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  • Pvt prepaid cab kiosk at city airport faces eviction for ‘misleading’ flyers

    Kolkata: A private car-rental operator using the misleading name ‘Prepaid Cab – City & Outstation' outside Kolkata airport, which charges a two-way fare from passengers and is often accused of sheltering touts for years, has been issued a notice ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather update: Moderate rain, comfortable temperatures, and improved air quality

    Kolkata is experiencing moderate rainfall on , with temperatures ranging from and an throughout the day.The city recorded a moderate Air Quality Index () of yesterday, with the rain expected to help improve air quality conditions ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    Child entitled to call parents at least once a day during custody case: Calcutta HC guidelines

    KOLKATA: A child is entitled to speak with both parents over phone at least once a day while custody battle is being fought, according to Calcutta High Court guidelines on child access and custody. Besides, parents involved in custody ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    North Bengal floods: Lost IDs add new agony for calamity-hit residents; SIR worry deepens

    SILIGURI/MIRIK: Calamity-hit residents of north Bengal, at a loss over how to rebuild their battered lives, have one more big worry to tackle — damaged or lost identity documents.With a special intensive revision of the electoral rolls set to ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    Anticancer drug saves boy with brain damage

    Kolkata: An anticancer drug, now repurposed for neurological and autoimmune conditions, came to the rescue of a seven-year-old boy, diagnosed with seronegative autoimmune encephalitis, a rare and life-threatening inflammatory condition of the brain. Peerless Hospital doctors prescribed Rituximab to ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    LS Speaker seeks report on Nagrakata attack, Bengal BJP for NIA probe

    Jalpaiguri/Kolkata: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla sent a notice to the West Bengal govt seeking a report within three days on the attack on BJP MP Khagen Murmu and MLA Sankar Ghosh in Jalpaiguri's Nagrakata, even as state BJP ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    Sporadic rain prolongs dengue season in Kol

    Kolkata: The post-puja dengue surge is a result of the Sept 23 deluge and the subsequent spells of , which created fresh mosquito breeding grounds across the city, said doctors and microbiologists. Several private hospitals now have over 20 ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    At IIT-Kgp, task force to monitor canteen food quality, hygiene

    Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur has formed an eight-member hygiene and food monitoring task force to ensure safe and hygienic food at all the eateries on the campus, including messes, technology food court and other food joints. "Some students raised concerns ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    DVC water pushes up river turbidity, Palta plant on alert

    Kolkata: The turbidity level in the Hooghly has risen to a danger mark due to the release of stormwater in high volumes from DVC barrages, putting the Palta water treatment plant on high alert. This century-old plant supplies potable ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    SIR in 51 Cooch Behar enclaves to have 2015 as reference year

    Kolkata: Bengal will have two criteria for the upcoming special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls — the 2002 SIR as the reference point and 2015 as the reference year, a Election Commission official said.The SIR in 51 enclaves ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    Two more bodies in Darj take toll to 38; power back in Mirik after 40 hours

    Mirik (Soureni Bazar): The Darjeeling district administration intensified relief and rescue operations, recovering two more bodies from the Chhota Rangit river under Bijanbari block on Tuesday, two days after the tragedy struck the region. An unidentified body was found ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    ISI Bill may delink 3 centres, rob autonomy, fear profs

    Kolkata: The Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2025, aimed at granting more autonomy to the institute, might end up trifurcating the administrative control over the Kolkata, New Delhi, and Bengaluru centres, fear faculty and council members of the 94-year-old centre ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    New wasp species discovered in Salt Lake, named after Banabitan

    Kolkata: The discovery of a new species of wasp has captured the attention of entomologists worldwide. Found in the lush environs of Central Park, Salt Lake, the new species was named ‘Nesolynx banabitanae' in honour of Banabitan, the local ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    Foreign victims:CS to speak to Del, Nepal, Bhutan

    Siliguri: With bodies of Bhutanese and Nepalese nationals also being traced, CM Mamata Banerjee said chief secretary Manoj Pant will speak to the Centre and Nepal and Bhutan embassies in India.According to reports, five bodies of Nepalese nationals, including ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    Jeweller duped of 94k with fake bank SMS

