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  • Dhunseri chairman resigns from ITA, TAI

    Kolkata: Dhunseri Group chairman CK Dhanuka has resigned from the Indian Tea Association (ITA) and the Tea Association of India (TAI). In a statement, Dhanuka said that he would dedicate his time and resources to champion the cause of ...

    15 October 2025 Times of India
    KP to step up pre-Diwali drink-drive checks

    Kolkata: This weekend, barely a week before , saw around 40 cases of drink -driving, a trend witnessed since Durga Puja this year. Kolkata Police expect the figures to remain high as winter, along with festivities, is about to ...

    15 October 2025 Times of India
    ‘3 chased us, fled with phone after crime, 2 joined them to demand 3k’

    Durgapur: In her detailed statement to the police on Oct 11, the Durgapur survivor told that one person pinned her to the ground and raped her in an abandoned jungle stretch, while two others watched. Two other persons ...

    15 October 2025 Times of India
    ‘Everyone has right to fair trial & it’s my duty to defend them’

    Durgapur: "It is my professional duty to defend them," the woman lawyer tasked with defending the five Durgapur gang rape accused told TOI on Tuesday.Pooja Kurmi, a criminal lawyer who has been fighting criminal cases for the past 10 ...

    15 October 2025 Times of India
    HC directs cops to provide security at Durgapur med college amid protests

    Kolkata: Amid growing protests around the pvt medical college in Durgapur, Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed cops to provide security and ensure no unauthorised person is allowed on its premises. College authorities approached the vacation bench citing cop ...

    15 October 2025 Times of India
    Durgapur gang-rape: 5 accused, survivor’s friend taken to crime spot; asked to reenact their roles

    NEW DELHI: West Bengal Police on Tuesday afternoon took the five arrested accused and the friend of the Durgapur gang rape survivor to the crime spot for reconstruction of the crime as a part of their ongoing probe, a ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata: Motovolt Mobility to double retail outlets to 200 by March 2026; boosts EV reach for delivery

    KOLKATA: In a bid to capitalize on the burgeoning demand for (EVs) in the last-mile delivery and micro-mobility sectors, Kolkata-headquartered electric two-wheeler company Motovolt Mobility Pvt Ltd has announced plans to double its retail network from 100 to ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    EIMPA president keen to explore reducing virtual print fee for Bengali cinema

    Kolkata: The city's single-screen exhibitors have highlighted the financial losses following the mandatory screening of Bengali cinema at primetime shows. This issue was discussed at an exhibitors' meeting held at the Eastern India Motion Pictures Association (EIMPA) on Monday. ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Durgapur gang-rape case: Bengal BJP launches ‘Operation Lal Mirch’; hands out red chilli powder to women

    NEW DELHI: West Bengal BJP workers on Tuesday distributed red chilli powder among women for "self-defence" amid "worsening law and order" in the state, citing the recent gang rape of a medical student in Durgapur.The BJP launched its campaign, ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    As schools reopen after disaster, green lessons inform lived reality

    Sukhiapokhri: Her school, the Balasun Bhanjyang Forest Primary School under the Jorebungalow-Sukhia Pokhri block, was swept away on Oct 4 and now lies buried under mud and debris. Micchen Sherpa, a Class 4 student, started school again on Monday ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Bhutan should compensate for N Bengal flood losses, says Mamata

    Kolkata: In her second north Bengal visit in less than a week, CM on Monday said waters flowing down from adjoining Bhutan caused the devastating floods there and sought compensation from the Himalayan kingdom, even as she attacked ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, no rain; AQI remains moderate

    Kolkata experienced a sunny morning on , with temperatures at and clear skies, while the previous day's air quality remained moderate with an . The weather forecast indicates a maximum temperature of and a minimum of , ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Decentralized UG admission till Nov 7

    Kolkata: The centralized admission in state-aided undergraduate colleges is over for this year. Now, colleges are permitted to fill vacant seats through a decentralized system. The notice instructed colleges to start decentralized admissions after Oct 10 and to complete ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Kumartuli repurposes Durga idols for Kali Puja

