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  • Doctors' study red-flags antibiotic use in footballers

    Image used for representative purpose only KOLKATA: A study published in Bengal Medical Journal has raised concerns about 'widespread and potentially dangerous' use of antibiotics among professional footballers in eastern India. The research, led by clinical researchers from Bengal, ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    Water restored in Shibpur & central Hwh, north still suffers

    12 Howrah: Even as water supply resumed in Belgachhia, Dasnagar, Baltikuri and parts of central Howrah on Friday night, work started on installing an alternative pipeline to tackle the water crisis in north Howrah and Liluah that have been ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    Season-opener: KKR loss tinges rain relief, King Kohli victory

    123456 Kolkata: The City of Joy lived up to its name as the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) kicked off in style at the iconic Eden Gardens. A star-studded opening ceremony, an electric crowd and a ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    Fire in Narkeldanga warehouse

    123 Kolkata: A fire broke out in a warehouse on the ground floor of a five-storey building on Narkeldanga Main Road on Saturday. Firefighters brought the blaze under control after nearly an hour and a half. No casualty or ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    Cop trying to pacify fight over property attacked, 2 arrested

    Kolkata: A constable, Sushanta Mondal, of Polerhat police station in Bhangar, sustained severe injuries after being allegedly assaulted on duty while trying to mediate a property dispute on Friday. Cops had to intervene when the dispute between two families ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    34L spurious meds seized in Titagarh

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Directorate of Drug Control conducted searches at two medicine warehouses on Saturday and seized spurious medicines. The searches, sources said, are part of the ongoing probe against the spurious drug supplier in Howrah.According to sources, ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    2 hours of clean-up net 162 kg waste from Ganga

    1234 Kolkata: On the occasion of World Water Day, the Sea Explorers' Institute (SEI), in collaboration with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the National Cadet Corps (NCC), conducted a pilot river clean-up at Sundari Ghat. Using a 100-square-foot fishing ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    Efforts on to clear 100-day work dues in 3 days: Mayor

    Kolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim on Saturday said efforts were underway to clear pending wages of the workers engaged under the 100-day wage scheme in the city within the next three days. Speaking at the KMC House, CPM councillor Nandita ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    Shah Kol visit deferred due to Parl session

    12 Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah's visit to Kolkata, scheduled for the end of March, has been deferred. Sources in Bengal BJP said that Shah be busy with Parliament session and some organisational work during this period and ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    ‘Times have changed, but cinema will never die’

    12 Kolkata: At a time when the film industry faces immense competition from endless visual content on the web, not limited to reels and shorts, actor-producer Prosenjit Chatterjee said, "Times have changed, but cinema will never die." He spoke ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    WBBSE told to issue notices against 3 teachers

    12 Kolkata: The state school education department has initiated disciplinary action against three teachers involved in the Taruner Swapna tab scam. The department has directed the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education to issue show-cause notices against them. Among ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    Mamata leaves for London, speaks of ‘hectic journey ahead’

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee left for London on Saturday evening to meet industrialists in the UK and seek investments for the state.Before taking her flight, the CM told reporters outside Kolkata airport that she had a hectic journey ahead. ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    Don’t need a party, says Dilip, promises to thrash anyone rude to him

    Kharagpur: An unapologetic Dilip Ghosh on Saturday said he didn't need a party for being himself. The former MP, who sparked a controversy on Friday by verbally attacking protesting women, said on Saturday that he would not change his ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    1 dead, 10 critical as vehicle falls into gorge

    123 Siliguri: A 53-year-old man died, and 10 others were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in fell into a gorge at Ghayabari, about 15 km from Mirik, on Friday. The deceased was Lakpa Tamang Sherpa of Simana ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    3 held for raping woman inside car in Debra

    DEBRA (W MIDNAPORE): Three men were arrested for the gangrape of a young woman in Debra. The survivor, a resident of Kolkata, was allegedly lured with the promise of a job.According to sources, the survivor had met one of ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar case: CBI summons security guards

    Kolkata: The CBI officials have summoned security personnel who were on duty on Aug 8 and Aug 9, when the 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered at RG Kar. Eight security personnel have been asked to attend ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    Woman jumps off rail bridge, dies

