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  • Srijan group buys DLF IT Park 2 in New Town for Rs 693cr

    Kolkata: In one of the biggest commercial real estate deals in the city, Srijan Group has bought DLF IT Park 2 in New Town for Rs 693 crore.DLF has informed about the deal in stock exchanges and later it ...

    17 April 2025 Times of India
    In Shamsherganj, the homeless return to ash, tears and rubble

    12 Shamsherganj: With Murshidabad lurching back to a tense normalcy, families are returning home to trouble-torn Shamsherganj. However, even in their return, they stare at a bleak future with all their possessions reduced to ash, their houses reduced to ...

    17 April 2025 Times of India
    7 more arrested in Bhangar protests case

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police intensified its crackdown in Bhangar, with arrests mounting to 16 in connection with Monday's violent anti-waqf act protests. Of these, 4 were arrested in North Kashipur PS jurisdiction while 3 were held in Chandaneshwar.Cops said that ...

    17 April 2025 Times of India
    Let div bench examine Suvendu’s plea to visit Murshidabad: HC

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed that records of the application by state leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari to visit Dhuliyan, Shamsherganj and Suti be placed before the division bench, which is set to hear a PIL petition ...

    17 April 2025 Times of India
    Cultural events, fashion show, feast on hsg complex Poila Baisakh menu

    Kolkata: Housing complexes across Kolkata transformed into vibrant hubs of cultural celebrations as the residents came together to usher in Bengali New Year, blending community spirit with festive enthusiasm.At many of the complexes, the day started with ‘Prabhat Pheri', ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    International travelling exhibition “Vaccines: Injecting Hope” inaugurated at Science City in Kolkata

    The international travelling exhibition “Vaccines: Injecting Hope” was officially inaugurated on April 15 at Science City, Kolkata, highlighting the global scientific effort behind the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines KOLKATA: The international travelling exhibition “Vaccines: Injecting Hope” was officially ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    Over 1k accounts blocked for spreading fake news on Murshidabad

    Kolkata: Around 1,093 Facebook, X, Instagram and YouTube accounts have been blocked since April 11 for allegedly trying to provoke enmity between groups through fake posts on the Murshidabad violence. A good deal of these social media handles are ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    Kol clubs launch their Durga Puja plans on Poila Baisakh

    1234 Kolkata: With 166 days to go for Durga Puja, several prominent Durga Puja committees in Kolkata initiated their festivities on ‘Poila Baishakh' by displaying their puja banners and revealing their themes. Kumartuli Sarbojanin Durgotsab Committee, celebrating its 95th ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    Going online: Panjikas record 45% sales on e-commerce platforms

    Kolkata: Till a couple of years ago, Poila Baisakh usually meant a sudden surge of buyers at College Street, looking for panjika or almanac, traditionally used in Bengali households to look up wedding, annaprasan and puja dates. This year, ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    Bengali films make Nababarsha comeback

    1234 Kolkata: After disappointing Eid sales, Bengal exhibitors rebounded with robust Poila Baisakh collections as theatres once again displayed ‘Houseful' boards. Poila Baisakh Bengali releases are experiencing such demand that many theatres are withdrawing Hindi films to accommodate ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    3 agencies in New Town for better waste mgmt

    Kolkata: For better management of daily waste collection and disposal in New Town, New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) is to appoint separate waste collecting agencies for each of the three action areas of the township. These agencies will ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    State makes grand spectacle of Bangla Divas at Rabindra Sadan

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday, in an ode to singer Pratul Mukhopadhyay, chose the words of his song "Ami Banglar Gaan Gai" to greet people on Bangla Divas. The Bangla Divas, passed by the state assembly in ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    TMC, Cong & CPM netas hit ground zero, meet residents

    12 Shamsherganj/Kolkata: Trinamool, Congress and CPM netas reached out to those affected in strife-torn Jangipur on Poila Baisakh.The senior BJP brass stayed away from the conflict zone to launch its attacks over the situation in Murshidabad.TMC's Jangipur MP Khalilur ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    Two brothers held for killing father & son; they were neighbours

