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  • News from West Bengal | 28 Jun, 2025 | ১৪ আষাঢ়, ১৪৩২
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  • Privilege motion against Hiran

    12 Kolkata: The state assembly saw a privilege motion being tabled against BJP MLA Hiran Chatterjee by finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya on Thursday for accusing her of making false statements. Speaker Biman Banerjee accepted the privilege motion.The issue pertained ...

    21 February 2025 Times of India
    Chandrima takes aim at BJP absence during budget reply

    123 Kolkata: Bengal finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya, during her reply to budget discussions on Thursday, took a dig at BJP MLAs for remaining absent and said "all the people of Bengal are watching it". Describing the state budget as ...

    21 February 2025 Times of India
    Airtel leads in voice call performance in Kolkata, Jio in data download

    12 Kolkata: Bharti Airtel has emerged as one of the best-performing networks in Kolkata, edging past others in voice call performance, according to a study by TRAI. However, in data, Jio had an edge over its competitors, revealed TRAI's ...

    21 February 2025 Times of India
    Intense spell inundates several roads, hits afternoon traffic across Kolkata

    12 Kolkata: An intense spell of rain that lasted for an hour inundated several parts of the city. Sources in the Kolkata Muncipal Corporation(KMC) sewerage and drainage department conceded the department had no inkling of the intensity of the ...

    21 February 2025 Times of India
    Feb rain catches Kol off-guard, washes out open-air weddings

    1234 Kolkata: Heavy rain and gusty winds on Thursday played spoilsport for weddings scheduled for the day in Kolkata and its adjoining areas. With rain sweeping away the elaborately done open-air venues of the ceremonies, the day turned out ...

    21 February 2025 Times of India
    B’desh seeks to boost visa, trade ties with India: Touhid

    Kolkata: Foreign adviser to the interim Bangladesh govt, Md Touhid Hossain, on Thursday told TOI that he had taken up the issue of visas with external affairs minister S Jaishankar in Muscat on Feb 16. Hossain added that he ...

    21 February 2025 Times of India
    HC orders CID probe into theft of 1.6L textbooks

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered a CID investigation into the theft of around 1.6 lakh primary textbooks from the school inspector's godown at North Dinajpur's Islampur. The theft was reported in Dec 2022.A division bench of ...

    21 February 2025 Times of India
    TMC slams BJP neta’s demand for separate state

    Kolkata: A BJP MLA's demand for a separate North Bengal state in the assembly on Thursday sparked a war of words between TMC and the saffron party.Dabgram-Fulbari MLA Shikha Chatterjee said in the assembly, "People are saying that if ...

    21 February 2025 Times of India
    Researcher from north Dum Dum dies in Saudi

    123 Kolkata: Mystery shrouds the death of Joydeep Chowdhury, a young researcher from Nimta in North Dum Dum, whose body was found on Tuesday evening at his hostel in Saudi Arabia, where he was pursuing higher studies.His bereaved parents ...

    21 February 2025 Times of India
    Terrorist with ABT links arrested by STF in Nadia

    123 Kolkata: The Bengal police STF arrested a suspected terrorist in Nadia district on Thursday. The accused, identified as Biplab Biswas alias Abdullah, was apprehended in Thanarpara.According to senior STF officials, Biswas came under the radar after investigators uncovered ...

    21 February 2025 Times of India
    Cops seal, barricade Deys’ Tangra house

    123 Kolkata: The residence of the Deys at Atal Sur Road, close to Tangra Towers, was barricaded by cops on Thursday. However, that did not stop people from as far as Topsia and Mathpukur from walking close to the ...

    21 February 2025 Times of India
    We wouldn’t have let this happen had we known: Kin of deceased

    12 Kolkata: Swapan Kumar Banerjee (76), a resident of Silpara in Purba Barisha, stood near the NRS Medical College mortuary amidst pouring rain on Thursday afternoon. Behind the closed door lay his daughter, Romi Dey (44), and his granddaughter, ...

