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  • DIY decorations to fragrances: Home decor tips for Lohri

    Lohri is a festival that symbolises warmth, gratitude, and the joy of togetherness, marking the transition to longer days and the celebration of nature's bounty. Anjaleka Kripalani, founder of Angie Homes says, “One can bring the ambiance of the ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    2 TMC workers injured in shootout in West Bengal's Malda

    NEW DELHI: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and a party worker were shot at in West Bengal's Malda district on Tuesday, according to police. The shooting occurred less than two weeks after the murder of a TMC councillor in ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Cops quiz 4 students over IIT-Kgp suicide

    123 Kharagpur/Kolkata: Police on Monday questioned four IIT Kharagpur students, including hostel office-bearers, in connection with the death of a third-year electrical engineering student.Shaon Malik (21) was found hanging from the iron grille of his hostel windows by his ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    KMRC seeks 4-day complete East-West closure from January 30 for rake tests

    KOLKATA: The East-West Metro may be completely shut for four days from Jan 30 to Feb 2 to enable dynamic rake tests. This follows the closure on two Sundays (Jan 12 and 19) for interlocking the operational sections with ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Kasba murder attempt: Main accused close aide of Bihar don

    123 Kolkata: Mohammad Adil Hossain, the main conspirator behind the attack on councillor Sushanta Ghosh who was arrested at airport on Sunday, is the right-hand man of Bihar don Pappu Chowdhury, said cops. He reportedly finalised the plan to ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Sealdah-Dankuni 4-day rail block

    123 Kolkata: There will be no local train services in the Sealdah-Dankuni section for four days from Jan 23 for work to replace the 95-year-old steel girder ROB linking Eastern Railway's Ballyghat and Ballyhalt. Some long-distance trains will be ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Take leaves responsibly, IIEST tells professors

    Kolkata: An email from the IIEST authority on Jan 8 has urged faculty members to plan their leaves at least seven working days in advance. It also advised making alternative arrangements for classes in case of out-station visits and ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Atanu back in India squad

    12 Kolkata: Atanu Das made a comeback to India's recurve archery squad after missing out on Paris Olympics by finishing among top four in the selection trials that concluded at SAI Eastern Regional Centre here on Monday. The four-day-long ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Parapet chunk falls off bldg, injures one

    Kolkata: At least one person was injured when a portion of the parapet collapsed from the SAIL building located on JL Nehru Road on Sunday night. The victim, Ritesh Pandey (32), was admitted to Nightingale Hospital. Three vehicles parked ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Harvest festivities: City set to celebrate Pongal, Magh Bihu

    Kolkata: The city has geared up for Pongal and Magh Bihu celebrations that will witness the bonding of various communities on Tuesday. The Tamil community in the city is also set to celebrate Pongal, their harvest festival. K Radhakrishnan, ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    More ticket counters at rly stations for Gangasagar Mela

    Kolkata: Eastern Railway's Sealdah division has put in place extensive arrangements, particularly at Namkhana and Kakdwip stations, to ensure the convenience and safety of the pilgrims travelling to Gangasagar. Three additional ticket counters have been set up at Namkhana ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Himadri Chem OKs Rs 120cr capex for new products at Singur facility

    Kolkata: Himadri Speciality Chemical's board on Monday approved a new capex of Rs 120 crore for manufacturing new products at its Singur facility. The investment will be funded through internal accruals.CMD and CEO Anurag Choudhary said the company reported ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Garment traders’ meet focuses on kidswear

    Kolkata: The 57th garment buyers and sellers meet, organised at Science City grounds by the West Bengal Garment Manufacturers and Dealers Association (WBGMDA), is focusing on kidswear this time. According to association members, kidswear market in Bengal grew to ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Speed checks intensified on Maa, 24 bikes procuted daily

    Kolkata: Speed checks for two-wheelers on Maa flyover have been strengthened following Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Verma's fresh instructions to Lalbazar and the traffic guard this weekend, after the night curbs on two-wheelers were removed on the direction of ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    School window comes crashing down from 5th floor, 2 Nava Nalanda students injured

