Kolkata: Jadavpur University officiating VC Buddhadeb Sau on Tuesday requested the governor, who is also the chancellor of state-run universities, and the state, to solve the “impasse” over his appointment so that normalcy in JU’s academic and administrative ambience ...
10 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Around 13,000-15,000 flyers boarding flights from Kolkata have only one gate to enter the terminal, leading to massive queues at the entrance during rush hours. The remaining five gates are used by an equal number of passengers who ...
10 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Iron Clad from the stable of Santosh Rao, who is in terrific form, is tipped to win the main event at Mysuru on Wednesday. The five-year-old gelding will be ridden by M Naveen.Mysore Selections2pm: 1. She’s Unstoppable 2. ...
10 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bidhannagar Police is installing 94 new CCTV cameras on the 1.5 km stretch of VIP Road from Wednesday to ensure they have their eyes on the primary road to the airport. A section of the road is now ...
10 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 64-year-old woman, Bhabani Mondal, died and her son, Bibhas, suffered severe burns when their house at Sulanguri in New Town caught fire on Tuesday. Both were rushed to RG Kar. Police suspect a short circuit had led ...
10 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Following a high court order, the BMC on Tuesday sent a team to demolish an illegal construction run by a club at Nayapatti area in BMC Ward 28 but the razing could not be carried out and civic ...
10 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Junior doctors at Medical College and Hospital (MCH) Kolkata on Tuesday staged a protest in front of the principal’s office against alleged ragging of two junior residents by two PG trainees. They also lodged a complaint with the ...
10 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Patuli cops on Tuesday arrested two men - a promoter and his driver - for allegedly threatening a few auto drivers at gunpoint at the Garia auto stand, demanding they take the duo to an interior address in ...
10 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A 64-year-old woman, Bhabani Mondal suffered 80% burn injuries and her son, Bibhas too suffered severe burns while trying to save her when their house at Sulanguri in New Town caught fire on Tuesday morning. Both of them ...
10 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will ask hawker union leaders to make sure that hawkers enjoying a large space on pavements in and around New Market part with the extra space to accommodate fellow hawkers who face a ...
9 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Multiple passengers travelling with different airlines have been complaining of damaged luggage upon arrival at the Kolkata airport of late, prompting the airport authorities to include the issue among the list of agendas during a meeting with airline ...
9 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A Krishnanagar court has convicted a 24-year-old man — who was the headmaster of a school-cum-hostel facility — under different sections of Pocso for allegedly filming at least two inmates in the nude in the hostel toilet by ...
9 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: As New Market turns 150, the Gillett & Johnston clock atop its iconic tower will start ticking again. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to start the repair and restoration work of the heritage market with the ...
9 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 22-year-old man arrested for cyber fraud of a government employee residing in Durgapur and working in Kolkata — has spilled the beans on how some Nigerians had been teaching a few Indian youths from across India to ...
9 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A Bhubaneswar-bound packed Air India Express aircraft from Kolkata returned to the airport to make emergency landing around an hour after the take-off following a snag. The flyers claimed that they had heard an explosion-like sound mid-air.The Kolkata-Bhubaneswar-Bengaluru ...
9 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: More metro trains will be available during the Kolkata Book Fair, scheduled to be held from January 18, officials of the publishers and booksellers’ guild said on Monday. There will also be a fixed rate chart for autorickshaws ...
9 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A neurosurgeon who has been dealing with the grey matter for over three decades has now penned 21unique cases that he termed ‘thirlling’. While the terms brain tumour or spine surgery evokes fear in the minds of the ...
9 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A Bhubaneshwar bound packed Air India Express aircraft from Kolkata returned from mid-air and made an emergency landing at Kolkata airport on Monday evening following a technical snag when fliers claimed to have heard the sound of something ...
9 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: DYFI’s Brigade rally on Sunday began with Rabindranath Tagore’s 1905 ode to Bengal, ‘Banglar Mati, Banglar Jal’. The Bengal government had earlier declared this as the state song, but DYFI denied that its move had anything to do ...