    12 Kolkata: A 40-year-old woman, crossing the tracks on the rail bridge at Dakshindari in Lake Town on Friday morning, died as she jumped off, fearing she would be crushed between two trains approaching from opposite sides. But, witnesses ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    Ticket black marketing: 3 held ahead of opening match

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police arrested multiple individuals involved in black marketing IPL tickets hours before the opening match between defending champions KKR and Virat Kohli-starrer RCB at Eden Gardens on Saturday. The arrests come amid rising concerns over rampant ticket ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    RVNL gets hospital land

    Kolkata: RVNL has finally got the possession of a land belonging to CMRI Hospital. However, the agency cannot make use of it since KMC has informed the former that it needs the entire stretch till Alipore Bodyguard Line to ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata gets drizzles, Met spies clouds, rain till today

    123 Kolkata: The city woke up to a grey sky and persistent drizzles, even as the maximum temperature dropped nine notches below normal to 25.5°C on Saturday. A sharp, chilly wind accompanied the rain that started late on Friday ...

    23 March 2025 Times of India
    4 die in Nivedita Setu truck accident, 1 run over in S Kol

    12 Howrah/Kolkata: Five persons were killed and at least seven were injured as the city recorded multiple accidents — from Nivedita Setu in the north to Rashbehari Avenue in the south—between Thursday evening and Friday.Around 3.30 am on Friday, ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Weekly friction test to make Kolkata airport tarmac safer

    Kolkata: Flight safety at city airport received a boost on Friday with the introduction of a runway friction test vehicle.Runway friction testing is a critical aspect of airport runway maintenance that ensures safe landings for aircraft. It involves measuring ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    City boy wins equestrian event, Olympian shares tips with riders

    12345 Kolkata: A Class X student, Siddharth Debgupta, won the Eastern India Equestrian Championship, which brought over 120 riders from across eastern India. The championship, held in the confined riding category, was hosted at Tollygunge Club. The thrilling event ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    'No one's father gave money': 'Absent' Dilip Ghosh faces Kharagpur ire at road inauguration

    KHARAGPUR: Former BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh lost his cool in the face of a local agitation during a road inauguration event in Kharagpur on Friday morning. Ghosh, known for his controversial statements, suddenly snapped at the protesters, saying ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal govt punishing RG Kar protest leaders to suppress demand for justice, says BJP leader Dilip Ghosh

    NEW DELHI: West Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Saturday alleged that the state government is attempting to suppress protests demanding justice in the RG Kar Hospital rape-murder case by punishing protest leaders, following the transfer of a key ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata’s 360 Parsis celebrate spring festival with special prayers and food

    12 Kolkata: The Parsi community in Kolkata celebrated their spring festival — Jamshedi Navroz — with prayers, greetings, and food on Friday. The city is currently home to 360 members of the community that, next year, will celebrate the ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Cops question labourers after school molestation plaint

    Kolkata: Cops probing the molestation complaint at a Hatibagan girls' school questioned eight labourers employed at the site. They are also searching for three others who have been missing since the complaint was lodged on Thursday. None was arrested ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Residents of 23 Howrah wards go without water for nearly 40 hours

    12 Howrah: Nearly 40 hours on, around 4 lakh Howrah residents across 23 wards continued to experience severe water shortage with Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) water department staff struggling to repair the breaches in the 1,200-mm diameter main supply ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Apartment prices rise 25% in Topsia-Tangra-Beleghata belt

    Kolkata: Fuelled by the development of upscale projects in the Topsia-Tangra-Beleghata belt, prices of apartments in the area have spiralled by 25% in the past year, with the weighted average saleable price increasing from Rs 10,573 per sq ft ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Woman living alone found dead in flat

    12 Kolkata: The decomposed body of a 41-year-old woman, Sreyoshi Ghosh, was found at her home in Bijoygarh on Friday morning. Police said the woman was a mental health patient and lived alone in a ground-floor apartment on Bijoygarh ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Act or face music: Mayor tells KMC blgds dept DG

    Kolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim on Friday issued an ultimatum to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) buildings department officials, asking the department director general to take complaints of illegal constructions seriously or be prepared to face the consequences.Hakim instructed the ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Mayor seeks action against OC for failing to save Behala pond

    Kolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim on Friday asked the municipal commissioner, Dhaval Jain, to lodge a complaint against the officer-in-charge (OC) of a police station in Behala, reportedly for failing to prevent the filling up of a pond under his ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Tangra deaths: Teen records statement before Sealdah court