    12 Kolkata: Two Class 9 students at south Kolkata's Nava Nalanda School were injured on Monday morning — one of them seriously — after a portion of a sliding glass window from a fifth-floor classroom came crashing down on ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    OCs told to ensure no encroachment of govt land

    Kolkata: Police commissioner Manoj Verma has instructed all OCs, supervisory ACs of police stations, and divisional DCs to ensure there is no encroachment of govt land. The order stated that necessary coordination with authorities of civil administration, like KMC ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Security staff at MAKAUT assault 1st-yr student

    Kalyani: Security personnel at MAKAUT allegedly assaulted a hostel student on Sunday night, resulting in his losing consciousness and a 5-hour-long protest at the Haringhata campus.Reports suggest the attack stemmed from the first-year MTech student being spotted with a ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    New mom death: Probe veers towards human error

    123 Kolkata/Midnapore: The preliminary report on the death of a young mother at Midnapore Medical College & Hospital (MMCH), following a C-section delivery, points towards human error rather than Ringer's Lactate (RL), although the role of the IV fluid ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Fencing work at centre of B’desh row began in Apr ’24

    123 Kolkata: In the backdrop of the standoff between BSF and BGB at the Malda border that has now snowballed into a diplomatic rift, TOI has learnt that the fencing work began in April 2024. Things remained uneventful for ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    BSF jawan fires in self-defence after attack by smugglers

    Kolkata: A BSF jawan fired in self-defence after a group of alleged Bangladeshi smugglers attacked him at Buraburi in Mathabhanga-1 of Cooch Behar district late on Saturday. The smugglers were trying to cut through the border fence.While Bangladeshi media ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Met predicts temp rise

    The mercury hovered around 14.2°C on Monday and the Met office expects it to go up a bit by Tuesday — to around 15°C. A western disturbance is causing the mercury to rise, and a dip below the normal ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Newborn admitted to SNCU

    The newborn boy (in pic) of Mamoni Ruidas, who died at MMCH, was admitted to the SNCU on Monday after he fell ill at home. While the newborns of the three women admitted at SSKM are doing fine, the ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Jharkhand tiger: Conflict concerns in Jangalmahal ahead of traditional festivals

    123456 Kolkata/Jhargram: With Makar Sankranti on Tuesday and the Akhan Jatra — another traditional festival — the next day, the forest department has heightened surveillance in the Jangalmahal, where a tiger is now roaming, to prevent any man-animal conflict. ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Pilgrims drive biz boom in Kolkata on way to Gangasagar

    12 Kolkata: With the arrival of Gangasagar pilgrims from different parts of the country, Kolkata — a crucial transit point and logistical hub — gets a substantial economic boost around Makar Shankrati (Jan 14) every year. Pilgrims stop in ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Bhangra, bonfire warm up hearts on Lohri

    1234 Kolkata: From parties in clubs to family celebrations indoors, members of the Punjabi community living in Kolkata observed the Lohri festival with folk dances, traditional rituals, food, and beverages on Monday. Regardless of communities, some housing complexes across ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    New mom death: 2 PILs filed in Cal HC

    Two PILs were filed before the Calcutta High Court over the death of a woman at a govt-run hospital after alleged administration of expired intravenous fluid. Both will be heard on Thursday by the division bench of Chief Justice ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Woman ‘shot’ by hubby after tiff over Bengali movie

    123456 Kolkata: A woman in her early 30s was allegedly shot by her husband from his licensed revolver at their home in Naihati, North 24 Parganas, late on Sunday after an argument over watching a Bengali movie in a ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    2 students injured after glass panel collapses in Kolkata school building

    KOLKATA: Two students sustained injuries on Monday morning after a portion of a glass panel from the fourth floor of a school building in South Kolkata fell.The school administration reported that one injured pupil received first aid and was ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    State to restore 7 jumbo corridors in north Bengal

    Kolkata: Within days of CM Mamata Banerjee expressing concern over rising man-elephant conflict in Bengal, a meeting was convened by senior forest officials on Friday to assess and expedite the process of restoring elephant corridors in the state.The forest ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    NY fest turns Norwegian producer out after racist remark: Bengali director