    21 February 2025 Times of India
    Support for PPP plan to revamp tram routes

    12 Kolkata: A day after the Calcutta High Court suggested that a public-private partnership be explored for the modernisation of at least one tram route, WBTC managing director Shiraz Daneshyar expressed support for the idea at the sixth Tram ...

    21 February 2025 Times of India
    ‘Injured family members stable, to remain in ICU’

    123 Kolkata: The condition of all three members of the Tangra family, admitted to Ruby General Hospital, is stable. Doctors said that while they are out of danger, they will continue to receive treatment in the hospital's intensive care ...

    21 February 2025 Times of India
    Factory shut, 50 workers stare at uncertain future

    123 Kolkata: The waterlogged entry gate to the 21 Seal Lane factory, which brought affluence to Tangra's Dey family for the past two and a half decades before a financial crisis hit them, was locked even as the machines ...

    21 February 2025 Times of India
    E coli breaches hsg complex boundary, child living in vicinity lands in hospital

    Kolkata: A 10-year-old boy who lives near a prominent housing complex off EM Bypass has been admitted to the hospital with a severe E coli infection. Admitted on Tuesday with severe dehydration and complaints of loose stool, the boy ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    Flyers get concierge services at airport after 6-year gap

    12 Kolkata: Passenger concierge service finally resumed at Kolkata airport on Wednesday after a gap of six years. The service, which includes meet and greet and porterage, will particularly help senior citizens, people with disabilities and unaccompanied women travelling ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    ‘Families take drastic steps from belief that situation is irretrievable’

    Kolkata: A deep sense of social shame or a dire financial crisis tends to drive multiple members of a family to suicide, said psychiatrists and psychologists. Such suicide pacts are formed after the family starts believing that the situation ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata man accused of abetting teacher suicide sets lawyer’s flat on fire

    Kolkata: Khazan Singh, a former school managing committee member of Khalsa Model Senior Secondary School (KMSSS) in Dunlop, sustained burn injuries as he allegedly attempted to set a lawyer's flat ablaze on Tuesday evening, along with two others, in ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    Man held for molesting minor on road

    Kolkata: A mechanic was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly molesting a school girl in an upscale area of south Kolkata under the jurisdiction of Shakespeare Sarani police station. The accused, whose identity has been withheld by police, was charged ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    Madhyamik student hurt by ceiling fan fall takes exam in hosp

    Kolkata: A Madhyamik student showed sheer determination by completing her life science exam from a hospital bed after sustaining injuries when a ceiling fan fell on her head during the test.Nandini Makal, a student of Batanagar Jatiya Siksha Mandir, ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    ‘Climate change pushing up child labour, trafficking, early marriage in Sundarbans’

    123 Kolkata: Escalating climate-induced disasters in the Sundarbans have severely impacted the lives of children living there over the past decade, reveals a recent study. Child labour, trafficking, early marriage, adolescent pregnancy, and violence are increasing while social protection ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    After cloudy Wed, rain likely in city today

    Kolkata: The city sky remained partly cloudy on Wednesday while some parts of the neighbouring South and North 24 Parganas received light rain. The Met office, however, has predicted thunderstorms with light to moderate rain in Kolkata and some ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    Seniors enrol in Presi’s new course

    Kolkata: Moulinath Biswas, a 59-year-old central govt employee, stepped inside a university campus on Wednesday after leaving his studies in 1984. Sandip Banik graduated from City College in 1984 and returned to a campus after his retirement. Subrata Dasgupta, ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    No food, no toilet for hours: Train passengers share ordeal over huge rush for Kumbh

    12 Kolkata: The unprecedented rush to the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, has made train journey a nightmarish experience for passengers who had booked their tickets in premium 2AC or 3AC compartments months in advance.Aniruddha Dey, 58, ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    3 survive EM Bypass crash, trail leads to 3 bodies in Tangra house

    12 Kolkata: A car crash on the EM Bypass early on Wednesday that left three members of a family gravely injured, followed by the discovery of three lifeless bodies of family members of the crash survivors at their home ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    Bumper potato production triggers storage crisis fears