    Kolkata: Fourteen-year-old Pratip Dey, a minor member of the Dey family who survived a car crash on the EM Bypass on Feb 19, recorded his confidential statement before a Sealdah court on Friday.The boy previously told a state child ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Jr docs’ stipend hike effective from Apr 1

    Kolkata: Within a month of chief minister Mamata Banerjee announcing the hike in the stipend for junior doctors, the health department issued the official order for the hike. The Friday order stated that the increment would be effective from ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Sebaashray camps wrap up after treating 12.3L

    Kolkata: From helping elderly residents regain their vision to providing life-saving surgeries for minors, Sebaashray medical camps assisted 12.3 lakh people in Diamond Harbour. Launched by MP and Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Jan 2, the final ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Courts should think of child’s future in property disputes: HC

    Kolkata: Courts should not be "pedantic" and must think about a child's future while deciding on property disputes, in cases where the minor's guardian wants to sell off the child's share for the child's welfare, Calcutta High Court recently ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Mortuary workers in state hosps face social stigma, professional discrimination: Study

    123 Kolkata: A study conducted at four govt teaching hospitals in Bengal has revealed underlying discrimination faced by hospital mortuary workers or doms, highlighting an often-overlooked issue in the healthcare sector. The research, published in the prestigious medical journal ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Drought, flood warning for Gangetic delta

    123 Kolkata: The accelerating glacier melt in the Himalayas is intensifying both flood and drought risks across the Indo-Gangetic Plain, with Kolkata, being at the tail-end of IGP, at the receiving end of these climate-induced threats. The alarming trends ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Chakdah MLA calls Suvendu on frequent walkouts

    Kolkata: Chakdah MLA Bankim Ghosh on Friday called up state leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari to explain his stance on frequent calls to stage walkouts from the assembly. Ghosh had on Thursday asked the party to restrategise and refrain ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    HC advises bus ops between 2 shut Hwh ghats

    Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Thursday advised West Bengal Transport Corporation to run shuttle bus services between Sibpur and Ramkrishnapur ghats till the two jetties were operational after repair.A division bench of CJ T S Sivagnanam and Justice Chaitali ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    On Holi road trip to Sikkim, Bengal biker dies in accident

    123 Kolkata: A 28-year-old passionate biker, Rohan Ghosh who had set out on a road trip to Sikkim from Barasat with 11 friends on March 14 to celebrate Holi died in a road accident near Pakyong, Gangtok, on Wednesday. ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Bengali now must on Siliguri signboards & hoardings

    Siliguri: Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) has issued a new directive making Bengali language mandatory on all signboards and hoardings. SMC officials said the move was aimed at promoting and preserving the linguistic heritage of Bengal. They also warned that ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Thanks to Bengal’s youngest MLA, Thakurbari may finally see factions join hands

    Thakurnagar (North 24 Parganas): In an unprecedented turn of events, the two rival factions of the Matua Thakurbari — one led by Union minister Shantanu Thakur and the other by Trinamool Congress MP Mamata Bala Thakur — are likely ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    JU ragging cases: ‘Weak admin, other factors’ behind impunity

    123 Kolkata: Three days after a fresh ragging complaint at Jadavpur University's Main Hostel, interim VC Bhaskar Gupta said that a probe is underway in the case. However, a cross-section of JU students and professors, both present and retired, ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Wedding registration suspended till March 24

    123 Kolkata: Marriage registrations have been suspended in Bengal from March 14 to March 24 to enable officials to shift marriage-related data from the National Data Center (NDC) to State Data Center (SDC). Earlier, the data uploaded on the ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    VB set to let in visitors at core heritage zone

    123 Santiniketan: From now on, visitors can again enter the core heritage area — the Ashrama area — on the Visva Bharati University campus. After his first administrative decision on Thursday, the newly appointed vice-chancellor, Probir Kumar Ghosh, told ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Cops shift autos, mark bus boarding points to check Jessore Rd accidents

    123 Kolkata: Following back-to-back accidents on Jessore Road, Bidhannagar cops have implemented a series of changes in traffic management. These include shifting autos and totos from the main flank to service road, extending bus stands from their current locations, ...