    12 Kolkata: A Bengali director, Anirban Dutta — whose film ‘Nocturnes' was nominated for Cinema Eye awards in sound, cinematography and music categories — has reported an alleged incident of racism involving a Norwegian producer at the event held ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    With diminishing interest & increasing cost of materials, kite-makers toil to make a profit

    Kolkata: As Makar Sankranti approaches, the sky above Kolkata transforms into a canvas of vibrant colours and patterns. Behind this colourful spectacle lies the labour of the city's kite makers. For them, this season is about survival and hope.While ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Burglars strike at doc’s locked Salt Lake house, loot cash & jewellery worth lakhs

    Kolkata: Burglars broke into an empty two-storeyed house at HB Block in Salt Lake, ransacked multiple rooms and wardrobes, and decamped with cash and jewellery worth several lakhs in the early hours of Sunday.Cops said the house belonged to ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Malda girl’s mutilated body found in Farakka

    Malda: The mutilated body of a 20-year-old Malda girl, who studied engineering in Jharkhand's Dumka, was found by the Ganga in Farakka on Sunday, a week after she went missing.Father Debcharan Bhagat claimed an unknown caller contacted him on ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Parents find IIT-Kgp student hanging in campus hostel room

    Kharagpur: A 21-year-old student of IIT Kharagpur — described as "academically gifted" by the institute — died of suspected suicide in his hostel room on campus. Shaon Malik's parents, south Kolkata residents who drove down to meet him on ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    B’luru traffic beats Kol’s on speed in photo finish but city roads safer

    Kolkata: Bengaluru traffic beat Kolkata's in average speed by a sliver in 2024, but thanks to the eastern metropolis's slower traffic — the most sluggish of all big Indian cities and the second slowest in the world — it ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    STF seizes drugs worth 1 crore

    Kolkata: The Bengal STF recovered cocaine worth Rs 1 crore that was headed for Kolkata and Siliguri pubs. Cops said Sartaz Alam (42) was arrested from Siliguri on Saturday. tnn

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Gangasagar sees record turnout of 25L before holy dip

    12 Gangasagar: Around 25 lakh people have been to Gangasagar this time well ahead of the auspicious dip, which will start at 6.58am on Jan 14 and last for 24 hours.According to state officials, many devotees have headed for ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Murder bid on Kasba councillor: Main accused held at Kol airport

    12 Kolkata: One of the main accused in the murder attempt on Trinamool councillor Sushanta Ghosh was nabbed at Kolkata airport when he returned from Abu Dhabi. Ever since the attempt in Nov, the accused, Md Adil Hussein (44), ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Ex-band member of Fossils found hanging

    123 Kolkata: Chandramouli Biswas, a popular bassist associated with bands like Fossils, Golok, and Zombie Cage Control, was found hanging at his rented home on Indian Mirror Street near Wellington in central Kolkata on Sunday evening.Biswas (48), is survived ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Metro explores options for E-W signal tests

    Kolkata: Metro is exploring all possibilities for the integrated signalling tests, officials said on Sunday. TOI reported on Friday about Metro Railway's dilemma regarding East-West Metro's implementing agency KMRC's request for a total six-week closure — starting Feb 8 ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Cattle thief lynched in East Burdwan

    123 Memari: A suspected cattle thief was lynched in Merua village in East Burdwan district's Memari on Saturday night.Locals had organised night patrols due to increasing incidents of cattle theft. Late on Saturday, four persons were spotted attempting to ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Probe begins as 12 don’t get Kanyashree benefits

    Malda: Police have begun an investigation after complaints that 12 students of Enayetpur High School, who filled in relevant forms in 2020-21, have not received their Kanyashree benefits. Under the scheme, girls, after turning 18, have to fill in ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    13 fines, 17 warnings for illegal parking along S Kol dhaba road

    123 Kolkata: In its late night crackdown on Saturday, cops from Bhowanipore traffic guard swooped down on at least 30 motorists who had parked their cars illegally on Harish Mukherjee Road after 10 pm. While the cops prosecuted 13 ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    10 thieves pose as BSNL workers to steal cables, nabbed

