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  • CBI opposes Partha, Sujay’s bail pleas

    Kolkata: CBI on Thursday opposed bail pleas of former education minister Partha Chatterjee and Sujay Krishna Bhadra, both accused in the cash-for-jobs case, citing their ability to influence witnesses and tamper with evidence.Senior CBI counsel Dhiraj Trivedi submitted before ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    What ails Kolkata’s underground lifeline?

    Kolkata: What ails the city's underground, its transportation lifeline, you might wonder. There are too many issues, really, starting with the fact that Kolkata's rapid transit network is the only one to be run by the railways and is ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Hope to return to Bengal after curfew is lifted today’

    Kolkata: Sibaji Basu from Baranagar and Atanu Ghosh from Behala will be among several dozen men and women from Bengal who will try to return home on Friday after being stranded in Nepal amid the GenZ protests. While Basu ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Metro to terminate 32 services at Tolly amid repeated disruptions

    Kolkata: Metro Railway has decided to terminate 32 out of 272 services in the Blue Line at Tollygunge (Mahanayak Uttam Kumar station) instead of travelling to Shahid Khudiram due to repeated disruptions over the past month and a half. ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Hills schools allow Nepali kids more calls back home, counsel them to keep distress at bay

    Kalimpong/Darjeeling: Morning prayers dedicated to Nepal, relaxed norms for social media access and telephone calls back home, counselling for students: teachers at Kalimpong and Darjeeling schools, where many students are from Nepal, are doing their best to lessen, if ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    420 Indians return, 560 Nepalis go home as border opens after 3 days

    Siliguri: More than 420 Indians, who were stuck in protest-hit Nepal, could finally return home on Thursday as the India-Nepal border in Panitanki opened after being shut since Monday. Around 560 Nepali nationals, who were in India, could cross ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    1.4k pujas get cop nod so far

    Kolkata: The city police saw 2,652 Durga Puja committees apply on the online single-click permission system, Aasaan. Of them, 1,428 were granted permission by Wednesday night. Last year, 2,936 organisers applied for permission. Lalbazar sources said with more than ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    State gears up for Red Rd carnival, opens Sharad Samman portal

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt is gearing up for its Red Road carnival on Oct 5, with MoS, I&CA and tourism departments, Indranil Sen, launching the Biswa Bangla Sharad Samman portal for the 2025 award ceremony, allowing puja organisers to ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    TMC & BJP spar over ‘Tagore, Bankim at Sukanta feet’ photo

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Thursday lashed at junior Union minister Sukanta Majumdar for speaking at an event with the pictures of Rabindranath Tagore and Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay allegedly placed near his feet. Majumdar, however, rubbished the allegations.Attacking Majumdar, TMC spokesperson ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Samik faces mill workers’ ire on way to BJP’s football event

    Howrah: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday faced protests from workers of the Centre-owned Arati Cotton Mill in Howrah's Dasnagar, when he went at a ground adjacent to the factory to inaugurate state BJP's football tournament — Narendra ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    EC turns down Bengal request to use Swasthya Sathi for SIR

    Kolkata: The (EC) on Thursday turned down the Bengal govt's proposal to include Swasthya Sathi and ration cards as proofs of identity for the special intensive revision (SIR) of the state's voter roll.An EC official said the poll ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Cal Tel eyes Rs 22 crore revenue from prop leases

    Kolkata: BSNL's Calcutta Telephones (Cal Tel) division will lease out its properties across to earn at least 4% of its revenue from leases this fiscal, according to a company official. It earns around Rs 17 crore as rent now ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Cops all set for Chingrighata traffic trial

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police said it was "well on track" to conduct the traffic trial at Chingrighata this Saturday midnight, a crucial step that will help them provide the much-required two weekend night traffic blocks at Chingrighata (Nov 14-16 ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Arjun faces 14 FIRs for Nepal comment, BJP distances itself

    Kolkata: At least 14 FIRs were lodged against former Barrackpore MP and neta across several police stations on Thursday following his controversial remarks invoking Nepal and calling for a "mass uprising" in Bengal to oust what he ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    CBI frames charges against Partha, 20 others in school jobs case

