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  • Wi-Fi at Kolkata airport back after eight months

    Kolkata: The city airport on Thursday reintroduced Wi-Fi for flyers in the passenger terminal after a gap of eight months. The move will bring relief to travellers, especially foreigners landing in Kolkata. Inaugurating the service on Thursday, airport director ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    Delving into ancient Indian texts to exploring food heritage for healthy living

    KOLKATA: A Kolkata-based citizen action group, Poushtik Life, is advocating for farmers' markets and indigenous cuisines, delving into ancient Indian traditions to promote traditional culinary heritage. The group emphasises the importance of healthy food practices and their relevance in ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    IISER supervisor faces ‘vicious trolling’ after PhD scholar’s death

    Kolkata: PhD supervisor of the IISER-Kolkata scholar who recently died by suicide has alleged of being viciously trolled on social media. The professor at the institute's Biological Sciences department also said that the trolling has not only taken a ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Warm temperatures, high humidity with moderate rain expected

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata is set to experience moderate rains and warm temperatures on August 14, 2025, with ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Kol gets its first rated-4 data centre

    Kolkata: One of Asia's largest Tier 4 data centre operators, CtrlS Datacenters, recently unveiled its first greenfield data centre in Kolkata's New Town. The state-of-the art facility is the first rated-4 data centre in the region.With an investment of ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    No NCW jurisdiction in criminal matters, HC told

    Kolkata: The National Commission for Women (NCW) is a creature of statute, it cannot assume the jurisdiction of a constitutional court, submitted senior counsel to Birbhum SP Amandeep to the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday. This was in response ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    State chief secy gets till Aug 21 to act on EC’s suspension order

    Kolkata: The Election Commission on Wednesday gave Bengal chief secretary Manoj Pant time till Aug 21 to comply with its directive to suspend four state officers and lodge FIRs against them and a data entry officer. Pant told EC ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Breaking party line, Mithun likens ‘Lakshmir Bhandar’ to alms; TMC hits back

    12 Kolkata/Bankura: Taking ‘Lakshmir Bhandar' funds was akin to accepting alms, actor-turned neta Mithun chakraborty told BJP workers at an organisational meet in Bankura on Wednesday. Chakraborty's comment struck a discordant note with the state opposition, including his own ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    JU alumnus detained in Del for March attack on education min’s convoy

    Kolkata: A former student of Jadavpur University, Hindol Mazumdar, now pursuing his PhD in Spain, was detained at the Delhi airport on Wednesday due to a lookout circular issued against him for his alleged involvement in the attack on ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Barasat metro to cross airport hurdle with tunnel-borer help

    Kolkata: The Airport-Barasat metro corridor or the Yellow Line, which faced multiple hurdles beyond the airport, is poised for a major head start as Metro Railway is changing the alignment and deciding to use tunnel-boring machines (TBMs) between Michael ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Police on toes for tonight’s protest & I-Day celebrations

    Kolkata: The city police will deploy close to 5,000 officers to secure the area and ensure smooth movement of citizens between Aug 14 and the afternoon of Aug 15, given the host of activities planned during those 36 hours. ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    12 months after mob vandalism, RG Kar emergency ward still lies abandoned

    123456Kolkata: A year after the destruction caused by a mob, the emergency unit at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital remains abandoned. Kolkata Police, which arrested 88 people on charges of arson, calling it an "organised crime", are yet ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    BJP resumes CAA camps in state, TMC questions timing

    Kolkata: The state BJP unit has launched camps to assist people with registrations under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). While a few districts began CAA camps before the Lok Sabha polls in 2024, they drew little response at the ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    CRS inspection of Yellow Line on Saturday

    Kolkata: The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) will inspect the Yellow Line's airport section on Saturday. PM Narendra Modi is due to open the Noapara-Airport or Phase I of the Yellow Line on Aug 22.Initially, Metro Railway planned the ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Parents: Plaint accepted only after CP’s prod

    Kolkata: The RG Kar victim's parents on Wednesday said it was only after the intervention of Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Verma that their complaint was accepted by cops. After approaching Shakespeare Sarani, Park Street and New Market police stations, ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Washrooms a must at Salt Lake, New Town pujas