    Kolkata: Ten members of a gang of cable thieves from Bihar, who posed as BSNL maintenance workers to steal underground cables in Kolkata's Haridevpur area, were arrested by the South West Division (Behala) police on Sunday morning. They were ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Woman files FIR against partner over cat death in Kolkata

    Kolkata: After a woman filed an FIR against her live-in partner — suspecting his involvement in the death of her per cat — cops facilitated a post-mortem of the animal.The woman, a resident of Netaji Nagar in south Kolkata, ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    BSF thwarts infiltration, smuggling attempts in Nadia, N 24 Parganas

    12 Kolkata: BSF jawans posted at two India-Bangladesh border areas thwarted infiltration as well as drug and cattle smuggling attempts on Saturday night.According to BSF, all boat nakas were alerted on receipt of information about a likely drug smuggling ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Funds crunch, ‘invisible power’ delayed Swamiji’s memorial

    123 It took 22 years to build a memorial on the cremation spot of Swami Vivekananda who passed away in Belur Math on July 4, 1902. Although the delay was largely because of a funds crunch created by a ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    14 more metro services between Noapara & New Garia from Mon

    Kolkata: Metro is adding 14 more services on the North-South (Blue) Line between Noapara and New Garia (Kavi Subhas). Faced with huge crowd pressure along the North-South Metro ever since frequencies were increased to allow most trains to start ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Hat-trick of gold for Ankur

    Kolkata: Ankur Bhattacharjee continued to make waves as the Bengal youngster clinched a hat-trick of gold medals in the junior and youth national table tennis meet that concluded at the SAMA Indoor Sports Complex in Vadodara on Saturday.After leading ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    No under-river E-W ops today

    Kolkata: Through the public announcement system, passengers at the Esplanade, Mahakaran, Howrah, and Howrah Maidan Metro stations were informed that there would be no service on the East-West Metro's under-river section today and next Sunday due to signal and ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Cops arrest bank staffer, kin for 1.3cr locker theft

    123 Kolkata: An employee of a nationalised bank in charge of a vault at a prime branch on Park Street allegedly emptied ornaments. valued at Rs 1.3 crore, from a customer's locker, purchased an SUV, fitted it with a ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Foresters back on tiger’s trail after fresh pugmarks in Purulia & Jhargram

    Kolkata/Jhargram/Purulia: Two weeks after Odisha tigress Zeenat was captured in Bankura's Gosaindihi village, fresh tiger pugmarks have been spotted in Purulia's Raika Hills — one of Zeenat's hideouts during her 21-day sojourn after she departed Similipal — on Sunday ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Picnic Garden residents move against bus stand

    123 Kolkata: Residents of a housing complex at VIP Bazar in Picnic Garden have written to the police, pleading with them to take action and immediately relocate an illegal bus stand for route 39A/2 on the main road in ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Back to classics: Vintage cars wow enthusiasts at city club

    12 Kolkata: Around 90 vintage and classic cars adorned the Lake Club grounds on Sunday at the fourth edition of the EIMG Concours d'Elegance organised by Eastern India Motoring Group. The star attractions of the show were nine Rolls ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Foresters back on tiger’s trail after fresh pugmarks

    1234 Kolkata/Jhargram/Purulia: Two weeks after Odisha tigress Zeenat was captured in Bankura's Gosaindihi village, fresh tiger pugmarks have been spotted in Purulia's Raika Hills — one of Zeenat's hideouts during her 21-day sojourn after she departed Similipal — on ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    CP orders security reassessment for mins, MLAs

    Kolkata: Police commissioner Manoj Verma has issued a directive to reassess the security arrangements of public representatives—ministers, MLAs, MPs and councillors. The directive followed recent attacks on Trinamool councillors—a murder in Malda and a murder attempt in Kasba. After ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata metro plans to extend Joka-Esplanade Purple Line to Eden Gardens