    Two brothers, neighbours of the two Murshidabad riot victims, were arrested on Monday for hacking to death septuagenarian Hargobindo Das and his son Chandan (40) in Jafrabad village under Shamsherganj police station on April 12.Hargobindo's widow, Parul, had in ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    Jobless teachers hold torch rally in Kol, distribute leaflets during bus trip to Del for Jantar Mantar stir

    1234 Kolkata: It was a different Poila Baisakh for protesting teachers who lost their jobs following the Supreme Court order. They organised a torch rally from Wellington to Dharmatala Y-channel, where participants held up a handmade greeting card that ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘What will I go back to? My home has been reduced to ash’

    12 Malda: What worried eight-year-old Namita Mondal on Tuesday was that she did not have a new dress, a Poila Baisakh ritual back home.Unaware of why she and her family had crossed the Ganga in a boat from Dhuliyan ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    Bhangar limps back to normalcy, cops lodge 5 FIRs, arrest 9 persons

    Kolkata: Bhangar limped back to normalcy on Tuesday, a day after waqf protesters went on the rampage and clashed with police. But the tension was palpable and few shops opened at places that bore the brunt of the violence.Police ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    Explosion during welding demonstration at NIT Durgapur injures professor, students

    Durgapur: An explosion during the practical demonstration of ‘Thermit welding' for mechanical engineering final-year students on the National Institute of Technology (NIT) campus in Durgapur resulted in severe burn injuries to a professor and two students.Prof Indrajit Basak, who ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    Posh para Ballygunge

    123456 Nestled in south Kolkata, Ballygunge stands as a testament to the city's evolving character, where heritage seamlessly blends with contemporary urban life. The locality, whose name derives from the Bengali word ‘bali' (sand), was once a thriving sand ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    Desi dengue vax nears completion, likely to hit markets in mid-2026

    123 Kolkata: A dengue vaccine is undergoing the third phase of clinical trials in India, Balram Bhargava, the former director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), who led India's fight against Covid and spearheaded the development ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    4-day Nababarsha birding: 500 species, 757 checklists

    123456 Kolkata: The third edition of Poila Baisakh Bird Count ended with participants recording 500 species during the 4-day exercise that started on April 12. Seven-fifty-seven checklists, too, were submitted during this period as per the initial outcome. Some ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    Man thrashed at metro stn for ‘misconduct’

    Kolkata: A male passenger was accused of touching women inappropriately on the metro travelling from Dakshineswar to Kavi Subhash on Monday night. Several passengers caught him in the act. Tensions sparked after the train left Rabindra Sarobar station and ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    Ayah cleans out Lake Town home

    123 Kolkata: A trusted caregiver appointed to care for an elderly and ailing resident at a housing complex in Baguiati was arrested for allegedly stealing gold ornaments and cash worth approximately Rs 4 lakh from the family she was ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    Fake passports: ED searches 8 locations in state

    Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at eight locations across Bengal, including Beckbagan in Kolkata and Birati in North 24 Parganas, on Tuesday as part of their probe into the fake passport racket. Sources said a person from ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘Bank manager’ dupes senior citizen of 35 lakh

    Kolkata: A 74-year-old technical consultant-cum-valuer, residing at Phoolbagan, became a victim of cyber fraud after he trusted the internet to source the contact details of a "bank manager" and shared with the accused all his bank details. The victim ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    Ex-bank staffer loses 20 lakh to SIM swap

    123 Kolkata: A retired bank employee fell victim to a sophisticated cyber fraud, losing Rs 20 lakh from his fixed deposit account through a SIM swap scam, police said on Tuesday.The incident occurred in the Kalikapur area when fraudsters ...