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police have made it mandatory for all Durga Puja committees in the area to provide separate washrooms for men and women and ensure adequate lighting in pandals and surrounding areas, including parking zones, as part of this ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Dengue cases on the rise but situation not alarming: Docs

    Kolkata: Most hospitals across the city are seeing a slight increase in the number of dengue cases in the past week. While all hospitals said that the rise is not alarming and numbers are far less than previous outbreaks, ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Speciality Restaurants set to open outlets in Abu Dhabi, Dubai

    Kolkata: In a move to expand its international footprint, Speciality Restaurants is set to open Mainland China outlets in Yas Mall in Abu Dhabi, Dubai Mall, and the Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai. Six months ago, the company opened ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    No discrimination over entry of personal security in House: State to HC

    Kolkata: Advocate general Kishore Dutta, after taking instructions from the Bengal assembly speaker, submitted before Calcutta High Court on Wednesday that no discrimination was made between members of the House, including ministers, regarding the prohibition of entry of personal ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    First attempt-to-murder arrest after Nabanna rally violence

    Kolkata: Four days after footage clearly showed a constable of Kolkata Police, Prasanta Poddar, being assaulted and hit on the head with boots and chappals after being thrown on the street during the Nabanna protest, Lalbazar carried out its ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    1 Bengali film must in all state cinemas between 3pm & 9pm

    Kolkata: All theatres in Bengal, single-screen or multiplex, will have to screen at least one Bengali film during the 3 pm to 9 pm prime time throughout the year, the state govt has said in a notification."Our CM has ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    TMC, BJP war of words over Abhishek’s ‘dissolve Lok Sabha’ remark

    Kolkata: A day after Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee dared the Union govt to dissolve the Lok Sabha, conduct a special intensive revision (SIR) and then hold polls, BJP on Wednesday alleged that more than 2.7 lakh "doubtful ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Mob fury after app-biker charred to death in crash, police fire tear gas

    123456 Kolkata: A 20-year-old app-bike rider was charred to death when a speeding private car rammed into his bike while he waited at the traffic signal near the bridge connecting Salt Lake's AK Block with the Kestopur canal road ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Kitne Aadmi Thhe: Music stores remember the record that changed the industry for ever

    Kolkata: In 1975, the release of ‘Sholay' marked a pivotal moment in Bollywood, not just for its groundbreaking action sequences but for its revolutionary approach to film soundtracks. The film's music and dialogues became a cultural phenomenon, especially in ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Pushed to B’desh 50 days ago, man returns on HC hearing day

    Kolkata: Twenty-two-year-old Malda migrant labourer Amir Sheikh — who was pushed into Bangladesh on June 25 — came back to India on Wednesday, his reappearance as mysterious as his disappearance from the country of his birth.A BSF explanation in ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    82.5% rise in Bengal firms since 2011: Union govt data

    Kolkata: The number of companies registered in Bengal has gone up 82.5% between 2011 and 2025, according to data from the Union ministry of corporate affairs.In 2011, there were 1,37,156 companies registered in the state. On March 31 this ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Victoria Memorial marks Partition trauma, I-Day

    1234 Kolkata: Two contrasting exhibitions are underway at Victoria Memorial Hall (VMH), one celebrating the 79th year of Independence and the other remembering the horrors of Partition that preceded it.The exhibition titled ‘Past in Print: India's Freedom Struggle' in ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkatans plan I-Day weekend getaways

    1234 Kolkata: With Independence Day falling on a Friday this year and the following Saturday and Sunday adding up to a three-day holiday, Kolkatans are making a beeline for weekend getaways. From beaches to hills, occupancy rates at top ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Bengal school heads protest EC’s BLO duty orders

    Kolkata: Thousands of headmasters and headmistresses of state-aided schools across Bengal staged a demonstration at Salt Lake's Karunamoyee on Tuesday and marched to Bikash Bhavan, the state education headquarters.The protest, organised by the Advanced Society for Headmasters and Headmistresses', ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Affordable housing may bear brunt of US tariffs

