Darjeeling: Five-time Everest climber, Kushang Dorjee Sherpa (59), died at his residence in Darjeeling on Saturday. Apart from Mt Everest, Sherpa also scaled Mt Makalu and Mt Nanda Devi (East). The govt of India also awarded him the Tenzing ...
9 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: More than a year after underground cable TV ducts were laid at five stretches of Alipore in south Kolkata to remove the clutter of wires across lamp posts, they remain unused as multi-system operators (MSOs) have refused to ...
9 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Cultural research institute Surnandan Bharati celebrated the birth centenary of the legendary Rabindra Sangeet exponent Kanika Bandopadhyay at Indumati Sabha Griha at Jadavpur University on Dec 5. The Kanika Memorial Award was bestowed on Rabindra sangeet exponent Swagatalakshmi ...
9 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: An aerodrome with a grass runway set up in the early 20th century, which saw an airline make a scheduled stop in 1924 before it became a full-fledged airport and a key stopover for flights operating between ...
9 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: A woman cut off her boyfriend's genitals in Parbatipur under Domjur police station in Howrah on Saturday night after being allegedly blackmailed by him.The man, named Abdur Rahman, was admitted to SSKM Hospital. Police reported that his ...
9 December 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Three weeks since the assassination attempt on Kasba councillor Sushanta Ghosh, police recovered the second firearm that his assailants were carrying on Nov 15 evening. Sources indicated the firearm was discovered after interrogating Lakshman Sharma, alias Chotu, ...
9 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Preliminary post-mortem report of the 18-year-old tribal girl, whose body was found floating in a pond with her hands and legs tied, her mouth gagged with a cloth and a brick tied to her waist in Sandeshkhali on ...
9 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: Online violence against women was cited as one of the "upcoming" threats against the dignity and safety of women by Amrita Dasgupta of NGO Swayam during a discussion organised by the Bengal Obstetric and Gynaecology Society (BOGS).In ...
9 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Two documentary films, ‘Bhabatosher Karkhana' and ‘Hridaypur', based on Kolkata's Durga Puja and its theme artists, premiered at the ongoing 30th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF).A new trend has emerged over the last few years where some top-level ...
9 December 2024 Times of IndiaDurgapur: Protests erupted at the Durgapur Utsav on Sunday when two traders put up stalls with Bangladesh flags to sell Bangladeshi sarees. After BJP protests, the stall owners removed the flags, but tension remained at the festival organised by ...
9 December 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Bombs were allegedly hurled outside the house of BJP functionary Vaishali Dalmiya at Natunpara near Behala Chowrasta early on Sunday.According to Dalmiya, she and her son had a close shave. She told Thakurpukur police that around 12.30 ...
9 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Supreme Court is likely to hear the VC appointment case on Monday. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has already made her recommendations to governor CV Ananda Bose based on the shortlist prepared by the committee headed by former ...
9 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A jewellery craftsman who stole 522 grams of gold worth Rs 48 lakh from a Bowbazar jeweller was arrested from a cinema hall in Nadia's Krishnanagar. He went there to watch the gangster drama, Pushpa 2, on Saturday ...
9 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 3,800-metre link is left to connect Belghoria Expressway with Kalyani Expressway in one of the major highway redevelopment works in recent times. This can reduce travel time between Kolkata Airport and Kalyani AIIMS—a 43 km journey—to 45 ...
9 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) has started repairing both carriageways of the old Ultadanga Bridge connecting Ultadanga with VIP Road, leading to diversion of traffic and long snarls on the city-bound flank from VIP Road. Motorists ...
8 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: With winter setting in, a few incidents of stubble burning have started in New Town. The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has deployed block-wise supervisors to keep a check on the nuisance and has asked the ...
8 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: Tanjila, a high-yield sesame seed named after a girl from Amta, is set to boost nationwide oil production levels. The discovery by the researchers of the agricultural science department of Calcutta University has been recognised by the ...
8 December 2024 Times of India12 Nandigram: Cooperative election in Nandigram's Kanchannagar village turned violent, with reports of bomb-throwing and clashes. The unrest erupted on Sunday afternoon and continued even after police arrived at the scene.Trinamool accused BJP of orchestrating the attacks, releasing an ...
8 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: Two documentary films, ‘Bhabatosher Karkhana' and ‘Hridaypur', based on Kolkata's Durga Puja and its theme artists, premiered at the ongoing 30th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF). A new trend has emerged over the last few years where ...