    Kolkata: A jeweller in Santoshpur was duped of Rs 94,000 by a man, who posed as a customer and walked away with a wristlet after showing him a fake bank credit message.Subir Pal (49) of NCP Jewellers in south ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    IISER develops cancer-fighting bacteria

    Kalyani: A team from IISER Kolkata has developed ‘friendly bacteria' that can safely and effectively fight cancer. The institute is developing a detection system, capable of monitoring the progress of therapy, marking a new frontier in the combined therapeutic ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    CM to open Birla paint factory tomorrow

    Kharagpur: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is likely to inaugurate Birla Opus paint factory at Vidyasagar Industrial Park in Kharagpur on Thursday, said sources. The factory is built on approximately 86 acres of land next to the national highway in ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    New wasp species discovered in Salt Lake, named after Banabitan

    Kolkata: The discovery of a new species of wasp has captured the attention of entomologists worldwide. Found in the lush environs of Central Park, Salt Lake, the new species was named ‘Nesolynx banabitanae' in honour of Banabitan, the local ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    46% YoY rise in number of home buyers spending on 1-2cr flats

    Kolkata: This July to Sept, almost one in four home buyers in Kolkata spent over Rs 1 crore to purchase apartments. Of the 4,374 flats sold in the three months, 1,065 apartments were priced in excess of Rs 1 ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    Didi visits injured Murmu in hosp, assures kin of support

    Siliguri: In a show of political courtesy, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday met injured BJP MP Khagen Murmu in the ICU of a Siliguri hospital. Murmu was attacked while on a visit to flood-affected areas in Nagrakata. After ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    Abhishek slams BJP after Tripura party office attack, TMC to send team

    Kolkata/Agartala: on Tuesday said it was sending a team to Tripura after the HQ of its Tripura unit in Agartala was allegedly attacked by members of the 's youth wing. The incident took place a day after the ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    After 5-month delay, 4k to take CU law entrance test

    Kolkata: Around 5,000 applications were submitted for 2,000-odd undergraduate law seats at Calcutta University-affiliated colleges. The university for the first time revamped the LLB entrance test format but given the delay in the admission process, fewer applications were received ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    Landslides, flood rip through 102 Mirik houses, locals shift to camps

    : Eighty people in Mirik were moved to three shelter camps after 102 houses were completely damaged, and another 300-400 houses were partially damaged. Thirteen people lost their lives in Mirik, including three minors and three members of a ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    Call for insurance cover for domestic trip cancellations

    Kolkata: Tour and travel bodies are negotiating with insurance firms to develop policies that cover domestic travel against natural disasters such as floods, cyclones and earthquakes, which can lead to trip cancellations. This follows losses incurred by both travellers ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    Floods choke supply lines, Hills mkts feel price pinch

    Siliguri/Mirik: Prices of vegetables and essentials are already witnessing a northward movement across the Hills following the severe rain-triggered landslides. With reports of major agricultural tracts being submerged by water coming in from across north Bengal, local traders fear ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    Drifting Bhutan logs on Torsa may have scaled up damage during flood: Experts

    Kolkata: Thousands of logs floating on the raging Torsa during the floods in north Bengal on Sunday were pine logs that originated from a "govt timber depot in Bhutan". A video that went viral on social media led to ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    Two more bodies found in Darj; power back in Mirik after 40 hours

    Mirik (Soureni Bazar): The Darjeeling district administration intensified relief and rescue operations, recovering two more bodies from the Chhota Rangit river under Bijanbari block on Tuesday, two days after the tragedy struck the region. An unidentified body was found ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    Tourists back in Hills as rain subsides, flood water recedes

    Mirik/Lamahata/Kolkata: Following the devastating rains and landslides that jolted tourism in north Bengal, a glimmer of hope has returned to the battered tourism sector in the Hills. A section of travellers has started trickling back not only to Darjeeling ...

