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  • Rules murdered: Vanished staircase, walled-up windows, dud smoke alarms and sprinklers

    123 Kolkata: A devastating fire at Rituraj Hotel on Madan Mohan Burman Street, adjoining Mechhua in central Kolkata, revealed how the facility functioned with complete disregard for safety regulations, leading to multiple fatalities and widespread outrage. According to Ranvir ...

    1 May 2025 Times of India
    Tourist surge expected after temple inauguration

    Digha: With the inauguration of Digha's Jagannath temple, hotel owners are optimistic about a major boost in tourism at the seaside town. The tourism department plans to include the Jagannath temple in the religious circuit map of Bengal and ...

    1 May 2025 Times of India
    Bandhan Bank’s Q4 net profit rises 6-fold to Rs 318 crore

    Kolkata: Private sector lender Bandhan Bank's net profit for the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year jumped nearly six-fold to Rs 318 crore from Rs 55 crore in Q4 FY24, driven by lower provisions.The bank's provisions in Q4 ...

    1 May 2025 Times of India
    Exide Industries posts 10% fall in Q4 PAT to Rs 255 crore

    Kolkata: Exide Industries saw a 10% drop in net profit to Rs 255 crore in fourth quarter of the last fiscal year, down from Rs 284 crore in the same period one year ago. For the fourth quarter of ...

    1 May 2025 Times of India
    Marginal drop in success rate but extra time for maths helps many ICSE candidates score high

    Kolkata: Though the pass percentage marginally dropped, the students of ICSE (class 10) did much better in mathematics this time as they got an additional half hour. School heads stated that application-based and higher-order critical thinking questions contributed to ...

    1 May 2025 Times of India
    Girl scripts ISC success story after Pahalgam horror

    Kolkata: It was a traumatic week for 17-year-old Subhangi Guha, who lost her father, Samir Guha, in the terrorist attack at Baisaran Valley in Pahalgam, Kashmir. Seeing her father being shot in front of her eyes made her numb.On ...

    1 May 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata's Jadavpur University erases ‘Azad Kashmir’ graffiti from campus

    KOLKATA: Jadavpur University administration on Tuesday removed the controversial "Azad Kashmir" graffiti from the walls of Technology Bhavan near Gate 3. Jadavpur University Trinamool Chhatra Parishad Unit on Monday wrote to pro-VC Amitava Datta, demanding the graffiti be erased ...

    1 May 2025 Times of India
    Wedding firm terminates 2 staffers for duping sr citizen

    Kolkata: An agency that helps couples find and book wedding services, including venues, photos and decorators, said on Tuesday that they had terminated the services of the two employees who reportedly duped a senior citizen of Rs 7.6 lakh ...

    1 May 2025 Times of India
    Chinese bizman cheats Kol seafood exporter of 2 cr

    Kolkata: A Chinese businessman is facing fraud allegations after allegedly cheating a Kolkata-based seafood exporter of over Rs 2.1 crore in a live crab supply deal. The proprietor of a Kolkata firm that exports live crabs to foreign nations ...

    1 May 2025 Times of India
    Lux Cozi eyes 800 crore revenue from Pynk in 5 yrs

    Kolkata: Lux Cozi, one of the leading men's knitwear and textile brands, is hoping that Pynk, the women's wear brand from its stable, may touch Rs 800-crore mark in the next five years. The group is also eyeing the ...

    1 May 2025 Times of India
    Mamata opens Digha temple, dedicates Jagannath Dham to people of Bengal

    Digha: Dedicating the Jagannath Dham in Digha to the people of Bengal, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that Lord Jagannath's ‘prasad' would be sent to every household in the state. This came after the CM inaugurated the temple ...

    1 May 2025 Times of India
    Dilip meets Didi after offering prayers; ‘personal call’, says BJP

    Kolkata/Digha: Bengal BJP senior Dilip Ghosh met CM Mamata Banerjee in Digha after the inauguration of the Jagannath Dham on Wednesday and, referring to her as "Didi", said he was impressed by the temple complex. Ghosh's meeting with the ...

    1 May 2025 Times of India
    BSF jawan’s wife ‘hopeful’ of return after Ferozepur visit

    123 Rishra: Rajani Shaw, the wife of BSF jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw, travelled from her home in Rishra to Pathankot to find out about her husband, who was detained by Pakistan Rangers last Wednesday after he strayed across the ...