    16 April 2025 Times of India
    Traffic mayhem in central Kolkata for 3 hours as Waqf, jobless teachers’ protest rallies clog roads

    1234 Kolkata: Multiple protests, coupled with a few processions to celebrate BR Ambedkar's birth anniversary, clogged central Kolkata for around three hours on Monday afternoon, despite it being a holiday.While Bhangar turned into battlefield as police stopped protesters from ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    Cops nab 24 illegal Bangla immigrants

    Kolkata: Cops from Baruipur district police on Monday arrested 24 people for illegally entering India by crossing the maritime boundary from Satkhira in Bangladesh without passport or visa.Among the arrested were 11 women and nine men, who were accompanied ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    Stone pelting on Bhagalpur–Howrah Vande Bharat train

    NEW DELHI: A stone-pelting incident occurred on the Bhagalpur–Howrah Vande Bharat Express near Hatpuraini halt, situated between Bhagalpur and Tikani stations on Sunday, news agency ANI reported. The attack resulted in the window glass of Coach No. C2, specifically ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    Murshidabad violence: Home ministry briefed on role of suspected Bangladeshi miscreants

    NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been apprised of the findings of an initial probe into the recent violence in Murshidabad, West Bengal, government sources said on Tuesday.Preliminary investigations reportedly suggest the involvement of suspected Bangladeshi ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal Waqf protests: 16 cops injured in Bhangar violence; Basanti Highway blocked for hours

    KOLKATA: Violent protests broke out in Bhangar on Monday as demonstrators and police clashed over the Waqf Amendment Act despite appeals for peaceful protests. At least 16 police officers were injured—eight of them required hospitalisation—as bricks were hurled at ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    Jan Ahaar returns to Sealdah station after Covid break

    Kolkata: Now, enjoy a meal inside Sealdah railway station for just Rs 15. Jan Ahaar, the eatery-cum-executive lounge inside the station, has reopened after five years. It had been closed during the Covid-induced lockdown in March 2020.Jan Ahaar provides ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    AMAR KOLKATA, AMAR PARA

    123456 The para has been the central building block of Kolkata since its existence. And, much like the DNA is to all living beings, the para gives Kolkata much of its character; the city would be soulless without its ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    70 teachers head to Del, ‘tainted’ group marches in heart of city

    1234 Kolkata: Around 70 state school employees, who recently lost their jobs, vacated their demonstration venue at Y Channel in Esplanade on Monday afternoon as they left for Delhi. They intend to take their demonstration to Jantar Mantar on ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    16 cops injured as Waqf protests rock Bhangar, block Basanti Highway

    Kolkata: Violent protests broke out in Bhangar on Monday as demonstrators and police clashed over the Waqf Amendment Act despite appeals for peaceful protests. At least 16 police officers were injured—eight of them required hospitalisation—as bricks were hurled at ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    Jupiter Int secures Rs 500cr funding from ValueQuest

    123 Kolkata: Jupiter International Ltd, a manufacturer of photovoltaic solar cells, announced on Monday that it had secured Rs 500 crore investment from ValueQuest SCALE Fund and its affiliates to scale up its business in the solar sector.This is ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Police files case over BJP’s ‘fake news’

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Monday filed a case against the user of the BJP West Bengal X handle for allegedly spreading fake news. Cops said the case was initiated suo motu for misleading residents of Bengal.Bengal BJP was caught ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    In Kandi, 47km away, Gajan unites people of all faiths

    Behrampore: Murshidabad's Kandi, around 47km away from strife-hit pockets, exhibited a contrasting picture on Monday as Hindu and Muslim women queued up in the streets to offer flowers to Baba Rudradev's idol.This ritual, which according to local folklore goes ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    Violence erupts in Siliguri during Charak

    Siliguri: Two battalions of RAF were deployed at Siliguri's Jyoti Nagar after violence erupted between two groups during Charak festival. Police said the conflict appeared to stem from a rumour.According to locals, verbal exchanges between two groups when priests ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    From Malda school, families start returning to Dhuliyan homes

    Malda: As many as 19 families who had found refuge at a school in Malda's Baishnabnagar returned to their homes in Murshidabad's Dhuliyan, escorted by a police team, early Monday. Locals claimed about 500 people had escaped trouble-torn Murshidabad ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    Cancer ‘hijacks’ patient’s brain, finds US research, city docs see silver lining

    Kolkata: Doctors have long associated advanced-stage cancer patients' tendency to withdraw from life as a psychological response to physical deterioration. Now, a study published in Science magazine — by US researchers — says cancer "hijacks" a part of the ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    Riot victims’ kin file FIRs as cops battle rush of rumours

