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  • HC orders nursing college audit after students’ plea

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed West Bengal Nursing Council to conduct an audit on the number of nursing colleges in the state, the number of students they have, and the training provided. The judge also directed nine ...

    24 December 2025 Times of India
    Lagnajita row: Cops slap attempt to murder case on school owner

    Contai: Police on Monday slapped a charge of attempted murder on the school co-owner, who threatened singer Lagnajita Chakraborty.Accused Mehebub Mallick allegedly assaulted and threatened the singer during a performance at his school at Bhagabanpur in East Midnapore. After ...

    24 December 2025 Times of India
    3 held for Tangra attack on Bidhannagar cops

    Kolkata: A day after a Bidhannagar Police raid in Tangra to nab alleged burglars turned violent, resulting in injuries to eight officers, the Kolkata Police— led by the local cops and detective department — arrested three individuals. Raids are ...

    24 December 2025 Times of India
    I ran to save my life amid chaos, recalls London-based Indian singer

    Kolkata: What was meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime musical tribute to football legend Lionel Messi turned into a harrowing experience for London-based Indian singer Charles Antony, who flew to the country specially to perform at the event at Salt ...

    24 December 2025 Times of India
    Belgharia flyover set to be shut for repairs; engineers, cops conduct health audit

    Kolkata: With repair work already underway on Sodepur flyover, causing severe inconvenience to commuters, fresh trouble is looming as the Belgharia flyover — connecting the Belgharia Expressway to Dum Dum airport — is set to be closed for urgent ...

    24 December 2025 Times of India
    Rare Brazil primates seized at Kol airport

    Kolkata: In the sixth seizure of exotic species at Kolkata airport this year, the Customs officials have seized two rare primates, golden lion tamarins, late on Monday night. Also known as golden lion marmoset, they are endemic to coastal ...

    24 December 2025 Times of India
    Finalize Chingrighata diversion dates by Jan 6, finish metro work by Feb 15: HC

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the state to finalize dates for traffic diversions by Jan 6 to ensure that metro viaduct bridging work at Chingrighata crossing is completed by Feb 15, 2026. The court held that ...

    24 December 2025 Times of India
    Satadru may be taken to stadium this week for reconstruction of events

    Kolkata: Satadru Dutta, organiser of the Lionel Messi event at Salt Lake Stadium, is likely to be taken to the venue in next three days for reconstruction of the sequence of events that led to the chaos on Dec ...

    24 December 2025 Times of India
    Medical rehabilitation experts discuss future of robotic therapy and artificial intelligence in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: A day-long conference celebrating 25 years of medical rehabilitation brought together eminent doctors, healthcare leaders, and rehabilitation specialists from across India to Kolkata. The Medical Rehabilitation Centre (MRC) 25 summit, held in the city on Sunday, saw experts ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    'I ran to save my life': UK-based singer Charles Antony recalls chaos at Messi event in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: London-based Indian singer Charles Antony, who flew to Kolkata specially to perform at Lionel Messi’s G.O.A.T Tour event at the Salt Lake stadium, has described the harrowing experience he faced during the chaos on December 13.Antony, a Malayali ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    Sebi ex-official convicted for 25L bribe demand from Rose Valley chief

    Kolkata: A special CBI court on Monday found a former Sebi official guilty of demanding a bribe of Rs 25 lakh from Rose Valley Group chief Gautam Kundu in 2010. The sentence will be pronounced Tuesday, reports Rohit Khanna.The ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    DM, VB registrar fined for waste mgmt lapses at varsity, Poush Mela

    Kolkata: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) came down heavily on Birbhum district administration and Visva-Bharati University for failing to comply with its orders on solid and liquid waste management in and around the university in general, and related to ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    Elderly sisters found dead in Sodepur home

    Kolkata: The bodies of two elderly sisters, aged between 55 and 60, were found on the floor of their house in Sodepur on Monday. Cops suspect the sisters, who were allegedly facing an acute financial crisis, may have died ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    India stands by Dipu kin in B’desh, sends money

    Kolkata: A day after minority community members in Bangladesh met the family of Dipu Das, the Hindu man who was lynched at Mymensingh, donations from India and countries across the world started pouring in for the impoverished family, now ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    EC led by ‘Vanish Kumars’, working with BJP to delete 1.5cr names: CM