    Kolkata: A collateral damage of US President Donald Trump's 50% tariff on Indian goods could be affordable housing, a leading real estate consultancy firm has warned. If that happens, Kolkata could take the biggest hit as the share of ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Warm temperatures with intermittent rain expected

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata's weather forecast for August 13, 2025, indicates a day of mixed conditions with temperatures ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Veteran actor Basanti Chatterjee passes away at 88; was battling cancer for years

    KOLKATA: Veteran Bengali actor Basanti Chatterjee passed away at her residence in Kolkata on Tuesday night, her family confirmed. She was 88.Chatterjee, who had been battling cancer for a long time, spent several months in the ICCU of a ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Darj set to impose fines for public smoking, littering

    Darjeeling: With a pledge to make Darjeeling cleaner and greener, the Darjeeling Municipality has decided to impose instant spot fines on those caught littering in the hill town. The civic body is set to install smoking zones and has ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    IISER gets new anti-ragging cell, crisis-response panel

    Kolkata: The Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Kolkata (IISER-Kolkata), on Tuesday set up a new anti-ragging cell to oversee all matters pertaining to ragging and its prevention. It has also constituted an emergency and crisis response committee ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    If voter list is faulty, dissolve LS. Let’s have fresh polls: Abhishek

    Kolkata: TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday stepped up the ante against the SIR saying, "Let the Lok Sabha be dissolved. Let there be a nationwide SIR and hold fresh elections." He argued that if faulty voter ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Sholay’ ushered in tech revolution, changed movie experience for ever

    Kolkata: On a cool Oct morning in 1975, nearly two months after ‘Sholay' hit Bombay and Ahmedabad screens, the film finally unspooled at Kolkata's Jyoti Cinema. The delay hardly mattered. What followed was nothing short of cinematic history — ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    One query unites dog factions: Can SC order be implemented?

    Kolkata: One query has united streetdog factions across housing societies in Kolkata — whether the recent Supreme Court order directing govts and civic bodies to remove strays from streets in Delhi-NCR and confine them to shelter homes can be ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Dynamic lane demarcators, rule tweak to ease airport congestion

    Kolkata: From upgrading to dynamic lane demarcators to deploying dedicated lane managers and installing signage guiding vehicles to use the lanes, to banning illegal parking of VIP vehicles, Bidhannagar Police are implementing a slew of changes in the newly ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    TMC slams BJP over ‘citizenship’ status of its 2 Bongaon MLAs

    1234 Kolkata: A fresh controversy has erupted over the citizenship status of two BJP MLAs in Bongaon, ratcheting up the political temperature between Trinamool and BJP over the special intensive revision (SIR) of poll rolls. The names of the ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    KMC marks 487 stray-feeding zones with pre-7am, post-7pm time slots

    Kolkata: The KMC has demarcated 487 feeding zones for stray dogs in all its wards across 16 boroughs in the city, following a Calcutta High Court order. Feeding strays outside the designated zones would be "a punishable offence and ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    TMC MP urges review of SC order

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale on Tuesday wrote to the Chief Justice of India (CJI), urging a review of the order on the removal of stray dogs in Delhi-NCR."Subjecting defenseless animals to wanton cruelty can never be a ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Efforts on to open 3 new metro lines next week’

    Kolkata: Efforts are underway to open new stretches in three metro lines in Kolkata next week, Railway Board chairman and CEO Satish Kumar told reporters during an inspection of East-West Metro's Esplanade-Sealdah section on Tuesday.Kumar was in town to ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Setu likely to be shut for 24 hours from Sat 9 pm

    Kolkata: Vidyasagar Setu is likely to be shut for 24 hours from 9 pm on Saturday to 9 pm on Sunday for repair work. Police plan to divert smaller vehicles through Howrah Bridge and goods carriers through Nivedita Bridge ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Bengali row: Noida hotel turns away New Town techie, son

    Kolkata: A techie from New Town, along with his 14-year-old son, was on Tuesday allegedly denied stay at a hotel at Sector 44 in Noida, apparently for being a Bengali. The teenaged boy is a national-level skater, attending a ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Expedite water treatment plantconstruction’