    Kolkata/Shamsherganj: More than 200 people have been arrested and 11 FIRs lodged till Monday about clashes that broke out since Friday after protests over the amended waqf law turned violent in parts of Murshidabad, claiming three lives. And even ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    Don’t break the law, don’t get provoked, Mamata appeals with ‘folded hands’

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday appealed "with folded hands" to all communities to not get provoked into breaking the law."Today, on the eve of Poila Baisakh, I urge everyone to peacefully exercise their democratic rights (to protest) with ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    Why hold protests in Bengal, and not Delhi, asks TMC

    Kolkata: Urging anti-Waqf Act protesters not to fall into "BJP trap" and end up defaming Bengal, Trinamool on Monday asked demonstrators: "Why should roads in Bengal be blocked? Why should life be disrupted daily?" There was no point holding ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    Neta, bizman, OC: Barrage of fake posts spares none

    12 Dhuliyan (Murshidabad): Everybody who is anybody in Shamsherganj is now battling fake posts and WhatsApp forwards. From senior Trinamool and BJP netas and the local police station OC to the locality's most prominent industrialists, everyone is anxious about ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    Kitchens feel the heat as veggies end winter run, breach 50 mark

    Kolkata: A widening demand-supply gap is driving up vegetable prices in Kolkata's retail markets, as summer produce from Bengal's domestic growers is yet to arrive in full swing. With the bulk of supplies coming from distant states, retailers are ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    15 years after going missing and 10 years after ‘pinda daan’, Bihar youth reunites with mom in West Bengal

    KOLKATA: Howrah Hospital witnessed an emotional moment on Thursday when a woman from Bhagalpur, Bihar, was reunited with her son, whom she had presumed dead after he went missing 15 years ago. The woman, who had even offered her ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    Keep it safe: City bars repeat Durga Puja campaign ahead of Nababarsha

    Kolkata: Restaurants and bars in Kolkata have decided to continue their campaign against drink-driving this Bengali New Year when footfall is expected to soar along with alcohol consumption. Launched just before Durga Puja last year, jointly by the National ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    Kolkatans ring in Bihu, Pana Sanskriti, Puthandu and Vishu with great fervour

    123456 Kolkata: Ahead of Bengali Poila Baisakh, four different communities across the city soaked in festivities to welcome their respective new calendar year and harvest season with traditional celebrations, music, dance, and food on Monday. From Bihu of Assamese, ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    State govt push to increase MBBS seats by giving hosps on rent to set up pvt medical colleges

    123 Kolkata: The Bengal govt is planning a significant push to increase the number of MBBS seats by providing hospitals on rent to set up private medical colleges. The rent will be Rs 15,000 per bed per month in ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    In digital age haalkhata & Bengali calendars make cultural comeback for Poila Baisakh

    Kolkata: In the age of cloud computing and digital accounting, the humble haalkhata — the traditional ledger — has scripted a cultural comeback this Poila Baisakh. Haalkhata marks the beginning of the new financial year for the trading community. ...

    15 April 2025 Times of India
    Patna bizman duped in ‘antique auction’ scam

    Kolkata: A businessman from Patna has alleged he was duped by a Kolkata-based company in an ‘antique auction' scam who had claimed to be registered and certified by the govt of India.The complaint was filed at Bidhannagar south police ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Kalighat awaits longest skywalk launch today

    123 Kolkata: Last-minute preparations were underway on Sunday as devotees and locals await the inauguration of the 440-m-long Kalighat skywalk. The city's longest skywalk will connect SP Mukherjee Road to the Kalighat temple and will be inaugurated by chief ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘Will gouge out eyes, break limbs’: TMC MP’s alleged threat over Waqf protests leaves Bengal BJP fuming

    Credit: X NEW DELHI: Amid escalating tensions in West Bengal's Murshidabad district following violent protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, BJP leaders launched a scathing attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), accusing it of encouraging lawlessness through appeasement ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    '210 people arrested, no one will be spared': West Bengal top cop on Murshidabad violence

    NEW DELHI: After days of unrest in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, normalcy is beginning to return, with shops reopening and families displaced by the violence starting to go back to their homes, according to a top police official.Jawed Shamim, ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Fake medicines seized during raids

