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  • Bengal records 1.2L e-vehicles, govt offers tax cut for green transport

    Kolkata: A total of 1,25,531 electric vehicles, including battery-operated ones, were registered in Bengal till Dec 2024, signalling a growing shift towards greener transportation. Additionally, 3,411 CNG vehicles were registered, reflecting a broader effort to reduce carbon footprint, state ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    New Town, Bypass homes to get 1st shot at piped gas

    Kolkata: The city is likely to get piped compressed natural gas (CNG) on a larger scale in 18 months from now. New Town residents will be the first to receive it, followed by the residential areas off EM Bypass, ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    Real-time weather info system at Kolkata Airport

    123 Kolkata: In a safety and operations efficiency boost, Kolkata airport now has an Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) that provides real-time accurate weather information to pilots.It enables them to make informed decisions about landing, take-off, and flight planning. ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    Pat on back: After Salt Lake Bypass, NDITA gets key job below Maa

    1234 Kolkata: The state govt has entrusted the Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) with the task of beautification and maintenance of the median stretch of Maa flyover from near Chingrighata to Park Circus 4 No Bridge via Science City ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    Fog in Kolkata today, temp dip from tomorrow: Met

    12 Kolkata: Dense fog hit operations of at least 10 departing flights in the early morning hours at Kolkata airport on Wednesday. While visibility was around 800 m at 3 am, it dipped sharply to below 50 m around ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    HC sends 10 cases lodged under Left govt back to trial

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday set up for fresh trial 10 criminal cases, including murder cases, lodged during the Left Front tenure, overturning East Midnapore lower court orders allowing a state plea to withdraw them. The cases ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    Rural infra push, DA hike in last state budget before polls

    12 Kolkata: A push for rural infrastructure and a DA hike for state govt employees, along with adequate outlays for signature social welfare schemes, were the cornerstones of the Mamata Banerjee govt's last full budget before the 2026 state ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    From 2027, ISC examinees will have to pass in Eng & 4 subjects

    12 Kolkata: From 2027, students taking the ISC examination — class XII boards — will have to secure pass marks in five subjects including English to get a pass certificate. Currently, they are required to pass in English and ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    Jeweller duped of 60k in e-wallet fraud

    Kolkata: A jewellery store owner in Burrabazar fell victim to a sophisticated cyber fraud scheme, involving fake payment screenshots, marking the latest in a series of similar incidents across the city. OnJan 27, a middle-aged man selected a gold ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    Meesho to allow more unbranded sellers

    Kolkata: E-commerce marketplace Meesho is banking on MSMEs and will allow more unbranded retailers to sell their products on the platform. The move is to strike a balance between branded and unbranded retailers for achieving 50% rise in sales ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    9 held for Birbhum sand mining clash, OC closed

    12 Suri: Nine people were arrested in connection with a clash between two groups at Jamalpur village under Kankartala police station on Tuesday, and officer-in-charge Purnendubikash Das was ‘closed' to the police line. Dubrajpur circle inspector Subhasish Haldar was ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    46-yr-old New Town man gets life term for raping 8-yr-old

    Kolkata: a Barasat Pocso court on Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping an eight-year-old girl at New Town in 2019.The accused, Pappu Banik (46), the victim's neighbour, had lured the girl into his house after sending ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    Civic worker beaten up, tonsured for molesting Behala girl

    Kolkata: An eight-year-old minor was allegedly sexually harassed in East Behala by a 59-year-old KMC worker employed with the solid waste management department. Locals caught the accused red-handed, reportedly tied him to a lamppost and assaulted him. He was ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    Can’t acquit guilty for cop probe lapse: Cal HC upholds sentence

    12 Kolkata: Failure on the part of an inept police officer cannot come to the aid of an accused, Calcutta High Court observed while upholding the sentence awarded to a man convicted for the rape of a 10-year-old girl ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    Son settled in US, 71-yr-old living alone dies in Netaji Nagar flat

