaon near Mirik's Soureni has not stepped out of Soureni Community Hall, a shelter for those who lost their homes in Mirik, since Saturday. "My house is gone. My shop, too, was buried under ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Mirik family performs last rites of pet dog swept away by disaster

    Mirik: As continues to reel under the impact of relentless rain that triggered devastating landslides, locals are now mourning not only human loss but also the death of their beloved pets. Many residents have been seen performing the ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Big B keeps promise: Bengal man gets 2L washroom after plea from KBC hot seat

    Goghat (Hooghly): In the quaint village of Agai in Goghat in Bengal's Hooghly district, dignity has found its way home for 22-year-old Shikha, sister of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) 16 contestant Jayanta Duley. For years, she had been enduring ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    70 mm rainfall in three hours sinks Kolkata

    Kolkata: An afternoon deluge drenched and sank Kolkata on Friday when a heavy downpour pounded the city for close to three hours from 2.45 pm, leaving roads waterlogged, neighbourhoods flooded, and traffic in a mess. The heavy spell, triggered ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Travel agent arrested for 14.3L Europe trip fraud

    Kolkata: A travel agent was arrested on Thursday night for allegedly duping a Rajarhat family of Rs 14.3 lakh, the money they paid for a Europe trip two years ago that never materialised. Rakesh Nandan Das was picked up ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Ex-boyfriend held for blackmailing woman with private photos

    Kolkata: A Lake Town woman's ex-boyfriend, Uday Agarwal (28), was arrested on Thursday for allegedly blackmailing and threatening her to upload their private photographs on social media. The accused, who had met the woman on social media, was arrested ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    TMC, BJP spar over poll rolls revision

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Friday sharply reacted to Bengal 's charge that it was trying to intimidate and provoke minorities, saying that had "always been the saffron party's forte".Lashing out at BJP's "sheer desperation" amid 's SIR preps, spokesperson ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    WBPDCL, WBSETCL pay Rs207cr dividend to state

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL) and the West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (WBSETCL) have paid a total dividend of Rs 207.01 crore to the state govt. State power minister Aroop Biswas on Thursday ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Tech glitch, fake tags force cops to junk green cracker QR system

    Kolkata: Cops have decided to abandon the QR code system for monitoring green firecrackers after encountering persistent issues with fake and non-functional codes, as well as unreliable verification apps, over the past four years.The QR code system, developed by ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Why NRC notice for Assam trip 15 yrs ago, ask Nadia craftsmen

    Krishnanagar (Nadia): Two marble craftsmen from Nadia, the latest to receive NRC notices from the Assam Foreigners' Tribunal, on Friday expressed fear that cops from the northeastern state would come knocking at their doors and questioned why they were ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Eye on safety, state to start toto registration from Mon

    Kolkata: In a last-ditch attempt to rein in battery-operated totos, the unregulated growth of which has been choking almost all Bengal towns, the state has announced a framework to streamline the most-used mode for last-mile connectivity there and bring ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    ‘They’re Indians’: Repatriate Sunali, 5 others with her, orders B’desh court

    Kolkata: A judicial magistrate in Bangladesh has asked the Indian high commission in Dhaka to take steps to repatriate 26-year-old Sunali Khatun and five others, who were pushed into Bangladesh by the Indian authorities on the grounds that they ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Waterlogging throws traffic out of gear, cars travel 2 km in 50 mins

    Kolkata: Heavy rain on Friday afternoon led to the inundation of large parts of the city, throwing traffic out of gear. The presence of a high tide in the Hooghly aggravated the waterlogging scenario. Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) drainage ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    ‘Cough syrup brands under lens not in circulation in govt hosps’

    Kolkata: The two cough syrup brands—Coldrif and Nextro-DS—that are under scrutiny for causing deaths in children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan were not being supplied to govt hospitals in Bengal, said health officials, adding that state drugs control teams ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Embankment repairs: ITA seeks govt help