    Kolkata: Officials of the Directorate of Drugs Control, West Bengal on Friday conducted searches at two wholesalers of medicines in the Ultadanga-Muchipara area. A number of medical stores were also raided.During the searches, officials came across several non-standard medicines ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Rush at Chaitra Sale hubs on last Sun before Poila Baisakh

    Kolkata: A buying spree gripped the city on the last Sunday before Poila Boisakh. Kolkata's markets — from Hatibagan in the north to Gariahat in the south — were flooded with shoppers, who kept streaming in throughout the day. ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    BJP caught on wrong foot after image collage goof-up

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP was caught on the wrong foot on Sunday after police called out a collage of nine photographs on their X handle claiming Hindu festivals were being targeted in the state. The photographs, it appears, were sourced ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Nissan eyes 4-fold growth in domestic mkt in 2 years

    Kolkata: Nissan Motor India that sold 99,000 units, including 28,000 units in the domestic market and 71,000 units in exports, in 2024-25, is targeting double the sales in two years with half of it coming from the domestic market. ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Maintain peace and unity, imams tell waqf protesters

    123 Kolkata: Imams on Sunday came together with a plea to maintain peace and unity while protesting against the waqf act amendments ahead of a meeting with CM Mamata Banerjee on April 16."We want peace," All India Imam Association ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Malda school becomes oasis of hope as hundreds cross Ganga

    12 Malda: For two nights, Banabasi Mandal didn't sleep a wink. Janaki Mandal had been looking for a handful of puffed rice to feed her kids. Banabasi and Janaki are among the hundreds who have been crossing the Ganga ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Facing questions, TMC MPs, MLAs blame ‘outsiders’, cops

    123 Kolkata: From blaming "outsiders" to "police" for the violence, Trinamool Congress's Murshidabad MPs and MLAs on Sunday chose to deflect responsibility, facing questions from their party colleagues. TMC, which has a strong hold in Murshidabad with 20 of ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Cries for ‘protection’ punctuate uneasy calm in strife-torn pockets

    1234 Dhuliyan (Murshidabad): An uneasy calm prevailed on Sunday between Sajur More and Dak Bungalow More, the 7km stretch along the NH 12 that bore the brunt of clashes since Friday night, when protests against Centre's new waqf law ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    DGP: Situation is now under control

    Shamsherganj (Murshidabad): Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar said on Sunday that the situation in Jangipur was "under control".On Sunday, 17 companies of CAPF joined 1,000 personnel from the state armed police on area-domination route marches. Bengal govt has also sent ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    After violence, politics takes centre stage

    Kolkata: Alleging that the Murshidabad violence could have "cross-border links" aided by "a section of an opposition party and a section within BSF", Trinamool Congress on Sunday demanded a probe into the "deeper conspiracy" to defame Bengal. The party's ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Blue Star may set up plant in Bengal after 2028

    Kolkata: Leading AC and commercial refrigeration company Blue Star is contemplating setting up a manufacturing plant in Bengal after 2028 when it expects to meet its sales targets in eastern region. The company is now looking to expand its ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    VIP Road reopens in Kolkata, easing traffic congestion for commuters.

    123 Kolkata: Commuters and transport operators across Kolkata are breathing a sigh of relief as a 300-metre stretch of VIP Road, long plagued by traffic bottlenecks due to Metro construction work, finally reopened for public use. The thoroughfare, a ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Early onset of summer tourism in Darjeeling

    123 Darjeeling: The Darjeeling Hills are already buzzing with visitors as summer tourism has made an early debut this year. Despite most schools in the plains closing only by the end of this month, tourism in the hill town ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Psychoanalysis for murder accused

    123 Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police are considering legal provisions to conduct a psychoanalysis of the 33-year-old man who was arrested for allegedly killing his mother at their flat in Rajarhat Vedic Village on Friday. He has been under judicial custody ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    SSC gives lists of ‘tainted’, ‘other candidates’

    Kolkata: West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Sunday submitted two lists of ‘tainted' and ‘other candidates' to school education department. TOI on Saturday reported that the WBSSC began the process of preparing the lists a day after state ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Veterans come back in films

    123456 Kolkata: Recently, director Prabhat Roy (81) announced his directorial comeback after a decade-long sabbatical. Roy joins the leagues of extraordinary veterans staging a comeback in Tollywood after 75. Sharmila Tagore (80) and Rakhee Gulzar (77) have all returned ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Surge in number of breathing distress patients as mercury soars

    123 Kolkata: The rising intensity of heat is triggering breathing distress, a symptom not always associated with heat-induced illnesses, say doctors. However, it is one of the symptoms triggered by a sudden spike in body temperature, which could even ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    NKDA to issue notices for illegal use of residential buildings in New Town.

