Kolkata: A minor's consent in a kidnapping case is "immaterial", the Calcutta High Court said in a 2002 case while upholding the conviction of a man under Section 363 (kidnapping) of IPC.Justice Ananya Bandyopadhyay, in a judgment on Nov ...
12 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Preliminary findings into the derailment of Secunderabad-Shalimar Superfast Express on Saturday hinted at a point malfunctioning as the cause. The TOI report had indicated at the possibility of flawed setting of the point (moving sections on the ...
12 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: Santosh Lal Prasad, a civic volunteer of Entally police station, who was arrested on Sunday for allegedly sneaking into the home of a young woman in the dead of the night and trying to approach her bed, ...
12 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The red-brick bungalow with a sprawling lawn constructed in 1900 that was the residence of former Bengal chief minister Siddhartha Shankar Ray is poised to join the heritage list. Following an inspection and endorsement by heritage committee ...
12 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A CID team left for Gaya on Monday, a day after a couple was arrested by their anti-human trafficking unit at Shalimar Station while trying to sell a two-day-old infant girl whom they brought from the Bihar town. ...
12 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Regenagri, an extensive certification standard in regenerative agriculture, will be introduced in India in the tea sector on Nov 15. Solidaridad Network Asia and the Indian Tea Association (ITA) have joined hands to bring Regenagri in the ...
12 November 2024 Times of India1234 Kolkata: The Kolkata associates of Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, who has been appointed as an adviser to Bangladesh's interim govt, hope the filmmaker's new role will strengthen the bilateral cinematic relations. Beyond requesting explicit directives on film imports, co-productions ...
12 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday dismissed a PIL against TMC's Sitai bypoll candidate Sangita Roy, which alleged that she had suppressed information in her election affidavit. The PIL claimed Roy did not belong to the Scheduled Caste.A ...
12 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The Election Commission on Monday issued a show-cause notice to BJP state president and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar for making a comment "insulting the national emblem of India" that adorned police uniform during his speech at Bankura's ...
12 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Advanced military equipment and weaponry were on display for school students, NCC cadets and civil-military dignitaries as part of the Veer Gatha 2024 – a joint initiative of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Ministry of Education ...
12 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Students from three districts — East Midnapore, East Burdwan, and Malda — who did not receive their allocated Rs 10,000 under the Taruner Swapna Scheme to purchase tablets started recieving the funds from Monday. A meeting was held ...
12 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: A comprehensive study on the elusive Indian wolf population in south Bengal has unearthed the presence of approximately 15-24 of the animals near the industrial town of Durgapur, less than 200km from Kolkata, in West Burdwan.These wolves, ...
12 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere in the process of appointing vice-chancellors in Bengal universities after it was informed that the committee headed by Justice U U Lalit already made its recommendations to chief minister ...
12 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The University of Calcutta has decided to call the principals of colleges that had reported that answer scripts of Bengali first-semester exams were missing to tell them how to deal with the matter and explain the options available ...
12 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: A seven-member state-appointed committee on Monday visited SSKM Hospital and Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital to take stock of the security status and the upgrades required for better safety of health professionals, patients and their families ...
12 November 2024 Times of India1234 Kolkata: There could be a nip in the city's air from Thursday, and the minimum temperature could drop by four degrees, taking it below 20°C for the first time this season by Sunday. The temperature drop will be ...
12 November 2024 Times of India1234 Kolkata: There could be a nip in the city's air from Thursday, and the minimum temperature could drop by four degrees, taking it below 20°C for the first time this season by Sunday. The temperature drop will be ...
12 November 2024 Times of India12345 Kolkata: A young rider was severely injured on the Maa Flyover after getting entangled in a stray kite string on the Park Circus-bound flank above Bridge No. 4.Police said Ghulam Qadir was wearing a helmet and had a ...
11 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A civic volunteer of Entally police station was arrested for allegedly forcing his way into the home of a young woman in a drunken state and apparently approaching her bed while she was asleep before her mother woke ...
11 November 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: The Indian Navy will showcase its powerful maritime capabilities through an "Operational Demonstration" (Op Demo) at Blue Flag Beach in Puri, Odisha, on December 4 this year, marking Navy Day. The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, will attend ...
11 November 2024 Times of IndiaJoint security operation in Manipur leads to major weapons and ammunition recovery KOLKATA: A week-long joint operation by the Indian Army, Assam Rifles, alongside Manipur Police and other security forces, led to the recovery of 29 weapons, Improvised Explosive ...