    Kolkata: The KMC water supply department has been asked to expedite the construction of an water augmentation at Dhapa water treatment plant. Currently, the civic body is engaged in the construction of a 20 million gallon water plant to ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Ayah poses as wife, swindles 27 lakh

    Kolkata: A caregiver, Syeda Shamima Nasrin, who used to look after Swapan Sarkar, has been arrested on Tuesday by Patuli police for orchestrating a conspiracy involving the forgery of documents and unauthorized bank transactions of over Rs 27 lakh.The ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    I-T benefit bait: Woman loses 10L

    Kolkata: A 29-year-old resident of Uma Kanta Sen Lane in north Kolkata, Priyanka Saha, lodged a complaint at Chitpore PS alleging she lost more than Rs 10 lakh in an online investment fraud. Saha said she was duped by ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Mystery call’ tells Malda man of return of son pushed to B’desh

    Kolkata/Malda: Pushed into Bangladesh illegally on June 28 by Rajasthan Police and BSF, 22-year-old Malda migrant labourer Amir Sheikh has been brought back to an undisclosed location in India.Bengal govt said it has not been "officially" informed of the ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Bata hopes to make Floatz Rs 800cr brand in 5 years

    Kolkata: Footwear major Bata hopes to make Floatz a Rs 800-crore brand in the next five years. Conceived in India, Floatz has been the fastest to touch the Rs 100-crore mark among Bata's brands, disclosed MD Gunjan Shah during ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Don’t be intimidated, state has your back, Mamata tells state officials

    Kolkata: Assuring state officials that her govt would back them, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee asked them not to be intimidated. "Do your work honestly, no one will be able to do anything," the CM told officers during a 30-minute ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    One query unites dog factions: Can SC order be implemented?

    Kolkata: One query has united streetdog factions across housing societies in Kolkata — whether the recent Supreme Court order directing govts and civic bodies to remove strays from streets in Delhi-NCR and confine them to shelter homes can be ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Berger focuses on brand building and distribution to retain no. 2 spot

    Kolkata: Berger India will strengthen its brand and expand distribution, and not rely on a discounting model, to cement its number two spot in the paints industry despite intensified competition from new entrants and consolidation.Berger MD Abhijit Roy, speaking ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Bata hopes to make Floatz Rs 800cr brand in 5 years

    Kolkata: Footwear major Bata hopes to make Floatz a Rs 800-crore brand in the next five years. Conceived in India, Floatz has been the fastest to touch the Rs 100-crore mark among Bata's brands, disclosed MD Gunjan Shah during ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Parents never disclosed charges before trial court’

    Kolkata: Denying the accusations made by the victim's parents before Calcutta High Court against Kolkata Police's probe until the matter was handed over to the CBI, the state on Tuesday submitted an affidavit highlighting that the parents "have not ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata restaurants prepare for festive season with special menus and events

    Kolkata: With Independence Day approaching and the city gradually embracing the festive spirit, Kolkata's restaurants are preparing to delight patrons with a variety of food, music, and celebrations. Restaurant owners anticipate a significant increase in footfall during the upcoming ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    KMC warning to bldg sites after dengue death

    Kolkata: The civic authorities on Tuesday issued a warning to site managers at two under-construction projects at Sunny Park after a local resident died of dengue. Two others in the same premises contracted the viral disease.Following the death of ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Deliberate attack, my wife could have been killed, victim’s dad lodges plaint

    Kolkata: The RG Kar victim's father e-mailed a complaint to Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Verma on Tuesday, alleging a "pre-planned" and "deliberate attack" on his wife by police personnel last Saturday. He claimed that cops targeted his wife in ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    BMC introduces new vehicles for waste management in Salt Lake & Rajarhat Gopalpur

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday introduced 19 new vehicles of different types to collect and transport the daily generated waste from entire Salt Lake and Rajarhat Gopalpur area to the Dhapa dumping ground.The vehicles procured by ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    A year later, crowd, spirit and size weigh on minds of ‘Reclaim the Night’ protesters

    123 Kolkata: The rape and murder of the young doctor on Aug 9 at her workplace served as an immediate catalyst for the ‘Reclaim the Night' movement. However, the protests transcended this singular event, with women from all walks ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    India's carbon market potential: Why transparency and quality are key to EU deals