    12 Kolkata: A 71-year-old woman, residing at an apartment in Netaji Nagar, was found dead on Tuesday late evening, leading cops to register an unnatural death case. The cops are awaiting the final postmortem report, which was conducted on ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    Background checks on New Town toto drivers

    12 Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police has started maintaining a database of toto drivers in and around the commissionerate jurisdiction and is running their past profile check following the arrest of one of their drivers in connection with the rape-murder of ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    No exam as Makaut students continue stir

    Kalyani: The students and some guardians continued their protest at the gate of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology at Haringhata campus in Nadia on Wednesday. However, they experienced the same scene as the previous day — a ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    NKDA plans road upgrade for New Town CBD, other stretches

    12 Kolkata: With more IT companies emerging and increased VVIP movement, the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) will upgrade and redevelop the roads in the central business district (CBD) area of New Town. The authorities have estimated Rs ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    200 cr for health workers’ smartphones

    Kolkata: After high schoolers in state-run schools, the state budget on Wednesday allocated Rs 200 crore for 70,000 ASHA and 1 lakh Anganwadi workers to buy smartphones. State finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya announced the allocation that will enable them ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    Cupid meets commerce: V-Day biz soars for florists, chocolatiers & e-retail platforms

    12 Kolkata: Love is not just in the air; it is in the economy too. As Feb 14 approaches, Kolkata's streets and shelves — and now even the quick commerce platforms — have started donning a romantic avatar with ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    State forms panel to check bldg plaints outside KMC

    Kolkata: The state govt has constituted an eight-member state-level building committee comprising urban development department officials and architects to look into and examine cases of minor unauthorised construction or execution of any minor work without sanction in all municipal ...

    13 February 2025 Times of India
    ISC begins from today

    1234 Kolkata: Around 31,000 students in West Bengal are set to begin their ISC examinations on Thursday, starting with environmental science and continuing until April 5. This year's exams will feature up to 25% competency-based and higher-order thinking questions ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    It's a great time to be a musician in India, say Pandit Bickram Ghosh and Ustad Taufiq Qureshi

    Pandit Bickram Ghosh and Ustad Taufiq Qureshi Pics: Anindya Saha The lawns of the Tollygunge Club came alive on Sunday as Pandit Bickram Ghosh and Ustad Taufiq Qureshi brought their project, RamTa - Masters of Rhythm, to Kolkata. The ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    Bird flu fears, Maha Kumbh knock Rs 50-60 off chicken prices across Kolkata markets

    KOLKATA: A Maha Kumbh-bird flu fear combo has delivered a price punch to dressed chicken in Kolkata.Falling demands because of pilgrimage season and fears about handling poultry has translated to a sudden drop in the price of dressed chicken ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    What Tollywood doesn’t know about the Sundance success of a Bengali lawyer’s Marathi film

    Kaushik Ray with director Rohan Kanawade at Sundance Film Festival KOLKATA: Many in Kolkata are unaware that a lawyer-turned-filmmaker with roots in this metropolis is one of the minds behind Rohan Parashuram Kanawade’s Marathi film ‘Sabar Bonda’ that secured ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    India's Got Latent controversy: 'Cool abroad but not in Indian culture'

    KOLKATA: Reactions started pouring in from across Kolkata after YouTuber and podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia, known online as BeerBiceps, sparked controversy by directing an inappropriate question about parents to a participant on comedian Samay Raina's show "India's Got Latent".Actor Kharaj ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    3 women die in accident on way to Maha Kumbh

    Purulia: Three women from Purulia, who were on their way to take a holy dip at the Maha Kumbh, died in an accident at Balipur near Nagnathpur National Highway in Uttar Pradesh, about 40km from Prayagraj, on Tuesday. The ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    Man loses leg as bombs hurled during clash

    Suri: A man was seriously injured during a clash between two groups at Jamalpur under the Kankartala Police Station area on Tuesday, during which bombs were hurled indiscriminately. Sattar, the wounded, lost one of his legs in a bomb ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    Bengal train passengers travelling via Prayagraj bear brunt of Kumbh rush