8 December 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: An aerodrome with a grass runway set up in the early 20th century, which saw an airline make a scheduled stop in 1924 before it became a full-fledged airport and a key stopover for flights operating between North ...
8 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The ongoing turmoil in Bangladesh has cast a shadow over business in Kolkata, which serves as a vital trade hub for exports to the neighbouring country, with orders drying up and unpaid debts mounting.For decades, Kolkata has ...
8 December 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: The frustratingly long queues to deposit registered luggage at airline check-in counters is set to become history with Kolkata airport introducing self-baggage drop kiosks. These kiosks enable passengers to tag their bags, deposit them on the conveyor belt, ...
8 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Trinamool Congress leader in Rajya Sabha Derek O'Brien on Friday pitched for the removal of anti-conversion laws, which he said led to "harassment, communal tensions, and violation of individual autonomy".O'Brien wrote on his blog, "Anti-conversion laws date back ...
8 December 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Achieving the milestone of planting yet another 1,000 trees in different areas of New Town for the third year in a row, Ecologic—a New Town-based nature lovers' forum—now plans to conduct workshops, specially for school going children, ...
8 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: While the price of potatoes has slightly lowered and settled at Rs 35/kg, winter vegetables are maintaining a steady high price even at the end of the first week of Dec, which is unusual. Members of Bengal's ...
8 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Trinamool on Saturday made a surprise pick for the Dec 20 Rajya Sabha bypoll by nominating Ritabrata Bandyopadhyay, its 46-year-old low-profile trade wing leader, to replace former bureaucrat Jawhar Sircar.Bandyopadhyay returns to the Upper House for the second ...
8 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A workshop on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act was organised by Shri Shikshayatan School, in collaboration with the Platform for Legal Awareness and Networking on Nov 14.The aim of this session was to enhance ...
8 December 2024 Times of India123 Siliguri/Kolkata: Three royal Bengal tiger cubs have died at the Bengal Safari Park in Siliguri, following "accidental bites" by their mother, zoo officials have said.Rika, the tigress, gave birth to three cubs last week, which were kept in ...
8 December 2024 Times of IndiaReacting to Banerjee's willingness to "head the INDIA alliance," Nationalist Congress Party (SCP) MP Supriya Sule said they will be happy if the TMC chief took on more responsibility within the opposition bloc. Sule said the Bengal CM is ...
8 December 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The Greek Orthodox Church located adjacent to the Kalighat tram depot is set to turn 100. A special mass will be held at the church on Sunday to mark the commencement of its centenary celebrations. India's only ...
8 December 2024 Times of India123456 Kolkata: The Border Security Force (BSF) has begun holding village meetings along the Indo-Bangla border and sought better cooperation from villagers. The BSF officials say they are seeking information on any questionable movement, especially at night, after explaining ...
8 December 2024 Times of IndiaSandeshkhali (North 24 Parganas): An 18-year-old tribal girl was found floating in a pond with her hands and legs tied, her mouth gagged with a cloth and a brick hanging from her waist at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas ...
8 December 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Two more persons were arrested from Chopra by Asansol-Durgapur City Police on Thursday for their direct role in the tab funds misappropriation cases. This brings the total number of arrests by Bengal Police to 40. Kolkata Police ...
8 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: Struggling to keep plastics at bay from the Gariahat hawking hub, the union controlling the trade in the region has warned hawkers not to use plastic covers any more. It has even threatened its members with punitive ...
8 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: A 38-year-old woman, a bank staffer, was found dead in an Alipore guest house located on Raja Santosh Road under Chetla police station on Saturday afternoon.The victim, identified as Sumana Parui Mondal, was a resident of Prantik ...
8 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: A 29-year-old content writer residing in Baranagar reportedly died under mysterious circumstances, hours after he celebrated his birthday with his friends. He reportedly drowned in the Hooghly river early on Saturday after his friends requested him to ...
8 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The city is poised to host the first-ever Indian celluloid film festival. The extraordinary response to the screening of a documentary by Satyajit Ray's art director, Bansi Chandragupta, and Utpalendu Chakraborty's feature film on celluloid, using a 35 ...
8 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Around 80 among the 86 members of IIT Teachers' Association, who were served show-cause notices, received a midnight email, where the registrar, Amit Jain, said though their act stood "vitiated" as per the Conduct Rules of the Institute, ...
8 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Metro Railway general manager P Uday Kumar Reddy on Saturday took the first trolley ride between Gour Kishore Ghosh and Sector V stations of the Orange line.Metro Railway and RVNL, implementing agency of the 29km New Garia-Airport (Orange) ...