    1 May 2025 Times of India
    Karisma Kapoor brings breezy elegance to Kolkata in a green-on-green look

    Karisma Kapoor was in Kolkata recently to attend an event, and true to her style, she made heads turn with her chic fashion game. The actress was seen striking a picture-perfect pose next to the city’s iconic yellow taxi. ...

    1 May 2025 Times of India
    Bengal boy in nat’l cricket camp in Mum

    Kolkata: Agastya Shukla, a Class X student at Asian International School, Howrah, has been selected for Under-16 (Boys) Elite Camp-2025, to be held in Mumbai. This camp is for players selected by the National Cricket Academy (NCA). The Cricket ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    Jawan’s wife upset over cancelled flag meet

    Rishra: Rajani Shaw, the spouse of BSF jawan Purnam Shaw who had unintentionally crossed the international border last week and has been under the detention of Pakistan Rangers since, became distraught on Tuesday evening when she learnt that the ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    Airline stops Kol-Srinagar flight till May 6

    Kolkata: IndiGo Airlines cancelled the direct flight from Kolkata to Srinagar until May 6, citing operational reasons. The airline did not specify what led to the decision but officials said flyers booked on the flight were being offered an ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    'Girl forced to arrange money for room, booze': 3 college students held for gang rape of schoolgirl in Kolkata, 4th on the run

    Three college students in Kolkata were arrested for allegedly gang-raping a 16-year-old girl they met on social media. The assault occurred in a Golpark guest house on December 19th, and the accused filmed the crime. Kolkata: Three college students ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata’s iconic yellow taxis get a green makeover: 30 new dual-fuel cabs hit the streets

    The legacy of Kolkata’s iconic yellow taxis received a fresh lease on life on Tuesday, as 30 new-generation, eco-friendly cabs joined the city’s streets, blending vintage charm with modern sustainability. Powered by a dual fuel system — compressed natural ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘We managed to wriggle out onto a ledge’: How 14 died in Kolkata hotel fire as rescue raced against time

    KOLKATA: A fire at a hotel in north Kolkata's Mechhua wholesale fruit market area on Tuesday evening left at least 14 dead and several others injured. Sanjay Paswan, 40, clambered onto a ledge in panic and jumped, leading to ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    Mon storm gives Kol highest single-day rain this April

    123 Kolkata: Rain accumulating to 23 mm through Monday night pulled down the mercury significantly, cooling the city down. The Met office has predicted more rain in the next four to five days, though the intensity is likely to ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    3-member bench to hear HC ruckus case

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court, after taking suo motu cognisance of the ruckus by protesters — work education and physical education candidates in the 2016 SSC panel — in front of the chambers of high court lawyers at 6 ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    Times Square Durga Puja set to get bigger this year

    Kolkata: Preparations are already underway for a grander second edition of Times Square Durga Puja on Sept 27 and 28, right in the heart of New York City. This comes after the first Times Square Durga Puja last year, ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    In age of social-media explosion and ‘friendships’, counsellors urge caution

    Kolkata: In the wake of the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl by her friends, counsellors have flagged concerns over friendships made on social media and the propensity to take the online relationships forward, urging parents to tell their ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    Man held for fleeing with woman’s car

    Kolkata: Nishad Ali, a 42-year-old fraudster who posed as a groom and duped a woman he met on a matrimonial website of her trust and fled with her car, was arrested by Bidhannagar cops on Tuesday.TOI reported on April ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘Bangla’ man held in fake passport case turns out to be Pak national

    Kolkata: A suspected Bangladeshi national, arrested from Birati on April 15 in a fake passport case, turned out to be a Pakistani national, staying in India with a fake Bangladeshi passport, the ED said in court on Tuesday. Ahammed ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    HS 3rd semester to have online classes during summer break

    Kolkata: Online classes would be held for plus-II students in semester III at state schools during the summer vacation, stated West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education on Tuesday. The decision was taken, given that only three months were ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    Soon, a service road near Biswa Bangla Gate for safe traffic flow