    Kolkata: The CBI on Thursday framed charges against former education minister Partha Chatterjee and 20 others in the school jobs case. Additionally, charges were framed against former Bengal minister of state in charge of school education Paresh Chandra Adhikari ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Cong doesn’t rule out TMC alliance for 2026 elections

    Kolkata: Congress on Thursday did not rule out a possible tie-up with Trinamool for the 2026 Bengal assembly polls.While the Congress high command left the question of an "alliance" to the opinion of state netas and "ground realities", it ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Biker thrashed by car driver in Baguiati road rage

    Kolkata: A biker was severely beaten up by a car driver in a road rage incident at Baguiati on Wednesday. Sandipan Kar, in his complaint, stated that he was riding to the office around 8 am along Keshtopur-Ghoshpara towards ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    1st in Bengal: Arctic Tundra bird clicked in Frasergunj

    Kolkata: In a first for Bengal, a pectoral sandpiper, one of the longest-distance migratory birds, has been sighted at Kargil Beach, Frasergunj, on Wednesday by birders Agniva Dasgupta, Shantanu Ghosh, Patrali Pal and Soumyojit Talukder. From the Arctic Tundra ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Mum woman reaches Kol, found dead on tracks

    Kolkata: A woman who hailed from Golf Green but was settled in Mumbai was found murdered along the railway tracks between Brace Bridge and Akra Santoshpur the very day she had taken a train from Mumbai to reach Kolkata. ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Howrah top cop submits Nabanna rally SOP in HC

    Kolkata: Acting on a PIL by green activist Subhas Datta, highlighting how repeated protest rallies to Nabanna are choking the heart of the twin cities and paralysing civic life, the commissioner of Howrah City Police submitted a detailed SOP ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Alipore zoo loses 2 of its oldest tigers in 24 hours, state forms probe panel

    Kolkata: Two back-to-back tiger deaths, including that of the oldest tiger, have been reported from the Alipore Zoological Gardens, prompting the state forest department to form a committee to probe the deaths and the circumstances leading to the deaths. ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Job crooks dupe engineer 6.7 lakh

    Kolkata: A software engineer from Salt Lake employed with an Indian multinational company was duped of Rs 6.7 lakh by a fake placement agency that offered him a job as a team lead at a Dublin-based MNC.Riju Saha of ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Salt Lake bizman loses 4 crore to crypto fraud after honey trap on social media

    Kolkata: A 44-year-old businessman from Salt Lake was duped of Rs 3.8 crore after being lured into investing in a fake cryptocurrency platform by a woman he met on Facebook earlier this year.According to the complaint lodged by Vikash ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Be patient, we will reach out, says CM

    Kolkata/Jalpaiguri: CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday urged tourists from Bengal stranded in Nepal "not to do anything in haste, and avoid danger", assuring that the Bengal govt was working with the Centre to bring them back. The Bengal police ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Innovative stage format, music, effects light up ‘Sanyasir Tarbari’

    Kolkata: Audio dramas have been part of cultural scenario for a long time but what makes Meghmuluk and Srinivas Music's joint production of Utpal Dutta's ‘Sanyasir Tarbari' unique was its innovative stage format, light, set, costume and sound effects ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Durga Puja in Kolkata honors women heroes of Quit India movement

    KOLKATA: A Durga Puja in Hatigaban, north Kolkata, is honouring the real Durgas from diverse socio-economic, religious and cultural backgrounds who participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942, a pivotal event that united people across the country.Women played ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Lake Town’s Durga Puja showcases evolution of city life and lifestyle

    KOLKATA: Lake Town Shripally Welfare Association is all set to captivate the hearts and minds of its visitors with a theme that resonates deeply with the urban populace: the evolution of city life and lifestyle. Celebrating its 58th year, ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Orange Line eyes Sector V run by Sept 2026 if all goes well

