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  • Be more proactive to thwart border ‘pushes’, Mamata tells Bengal cops

    Cooch Behar/Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged the state police to be "proactive" and questioned how BSF was pushing out Indian citizens across the border under its watch. Banerjee ordered intensive road patrolling in this regard.Speaking at an ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    Fire dept, KMC drive at restos, clubs before year-end festivities

    Kolkata: The blaze at the Goa nightclub has prompted the fire services department and the KMC to decide on a joint inspection of nightclubs, hotels, restaurants and social clubs here in the run-up to Christmas and year-end celebrations. Mayor ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    Absentee voters have extra time till Thurs to make it to SIR list

    Kolkata: Even after marking untraceable voters as absentees, BLOs can upload their forms if they turn up before Thursday. However, if any untraceable voter misses the Dec 11 deadline and contacts the BLO later, the latter will not be ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    PM’s ‘Bankim-da’ gives Trinamool ammo against BJP

    Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Monday called PM Narendra Modi "culturally illiterate" and the BJP "grotesquely alien to Bengal's culture" after the PM referred to Vande Mataram writer Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay as "Bankim-da" during the Lok Sabha debate."No, Modi-ji, ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    UP fraudster held in Jadavpur

    Kolkata: Cops from Saharanpur in UP, in collaboration with Kolkata Police, arrested Sanjay Sinha, a fraudster accused of orchestrating a multi-crore scam across several states, from a high-rise in Jadavpur on Saturday night. Sinha faces charges under the Gangster ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    Trainee chef from Darj among Goa blaze casualties

    Siliguri: Subash Chettri (23), a youth from Bagdogra, was among the 25 victims who lost their lives in the blaze at a Goa nightclub on Sunday. Subash, who worked as a kitchen staff member at Birch by Romeo Lane, ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    Prisoner swap: B’desh sends 47 Indian fishermen back, India returns 32

    Kolkata: In the second India-Bangladesh prisoner exchange programme since Jan, 79 fishermen went back to their respective countries on Monday. While 32 Bangladeshi fishermen were sent to the neighbouring country, Dhaka released 47 Indian fishermen.A 2013 agreement with then ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    Bengal BJP screens new members as it targets vote-share boost

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP is eyeing for a substantial increase in its vote share in the upcoming assembly polls and has renewed its focus on inducting members with strong public influence. Meanwhile, speculations intensified on Monday that several youth activists ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    Trucks take ‘missing’ luggage home 4 days late

    Kolkata: Luggage trucks carrying missing trolley bags and trunks of several IndiGo passengers who had been frantically looking for their missing bags over the last four days started reaching their homes in Kolkata on Monday, the passengers said.TOI had ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    Dead, shifted...: Kolkata draft voters’ list to shrink by 21%

    Kolkata: The names of more than 21% electors in Kolkata North and Kolkata South Lok Sabha constituencies whose names figured on the electoral rolls on Oct 27 will not be included in the draft list to be published on ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    Saket tables bill to record judges’ oral observations in every court

    Kolkata: Days after a Calcutta HC division bench struck down a May 2023 order by former Justice Abhijit Ganguly that scrapped 32,000 primary teachers' jobs, Trinamool Rajya Sabha member Saket Gokhale, on Dec 5, moved a private member's bill ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    Ray’s Pratidwandi actor, Kalyan Chatterjee, passes away at 81

    Kolkata: Kalyan Chatterjee, who acted in Satyajit Ray's ‘Pratidwandi', Tapan Sinha's ‘Apanjan', ‘Sagina Mahato', ‘Sabuj Dwiper Raja', ‘Safed Hati', MS Sathyu's ‘Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaye', Arabinda Mukhopadhyay ‘Dhonni Meye', Basu Chatterjee's ‘Byomkesh Bakshi', Goutam Ghose's ‘Paar' and ‘Antarjali ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    Dekho Magar Pyaar Se: Buses turn moving canvases, explore Kol tales

    Kolkata: In a city where the streets pulse with history and the air is thick with stories, Kolkata's iconic blue and yellow buses have long been more than just a means of transport. They are moving canvases, carrying tales ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    Donations for Murshidabad ‘Babri’ cross 2.4 crore: Kabir