    123 Kolkata: Hidco will carve out a 7.5m-wide service road from the Sector V-bound flank of the main arterial road in New Town, from ahead of Biswa Bangla Gate till Ananda Mela Park, to facilitate easy and safe access ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    MCH to be first govt hosp to start allergy detection tests

    123 Kolkata: The state-run Medical College and Hospital will be the first govt healthcare facility in Bengal to introduce two tests—skin prick allergy test and Radioallergosorbent Test (RAST)—to detect allergens. The tests will initially be part of a research, ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    Religion is linked with the heart, Didi says ahead of Jagannath temple inauguration

    Digha: On the eve of the inauguration of Jagannath temple in Digha on Akshay Tritiya, CM Mamata Banerjee offered homage to the holy fire of a ‘mahayajna' on a special dais, blew the conch as part of the sacred ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    Lux Cozy eyes 800 crore revenue from Pynk in 5 yrs

    Kolkata: Lux Cozy, one of the leading men's knitwear and textile brands, is hoping that Pynk, the women's wear brand from its stable, may touch Rs 800-crore mark in the next five years. The group is also eyeing the ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    At 1.6L customers, Jio holds 80% of Kol’s 5G FWA mkt

    Kolkata: Reliance Jio leads the 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) segment with over 80% subscriber market share in the city, subscription data released by TRAI has revealed.According to TRAI, Jio AirFiber led the market with 1.6 lakh customers, while ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    Disaster mgmt training for civic volunteers

    Kolkata: Police set up training camps for the civic volunteers of all the 26 police stations under the Barrackpore Commissionerate to train them in effective coordination and emergency communication during natural disasters. The two-month session commenced on Tuesday at ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    HC single bench allows April 30 meet, div bench recuses self from hearing state appeal plea

    Kolkata: A division bench of Calcutta High Court late on Tuesday recused itself from hearing an appeal petition by the state challenging a single bench order on holding a ‘Sanatani Dharma Sammelan' at Contai on April 30, the day ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    Stabbing at Karaya mkt, veggie vendor held

    Kolkata: A 20-year-old vegetable vendor was arrested Tuesday morning following a violent altercation at a local market that left another vendor injured, police said. The accused, Sk. Saidul of Rifle Range Road, allegedly attacked Md Abbas, another vendor, with ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    Injured tusker Ramlaal gets treatment in Jhargram

    Kolkata: Ramlaal, a tusker which recently became a hit on the internet after videos emerged of it stopping trucks carrying foodgrain on the highway and letting them pass only after collecting its ‘due' share, has been receiving treatment from ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    Murshidabad violence arrests rise, cops reach out to community

    123 Kolkata/Jangipur: The SIT probing the Murshidabad violence, along with Murshidabad Police and Bengal STF, has arrested 316 people so far in connection with the 138 FIRs registered. Seven of those arrested are implicated in the murders of a ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    Guv clears 3 bills passed by Bengal assembly in 2022-23

    Kolkata: The Raj Bhavan on Tuesday announced that it had cleared three bills passed by the Bengal assembly in 2022 and 2023. In a statement, the Raj Bhavan said the governor "has accorded assent" to the West Bengal Town ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    Suvendu meets slain jawan’s family in Nadia, promises support

    Kolkata: State leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari met the father of Havildar Jhantu Ali Sheikh at a programme in Nadia's Tehatta on Tuesday.Adhikari, who said he was unable to meet the family due to the sudden developments in Murshidabad, ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    Youths assault Phoolbagan man in road rage row

    123 Kolkata: A 42-year-old man residing at Phoolbagan claimed that he was assaulted in a road rage incident involving at least a dozen youths. The incident was reported last Sunday around 5 pm when the victim was driving back ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    2 held in Basirhat, STF seizes arms and ammo cache

    123 Kolkata: In a significant breakthrough against illegal arms trafficking at the India-Bangladesh border, the Bengal STF arrested two persons and seized a substantial cache of firearms and ammunition during a raid in Basirhat on the intervening night of ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    E-W Metro’s Esplanade-Sealdah section gets CRS nod for full 16.6 km revenue ops

    123 Kolkata: The East-West Metro's Esplanade-Sealdah section received the safety certificate from the Commission of Railway Safety on Monday, signalling the countdown to operations across Sector V and Howrah Maidan via the river Hooghly. In the run-up to the ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    Farmers give land to BSF to construct Bangla border fence in Jalpaiguri

    12 Jalpaiguri: Around 50 farmers in Jalpaiguri's South Berubari GP have agreed to part with portions of their farmland to enable construction of a 11-km fence along the India-Bangladesh border.Located in Sadar block, this area shares a peculiar boundary ...