    Kolkata: The Orange Line may get extended from Beleghata to Salt Lake Sector V by next Sept, sources said on Wednesday, a day after the Chingrighata impasse was resolved at a stakeholder meeting at the behest of the Calcutta ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather forecast: Warm day with patchy rain and moderate air quality on September 11, 2025

    The data referenced in this report comes from , providing reliable measurements for both weather and air quality parameters.Kolkata residents will experience a warm day with patchy rain on September 11, 2025, with temperatures ranging from to ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Pre-Durga Puja shopping hits a speed breaker as buyers wait for GST rate cuts to kick in

    KOLKATA: Bengal's biggest festival is about a fortnight away but the familiar buy-buy binge still eludes most retailers as shoppers wait for a price drop once the GST bonanza hits the market on Sept 22. Retailers across sectors such ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Tega joins hands with Apollo to buy 77% stake in Molycop for Rs 10k cr

    Kolkata: Joining hands with funds managed by Apollo, city-based Tega Industries will acquire US company Molycop for over Rs 10,000 crore, making this the largest global acquisition by a Bengal company. The consortium has acquired a 77% stake in ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Yellow Line to start weekend runs from Sat

    Kolkata: Weekend services would be introduced to the Noapara-airport section of the Yellow Line Metro from this Saturday, Metro Railway said on Wednesday.PM Narendra Modi flagged off three new Metro lines on Aug 22. That day, the city got ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Apply for Aadhaar in Duare Sarkar camps: Mamata

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt will accept applications for Aadhaar cards at Duare Sarkar camps being held across the state, CM said on Wednesday.Also, the govt has written to Election Commission (EC) requesting it to accept Swasthya Sathi and ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Social media, after triggering protest avalanche, now acts as link between Kol and home for Nepalis

    Kolkata: Gharama sabai jana thika hunuhuncha? (Is everyone at home okay?) This is the question that city-based Nepalis are trying to find answers to. The ban on social media ironically triggered a cataclysm, but social media has become a ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Snag at Dakshineswar stn hits ops for 80 mins

    Kolkata: Services along the Blue (North-South) Line were disrupted for 80 minutes because of a technical snag at Dakshineswar station on Wednesday. Truncated services were run between Noapara and Shahid Khudiram stations. The glitch was spotted on a Dakshineswar-bound ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp revamps Gymkhana admin for gender parity

    Kolkata: In a bid to bring about balanced gender representation and transparent governance, IIT Kharagpur has restructured the administration and roles of various officials of the Technology Students' Gymkhana (TSG). It is now mandatory to have female representation in ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    All TMC MPs voted for Reddy in VP polls: Abhishek

    Kolkata: Trinamool's leader in the Lok Sabha Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday said all MPs of the party had voted for the opposition's candidate, B Sudarshan Reddy, in the vice-presidential polls. "We currently have 28 members in Lok Sabha and ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Indians recount horror, Nepalis plead for entry at Panitanki post

    Siliguri: The Panitanki India-Nepal border post on Wednesday presented contrasting images, with Indians relieved to return home while Nepali citizens waited at the Mechi River bridge, anxious to enter India.Security along the border at Panitanki was heightened on Wednesday, ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Keep plans ready to tackle flooding if it rains during puja: KP to clubs

    Kolkata: Durga Puja organisers in the city will have to develop their own local strategies to tackle sudden showers and consequent waterlogging during the festive days: This was the recommendation from police and civic bodies as some puja organisers ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    KMC pilot project kicks off with e-auction for 18 parking stretches

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will conduct an e-auction for the selection of agencies that will operate the city's car parking lots. The first such e-auction for 18 road stretches that can accommodate up to 482 cars will ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    KMC funds soon for new landfill

    Kolkata: Hopes have brightened for the construction of an alternative landfill adjacent to the Dhapa dumping ground to reduce the load on the existing dump site, which is burdened with excessive waste. The KMC is set to release funds ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Five accidents across city claim five lives, teenager injured

    Kolkata: Five persons were killed and one was injured in six accidents across Kolkata in the past two days.A 75-year-old woman, Sursathiya Debi, was crossing Darga Road near Don Bosco School around Wednesday noon when a govt bus on ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    KMC focus on pavements near N Kol big pujas

    Kolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim ordered the repair of pavements in north Kolkata, especially in Bagbazar, Shyambazar, Hatibagan, and Sovabazar, where thousands of people come for pandal-hopping during Durga Puja. In the KMC House meeting on Wednesday, Trinamool councillor Meenakshi ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    SIR process in Bengal started already: EC in HC

    Kolkata: Preparations for SIR of electoral rolls in Bengal has already started, the Election Commission said in an affidavit submitted to the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday. A formal notification with guidelines for the state's SIR would be issued ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    2 HS examinees die in accident

    Malda: Two Higher Secondary examinees died when their motorbike was hit by a pick-up van on the Samsi-Ratua State Highway near Matiganj on Wednesday. The victims, Tanmoy Pramanik (18) and Md Rehan (17), were residents of Pukhuria and students ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Puri Shankaracharya speaks on science & religion at NIT Dgp

    Durgapur: Over 300 NIT Durgapur students gathered at the institute's activity centre on Wednesday to listen to Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati's motivational speech that lasted 90 minutes, including a question-answer session. The discussion ranged on a wide gamut ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Corporate borrowing to soon return to banks: SBI MD

    Kolkata: Corporate borrowing will return to the banking system as the debt market loses appeal, according to SBI managing director (international banking, global markets) Rama Mohan Rao Amra.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the 18th Banking Colloquium organised ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    CM declares Viswakarma Puja state holiday in honour of migrant workers

    Kolkata/Jalpaiguri: CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday declared Viswakarma Puja a state holiday in Bengal in honour of migrant workers. Extensively celebrated in the state, Viswakarma Puja was not a holiday until now. A notification declaring Sept 17 as ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Venugopal to meet state Cong netas during two-day Bengal visit

    Kolkata: Congress general secretary K C Venugopal will meet Bengal netas on Thursday during his two-day tour to prepare a blueprint for the forthcoming assembly polls in Bengal. The party will start organising ‘Voter Adhikar Sammelan' across districts from ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengal BJP’s ‘Narendra Cup’ starts today

    Kolkata: A week before PM Narendra Modi's birthday, Bengal BJP has announced the Narendra Cup — a football tournament featuring teams from the party's mandal committees. State netas said that the tournament was a tribute to Swami Vivekananda. Bengal ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Durga Puja celebrations unite Bengali diaspora in England

    KOLKATA: As trees begin to shed their leaves in autumn, the vibrant hues of Durga Puja celebrations is set to once again grace England, bringing together the Bengali diaspora in a grand display of culture, devotion, and community spirit. ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Exhibition at Ramakrishna mission institute of culture celebrates the timeless legacy of Durga

    KOLKATA: Ahead of the Durga Puja, the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture at Golpark is preparing to host a unique exhibition titled "Mahamaya" that will pay tribute to Goddess Durga. The exhibition, from September 18 to 20, will bring ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Elephant overturns vehicle in West Bengal after finding no food

    KHARAGPUR: On Wednesday morning, Ramlal — an elephant known for its pranks in extorting rice and other edibles from goods vehicles passing through the forest regions of West Midnapore — overturned a four-wheeler in the Ghagharashol forest of Ranja ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Illegal sand mining: ED seizes Rs 90 lakh in raids

    Jhargram: ED seized almost Rs 90 lakh in cash during raids across 27 spots in the state in connection with illegal sand mining, said sources. During searches at Sheikh Jahirul Ali's residence in Jhargram, ED seized cash worth Rs ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    50% US tariff blow: Bengal exporters rework strategy; explore Gulf, UK, Australia markets

    KOLKATA: Bengal's garm-ents, leather and prawn exporters, who depended on America for much of their income, have started looking for other markets after being blindsided by contradictory tariff signals from US courtrooms and office of the US president.Hit by ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Why such ‘hot haste’? Calcutta HC grills Delhi Police; pregnant woman with Birbhum links sent to Bangladesh

    KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday repeatedly questioned about the "hot haste" in pushing eight months pregnant Sunali Khatun, who has roots in Birbhum, into Bangladesh after branding her an illegal immigrant despite a 30-day inquiry allowed ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Woman sexually harassed by ‘friend’ at party, files plaint

    Kolkata: A 22-year-old woman from Baghajatin lodged a police complaint against a male friend for inappropriate conduct after inviting her to a party.The complainant said the incident occurred on Aug 25 around 7.30 pm at a rented flat in ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Illegal stalls razed, resized in Rajabazar

    Kolkata: A joint team of KMC officials and Kolkata Police on Tuesday carried out an anti-encroachment drive in Rajabazar, demolishing as well as resizing illegal stalls that blocked pavements and carriageways. Around 10 stalls were pulled down and 50 ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    J C Bose Fellowship honour for two IISER professors

    Kolkata: Professors Swadhin K Mandal and Rahul Banerjee from the department of chemical sciences at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata were honoured with the prestigious J C Bose Fellowship. This accolade recognises their groundbreaking ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    CM appeals for peace in districts along Nepal border

    Kolkata: Bengal CM on Tuesday urged people in the districts bordering Nepal, which is in the grip of a political turmoil that has resulted in at least 19 deaths and the resignation of key govt figures, to stay ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    GST cuts to have positive impact on buyer sentiment: Flipkart

    Haringhata: Announcements on reduction in GST and tax cuts for most consumer products will have a positive impact on buyer sentiment, expects Flipkart. The new GST rates will come into effect on Sept 22.Praising the Centre for the revision ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Trees in city bear brunt of pre-puja slash-&-clear drive

    Kolkata: As Durga Puja approaches, trees have once again started facing the axe — hacked mercilessly to clear space for billboards and hoardings. The unscientific lopping, often done from just one side, leaves trees dangerously unbalanced and vulnerable to ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Long due, say patients as hospitals focus on ‘zone of uncertainty’

    Kolkata: For the Hussain family, the West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission's (WBCERC) stern directive to hospitals not to hold back bodies of deceased patients for unpaid dues has come as a balm. The family alleged that a private ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Missing scripts problem: CU plans digital evaluation

    Kolkata: Calcutta University is considering introducing a digital evaluation system to address incidents related to the misplacement of answer scripts, officials said on Monday during the Syndicate meeting.Sources revealed that the proposal originated from the controller section, which suggested ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    SIR needs 3-4 years, says CM, lauds SC’s Aadhaar directive

    Kolkata/Siliguri: Special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls takes 3-4 years, and can't be carried out in 2-3 months, said Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday. She welcomed the Supreme Court's directive to Election Commission to include Aadhaar as ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Gang of 15 bikers chases car on Bypass at night, bashes up two

    Kolkata: A bike gang—at least 15 youths on eight motorcycles—chased down a car on E M Bypass, blocked its way at a spot between Mukundapur and Patuli around 3.30 am, pulled down the motorist and his friend, assaulted them ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Doorstep passport camp on campus

    Kolkata: For the first time, the Regional Passport Office, Kolkata, has announced that a special passport mobile van camp that will be held at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, on Sept 16 ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Salt Lake water supply to be hit for 5 days

    Kolkata: Five blocks in the Salt Lake Sector-I area will have reduced pressure of filtered water supply for five days from Wednesday till Sunday night. This is to allow the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to continue with the ongoing ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    KP to install 200 convex mirrors at blind spots

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police is going to install 200 new convex mirrors at ‘blind spots' across the city, including on bylanes, to curb accidents, especially those involving two-wheelers. Police on Tuesday floated a Rs 8.8-lakh tender to procure the ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    HAM operators trace Sodepur man to Nepal

    Kolkata: A 35-year-old man from Sodepur, Abhishek Ghosh, missing for nearly eight months, was traced to a social welfare home in violence-hit Nepal on Saturday by members of the West Bengal Radio Club at Manab Seveshram in Nepal.Ghosh was ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Ex-TMCP neta held for setting Tagore pic on fire