    Kolkata: As the city prepares for Kali Puja, artisans at Kumartuli are working against the clock to craft and deliver idols on time. Several of them are reusing the wood-and-straw frames of Durga idols to craft idols of Goddess ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Survivor’s ‘dost’ remains under police ‘protection’

    Durgapur: The fate of a second-year medical student, trapped between two complaints, hangs in the balance. One complaint is lodged by the 23-year-old rape survivor who called him her "dost" and another by her 50-year-old father, who called him ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    17yrs after beating coma, cancer, Kol para-athlete breaks 1,500m walk WR

    Kolkata: Tarunika Ghosh, a para-athlete from Kolkata with both physical and intellectual disabilities, broke the world record in 1,500m walk at Virtus World Athletics Championship in Brisbane, Australia, Monday, beating the previous record by 12 seconds. A day earlier, ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    2025 monsoon withdraws from state, leaves city with 23% surplus

    Kolkata: After a bumper season, the southwest monsoon finally bid adieu to Kolkata and the rest of Bengal on Monday. Though it was expected to start retreating from Bengal by Oct 10 and complete the procedure by Oct 15, ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Sister helps police track down Durgapur gang rape prime accused

    Durgapur: The elder sister of the main accused in the gang-rape of a medical student in Durgapur on Friday helped police track down her absconding brother and arrest him early on Monday.Rozina Sk, who said she wanted Safiq Sk ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    In 2023, Kol clocked most accidents from noon to 3 pm, 9 pm to midnight

    Kolkata: The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report on accidents and suicides in India 2023 revealed that Kolkata witnessed maximum immediately after peak office hours. The city witnessed 177 accidents between 9 pm and midnight in 2023. Another ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Spotlight on Poland, KIFF to screen films by country’s greats, host exhibition on Krakow

    Kolkata: Poland is the spotlight country for the 31st Kolkata International Film Festival, scheduled to be held from Nov 6 to 13. This year's festival will not only showcase classic and modern films but also host an exhibition, called ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    KMC acquires 73 hectares for Dhapa 2.0, hands over cheques to 250 farmers so far

    Kolkata: The civic body has finally acquired possession of 73 hectares of farmland next to the Dhapa dumping site. This land will be utilised as a new landfill site to take the load off the existing dump yard, which ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Pricey gold, silver push Dhanteras buyers to gadgets, brass & copper

    Kolkata: With gold and silver prices soaring high, beyond the reach of middle-class consumers, Dhanteras buying is gradually diversifying into other metals like brass and copper, apart from a renewed interest in white goods. City jewellers, who are expecting ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    JU students agree to more security, refuse extra CCTV

    Kolkata: Ahead of the Nabanna meet between the state and JU regarding security issues on Wednesday, students, teachers, officials, and non-teaching staff agreed on enhancing vigilance on campus. This would involve deploying more security personnel, including female guards, installing ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    College dean, HoDs urge students to act responsibly outside campus

    Kolkata: The dean of students and heads of departments at the Durgapur medical college have asked students to act responsibly while stepping out of the campus.Addressing the students in the wake of the gang rape incident, they said while ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Gang of 5 blackmailed couples in hangout zone near med college

    Durgapur/Kolkata: The gang of five—a dismissed guard at the medical college, a municipality staffer, a hospital Group D contractual staffer, a local factory employee and a daily labourer—arrested in the Durgapur case, might not have any past criminal ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Arrange for spl exam for the girl: NCW

    Kolkata: The National Commission for Women on Monday recommended academic relief and enhanced safety measures for the 23-year-old rape survivor to prevent disruption in her medical studies and ensure her well-being.Commission's chairperson, Vijaya Rahatkar, sent a set of recommendations ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Let her finish MBBS from here: Med college urges family

    Kolkata: The authorities of the medical college in Durgapur are keen on speaking to the gang rape survivor's parents to assure them of all necessary support that will be extended to the girl for the rest of her academic ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Survivor’s father attends BJP rally, meets Suvendu