    KOLKATA: Metro authorities have proposed extending the Joka-Esplanade Purple Line by another 1.6km to Eden Gardens. This is good news not only for cricket and football lovers but also scores of people who commute daily to workplaces around Strand ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    City to be treated to Bengali classical music fest

    Kolkata: A conference on Bengal's classical music heritage will be organised at Ektara Mancha on the Rabindra Sadan premises from Jan 15 to 17. Among the musical greats to perform will be flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, sitar artistes Ustad ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Encroachments, unkempt green verges, poor roads pet gripes for New Town residents

    Kolkata: Encroachment of roads and pavements, rampant leasing out of guesthouses without any check, poor maintenance of green verges and unkempt undergrowth besides uncleared garbage piles, battered stretches and mosquito menace were some of the grievances aired by New ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Mercury dips below normal to 12.3°C on season’s coldest day in Kolkata

    Kolkata: The city shivered in the winter chill as the minimum temperature plunged below normal to 12.3°C on Saturday, making it the season's coldest day so far. The chill persisted throughout the day. According to the Met department, the ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Zero-emission ferry debuts on Bengal’s Hooghly River

    12 Kolkata: The first electric ferry on the Hooghly, christened ‘Dheu' (Bengali for waves) with a capacity to carry 150 passengers, is set to sail out on pleasure trips from Millennium Park to Dakshineswar. The launch of the 24m-long ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Bengal govt bans 10 intravenous fluids in hosps for patient safety

    Kolkata: The state health department on Saturday prohibited the use of 10 intravenous fluids to ensure patient safety. The banned fluids include Ringer Lactate, Ringer Solution, dextrose injection, ofloxacin, and sodium chloride irrigation solution among others. The order was ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    BSF opens fire at B’deshi smugglers, stops infiltration bid

    12 Kolkata: BSF personnel opened fire at smugglers, preventing infiltration at the India-Bangladesh border on the early hours of Saturday.BSF officials said around 2.10am on Saturday, at the border post Nawada in Malda, a jawan saw the movement of ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Jalpaiguri SI accused of raping woman

    Jalpaiguri: A sub-inspector (SI) posted at Jalpaiguri's Rajganj PS has been accused of raping a Siliguri woman at his home on Friday. The survivor lodged a complaint with Siliguri Women PS on Saturday. She also wrote to the Siliguri ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    B’deshi man, 4 daughters arrested

    12 Kolkata: A man and his four daughters were arrested on Saturday while attempting to return to Bangladesh illegally. The daughters — Asma Mridha, Punni Mridha, Riya Mridha and Aliza Qureshi — had illegally entered India a few years ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Traffic OCs told to visit accident spots, prepare report

    Kolkata: There were 13 fatal accidents since Dec, and a worried Lalbazar top brass reiterated that all traffic guard OCs must visit each traffic accident spot and prepare a detailed report to Lalbazar outlining how another similar accident can ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Bike-taxi passenger dies, kin focus on rider’s safety flout

    123 Kolkata: A day after she met with a severe accident on the Dhakuria Bridge while riding an app bike back home at Ganguly Bagan, 27-year-old Sweta Sen, a popular English teacher at MP Birla School, died at a ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Bengal paddlers claim a double

    Kolkata: Bengal paddlers claimed a team ‘double' in the 86th UTT Junior and Youth Nationals in Vadodara on Friday. In a rematch of last edition's final, Bengal prevailed over Tamil Nadu 3-0 in the youth boys' U-19 team final ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Act as a custodian of the planet, not owner: Min

    123 Kolkata: Union culture and tourism minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Saturday said every human being should not act as the "owner" of this planet but as its "custodian"."We have to behave with responsibility. Climate change is a big ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    JU to hold back degrees of 15 ragging accused till court order

    123 Kolkata: Jadavpur University has decided to hold back the results and degrees of the 15 ragging-accused students, who moved Calcutta High Court after the varsity served them show-cause notices in July, until further order from the court. Sources ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Nepal national arrested with illegal SIM box, multiple ID cards at Panitanki