    Berhampore: Donations for Humayun Kabir's ‘Babri'-styled mosque in Murshidabad's Rejinagar crossed Rs 2.4 crore, with Rs 2.1 crore received online into a bank account and Rs 37 lakh cash, Kabir said on Monday. Kabir had placed 12 donation boxes ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    Digi arrest crooks hold 2 elderly women hostage, extract 58L

    Kolkata: Two senior citizens—one from Bansdroni and the other from Anandapur—fell victim to two gangs of cyber crooks, who kept them under "digital arrest" over several hours. The financial loss suffered by the two women added up to Rs ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    IndiGo crisis hits peak Darjeeling tourist season

    Darjeeling: The recent cancellation of IndiGo flights has dealt a major blow to the tourism industry. Tourism stakeholders in Darjeeling say they have seen a wave of booking cancellations following the disruption in air connectivity. On Monday, IndiGo cancelled ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    Warnings brushed aside at IndiGo meet a yr ago

    Kolkata: IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers, who is under fire for delays and cancellations that left lakhs of passengers stranded across the country, purportedly ignored warnings about pilot shortages at a Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) meeting a year ago.Well-placed ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    IndiGo blues: Monday better, flyers hope it’s turnaround sign

    Kolkata: After the weekend reset, IndiGo Airlines made a fresh start on Monday, operating nearly three out of four flights that it used to operate before last week's debacle. Passengers entering the airport terminal appeared a bit anxious, but ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    Docs stranded, pvt hosps defer ops & appointments

    Kolkata: The IndiGo flight cancellations have forced several city private hospitals to reschedule OPD appointments and defer surgeries as doctors remain stranded in various parts of the country. Work on new projects, too, has been affected at some hospitals. ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    But not all is well, show flight rota silent drop-offs

    Kolkata: IndiGo Airlines on Monday scheduled 92 departures from the city, and all the flights left, many of them on time. However, that is only half the story. The other half, which did not quite meet the public eye, ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    Extortionist gang targets cafe, thrashes owner

    Kolkata: A businessman operating a cafe and lounge in Beckbagan a filed a petition seeking police intervention before the cops lodged an FIR after allegedly being subjected to threats, extortion demands, and physical assault by a group of individuals ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    EC appoints five new special roll observers for state

    Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) on Friday appointed five new special roll observers for Bengal, in addition to Subrata Gupta, who was appointed as a SRO on Nov 30. All five newly appointed officials are senior IAS officers of ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    NKDA allots 52.4L for canal clean-up

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has set aside a fund of Rs 52.4 lakh and engaged supervisors for round-the-clock maintenance of the 66 km long canal stretches and 250 km long drainage lines across all three ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata para marks Jatayu centenary with memories, tributes & nostalgia

    Kolkata: In the heart of Amherst Row, where red rowaks bore silent witness to countless tales, Satyajit Ray once sat, grappling with the demise of Santosh Dutta. On that sombre morning in 1988, Ray declared that without his beloved ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    To me, playing my kind of music is fun: Scottish musician RuMac

    We caught up with Scottish musician and accordionist Ruairidh Maclean aka RuMac as he was unwinding after a gig in Kolkata on the evening of December 4 and fired the obvious salvo – ‘How do you like Kolkata?’, ‘Have ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    IndiGo flight chaos: How could shortage of just 124 pilots lead to such havoc?

    KOLKATA: IndiGo Airlines pilots have alleged that the flight cancellation and delay crisis that brought India’s aviation sector to a standstill was engineered to undermine the implementation of new safety norms and pressure govt into putting the revised Flight ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    Bengal BJP harps on ‘Hindu unity’ at mega ‘Gita’ recital

    Kolkata: Building a high-pitched Hindutva narrative, Bengal BJP on Sunday turned the mega recital of the ‘Bhagavad Gita' into a call for "Hindu unity" in the run-up to campaigns for next year's state assembly polls.Christened ‘Panch Lakhhya Kanthe Gita ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    On last Sun before deadline, BLOs check on voters aged 85 and above