    Kolkata: In the wake of devastation triggered by floods in north Bengal, the Indian Tea Association (ITA) has sought financial assistance from the state for restoration of the embankment over the Hatinala river, which puts the Binnaguri tea garden ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    8 injured in attacks by wild boar

    Jalpaiguri: There is no let up in attacks by wild boars in flood-hit north Bengal zones.After two men were killed on Tuesday and Wednesday in wild boar attacks in Cooch Behar's Mathabhanga, eight more people were injured in wild ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Jaldapara rhino rescued in Cooch Behar

    Jalpaiguri: The forest department, on Friday, rescued a stranded rhino from Pundibari in Cooch Behar.On Oct 5, during the Torsa flooding, it was swept away and carried nearly 25 km inside Cooch Behar — a video of which went ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    After 4 puja releases, Tollywood calls for course correction ahead of Christmas

    Kolkata: During the pujas, four Bengali films — ‘Raghu Dakat', ‘Raktabeej 2', ‘Joto Kando Kolkatatei' and ‘Devi Chowdhurani' — were released, imparting significant lessons on best practices to the film industry. Despite adverse weather conditions and strained relationships between ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Students take crowd-fund route to help victims

    Dhupguri: Eight-year-old Nandini Roy, a student of class III at Gadheyarkurti State Planned Primary School and a resident of Bagribari village in Dhupguri, saw a portion of her house getting washed away last Sunday.She teamed up with classmates, all ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Cloudy skies, rain expected; AQI remains poor

    Kolkata experienced a mostly cloudy day with patchy rain showers on , with morning temperatures at expected to reach . The city faced poor air quality with an , while humidity levels remained at with moderate winds ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    AI debuts in evaluation for HS, CISCE papers

    Kolkata: Artificial intelligence (AI) has made its debut in the evaluation system of computer-based tests or OMR-based exams. The West Bengal Higher Secondary Council introduced an OMR-based part-I exam for the first time this year while the Council for ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Rain may subside from Sun, says Met

    Kolkata: The city received some sharp showers on Thursday and remained partly cloudy due to the impact of a cyclonic circulation over southern Bangladesh. The system is set to weaken, though rain will continue in Kolkata and other south ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Salt Lake doc loses 21L to dual trading scams

    Kolkata: A 48-year-old doctor from Salt Lake was reportedly duped of over Rs 21 lakh in dual online trading scams. The fraudsters posed as investment representatives of stock trading platforms. According to the complaint lodged by the Salt Lake ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    PCB’s Diwali rules: Certified green crackers, 2-hr window

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) and Kolkata Police have issued stringent directives ahead of Diwali, mandating strict compliance with norms governing the use, storage, and sale of certified green fireworks. Authorities have reiterated that only those ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Tribunal directs Williamson Magor, McLeod Russel to pay Rs509cr over unpaid dues

    Kolkata: The Williamson Magor & Co. Limited and McLeod Russel India Limited on Thursday informed the stock exchanges that the arbitral tribunal has passed a final order in favour of the Real Touch Finance Limited and IDBI Trusteeship Services ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Stress, social influence fuel tobacco use among young Kol women: Study

    Kolkata: The city is witnessing a worrying rise in tobacco use among young girls and women, according to a recent study. It shows that 12% of urban young women aged 15 to 24 either smoke or use smokeless tobacco, ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Airway disease affects kids, many suffer severe breathing distress in Kolkata

    Kolkata: A significant number of children in Kolkata have been affected by ‘hyper-active airway disease' or an inflammation of the bronchial tubes, leading to asthma, severe breathing distress, bronchitis, and over the past three weeks. The reason behind ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Rooftop restos: KMC plans surprise checks to catch reopen-rule flouting

    Kolkata: Over a month after the deadline to apply for reopening rooftop restaurants before Durga Puja expired, the KMC buildings department has decided to conduct surprise inspections at these outlets.A civic official said the purpose of the visits is ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Pet parents urge govt to set up 24x7 emergency vet services

    Kolkata: Pet parents and animal activists are voicing the need for round-the-clock emergency veterinary services for animals that sustain severe injuries in accidents or develop health complications at odd hours. Having faced harrowing times trying to find clinics with ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    BJP MP talks of ‘1cr deletions’ in Bengal, sparks row