    22 March 2025 Times of India
    Encroachments a feature of city pavements: HC

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed a PIL, seeking the court's directive to remove a construction encroaching on the pavement near B P Poddar Hospital, New Alipore.This was a feature all over the city, observed Chief Justice ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    Don’t obstruct director’s work, HC tells technicians

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers Eastern India not to obstruct film director Bidula Bhattacharjee's usual course of business. The matter will be next heard on April 3.Bhattacharjee's counsel submitted ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    HC orders demolition of illegal bldg floors

    12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered the demolition of three floors illegally constructed along a six-foot-wide lane at Watgunge. It directed the KMC to inspect other buildings that have been constructed in the neighbourhood.A division bench ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    Last of 3 new moms shifted out of CCU

    Kolkata: Nasrin Khatun, the last of the three women, whose condition turned critical after giving birth at Midnapore Medical College and was sent to SSKM on Jan 12, was shifted out of the critical care unit to general ward ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    Cal HC nod to PIL challenging fresh OBC survey

    12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed the filing of a PIL challenging the state's decision to start a fresh survey for identification of Other Backward Classes (OBC). Advocate Bikram Banerjee informed a division bench of Chief ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    Tea garden asst manager killed by worker

    Siliguri: An assistant manager at Jayantika Tea Garden, Nilanjan Bhadra, was allegedly hacked to death by a garden worker, Elthrus Ekka, at the Bas Line Division of the tea garden in Phansidewa on Thursday. Ekka has been arrested.Bhadra was ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    Civic body faces HC ire over forcing PMAY applicants to pay 40k

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the Dinhata Municipality in Cooch Behar to show reasons why action should not be taken against it for collecting Rs 40,000 as "development fund" from individuals applying for urban dwelling units under ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    7 jailed for life for ’18 TMC candidate murder

    Kolkata: A Barasat district court on Thursday gave life imprisonment to seven persons for the murder of TMC panchayat samiti candidate Biplab Sarkar inside a party office in Habra during the 2018 panchayat elections.Public prosecutor Shyamal Kanti Dutta stated ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    Bengal emerges 2nd in total, share of women representatives in assembly

    Kolkata: Bengal has emerged second nationally in terms of the share of women MLAs in the state assembly and the total number of women MLAs, according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). With 15% of ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    Baruipur protest: BJP MLAs walk out of assembly, burn Speaker’s effigy

    Kolkata: BJP MLAs on Thursday staged a walkout waving black flags and even burnt speaker Biman Banerjee's effigy outside the Bengal assembly after he rejected their demand for a discussion on the alleged attack on state leader of opposition ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    Before UK visit, CM forms GoM, task force

    Kolkata: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday formed a group of five senior cabinet ministers and a task force comprising five senior bureaucrats and cops and tasked them with monitoring the situation in the state and coordinating with ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    Spivak support for Mamata’s secularism ‘in current context’

    Kolkata: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, winner of the 2025 Holberg Prize — the closest equivalent to a ‘humanities Nobel' — wrote to Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, expressing support for Banerjee's secularism "in the current context" and thanking ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    Bengal seeks Slovak investment to boost economic ties

    12 Kolkata: The state is seeking investment from Slovakia across various business sectors. State industry and commerce minister Shashi Panja met a delegation led by Slovak foreign and European affairs minister Juraj Blanar in the city on Thursday.The minister ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    AI-driven ops: Bandhan ties up with Salesforce

    Kolkata: Salesforce has partnered with Bandhan Bank to drive digital transformation in its loan origination systems (LOS). The collaboration was announced on Thursday in the city. With Salesforce's support, the bank has consolidated multiple LOS into AI-driven platforms.Ratan Kumar ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    Sunita Williams should get Bharat Ratna: Mamata Banerjee

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday, while giving her reactions on the successful return of Sunita Williams from space, claimed to have studied space science. KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said astronaut Sunita Williams should be ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    Pay staffer’s arrears since 2005: HC to KMC

    Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Wednesday directed KMC to pay arrears to an employee from the date they were informed of the mistake made in his joining date, stating that the "no work no pay" principle cannot be universally ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    CP balm for traffic cops on duty in scorching heat

    Kolkata: To ease the burden on traffic constables amid rising temperatures, Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Verma on Wednesday slashed duty hours from eight to six, effective immediately. Verma also distributed summer kits to traffic cops at key intersections."The day-time ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    JUTA opposes police outpost on campus, writes to VC