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) is to send stop activity notices to owners of 10 multi-storied residential buildings in New Town who have been illegally using the buildings as ceremonial houses without valid permission.Officials said that ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Cops identify 6 crossings to speed up C Kol traffic

    Kolkata: Cops have identified six major crossings on the Central Avenue stretch, including the Bowbazar, MG Road, Girish Park and Sovabazar crossings, where they are allowing a greater waiting time. However, for other crossings, cops are cutting down cross-over ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    E-W Metro’s final leg undergoes fire checks

    Kolkata: The mandatory fire safety inspection was conducted along East-West Metro's 2.6 km Esplanade-Sealdah section on Saturday. The audit from the state fire and emergency services is a prerequisite to the final safety inspection by the Commissioner of Railway ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Dispense with black robes amid heat, urge lawyers

    Kolkata: Lawyers have written to the Calcutta HC Chief Justice, requesting him to "dispense with the mandatory wearing of robes/gowns for advocates during summer".The letter from Bar Library Club High Court, Calcutta, Bar Association, and Incorporated Law Society of ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘Entered our homes, vandalised everything’: Murshidabad tense after Waqf Act violence; 150 arrested

    KOLKATA: "They entered into our houses and vandalised everything," said a local vendor, as fear and uncertainty continue to loom over parts of West Bengal’s Murshidabad district following violent protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act. The unrest has left ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal Waqf protests: BJP's Suvendu Adhikari claims Hindus 'forced to flee' Murshidabad amid violence

    Suvendu Adhikari NEW DELHI: BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, alleged on Sunday that more than 400 Hindus had to leave their homes in Dhulian, Murshidabad, because of communal tension in the ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    BJP MPs urges centre to declare 4 Bengal districts as 'disturbed areas' under AFSPA amid Murshidabad violence

    BJP MPs Jyotirmay Singh Mahato and Jagannath Sarkar have urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to intervene in West Bengal's deteriorating law and order NEW DELHI: BJP MP from Purulia, Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, has appealed to Union Home Minister ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    12 more arrested in violence over Waqf Act in West Bengal's Murshidabad, says police

    NEW DELHI: Twelve more people were arrested in Murshidabad district of West Bengal in connection with violent protests over the Waqf (Amendment) Act that left three people dead, bringing the total arrests to 150. The Muslim-majority district remained peaceful ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Focus on afforestation, ensure Maidan stays as Kolkata’s lungs, panel tells RVNL

    Kolkata: The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEF&CC) has asked Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL), which is implementing the Joka-Esplanade metro line, to ensure suitable afforestation of areas in the Maidan ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    6,750: Monthly meal cost of every KP dog

    123 Kolkata: Each of the 41 members of the Kolkata Police Dog Squad has been allotted Rs 6,750 per month towards their diet. The diet was also tweaked to include salmon oil or fish oil, apart from their daily ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    No 'irreligious act in name of religion': West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Murshidabad violence

    KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday appealed for peace, asking people not to indulge in "irreligious behaviour in the name of religion", while insisting that the new amended waqf law would not be implemented in Bengal."We have clearly stated ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    'Some people want to set Bengal on fire': Abhishek Banerjee on West Bengal violence

    NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday urged people to maintain peace in West Bengal amid ongoing protests following the Waqf Amendment Bill passage in parliament. He warned against those attempting to create unrest ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    8 held for raping minor girl for months in Sikkim

    GANGTOK: Eight people, including four boys, were apprehended for raping a 13-year-old girl over several months in Sikkim's Gyalshing district, police stated on Sunday. The authorities acted upon a complaint lodged by the Child Welfare Committee on Friday after ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Bengal SSC begins preparing list of eligible-ineligible job losers after Supreme Court verdict