    Kolkata: A record potato production in West Bengal has sparked concerns over distress sales and storage shortage. The state expects a bumper crop exceeding 1.4 crore tonnes in 2024-25, a sharp increase from 1.3 crore tonnes last year, following ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    Ph-II of 4-day E-W closure from today

    Kolkata: East-West Metro's commercial services will be suspended, once again for four days from Thursday, for the second phase of the trial of the signalling system in the incomplete Esplanade-Sealdah section. In the first phase, both sections of East-West ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    Man sneaks into med shop, mistaken as thief

    12 Kolkata: A 30-year-old engineer was found loitering inside a homeopathy medicine shop in Dalhousie on Tuesday morning. Police said there was some drama following the discovery, given that locals thought he was a burglar. Things turned complicated when ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    State allays bird flu fear after chicken deaths

    Midnapore: A team from the animal husbandry department on Tuesday visited the poultry farm at Chaltageria village in West Midnapore following reports of chicken deaths at the facility. The doctors who performed autopsies on the carcasses allayed bird flu ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    1 arrested at airport for Cambodia digi-arrest fraud

    Kolkata: A day after immigration officials at Kolkata airport apprehended a key member of an organised crime racket running a digital-arrest fraud from Cambodia, one of his associates was arrested at Kolkata airport on Monday.Md Tausif was apprehended when ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    CM: There was a murder but accused wasn’t hanged

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said: "There was a murder at RG Kar Medical College but the accused person was not hanged. Our police can solve a case in two months and secure orders for hanging from ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    3 elephants join trunks to rescue calf

    12 Lalgarh: In a remarkable display of intelligence and teamwork, three elephants, including a mother, rescued a calf that had fallen into a concrete drain in Lalgarh on Wednesday morning.A herd of 25 elephants was crossing the road to ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    BJP stages walkout in assembly

    12 Kolkata: BJP MLAs staged a walkout in the assembly on Wednesday. This came after speaker Biman Banerjee declined their demand to discuss an adjournment motion over the proposal of allowing 30% of tea-garden land to be made freehold ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    6 held after OCs clash at hospital

    123 Berhampore: A Lalgola hospital saw two police officers-in-charge fighting on Tuesday night, leading to arrest of one of the OCs.The arrested Ashraful Sheikh, OC of DCRB (District Crime Record Bureau) and five of his family members were arrested ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    SAFE launches solar e-transport initiative in Sundarbans

    123 Kolkata: The South Asian Forum for Environment (SAFE), an organisation which works on sustainable environment development schemes, has come up with a project to develop energy-neutral riverine and land transport in the Sundarbans, where e-rickshaws and e-boats will ...

    20 February 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar corruption: HC sets fortnightly monitoring routine

    Kolkata: Calcutta HC on Tuesday set a fortnightly monitoring schedule for the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital corruption case, in which former principal Sandip Ghosh and others are accused.A division bench of Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Gaurang ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    Ghat denizens become guardians of riverfront

    12 Kolkata: Tea sellers, muri and snack vendors, sweepers and barbers—those who live and make a living on the banks of the Hooghly—have been named ‘River Ambassadors', entrusted with the job to conserve the riverfront and make the ghats ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    Peerless director wins award

    12 Supriyo Sinha director - business transformation and corporate strategy of Peerless received the Directors' Excellence award from MentorMyBoard at Mastering Boardroom Conclave and Awards event held at the BSE earlier this month.Stay updated with breaking news, bank holidays ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    'It's better to die than be accused of having ties with terrorists': West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

    CM Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: "I will resign as CM if you can prove that I have links with terror outfits or am associated with Muslim League," CM Mamata Banerjee said in the state assembly on Tuesday, countering BJP's allegations."I ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    ICSE examinees take critical thinking questions in their stride on first day

    Kolkata: The first board examination of the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) started on Tuesday with a special assembly in many schools to focus on the paper. ICSE kicked off on Tuesday with English Paper 1. ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    RVNL widens road to ease Chingrighata traffic

    12 Kolkata: As per the traffic police's specification, RVNL has doubled the width of the new road at Metropolitan. It is now waiting for the nod for girder-launching at the Chingrighata crossing. Withholding the NOC for the Metro, cops ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    Don’t shut any tram line till panel gives report: HC