    123 Kolkata: The Jadavpur University Teachers' Association has opposed the setting up of a police outpost on the campus. This follows a communication from Kolkata Police last week, where they sought space from university authorities to set up a ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    State issues alert in Birbhum, Mursh villages after bird flu cases reported in J’khand’s Pakur

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt had given an alert to villages within 10 km radius in the districts in Birbhum and Murshidabad adjoining Pakur in Jharkhand following report of bird flu in Pakur. People are advised to avoid sick or ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    Met: Thunderstorm likely to give relief from sorching heat

    12 Kolkata: The city remained under partial cloud cover on Thursday morning, which provided slight relief from the scorching heat of the last few days. While the maximum temperature slid to 32°C, the minimum was 26.6°C. With conditions turning ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    JU students ‘punish’ PG2 anti-ragging boy for 5 hours

    123456 Kolkata: More than 15 boarders of Jadavpur University's Main Hostel allegedly confined, mentally harassed, and ‘punished' a second-year postgraduate film studies student for five hours on Tuesday for speaking up against ragging last year. The incident took place ...

    21 March 2025 Times of India
    333-cr BMC water project to benefit 3.2 lakh residents

    12 Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to implement the Rs 333-crore project to set up a water distribution network, underground reservoirs and overhead tanks in Rajarhat-Gopalpur, covering BMC wards 1 to 21, to supply surface-treated water. ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    Compensation raised for man crippled in accident

    Kolkata: Calcutta HC on Wednesday set aside the compensation amount fixed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal and factored in multipliers in the light of a Supreme Court order to increase the compensation amount of an 80% disabled accident ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal assembly passes bill to allow women to work in bars

    KOLKATA: The West Bengal assembly on Wednesday sanctioned legislation permitting women to undertake employment in bars. The West Bengal Finance Bill, 2025, was presented by minister of state Chandrima Bhattacharya in the assembly.It seeks to amend the Bengal Excise ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    'Football runs through my veins': Mamata Banerjee receives jersey signed by Lionel Messi, calls him 'artist with the ball'

    She noted that football is a deeply ingrained passion in Bengal and praised Messi as a symbol of the sport’s brilliance. NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expressed her admiration for Argentine football legend ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    Scuffle, human chain as hawkers block New Market entrance

    1234 Kolkata: Trouble erupted near the entrance to the bakery range at New Market on Wednesday with traders protesting against semi-permanent stalls, with tarpaulin canopies, which had been erected on the two-wheeler parking area. Several stalls have also come ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    No bail, arrested student in cop custody till Mar 25

    Kolkata: Sauptik Chandra, a second-year civil engineering student arrested in connection with the arson at the Trinamool-supported ‘Shiksha Bandhu' office on campus on March 1, was sent to police custody until March 25 as the magistrate turned down his ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    Met issues yellow alert for today, orange for tomorrow

    123 Kolkata: The Met office issued an orange alert for Kolkata on Friday, indicating the possibility of an intense thunderstorm between Thursday and Saturday. Met officials said on Friday, Kolkata may experience gusty winds at 40 kmph-50 kmph, along ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    Swimming coach stabs girl, arrested

    Kolkata: A swimming coach in Chitpore was arrested for allegedly robbing jewellery and stabbing an 11-year-old girl. The accused, Sandeep Sau, was charged under multiple sections for robbery and attempted murder, police said.The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon at ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    Cal HC reinstates CISF constable after 11 years

    Kolkata: Eleven years after an on-duty CISF constable lost his job following a scuffle with another constable with a CISF offier at the New Delhi metro station, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed his reinstatement and stated that ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    City boy, a nat’l-level athlete, tops GATE

    Kolkata: Arnab Paul, a final-year biotechnology student at Heritage Institute of Technology, bagged the top spot, nationally, in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) examination. He wants to pursue bioprocess engineering at IIT Madras.Paul had aimed for a ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    Court reprieve for luxury car firm officials

    Kolkata: Calcutta high court on Wednesday quashed criminal proceedings against the head of Audi India, which is a division of Volkswagen Group Sales India Pvt Ltd, and the company's customer service head in a case where a buyer filed ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    Fake passports: KP issues lookout notices against 69

    12 Kolkata: Kolkata Police has issued lookout notices against 69 individuals suspected of having used forged documents to obtain Indian passports and flee the country. Charge sheets have been filed against 130 people involved in the fraud, but many ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    Shashwat Goenka elected chairman of CII Eastern Region