    Kolkata: In a final round of checks, booth level officers (BLOs) spent Sunday visiting voters aged 85 and above, following recent instructions from the Election Commission. In the concluding phase of the Special Summary Revision (SSR) process, BLOs were ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    Young participants light up drawing contest

    Kolkata: Young talents from over 100 city schools showcased their vibrant imagination at the Colour Splash sit-and-draw contest recently. Organised by Jockey Juniors in association with Times NIE, the event had Birla High School Mukundapur as the venue partner ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    Beyond duty: N Kol BLO saves 93-yr-old mom of 3 from ‘eviction’

    Kolkata: Sohini Dey (51), a Shyampukur BLO, completed the SIR digitisation of all 588 voters in her poll booth by Nov 25. However, a 93-year-old widow's plea to be retained as a voter at her former home in Ahiritola, ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    Mandatory QR code for med allergic reactions: Pharma body to start drive

    Kolkata: After a lukewarm response from retailers across the state regarding the display of QR codes to report adverse drug reactions, the pharma-retail body in the state has decided to intensify efforts to make retailers aware of pharmacovigilance. The ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    Dog dies within 24 hrs in creche, owners file plaint

    Kolkata: A pet dog died within 24 hours of being left at a creche in Kolkata on Dec 5, and the owners allege that the dog might have been poisoned with drug-laced medication. They claim another veterinary facility informed ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    Remove helmet only after reaching destination: KP

    Kolkata: Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored his maiden century to steer India's series win against South Africa on Saturday, became the latest sporting personality to be celebrated through social media posts by Kolkata Police.The cops also delivered a safety advice ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    8 Muktijoddhas to mark Vijay Diwas in Kol

    Kolkata: A 20-member Bangladeshi delegation — including eight Muktijoddhas, two serving army officers, and their spouses — will arrive in Kolkata next week to participate in this year's Vijay Diwas observance. Like last year, the events will be held ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    When will we go back home, ask Sunali’s husband, Sweety

    Kolkata: One half of his prayers answered but himself still trapped in Bangladesh, Sunali Khatun's husband Danish Sheikh is more worried than ever. "I want to be beside Sunali during childbirth," he said on Sunday.Speaking to TOI from their ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    Ham radio helps lost Odisha man return home after 17 years

    Kolkata: A man from Odisha who had been wandering through the streets of Bangladesh for over 17 years was finally reunited with his family on Sunday at the India-Bangladesh border in Bongaon, with the support of ham radio enthusiasts ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    KMC, hotels in recheck mode after Goa club fire

    Kolkata: In the aftermath of the Goa nightclub fire, which claimed 25 lives, Kolkata's bars and pubs have increased fire-safety drills and emphasised fire audits. According to many, these measures have been intensified by the authorities, especially after the ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    Chaos in the air hits wedding guest list

    Kolkata: Weddings — the one occasion families plan for months and guard with all their hearts — have emerged as the most unexpected casualties of IndiGo's ongoing flight meltdown. What began as delays and cancellations has now snowballed into ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    Adoption rate poor for children over 6 years

    Kolkata: Bengal has one of the highest rates of child adoption in the country but couples continue to be reluctant to adopt children who are six years or older.State Adoption Resource Agency (West Bengal) governing body member Bipasha Roy ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    Kabir eyes AIMIM alliance day after laying ‘Babri’ foundation

    Berhampore/Kolkata: Humayun Kabir on Sunday said he was ready to form an alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in the 2026 Bengal assembly elections. Speaking to reporters, Kabir said he was in touch with AIMIM neta ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    IndiGo’s Kolkata ops: Sunday worse than Saturday with 76 cancellations

    Kolkata: IndiGo Airlines cancelled even more flights in Kolkata on Sunday than it did the previous day, deepening uncertainty among flyers scheduled to travel early this week. The disruption stretched into its sixth consecutive day, despite a govt ultimatum ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    Fare cap fails to end passengers’ refund worries

    Kolkata: Passengers expecting refunds for tickets purchased through travel portals like Skyscanner, Goibibo, MakeMyTrip, and Yatra, or from travel agents, have to wait several more days for the refund of IndiGo flight tickets.The govt's fare cap order, aimed at ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    Latest bypass surgery: Hosps use apps to reduce reception queues