    Kolkata: A fresh controversy erupted on Thursday over BJP Bongaon MP and junior Union minister Shantanu Thakur's comment that a proper implementation of SIR would expose "1 to 1.2 crore illegally registered voters" in Bengal.Trinamool MP Mamata Bala Thakur ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Fleet control: State set to register totos

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt has set in motion the process for formal registration of battery-operated totos across the state, marking a significant step toward regulating the growing fleet of eco-friendly three-wheelers. In an official order issued on Wednesday, the ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    VB Bangladesh Bhavana museum set to reopen

    Kolkata: The museum inside Bangladesh Bhavana at Visva-Bharati was set to open to tourists within a month, announced vice-chancellor Prabir Kumar Ghosh on Thursday. The museum has been shut since the pandemic."Under the VC's initiative, the first phase of ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Campus caste assault: Univ submits probe report, cops quiz students

    Kolkata: Amity University officials have submitted the internal investigation report on five first-year law students' complaint of assault and caste slurs against second-year BBA students. Police, too, visited the New Town campus and launched a parallel investigation. Bidhannagar ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Attack orchestrated by outsiders: Murmu

    Kolkata: The attack on him was designed to "kill" and was "orchestrated by outsiders", Malda North MP Khagen Murmu said on Thursday. Murmu was attacked on Monday while overseeing relief work at Nagrakata.In an interview with a TV ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Attack on BJP netas: PIL in HC seeks NIA probe; 3 more arrested

    Jalpaiguri/Kolkata: A day after Bengal BJP demanded a probe by the National Investigation Agency into the attack on party MP Khagen Murmu and MLA Shankar Ghosh, an advocate moved the vacation bench of Calcutta High Court on Thursday with ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    BLOs flag threats from pol parties at EC meet in Kolaghat

    Kolkata/Kolaghat: Deputy election commissioner Gyanesh Bharti and state CEO Manoj Agarwal conducted a meeting with district officials from Midnapore (East), Jhargram and Bankura, along with 500 booth level officers (BLOs), at Kolaghat on Thursday.The BLOs expressed concerns about threats ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    CM slams EC for SIR ‘rush’ amid calamity

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday questioned how the Election Commission could rush through the special intensive revision (SIR) of poll rolls in calamity-hit Bengal during the festival season. She also accused the commission of threatening Bengal govt officials."Right ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata third cleanest IGP city on PM2.5 scale

    Kolkata: Kolkata has emerged as the third cleanest among 17 cities in the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) in terms of the presence of PM2.5, a fine particulate matter that is among the most harmful air pollutants.The PM2.5 data for Sept ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Structures on riverbank triggered Dudhiya’s devastation: Experts

    Kolkata/Dudhiya: Too many homestays, eateries and hotels along the banks of the Balason river and even on the river bed are to a large extent responsible for the widespread devastation in Dudhiya, once a picturesque hamlet near Mirik in ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Film shoots in flood-hit north Bengal take a pause

    Kolkata: Multiple film shoots scheduled in north Bengal have been postponed following the devastation. The affected projects include Sharman Joshi's Bengali film debut, a 17-day Yashraj Films shoot scheduled for the first week of Oct and a documentary project ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Skoda Auto India likely to launch electric SUV in 2 years

    KOLKATA: Skoda Auto India is likely to launch an electric SUV in the next couple of years with the new Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) norms in mind which will be introduced in April 2027.Though the parent company has ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Rain damages Jaldhaka embankment, renders hundreds homeless in Dhupguri

    Dhupguri: At Hoglapatapara in Bagribari village, located about 21 km from Dhupguri and bordering Mynaguri in Jalpaiguri, the area now resembles an earthquake-affected zone, an affirmation of the fury of rivers like Jaldhaka in the region.Around 110 of the ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Rescued woman gives birth, names girl ‘Banya’