    Malda: A former TMCP neta was arrested on Tuesday for setting on fire pictures of , along with photos of PM and Union home minister during a Sept 1 protest at Chanchal College. Nasimul Haque alias AB ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    On Kol visit, PM may hold meet with state netas

    Kolkata: While no public meeting is officially scheduled for PM Narendra Modi during his two-day visit to Kolkata this month, Bengal BJP netas hinted that he could still hold a meet with them after his programme at Vijay Durg. ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    TMC slams BJP neta for urging Bengal youth to ‘take up arms’, follow Nepal model

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Tuesday lashed out at BJP's former Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh for urging Bengal's youth "to take inspiration from Nepal" and said netas of the saffron party were "merchants of mayhem who thrive on violence, bloodshed and ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Tab scam: CID arrests key gang member

    Kolkata: The CID has arrested a key gang member involved in last year's tablet scam. The accused Nasir Mohd was taken into custody in Kolkata on Tuesday.According to CID sources, Nasir had arranged 14 separate mule accounts in which ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    RB Ave puja parking mess forces MMiC to get off car and take a bike ride home

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police on Tuesday launched a special drive to crack down on illegal parking around Rash Behari Avenue following complaints by local MLA Debasish Kumar, who happens to be a member of the mayor-in-council overseeing the ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Trucks & trade stranded at Panitanki as Nepal burns

    Siliguri: Fresh protests erupted at the Kakarvitta–Panitanki border crossing, about 34 km from Siliguri, on Tuesday morning, leaving hundreds of trucks stranded as tensions escalated in Nepal. A customs duty office was set on fire.As the protesters burnt tyres ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Custody death due to disease no ground for compensation: HC

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday denied to grant compensation for a custodial death in 2023, stating that to be entitled to compensation, the beneficiary had to show that the person died an unnatural death during incarceration."Simply, any death ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Titan Helios aims to double revenue to Rs 2,000 cr in 3 yrs

    Kolkata: Helios, a multi-brand watch retail chain from Titan, plans to double its revenue in the next three years to Rs 2,000 crore, banking on premium category products. This festive season, the company is planning to drive sales with ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengal CEO leaves for Delhi for SIR meet

    Kolkata: Bengal's chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal headed for Delhi on Tuesday to attend the CEOs' conference on Wednesday to be chaired by chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.Agarwal is learnt to have sent his report to the EC about ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    IISER Kolkata scientists awarded prestigious J C Bose Fellowship for pioneering research

    KOLKATA: Professors Swadhin K. Mondal and Rahul Banerjee from the Department of Chemical Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata have been honoured with the prestigious J C Bose Fellowship. The accolade recognises their ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Low catch cloud over B’desh’s hilsa export nod

    Kolkata: The Bangladesh govt has given a nod for exporting 1,200 tonnes of hilsa to India ahead of Durga Puja. However, there is uncertainty over how much hilsa will actually cross the Benapole border to enter Bengal through Petrapole ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Low catch cloud over B’desh’s hilsa export nod

    Kolkata: The Bangladesh govt has given a nod for exporting 1,200 tonnes of hilsa to India ahead of Durga Puja. However, there is uncertainty over how much hilsa will actually cross the Benapole border to enter Bengal through Petrapole ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    City may get rain from tomorrow: Met

    While the city remained dry for past four days, the Met office has predicted rain from Thursday. A combination of a trough, moisture availability, and heating is expected to bring thundershower activities. While the rain relief will also make ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Shift protest site, HC suggests veterans

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday proposed an alternative venue for the protest to be held by members of the ex-servicemen organisation on Sept 13 against Bengal CM's remark on the Army in the presence of media. The court ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    College focus on mental health, students to screen patients

    Kolkata: To curb mental health issues, Loreto College on Tuesday launched a mental health service through its department of psychology. The college inaugurated SWOSTI mental health services that combine affordable care with advanced student training. The clinic will deal ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Cops allow Chingrighata traffic blocks on Nov 14-16 & 21-23 nights