    Kolkata: Private hospitals have started enhancing the use of technology to bypass queues at their counters for faster and more accurate patient care and convenience. At least two have launched an online patient-doctor interface through an AI-enabled app to ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    Four-day lag for luggage transfers, flyers fret

    Kolkata: The chaos at airport shows no signs of abating as flyers continue to grapple with the fallout from a wave of cancellations and rescheduling. Flyers fret over a more than four-day lag for luggage transfers. While many travellers ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    Windfall for foreign airlines touching Kol as flyers choose Dubai, Bangkok for connecting flights

    Kolkata: A week of chaotic disruptions in IndiGo's domestic operations triggered a dramatic shift in the way international travellers planned their journeys out of Kolkata. With multiple cancellations and last-minute rescheduling leaving passengers stranded, many — especially those headed ...

    8 December 2025 Times of India
    Chaos engineered to bring new FDTL regime to its knees: Pilots

    Kolkata: Pilots in IndiGo Airlines have questioned how the shortage of 65 captains and 59 co-pilots following the implementation of the revised flight duty time limitation (FDTL) norms could have triggered the cancellation and delays of thousands of flights ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata’s date with a quirky Scot armed with an accordion

    It was a nippy Thursday evening when Ruairidh Maclean aka RuMac took to the stage on the lawns of a south Kolkata club as part of a British Council initiative. And within minutes, the attendees warmed up to the ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Same airline, same destination but new ticket prices costlier by at least 4 times the usual rates

    Kolkata: Travel chaos has turned into a financial headache for many passengers as they express outrage over a troubling trend in the airline industry —confirmed tickets being abruptly cancelled, only to be resold at nearly three-four times the original ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Bengal SIR 1st phase almost over: 28L-30L voters remain unmapped, may face EC hearing

    KOLKATA: The pre-hearing phase of Bengal's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll is nearing completion with nearly 100% of 7.6 crore voters' data having already been digitised. But between 28 and 30 lakh voters will, in all probability, ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    'Will never return to Delhi': Sunali Khatun returns to Birbhum from Bangladesh; Bengal to bear medical costs

    KOLKATA/BIRBHUM/MALDA: "If I have a son, I will name him Deshprem, but it will be an honour if CM Mamata Banerjee chooses a name for my yet-to-be born child, be it a son or daughter," said Sunali Khatun, hours ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, pleasant temperatures; AQI remains poor

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.On December 7, 2025, Kolkata awakens to a sunny morning, anticipating clear skies and comfortably ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Man dies after bike skids

    Kolkata: A 46-year-old man, Hemanshu Mehta, riding a bike died after he lost control of the motorcycle and skidded off the road. The incident occurred on Harish Mukherjee Road around 1 am on Saturday. Mehta was not wearing a ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Kol STF ties up with cops in other states to track gangs

    Kolkata: Interstate criminals were increasingly using Kolkata as a hideout after committing crimes in their own states and some were even trying to buy properties here, revealed findings by special task forces of Kolkata and Bihar. The findings were ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Senior citizen tries to fix doc appointment, loses 12L

    Kolkata: A 63-year-old woman from Salt Lake lost Rs 12.35 lakh on Friday while attempting to book a doctor's appointment online. Anindita Mullick, reported the incident to the Bidhannagar North Police Station, detailing how she was deceived into following ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Agonizing wait for Sweety’s family as Sunali returns home; ‘What’s holding back my daughter and grandkids?’ asks Sweety’s mother

    KOLKATA: As Sunali Khatun (26) and her eight-year-old son Shabir returned to Birbhum after being illegally deported to Bangladesh, despair grew for another Birbhum family, just a kilometre apart at Paikar village, waiting for their daughter Sweety Bibi's return ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Flower problem during peak wedding season

    Kolkata: A sudden collapse in domestic air travel has choked the supply chain that brings flowers from southern states, mainly Karnataka, to Kolkata, leaving the city's bustling wedding season scrambling for fresh blooms. With local production hit by heavy ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Truth has defeated BJP’s lies’, says TMC after Sunali’s return