    KOLKATA: The European Commission’s proposal to buy carbon credits to help achieve EU’s 2040 climate target is a major boost for countries like India with rich agricultural and natural resource bases, which serve as carbon banks with immense potential, ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    'Ek ke baad ek BrahMos, then a pee dam’: Mithun Chakraborty’s jibe at Bilawal Bhutto; says 'message for ex-Pakistan foreign minister only'

    NEW DELHI: BJP leader and Bollywood veteran Mithun Chakraborty has ridiculed former Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s warning to India on the Indus Waters Treaty, responding with a string of sarcastic jibes.On Bilawal Bhutto's reported statement, Chakraborty said, ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    Cooch Behar migrant worker ‘murdered’ in Kerala

    Jalpaiguri: A migrant worker from Falakata in Alipurduar was allegedly murdered in Malappuram district of Kerala last week. A resident of Ward 7 in Falakata town, 37-year-old Abul Hussain worked as a painter in Kottakkal.Abul's body was recovered from ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    Mitali hurt, Mahua faints as Del cops detain oppn MPs

    Kolkata: Trinamool MP Mitali Bag was injured on Monday and hospitalised, while party MP Mahua Moitra fainted in the prison van as TMC MPs, along with INDIA bloc MPs, were detained by Delhi police during their protests against the ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘No more, enough, no more,’ Calcutta HC responds to weekday rally plea in city

    KOLKATA: “No more, enough, no more, I will not allow it....” This was the gist of the response on Monday from the Calcutta High Court to a plea for yet another political rally on a working day on the ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    Cabinet clears plan for permanent Durga temple complex in West Bengal

    KOLKATA: Goddess Durga, among the most revered deities in Bengal, will get a permanent temple complex — Durga Angan — where she can be worshipped round the year. The Bengal cabinet, chaired by CM Mamata Banerjee, has given its ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    CM asks mins to supervise ‘Amader Para’ camps to solve local issues

    Kolkata: With the footfall of Amader Para Amader Samadhan (APAS) crossing 25 lakh on Monday, at 4,654 camps held so far, chief minister Mamata Banerjee asked ministers to supervise the event in their respective districts and address local grievances. ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    Cool comfort worth the extra 100, say passengers on board state’s first AC local

    Kolkata: Suburban commuters on board the maiden AC EMU Ranaghat-Sealdah train were ecstatic to experience the much-awaited service on the first day of the week. The feelings were mixed when it came to coughing up Rs 120 for the ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    Voter list anomalies: 2 removed from poll duties & 3 being probed, chief secy writes to EC

    Kolkata: Bengal govt on Monday told the Election Commission (EC) that it was inquiring against four state officers and a data entry operator whom the poll body wanted to be suspended, and FIRs drawn up.EC secretary Sujeet Kumar Mishra ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    KP lodges attempt-to-murder charge, set to move court against BJP netas

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Monday said it will move court to lodge more FIRs against "important political leaders" whom they claim "incited violence, threatened, and actively encouraged vandalism" in the Esplanade-Park Street crossing zone last Saturday during the ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    Rain divides Kolkata: Flooded north, dry south

    123456 Kolkata: Triggered by a ‘local thunderstorm,' a heavy afternoon downpour lashed the northern fringes of Kolkata even as southern and central parts of the city remained largely dry. Parts of Salt Lake, Dum Dum, VIP Road and Baguihati ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Cop bureau’: Former neta held in Noida, planned unit in Kol

    Kolkata: Bibhas Adhikari, a former Trinamool Nalhati block neta, under the scanner of CBI and ED for his role in the cash-for-job scam, had applied to Beleghata police on July 30 to run an "International Police & Crime Investigation ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    Airport lane tweaks fail to solve rush-hour problems on first day

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police on Monday introduced a slew of measures to reduce congestion and improve vehicle movement outside the terminal building at the Kolkata airport. While it seemed effective in the morning and the afternoon, officers were sent scurrying ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    Cops begin pandal recce early, check preparedness