8 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: On Sunday, when over 1,500 candidates representing 27 political parties participated in the 12th general elections in Bangladesh, a few thousand Bangladeshis remained stuck in Kolkata for medical treatment with most of them getting the feeling of missing ...
8 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police has approached the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) with a plan to change the position of street lights, especially in added areas, to ensure maximum utilisation of the road space and safety of motorists. Most ...
8 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Since December, winter has seen prolonged spells of stable, above-normal temperatures, compared to the erratic shifts and sudden plummets in the mercury during most years. Forecasting no imminent temperature changes until the end of next week, local meteorologists ...
8 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A tertiary care hospital for children in Kolkata has witnessed an unusual spurt in a rare disorder affecting the nervous system. The Institute of Child Health (ICH) Kolkata has come across around 10 cases of Guillain-Barre (GB) syndrome ...
8 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Former captain Sourav Ganguly on Sunday backed stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to feature in India’s squad for the T20I World Cup in June.They have not featured in any T20I for about 14 months but the duo ...
8 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Yet another incident of stubble- and biomass-burning was reported from a vacant plot adjacent to Greenwood Elements housing complex in New Town Action Area II on Sunday evening. The entire area was engulfed in smoke as locals noticed ...
8 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: As Bangladesh held a general election on Sunday, an advocate and special public prosecutor from Kolkata was part of the ten-member Commonwealth Expert Team (CET) that is in Bangladesh to witness the electoral process in the country. The ...
8 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A woman in her mid-70s, a resident of Shibsankar Mullick Lane near Hatibagan in north Kolkata, called up mayor Firhad Hakim on Saturday and sought his intervention for removing banners and posters that had been strung up at ...
7 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Kolkata Police is set to open its 10th division — Bhangar — on Monday. Lalbazar on Saturday completed postings for the new division, which will start with four police stations, each to have 34 constables. Saikat Ghosh, DC ...
7 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Two late strikes saw Bengal make a comeback after Andhra replied strongly to finish Day II of the Elite Group ‘B’ Ranji Trophy encounter at 119 for three in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. The hosts still trail Bengal by ...
7 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: On the eve of Bangladesh polls, a lull prevailed in the New Market area which is heavily dependent on tourists from the neighbouring country. From currency exchangers to hotels, from eateries to retailers, all businesses have been suffering ...
7 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police said that though they are “fully prepared” to face the Sunday challenge, when two separate congregations take place in the city from morning, there might be a time when movement towards central Kolkata can ...
7 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: After a number of burglaries in gold shops and subsequent meetings with jewellers at Lalbazar to take stock of the security situation in central Kolkata, the Bowbazar-Muchipara area is set to get 117 CCTV cameras at 53 locations ...
7 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Armenian community in Kolkata celebrated Christmas on Saturday, January 6, at the Armenian Church, the oldest surviving church in the city, located at 2, Armenian Street. The festivity, which adhered to all traditional rituals, was attended by ...
7 January 2024 Times of IndiaSANDESHKHALI: A look out circular (LoC) was issued Saturday against Sheikh Shahjahan over Friday's attack on ED officers in Bengal's Sandeshkhali and the BSF alerted to prevent a possible crossover to Bangladesh even as a purported audio clip surfaced ...
7 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: After Sealdah and Salt Lake Sector V stations, the paper-based QR-coded ticketing system has been introduced in Karunamoyee and Central Park Metro stations of East-West Metro (Green Line). This facility has been made available at these two stations ...
7 January 2024 Times of IndiaIn a country with an estimated population density of 438.58 people per sq km, that’s growing every minute, crowd management during festivities is a priority. Kolkata has an enviable track record despite huge footfall during Pujo, Xmas and NYE, ...
6 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: It was a smooth ride for Bengal on the opening day of their Elite Group ‘B’ Ranji Trophy encounter against Andhra as they ended at a healthy 289 for four in Visakhapatnam on Friday. In the absence of ...
6 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court on Friday observed that there had been a breakdown of the constitutional machinery in West Bengal. He wondered why the governor was not saying that there had been a collapse ...