    Kolkata: Several passengers travelling on long-distance Howrah- and Kolkata-bound trains passing through Prayagraj complained of being harassed by local ticket-less commuters in reserved compartments. Many of these passengers, who alleged harassment, were returning from Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj and ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    Mass filaria drug drive in 11 dists

    Kolkata: The state health dept will launch a mass drug administration as part of eliminating filariasis. The door-to-door drive will begin on Feb 24 with the aim to cover all households in 46 blocks and seven municipalities in 11 ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    Kamarhati civic body issues ‘express order’ to raze 57 illegal buildings

    Kolkata: The Kamarhati Municipality authorities on Tuesday issued an express order for the immediate demolition of around 57 unauthorized multi-storey buildings in the Belgharia-Kamarhati area. FIRs were lodged at Belgharia and Kamarhati police stations against owners and promoters of ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    79 of 191 fatal road accident victims in city were pedestrians in 2024

    12 Kolkata: Of the 191 people killed in road accidents in the city last year, 79 were pedestrians, who made up for 41% of total fatal accident victims. Though the number of pedestrians killed was slightly more than that ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    ITA calls for 100% auction to ensure fair pricing

    Kolkata: The Indian Tea Association (ITA) has urged 100% auction of ‘made tea' as it feels that the price of tea is not covering the cost. ITA has called different stakeholders of the industry, including small tea growers, to ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    Titagarh Rail forms 2 new verticals for shipping biz, safety products

    Kolkata: Titagarh Rail Systems Limited (TRSL) has formed two new business verticals following a management rejig. The units are Ship Building and Maritime Systems (SMS) and Safety and Signalling Systems (SSS).TRSL has been in the shipbuilding and maritime business ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    Social media, food apps out of bounds at NRS

    Kolkata: NRS Medical College and Hospital will install a firewall that will restrict access of certain websites while using the institute's internal internet, available only on desktops installed for official purposes.As a result, social media sites, such as Facebook ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    SSKM Hosp gets separate facility for head-neck ops

    12 Kolkata: State-run IPGMER, which is also called SSKM Hospital, is getting a separate department for head and neck surgery, with a modular operating theatre (OT) and spruce patient wards. The OT will be inaugurated on Wednesday though the ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    6 injured as engine rams coach in Cooch Behar

    Jalpaiguri: Four women and two children were injured when a locomotive engine rammed into a coach of the 15468 Bamanhat-Siliguri Junction InterCity Express, at Bamanhat railway station in Cooch Behar's Dinhata on Tuesday.As the train reached Bamanhat, the loco ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    16 tonnes of ammonium nitrate seized

    12 Suri: A 16-wheeler lorry carrying 16 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, used to manufacture explosives, was intercepted on Monday night at Mansuba crossing, reports S Boral. Three persons were arrested and produced at a Rampurhat court, which sent them ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    Moipith tiger lands in trap cage after 24-hour op, set free in wild

    123456 Kolkata: The tiger, an adult male aged around 10 years, that had attacked and injured a forest worker at Nagenabad village under Moipith panchayat in Sundarbans' South 24 Parganas division was finally captured, after an effort of over ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    Cops lodge FIR after assault on 5 LGBTQI activists

    123 Kolkata: An FIR was lodged after members of Sappho for Equality alleged that five of them were attacked at a Jodhpur Park departmental store close to their queer café, Porshi. Many condemned the incident on social media, describing ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    JU ragging: Hostel super gives testimony

    123 Kolkata: A local Pocso court recorded the statement of the hostel superintendent of Jadavpur University, where the first-year JU student was found dead in 2023. He is the ninth key witness in the case. His cross-examination by the ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    Reduce screen time, stay away from mobile games, principals advise boards aspirants

    12 Kolkata: Screen time remains a significant concern for numerous school principals during the examination season. Several school principals have instructed board examination students to minimise screen time, particularly abstaining from mobile gaming activities whilst preparing for their assessments.This ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    99.99 percentile for ’23 Madhyamik topper