11 November 2024 Times of India12 Birbhum: One person was killed on Sunday in a blast at the home of a civic volunteer posted at Saithia police station, prompting sporadic protests.The deceased was identified as Bipadtaran Bagdi, a resident of Binse village near Birbhum's ...
11 November 2024 Times of IndiaCalcutta high court KOLKATA: A committee of judges in the Calcutta High Court proposed cutting down seven days from its 2025 holiday calendar to reduce the rising case pendency.A committee comprising four HC judges, Justices Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen, ...
11 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: A terminally ill undertrial accused of the murder of a woman and in jail for four years and three months was granted bail by the Calcutta High Court on the grounds of a delayed trial.The undertrial, Mafikul ...
11 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: To expedite work in the incomplete Esplanade-Sealdah section, some significant operational changes have been introduced in East-West Metro's under-river stretch. From Monday, trains running through the west-bound tunnel, towards Esplanade, will not go beyond Mahakaran because two ...
11 November 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Calcutta high court has dropped criminal charges against a man, whom police had implicated for providing false information - a criminal charge that had stuck for the last 13 years - saying the error was unknowing, not intentional. ...
11 November 2024 Times of IndiaChristmas celebrations in Kolkata are facing a price hike on festive treats. The cost of essential baking ingredients like wheat flour and cooking oil has been steadily increasing in recent weeks. This surge is impacting bakers and is expected ...
11 November 2024 Times of IndiaUsti (South 24 Parganas): The BJP functionary from Usti, who was found dead inside the party office, was hit on his private part with a blade by a woman who claimed that he pressured her for sexual relations. While ...
11 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Though the railways tried its best to restore services in the aftermath of the Secunderabad-Shalimar Weekly Express derailment on Saturday, several long-distance trains were delayed on Sunday.The Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express left at 9.30 am on Sunday because ...
11 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Uttarakhand police prima facie have confirmed that Jadavpur University's philosophy associate professor Mainak Pal died by suicide. Police did not elaborate on TOI queries, saying the investigation is ongoing and the postmortem report is yet to come.A close ...
11 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Uttarakhand police prima facie have confirmed that Jadavpur University's philosophy associate professor Mainak Pal died by suicide. Police did not elaborate on TOI queries, saying the investigation is ongoing and the postmortem report is yet to come.A close ...
11 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A third-year nursing student from Purulia was found in a bloodied state by her hostel roommates at the RG Kar nursing hostel on Saturday night. Her wrist was slit.Her friends alleged that she had a tiff with some ...
11 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: From overhead water tanks to coconut trees, and mobile towers to hoardings on tall buildings, the Airports Authority of India listed a slew of obstacles within the approach funnel of the Kolkata airport, posing challenges to the ...
11 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Of the 120 MA Bengali first-semester examinees, whose answer scripts went missing, Calcutta University will offer a third option to those whose marks had been uploaded to the portal before the corrected scripts went missing. They can ...
11 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A suspected banned cough syrup smuggler, who was hiding under a cluster of water hyacinth in the Ichhamati River, died after he and his accomplice were taken out of the water by BSF personnel. The deceased, Babai Barai, ...
11 November 2024 Times of India123456 Kolkata: A thirty-year-old Radhachura tree (Peltophorum pterocarpum), which had uprooted more than 120 days ago inside the Victoria Memorial compound, was successfully replanted at the same spot on Sunday. The transplantation process started at 6 am. The uprooted ...
11 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: A first-time flyer waiting for his boarding call at the security hold area of the airport was apprehended by CISF and handed over to police after he raised a false alarm about a suspected time bomb inside ...
11 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: A first-time flyer waiting for his boarding call at the security hold area of the airport was apprehended by CISF and handed over to police after he raised a false alarm about a suspected time bomb inside ...
11 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: After cutting down around 40 tall trees in Salt Lake, which were either dead or fully damaged, the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) now plans to undertake compensatory avenue plantation with only small and medium-sized trees suitable for ...
11 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: From Bollywood songs to fairy tales, students of St Sebastian's School enthralled the audience at Science City auditorium recently as they performed on a plethora of themes during their annual concert.Danseuse Aloknanda Roy graced the occasion as ...