    12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has instructed that no tram line in Kolkata should be closed until a designated committee inspects all the lines and submits a report. The division bench of Chief Justice S Sivagnanam and Justice ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    Salt Lake man watching TV charred in late-night fire

    12 Kolkata: A 47-year-old man enjoying his evening drink and smoke while watching TV in his room at his Salt Lake house burnt to death in a fire on Monday night. Cops suspect he possibly dozed off and the ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    Ammo supply: KP to probe personnel’s role

    Kolkata: The day after Bengal STF arrested another employee of the gun shop in Dalhousie in connection with the ammunition supply case, Kolkata Police said it may look into its own men to ascertain if they played the role ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    45 families squatting near Yogayog Bhawan removed

    1234 Kolkata: Around 45 families reportedly encroaching upon 150m stretch of the pavement around Yogayog Bhawan on CR Avenue were on Tuesday removed in a drive by Kolkata Police, with the help of KMC. The move to clear the ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    Frequent hawker clashes put New Market traders on edge

    12 Kolkata: New Market, the heart of Kolkata's shopping hub, spanning Bertram Street, Humayun Place, Sudder Street, Madge Lane, Free School Street, Kyd Street, Marquis Street and SN Banerjee Road, has now become synonymous with clashes and chaos between ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    Ringer’s Lactate safe: Mamata

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said in the state assembly that the Ringer's Lactate saline batch was tested in the laboratories and the saline was found to be safe. In January, a woman died and three other ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    Club by city’s biz community celebrates 80 yrs of ‘desi’ pride

    12 Kolkata: A club set up by the business community in Kolkata in the 1940s, when all other city clubs were either dominated by the British or had a British influence, has turned 80.Hindusthan Club on Sarat Bose Road, ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    Bengal issues notification on singing of state anthem

    12 Kolkata: Bengal govt on Monday issued a new notification regarding state anthem "Banglar Mati, Banglar Jol", a song by Rabindranath Tagore, making it clear that it would be sung exactly the way the poet composed it in 1905.Tagore ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    ‘Rarest of rare’: Man gets death for raping infant

    12 Kolkata: A Pocso court in the city on Tuesday sentenced a 34-year-old man to death for raping a seven-month-old infant on Nov 30 last year, leaving her fighting for life. The court termed the case "rarest of rare".The ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    CM: Will quit if BJP can prove terror, Muslim League links

    12 Kolkata: "I will resign as CM if you can prove that I have links with terror outfits or am associated with Muslim League," CM Mamata Banerjee said in the state assembly on Tuesday, countering BJP's allegations."I was accused ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    Bengal cos shine in 2024 Burgundy Private Hurun India 500

    Kolkata: Bengal has witnessed a rise in the number of companies featured in the 2024 Burgundy Private Hurun India 500. A total of 27 companies from the state have made it to the list, an increase of five since ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    Sodexo India launches healthcare mgmt facility in Sector V

    Kolkata: Sodexo India, a sustainable food services and valued experiences company, has introduced a Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) facility at Sector V in Kolkata.The facility, spread over an area of 6,700 sq ft, is equipped with six specialised labs ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    Duttapukur: Severed head found 16 days after murder

    123 Kolkata: During the reconstruction of the Duttapukur murder case, the severed head of 29-year-old Hazrat Laskar, a criminal-turned-police informer, was recovered from a wetland adjacent to a railway gate at Bamangachi station on the Sealdah-Bongaon section on Tuesday ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    Maha Kumbh has turned into a ‘Mrityu Kumbh’: Mamata

    12 Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the Uttar Pradesh administration of turning Maha Kumbh into a "Mrityu Kumbh", claiming that the Jan 29 stampede death toll was much higher than the official figure. Alleging mismanagement at Maha ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    HC refuses to interfere in case against Deucha-Pachami project

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court refused to interfere in a case alleging environmental violation in the Deucha-Pachami coal mining project on Tuesday. Justice Amrita Sinha noted that the respondent wanted to make a comparative chart to show that the averments ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    HC grants Bhadra conditional bail until March-end