    Kolkata: Police will allow a traffic block at Chingrighata on two weekend nights, from Nov 14-16 and again on Nov 21-23, to facilitate Orange Line construction over the crossing, sources said. This decision ends a seven-month impasse over the ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    BU funds: HC lens on suspect’s reinstatement

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court, while hearing a misappropriation of funds case relating to Burdwan University, took note of the fact that the university registrar, who is a suspect, was reinstated in the post eight months after his retirement ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    PM in Kolkata on Sept 14,15 to inaugurate key defence meet

    Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Kolkata on Sept 14 and 15 where he will inaugurate a key defence conference, a defence official said on Monday. He will arrive in Kolkata on Sept 14 evening, spend the ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    ISER Kolkata scientists awarded prestigious J C Bose Fellowship for pioneering research

    KOLKATA: Professors Swadhin K. Mondal and Rahul Banerjee from the Department of Chemical Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata have been honoured with the prestigious J C Bose Fellowship.The accolade recognises their groundbreaking ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Climate emergency workshop calls for collective action in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: With the climate emergency looming large, environmental activists, scientists, researchers, and influencers gathered at the Press Club of Kolkata for a day-long workshop to discuss urgent challenges facing humanity. The event came against the backdrop of this year’s ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    F5IFF’25 puts spotlight on women, nature & independent storytelling

    KOLKATA: As the curtain fell on the second edition of the Fest5 International Film Festival (F5IFF’25), accolades poured in for its role as a premier platform for independent filmmakers — free from syndicates, free from commercial clusters, and devoted ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Metro: Blue Line plans to run all night for Durga Puja; Green Line extended beyond midnight

    KOLKATA: Despite ongoing challenges, Kolkata Metro plans to run night-long Blue (North-South) Line services on key Durga Puja days, officials said. Plans are also underway to extend Green (East-West) Line services beyond midnight, until at least 2 am.Except for ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    KMC prohibits Ferris wheels during puja

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to say a strict no to the installation of Ferris wheels at the city's parks during Durga Puja. An accident at Ramlila Maidan in Entally in July 2022 prompted the civic decision, ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Kin, friends in India on edge after Nepal mayhem

    Darjeeling: As political turmoil intensified in Nepal on Monday, residents of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, and Siliguri grappled with mounting anxiety over the safety of their loved ones across the border.Protests against govt corruption in Kathmandu have already claimed ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Humid, partly cloudy; no rain expected today, AQI remains moderate

    Kolkata's weather forecast for September 9, 2025, indicates a partly cloudy day with temperatures reaching 34.4°C amid moderate air quality concerns. The city recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 67 yesterday, with temperatures expected to range between 26.7°C ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengal health panel: Release bodies in 5 hrs; hospitals seek surety on dues payment

    KOLKATA: Hospitals cannot hold back bodies of deceased patients for more than five hours for non-payment of dues or while waiting for insurance claim approval, the West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission ruled on Monday.If any hospital keeps a ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Rethink full-day cease-work, times have changed, says Calcutta HC to lawyers

    KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court Bar should rethink the practice of adopting resolutions to abstain from court hearings for an entire day as this led to cases piling up and put "pressure on the court", Justice Tirthankar Ghosh told ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Illegal sand mining: ED raids 27 locations across the state

    Kolkata: ED on Monday conducted searches across 27 locations in Bengal in connection with illegal sand mining.Most of the searches were focused on a sand-mining company that operates in Bengal, UP, Rajasthan and Odisha. In Bengal, it operates at ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Jaiswal-Sen reigns supreme

    Shankarpur: The seaside tourist village of Shankarpur welcomed some unusual visitors as more than 30 rally cars taking part in Monsoon Drive-14 went zooming past curious onlookers on a lazy afternoon last Saturday. The event, organised by Just Sportz, ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Hilsa diplomacy back on plate: B’desh clears 1,200 tonnes ahead of Durga Puja

    Kolkata: The Mohammad Yunus-led interim govt in Bangladesh gave its nod on Monday to the export of hilsa to India ahead of Durga Puja. This continues the practice that deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina had initiated with the culturally ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
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