    Durgapur/Kolkata: Father of the Durgapur survivor on Monday attended a BJP rally in the town to protest against the gang rape of his 23-year-old daughter, student of a medical college there.He also addressed the press alongside leader of the ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Accident scam bid on CIT Road

    Kolkata: A 48-year-old motorist, Md Islam, lodged a complaint at the Entally PS on Saturday following an incident involving the motorist and a fraudster, Md Numan, when Numan tried to fabricate an accident and extort money from Islam.According to ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Tight plaster causes gangrene in baby’s hand, med panel fines nursing home 3L

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) ordered a nursing home in Kakdwip to pay a compensation of Rs 3 lakh to the mother of a five-month-old child, as the child almost lost one of his hands ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    GTA pegs calamity losses at Rs 950 crore, seeks national disaster tag

    Darjeeling: The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) estimated losses amounting to nearly Rs 950 crore in the recent calamity that ravaged large parts of Darjeeling district. The autonomous body, in response to the widespread devastation, constituted an 11-member disaster management ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Beware of caregivers cleaning out homes: KP after Behala, Tangra thefts

    Kolkata: Two incidents of theft involving domestic helpers and caregivers were reported in Tangra and Behala over the weekend. These thefts, involving stealing of jewellery, cash, and other valuables, prompted police to issue a public advisory urging residents to ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    In 2023, Kolkata clocked most accidents from noon to 3 pm, 9 pm to midnight: NCRB Report

    Kolkata: The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report on accidents and suicides in India 2023 revealed that Kolkata witnessed maximum immediately after peak office hours. The city witnessed 177 accidents between 9 pm and midnight in 2023. Another ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Deluge-hit NH-10 closed till Thursday for repairs

    Kalimpong: National Highway 10, which connects Siliguri with Kalimpong and Sikkim, will remain closed till 6 pm on Thursday for repairs following the damage caused by the incessant rain on Oct 4-5.The National Highway and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Supply, transport woes drive up veggie prices in Darjeeling

    Darjeeling: Recent landslides have dealt a severe blow to Darjeeling's vegetable trade, causing a sharp rise in transport costs and a steep surge in prices. Local vendors said supply of homegrown produce has fallen by half after the rains ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    10 days after puja, pandals stay back, choking roads

    Kolkata: It has been over a week since the immersion of Durga idols officially brought the festival season to a close, but across the city, pandals and decorative gates remain stubbornly in place. Their prolonged occupation of public spaces ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    In fight against noise demon during Diwali, PCB tries to catch them young

    Kolkata: This Diwali, children and teenagers living in Kolkata high-rises, Salt Lake, and New Town are being enlisted as frontline messengers in the fight against the burning of banned firecrackers.The West Bengal Pollution Control Board and Kolkata and Bidhannagar ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Tank repair may hit supply to 6 Salt Lake blocks

    Kolkata: Six blocks in Salt Lake will receive reduced water supply for four days from Monday to Thursday to carry out the revamp and upgradation work of water tank number 7.BMC officials said that work to reconstruct the overhead ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    RVNL completes sewer line shifting under DH Road for Purple Line ramp

    Kolkata: RVNL completed shifting the sewerage lines passing below DH Road inside CMRI Hospital to facilitate the construction of the Purple Line's 450m ramp, which will link the elevated and underground sections of the metro corridor. A 160m stretch ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    Does your pets’ creche tick these boxes? Experts ask

    Kolkata: Animal activists are advising pet parents to follow certain do's and dont's while leaving their furry friends in a creche. Their caution on credentials of animal creches ahve come at a time when numerous such facilities have sprouted ...