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Saturday hit out at BJP after Sunali Khatun returned home to Bengal after being pushed into neighbouring Bangladesh. State women and child development minister Shashi Panja said, "They branded a pregnant Bengali woman as a ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    2 Kol South high-rises’ names sent for poll booth but RWAs still uncertain

    Kolkata: Only two housing complexes in the Kolkata South Lok Sabha constituency have so far agreed to host polling booths on their premises for the upcoming elections. One of the two names forwarded by the Kolkata South DEO is ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    'If I have a son, I will name him Deshprem': Sunali says it will be an honour if CM Mamata Banerjee chooses name

    KOLKATA/BIRBHUM/MALDA: "If I have a son, I will name him Deshprem, but it will be an honour if CM Mamata Banerjee chooses a name for my yet-to-be born child, be it a son or daughter," said Sunali Khatun, hours ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    CM: Fight against those igniting communal fire will go on

    Kolkata: On the occasion of Sanghati Diwas on Saturday, CM Mamata Banerjee wrote on X: "Our fight will continue against those who are playing the game of destroying the country by igniting the fire of communalism.""Unity is strength. I ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Air turbulence leaves travel operators at their wits’ end

    Kolkata: The cancellation of several thousand flights across the country over the past four to five days has become an operational nightmare for tour operators and destination management companies. Teams are working round the clock to rebook sectors, realign ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    NUJS VC calls for alumni integration into univ system

    Kolkata: In a bid to strengthen the bond between alumni and their alma mater, vice-chancellor of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Nandimath Omprakash V, said the alumni must be "integrated into the system through various programmes ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    EC reviews report on Baruipur BLO ‘malpractice’

    Kolkata: The EC is considering initiating action against some Baruipur officials for their alleged involvement in indiscipline and illegal activity in the SIR exercise. An official said that at Booth 94 in Baruipur East, a teacher, also a booth ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Cops act after FB post goes viral

    Kolkata: Persistent pressure from netizens, seeking police action against a cop for flouting traffic rules, finally led Kolkata Police to announce that legal action was initiated against the rule-breaker. But police did not confirm if the violator was a ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Bengal BJP steps up temple narratives amid ‘Babri’ debate

    Kolkata: Amid the noise over a "Babri-styled" mosque in Murshidabad, Bengal BJP has started to step up narratives over temples.A day after Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya asked the govt of India to reclaim Adinath Temple in Malda, BJP's ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    BLOs in Bengal start marking untraceable voters ‘absent’

    Kolkata: Booth-level officers (BLOs) on Friday started marking untraceable electors as ‘absent', following instructions from the Election Commission. Though the EC has set Dec 11 as the deadline for listing absentee voters BLOs said they themselves had decided to ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Pathashree to add 9k km rural roadsin Bengal

    Kolkata: Ahead of the Bengal assembly polls, the state govt is preparing to launch the construction of more than 9,000 km of new rural roads under the Pathashree project. For this, chief secretary Manoj Pant held a meeting with ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    KP gears up for Gita recital, bike rally & marathon today

    Kolkata: The pre-Christmas crowd across Kolkata's hotspots on Sunday and three major events lined up for Sunday — a Gita recitation programme at Brigade Parade ground, an Army programme involving a bike rally, and a marathon in central Kolkata ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Fare cap too late for many passengers, fails to rein in high air ticket prices

    Kolkata: The fare cap announced by the civil aviation minister on Saturday, three days after thousands of passengers paid exorbitant amounts to purchase a ticket following IndiGo's cancellation of hundreds of flights, is too little and too late, said ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Gold bangle stolen, cops suspect class-12 boy, a friend of victim’s son

    Kolkata: Police investigation into a complaint of a 22-carat gold bangle points the finger of suspicion at a class-12 student of a reputable school who seems to have stolen the piece of jewellery belonging to his classmate's mother. The ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Kabir lays mosque foundation stone in Rejinagar as cops keep close watch

    Berhampore: A 12-km stretch of National Highway-12, from Rejinagar to Beldanga in Murshidabad, remained shut for three hours on Saturday afternoon as several thousand people, some carrying bricks and stone chips, gathered at suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir's ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Flyers fume over lack of info as travel woes continue for 5th straight day