    30 April 2025 Times of India
    Rain prompts KMC to focus on 68 dengue-prone zones

    Kolkata: After a couple of rain spells, the KMC health department has started focusing on dengue prevention in 68 zones that were declared as hot spots last July. These hot spots, spread across the city, include 2,800 apartment buildings ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    Cops to file FIRs for fake, hate posts

    Kolkata: Both Kolkata Police and Bengal Police have received around 20 complaints about inflammatory posts on social media following the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22. Sources said at least seven of them are in the process of being ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    'Her phone has all the answers. CBI has it but denies': RG Kar victim's father says agency presented 2 different reports in Calcutta HC

    NORTH 24 PARGANAS: The father of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder victim voiced strong dissatisfaction with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday, pointing out inconsistencies in their investigative reports."CBI has presented two ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    Siliguri trekker, last spotted a week ago, goes missing in Sikkim

    123456 Kolkata: A trekker from Siliguri, Sandeep Roy (39), headed to Goecha La—a high mountain pass in Gyalshing district of Sikkim—has been missing for a week. He was last spotted around 3.30 pm on April 21 on a motion-sensing ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    Litigants in pending case can’t take to streets: HC

    Kolkata: Litigants in a matter pending before court could not simultaneously take to the streets, Calcutta High Court's Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam said on Monday following a ruckus in front of lawyers' chambers on Friday afternoon. The protest ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    Primary school teacher hearing from May 7: HC

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday slated the hearing of an appeal petition by 32,000 state primary school teachers for May 7. A division bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Reetobroto Mitra said the hearing would begin ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    Bhowanipore locals on alert after twin thefts

    Kolkata: Two back-to-back thefts have been reported in the Bhowanipore area, leading cops to believe that some petty criminals, who carried out a recce of the area, were involved in these crimes. Locals have demanded greater patrolling, even during ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    Uri martyr’s dad wants Pahalgam revenge

    123 Howrah: A bereaved man, whose son was killed in the Uri attack in 2016, has demanded justice for the Pahalgam massacre. He expressed frustration over Pakistan-sponsored terrorists repeatedly conducting such attacks with impunity. Gangadhar Dolui from Nimbalia village ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar parents seek SIM probe

    Kolkata: Parents of the RG Kar victim on Monday raised questions about the SIM card of the PGT doctor's phone, which had stayed active for three months after her death, and her WhatsApp was accessed through it. Also on ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    Max temp up, nor’westers may pull it down in 5 days

    1234 Kolkata: A squall over Kolkata on Saturday night dragged the minimum temperature down by nearly five notches on Sunday. However, in the absence of rain, it shot up again on Monday. At night, parts of the city received ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    Min temp up, nor’westers may pull it down in 5 days

    1234 Kolkata: A squall over Kolkata on Saturday night dragged the minimum temperature down by nearly five notches on Sunday. However, in the absence of rain, it shot up again on Monday. At night, parts of the city received ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    Don’t have a helmet? Biker asks cop in Kolkata, gets slapped

    Kolkata: Days after Lalbazar ‘closed' a cop from Bansdroni Police Station for allegedly slapping an app bike driver who showed his vehicle documents on Digilocker instead of showcasing the hard copies, the Kolkata Police headquarters has launched investigation in ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    UCO Bank Q4 profit jumps 24% to Rs 652cr

    Kolkata: UCO Bank reported a year-on-year growth of around 24% in its net profit to ₹652.4 crore for the fourth quarter of the last financial year. This was supported by an over 30% year-on-year increase in its operating profit ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘Can’t erase facts’: Bratya on NCERT move to omit Mughals from texts

    Kolkata: Bengal education minister Bratya Basu on Monday slammed the NCERT for erasing historical facts from its social science textbook. "While history is open to interpretation, historical facts cannot be erased," Basu said, adding, "One should remember that history ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    Kol court acquits murder accused after 8 yrs in jail