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused Election Commission, which she said is being led by "Vanish Kumar babus", of conniving with "BJP khokababus" to delete the names of 1.5 crore voters in Bengal during the ongoing special intensive ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    Aspirant duped of 21L for MBBS seat

    Kolkata: A 19-year-old MBBS aspirant from Agartala had alleged of being duped of Rs 21 lakh on the pretext of offering a guaranteed medical seat at the Calcutta National Medical College (CNMC) through a donor quota by men posing ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    Murshidabad riots: All 13 convicted of hacking father-son duo to death

    Kolkata/Berhampore: A Jangipur trial court on Monday convicted 13 persons for murdering 72-year-old Hargobindo Das and his 40-year-old son Chandan during riots in Murshidabad's Dhuliyan town on April 12. The father and son were dragged out of their home ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    Hyd thespian’s empty-nest play touches a chord with Kol audience

    Kolkata: An elderly man approached Hyderabad-based actor-director Mohammad Ali Baig after ‘Sunset...Sunrise' was staged at the 7th National Drama Festival, organised by Urdu Academy. Having recently returned to Kolkata after an extended stay abroad, the senior citizen was profoundly ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    Army Lance Naik drowns in Teesta during routine winter training

    Darjeeling: A soldier of the Indian Army, Lance Naik Raj Shaker of the 191 Artillery Regiment stationed at Bengdubi in Siliguri, died during a routine winter training exercise in the Teesta river on Monday. His body was recovered after ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    Kabir launches new party, announces 8 candidates

    Behrampore: Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir on Monday floated a new outfit — Janata Unnayan Party — weeks after he was suspended by Trinamool over the laying of the foundation stone for a "Babri-style mosque" in Murshidabad district. At a ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    India should count China as friend, not US, says Sachs at Nobel laureates’ college

    Kolkata: India should cooperate with China and not trust the US, said economist Jeffrey David Sachs on Monday at Presidency University, formerly Presidency College, the alma mater of two Nobel laureates, Amartya Sen and Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee."My repeated advice ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    Puja organisers from abroad explore global business avenues for local artists

    Kolkata: Buoyed by the surge in global interest in Durga Puja and Bengal following Unesco's cultural heritage tag, at least 25 puja organisers from 20-odd countries, including Japan, Nigeria, Oman, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, UK and US participated in ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    HC refuses plea for CBI probe into Messi event chaos at stadium

    Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Monday refused a CBI-probe plea in the Salt Lake stadium vandalism during the Lionel Messi event, saying "investigation/inquiry cannot be transferred to CBI or any other agency on mere asking or merely because a ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    Trader murder: BDO’s pre-arrest bail rejected

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday set aside the anticipatory bail granted by a Barasat court to Rajganj BDO Prasanta Barman in the gold trader murder case in Salt Lake, and directed him to surrender within 72 hours.Justice ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    First-yr student of RG Kar claims attack by seniors

    Kolkata: An incident of alleged harassment and assault has emerged involving students of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital. According to a complaint, two students who had been advocating against alleged misuse of hostel facilities by second-year students were ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    Basanti Highway crash: Driver of killer truck held

    Kolkata: Abdul Alim Molla, the driver of the killer truck involved in the Basanti Highway crash on Dec 10, which targeted a key CBI and ED witness, was arrested on Monday, taking the total number of arrests in the ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    Nine convicted of Hanskhali gang rape

    Kolkata: A Ranaghat court on Monday convicted nine people in connection with the gang rape of a teenager at Hanskhali, who later died from her injuries. The CBI, which took over the case in April 2022, filed the chargesheet ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    Cops slap murder charge on woman in Posta case

    Kolkata: Exactly a week after a 35-year-old man entered a central Kolkata residence and reportedly stabbed his 28-year-old "girlfriend" multiple times before he jumped from the fourth-floor balcony, cops are re-evaluating the exact chain of events that caused the ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    No indoor fireworks, KMC tells nightclubs

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and fire brigade officials will conduct special surveillance drives across hotels, bars, nightclubs, and restaurants during the Christmas and New Year celebrations to ensure strict compliance with fire safety rules, Mayor Firhad Hakim ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    City churches prep for Christmas with special prayers, carol services & charity