    The 13-member delegation met minister Bratya Basu on Friday KOLKATA: West Bengal School Service Commission on Saturday began the process of identifying "tainted" and "untainted" candidates, a day after state education minister Bratya Basu said the eligible-ineligible list would ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    CM to gift city Kalighat skywalk a day ahead of Poila Baisakh

    123456 Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials engaged in the construction of the Kalighat Skywalk, the city's longest skywalk that connects SP Mukherjee Road to Kalighat temple, are working overtime to ensure that the architectural marvel is ready for ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Heat persists, Met predicts thunderstorm

    Kolkata: The city continued to be singed by the unrelenting heat as the maximum temperature reached 34.2°C on Saturday. But it turned pleasant after sundown. The minimum temperature was 26.4°C. There would be little change in the weather over ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Cashless Kol trips on UPI payment as glitch hits apps

    Kolkata: Electronic payment has become so intrinsic to our daily lives that the glitch in unified payments interface (UPI) services on Saturday stumped the "cashless" crowd in the city, as they scrambled for cash at markets, fuel stations, restaurants, ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    City celebrates Hanuman Jayanti

    1234 Kolkata: Temples in different parts of the city were decked up and several processions hit the streets as members of various communities in the city celebrated Hanuman Jayanti on Saturday. Devotees thronged the 372-year-old Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Webinar lesson on cancer reaches over 1L students

    Kolkata: An online live session on cancer awareness was held at govt schools across the state on Saturday, with experts apprising more than 1 lakh youngsters of ways to prevent cancer, importance of timely detection and the various treatment ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Murshidabad: HC orders CAPF deployment, forces to work with cops

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Saturday ordered deployment of central forces in trouble-torn places of Murshidabad and directed CAPF to work in tandem with state police force to restore peace and protect lives and properties. In Murshidabad, two persons ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    As grand yak fest starts in Thakum, tourists flock to Sandakphu

    Darjeeling: A high-altitude, two-day Yak Tourism Festival will be held at Thakum, a scenic spot about 8 km from Sandakphu, from April 13 to April 14. With all the buzz around it, accommodations in Sandakphu are fully booked, said ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    TMC slams oppn plot to ‘stoke communal flames’, BJP blames ‘law and order failure’

    Kolkata: The Murshidabad violence on Saturday prompted Trinamool to blame BJP and the opposition for conspiring to stoke communal flames in Bengal. BJP blamed TMC for the law and order failure.TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee led the charge ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Cams, binoculars out as birders set out on Nababarsha count

    123 Kolkata: The third edition of Poila Baisakh Bird Count kicked off in West Bengal on Saturday. A citizen science initiative by the Birdwatchers' Society (BWS) to celebrate nature during Bengali New Year, the event is also seen as ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Restos lay out curated menus to ring in Bengali New Year

    1234 Kolkata: As Kolkata gets ready to celebrate Poila Baisakh next week, restaurants are rolling out specially curated menus to celebrate the state's rich culinary heritage. From traditional thalis to unique colonial pop-ups, foodies in the city are in ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    NKDA launches comprehensive vector control drive in New Town canals.

    123 Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has started vector control drive across 22 periphery canals in New Town, identifying high-risk zones for mosquito breeding through aerial surveillance. The measures include drone surveys, scooping of larvae using ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata police to use CCTV footage to identify outsiders at kasba protest.

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police have decided to seek the help of not just CCTV cameras monitored by the city force, but also private ones, to try and identify the movements of "outsiders" outside the Kasba District Inspector's office on ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    YouTube video alerts cops on gold theft

    123 Kolkata: A family residing in Behala would never have known that gold ornaments kept at their residence were missing if not for a bizarre chain of events prompted by a sudden short video on social media earlier this ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Hindi film whose story is co-written by a Bengali scriptwriter to premiere at Cannes

    123456 Kolkata: In May 1954, Bimal Roy's ‘Do Bigha Zamin' premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The cinematic masterpiece, whose story was penned by Salil Chowdhury, garnered the prestigious Prix International at Cannes. It was the first Indian film ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
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