    Kolkata: Debdutta Majhi, the Madhyamik 2023 topper, has found a place on the state-wise merit list published by the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) session 1 (Jan 2025) conducted by the National Testing Agency with a 99.99 percentile score.Debdutta is ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    Shuttles, more buses on E-W no-service days

    Kolkata: With the East-West Metro corridor remaining shut for eight days in two phases in Feb, alternative commute arrangements are being worked out to ensure seamless. Apart from planning additional bus services, the authorities have also asked the auto ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    Kol airport to get brand new toilets by Nov-end

    Kolkata: The city airport will have a brand new set of toilets by this Nov, replacing the current set that was put in place when the new terminal was inaugurated 12 years ago. "The revamping of toilets is underway. ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    Min temperature shoots up into 20s again, leads to spurt in virals

    12 Kolkata: After three days of staying below the normal mark, the minimum temperature jumped more than five notches in Kolkata on Tuesday. At 22.5°C, it was close to five notches above normal and a significant leap from Monday's ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    Nabanna meet this wk to unravel Joka route knot

    12 Kolkata: Top Kolkata Police officers on Tuesday met officials of RVNL, the implementing agency of the Joka-Esplanade Metro project, to find ways to sort the land issues that are threatening to derail the project. Following the meeting, it ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    Makaut exams postponed after protest over girl death

    Kolkata: The first-semester examinations were postponed at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology's Haringhata campus on Tuesday as students blocked gates to protest against the "delayed medical response" to a student who had jumped off the building on ...

    12 February 2025 Times of India
    Crooks use ‘secure’ sites to dupe users

    Kolkata: Recent reports in Kolkata reveal a disturbing trend where cybercriminals are exploiting ‘secure' websites to defraud users. Three victims reported losing money to fake websites despite them showing HTTPS security certificates and the familiar green lock symbol."The green ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    169-year-old IIEST set to take new-age AI leap

    12 Kolkata: One of the oldest engineering institutes in the country, the 169-year-old Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur (formerly BE College), is set to introduce a compulsory artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) course ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    Shape of them: Spotted in Bengal, Ed Sheeran riding Arijit’s scooter

    BERHAMPORE: About 220 kilometres from Kolkata, pop icon Ed Sheeran on Monday had a much smoother scooter and boat ride in Murshidabad's Jiaganj than the rocky reception he got from cops in Bengaluru the day before. Keeping him company ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    2 staffers held for biryani outlet theft

    Kolkata: Two employees were arrested for allegedly stealing money from a well-known biryani outlet in Park Circus. Based on a complaint by the eatery, the Beniapukur cops arrested the two accused — Prasenjit Maiti and Sheikh Gulam Nabi Azad.However, ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    CP completes 21km marathon

    Kolkata: City police commissioner Manoj Verma, a fitness enthusiast, led by example as he completed the 21km run at the Kolkata Police Half Marathon this Sunday, the event kicking off the Traffic Safety Week. In all, 16.5k enthusiasts participated ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    34 gallstone ops in a day at state hospital

    Kolkata: Perhaps for the first time by any hospital around the globe, IPGMER (SSKM) conducted 34 gallstone surgeries on Monday. As part of a special drive to clear the backlog, doctors at the general surgery unit of the state-run ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    Double gold for Bengal paddlers

    12 Kolkata: Bengal paddlers once again reigned supreme winning gold in both the men's and women's team events in the National Games in Dehradun on Monday. In both the finals, Bengal overcame Maharashtra with the men blanking their opponents ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    2 die, 4 injured in blaze at Bolpur

    Bolpur: A blaze at a residential complex at Bolpur in Birbhum district left two people dead and four injured on Monday evening. The fire broke out on the first floor of the five-storey building at Bandhgora near Bolpur bus ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    Bharat Forge MD bets big on Bengal