    Kolkata: As Christmas approaches, churches across Kolkata are witnessing a surge of activity as congregations prepare for one of the most important days on the city's festive calendar. From special liturgies and carol services to charitable programmes and elaborate ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    Naka checks, anti-drink drive to intensify in festive week

    Kolkata: Learning from the past week, Lalbazar is gearing up for a rush on the roads from morning itself this Christmas week. "With Christmas falling in the middle of the week, we expect a sizable crowd in the zone ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    Tangra locals thrash Salt Lake cops, hurl glass bottles

    Kolkata: What began as a routine police raid in Tangra spiralled into scenes of chaos and violence on Monday, after at least seven policemen were brutally attacked and their vehicles smashed while attempting to leave a neighbourhood after arresting ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    Film by Bangla director fighting ‘pol persecution’ goes to Rotterdam

    Kolkata: Bangladesh director Rezwan Shahriar Sumit's feature film, ‘Master' has been selected for the Big Screen Competition at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR).Sumit's father was a Muktijoddha (freedom fighter) involved in Awami League politics, but he has ...

    23 December 2025 Times of India
    Life under the river: How the east–west metro is redrawing Kolkata’s daily map

    KOLKATA: Imagine slipping beneath a great river in the comfort of an air-conditioned metro cutting hours of travel into minutes and reshaping the daily rhythm of a city. This is now part of everyday life in Kolkata thanks to ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata flyers, airline in cabin bag ‘grey area’ row; debate moves online; bizman claims mismatch between receipt and payment

    KOLKATA: A tense early-morning stand-off at Kolkata airport escalated into an online debate on airline rules, passenger rights, and the thin line between regulation and irritation.The flashpoint occurred around 5 am on Sunday when a SpiceJet ground staffer stopped ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    Winter merchandise sale heats up with the dip in mercury

    Kolkata: The dip in temperature over the past few days has triggered a surge in sales of woollen garments, warm apparel, and household heating appliances across the city. As cold winds swept through the city on Saturday and Sunday, ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Mamata Banerjee has ties with RSS’: Humayun Kabir to launch new party today; suspended TMC MLA eyes kingmaker role in 2026

    MURSHIDABAD: Suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Humayun Kabir on Monday announced that he will launch a new political party at noon, stating that the outfit will work for the common man, deprived Muslims and the aam aadmi.Speaking to reporters, ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    Pomeranian undergoes procedure to remove fish bone stuck in throat

    Kolkata: A 10-year-old female Pomeranian dog that choked on a fish bone stuck in its throat for nearly 24 hours got it removed through a non-invasive surgical procedure in the city. Doctors at the city's state-run veterinary hospital tried ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    IIT Kgp top academic body approves well-being courses

    Kolkata: The top academic body of IIT Kharagpur, the Senate, approved the two well-being courses — life skills and joy & success — on Wednesday, paving the way for their rollout from Jan. The move was initiated in the ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    Lagnajita event row over ‘secular’ song demand, school owner held

    Bhagwanpur (East Midnapore): Singer Lagnajita Chakraborty complained that she was heckled and physically harassed with a demand to sing a "secular song" at a cultural programme at a private school in East Midnapore's Bhagwanpur on Saturday night. The school ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    Christmas trees, musical Santas & cakes on festive shoppers’ lists

    Kolkata: Last-minute shopping for musical Santas and Christmas trees on Sunday increased footfall across markets and shopping malls in the city, with only three days left for Christmas. Sunday was the last weekend before Christmas.Christmas trees, decorative goodies, Santa-themed ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    Kol to Siliguri, protesters condemn Dipu killing

    Kolkata/Siliguri: The lynching of Dipu Das, a worker in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, sparked protests across Bengal even as Hindu organisations in Bangladesh on Sunday called it "barbarism being meted out to minorities".A team from Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagaran Jot visited ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    BJP MP, MLA in public spat a day after Modi’s address

    Kolkata: A day after PM Narendra Modi's visit to Bengal, a simmering rift within the BJP-backed All India Matua Mahasangha (AIMM) took a dramatic turn on Sunday afternoon after BJP's Bongaon MP and junior Union minister Shantanu Thakur and ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    IISER, helped by Kolkata art gallery, develops tech that can certify artworks without touching them