    Kolkata: A 31-year-old man, who spent the last eight years in jail for alleged murder, has been acquitted by a Kolkata court, which faulted police for not sending the alleged murder weapons — a bloodstained pillow and a cotton ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    FIR against BJP councillor for cop assault in Kolkata after parking dispute

    Kolkata: A 44-year-old sergeant, Pranab Mondal, posted with the Howrah Bridge Traffic Guard, registered an FIR against Vijay Ojha, the BJP councillor from Ward 23 in Posta, for allegedly abusing and assaulting him,while he was making arrangements for a ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    BJP chooses Akshay Tritiya to restore Murshidabad’s vandalised temples

    Kolkata: BJP will undertake restoration of Murshidabad's damaged temples on April 30, the day of Akshay Tritiya, state leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari said on Monday. The Jagannath Dham in Digha would also be inaugurated on that day.Adhikari claimed ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    At 23.6°C, min dips by 6°C, Met says more nor’westers likely

    Kolkata: The city remained partially cloudy and the mercury dipped considerably on Sunday following Saturday night's nor'wester. While the maximum temperature was 34.2°C, the minimum — at 23.6°C — dropped six degrees from Saturday, two notches below normal. The ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    Flyers protest after storm delays arrival

    Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: Passengers headed to Kolkata faced immense harassment after being stranded at Bhubaneswar airport from late Saturday evening to early Sunday morning following the diversion of eight Kolkata-bound flights during a nor'wester.The nor'wester played havoc with flight operations at ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    Khasi film feted at Moscow film festival

    1234 Kolkata: ‘Ha Lyngkha Bneng' (‘The Elysian Field'), Pradip Kurbah's Khasi film, co-written by Kolkata's Paulami Dutta with sound design and mixing engineering by Saptak Sarkar and Sayantan Ghosh, won the Best Film and Best Director award at the ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    Programme of ‘real’ Hindus, Digha train cancellation make way to HC

    Kolkata: A petition seeking Calcutta High Court's intervention into police denying permission for a ‘Sanatani Dharma Sammelan' at Contai on April 30, the day the CM is scheduled to inaugurate the Jagannath temple in Digha, attained a new dimension ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    Two more arrested for Murshidabad double murders

    Kolkata: Bengal STF on Monday made two more arrests in the double murder case of a father and son in Jafrabad on April 12, taking the total to seven.The arrests of Ajfarul Sheikh and Monirul Sheikh are believed to ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    Cops intensify drive against taxi touts, bike taxis at Kol airport

    123456 Kolkata: In a major crackdown against illegal taxi touts and unauthorised bike taxi operators, Bidhannagar City Police intensified their drive outside Kolkata airport. This action followed a directive from airport authorities banning the movement of app-based two-wheeler taxis ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    Cops negligence no reason for disbelief in woman for sex crime: HC

    123 Kolkata: Investigation authority's negligence cannot be a reason for disbelieving a woman who alleges to be victim of sexual harassment, Calcutta high court recently held in a 28-year-old attempt-to-rape case while upholding the conviction of the accused. "Investigating ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    CM visits Jagannath temple twice to look over opening preparations

    12 Digha: Two days ahead of the inauguration of the Jagannath Dham, Digha wore a festive look on Monday, all ready to welcome tourists and devotees to Bengalis' favourite beach destination. CM Mamata Banerjee visited the temple twice — ...

    29 April 2025 Times of India
    Over 200 stranded vehicles removed amid sudden snowfall in East Sikkim

    Heavy snowfall and hailstorms in East Sikkim stranded over 200 vehicles NEW DELHI: Over 200 vehicles, stranded between Tsomgu and Thegu in East Sikkim, were evacuated safely following an unexpected snowfall and hailstorm. The coordinated efforts of the Sikkim ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    Ex-hubby’s ‘wedding notice’ lands Port Blair woman in trouble

    KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court's circuit bench recently directed a Port Blair woman to pay Rs 1 lakh to her husband for defaming him by publishing two notices in a newspaper. She accused him of trying to remarry while ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    At 2,507 MW, Kol power demand peaked on Thurs night

    Kolkata: The city witnessed an early and intense increase in cooling demand, driven by the worsening Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. On April 24, Kolkata's energy needs peaked, a full two months earlier than last year. According to West ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    Senior citizen duped of 7.6L ahead of daughter’s wedding