    12 Kolkata: The economic climate in Bengal was now conducive to industry and investment, Baba Kalyani, chairman and MD of Bharat Forge — a unit of Kalyani Group — said, expressing his wish to look for business opportunities in ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    Guv doesn’t deviate from state script during budget speech

    Kolkata: Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday read out a 16-page speech while inaugurating the assembly's budget session, blaming Centre for blocking funds to Bengal, lauding CM Mamata Banerjee as a "visionary, enterprising and dynamic leader," and highlighting the ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    Airport pet peeve: Passengers raise a stink over dirty washrooms

    123456 Kolkata: Kolkata airport's biggest peeve point reared its ugly head yet again, with complaints pouring in from flyers and even airline staff about the stink and stain in the toilets. The airport reacted to the criticism by pointing ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    Berger Paints to invest 2k cr, eyes 20k cr revenue by 2030

    12 Kolkata: Berger Paints India is set to invest over Rs 2,000 crore to augment its production capacity in the country by 2027. The paints major, which has started shifting its headquarters from Park Street to New Town, is ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    Centres with heaters, exam in jumbo corridors: Madhyamik signals start of board season

    123456 Siliguri/Kharagpur: From the use of heaters at high-altitude schools in Sukhiapokhri and Maneybhanjan in Darjeeling to the use of special vehicles to ferry examinees through elephant corridors and the use of boats in the remote areas of South ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    Not Dalai Lama’s bro; for Kalimpong, Thondup was first maker of thukpa

    Kalimpong: He might have been a towering spiritual figure in Tibet, but in north Bengal's Kalimpong, he was a humble businessman who had set up the town's first large-scale noodle factory.Gyalo Thondup used to run the factory from his ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    You are my family, Mamata tells MLAs

    Kolkata: In a message to Trinamool MLAs, CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she had no had no family of her own and declared: "You are my family." Adding that she would "have the last word" in TMC, Banerjee ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    Cyber awareness week starts under digi arrest shadow

    123 Kolkata: Senior citizens and youngsters searching for jobs are falling prey to two of the most organized frauds at present – digital arrest fraud and the Telegram pre-paid task scam. On Feb 11, Safer Internet Day, these will ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    Covid victim’s bacteria-infected liver gives life to cirrhosis patient

    Kolkata: Doctors at IPGMER have successfully transplanted a liver that was infected with bacteria as well as the Covid virus. The recipient, a liver cirrhosis patient who has been recuperating well since the Jan 20 transplant, went back home ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    Victim’s parents return to ancestral home

    12 Kolkata: The parents and sister of the 14-year-old girl who was brutally killed and raped by a toto driver from her neighbourhood left their Gouraganagar home on Monday and moved to their ancestral house at Swarupnagar in North ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    New Town kill-rape accused being tried for 2021 dowry death of former wife

    12 Kolkata: Probing the murder and rape of the class VIII student in New Town, cops have found that accused Soumitra Roy (22) is an undertrial accused in a four-year-old dowry death case at his hometown in Nadia's Dhantala. ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    Locals’ plea: NKDA to install lights, cams at dark pockets

    12 Kolkata: The desolate and poorly lit area in New Town, where the brutalised and semi-naked body of the class 8 girl was found, will soon be thoroughly illuminated, covered by CCTV surveillance, have regular police patrols, and be ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    Man held near mayor’s office

    Kolkata: Security personnel apprehended a man on Monday for una-uthorised presence near the mayor's office. Rafikul Islam Biswas from Chapra Nadia's passport showed the name Rafiqul while his Aadhaar card and voter ID listed him as Shafiqul Biswas. tnn

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    Metro services hit in Kolkata for an hour

    12 Kolkata: Metro services on the Blue line were disrupted for an hour on Monday after a man jumped in front of a train that was approaching the Esplanade station around 7.56pm, a Metro Railway spokesperson said. The third ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Cops take student route to pedestrian safety