    KOLKATA: Researchers from IISER Kolkata, working with an art gallery in the city, have created a non-invasive, Raman spectroscopy-based authentication method to detect fake paintings, an innovation hailed as a significant development for the art world.The technique, dubbed RaFiTech ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    Chhayanaut fallout: Kolkata-based sarod player ‘flees’ Bangladesh hiding identity

    KOLKATA: Shiraz Ali Khan, a Kolkata-based sarod player with family roots in Bangladesh, was to perform in a concert at Chhayanaut in Dhaka on Dec 19. But just hours before the programme, the culture hub was vandalised amid a ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    After 14 yrs in jail, woman returns to family with HAM help

    Kolkata: After months of uncertainty, authorities at Dum Dum Central Correctional Home traced the family of a 54-year-old woman prisoner with the help of HAM radio enthusiasts, enabling her reunion on Sunday.The woman, Shakuntala Lamchini, was imprisoned for 14 ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    Cattle smugglers kidnap BSF jawan in B’desh

    Jalpaiguri: A BSF jawan was abducted by Bangladeshi cattle smugglers and taken deep into Bangladeshi territory after he inadvertently entered the neighbouring country while chasing them. The incident occurred early on Sunday near the Teen Bigha Corridor under Kuchlibari ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    Suicide abetment case against son’s fiancee

    Kolkata: Acting on a complaint lodged by the parents of Anirban Bhattacharya (30), who was found hanging at his rented apartment in New Town on Nov 23, Bidhannagar Police has started a case of abetment to suicide against his ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    New Town complex residents protest dumping of sludge

    Kolkata: Huge amounts of construction sludge in trucks are being carried in and dumped on vacant land adjacent to a gated community in New Town Action Area II, causing pollution in the area.Residents of Greenwood Elements staged a protest ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    1,100 hotspots prone to jumbo deaths: Min

    Following the death of seven elephants in a train accident in Assam, Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav said DFOs have been instructed to coordinate with DMs andrailway officials. He said 1,100 hotspots have been identified which are prone to ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Encroachment, illegal migrants plague Sunderbans’

    The Sunderbans largely remains under-developed and can be developed to its true potential under proper political leadership, said Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav on Sunday.Yadav, who is also BJP's election in-charge in Bengal added: "There are problems of encroachment, ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    Inflow trickle starts as Indians, Bangladeshis flee strife, uncertainty

    Kolkata: Many Indians, who had gone to Bangladesh to visit their relatives or on business, began returning home amid unrest in the neighbouring country. Fear, fatigue and uncertainty on their face, people queued up on the other side of ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    Kol shivers as min drops to 14.4°C, lowest this season

    Kolkata: On Sunday, the city woke up to the season's coldest morning. While the mercury is expected to rise slightly on Monday and Tuesday, the Met office expects the chill to return by Christmas, with the mercury likely to ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    After Dhaka act, students in Kol form ring around Mujib memories

    Kolkata: While Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall at Dhaka University was renamed Shaheed Osman Hadi Hall, students in Kolkata are focused on preserving the memories of Bangabandhu at Baker Hostel near Maulana Azad College. Mujibar studied at Maulana Azad College ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Fundamentalists trying to whip up anti-India feelings’

    Kolkata: Bangladesh's National Award-winning actress Rokeya Prachi, a member of Awami League, has been in hiding since Aug 14, 2024, following an attack by a mob on her way to pay respects to Mujibar Rehman on his death anniversary. ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    3 days to Christmas, Park Street comes alive with lights & revellers

    Kolkata: On the last Sunday before Christmas, Park Street comes alive with decorations and revellers pouring in to get early access of the festive ambience. The crowd in Park Street was a mix of those on a weekend outing ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    Pomeranian undergoes procedure to remove fish bone stuck in throat

    Kolkata: A 10-year-old female Pomeranian dog that choked on a fish bone stuck in its throat for nearly 24 hours got it removed through a non-invasive surgical procedure in the city. Doctors at the city's state-run veterinary hospital tried ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    Online ticket aggregator joins Messi event probe, hope for refund grows

    Kolkata: As anger simmers among football fans after the Messi event mess, the focus of the police probe is decisively on refunds — and who will ultimately foot the bill for a morning that unravelled into chaos.Investigators began questioning ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    Messi praised statue in Lake Town: Sujit