6 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata Police cyber cell has taken to various social media platforms and is even planning to reach out to citizens at key street crossings to warn them about the work-from-home (WFH) cyber scams that have left cops ...
6 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Two museums and two science centres in the city were impacted on Friday after they received threat emails claiming bombs had been placed on the four premises. Thousands of visitors were turned away or evacuated as checks were ...
6 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Mrittika Mallick is going from strength to strength. Seven months after winning the U-17 Girls’ National Chess Championship in Jalandhar, the girl from Chinshura, Hooghly, annexed the U-15 title too that concluded at Jalgaon on Thursday. Interestingly, she ...
6 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Cops have started a special drive and scaled up its “no-parking” campaign across the city — especially in Maidan and Esplanade — to ensure that all buses stop only at designated stops and don’t block crossings. Across three ...
6 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Around a dozen trainers and another dozen handlers from the Kolkata Police dog squad will spend 72 hours in Chandigarh this weekend, scouting for 11 canines who will eventually serve the city cops for at least six to ...
6 January 2024 Times of IndiaThe long-cherished dream of an underwater metro journey beneath the river Hooghly in India is on the verge of realisation as the East-West Metro gears up to commence operations this year. Commuters traversing the East-West Metro Corridor, linking Howrah ...
6 January 2024 Times of IndiaThe British Council in Kolkata and the Publishers Booksellers Guild announced the United Kingdom as the theme country for the 47th International Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF), to be held from 18 to 31 January 2024 at the Central Park ...
5 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A 43-year-old man who was diagnosed with a rare but life-threatening vascular condition underwent a successful life saving surgery in a Kolkata hospital. Sandip Bose is now recovering well after the minimally invasive cardiovascular surgery.Bose, a resident of ...
5 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar called Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee on Thursday to convey birthday greetings. He also invited Banerjee and his wife to have dinner with him in Delhi. This comes after the mimicry row which gripped Parliament in ...
5 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Enforcement Directorate collected the voice samples of Sujay Krishna Bhadra, an accused in the cash-for-jobs scam, late on Wednesday night inside a soundproof- and echo-proof room at the Centre-run ESI Hospital in Joka.A special PMLA court had ...
5 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday sought a report from the director of Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) and SSKM Hospital on the duration of bed occupancy of persons arrested by central investigating agencies ...
5 January 2024 Times of IndiaJAIPUR: When Karachi resident Jaweria Khanum tied the knot with Kolkata businessman Sameer Khan on Thursday, it was not just awinter wedding in the city; it was a knot that tied hearts while melting man-made borders, with yummy food ...
5 January 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: A team of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was attacked during a raid at Sandeshkhali in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Friday morning. The incident place in the village of TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh, ...
5 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Motorists across Kolkata will soon be able to make UPI (Unified Payments Interface) payments of spot traffic fines in addition to paying by cash or cards. The Kolkata Traffic Police has launched live testing of the UPI payment ...
5 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The state government has enlisted three private firms—Smartpower Automation, Heritage Infrastructure, and AARPEE Overseas—to spearhead the implementation of the Automated Fare Collection System (AFCS) at ferry ghats across Kolkata and neighbouring areas.Sources reveal that these companies have been ...
5 January 2024 Times of IndiaSILIGURI: Amid the political war of words between the BJP and the combined Opposition over the invites for the grand inauguration of the Ram Temple Ayodhya on January 22, the BJP's West Bengal president and MP Sukanta Majumdar on ...
5 January 2024 Times of IndiaHOWRAH: A speeding vehicle collided with a stationary patrolling van, resulting in the death of two policemen, including a sub-inspector, and injuring three others in in West Bengal's Howrah district on Thursday.The incident occurred in the Barunda area on ...
4 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Metro Railway suspended work on the Rs 5,000-crore Airport-Barasat line on Wednesday after Kolkata airport authorities refused immediate use of tall cranes for construction work along the flight path.While the stalling of the project will further push back ...