    Nagrakata: Shila Kharia (24) was rescued through the dense forest on Monday night by block healthcare workers of Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri. The team was led by Md Irfan Molla, the BMOH of Nagrakata, who himself used a zipline to ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    CM may reach N Bengal on Mon to oversee relief, rehab ops

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee is likely to reach north Bengal again on Monday with relief materials for the Hills. She had earlier rushed to the Hills last Monday. Now, she will be visiting Mirik, one of the worst affected ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Flood toll up: Rhino carcass in B’desh, 5 more bison dead

    Kolkata: The flood toll on wildlife in north Bengal has gone up with carcasses of one more rhino and 5 more bison being found in the region, majority of them are from Gorumara National Park.CCF (wildlife), north Bengal, Bhaskar ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Darjeeling hotels start getting fresh bookings, queries for winter trips

    Darjeeling: Queries for winter bookings and rescheduling of bookings have given Darjeeling's battered tourism industry a glimmer of hope.Members of the Darjeeling Hotel Association (DHA) reported that the recent spate of cancellations following the landslides initially dealt a severe ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Rajarhat senior citizen loses over 1 crore in a fortnight to digital-arrest fraud

    Kolkata: A 74-year-old retired central govt employee from Rajarhat fell victim to digital-arrest fraud, losing more than Rs 1 crore to scammers posing as Bangalore Police and Karnataka Police officers who accused him of online sexual harassment and human ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    VIBEWA report calls for urgent reforms in banking for visually impaired

    KOLKATA: To ensure equitable working conditions for visually impaired bank employees, the Visually Impaired Bank Employees Welfare Association (VIBEWA) has concluded a series of pivotal meetings with key government ministries. The discussions, held on October 6-7, 2025, involved top ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    Flood-hit wild boar kills villager in Cooch Behar, second time in 12 hours

    Jalpaiguri/Kolkata: In the second such incident in past 12 hours, a man was killed by a wild boar, swept in by flood waters, at Ghoksadanga in Cooch Behar's Mathabhanga in the early hours of Wednesday. Experts said stress-induced hormonal ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    Kol woman first to get dual-chamber leadless pacemaker in eastern India

    Kolkata: A 69-year-old woman from Kolkata was implanted with the AVEIR DR Dual Chamber Leadless Pacemaker System on Tuesday at BM Birla Heart Hospital. The hospital claims that this is the first implantation of the world's first dual-chamber leadless ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather update for October 9, 2025: Rain, warmth, and moderate pollution

    Kolkata residents face a mix of weather conditions on , with patchy rain and moderate pollution levels. The city anticipates a maximum temperature of and minimum of , along with a , while maintaining an from the ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    North Bengal floods: Toll rises to 40 as more bodies found; many still in relief camps

    SILIGURI/DARJEELING/JALPAIGURI: Two more decomposed bodies were recovered in the flood-ravaged Magurmari gram panchayat area in Jalpaiguri on Wednesday, taking the toll in the north Bengal calamity to 40.Police said five residents of Magurmari were still missing, a claim disputed ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    Dengue sample tests show predominance of 2 strains

    Kolkata: The current spate in dengue cases is being caused predominantly by the DEN 2 or DEN 3 strain of the virus. Serotyping done at ICMR-NIRBI (National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections) Kolkata, formerly NICED, has found slightly ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    DMRC team visits Green Line amid handover talks

    Kolkata: Officials from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation () inspected the East-West Metro on Wednesday amid talks on the possibility of handing over the Green Line's operations to DMRC.On Mar 14, 2024, ahead of PM Modi flagging off East-West Metro's ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    Vehicles denied, TMC delegation march to vandalised party office

    Kolkata/Agartala: CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit back at the BJP, asking it not to "lecture on democracy" after TMC delegation was allegedly denied vehicles to visit the party's vandalised office in Agartala."We only sent a five-member team comprising ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    Retail transition: Single-screens turn into department stores