    Kolkata: A senior citizen's dream of organising a grand wedding for his daughter turned into a nightmare when he was duped of Rs 7.6 lakh by two men posing as staff at a luxury hotel in New Town. The ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    Thai hotel apologises to Kol Sikh after kirpan ordeal

    Kolkata: The Bangkok hotel that denied check-in to a Kolkata-based entrepreneur and community leader, Satnam Singh Ahluwalia, due to his kirpan—a sacred article of faith for practising Sikhs—on April 12, apologised to him. The hotel, in an email to ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    Kol sees dip in ’24-25 unsold affordable home stock, rise in luxury inventory

    123 Kolkata: In Kolkata, unsold affordable housing stock declined by 20%, while luxury stock increased by 96% in 2024-25, a research by real estate consultancy firm Anarock revealed. Flats priced below Rs 40 lakh are categorised as affordable, while ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    65-year-old cancer patient records video, shoots self

    Kolkata: A 65-year-old construction businessman and cancer patient from Phoolbagan, Jayanta Saha, shot himself dead with his licensed firearm on the rooftop of his home on CIT Road on Saturday evening. Before taking the extreme step, he self-recorded a ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    Deserted baby girl wrapped in cloth rescued from orchard

    Kolkata: A newborn girl, wrapped in a cloth, was found abandoned in a mango orchard at the Dhanyakuria Zamindar House in Basirhat, North 24 Parganas, on Sunday morning. The infant, whose body had multiple marks and bruises, is undergoing ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    New manufacturers’ body aims to increase tea drinking in Indians

    Kolkata: The Federation of Indian Tea Manufacturers Association (FITMA) — formed on Saturday after three major tea associations joined hands — will tie up with Tea Board to improve per capita consumption of tea in the country. This was ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    Hooghly BSF jawan’s wife to fly to Punjab border today

    123 Rishra: A 10-member team of senior BSF officers on Sunday visited the home of Purnam Kumar Shaw, the BSF jawan in custody of Pakistan Rangers. The visit came even as his wife, Rajani, postponed her departure for the ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    NKDA to form task force to keep tabs on food prices at markets

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has decided to set up a task force of its own to keep a regular check on the prices of food items in the NKDA-run markets across New Town.Officials said the ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    Gold price slips by 1k/10g; Kolkata buyers hope for further slump ahead of Akshay Tritiya

    Kolkata: While the gold prices softened a bit after touching the Rs 1 lakh-mark for 10 g in Kolkata, buyers are waiting for a further decline in prices before Akshay Tritiya, which is on April 30. City jewellers, who ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    2 Kol bridges to undergo repairs, maintenance

    123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) has initiated the process to appoint an agency for further repair and retrofitting work on the fire-affected Durgapur bridge. The authorities are also in the process of engaging an agency for ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    Devotees flock to Digha as Jagannath temple inauguration countdown begins

    123 Digha: Devotees started arriving in Digha and security was increased in the coastal town on Sunday as the countdown for the inauguration of Jagannath Dham on Akshaya Tritiya began. The sound of shehnai was heard everywhere, along with ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    Abhishek: Time to teach Pak a lesson in language it understands

    123 Kolkata: The time had come to teach Pakistan a lesson in a language they understood, Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Sunday, adding this was "not the moment for more surgical strikes or symbolic threats"."It ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    Nadia youth questioned for Facebook post with Pak reference after Pahalgam attacks

    123 Krishnanagar (Nadia): Rana Biswas, a youth from Nadia, posted photographs on Facebook in January showing him with arms-toting "Pakistani bhaiya" during his week-long stay in Dubai. He found himself in trouble after the Pahalgam terror attacks, as the ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    NIA team visits Kolkata residence of Pahalgam terror attack victim Bitan Adhikary and records wife statement

    123 Kolkata: A team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday visited the Baishnabghata residence of Florida-based techie Bitan Adhikary (40), who was among the 26 victims killed in the devastating terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22, ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    Birbhum trader shot during robbery bid

    12 Suri: A 28-year-old stone trader, Sudip Baskey, was shot dead by unidentified assailants on motorcycles during an attempted robbery at Nirisha village, near the Jharkhand border, on Sunday morning. The incident occurred at a tea stall near a ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    2 locals arrested for Malda murder