    14 October 2025 Times of India
    5th arrest made in Durgapur gang-rape case; Odisha women’s panel to meet survivor’s family

    NEW DELHI: The West Bengal Police on Monday made another arrest in connection with the alleged gangrape of a second-year medical student in Durgapur, officials said.The fresh arrest brings the total number of arrests in the case to five. ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Govt notification for mandatory screening of Bengali cinema at prime time shows hits roadblocks

    KOLKATA: The govt notification making it mandatory to screen Bengali cinema at prime time shows across the state has met with roadblocks. With most quality Bengali films going for limited releases only in Kolkata and suburbs and high recurring ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    'Police can't be present everywhere': Another TMC shocker on Durgapur MBBS student gang-rape case

    NEW DELHI: A day after after chief minister Mamata Banerjee faced flak over her 'insensitive' remark on the alleged gangrape of a medical student in Durgapur, TMC MP Saugata Roy on Monday found himself in the eye of a ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Hungarian Nobel winner’s Kolkata link

    KOLKATA: Many in Bengal have expressed their support for author Amitav Ghosh, considering him a strong candidate for this year’s Nobel Prize in literature. However, Kolkata is equally delighted with the win of Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai. This enthusiasm ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Flexi attendance & subject options in place at many Kol CISCE schools

    Kolkata: Several city schools affiliated with Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) are focusing on a flexible timetable to retain students after ICSE, following a suggestion by the council chief executive & secretary, Joseph Emmanuel, where he ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather update: Pleasant sunny day with tips for outdoor activities

    Kolkata residents are experiencing a sunny day with temperatures between on , amid concerns over poor air quality from the previous day when the Air Quality Index () reached . The clear weather conditions are expected to continue ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal: 8 injured at Bardhaman railway station after woman falls on foot-overbridge stairs

    NEW DELHI: Atleast eight people were injured at Bardhaman railway station on Sunday evening after a woman lost her balance and fell down the stairs of a footoverbridge, according to news agency ANI. The incident occurred around 5.30 pm ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Content with arrangements, EC finds Bengal ready for SIR

    Kolkata: EC officials are positive that Bengal is ready for the special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls ahead of the 2026 assembly elections, according to feedback shared by officials after deputy election commissioner Gyanesh Bharti visited the state ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Counsellors step in to help heal flood scars

    Nagrakata/Mirik: One week after disaster struck north Bengal, nightmares still keep 15-year-old Arpita Pradhan up at night. Last Sunday, while Arpita's family came together at their Daragaon home on the Gorkhas' biggest festival, Dashain, deluge swept away her cousin ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Sarobar spruce-up: More solar panels, dry and wet waste bins, water fountains soon

    Kolkata: The 192-acre Rabindra Sarobar is going to be further spruced up with solar panels, more fountains in the water bodies, and other measures to keep the premises plastic-free.Senior officials of Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), the custodian of ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Hospital staffer, 2 others held for gang rape of med student

    Durgapur: Three men, including a Group D staffer at a hospital, were arrested early on Sunday for the alleged of a 25-year-old second-year MBBS student near her college campus in Durgapur on Friday night.A classmate of the survivor, ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    NGOs step in with food relief for North Bengal flood victims

    Siliguri/Kolkata: In the wake of devastating floods and landslides in North Bengal, non-government organisations have taken the initiative to launch food relief to support the distressed families in the region.Nutritious cooked meals are being distributed daily to more than ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Can’t keep waiting for Centre, says Didi, leaves for flood-hit N Bengal

    Kolkata/Hasimara: CM on Sunday said the state govt was not going to sit idly by waiting for the Centre's help in relief operations in flood-hit North Bengal but do everything in its power with the resources it has. ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Council plans to set separate curriculum for students who excel in sports and arts

    Kolkata: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) is planning a separate curriculum for students who excel in sports and arts. This is the first time any board is planning a way where separate question papers will ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    YouTuber held, son detained after cop daughter’s rape plaint

    Kolkata: A 48-year-old YouTuber was arrested and his teenaged son was detained in Haroa on Sunday for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl under the pretext of featuring her in short video reels for their YouTube channel.Police said Arabinda Mondal, ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Goldsmith arrested for 2.6 cr gold theft

    Kolkata: A goldsmith was arrested on Saturday for allegedly stealing raw gold worth Rs 2.6 crore from a jeweller in Muchipara four months ago. Uttam Gorai—the goldsmith—and his brother, Goutam, were allegedly entrusted with the task of crafting ornaments ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Still counting: 500-odd cars worth 50 cr turned junk in pre-puja deluge