8 December 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Metro Railway general manager P Uday Kumar Reddy on Saturday took the first trolley ride between Gour Kishore Ghosh and Sector V stations of the Orange line.Metro Railway and RVNL, implementing agency of the 29km New Garia-Airport ...
8 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Commute from Thakurpukur to Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre and Research Institute — known as Thakurpukur Cancer Hospital — is set to get easier. This will bring relief not just to hundreds of cancer patients and their kin but ...
8 December 2024 Times of India123456 Kolkata: The death by suicide of a 17-year-old student with dyslexia on Friday has brought into focus the need to identify the condition early and assist youngsters in dealing with it. They need to be taught and allowed ...
8 December 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: On Friday a Kolkata hospital joined hands with the Indian Museum to conduct a mega CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) training programme. Health experts said creating a CPR-ready community could help reduce mortality during sudden cardiac arrest.The number of sudden ...
7 December 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: For the first time in recent memory, there will possibly be no Muktijoddha (freedom fighter) at this year's Vijay Diwas celebrations that commemorates India's victory over Pakistan in the war that led to the creation of Bangladesh in ...
7 December 2024 Times of IndiaTelangana CM Revanth Reddy (left); TMC's Riju Dutta (right) NEW DELHI: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy faced criticism from West Bengal’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) after calling Kolkata a “garbage city”, which termed the remark as "insensitive." The party also ...
7 December 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Speaking of the INDIA bloc in an interview on Friday, CM Mamata Banerjee indicated that while she would never leave Bengal, she was ready to lead the opposition bloc from Bengal if asked to do so. The CM ...
7 December 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Bangladesh was now "leaderless" because "the mafia" had risen and its govt was "weak", Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said on Friday. She, however, added that Indo-Bangla negotiations should not stop and that the Centre should ensure "everyone is ...
7 December 2024 Times of IndiaNalini (2nd from left) with her family on Friday MIDNAPORE: Nalini Chowdhury received bail in 2018, but till Thursday, she had to stay as an inmate in Midnapore Central Correctional Home. This was due to mistakes in her bail ...
7 December 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The city shivered in an early morning chill as the mercury dropped to 16.7°C on Friday, the lowest of the season so far. It could drop further by a degree on Saturday, predicted the Met office. According ...
7 December 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: A labourer, Sagar Soren (35) of Purulia, died on the spot and his fellow worker, Shankar Halder (55) of Baranagar, sustained injuries after an oiltanker exploded at a vehicle scrapping unit near Rabindra Bharati University on BT ...
7 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Lalbazar has called for stricter physical verification of passport applicants at their residential address after a Bangladeshi national was arrested recently by Park Street police for allegedly entering India using a passport issued based on fake documents.Passport officers ...
7 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The one-year-five-month-long standoff over the appointment of vice-chancellors at state-run universities partially ended on Friday evening with chief minister Mamata Banerjee proposing her nominees from a shortlist to governor C V Ananda Bose and Raj Bhavan giving ...
7 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A public department guideline released on Friday asked bus operators to explore alternative incentive mechanisms for drivers and conductors instead of the commission-based system.Transport minister Snehasis Chakraborty, too, had earlier called for the abolition of the commission system ...
7 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Retailers Association of India (RAI) has requested Centre and different state govts to refrain from hiking GST on luxury items, which it feels would be a significant dampener for the economy when retail growth was witnessing one of ...
7 December 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Asked about succession in the party and the senior-junior debate, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that Trinamool seniors would collectively decide on her successor and it was not about what she believed, but "what the ...
7 December 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: There was no compliance pending from Bengal regarding MGNREGA as recommended by central teams that visited the state in 2019 and 2021, a senior official said on Friday. The teams asked for the recovery of funds and ...
7 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A Baruipur court on Friday sentenced 19-year-old Mustakin Sardar to death for the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in Kultali. The sentencing came exactly 62 days after the commission of the crime. The victim's family was ...
7 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: IIT Teachers' Association (IITTA) has decided to file a writ petition in the Calcutta High Court against the IIT-Kharagpur authorities for issuing show-cause notices against 86 professors and initiating disciplinary proceedings against the office-bearers of the association. ...
7 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The state health department has directed 34 senior resident doctors to pay a penal amount of Rs 20 lakh each for failing to serve their bond period after completing their MD/MS or DM (superspecialty) courses. Health officials said ...
7 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The sharp dip in Bangladeshi tourists visiting Kolkata has dealt a severe blow to the city's hospitality and retail sectors, particularly in the New Market area, often referred to as ‘Mini Bangladesh'. Hotel owners have been forced to ...