    12 Siliguri: In a joint operation, Sukna Military Intelligence and Kharibari police arrested a Nepalese national and seized an illegal SIM box, Nepal SIM cards, Indian ID card and a router from him. He was held from Panitanki along ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Illegal hawkers, parking push C Kol pedestrians off pavements

    12 Kolkata: The central business district has become a dangerous zone for pedestrians, with illegal encroachments and parking forcing them to step off the pavements and walk on the roads, risking their lives.On Friday, a minibus rammed four women, ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    kolkata's traffic turmoil: the nightly nightmare at harish mukherjee road and elgin road crossing

    12 Kolkata: Cops late on Saturday night prosecuted the cars parked illegally on the wrong side of Harish Mukherjee Road near its crossing with Elgin Road. The crackdown came a day after TOI reported about traffic chaos triggered by ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Praise for state’s anti-child marriage drives

    123 Kolkata: Bengal govt's endeavours in combating child marriage received praises from Justice Harish Tandon, judge, Calcutta High Court and executive chairman, state legal services authority during a seminar at the HC on Saturday. He instructed the judicial magistrates ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Land officer files murder attempt plaint against Arabul and son

    123 Kolkata: A fresh complaint of attempt to murder was filed against suspended Trinamool neta and former MLA Arabul Islam and his son Hakimul at Bhangar's Bijoyganj PS on Saturday.Ahsan Molla, the forest and land officer of Bhangar-1, accused ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Fight climate change to stop wildfire: Garcetti, ex-LA mayor

    Kolkata: Eric Garcetti, who was twice elected as the mayor of Los Angeles, said the wildfire back home forced his parents as well as his daughter and grandchildren to be evacuated from their homes."Thankfully, my family is alive and ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Durga Puja most democratic celebration: US ambassador

    1234 Kolkata: Durga Puja was the most democratic celebration of art and spirituality that he ever witnessed, said US ambassador to India Eric Garcetti, who plans to stay on in India till June, well after he steps down from ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Crossing near West Bengal's biggest hospital clogged every evening, thanks to illegal parking at busy eatery

    KOLKATA: About 170 metres from the state's biggest hospital, the crossing of Harish Mukherjee Road and Elgin Road at Bhowanipore turns into a two-lane and sometimes a three-lane parking zone every evening, leaving a single vehicle to squeeze past ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Bangladeshi smugglers launch another deadly attack on BSF in Malda

    MALDA: Bangladeshi smugglers once again attacked the vigilant jawans of BSF South Bengal Frontier in Malda district of West Bengal and tried to smuggle contrabands forcefully. The vigilant and courageous jawans posted at Border Outpost Nawada of 119th Battalion ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    New Town to get 5-storey mkt bldg for 200 hawkers

    12 Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has planned to set up a five-storey market complex-cum-community hall on a 20-cottah plot in New Town BG block in Action Area I to rehabilitate the hawkers and street vendors, ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    State BJP ends at ‘halfway-mark’ in 1-cr membership drive

    12 Kolkata: Bengal BJP managed to reach the halfway mark of its 1 crore membership target on the last day of its statewide membership drive on Friday. The BJP brass had extended the last day thrice after the party ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Fencing along Indo-B’desh border on hold to prevent tension: BSF

    Kolkata/Cooch Behar: Fencing unplugged stretches of the India-Bangladesh border may not resume immediately to avoid tension between the two countries, BSF said on Friday.On Monday, amid growing infiltration concerns, tension flared up between BSF and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Trinamool suspends RS ex-MP Santanu, ex-MLA Arabul

    12 Kolkata: Trinamool on Friday suspended the party's former Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen and Bhangar ex-MLA Arabul Islam. In a statement, TMC spokesperson Jay Prakash Majumdar did not elaborate on the reasons or suspension timelines.Sen seemed to have ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Bring back remains from Renkoji: Netaji kin writes to PM

    Kolkata: Netaji's grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose has written to the Prime Minister asking the govt of India to bring back the mortal remains of the hero or issue a notification to announce that the remains at the Renkoji temple ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    BSF prevents illicit Bangla border activity with warning shots