    Kolkata: On Saturday, India's largest budget carrier IndiGo extended major operational disruptions into the fifth consecutive day, cancelling over 500 flights nationwide and leaving thousands of passengers stranded.In Kolkata, the airline scrapped 62 flights, including departures and arrivals, and ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Feeding birds, offering meals: Community drive by Bohras

    Kolkata: The Dawoodi Bohra community in Kolkata has stepped up its environmental and social outreach through a set of focused initiatives under Project Rise. These efforts respond to issues such as environmental decline, malnutrition, and urban vulnerability, and reflect ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Kol records season’s coldest day as min drops to 14.5°C

    Kolkata: The mercury dropped to 14.5°C in Kolkata on Saturday, making it the coldest day of the season so far. The minimum temperature may drop further and settle at 14°C on Sunday, said the Met office. It could rise ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    NUJS VC calls for alumni integration into univ system

    Kolkata: In a bid to strengthen the bond between alumni and their alma mater, vice-chancellor of the West Bengal University of Juridical Sciences, Nandimath Omprakash V, said the alumni must be "integrated into the system through various programmes as ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Flight situation better but full normalcy not yet on radar

    Kolkata: A day after IndiGo operated only 13% of its scheduled flights in Kolkata, the airline was partially back on track on Saturday, operating 71% of its services with 65 departures and 64 arrivals. The turnaround brought relief to ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Feeding birds, offering meals: Community drive by Bohras

    Kolkata: The Dawoodi Bohra community in Kolkata has stepped up its environmental and social outreach through a set of focused initiatives under Project Rise. These efforts respond to issues such as environmental decline, malnutrition, and urban vulnerability, and reflect ...

    7 December 2025 Times of India
    Experience Kolkata's living museum: Iconic buses as mobile art installation

    KOLKATA: In a city where the streets pulse with history and the air is thick with stories, Kolkata's iconic blue and yellow buses have long been more than just a means of transport. They are moving canvases, carrying tales ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Cancellations, extensions: Hotels negotiate space

    Kolkata: The flight disruptions for the last few days have put hotel industry in a jeopardy at a time which is considered to be a busy season for hospitality sector. There are 41 star category hotels in the city, ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Med conferences, hosp visits take a body blow

    Kolkata: With Indigo flight schedules going haywire around the country, countless medical conferences now underway have run into rough weather, with doctors either reaching the venues late or failing to make the trips. Several conferences, including some in Kolkata, ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir lays foundation stone for 'Babri Masjid'

    MURSHIDABAD: Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir laid foundation stone for ''Babri Masjid-style'' mosque in West Bengal''s Murshidabad on Saturday.Kabir cut a ceremonial ribbon alongside visiting clerics on the dais as slogans of “Nara-e-Takbeer, Allahu Akbar” were raised at the ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata records coldest morning this season at 14.5 degrees Celsius

    Kolkata: Residents of Kolkata on Saturday woke up to the coldest morning this season as the mercury plumetted to 14.5 degrees Celsius.Temperatures also decreased in other parts of Gangetic West Bengal, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting a ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Breaking the silence: Kolkata programme highlights hidden domestic abuse

    KOLKATA: The AMAN West Bengal Network organised an awareness programme titled “Resistance Through Art: Voices Against Natal Family Violence and Effective Implementation of PWDVA 2005” on Saturday. The event held from 1 pm to 4.30 pm at Jadavpur, Kolkata, ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Blackstone to invest Rs 22cr-28 cr in South City Mall by ’27

    Kolkata: The New York-headquartered Blackstone Group will invest Rs 15 crore-20 crore to refurbish South City Mall and spend another Rs 7 crore-8 crore on marketing activities over the next two years, officials of Blackstone-backed REIT Nexus Select said ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, cool temperatures; AQI remains poor

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata is experiencing a pleasant and sunny day on December 6, 2025, with morning temperatures ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Heavy security deployed: Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir to lay 'Babri Masjid' foundation stone in Murshidabad