7 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Friday has asked hawkers, who were relocated to Jatin Das Park from Kali Temple Road to facilitate the construction of Kalighat skywalk, to return to their original place within a month. The ...
7 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is set to mandate competency-based assessments in all affiliated schools, expanding a program that was introduced earlier this year in 9,000 schools for students in classes V and VIII.This announcement ...
7 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday granted bail to Sujay Krishna Bhadra, who is in custody as an accused in an ED case in connection with the teacher recruitment scam. Whether Bhadra will be able to walk out of ...
7 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) convened its first meeting on Friday to investigate the molestation case registered with the Scottish Church College. Following UGC norms, the committee decided to restructure itself by including three student representatives.A second-year student ...
7 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal was emerging as India's new IT capital, Trinamool's Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose said on Friday. Highlighting the state's growing business prominence in Upper House, she said, "in Bengal, we mean business". Ghose's statement came after junior ...
7 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Criticism against Bangladesh's interim chief Muhammad Yunus intensified on Friday, with lawmakers from Bengal demanding a reassessment of his Nobel Peace Prize. Such criticisms arose even earlier as violence against minority communities intensified in Bangladesh.BJP MP Jyotirmoy Singh ...
7 December 2024 Times of IndiaJalpaiguri: A Bangladeshi national was shot dead by BSF on Friday at Chanakya BOP, 14km from Jalpaiguri town. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Anwar (35) of Bhajanpura village in Panchagarh district and was alleged to be a cattle ...
7 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The special screening of Suman Ghosh's Aparna Sen documentary titled ‘Parama' at the 30th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) on Thursday garnered an extraordinary response in the city. The enthusiastic reception prompted deliberation regarding Kolkata's audience receptiveness ...
7 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata-Dhaka service that low-cost carrier Air India Express (AIX) planned to start from Sept 3 went into the hangar following the volatile situation in Bangladesh and escalating tension between the two countries. The resultant slide in air ...
6 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal Police's cyber units have busted an international investment fraud gang — run by chartered accountants from India but operating from Dubai — that has swindled Rs 245 crore in the past two months. Seventeen people were arrested ...
6 December 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: Air India Express is growing its fleet and adding new flight routes amid rising passenger numbers. The airline aims to have over 100 planes by March 2025, up from the current 90, and eventually reach about 175 ...
6 December 2024 Times of India123 Priyanka.Dasgupta@timesofindia.comKolkata: Iranian director Nader Saeivar, whose film is co-written and edited by distinguished director Jafar Panahi, could not attend the Indian premiere of his film at Nandan on Thursday. While introducing ‘The Witness', KIFF functionary SV Raman attributed ...
6 December 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI/KOLKATA: More than 2,200 companies moved their registered offices out of West Bengal in past five years, with at least 39 of them being listed entities, junior minister for corporate affairs Harsh Malhotra told Parliament.Malhotra's reply, in response ...
6 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: An app bike rider was arrested for allegedly snatching Rs 60,000 in cash and gold jewellery worth several lakhs from a senior citizen on a desolate Salt Lake road on Wednesday afternoon. Cops, however, were prompt in ...
6 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Two residents of Chhattisgarh who arrived at Babughat on Thursday morning were allegedly "kidnapped" by two conmen and forced to roam around in a cab for some time before the accused let them go after forcing them to ...
6 December 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Bangladesh summoned to Dhaka on Thursday the heads of the country's deputy high commission in Kolkata and assistant high commission in Agartala for "urgent meetings" on the "emerging situation" involving India and its neighbour.Sources said the two envoys ...
6 December 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Among Kolkata's seven air quality monitoring stations, Ballygunge last year recorded the highest level of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), a toxic gas found abundantly in tailpipe emission, a report by Greenpeace has revealed. While the city's overall NO₂ level ...
6 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: A Baruipur Pocso court on Thursday completed the trial of the Oct 5 Kutali minor's rape and murder within 31 days and pronounced the 19-year-old accused guilty under BNS provisions which can either lead to a life ...
6 December 2024 Times of India12 Behrampore: Two police officers were injured during a non-lethal training exercise in Raghunathganj in Jangipur police district on Thursday when a hand grenade exploded.The session, which involved roughly 150 police personnel, was being held at the superintendent of ...
6 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: HDFC Ergo, one of the leading non-life insurers, is planning to introduce cashless claims for post-hospitalisation treatment. Once launched, it would be one of the pioneers in its segment to do this.While PSU non-life insurers are yet to ...