    Kolkata: The retail landscape in Kolkata is witnessing a transformative phase with several erstwhile single-screen theatres being repurposed into modern retail spaces. Several developers are also exploring mid-sized mall formats of 2 lakh-3 lakh sq ft. According to the ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    Attack on BJP netas: Sukanta warns of ‘retaliation’, TMC hits back

    Kolkata: Sparking a political storm, junior Union minister Sukanta Majumdar on Wednesday warned police that if no action was taken against those who attacked BJP MP Khagen Murmu and MLA Shankar Ghosh, then "there will be retaliation". "If the ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    Airport pvt cab kiosk running ops despite marching orders

    Kolkata: The private car rental operator running under the misleading name ‘Prepaid Cab – City & Outstation' outside Kolkata airport has been ordered to shut down and vacate the premises, a day after TOI highlighted the issue.The outlet, accused ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    2k applications for 150 vacant JU engg seats

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University has received 2,218 engineering applications for the 150-odd vacant seats, which will be filled during the decentralised counselling scheduled on Oct 13, 14 and 15.After two rounds of centralised counselling, JU had these seats vacant out ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    Students booked after caste assault on varsity campus

    Kolkata: Several second-year BBA students of Amity University in New Town have been booked under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and relevant sections of BNS for allegedly assaulting and hurling caste slurs on the ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    Mamata slams Shah over SIR, says behaving like ‘acting PM’

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said Union home minister Amit Shah was working like an "acting Prime Minister" and asked PM Narendra Modi to be cautious about him.Speaking to reporters on the rollout of special intensive revision (SIR) of ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    MG Select targets top spot in luxury EV sales

    Kolkata: MG Select is eyeing number one spot in luxury electric vehicle (EV) sales, overtaking German carmakers BMW and Mercedes-Benz.Speaking to TOI, MG Select interim head Milind Shah said the company already climbed to the number two spot in ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    ‘Virus’ made Birla group put off paints unit launch: CM

    Kolkata: A "high-loaded virus" made Aditya Birla Group postpone the inauguration of its Birla Opus paints factory in Kharagpur, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday. While her comments were seen as insinuating that there was more to the postponement ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    ‘Monsoon may recede later than usual, more rain likely’

    Kolkata: The city is likely to miss the normal monsoon withdrawal date, with the Met office seeing no sign of the rains retreating in the next five days at least. The monsoon is still active in this region, and ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    Bengal SIR willbe better than Bihar’s, says CEO

    Kolkata: Bengal's special intensive revision (SIR) will be "better than Bihar's", state chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal said on Wednesday, announcing several measures including online enrolment, WhatsApp video verifications and allowing agents from eight recognised political parties to accompany ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    Elephant fight blocks road in West Midnapore for 2 hrs

    Kharagpur: A fight between two elephants blocked the Pirakata-Goaltore state road in the Ranja area of Salboni block, west Midnapore, for nearly two hours on Wednesday morning. The incident in the Ranja beat of the Pirakata range has already ...

    9 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata luxury EV race: MG Select eyes no.1 spot in sales

    KOLKATA: MG Select, the channel that sells premium luxury segment vehicles under the MG brand, is eyeing the no.1 spot in luxury electric vehicle (EV) sales, overtaking German carmakers BMW and Mercedes-Benz.Speaking to TOI, MG Select interim head Milind ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    Skoda Auto India plans to launch electric SUV within 18 months

    KOLKATA: Skoda Auto India is working on an electric SUV that it plans to introduce in the next 18-24 months, just in time for the introduction of the new Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency norms in April 2027.Though the parent ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    Foreign tourist arrivals in Kol see 20% jump this Durga Puja

    Kolkata: The number of foreign tourists in Kolkata this Durga Puja is up by nearly 20% over last year, reflecting the festival's ever-growing appeal among foreigners since it won the Unesco heritage tag four years ago. A significant number ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    Carlsberg to invest Rs 400 cr to expand Dhanekhali brewery

    Kolkata: Carlsberg India will invest over Rs 400 crore in Bengal for the brownfield expansion of its brewery at Dhanekhali in Hooghly. This is part of the expansion strategy of the global beer giant in India. This comes after ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
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