    Kolkata: Lionel Messi has praised the statue modelled on him that was installed next to the Big Ben replica off VIP Road at Lake Town, state fire and emergency services department minister Sujit Bose said before mediapersons on Sunday.Speaking ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    Fire breaks out on Ananda Palit Road

    Kolkata: A fire broke out on the top floor of a four-storey commercial building on Ananda Palit Road on Sunday. Three fire engines managed to bring the blaze under control after prolonged efforts. There was no casualty or injury ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    School calendar goes haywire, SIR work may delay exam results

    Kolkata: Several schools in and around Kolkata may delay publication of annual examination results as many teachers are busy with SIR duties.At Taltala Girls' High School, permanent teachers, including the teacher-in-charge, were assigned BLO duties. These teachers have been ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    Signalling trials delay Green Line’s Sunday ops by 3 hrs

    Kolkata: Passengers were caught off guard when the Green Line (East-West Metro) began its Sunday services three hours behind schedule — at noon instead of 9 am — due to advanced signalling trials that started after commercial hours on ...

    22 December 2025 Times of India
    'Enough, sing something secular': Noted singer Lagnajita Chakraborty abused, physically harassed for performing devotional song in West Bengal

    BHAGWANPUR (EAST MIDNAPORE): A cultural programme at a private school in East Midnapore’s Bhagwanpur descended into chaos on Saturday night after renowned Kolkata-based playback singer Lagnajita Chakraborty was allegedly heckled and physically harassed for performing a devotional song. The ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata: Intuition training empowers blind students

    KOLKATA: Students at the Calcutta Blind School of Behala attended a workshop by The Art of Living to develop their intuitive abilities. The four-day intuition programme, followed by six days of daily practice, enabled participants aged 8 to 20 ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    National Library to ink MoUs with universities to boost research, skill development and innovation

    KOLKATA: The National Library of India (NLI) is set to sign a series of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with universities across the country, marking a significant step towards strengthening academic collaboration, research capacity and human resource development in the ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    God seeks not rooms but warmth of our heart, especially for needy

    While narrating the birth of Jesus, St Luke writes: "Joseph went up to Bethlehem with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child… She gave birth to her firstborn son... and laid him in a manger, because there was no ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    Woman alleges blackmail over private photographs

    Kolkata: A woman from South Kolkata accused a resident of Raghunathpur in Purulia, Sushovan Tewary, of alleged blackmail and harassment by capturing and distributing her private photographs without consent. The complainant said that between Dec 14 and Dec 16, ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    Bihar bikes for BJP cadre spark TMC protest in Burdwan

    Burdwan: Trinamool Congress activists sat on protest at Burdwan railway station on Saturday after 55 motorcycles arrived on a train from Bihar, addressed to a district BJP neta. Protesters alleged that the bikes had been brought in ahead of ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    PM silent on CAA & SIR, had no message for Matuas, says TMC

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Saturday referred to PM Modi's "silence on CAA" during his virtual address to allege that he had "come empty-handed, with no message to dispel SIR worries in Matua heartland." The party also said the PM ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    Max temperature plunges 6° to 20°C, makes Kolkata shiver through the day

    Kolkata: A sharp, chilly wind blew through Kolkata, pulling the maximum temperature down by more than 5 degrees on Saturday, leaving the city shivering. While the maximum temperature plunged from 26°C on Friday to 20.7°C on Saturday, the minimum ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    After blasphemy lynching, Kol worries for relatives in Bangla

    Kolkata: Family members and relatives of Bangladeshis in Kolkata are worried over to the violence escalating on the other side of the border. Videos of vandalism and arson on TV have prompted them to get in touch with relatives, ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    External, anti-India forces engineering violence to derail Bangla poll process: Awami leaders in exile

    Kolkata: The violence in Bangladesh — the lynching of Dipu Chandra Das and the attacks in Mymensingh — following the death of Sharif Osman Hadi were part of a larger anti-India campaign, according to Awami League leaders in exile ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    Late-nights start early, restos to stay open till 2 am