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court granted conditional bail to Sujay Krishna Bhadra on Tuesday until the end of March in the job-for-cash case on medical and humanitarian grounds. The division bench of Justice Arijit Banerjee and Justice Apurba Sinha ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    1 held for rape of disabled woman in Sabang

    Sabang: A man was arrested by Sabang police on Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman with disabilities on Jan 28. The accused was produced before a Midnapore court, which remanded him in two-day police custody.While local sources and ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    HC slams cops for ‘shabby’ probe in 2009 murder

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday reprimanded cops for a "shabby" investigation into the murder of a 77-year-old woman in 2009 under Nandakumar police station. The HC, however, refused to order a probe by an independent agency or ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    Rain likely in next 48 hrs, again on weekend: Met

    123 Kolkata: Even as the Met office rain forecast for Kolkata is between Wednesday and Thursday, the city skyline was covered by light cloud from Tuesday itself. The Met office said that the cloud on Tuesday was not potent ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    Summer uniform comes early to schools, thanks to winter’s poor show this season

    123 Kolkata: Summer uniforms in schools this year made an early debut compared to the last couple of years. With the rise in temperature, several schools have advised children to wear half-sleeve cotton wear as per their choice. Schools ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    SC imposes Rs 10L cost on state over employee’s retirement dues

    12 Kolkata: A cost of Rs 10 lakh was imposed by Supreme Court on Bengal govt on Feb 14 for not paying retiral dues to a govt employee even 18 years after his retirement.The division bench of justices Vikram ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    Jalpaiguri station to be revamped themed on Netaji’s freedom struggle

    12 Jalpaiguri: Jalpaiguri station is undergoing an overhaul under the Amrit Bharat Station Yojana scheme. It will be the first station in the country themed on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's struggle against colonial rule for India's independence.As part of ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    BMC’s year-round cleaning drive against dengue

    123 Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will conduct a cleaning drive using hydraulic dumpers in the areas of BMC ward 1 to ward 27, which cover Rajarhat Gopalpur areas, including Baguiati, Kestopur, Kaikhali and surrounding places of the ...

    19 February 2025 Times of India
    Bus passenger walks into blind spot, run over

    Kolkata: A 76-year-old man died after being hit by a private bus at the AJC Bose Road-Loudon Street crossing, close to Minto Park, around 9 am on Monday. Chotelal Prajapati from the Botanical Garden area in Shibpur came into ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    24-yr-old case: Green activist acquitted

    Kolkata: Green activist Subhas Datta was acquitted on Monday of a molestation case that was levelled against him 24 years ago. This incident occurred when he went to plant saplings on a sandbar after the local panchayat, which had ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Raj bizman abduction: 3 held in Hwh

    Howrah: Three persons were arrested in Howrah for abducting a garments businessman from Rajasthan. Police are looking for one more accused who is currently absconding.Officers at Nischinda PS received a call at 2.40 am on Saturday from a Phoolbagan ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Bengal leads India in global bird count with 543 species, tops for third consecutive year

    123 Kolkata: For the third year in a row, Bengal recorded the highest number of species during the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) across 37 states and union territories in the country.The exercise, one of the largest birding events ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Cop nod for work to bridge Orange Line gap

    12 Kolkata: After three years, RVNL on Monday got the traffic department's authorization to start work on bridging the New Garia-Airport corridor or Orange Line's viaduct gap beyond the under-construction VIP Road metro station. Traffic flow is not affected ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Work in progress: Asiatic Society opens 216-yr-old building after refurbishment

    Kolkata: The Asiatic Society building, one of Kolkata's most historically significant landmarks on Park Street, was opened to the public on Monday in a refurbished state. However, the restoration of the building by the Archaeological Survey of India, a ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    BJP’s MP, MLA in verbal spat as bickering comes to the fore

    1234 Kolkata: BJP's Tamluk MP Abhijit Ganguly got embroiled in a verbal spat with the party's Haldia MLA Tapasi Mandal on Sunday. While Ganguly alleged that Mandal and her associates were trying to organise themselves under separate outfits, the ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Landlord refuses entry to mother, newborn for 5 hrs