    8 October 2025 Times of India
    Choked Hills routes, sky-high cab fares, missed trains add to tourists’ nightmare

    Darjeeling/Siliguri/Kolkata: Tourists returning to Siliguri from Darjeeling faced a harrowing time on Sunday, with taxi operators charging exorbitant fares amid chaos on the roads. Many still failed to reach Siliguri in time to catch their trains and flights as ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    Jalpaiguri attack backlash: BJP protests against TMC govt in Kolkata; MP Khagen Murmu still in ICU

    NEW DELHI: The West Bengal BJP on Tuesday launched a massive protest in Kolkata, a day after party MP Khagen Murmu and MLA Shankar Ghosh suffered injuries in stone-pelting during their visit to flood-hit Jalpaiguri.Party leaders and workers took ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    Bagdogra-Kol airfares touch 21k as tourists scamper for tickets

    Kolkata: Floods in north Bengal and the ensuing tourist rush to return home have led to a sudden demand for seats on flights from Bagdogra to Kolkata, sending fares soaring through the roof.While the usual one-way fare is around ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    30 hours on, Kolkata student still missing

    Kolkata/Siliguri: It has been over 30 hours since JU student Himadri Purkayet went missing in Darjeeling but all search operations have drawn a blank so far. On Monday, Himadri's elder brother Priyobrato and friend Sayan Das received a video ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    Dengue admissions double in a week in hospitals across Kolkata

    Kolkata: Hospitals across the city are seeing a gradual uptick in dengue patient count, with the number doubling from that of a week ago in many hospitals. Now, with sporadic rain causing puddles in various city pockets, health experts ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    ‘No outreach, no fin aid’: Didi slams Centre’s silence after north Bengal devastation

    Siliguri: CM Mamata Banerjee attacked the BJP-led Centre for neither reaching out to the state govt after the flood in north Bengal nor providing any assistance to the affected. She went on to slam the Centre for failing to ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    Vacationers stranded in forests ride earthmover across river to safety

    Madarihat/Kolkata: After elephants and ziplines were pressed into rescue operations on Sunday, the authorities on Monday turned to earthmovers and inflatable boats to evacuate tourists trapped in forest resorts and homestays isolated by floods and landslides in north Bengal.On ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    Kol teacher, daughter, 3 more die in C’garh crash

    Kolkata: Three school teachers — Parama Mitra Bhattacharjee from Jadavpur, and Anwesha Som and Poppy Burma from Hooghly's Dankuni — died when the SUV they were travelling in rammed a truck near Akalgharia village in Kabirdham district, Chhattisgarh, on ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata sees record office space leasing amidst national surge

    Kolkata: The city is witnessing an unprecedented surge in office space leasing, with approximately 0.6 million square feet leased in the third quarter of 2025 alone. This brings the total office space leased in Kolkata to a record 1.5 ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    BJP lawmakers assaulted during visit to flood-hit area

    Jalpaiguri/Siliguri: A group of around 50 villagers assaulted the BJP MP from Malda North, Khagen Murmu, and the BJP MLA from Siliguri, Sankar Ghosh, and ransacked their cars at Bamandanga in Jalpaiguri's Nagrakata where the legislators went to inspect ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    Young Sarbartho bags bronze

    Kolkata: Sarbartho Mani continues to take giant steps in international chess. The youngster from Kolkata bagged a bronze in the Under-10 open section of World Cadet Chess Championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan, recently. This was Mani's second podium finish in ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    Clean-up drive in SL victim’s complex

    Kolkata: A day after 15-year-old Rupashi Jana, a resident of ESI housing complex, died of dengue — the first in Salt Lake this year — Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation on Monday conducted a drive to clean up and spray larvicide ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    New Town bizman loses 21.6 crore to fraudsters posing as US firm officials

    Kolkata: A businessman from New Town was allegedly tricked into paying Rs 21.6 crore in an online trading scam, where fraudsters posed as officials of a reputable American investment advisory firm.According to his complaint, 51-year-old Nirmalya Saha was drawn ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    Fake job agency dupes N Bengal man of 55k

    Kolkata: A man from Phoolbari in north Bengal lodged a complaint alleging that he was cheated of Rs 55,000 by an agency in Baguiati that promised jobs in Singapore and Brunei.Victim Amal Dutta, said he came across a leaflet ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    Met spies sporadic rain, thundershower activities

    Kolkata: While the Alipore weather office did not record any rain in the city on Monday, Met officials have not ruled out thundershower activities in the next few days. Even though there is no major weather system to trigger ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    Fresh flood threat in south Bengal dists as DVC releases 55k cusec