    12 Kolkata: BSF personnel fired in the air at four different locations along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Bengal to prevent infiltration and cattle smuggling. Two Bangladeshi nationals were arrested while trying to enter India and cattle about to be ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    In race to buy Akzo Nobel’s India biz, confirms JSW

    12 Kolkata: JSW Group on Friday confirmed that it was in the race to take over the business of Dutch paints major Akzo Nobel in India. Akzo own brands like Dulux."As far as Akzo is concerned, we are running ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Paints industry bets on rural demand to fuel growth

    12 Kolkata: The paints industry is pinning its hopes on rural demand to push growth. Over the last few quarters, the industry has witnessed muted growth following low urban demand, which is likely to continue for some more time. ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Film on B’desh liberation shown at JU

    12 Kolkata: The screening of ‘Invincible Bravura' — Abhijit Dasgupta's documentary on Indian Navy's formation of the first ‘Nau Commando' that included eight Bengali escapees from a Pakistani submarine during the Bangladesh liberation war in 1971 — took place ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    1 woman dead, 4 critical after childbirth; ‘expired saline’, claim kin

    Midnapore: A 22-year-old woman died and four are fighting for their lives after delivering their babies at Midnapore Medical College Hospital on Friday morning. All the deliveries were done by caesarean section on Wednesday. Families of the five women ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    I-T officer loses gold chain to kepmars

    123 Kolkata: A gang of kepmars posing as cops allegedly made off with a gold chain from an income tax officer residing in Kasba by tricking him into believing that removing the chain was "a safety protocol". The incident ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    No E-W under-river ops tomorrow, next Sun

    123 Kolkata: There will be no services on the East-West Metro's under-river section this Sunday and the next because of signal and telecommunication (S&T) tests. Metro Railway announced on Friday that "to conduct interlocking tests for the communication-based train ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    No E-W under-river ops tomorrow, next Sun

    123 Kolkata: There will be no services on the East-West Metro's under-river section this Sunday and the next because of signal and telecommunication (S&T) tests. Metro Railway announced on Friday that "to conduct interlocking tests for the communication-based train ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Major parts of S Kol to go dry on Jan 18

    123 Kolkata: Major parts of south Kolkata will go dry on January 18 as the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) water supply department will shut down the Garden Reach water treatment plant for necessary maintenance and repair work. Normal supply ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    State sets new speed limits for school, hospital & market zones

    12 Kolkata: The state has issued a comprehensive notification aimed at reducing road accidents and fatalities across the state. In line with the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety's directives and the state's commitment to reducing road fatalities by ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Amid HMPV buzz, docs warn RSV may be more dangerous for kids

    Kolkata: While Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is being much talked about, doctors are seeing a good number of children requiring hospital care for those affected with RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), another virus that affects children mostly in winter. While the ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    VIP Rd gets rumble strips to curb speeding, accidents

    12 Kolkata: In the wake of an accident that claimed the life of an app biker earlier this week, rumble strips were installed on VIP Road to stop overtaking and accidents. As of now, rumble strips have been installed ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Middle-of-road bus halts, blind-side entry of bikes under lens

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police has formed special squads to carry out surprise checks at major bus stops to ensure that passengers can safely alight or board buses without having to deal with traffic in the middle of the ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    KMC: Promoters can’t give home possession sans CC

    123 Kolkata: Armed with a Supreme Court directive and in a bid to ensure that prospective flat buyers don't get cheated by a section of developers and promoters who give possession without obtaining a completion certificate (CC) from KMC, ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Bengal police allows relaxed uniform to pregnant, breastfeeding cops

    12 Kolkata: Bengal Police on Friday introduced uniform relaxations for members of the force who are pregnant or breastfeeding to ease some "practical issues" posed by their regular uniform during this phase.Women members of the force of all ranks, ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Blow-hot-blow-cold winter makes it worse for resp disease patients

    123 Kolkata: The mercury fluctuation is causing various ailments, including persistent cough, runny nose, throat congestion, and chest infection among Kolkatans. The minimum temperature dipped nearly three notches on Thursday from that of Wednesday. While the mercury is expected ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
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