    Kolkata: Cars worth over Rs 50 crore were reduced to junk following the night-long torrential downpour on Sept 22-23 that sank vehicles parked in garages across a large belt in south Kolkata. The deluge inundated a vast stretch of ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    CM extends Amader Para scheme in north Bengal

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt has completed 90% of the planned camps—over 28,300 of 31,700—under the Amader Para Amader Samadhan scheme, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday.Citing the extensive damage caused by recent natural disasters in north Bengal, CM Banerjee ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Indian roller aka Neelkantha, used in Durga Puja ritual, now near-threatened on IUCN Red List

    Kolkata: Indian roller, which is protected under Schedule II of the country's Wildlife Protection Act and whose population has declined by 30% across India in the past 12 years, has now been upgraded on IUCN ‘Red List' from ‘least ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    ED seizes Rs 45L cash during searches at Sujit’s premises

    Kolkata: The seized "unexplained cash" of Rs 45 lakh during the 20-hour-long searches at the state fire minister Sujit Bose's premises. ED conducted searches at a total of 13 places on Friday in connection with the municipal jobs-for-cash ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Govt, GTA scout for plots to resettle wiped-out villages

    Darjeeling: Two villages in Darjeeling district were wiped out by the recent landslides, forcing as many as 34 families to seek refuge in relief camps across the district.In addition, around 37 families from affected villages in the Mirik sub-division ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    She’s insecure, want her back home: Dad

    Durgapur: The father of a second-year MBBS student from , who was allegedly gang-raped outside her private medical college in Durgapur on Friday, has urged Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi to allow his daughter to be shifted back to ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Persian cat goes missing, FIR lodged, creche owner held

    Kolkata: A couple alleged that their male Persian cat, aged two-and-a-half years, went "missing" from a creche at Kudghat. The complainant, a relative of TV actress and presenter Sudipa Chatterjee, surmised that their pet, Felix, might have either been ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    NGT seeks detailed action plan on Howrah waste mgmt

    Howrah: No more vague reports, NGT sought a detailed action plan for waste and sewage management in Howrah and to ensure effective implementation, monitoring and transparency, the Tribunal bench of justice Arun Kumar Tyagi (judicial member) and Ishwar Singh, ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Don’t ban live surgeries, urge city surgeons

    Kolkata: The recent National Medical Commission (NMC) regulations on live broadcasting of surgeries could be restrictive in terms of sharing surgical expertise, enhancing standards, and upgrading surgical skills, said a section of surgeons in Kolkata. Several hospitals postponed their ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Why were they allowed to leave campus at night: CM

    Kolkata: A "shocked" on Sunday criticised the Durgapur gang-rape survivor's "private medical college" for allowing her to leave the campus, "situated in a forested area", at night."It is a shocking incident. That girl was studying at a private ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    NGT seeks detailed action plan on Hwh waste mgmt

    Howrah: No more vague reports, NGT sought a detailed action plan for waste and sewage management in Howrah and to ensure effective implementation, monitoring and transparency, the Tribunal bench of justice Arun Kumar Tyagi (judicial member) and Ishwar Singh, ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    'My daughter’s safety is at risk in Bengal': Durgapur gang-rape survivor's father urges her transfer to Odisha

    NEW DELHI: Three persons were arrested on Sunday for their alleged involvement in the of a medical student in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district, police said. The survivor, currently under treatment and on bedrest, has recorded her statement ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Overhead power lines to go from 6 Bengal towns by March

    Kolkata: Bengal towns like Siliguri, Chandernagore, Kharagpur, and three others will have an underground power distribution network by March 2026 as the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) is in the final stages of implementing a Rs ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    To stop Plus-II exodus, CISCE stresses flexi timetable, objective questions

    Kolkata: To stop the exodus of Plus-II students to other boards, CISCE aims to lessen the "burden of other subjects" for ISC candidates, especially those preparing for competitive exams, offer flexible timetables at schools for XI-XII so that students ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, no rain expected today; AQI remains moderate