11 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: A suggestive statue of the rape-murder victim at R G Kar Medical College that was placed at the "Droho Gallery" exhibition by junior doctors at Medical College and Hospital Kolkata as part of their continued protest, was ...
11 November 2024 Times of IndiaRepresentative Image KOLKATA: The breakfast at home just got dearer. Two bread manufacturers, Metro Gold and Modern, will hike the price of white sliced or sandwich bread, which is consumed the most across households in Kolkata, by Rs 4 ...
10 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Work by Madhyamgram Municipality to remove garbage and clean up drains led to a sharp decline in bird strike cases at the airport.At the Airfield Environment Management Committee meeting, chaired by home secretary Nandini Chakravorty on Saturday, officials ...
10 November 2024 Times of IndiaA total of 3 single-shot firearms, two 7 mm semi-automatic pistols, 50 rounds of 8MM live cartridges and 40 rounds of 7.65mm live cartridges were seized KOLKATA: When the Kolkata Police Special Task Force (KP STF) raided various ...
10 November 2024 Times of India123 Malda: Three morning-walkers were killed on Saturday when a truck hit them from behind at Tulsihata under Harishchandrapur PS. Two other walkers had a narrow escape.The group of five used to meet for a walk along NH-31 and ...
10 November 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Jadavpur University's philosophy associate professor Mainak Pal death in a Uttarakhand lodge has shocked his colleagues, students and former colleagues at Presidency University. Pal (44) was suspected to have died after slitting his throat, a local police officer ...
10 November 2024 Times of IndiaWest Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar KOLKATA: Trinamool on Saturday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against junior Union minister Sukanta Majumdar on his purported statement that the state police should replace the state emblem on their uniforms ...
10 November 2024 Times of India12 Usthi/Kolkata: Almost four days after he went missing, the body of a 34-year-old BJP neta was found inside the party office on Friday evening in South 24 Parganas' Usthi. Cops suspect murder and have detained two women.Prithviraj Naskar, ...
10 November 2024 Times of India123456 Howrah: A close shave notwithstanding, the passengers on board the Secunderabad-Shalimar Superfast Weekly Express were jolted—literally and figuratively—as the train derailed at Nalpur early on Saturday. While they took a while to compose themselves and comprehend what had ...
10 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata Police cyber cell has cautioned citizens against emails, attached with fake court and central agency summons, pointing out that those emails were merely means of extorting money and that no one should be intimidated by them. ...
10 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights has decided to take suo motu cognisance of the incident, in which the parents of a Class IX student at a missionary school in Dum Dum lodged a police complaint, ...
10 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The derailment of the 22850 Secunderabad-Shalimar Express hit South-Eastern Railway services for the next five hours, leading to cancellation of four long-distance as well as several suburban locals, diversion of many and short-termination of several others. It also ...
10 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The derailment of the 22850 Secunderabad-Shalimar Express hit South-Eastern Railway services for the next five hours, leading to cancellation of four long-distance as well as several suburban locals, diversion of many and short-termination of several others. It also ...
10 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim on Saturday expressed concern over the erosion of the Hooghly river bank, which resulted in the subsidence of some of the major ghats along the river.Hakim said municipal commissioner Dhaval Jain wrote a letter ...
10 November 2024 Times of India123 Kalna: The body of a 19-year-old who had left her house with her mother for her English tuition on Friday evening was found near railway tracks of Jiudhara, close to Kalna station, on Saturday. She had left her ...
10 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The sudden death of Jadavpur University's philosophy associate professor, Mainak Pal, in Uttarakhand, has shocked his colleagues, students, and former colleagues at Presidency University. He was known for his exceptional academics, good teaching, and amicable behaviour.The 44-year-old ...
10 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: More than 1,200 passengers had a close shave when three coaches of the 22850 Secunderabad-Shalimar Weekly Express derailed near Nalpur station, 41 km from Kolkata, early on Saturday. The superfast train was travelling at around 15 kmph ...
10 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Over 100 hotels and more than 3,000 shops in a 2 sq km central Kolkata belt that depends largely on guests and customers from across the border are reeling, with business down 70% as Bangladeshi arrivals nosedived in ...
10 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: A cache of sophisticated weapons was found near Sealdah in central Kolkata late on Saturday evening. In a raid by Kolkata Police Special Task Force and its detective department, five firearms and 90 rounds of ammunition were ...