4 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata Police STF has arrested the mastermind of a fake currency gang and seized counterfeit notes, with a face value of Rs 45,000. “Based on a statement by arrested accused Ajiruddin Momin, the module kingpin, Sabiruddin Momin ...
4 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Following a recent clash at New Town’s Tarulia during a drive to remove makeshift shops to make way for a sewerage line network project, officials of New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) on Tuesday held a meeting with ...
4 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The chief commissioner of railway safety (CCRS), Janak Kumar Garg, will be on a two-day visit on Thursday to inspect the East-West Metro corridor.The Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) gives the mandatory safety nod for any new Metro ...
4 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Kolkata airport authorities have decided to not to renew the contract of the existing agency handling retrieval of trolleys following a barrage of complaints from passengers. A new agency will be appointed and a time limit will be ...
4 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The KP cyber cell arrested a 27-year-old man near Mandideep, 23km from Bhopal, on Wednesday for allegedly cheating an Army personnel from Fort William of Rs 11 lakh by offering him high returns and expensive gifts like i-Phones. ...
4 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A mother dog and her two puppies, trapped between the walls of an abandoned factory and a house in Tangra, were brought out to safety in a three-hour-long operation on Tuesday. It was a concerted effort of a ...
4 January 2024 Times of IndiaGianluca Rubagotti, the Consul General of Italy in Kolkata, is bidding farewell to the city to move to his next station – Sydney, Australia. He spoke to us ahead of his departure about the time he spent in the ...
3 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The vice chancellor’s room at Jadavpur University was “sealed” for five days till Tuesday afternoon at the behest of the former officiating VC.Buddhadeb Sau, who was removed from the post by the Governor who is also the university’s ...
3 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Motorists continued to flout rules even on the first day of new year with total 307 cases of rash and drink-driving. The first day of 2023 witnessed 206 such cases. This is a 67% rise in violations compared ...
3 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Marriages are made in heaven but in Bengal they are saved on the 'cloud'. The state has started storing all marriage registration data on the cloud - a network of servers on which data can be stored or ...
3 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A rare strain of 'Chinese pneumonia' - mycoplasma pneumoniae - has been detected in a 10-year-old girl at the Institute of Child Health in Kolkata. A resident of Bansdroni in south Kolkata, the child was admitted in the ...
3 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A rare strain of 'Chinese pneumonia' - mycoplasma pneumoniae - has been detected in a 10-year-old girl at the Institute of Child Health in Kolkata. A resident of Bansdroni in south Kolkata, the child was admitted in the ...
3 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 43-year-old woman from North 24 Parganas, Farida Bibi, died of dengue in a city hospital on Sunday night. Hospital sources said the deceased had several comorbidities that contributed to her death. Health officials said dengue was under ...
3 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The eighth edition of Duare Sarkar camps held between December 15 and 31 witnessed a footfall of 80 lakh at more than 1 lakh camps. Bina Mulya Samajik Suraksha. Aikyashree, Lakshmir Bhandar, Swasthya Sathi and Aadhaar-related schemes were ...
3 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata Metro witnessed an unprecedented surge in passenger numbers on New Year's Day, recording a staggering 4,83,607 commuters on the Blue Line alone. This marked a substantial increase of 27.31% compared to the same corridor's ridership on January 1, ...
3 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Problem of trolleys has hit the airport this holiday season with passengers complaining about lack of enough trolleys inside the terminal — especially in the arrival section.Close to 18.5 lakh flyers travelled through the airport in December 2023, ...
2 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Barring a few pockets of defiance, bursting of firecrackers remained largely within the limits set by the Supreme Court on Sunday night for ushering in the new year. Kalyan Rudra, chairman of West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB), ...
2 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The maximum temperature has begun dipping again, falling over two notches below normal for the first time in over a week. By Monday, the maximum temperature fell to 23.2° Celsius, from 24.6° Celsius on Sunday. For most of ...
2 January 2024 Times of IndiaBONGAON/MALDA/MURSHIDABAD: The upcoming election in Bangladesh has not only kept the neighbouring country on the boil for more than a month but has sapped the life out of border markets in Bengal where transactions have reduced to a trickle.Bangladesh ...