    Ghatal: Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has released 55,000 cusecs of water from its Maithon and Panchet reservoirs, triggering fresh flood concerns in the southern districts of Bengal. Parts of the Ghatal subdivision, including Chandrakona and 12 wards of the ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    ‘Build nation, not narrative’: Didi returns fire as PM slams TMC

    Kolkata: Within hours of PM 's post on "pathetic law and order situation" in Bengal after lawmakers were assaulted, Bengal CM told the PM: "You are the Prime Minister of India, not just of BJP. Your responsibility ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    Cough syrup scare: Kolkata stores say no medicine sans prescription

    Kolkata: In the wake of child deaths in Madhya Pradesh (MP) linked to the consumption of a particular cough syrup, medicine retailers in Kolkata have started refusing patients asking for any paediatric medicine over the counter. The retailers are ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    Office traffic back, puja barricade blues yet to fade in Kolkata

    Kolkata: With many puja committees yet to dismantle the festive installations, decorative gates and barricades may snarl as the city returns to routine post-Puja break on Tuesday. The city's roads remain choked the temporary barricades and decorative gates. ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    EC looks to upload more accessible 2022 SIR data

    Kolkata: As part of its preparation for the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal, the is focusing on a more accessible soft copy of the 2022 voter rolls, with an improved search option. The last ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    No place to call home: Residents abandon their flood-battered villages in Teesta Bazar

    Kalimpong: Picturesque villages — Krishnagram and Ghafoor Basti —- along the banks of Teesta in Kalimpong are turning into ghost villages as back-to-back floods and landslides over the last two years forced residents to abandon their homes.For nearly 24 ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    2 leopards, a rhino, 3 bisons, 4 deer & counting: N Bengal flood toll on wildlife

    Jalpaiguri/Kolkata: An average rainfall of around 300 mm in a day — since Saturday night — covering the entire 200-km width between Mechi and Sankosh rivers has wreaked havoc on the forest areas and wildlife in the region, leading ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    Cancellations hit hotels & homestays in Hills, Dooars

    : As Darjeeling and Mirik reel from the devastating landslides that claimed several lives and cut off major routes, the hill town's tourism industry is facing a sharp downturn. Hoteliers and tour operators report a surge in cancellations and ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    Flood damages 950 hectares of tea plantation

    Jalpaiguri: Around 210 hectares of land has been washed away in at least 30 tea gardens in Nagrakata, Banarhat, and Kalchini in the Dooars. Overall, around 950 hectares of tea plantation land has been affected by the floods. Although ...

    7 October 2025 Times of India
    North Bengal floods: BJP MP Khagen Murmu attacked during visit to Jalpaiguri; party blames TMC

    JALPAIGURI: BJP MP Khagen Murmu, a two-time parliamentarian from North Malda, sustained serious injuries after being attacked by locals while visiting flood-affected areas in North Bengal. The incident occurred as he was traveling to the Nagrakata area in Jalpaiguri’s ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    Bengal floods: Bridges washed away, roads cut off, some tourists rescued by elephants; Darjeeling saw 261mm rain in 24 hours

    DARJEELING/JALPAIGURI/KOLKATA: At least 28 people died, most of them in Mirik, as constant downpour in north Bengal between Saturday night and early on Sunday triggered landslides, washed away bridges and caused extensive flooding across the hills and plains. ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal hills battered: Floods and landslides leave families stranded, roads blocked

    KOLKATA/KALIMPONG: News of torrential rain triggering landslides in , claiming the lives of 28 people, has left the family members of Jadavpur University (JU) student Himadri Purkayet on edge. They are unable to contact the 24-year-old, who went missing ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    North Bengal: Trek to safety via human chains, elephant rides & ziplines in waist-deep waters

    KOLKATA/MADARIHAT: Some waded through waist-deep water and slush, others clung to ziplines or ropes to be hauled across raging rivers, and many even rode elephants through flooded stretches-turning what was meant to be a leisurely post-Puja holiday in North ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Warm temperatures with rain expected; AQI improves