6 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: A biopic on the last surviving artistes who practise ‘daanger putul' (rod puppet) is competing at the Asian Select (NETPAC Award) of the 30th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF). In India, this distinctive form of puppetry is ...
6 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Five out of six Trinamool MLAs from Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency as well as MLA from Mahua Moitra's former constituency Karimpur, have written to CM Mamata Banerjee raising several complaints against the Krishnanagar MP.Sources said the MLAs said ...
6 December 2024 Times of India123 Darjeeling: Following the back-to-back deaths, the Darjeeling district administration has decided to make mandatory health certificates from Jan 2025 to visit the 11,941 feet trekker's paradise at Sandakphu. But locals say it is the lack of basic health ...
6 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The special PMLA court on Thursday admonished former education minister Partha Chatterjee's lawyer for "trying to select the bench and "wasting the court's time". Judge Prashanta Mukhopadhyay also said Chatterjee's bail petition and ED's plea to move the ...
6 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: NIA director Sadanand Date on Thursday met Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumarto discuss recent developments in Bangladesh and other security-related issues.According to sources, they discussed internal security issues concerning Bengal and other states. They talked about the incidents in ...
6 December 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Potato prices in Kolkata saw a slight dip on Thursday, with the Jyoti variety selling at Rs 38 per kg and Chandramukhi at Rs 43 per kg. But supply chain issues continue to disrupt the market. Only ...
6 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: People from various walks of life came together at Uttam Mancha to pay tribute to the legendary lyricist Gauriprasanna Mazumder (1925-1986), whose birth centenary celebrations kicked off on Thursday. Mazumder penned masterpieces for nearly four decades, including Amar ...
6 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: Suniti Kumar Pathak, an Indologist and former reader in the Indo-Tibetan studies department at Visva Bharati Universitypassed awayon Thursday morning. He was 101. The 2007 Rashtrapati Award recipient had specialised in Pali, Sanskrit, and Tibetan sources of ...
6 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The air quality of Kolkata on Thursday plunged to the ‘poor' level, with wind speed dipping below 2 metres per second. This absolute calm in the air movement robs the wind of its biggest healing ability — ...
6 December 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Antibiotic resistance plagues the recovery of scores of patients, including those suffering from respiratory diseases like pneumonia and severe chest infections, across Kolkata hospitals. This comes at a time when the numbers of patients with respiratory diseases ...
6 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Calcutta High Court will remain closed on Ram Navami next year. However, there is no mention of May Day. The holiday roster for 2025 stated: "Public holidays on account of Republic Day (Jan 26) and Ram Navami ...
5 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: A Scottish Church College physical education instructor was suspended on Thursday after molestation charge from a second-year student. The instructor, Samir Roy, has allegedly been texting abusive messages to the second-year student since her admission in 2023.The ...
5 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Debasis Datta, a Kolkata Police OC who came under attack during the vandalism at RG Kar Hospital on Aug 14 night, has turned a new chapter in his life. A history buff who had earlier turned the Burtolla ...
5 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Several Bangladeshi patients who arrived in Kolkata for treatment until last week are now stuck in and around the city, where they have settled along with family members. While some are staying in hotels, others have been camping ...
5 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: As the passenger count at Kolkata airport began to inch towards pre-pandemic levels, the airport's age-old tryst with mosquitoes returned to sting both the passengers and the airport's reputation.Passengers transiting through the airport complained of mosquito infestations ...
5 December 2024 Times of IndiaDARJEELING/KOLKATA: A 28-year-old tourist from Kolkata, with no known major health issues, died on Wednesday in Tumling, a hamlet around 10,000ft above sea level on the India-Nepal border 50km from Darjeeling.The death of Ankita Ghosh, who stayed on Mukunda ...
5 December 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Japanese carriers Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) plan to leverage their code-share agreements with Indian carriers to attract more tourists from Kolkata to the land of the rising sun.While ANA entered into a code-share ...
5 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Darjeeling orange is making a comeback through the sixth edition of the Himalayan Orange Tourism Festival. This three-day fest will be held at City Centre 1, Salt Lake, from Dec 6 to 8, between 12 pm to ...
5 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A seven-month-old child was allegedly abducted from beside her parents, all sleeping on a pavement in Burtolla, and raped last Friday. Police have started an investigation under POCSO Act and checking CCTV footage but the culprit is yet ...
5 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: Potato traders may have withdrawn their strike but disruptions in the supply chain failed to cool down the prices on Wednesday, when the popular ‘Jyoti' variety continued to sell for Rs 40 a kg. Several markets across ...
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