    Kolkata is set to experience a sunny day on , with temperatures reaching , clear skies, and a gentle breeze. The city's air quality remained moderate yesterday with an , which may persist today due to stagnant conditions, while ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal: 3 held in medical student gang-rape case; Odisha CM seeks swift action against accused

    NEW DELHI: Three persons were arrested on Sunday for their alleged involvement in the 'gang rape' of student of a private medical college in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district, police said.The identities of the accused have not yet been ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    ‘Significant drop’ in rain likely from Mon

    Kolkata: A day after a deluge left Kolkata waterlogged, the city remained dry and sunny on Saturday. While intermittent rain could recur on Sunday, the Met office has predicted a significant drop in rain from Monday.While the city recorded ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Kin of Sunali at wits’ end as wait drags on

    Kolkata: Six-year-old Afrina has been waiting months to speak to her mother Sunali Khatun, now lodged at a prison in Bangladesh after she was deported by the Border Security Force (BSF) on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant. "Afrina ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Netas, doctors spar after med student’s gang rape in Durgapur

    Kolkata: Opposition parties in Bengal, including the BJP, and doctors' forums, alongside Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi, are demanding an unbiased probe and trial in the Durgapur gang rape. The Bengal govt on Saturday assured that no perpetrator would ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    2 Bengal soldiers die in Kashmir snowstorm during anti-terror op

    Suri/Berhampore:Two para commandos from Bengal died after being buried in an avalanche during an anti-terror operation in south Kashmir's Anantnag on Oct 6.The bodies of Lance Naik Sujoy Ghosh, from Birbhum's Suri, and Lance Havildar Palash Ghosh, from Hariharpara ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Feedback sought to make IIT attendance student-friendly

    Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur's Technology Students' Gymkhana has sought feedback on "attendance policies and their implementation" in order to review the existing system and explore areas of improvement so that it can be "more balanced and student-friendly"."An online form is ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    2 Bengal soldiers die in Kashmir snowstorm during anti-terror op

    Birbhum/Murshidabad: Two para commandos from Bengal died after being buried in an avalanche during an anti-terror operation in south Kashmir's Anantnag on Oct 6.The bodies of Lance Naik Sujoy Ghosh, from Birbhum's Suri, and Lance Havildar Palash Ghosh, from ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    80-year-old kept on ‘digital arrest’ for 2 wks, loses 33L

    Kolkata: An 80-year-old resident of Rash Behari Avenue, close to Gariahat, fell victim to yet another digital arrest fraud, losing Rs 33 lakh over a two-week period. The first calls came in mid-June. The incident involved three individuals posing ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Special camps set up to reissue missing docus

    Darjeeling: The district administration in Darjeeling has set up special camps to help affected residents recover or replace documents lost in the disaster. As many as 202 families comprising 850 people displaced by the recent devastating landslides are currently ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Priests’ training for Kali Puja starts in Jorasanko

    Kolkata: Training of priests for Kali Puja began in the courtyard of the Shib Krishna Daw family house in Jorasanko on Saturday. The three-day camp aims to train priests in tantra, which dictates the puja, unlike shastra that is ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    ED wraps up 20-hr search at Sujit Bose’s office, son’s resto

    Kolkata: The (ED) team conducting searches at state fire services minister Sujit Bose's office and his son's restaurant completed the exercise Saturday morning, after nearly 20 hours. The searches were part of the agency's investigation in the municipal ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    KP begins vigil against illegal crackers, sets up 52 nakas

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police began its special vigil against illegal firecrackers on Saturday night with over 52 nakas set up at the entry points to the city. Detective department assisted the teams. All FIRs will be lodged under the Explosives ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Jam holds up tourists on way to Digha

    Digha: A bridge collapsed on NH 116B in the Marishda PS area on the way to Digha on Saturday, disrupting traffic between Kolkata and Digha. Scores of tourists from Kolkata, headed to Digha, were caught in the resultant traffic ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    TMC’s 100 Bijaya Sammilanis today to spotlight SIR concerns

    Kolkata: will organise 100 Bijaya Sammilani programmes across Bengal on Sunday. This will be the highest number of such events the party will have organised in a single day since this outreach programme was launched in 2021. The ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    ‘New N-S crossover set to end woes from Nov’