2 January 2024 Times of IndiaSILIGURI: A steam loco of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railways (DHR) was derailed at Mary Villa Kakjhora in Darjeeling on Monday afternoon. This is the third time that a DHR loco went off the tracks, officials said. CPRO Northeast Frontier ...
2 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: One of the most wanted currency counterfeiters — one of the youngest in the trade and a resident of Kaliachak who was wanted by both Bengal Police and Kolkata Police — has been arrested by from Topsia on ...
2 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal registered 13 new Covid cases on Monday, two days after the state had logged 17 cases. The number of active cases across Bengal has now rose to 70 from 57 on Saturday. Even though cases are rising, ...
2 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Four youths in a car — reportedly returning from a wedding party on the southern fringes of Kolkata — met with an accident when the car they were travelling in climbed on to a pavement and dashed a ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Sporadic bursting of firecrackers was reported in Tollygunge, Behala and Haridevpur, and along some stretches of EM Bypass, including Kalikapur, on Sun-day night. According to norms, citizens were allowed an 11.55pm-12.30am window to burst firecrackers. According to sources, ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The New Year’s racing holds a special place for the people of the ‘City Of Joy’ who will assemble in great numbers to witness the day’s events. The lawns of the RCTC are sure to be filled with ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: The Bengal government on Saturday notified Tagore's 1905 ode to Bengal, 'Banglar Mati, Banglar Jal', as a 'state song' and Poila Baisakh, the first day of the Bengali calendar, as 'Bangla Divas'.A two-page notification issued by state chief ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaMETRO ROUTESGreen Line or EW Metro (Esplanade-Howrah Maidan) | This 4.8km stretch is due for completion in Feb 2024 Green Line or EW Metro (Sealdah-Howrah Maidan) | This 7.2km section is due for completion in June 2024Orange Line’s Phase ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: There is no place for social boycott of a citizen in a civilized society, the Calcutta High Court said on Wednesday. The HC was hearing a case in which a person was being ostracized by neighbours after he ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Dead fish were found floating in Rabindra Sarobar by morning-walkers on Sunday, raising questions about the deteriorating quality of the lake water. A large number of fish had died at the lake a few months ago. Experts said ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: There is no place for social boycott of a citizen in a civilized society, the Calcutta high court said Wednesday while addressing a case where a man faced ostracism for reporting illegal temple construction in front of his ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: After 25 years, Bengal on Sunday got a woman as its home secretary.Nandini Chakravorty was appointed the new home secretary, as B P Gopalika, the earlier incumbent, formally took charge as the state chief secretary.Former chief secretary H ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: The usual Park Street scenes on a new year's eve, with thousands jostling for space strolling, driving, and partying on the 1.5km stretch, was missing on Sunday night. Crowds which reached Park Street earlier in the day chose ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Probing into the Rajarhat suicide pact, in which a 51-year-old businessman killed his wife, attempted to slit his teenage daughter's throat and then hanged himself, cops are questioning those who owed money from the trader to know if ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Bengal has logged 17 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday - the highest single-day spike during this current uptick. With this, the number of active cases in the state has gone up to 57. Health experts apprehend further ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: There is no place for social boycott of a citizen in a civilized society, the Calcutta High Court said on Wednesday. The HC was hearing a case in which a person was being ostracized by neighbours after he ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Outdoor dining - or al fresco - restaurants have seen a more-than-fivefold jump in numbers since 2020, with restaurant owners saying the pandemic was instrumental in ushering in a dining revolution.The pandemic, or, more correctly, public behaviour necessitated ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: West Bengal Congress president Adhir Chowdhury on Sunday hinted at a similar style of functioning of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, while highlighting "deplorable condition" of farmers across the country and in ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: The rift in Barrackpore Trinamool Congress continued to widen even after the intervention of the party’s state president Subrata Bakshi. Jagatdal MLA Somnath Shyam and Bijpur MLA Subodh Adhikary on Sunday hinted at a possible defection by Barrackpore ...
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