    KOLKATA: Security has been tightened in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district ahead of a contentious foundation-laying ceremony planned by suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir, who has announced he will inaugurate a structure named “Babri Masjid” in Beldanga on Saturday. ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Saudi clerics, 40,000 biryanis, 20,000 locals: Humayun Kabir’s ‘Babri Mosque’ event at noon; suspended MLA thanks 'police for support'

    KOLKATA: Security has been stepped up in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, ahead of a controversial foundation-laying event planned by suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir.On Saturday, Kabir told reporters, "All is well. Wait until it's 12 noon; the reading ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Doc loses 33.7L in investment scam

    Kolkata: A doctor lost Rs 33.7 lakh to an elaborate investment scam, orchestrated on Instagram.He had transferred the amount over several days between Oct 20 and Oct 29 but it was only recently that he realised that he had ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    SIM-swap: KP busts ‘CEO scam’ racket

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Wednesday arrested three men from Jorasanko, cracking what officers describe as a nationwide "CEO SIM-swap scam" targeting corporate seniors.The fraudsters allegedly cloned SIM cards of senior executives, created WhatsApp accounts with their photos, and instructed ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Nexus in talks to acquire 3 malls in eastern India

    Kolkata: Nexus Select Trust, a real estate investment trust backed by American investment firm Blackstone, which has $1 trillion in assets under management, is in takeover talks with three malls in eastern India, including one in Kolkata. The acquisition ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Pregnant Sunali, pushed into B’desh in June, will become a mother at home

    Kolkata: A pregnant Sunali Khatun and her eight-year-old son Shabir, who were pushed into Bangladesh by BSF on June 26 on charges of being illegal immigrants, returned to India around 7 pm on Friday.The 26-year-old, who is nine months ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Need a surgery for neighbourhood giant? KMC’s tree ambulance is just a call away

    Kolkata: In a first-of-its-kind initiative, a tree ambulance service was launched by Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). The mobile emergency services for the city's ailing trees will provide diagnosis, treatment, relocation, planting, and spread public awareness.One can dial the toll-free ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Cops question Kabir as forces surround mosque event zone

    Behrampore: Over 3,500 cops, including RAF contingents drawn from Krishnagore, Siliguri, and Behrampore, have been deployed in Rejinagar and surrounding areas ahead of Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir's scheduled programme of laying the foundation stone for ‘Babri Masjid'. Two BSF ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Airport terminals burst at seams as ‘abandoned’ flyers wait for flights

    Kolkata: The usually bustling Kolkata airport descended into chaos on Friday as an unprecedented cancellation of 89 departing flights left thousands of passengers stranded and frustrated. The majority of the cancellations were attributed to IndiGo, India's largest airline, which ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Even bus owners scared, highlight driver scarcity in Kolkata

    Kolkata: Bus operators have expressed concern over scarcity of skilled bus drivers in the city at a time when multiple accidents, involving buses, have been reported since the beginning of Dec. The scenario, as claimed by at least two ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Worst day at city airport: Flyers stuck in transit after IndiGo cancels 80% flights

    Kolkata: Utter chaos descended at Kolkata airport on Friday morning after IndiGo Airlines' sudden cancelled 40% flights it operates out of the city. Initially, the news left everyone — flyers, airport officials and even a section of airline staff ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    TOI’s digital safety session tomorrow

    Kolkata: The Times of India will host ‘Digital Safety Townhall' this Sunday as part of its #DontGetScammed initiative, which aims at spreading awareness about online frauds and help people navigate the digital world safely. A part of TOI's national ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Anti-ragging inquiry

    The JU anti-ragging panel has found that a student, whom the university probe panel named guilty in the 2023 ragging case, has come to know of his exam results and applied for a supplementary exam. "We allowed him to ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    JU hostels to get info boards to check outsiders’ entry

    Kolkata: The regular practice of unauthorised boarders staying at Jadavpur University hostels, especially at Main Hostel, has prompted university officials to put up boards outside every hostel, displaying the room details and boarder information, like their names and numbers. ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
    Websol inks MoU with Linton to make PV ingots

    Kolkata: City-based Websol Energy System Limited , a leading manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells and modules, has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Linton, a global leader in photovoltaic (PV) ingot and wafer equipment technology.Both parties have ...

    6 December 2025 Times of India
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