10 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Civic agencies have started cleaning up the water bodies and their banks across the city to restore them after the Chhath celebrations.The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) authorities have asked several departments to swing into action and clean ...
10 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Civic agencies have started cleaning up the water bodies and their banks across the city to restore them after the Chhath celebrations.The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) authorities have asked several departments to swing into action and clean ...
10 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Santosh Roy Road, a key link between DH Road and James Long Sarani in Sakherbazar, and also Tollygunge, will see a partial traffic block for the next 72 hours to complete some necessary water pipe repair work being ...
10 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: For motorists opting to take the road under Maa Flyover to avoid snarls on it during peak hours, the commute seems to be equally bad.Several users, who now take the Park Circus Connector as an alternative to ...
10 November 2024 Times of India12 Siliguri: A 30-year-old woman was found dead with her throat slit at Lower Bhanunagar under ward 42 of Siliguri Municipal Corporation on Friday. Police identified her as Pushpa Chettri, a resident of Gorubathan block in Kalimpong district. She ...
9 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The city recorded its first dengue death this season on Saturday, even as mayor Firhad Hakim said the death certificate was ‘prepared in a hurry' and that he would ‘take up the matter' with RG Kar Hospital, ...
9 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: In a significant move to enhance transparency and accountability, Kolkata Police (KP) — under instructions from the Union home ministry — implemented a new system that will notify complainants about the filing of the FIRs. Under the new ...
9 November 2024 Times of India12 Nandakumar: Two people were arrested on Saturday for allegedly assaulting women artists when they refused to dance in skimpy outfits during a cultural programme at a club in Nandakumar, East Midnapore.Locals said the club had hired some artists ...
9 November 2024 Times of India12 Nandakumar: Two people were arrested on Saturday for allegedly assaulting women artists when they refused to dance in skimpy outfits during a cultural programme at a club in Nandakumar, East Midnapore.Locals said the club had hired some artists ...
9 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Running late in the season, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) reported the highest single-week dengue cases for this year, with 39 fresh cases reported last week. This is the fifth consecutive week for BMC to record over 30 ...
9 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Nine puppies were stuffed in a sack and hurled into a pond by two local men since they were apparently ‘dirtying their house' at Howrah's Uluberia on Saturday morning. The incident sparked off angry protests from locals ...
9 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Senior Trinamool minister Firhad Hakim on Friday said he had not intended to "hurt anyone's feelings", after BJP lodged a formal complaint with EC over a remark he made, demanding the Kolkata mayor be barred from campaigning for ...
9 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday asked the state to come up with a notification earmarking areas where sit-in demonstrations and agitations can be conducted. The court said this while allowing the Group D Aikya Mancha (forum) ...
9 November 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A special sanction of funds for a thorough repair of Motilal Gupta road has paved the way for the rejuvenation of the vital link road between Behala and Tollygunge. Motilal Gupta Road, which links Diamond Harbour Road to ...
9 November 2024 Times of IndiaRepresentative Image USTHI/KOLKATA: Almost four days after he went missing, the blood-soaked dead body of a BJP leader was found inside his party office on Friday evening. The incident was reported in the Dipar Mor area under the Usthi ...
9 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday lambasted a Jodhpur Park club, organising Jagaddhtari Puja, for playing loud music on loudspeakers and sound boxes during the celebration right next to a school for disabled children. "Your committee thinks ...
9 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: For the MD/MS/diploma examination slated for Dec this year, the West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS) has given suggestions for the evaluation of medical students. It has been decided that the "medical colleges will have to send ...
9 November 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Bengal faced extreme weather events on 86% days in the first nine months of 2024 - or nearly 236 days out of the 274 days between Jan 1 and Sept 30, causing 64 deaths and crop damage across ...
9 November 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: To mark three months of the RG Kar rape-murder, junior doctors have planned protests in different forms - from a gallery of artworks to protest marches - on Saturday to demand justice for 'Abhaya.'The West Bengal Junior Doctors' ...
9 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: Civic agencies have started cleaning up the ghats along the water bodies across the city after Chhath celebrations ended on Friday morning.The KMC solid waste management department and civil engineering department workers were gearing up to clean ...
9 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Several pockets of the city, particularly localities situated near water bodies, woke up to crackers being burst before dawn by Chhath revellers. Although the noise was way less than what the city had witnessed during Diwali or ...