    Kolkata: Restaurants across Kolkata introduced late closure on Saturday, which is earlier than in previous years. They will stay open beyond midnight on several days during the Christmas-New Year week. The iconic Mocambo and Peter Cat restaurants off Park ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Rishi Bankim-babu’ on lips, Modi courts Bengal in Matua land

    Kolkata: Courting the Matua vote and controlling any fallout of the "Bankim-da" episode in the Lok Sabha figured high in PM Narendra Modi's virtual address to Bengal's voters on Saturday.Modi, who was supposed to address a public meeting in ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    Messi received 89cr from India tour, arrested organiser tells cops

    Kolkata: Messi received Rs 89 crore for his India tour and another Rs 11 crore was paid to the govt as tax, Satadru Dutta, the organiser of the event, told police. Dutta was arrested within hours of the mayhem ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    CEO seeks officials’ lists from central depts, banks

    Kolkata: Bengal chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal on Saturday held a meeting with heads of 16 central govt organisations, departments, PSUs and nationalised banks and sought a list of officers, to be deployed as micro-observers for the Bengal SIR ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    Family blames ‘SIR stress’ after man dies by suicide

    Kolkata: After a 52-year-old man, Bhaskar Mukherjee, hanged himself to death at Kalyanpur in Ausgram on Wednesday, police said the man's family alleged that Mukherjee had taken his own life distressed over SIR (Special Intensive Revision) related issues, reports ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    Flexible evaluation at IIT to reduce anxiety

    Kolkata: After discontinuing the de-registration of students due to low attendance, IIT Kharagpur will implement a flexible evaluation scheme from the next semester. It will be applicable in continuous assessments and mid-term exams, but end-semester exams will be a ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    Touch-&-go, logistics behind Modi’s address from airport

    Kolkata: PM Narendra Modi spent more than two hours — about 30 minutes of this on the tarmac — at NSCBI Airport on Saturday, the longest time that any Indian PM spent at the city's airport in recent memory. ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    City gets festive ready with Christmas carnivals, lit-up streets & packed malls

    Kolkata: With Christmas just a few days away, Kolkata slipped into full festive mode over the weekend, as churches, neighbourhoods and markets across the city put final touches on preparations for the festival. The last weekend before Christmas saw ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    Articles on 1971 Lib War led to attack on dailies: Journos

    Kolkata: The immediate trigger of the violent attacks on two of Bangladesh's leading dailies — Prothom Alo and The Daily Star — was their sustained focus on the 1971 Liberation War in the run-up to the Dec 16 Vijay ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    Exhibition at book fair to honour Uttam Kumar in his centenary year

    Kolkata: Commemorating the birth centenary of Mahanayak Uttam Kumar, there will be a special exhibition hall dedicated to the legendary actor titled "History of Bengali Cinema and Mahanayak" at the 49th International Kolkata Book Fair which is to take ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    EC upgrades app for BLOs to fix voters’ spelling errors

    Kolkata: The Election Commission on Saturday upgraded the BLO App with a new feature with the help of which booth-level officers can correct discrepancies, such as spelling variations of electors' names, addition or omission of their middle names and ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    EC starts issuing hearing notices 96 hrs after draft list

    Kolkata: The EC started issuing hearing notices to unmapped electors on Saturday evening, over 96 hours after the draft SIR rolls were published in Bengal on Dec 16. Those who received notices on Saturday would appear for a hearing ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    Goons take over Keoratala as darkness descends, harass mourners & doms

    Kolkata: The Keoratala crematorium ground turns into a terror zone as darkness descends with drunk goons from adjacent neighbourhoods taking over the area and creating mayhem, locals have alleged. Such elements harass mourners for money. Some of them even ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    Border tensions rise amid B’desh unrest

    Kolkata: Unrest in Bangladesh following the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, one of the prominent faces of the July uprising, spread over to the India-Bangladesh border areas since Thursday night, triggering tension at Petrapole-Benapole and Ghojadanga in North 24 ...

    21 December 2025 Times of India
    Sweety Bibi, Sunali’s hubby compile docus to prove citizenship

    Kolkata: After Sunali Khatun and her eight-year-old son were brought back from Bangladesh to their village of Paikar in Birbhum, her husband Danish Sheikh on Friday put together documents to prove his Indian citizenship, as did Sweety Bibi, another ...