    Malda: Two recent murders in Malda's English Bazar, originally thought to have been committed by miscreants from Bangladesh (including Rohingya in one case), were acts carried out by locals, said police. Personal enmity seemed to have been the cause ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    Final check done for E-W Metro’s Esplanade-Sealdah stretch

    123456 Kolkata: The East-West Metro's last 2.6-km leg underwent the mandatory inspection by the Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) on Sunday. This is the most critical stretch of the corridor, passing through the subsidence-hit Bowbazar area of central Kolkata. ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    Kashmir airfares stabilize after govt intervention following Pahalgam terror attack

    123 Kolkata: After four days of chaos and skyrocketing airfares following the terror attack in Pahalgam that left 26 people dead and several injured, flight tickets from Srinagar to Kolkata and Delhi finally stabilised. Tourists looking to exit Kashmir ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    Murshidabad deaths: Prime suspect held

    Kolkata: A joint team of Bengal STF and the SIT probing the Murshidabad violence on Sunday arrested Fekarul Sk, a prime suspect in the homicide of a father and son on April 12. The arrest took place during an ...

    28 April 2025 Times of India
    'Can’t wait forever’: Pregnant wife of BSF jawan in Pakistan’s custody to board Amritsar Mail, hunt for answers

    RISHRA: Distraught with the absence of any reassuring news of her husband from senior officers, BSF jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw's wife Rajani stated she would take the Amritsar Mail on Sunday to go to Firozpur via Pathankot to seek ...

    27 April 2025 Times of India
    Calcutta high court fines Port Blair woman Rs 1 lakh for defaming husband over false remarriage claim

    KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court's circuit bench recently directed a Port Blair woman to pay Rs 1 lakh to her husband for defaming him by publishing two notices in a newspaper. She accused him of trying to remarry while ...

    27 April 2025 Times of India
    NIA visits Pahalgam carnage victim’s Kolkata home for watertight case

    KOLKATA: An NIA team, which is investigating the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives, visited the Behala Sakherbazar residence of the slain senior statistical officer, Samir Guha, to record the statements of his wife Sabari and daughter Subhangi ...

    27 April 2025 Times of India
    ​Your Akshaya Tritiya shopping & styling guide

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    27 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘Hope minutes of terror have not wiped out 2 yrs’ rebuilding efforts’

    123 Kolkata: The travel trade industry in Kolkata is grappling with massive cancellations following Tuesday's terror attack at Baisaran Valley in Kashmir, potentially undoing two years of rebuilding efforts. Reports from Kashmir indicate over 90% of summer bookings were ...

    27 April 2025 Times of India
    Assault on KMC engineer during demolition drive

    Kolkata: An assistant engineer of KMC buildings department, Suman Garai, was assaulted while overseeing a demolition drive of an unauthorised building on Buroshibtala Main Road in Behala on Friday afternoon. KMC has filed an FIR against the accused Tarun ...

    27 April 2025 Times of India
    Sacked non-teaching school staff to get monthly allowance: CM Mamata Banerjee

    CM Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced a monthly payout for Group C and Group D staffers in govt-aided schools who lost their jobs following the Supreme Court order in the SSC recruitment case earlier ...

    27 April 2025 Times of India
    'I will avenge his death': Armyman dada vows to seek justice for Jhantu Ali’s death at Nadia funeral in Kolkata

    Wife Sahana,brother Rafiqul mourn at Jhantu Ali’s funeral in Nadia’s Tehatta TEHATTA (NADIA): An entire village, which came out on Saturday to lay to rest Indian Army jawan Jhantu Ali Shaikh, heard his brother - also a jawan with ...

    27 April 2025 Times of India
    Kalbaisakhi lashes at night, showers relief on parched city

    Kolkata: Nor'wester lashed Kolkata around 9.30 pm on Saturday, lowering the mercury considerably and bringing relief to the scorched city. The storm was accompanied by gusty winds. Some parts of the city received a steady drizzle, which intensified into ...

    27 April 2025 Times of India
    CRS check of Sealdah-Esp stretch today

    Kolkata: The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) is scheduled to conduct the final inspection of the Sealdah-Esplanade stretch of East-West Metro on Sunday. A favourable report will ensure the launch of the section that will finally start the full ...

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