    Kolkata: A staggering 40% of fatal accident victims over the past five years in the city have been pedestrians, data by cops reveal. Realising the need to create awareness about pedestrian and road safety to be able to contain ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    State sanctions 4.3cr for road repairs in Salt Lake Sector III

    Kolkata: After Salt Lake Sector I and II, the state govt has sanctioned Rs 4.3 crore to the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) for repair and upgradation of the roads in Sector III.While Rs 34.4 lakh was approved for ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    Narkeldanga slum fire: FIRs against councillor, goons

    123 Kolkata: A day after tensions flared up at Narkeldanga following a fire, leading to a clash between the councillor and the Trinamool faction opposed to him, the cops registered two FIRs in this regard. One of them names ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar graft CBI report in court

    Kolkata: The CBI on Monday submitted a status report to the Special CBI Court, Alipore regarding the submission of documents to the accused in connection with the alleged financial crime at RG Kar. Next hearing is on Feb 12.The ...

    11 February 2025 Times of India
    Tiger attacks forest worker in Sundarbans village

    123 Kolkata: A tiger that entered Nagenabad village in the South 24 Parganas division of the Sundarbans on Sunday evening has attacked and wounded a forest worker on Monday morning when a team was installing nylon nets to isolate ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    Master blender Iain Forteath hosts masterclass in Kolkata

    Whisky enthusiasts gathered at the Calcutta Rowing Club on February 8 for an extraordinary evening of flavour, craftsmanship, and storytelling. The exclusive whisky-tasting event was conducted by Iain Forteath, a global brand ambassador and master blender at a well-established ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    22-year-old toto driver in cop net for Kolkata's New Town kill-rape

    KOLKATA: A 22-year-old with a possible history of sexual violence against women was arrested on Sunday for Friday's murder-and-rape of a 14-year-old schoolgirl in New Town, which had sent shockwaves in the residential area.Police said the accused - Soumitra ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    Pups, hyenas join ‘urban’ wolves, raise habitat hope in West Bengal's Durgapur grasslands

    KOLKATA: One of the four packs of ‘urban’ wolves has augmented their numbers, within months after cameras documented them near Durgapur town.Cameras have captured images of a pup, approximately six weeks old, in one of the packs, currently located ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    Toto driver held for schoolgirl’s rape in Jalpaiguri

    12 Jalpaiguri: A toto driver was arrested and booked under the Pocso Act in Jalpaiguri on Sunday for the rape of a Class 8 student.The matter came to light on Saturday evening when the girl's mother found a pregnancy ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    Woman assaulted for feeding strays in Salt Lake complex

    123 Kolkata: A middle-aged woman feeding strays inside a govt housing complex at EB Block in Salt Lake was allegedly assaulted by some residents on Saturday night. They alleged that she was polluting the area and ‘provoking' the dogs ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    Bengal’s Moumita wins a gold & a silver in Dehradun National Games

    12 Kolkata: Bengal's promising athlete Moumita Mondal claimed a gold and a silver in the National Games in Dehradun on Sunday. The 23-year-old, who hails from Jirat in the Hooghly district, leapt a distance of 6.21 metres to win ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    3 men shoot at veggie seller, rob him of 16k

    Kolkata: A vegetable vendor was severely injured after being shot at by three miscreants, who came riding on a scooter. The miscreants also snatched Rs 16,000 from the victim at Beledana area under North Kashipur PS in Bhangar during ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    Bengal to go bird-spotting from Feb 14

    Kolkata: Birders from Bengal will join over a thousand others from across the country at the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC).One of the largest birding events globally, GBBC will kick off on Feb 14 and continue till Feb 17 ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    BMC starts Salt Lake mkt repairs from GD block

    12 Kolkata: Around 6 community market complexes across Salt Lake will get a facelift. The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has completed the first phase of the repair work of the Salt Lake GD block community market and is presently ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    TMC: RG Kar victim’s kin being dragged into ‘political whirlpool’

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Sunday strongly protested against alleged attempts to drag the RG Kar rape-murder victim's parents into a "political whirlpool" to target the party.Trinamool's reaction coincided with Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari visiting the victim's Sodepur home ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    Scientists find green way to reduce fruit fly damage