    20 December 2025 Times of India
    'The Onion Router': Kolkata billionaire gets Rs 25cr sextortion mail; threatened to circulate defamatory photos of kin

    KOLKATA: A city-based billionaire who owns an ethnic retail empire valued at approximately Rs 14,300 crore, with stores across India, allegedly received a sextortion email demanding Rs 25 crore in Bitcoin. The sender threatened to circulate obscene and defamatory ...

    20 December 2025 Times of India
    Action must for any violation, says Hakim

    Kolkata: Police on Friday launched a manhunt for the Kankurgachhi cylinder warehouse owners, while the fire department registered an FIR, citing gross irregularities and lack of fire safety measures. Mayor Firhad Hakim said if the godown was found without ...

    20 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Infection treatable, tiger might have had underlying condition’

    Kolkata: The young tigress that died at Alipore Zoo on Wednesday may have been suffering from other complications apart from a bacterial infection, which is primarily suspected to be the reason behind its death.Haemoprotozoa, said vets, could be fatal ...

    20 December 2025 Times of India
    Bizman gets bail in Rs77 crore forex case

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday granted bail to Viraj Subas Patil in a Rs 77 crore forex-related money laundering case being probed by ED.Justice Suvra Ghosh, while noting that he was an independent distributor of IX Global from ...

    20 December 2025 Times of India
    Modi visit to Matua heartland a damage-control move: TMC

    Kolkata: BJP is flying in PM Narendra Modi to Bengal as a "damage-control move after pushing Matuas into the deep sea," Trinamool said on Friday, ahead of Modi's rally in Nadia. The damage has already been done, and can't ...

    20 December 2025 Times of India
    Fire-safety drive reveals gaps in upgrade at most rooftop restos

    Kolkata: A joint team comprising officials from fire services department, KMC and police, assigned to conduct surprise checks at the city's rooftop restaurants, has found several anomalies that owners need to rectify if they want to keep their establishments ...

    20 December 2025 Times of India
    Rioters target Chhayanaut, set up on Tagore’s centenary

    Kolkata: Bengal's cultural fraternity has strongly condemned the vandalism of Chhayanaut office in Dhanmondi — one of Bangladesh's oldest heritage-rich cultural organisations — in the wake of the death of Inquilab Moncho neta Osman Hadi. Chhayanaut was founded in ...

    20 December 2025 Times of India
    182-year-old St Andrew’s Church in Darjeeling reopens after restoration

    Darjeeling: The 182-year-old St Andrew's Church near Mall Road in Darjeeling, which had been restored by the state govt, was virtually inaugurated by CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday. The CM inaugurated the restored structure, with its distinctive Gothic-style features ...

    20 December 2025 Times of India
    IIEST launches well-being course for 1st-year students

    Kolkata: One of the oldest engineering institutes in the country, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur (formerly BE College), has introduced a compulsory two-credit well-being and happiness course for first-year students across disciplines from this academic ...

    20 December 2025 Times of India
    Now, poor performers at IIT-Kgp to graduate with BTech pass degree

    Kolkata: Students at IIT Kharagpur failing to get a CGPA (cumulative grade point average) of six out of 10, the minimum required for a BTech honours degree, will get a BTech pass degree if they score 5 or more.In ...

    20 December 2025 Times of India
    RKM plans week-long Swamiji birth anniv event

    Kolkata: Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) has planned a week-long celebration to mark Swami Vivekananda's 164th birth anniversary on Jan 12 at his ancestral house in north Kolkata. The day is also celebrated as India's National Youth Day (Rashtriya Yuva Divas). ...

    20 December 2025 Times of India
    Fake call centre in Golf Green busted, 4 held

    Kolkata: Cops busted a fake call centre at Bikramgarh under Golf Green Police Station, and arrested four persons — Jamshed Ansari, Md Soyeb Ansari, Birendra Pandit, and Pradeep Mandal on Thursday. All four are residents of Jharkhand. Twenty-four cellphones, ...

    20 December 2025 Times of India
    Illegible writing, brand names: Govt hosp prescriptions under scanner

    Kolkata: From illegible handwriting and rampant use of brand names of medicines, to incomplete drug instructions, the prescription audit across state-run health facilities found several critical gaps in prescription practices by its doctors. Following the identification of these gaps, ...

    20 December 2025 Times of India
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