    Jalpaiguri: A mother and her newborn were denied entry into their rented home for five hours on Monday, as the landlord deemed it inauspicious for her to enter while she was still in ‘osouch'—a period of perceived impurity following ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Animal husbandry dept to probe poultry deaths in Debra

    Midnapore: The state animal husbandry department is dispatching a team of experts to a poultry farm in west Midnapore's Debra following reports of multiple chicken deaths at the facility.Hundreds of dead chickens have been found lying in a poultry ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Eastern Railway announces steps to boost pilgrims’ safety

    123 Kolkata: As part of Eastern Railway's (ER) Sealdah division's measures to regulate the influx of Prayagraj-bound pilgrims, ER on Monday announced that unreserved ticket sale details would be monitored periodically by senior officials, so as to assess any ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata’s warmest winter in recent years ends with a Feb high of 15°C minimum temp

    Kolkata: The last "official" fortnight of winter in Kolkata followed the trend of the 2024-25 season, making it one of the warmest winters in recent years. This year, the lowest minimum temperature recorded in Feb — 15.1°C — was ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Cops visit B’desh ship sink site, stop crew from dumping fly ash

    Kolkata: Police on Monday stopped the crew of sinking Bangladeshi vessel MV Sea World from dumping fly ash into the Muriganga. The development comes after TOI front-paged a report on the toxic cargo being dumped from the ship, raising ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Suvendu, 3 MLAs suspended from House for causing ruckus

    123 Kolkata: Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari, along with BJP MLAs Agnimitra Paul, Bishwanath Karak and Bankim Ghosh, were suspended from the state assembly for 30 days or till the end of the budget session. This came after ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    2014 blast: STF wants to quiz duo face to face

    123 Kolkata: The state's Special Task Force (STF) wants to interrogate Nur Islam Mondal, head of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) Assam module, and Tariqul, alias Sadiq, a member of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and a convict in the Khagragarh blast ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    1979 Marichjhapi massacre makes screen debut with Bangladeshi OTT series

    KOLKATA: The Jan 1979 Marichjhapi massacre, which became the backdrop of Amitav Ghosh's ‘The Hungry Tide', has haunted Indian filmmakers who aim to portray the predicament of refugees who purportedly perished from police brutality, affliction, and starvation. Bauddhayan Mukherji ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Masked robbers rob elderly couple at knifepoint

    123 Kolkata: A group of six to seven men, their faces hidden behind helmets and masks, broke down a collapsible gate on the ground floor of a three-storey house at Nalta in Dum Dum early on Monday and robbed ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Bangla man in Saudi Arabia undergoes complex op in Kol

    12 Kolkata: Kolkata doctors came to the rescue of a Bangladesh patient whose oesophagus was extensively injured after he accidentally consumed a highly corrosive liquor. Md Rashid is now recuperating in the city after a major surgery at Manipal ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    A film director who refused to compromise with his craft

    123 Kolkata: One of the lessons that iconic German director Wim Wenders imparted to those who viewed his Palme d'Or-winning film, ‘Paris, Texas', at Sunday's Nandan screening was that even renowned filmmakers may be asked to alter their film's ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Madhyamik students to get full marks for 2 maths questions

    Kolkata: Examinees of the Madhyamik mathematics exam will get full marks for attempting one one-mark question and one four-mark question if they followed the correct methods. This year, the Madhyamik board introduced different sets of question papers for different ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Be prepared for midweek rain, thunderstorm in Kol, says Met

    12 Kolkata: The Met office has predicted thunderstorm in Kolkata and other parts of south Bengal between Wednesday and Thursday. The rain spell in the city could be light to moderate. The mercury could dip slightly after the rain."Rainfall/thunderstorm ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    S Kol complex battles E coli outbreak

    12 Kolkata: The residents of a condominium complex near New Garia railway station have been living on tenterhooks for the past few weeks after the groundwater supply was found to be contaminated with E coli bacteria. Though the office-bearers ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Third attack in 3 months: Hawkers shut shop to protest against assault