    Kolkata's weather forecast for October 6, 2025, indicates temperatures between 25.2°C and 31.9°C with an 87% chance of patchy rain throughout the day. The city's air quality remains moderate with an AQI of 52 from yesterday, while humidity levels ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal floods: A recurve that left a trail of destruction; 'westerly winds brought system closer to state’

    KOLKATA: An unexpected change in the trajectory of a low-pressure system, brought on by a retreating monsoon, was responsible for the devastating rain that crippled the north Bengal plains and hills.The system, which formed over Bay of Bengal on ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    4 cops attacked in Garden Reach immersion clash

    Kolkata: Four cops, including three women, were injured after members of a Durga Puja committee reportedly attacked them during an immersion procession on Paharpur Road in Garden Reach late on Saturday. One officer suffered a fractured jaw. Seven people ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    Late rains retreat effect: Low PM 2.5, ‘good’ AQI during puja

    Kolkata: The unusually late retreat of the had a gift for the city: the cleanest air in recent memory, except in 2022, when Cyclone Sitrang had dramatically cleared the air. With the recent heavy shower washing away ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    ‘Carnival is an exhibition of city’s cultural heritage’

    Kolkata: For Italian visitor, Silvia Rovelli, the Red Road Carnival was "an exhibition of the city's cultural history". "I found it to be cultural traditions and heritage merged with festivity. I decided to come to Kolkata just to be ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    Frequent landslides: Lens on tourist influx, infra projects, riverbed mining

    Kolkata/Jalpaiguri: The long-term damage to Darjeeling and Kalimpong by over-ambitious infrastructure projects and construction of concrete buildings by cutting the hills cannot be undone in a day. However, the steps to rectify this need to start now, sustainable development ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    113 idols join Red Road carnival for a grand finale to Durga Puja

    Kolkata: Red Road on Sunday evening turned into a stage of a resplendent spectacle as 113 Durga idols rolled down the road through the Maidan on their way to immersion. The puja mood was back as the 10th edition ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    At 11, Mirik accounts for most of the deaths, remains cut off from Siliguri

    Darjeeling: Mirik, which was battered by heavy rain, emerged as the epicentre of the north Bengal disaster, where rain-triggered landslides claimed 11 lives and injured eight others. The rains also washed away the iron bridge over the Balasun River, ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    Congress names Adhir poll observer in Bihar

    Kolkata: has appointed its former state chief Adhir Chowdhury as an observer for the upcoming . The party's observers list includes former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel. Subhankar Sarkar, the party's current state ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    BJP netas join rally to protest waterlogging deaths

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP leaders on Sunday joined a rally in Kolkata to against the death of 12 persons due to waterlogging following torrential rains before the pujas. ‘Khola Hawa', a cultural wing linked to the BJP, organised the ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    Floods in Ghatal cut off rural roads, submerge farmlands

    Ghatal: Heavy rain and discharge from the DVC have flooded large parts of West Midnapore's Ghatal subdivision. The release has swelled the Shilabati river, inundating vast stretches of farmland and roads. Manikkundu, Sultanpur, Banka, Azabnagar and Maharajpur are under ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    City wraps up immersions with 5,200 idols sent off since Dashami

    Kolkata: Apart from the idols that joined the Red Road Carnival, around 100 Durga idols were given a farewell at the city ghats and water bodies on Sunday, the last day of immersion. Since Dashami, around 5,200 idols have ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    Trinamool rushes to help flood victims

    Kolkata: Activists of hit the ground running on Sunday to help those affected by the floods in north Bengal. Party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee issued the call to action. "I appeal to all party workers to reach ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    Kalighat took max load on North-South Kolkata Metro line during puja

    Kolkata: The Blue Line's Kalighat metro station carried the maximum number of passengers during puja this year. Between Panchami and Dashami,4 lakh passengers either alighted or boarded the trains at Kalighat. The city metro network ferried 46.5 lakh commuters ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    DHR cancels ops after landslides near Kurseong

    Darjeeling: Torrential rain not only caused loss of life, property, and connectivity, but also dealt a significant blow to the Unesco World Heritage site, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR). The DHR has suspended full-fledged services between New Jalpaiguri (NJP) ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    CM to leave for north Bengal today, PM assures assistance