    1234 Kolkata: With less than 40 days till Mahalaya, police in Bidhannagar and Kolkata have started early inspections of Durga Puja pandals across the city. The visits, which began this week, are aimed at assessing preparedness and ensuring compliance ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    Before 50th b’day of ‘The Greatest Film Ever Made’, Kolkata recalls its favourite ‘Sholay’ moments that unite generations

    123456 Kolkata: It has been 50 years since Jai and Veeru took on Gabbar Singh in an epic battle that may have ended on-screen with the latter being vanquished, but it continues to enthral generations of cine-lovers. They remain ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    KMC to redevelop Purba Puitiary mkt

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to pull down the existing structure of Purba Puitiary market near Payara Bagan in the Kudghat area and build a modern shopping complex there. The KMC market under ward 114 of ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    TMC booth prez shot dead

    A Trinamool booth president in Bankura's Sonamukhi was gunned down by unidentified miscreants late on Monday. Police said Ayub Khan, in his 40s, was shot thrice from close range in the back while he was returning home. The body ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    Bodies of 3 women found beside rail tracks in Purulia, police suspect murder

    Purulia: The bodies of three women were found beside the tracks on the Chandil-Muri section of South Eastern Railway's Ranchi division on Sunday night. Purulia GRP has lodged a murder case into the incident that occurred between Suisa and ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    20 sacked teaching staffers return to old positions

    Kolkata: Around 20 persons who quit their earlier jobs with Bengal govt to join as schoolteachers, only to be among the 25,752 school staffers who lost their jobs after a Supreme Court order, have rejoined their old posts, a ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    On Khudiram death anniv, CM slams bid to ‘distort legacy’

    Kolkata: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed her anger at a recent Hindi film's portrayal of freedom fighter Khudiram Bose as ‘Khudiram Singh'. Paying tribute to Khudiram on his death anniversary, the CM slammed the attempt by "language ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    State nod to two more supercritical power plants

    Kolkata: State cabinet on Monday approved the setting up of two supercritical power plants in Salboni, which would attract an investment of over Rs 10,000 crore. "There would be two new 800 MW plants at Salboni in Jhargram," said ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    Final decision on Presi ’26 entrance tests after puja

    Kolkata: The final decision on whether Presidency University (PU) entrance tests in 2026 will be conducted by West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board or the university itself is likely after the Durga Puja vacation, when a meeting will be ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    Drainage overhaul in Behala, Joka & EM Bypass areas

    Kolkata: The KMC will spend Rs 2,100 crore to build drainage infrastructure in large parts of the city over the next seven years. The primary focus will be on the non-sewer areas where residents face severe waterlogging and endure ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    ITC Hotels hopes to go beyond own target, have 220 hotels by ’30

    Kolkata: ITC Hotels chairman Sanjiv Puri said on Monday that the company aimed to have a portfolio of 220 operational hotels with over 20,000 keys by 2030. He was speaking to shareholders at the first AGM after the demerger ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    On Khudiram death anniv, CM slams bid to ‘distort legacy’

    Kolkata: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed her anger at a recent Hindi film's portrayal of freedom fighter Khudiram Bose as ‘Khudiram Singh'. Paying tribute to Khudiram on his death anniversary, the CM slammed the attempt by "language ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar: Cops summon senior docs over cycle rally

    Kolkata: Two senior doctors associated with ‘Abhaya Mancha' have received police summonses over a cycle rally organised recently. Doctors Punyabrata Gun and Tamanash Chowdhury have been directed to appear at Thakurpukur police station within two days, with a warning ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    Sr rly board official checks new metro stretches ahead of likely launch by PM, chairman may visit city today

    Kolkata: Railway Board chairman Satish Kumar is scheduled to be in the city on Tuesday to review preparations for the upcoming Prime Ministerial event on Aug 22. A senior Railway Board official was in town on Monday to take ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    Injury to parent: Probe still inconclusive, no cop visible so far in any footage, say police

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Monday claimed that its internal probe to ascertain if the RG Kar victim's mother was assaulted by cops during the Nabanna Abhijan last Saturday is still inconclusive.Highly placed sources in Lalbazar said that an ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    Curzon line softened, song replaced: Story behind Ray’s Tagore docu

    Kolkata: A politically loaded sentence about Lord Curzon softened, a Tagore song swapped out for another, a newspaper leak triggering an official letter seeking an explanation, and a denied request for bereavement break—these were just a few of the ...