    12 Kolkata: In the New Market area, more than 150 hawkers on Humayun Place suspended their business operations on Monday, protesting against a violent assault on two stall owners by two extortionists who previously worked as hawkers. The hawkers' ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    ‘Won’t be hard for students to tackle ICSE changes’

    Kolkata: Students taking their ICSE exams this year will get more competency-based questions. On the other hand, they will get an additional half-hour for the 80-mark mathematics examination. Reacting to the changes, the principals of several city ICSE schools ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    May deadline for Bypass bridge near Tagore Park

    12 Kolkata: The 45-metre long bridge over the inception canal near a popular restaurant at Tagore Park on EM Bypass is nearing completion and is expected to be opened to traffic in May, giving more space for vehicles to ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    In troubled year, number of Bangladeshis marrying Indians doubles

    In 2024, the number of Bangladeshis marrying Indians in Bengal has surged compared to the previous year, doubling with 111 applications till December 20 KOLKATA: Love knows no boundaries, and politics. The number of Bangladeshi citizens marrying Indians in ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    Sinking Bangladeshi vessel dumps toxic fly ash in river near Ghoramara, shows video shared by panchayat member

    KOLKATA: A video shared by a panchayat member from Ghoramara island on Sunday shows a sinking Bangladeshi vessel illegally dumping toxic fly ash into the Muriganga river, raising serious environmental concerns.According to reports, the vessel, MV Sea World, was ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    Sundarbans college takes AI chatbot route to teach students

    Kolkata: In an attempt to tackle shortage of teachers, Rishi Bankim Sardar College in the Sundarbans — affiliated to the University of Calcutta — has introduced AI-driven chatbots to teach new subjects to the students under the four-year degree ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    RPF-GRP focus on general coaches, overcrowding at Howrah station after Delhi stampede

    12 Kolkata/Asansol: As pilgrims rushed to take Prayagraj-bound trains from Howrah and Asansol stations, the RPF, GRP and the Railways on Sunday announced multiple measures to prevent a New Delhi-like stampede, which left 18 pilgrims dead. The RPF and ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    3.1k to 2k in a yr: Bengal sees fewer forest fires in ’23-24

    123456 Kolkata: Bankura, Jhargram, West Midnapore and Purulia have emerged as the foremost districts in Bengal with highest incidents of forest fires in 2023-24 with 456, 371, 295 and 282 cases, respectively.The aggregate forest fires in the state have ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    East Bengal subdue Mohammedan SC 3-1 after surviving 2nd-half scares

    Kolkata: East Bengal FC survived some late anxious moments before subduing the challenge of Mohammedan SC 3-1 in their Indian Super League clash at the Salt Lake Stadium on Sunday.Mahesh Naorem Singh set the victory for Oscar Bruzon's team ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    Experts’ tips for board candidates: Study but don’t overdo it, take breaks to unwind

    Kolkata: Even as board exams commence and students face a gruelling month-long schedule, psychiatrists and experts warn against the dangers of ‘overlearning' and anxiety, which, they point out, can prevent students from producing their best.Taking breaks and taking time ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    Ghatal Master Plan: Wall on Shilabati west bank on cards

    Ghatal: A wall on Shilabati river's western bank to prevent floodwaters from entering Ghatal is part of the Master Plan. Acquiring 105 acres of land to build embankments, dams and pump houses, five sluice gates (four on the Rupnarayan ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    Merlin to invest Rs 800cr for 2nd thematic project

    12 Kolkata: Real estate company Merlin Group is set to come up with its second thematic luxury residential project. The project, set in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation area bordering New Town, is likely to be completed by 2030 and Merlin ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    2 die, 1 critical while cleaning septic tank in Nandigram

    Nandigram: Two workers died on Sunday while cleaning a septic tank without protective gear in Vekutia village under Nandigram police station while the homeowner is in critical state. The deceased were identified as Manash Giri and Mrityunjay Jana. Homeowner ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    Police drive against hotel booking scams

    Kolkata: As many in the city are planning trips once the school exams end on the first week of March and on the occasion of Dol and Holi, cops started a drive to warn people of the scams that ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
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