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who chaired an emergency meeting on the north Bengal floods on Sunday, will fly out to on Monday. said the Centre was closely monitoring the situation and would provide all help required."On ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    Fresh flood fears loom over Toto Para, Hasimara after Bhutan dam overflows due to tech failure

    Jalpaiguri: A dam malfunctioning in Bhutan has caused renewed flood fears. Authorities in north Bengal were placed on high alert after Bhutan's Tala Hydropower Dam began overflowing due to a technical failure, raising fears of downstream flooding in the ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    Rain and Bhutan flood waters inundate N Bengal tea gardens

    Jalpaiguri/Kolkata: Heavy showers between Saturday night and Sunday morning largely affected the tea belt of the Dooars, particularly in three blocks — Banarhat and Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri and Kalchini in Alipurduar. Banarhat and Nagrakata witnessed 350 mm of rainfall ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    Rhinos swept away, jumbos stuck in Jaldhaka

    Jalpaiguri/Kolkata: Forest areas and wildlife have taken a hit after heavy rains in north Bengal since Saturday night led to severe flooding. A senior forest dept official said as per reports till Sunday afternoon, affected areas include Hamiltonganj under ...

    6 October 2025 Times of India
    Drunk youths attack 4 cops at immersion ghat, 4 arrested

    Kolkata: At least four cops, including an assistant sub-inspector, were attacked by a group of drunk youths during the immersion of a Durga idol at Titagarh on Friday. Four men were arrested."Four policemen were injured as a group of ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    March deadline for KMC’s Garia, Dhapa water projects

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) water supply department has set a March 2026 deadline for the completion of Dhalai Bridge water treatment plant and capacity augmentation at the Jai Hind water treatment plant in Dhapa. While Dhalai Bridge ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    Foreigners gear up for an ‘experience of a lifetime’

    Kolkata: With Durga Puja celebrations over, the focus has shifted to the Red Road carnival on Sunday. Many foreigners in the city said they were eagerly counting down to the parade, calling it an "experience of a lifetime."Nate Hurst ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    More Durga idols to find place in Sarobar gallery

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is preparing to accommodate as many Durga idols as possible at the ‘Maa Phire Elo' art gallery at Rabindra Sarobar. As per the present setup, there is space to preserve about 14 ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    9-yr-old tries to retrieve idol jewellery, drowns in Bengal

    Howrah: A nine-year-old boy, Shubhrodeep Samanta, drowned while attempting to retrieve decorative jewellery and structures from an immersed Durga idol on Friday night in the Jaypur Police Station area of Uluberia. The boy's family made a living by selling ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    No rollback this time, autos stick to hiked puja fares in Kolkata

    Kolkata: While auto fares are raised every Puja, they return to the old rate post-Dashami. In some places, they return to normal post-Laxmi Puja. Not this time. Operators on several auto routes in the city have decided to permanently ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    9 to 115: No. of minors in crime up 13 times in 1 yr

    Kolkata: The city may have recorded a drop in crime against children from 602 cases in 2022 to 297 in 2023, the NCRB 2023 report reveals a disturbing trend of a rise in minors committing crimes. The number of ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    Flood alert in parts of Bengal as DVC releases over 73k cusecs water

    Midnapore/Burdwan: The Bengal govt on Saturday put the districts of Hooghly, East Burdwan and Ghatal subdivision in West Midnapore on high alert for floods after the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) released 73,556 cusecs water from its Maithon and Panchet ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    As deadline comes to an end, Hooghly ghats witness unprecedented idol immersions

    Kolkata/Howrah: Most of the city's Durga idols were immersed by Sunday dawn, in line with the state's deadline for all community and household pujas, barring those selected for Sunday's carnival.Major immersion ghats along the Hooghly witnessed a record immersion ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    113 pujas ready to dazzle as carnival promises a spectacular show on Red Rd

    Kolkata: The city is poised for a spectacular Sunday as the city gears up for the annual Durga Puja Carnival on Red Road. From high-energy dance troupes to pulsating performances, nearly 113 puja committees are preparing to dazzle crowds ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    Post-puja commute worry as buses stay off roads, autos fleece passengers