    11 August 2025 Times of India
    Eastward ho! Clamour for Sector 5, New Town bus routes reflects shift in Kolkata's centre of gravity

    KOLKATA: The city's business nerve centre has had a shift. With bus operators making a beeline to ply to Salt Lake Sector 5 and New Town, instead of the once-favourite Esplanade-BBD Bag central business district, it seems that the ...

    11 August 2025 Times of India
    Peer-teaching bridges learning gaps in school

    Kolkata: Class XII students of Modern High School for Girls, stepped into a new role recently— that of teachers. Assigned to guide the curious minds of Class VIII, each senior was paired with two to three juniors, introducing them ...

    11 August 2025 Times of India
    Was in touch with RG Kar victim’s dad after mom got hurt: Kunal

    Kolkata: Trinamool spokesperson Kunal Ghosh on Sunday said he had been in touch with the parents of the RG Kar victim while they were marching to Nabanna on Saturday, after an X post by him triggered a wave of ...

    11 August 2025 Times of India
    As migrants face persecution, city Durga Puja themes set to focus on Bengali pride

    Kolkata: Atrocities being faced by Bengalis in several states is set to be one of the major Durga Puja themes across the city this year. Pointing out that the persecution of Bengali-speaking Indians and attempts to brand them as ...

    11 August 2025 Times of India
    Budge Budge woman speaking in Bengali grilled by Mum cops

    Kolkata: A 39-year-old Budge Budge woman speaking with her elder son in Bengali while returning from work in Navi Mumbai was taken to a local police station for questioning on being suspected to be Bangladeshi. The Budge Budge police ...

    11 August 2025 Times of India
    Durand Cup: East Bengal hit IAF side for a six

    123 Kolkata: East Bengal FC turned on the style against a hapless Indian Air Force FT, blowing them away 6-1 at the Kishore Bharati Stadium on Sunday and storming into the Durand Cup quarterfinals with a perfect run. Six ...

    11 August 2025 Times of India
    Suvendu abuses CP, party seniors silent

    123 Kolkata: A day after the Nabanna march, most Bengal BJP netas on Sunday stayed away from commenting on Suvendu Adhikari's use of expletives against Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Verma. Only a few, including Dilip Ghosh, urged Adhikari to ...

    11 August 2025 Times of India
    Injury to RG Kar victim’s mom: Kol CP orders suo motu probe

    Kolkata: Following the alleged attack on parents of the RG Kar rape-murder victim, city police commissioner Manoj Verma on Sunday said that a suo motu investigation had been started. According to the CP, police are reviewing footage from four ...

    11 August 2025 Times of India
    52-year-old high court lawyer dies after fall from fourth-floor window in S Kol

    1234 Kolkata: A 52-year-old Calcutta High Court lawyer, Kaustuv Chandra Das, died after falling from the window of his fourth-floor home in Block A of Saptaparni Complex at Ballygunge on Saturday evening.The complex is under renovation, and that is ...

    11 August 2025 Times of India
    Covid-era teleconferences back as hosps struggle with viral load

    Kolkata: Several hospitals have gone back to the Covid-time practice of teleconferencing for patient consultations while others have revived their home-care services and reactivated fever clinics to handle the spike in patient load that has continued since early July. ...

    11 August 2025 Times of India
    No rain now, temp likely to rise: Met

    Kolkata: The city woke up to a warm and humid morning with the sun shining brightly after a long while on Sunday. With no rain-triggering system in Gangetic Bengal, the mercury rose, making Kolkatans sweat again. Since the monsoon ...

    11 August 2025 Times of India
    IISER suicide: Dean resigns for ‘impartial probe’

    KOLKATA: The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata's dean of student affairs, Ayan Banerjee, resigned from his post on Sunday after students pointed out a ‘conflict of interest'.A source said the dean of administration is also ...

    11 August 2025 Times of India
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