    Kolkata: Work to set up a crossover at Shahid Khudiram will begin in the next 15 days and completed in three days. Reconstruction of the Kavi Subhash Metro station will also start soon but take another six to seven ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Med student gang-raped outside Durgapur campus

    Durgapur: A second-year medical student was allegedly gang-raped by four-five unknown men outside the institute campus in Durgapur on Friday evening shortly after she went out for dinner with a male classmate. Cops have detained the classmate after the ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    2nd Purple Line TBM starts tunnelling below Kidderpore

    Kolkata: The second tunnel-boring machine (TBM), Divya, started rolling on Saturday evening to burrow and build the Purple Line's underground section, around three months after its twin, Durga, began its journey. The authorities hope to complete the underground tunnelling ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Shift to JU Main Hostel: Students told to submit form by today

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University issued a notice stating that the boarders of the New Boys' Hostel (NBH) who have not yet filled the option form for relocation to blocks A, B, and C of the Main Hostel must submit it ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Setu app for campus well-being goes live

    The Setu app, developed by IIT Kharagpur to enhance campus experience and take care of students' well-being, went live on Friday, World Mental Health Day. Besides having students' details and official notices, the app has a well-being and counselling ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Havan, special lunch for kids make the Shahenshah’s 83rd b’day a special affair

    Kolkata: Fans across Kolkata paid tribute to megastar on his 83rd birthday on Saturday by cutting a cake with the star's face engraved on it, organising a special lunch for children, and reciting the ‘Amitabh Chalisa' – a ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Golf tourney raises 1cr for cancer vax

    Kolkata: A two-day golf tournament raised Rs 1 crore in funds for cervical cancer vaccination among underprivileged girls in the city. The first camp will be organised at Maniktala on Sunday, where 200 girls aged below 15 years from ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Missing woman found dead, flood death toll rises to 42

    Nagrakata: The body of Rubisa Khatun, 65, who was missing for a week from Kuji Diana, about 8km from Nagrakata, was recovered on Friday evening. The total death count in the north Bengal calamity now stands at 42.Khatun's death ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    80-yr-old loses Rs 33L in 2-week digital arrest

    Kolkata: An 80-year-old resident of Rash Behari Avenue, close to Gariahat, fell victim to yet another digital arrest fraud, losing Rs 33 lakh over a two-week period. The first calls came in mid-June. The incidentinvolved three individuals posing as ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Nepal nod to shift consulate for Purple Line work

    Kolkata: The Nepal govt has given its approval for shifting its current Kolkata address to a building next door to pave the way for the Purple Line's ramp on DH Road.The Nepal consulate office is currently housed at 7/1 ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Rasna develops wellness drink under Jumpin brand

    Kolkata: Rasna is working on a wellness drink product that is likely to hit the market coming summer under the ‘Jumpin' brand. It would be a ‘noble product', Rasna Pvt Ltd chairman Piruz Khambatta said."We are working on a ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Training of priests for Kali Puja begins in Jorasanko courtyard on Saturday

    KOLKATA: Training of priests for will begin in the courtyard of the Shib Krishna Daw family house in Jorasanko on Saturday. The three-day camp aims to train priests in tantra, which dictates the puja, unlike shastra that is ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Tea body cites price drop, calls for minimum sustainable price

    Kolkata: The Indian Tea Association (ITA) has called for a minimum sustainable price for tea as the price of the North Indian tea has fallen by around Rs 16 per kg in auctions, below last year's price realisation range.The ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Patchy rain; AQI improves

    Kolkata is experiencing a pleasant morning on , with temperatures ranging between and , and humidity at . The day forecast includes patchy rain, while yesterday's air quality remained moderate with an , making it generally comfortable for ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal horror: Medical student 'gang-raped'; victim went out for dinner with friends

    NEW DELHI: A medical college student from Odisha was allegedly raped by unidentified men in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district, police said on Saturday.The incident took place on Friday night outside a private medical college campus in Durgapur, when ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
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