    Kolkata: Post-puja commute turned out to be a nightmare for Kolkatans as buses, autos and taxis went off the road after Dashami. With fewer public transport options and the Metro running much behind schedule, many commuters faced a harrowing ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    Obesity not the only factor, young & non-obese people also face rising heart disease risk: Docs

    Kolkata: While obesity is often considered an indicator and a trigger for cardiac ailments, many suffer from heart issues despite not being overweight, claimed cardiologists on World Heart Day on Sept 29. Risk factors other than excess fat and ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    Auto driver held for molesting reveller

    Kolkata: A 23-year-old woman out pandal-hopping on Dashami experienced a traumatic incident while sitting next to an auto driver on the Park Circus-Esplanade route. The driver allegedly groped her and refused to stop at her designated stop. She had ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    Sweet shop owner loses 1L to cyber fraud

    Kolkata: A Vivekananda Road sweet shop owner fell victim to , losing Rs 1 lakh after being duped by a man posing as an Army personnel. On Sept 27, a man allegedly introduced himself as Sanjay Singh and sampled ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    Bihar girl questioned for IIT boy’s death

    Kharagpur: A friend of Mohammed Asif Qamar, the IIT Kharagpur third-year civil engineering student who was found dead in his hostel, visited the Hijli police outpost on the campus on Saturday for questioning. Police said that during the questioning ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    Shop owner found dead in temple

    Howrah: A shop owner, Kalu Maji (35), was found murdered in the courtyard of a temple in the Salap area of Domjur, Howrah, on Friday night. Maji used to work as a mechanic at factories before opening his shop. ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    Woman, son attacked for rash-riding protest

    Kolkata: A 50-year-old woman and her son were reportedly assaulted by a group of men, who barged into their home, allegedly brandishing a revolver, after she complained against a neighbour riding his bike rashly. The incident occurred in Sinthee ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    Man caught for driving with blue beacon

    Kolkata: A resident of Circus Avenue, Anurag Das, was caught near Maa Flyover for using a beacon on his car illegally to gain quicker access to VIP gates at Durga Puja pandals. Somnath Ghosh, a sergeant from East Traffic ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    Martial art gold medallist found dead on Jessore Rd

    Kolkata: A 16-year-old national-level martial art gold medallist from Kalna in East Burdwan was found dead with multiple injuries beside Jessore Road in Ashoknagar late on Friday. The girl had reportedly gone out pandal-hopping with a 22-year-old Agniveer jawan ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    Trinamool neta assaulted in Khanakul

    Kolkata: A functionary was assaulted by a group of people in Hooghly district's Khanakul on Friday night.Forty-five-year-old Barun Mondal was assaulted while he was on travelling to his home in Marokhana village. He said BJP workers stopped him ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    TMC-BJP war of words over water release figures

    Kolkata: Union jal shakti minister CR Patil on Saturday contested Bengal govt's claims of DVC's water release figures saying the DVC had released 70,000 cusecs of water and not 1,50,000 cusecs from Maithon and Panchet dams among others. The ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    Kol girl lured to Patna, gang-raped

    Patna: A minor girl from Kolkata was allegedly gang-raped in Patna after being lured with false promises of performance in an orchestra. The minor was with two other girls, who were also brought from Kolkata two days earlier, reportedly ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    Gang clobbers jewellery shop owner to death

    Kolkata: A 66-year-old jewellery shop owner was gagged, tied and bludgeoned to death inside his shop in Baranagar during business hours on Saturday afternoon. Police said the assailants had entered the shop, posing as customers around 3 pm, sprayed ...

    5 October 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal: Businessman found murdered at temple courtyard; police investigate

    HOWRAH: A businessman's body was discovered in a bloodied and crushed state at the courtyard of the Hanuman and Kali temple, triggering unrest in the Salap area of Domjur, Howrah, on Friday night. Initial investigations by Howrah city police ...

    4 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata: 9-year-old boy drowns retrieving jewellery from immersed Durg idol

    HOWRAH: A nine-year-old boy drowned while attempting to retrieve the decorative jewellery and structures from an immersed Durga idol on Friday night in the Jaypur police station area of Uluberia. Locals rescued the child and took him to a ...

    4 October 2025 Times of India
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