9 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: Following a complaint filed at the Ultadanga police station in city, two kingpins of an online loan app fraud gang that had cheated people across the country were arrested in Nasik. They duped people on the pretext ...
9 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday lambasted a Jodhpur Park club, organising Jagaddhtari Puja, for playing loud music on loudspeakers and sound boxes during the celebration right next to a school for disabled children. "Your committee thinks ...
9 November 2024 Times of India12 Siliguri: A 30-year-old woman was found dead with her throat slit at Lower Bhanunagar under ward 42 of Siliguri Municipal Corporation on Friday. Police identified her as Pushpa Chettri, a resident of Gorubathan block in Kalimpong district. She ...
9 November 2024 Times of IndiaHaldia: A special POCSO court in Haldia on Friday jailed a man for life for luring a girl by promising to marry her and selling her to a Delhi brothel. The minor was rescued by police, and six persons, ...
9 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The city will get two new flights from next week, one to Ahmedabad and the other to Port Blair.The inaugural flights to both destinations will start from Nov 13. While the Ahmedabad flight will be operated six days ...
9 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The city will get two new flights from next week, one to Ahmedabad and the other to Port Blair.The inaugural flights to both destinations will start from Nov 13. While the Ahmedabad flight will be operated six days ...
9 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A number of Chhath devotees in Kolkata and New Town worshipped the sun god and celebrated the festival at their housing complexes amidst music and merriment, away from the crowd at the Hooghly and other water bodies."We converted ...
9 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A young gardener, Subho Sardar from Bhangar, died of electric shock on Thursday at Tara Ma nursery in Rajarhat, where he reportedly touched an electrical fencing wire while watering plants. Following a complaint from Subho's family, police filed ...
9 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Cops have intensified crackdown on illegal parking in both Kolkata and New Town. The Bidhannagar Police has prosecuted 40 motorists at Salt Lake Sector V between Wednesday and Thursday in a fresh drive. The Kolkata Police carried ...
9 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Multiple trains, like Howrah-Bolpur Shantiniketan Express, Howrah-Azimganj Kaviguru Express, Howrah-Siuri Hool Express and Sealdah-Asansol Intercity Express will be cancelled from Nov 13 to 17 for upgrade work of the Masagram-Shaktigarh section of the Howrah-Barddhaman chord line, along with ...
9 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The Bengal govt plans to start a departmental proceeding (DP) against former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh and a fact-finding committee is probing financial irregularities. Earlier, the health department had filed an FIR against Ghosh for his ...
9 November 2024 Times of IndiaHowrah: A migrant labourer, Montu Bardoloi (36), died on Friday morning after he accidentally came in contact with a chain of colourful lights hanging from a building on on Chandmari Road near a Hooghly ghat, adjacent to Howrah station. ...
9 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata Police has busted a fake call centre in Behala based on inputs from UK-based security agencies who reported how their citizens were being duped by cheats in Kolkata. Nine persons have been arrested following a raid ...
8 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The Indian Tea Association (ITA) will push for star ratings of retail tea packets to bring standardisation in the tea industry. ITA chairman Hemant Bangur said on Thursday that the rating would be based on the quality ...
8 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday quashed a criminal case against BJP senior Kailash Vijayvargiya, now a Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister, for "trying to incite violence in Nandigram through fake, misleading posts" during the 2021 assembly polls. ...
8 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday quashed a criminal case against BJP senior Kailash Vijayvargiya, now a Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister, for "trying to incite violence in Nandigram through fake, misleading posts" during the 2021 assembly polls. ...
8 November 2024 Times of IndiaRepresentative image KOLKATA: The death of a young gardener while working at a nursery in Rajarhat prompted cops to start a case against other employees of the nursery and probe into the claims of the employees that he died ...
8 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The city-based Haldiram Bhujiawala Ltd, which retails its products under the brand "Prabhuji", raised Rs 235 crore as Pantomath's Bharat Value Fund (BVF) took up a minority stake. The company will use the funds to expand its manufacturing ...
8 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Several city private hospitals have been negotiating with patient parties seeking admission under the West Bengal Health Scheme (WBHS) to switch to a discounted package rate for a C-section — which has a ceiling of Rs 20,000 ...
8 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata screening of 'Mahanagar' KOLKATA: The City of Joy is often associated with nostalgia for a number of reasons, including its colonial history, iconic landmarks, and cultural heritage. However, there is one sector where the love for nostalgia has ...
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