    12 Kolkata: RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group vice-chairman Shashwat Goenka has been elected as CII Eastern Region chairman. Goenka said that he would work across different states in the next 12 months and has plans to take CII to new heights. ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    After 81 years, Kurseong turntable for toy train revived

    Siliguri: After 81 years, a turntable that enabled a toy train locomotive to do a 180° turn within minutes has been revived at Kurseong. The restoration took about four months, and trials are still being conducted at Kurseong. A ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    Suvendu faces ‘go back’ slogans at Baruipur rally

    12 Kolkata: There was tension in Baruipur on Wednesday when state leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari held a rally to protest against vandalism at temples and "mistreatment" of BJP MLAs in the assembly. As Trinamool Congress supporters shouted "go ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    Bengal to revoke 2001 incentive schemes, plans new industry-focused policy

    Kolkata: State govt looks to discontinue the West Bengal Incentive Schemes, and in due course, a new scheme — relevant in the current context — will be introduced. State industries minister Shashi Panja on Wednesday tabled the Revocation of ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    India expected to sign several FTAs soon: Sanjiv Puri

    12 Kolkata: India is expected to sign several FTAs despite rising global geopolitical uncertainties, said CII president Sanjiv Puri. He also advocated for 6% of the national GDP to be allocated to the education sector.Addressing a CII conference on ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    Cong brass doesn’t ‘rule out’ tie-up in Bengal, state unit to fortify base first

    Kolkata: Congress brass, which met Bengal unit netas at a hybrid meeting in Delhi on Wednesday, has not ruled out the possibility of an alliance for the assembly polls in Bengal, said sources. Pradesh Congress netas, however, will analyse ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    Traffic curbs around Eden on match days

    Kolkata: Traffic restrictions will be implemented around Eden Gardens and the Maidan area in Kolkata during upcoming IPL cricket matches starting this Saturday, Lalbazar stated on Monday. The Kolkata Police Traffic Department announced that vehicles will be restricted around ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    Kunal gets HC nod for London trip

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted permission to Trinamool spokesperson and journalist Kunal Ghosh to accompany CM Mamata Banerjee to London from March 21 to March 30. An application was made seeking permission for his London trip ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    2L-3L recruitments can take place after OBC survey: Mamata

    123 Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said recruitment to fill at least 2 lakh to 3 lakh vacancies in various state govt departments could proceed once the survey to assess community backwardness — and thereby include more groups ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    Bengal gets two new state information commissioners

    12 Kolkata: Bengal govt appointed Sanchita Kumar and Mriganko Mahato on Wednesday as the two new state information commissioners. CM Mamata Banerjee, along with parliamentary affairs minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, selected the two from a list of nine applicants. Kumar ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    Best of Tollywood takes home the Black Lady

    123456 Kolkata: Joy Filmfare Awards Bangla 2025, which was held at JW Marriott on Tuesday, brought together the finest talents, outstanding performances and artistic brilliance under one roof to celebrate the excellence in Bengali cinema. While Nandita Roy-Shiboprasad Mukherjee's ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    Municipalities job scam: HC refuses to grant Sil bail

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday refused to grant bail to Ayan Sil in the multi-crore municipalities recruitment case, stating that given the gravity of the offence, "it will send a wrong signal to society."The HC also noted ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    HC gives permission for Tamluk rally

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday allowed a Hindu protest rally at East Midnapore's Tamluk town on Thursday. State leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari will participate.Petitioners had moved the HC after cops denied permission to the procession, proposed ...

    20 March 2025 Times of India
    HC lifts stay, gives nod to appointment of 29 judges

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    19 March 2025 Times of India
    'Lesbian bonding': Row in West Bengal over Tagore song in series Dabba Cartel

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    19 March 2025 Times of India
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    12 Kolkata: The state govt on Tuesday sanctioned another Rs 5.9 crore to the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority for the repair and upgradation of roads in different locations of the Salt Lake Sector II area. The state govt earlier ...

    19 March 2025 Times of India
    Suvendu reaches out to Dilip, meets MLAs at assembly

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    Kolkata Weather Forecast Today March 18, 2025: Sunny days ahead with patchy rain expected

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    Fire razes 120 hectares of 144-year-old tea estate

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    Tagore song use in web series divides audience

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