    123 Kolkata: Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Calcutta University, and other institutions, have identified 30 unique nucleotide sequences of fruit flies, the biggest threat to fruits and vegetables worldwide. This identification will allow the scientists to ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    Booksellers smell OTT influence in youngsters’ interest in crime thrillers

    123 Kolkata: In an encouraging shift, youngsters — who are often found hooked to smartphones — were surprisingly drawn to the International Kolkata Book Fair this year, showing interest in detective, suspense and thriller literature.Their choice of genre seems ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    Out on bail, Mallick receives warm welcome in Habra

    Kolkata: Former state food and forest affairs minister and Habra MLA Jyoti Priya Mallick made his first visit to his constituency on Sunday after being released on bail in the ration case on Jan 15.Mallick, who was imprisoned for ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    Send case records in 30 days: HC to trial courts

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court has set out timelines for case records to be transferred from the trial courts to the HC to cut down on delays. To reduce the growing case pendency due to delays in case record ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    Boimela ends with record book sales at 25cr, footfall at 27 lakh

    123 Kolkata: The 48th International Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF) scripted many highs, both in terms of book sales and footfalls, after it concluded on Sunday. The IKBF, which has been a 12-day affair this year compared to the 14-day ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    Gold scales 87K in city markets, hits marriage-season shopping

    12 Kolkata: Prices in the Kolkata market touched Rs 87,000 per 10 gm for 24K gold. The development has left city jewellers worried as gold jewellery orders have halted for a while during the marriage season.On Saturday, 24K gold ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    Further dip in mercury, rise likely from tomorrow

    123 Kolkata: The mercury dipped further on Sunday in Kolkata when the city recorded a minimum temperature of 15.1 °Celsius and a maximum of 27.2 °Celsius . The temperature is likely to hover around the same mark or slightly ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    Ahead of boards, counsellors advise sleep, revision & healthy lifestyle

    Kolkata: Schools are focusing on reducing stress for board students during the exam season to help them perform better. With multiple instances of board examinees experiencing panic attacks before the tests, students are coming to professional counsellors for assistance. ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    Want daughter’s killer hanged: Victim’s parents

    12 Kolkata: "All I want is the rapist and murderer of my child to be hanged. The punishment should be nothing short of the death penalty," appealed the class 8 girl's father on Sunday, shortly after toto driver Soumitra ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    Rapist-killer in our midst: Shrinks decode man behind the mask

    12 Kolkata: There are people around us, apparently helpful and friendly with no criminal intent or record, who have developed a frightening indifference to pain, suffering, and the consequences of transgressing the law, say psychiatrists and psychologists. These are ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    Labourer charred in Narkeldanga night blaze, 50 shanties gutted

    123 Kolkata: The charred body of a 62-year-old Sandeshkhali resident, Habibullah Mollah, was dragged out of the fire-ravaged Narkeldanga shanties early on Sunday morning by the fire brigade and police, prompting sporadic protests by a section of locals. Mollah ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    Violent husband, abusive son & Peeping Tom: Skeletons tumble out of toto driver’s cupboard

    12 Kolkata: Wife beater, Peeping Tom, habitual drunkard, known gambler, and an extremely violent and abusive man — Soumitra Roy alias Raj, the toto driver arrested for the murder and rape of a class VIII girl in New Town, ...

    10 February 2025 Times of India
    Derek introduces bill seeking to criminalise marital rape

    123 Kolkata: A new private member's bill introduced by Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien in Rajya Sabha on Friday seeks to criminalise marital rape as it "undermines the autonomy and equality of women". O'Brien, while moving the bill, said: ...

    9 February 2025 Times of India
    Gyalo Thondup, Dalai Lama’s brother, dies in Kalimpong

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    9 February 2025 Times of India
    Presi's Snigdha 1st woman researcher from West Bengal to go on Antarctic expedition

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