Siliguri/Mirik: Prices of vegetables and essentials are already witnessing a northward movement across the Hills following the severe rain-triggered landslides. With reports of major agricultural tracts being submerged by water coming in from across north Bengal, local traders fear ...
8 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Thousands of logs floating on the raging Torsa during the floods in north Bengal on Sunday were pine logs that originated from a "govt timber depot in Bhutan". A video that went viral on social media led to ...
8 October 2025 Times of IndiaMirik (Soureni Bazar): The Darjeeling district administration intensified relief and rescue operations, recovering two more bodies from the Chhota Rangit river under Bijanbari block on Tuesday, two days after the tragedy struck the region. An unidentified body was found ...
8 October 2025 Times of IndiaMirik/Lamahata/Kolkata: Following the devastating rains and landslides that jolted tourism in north Bengal, a glimmer of hope has returned to the battered tourism sector in the Hills. A section of travellers has started trickling back not only to Darjeeling ...
8 October 2025 Times of IndiaDarjeeling/Siliguri/Kolkata: Tourists returning to Siliguri from Darjeeling faced a harrowing time on Sunday, with taxi operators charging exorbitant fares amid chaos on the roads. Many still failed to reach Siliguri in time to catch their trains and flights as ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: The West Bengal BJP on Tuesday launched a massive protest in Kolkata, a day after party MP Khagen Murmu and MLA Shankar Ghosh suffered injuries in stone-pelting during their visit to flood-hit Jalpaiguri.Party leaders and workers took ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Floods in north Bengal and the ensuing tourist rush to return home have led to a sudden demand for seats on flights from Bagdogra to Kolkata, sending fares soaring through the roof.While the usual one-way fare is around ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata/Siliguri: It has been over 30 hours since JU student Himadri Purkayet went missing in Darjeeling but all search operations have drawn a blank so far. On Monday, Himadri's elder brother Priyobrato and friend Sayan Das received a video ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Hospitals across the city are seeing a gradual uptick in dengue patient count, with the number doubling from that of a week ago in many hospitals. Now, with sporadic rain causing puddles in various city pockets, health experts ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaSiliguri: CM Mamata Banerjee attacked the BJP-led Centre for neither reaching out to the state govt after the flood in north Bengal nor providing any assistance to the affected. She went on to slam the Centre for failing to ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaMadarihat/Kolkata: After elephants and ziplines were pressed into rescue operations on Sunday, the authorities on Monday turned to earthmovers and inflatable boats to evacuate tourists trapped in forest resorts and homestays isolated by floods and landslides in north Bengal.On ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Three school teachers — Parama Mitra Bhattacharjee from Jadavpur, and Anwesha Som and Poppy Burma from Hooghly's Dankuni — died when the SUV they were travelling in rammed a truck near Akalgharia village in Kabirdham district, Chhattisgarh, on ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The city is witnessing an unprecedented surge in office space leasing, with approximately 0.6 million square feet leased in the third quarter of 2025 alone. This brings the total office space leased in Kolkata to a record 1.5 ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaJalpaiguri/Siliguri: A group of around 50 villagers assaulted the BJP MP from Malda North, Khagen Murmu, and the BJP MLA from Siliguri, Sankar Ghosh, and ransacked their cars at Bamandanga in Jalpaiguri's Nagrakata where the legislators went to inspect ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Sarbartho Mani continues to take giant steps in international chess. The youngster from Kolkata bagged a bronze in the Under-10 open section of World Cadet Chess Championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan, recently. This was Mani's second podium finish in ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A day after 15-year-old Rupashi Jana, a resident of ESI housing complex, died of dengue — the first in Salt Lake this year — Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation on Monday conducted a drive to clean up and spray larvicide ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A businessman from New Town was allegedly tricked into paying Rs 21.6 crore in an online trading scam, where fraudsters posed as officials of a reputable American investment advisory firm.According to his complaint, 51-year-old Nirmalya Saha was drawn ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A man from Phoolbari in north Bengal lodged a complaint alleging that he was cheated of Rs 55,000 by an agency in Baguiati that promised jobs in Singapore and Brunei.Victim Amal Dutta, said he came across a leaflet ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: While the Alipore weather office did not record any rain in the city on Monday, Met officials have not ruled out thundershower activities in the next few days. Even though there is no major weather system to trigger ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaGhatal: Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has released 55,000 cusecs of water from its Maithon and Panchet reservoirs, triggering fresh flood concerns in the southern districts of Bengal. Parts of the Ghatal subdivision, including Chandrakona and 12 wards of the ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Within hours of PM 's post on "pathetic law and order situation" in Bengal after lawmakers were assaulted, Bengal CM told the PM: "You are the Prime Minister of India, not just of BJP. Your responsibility ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: In the wake of child deaths in Madhya Pradesh (MP) linked to the consumption of a particular cough syrup, medicine retailers in Kolkata have started refusing patients asking for any paediatric medicine over the counter. The retailers are ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: With many puja committees yet to dismantle the festive installations, decorative gates and barricades may snarl as the city returns to routine post-Puja break on Tuesday. The city's roads remain choked the temporary barricades and decorative gates. ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: As part of its preparation for the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal, the is focusing on a more accessible soft copy of the 2022 voter rolls, with an improved search option. The last ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaKalimpong: Picturesque villages — Krishnagram and Ghafoor Basti —- along the banks of Teesta in Kalimpong are turning into ghost villages as back-to-back floods and landslides over the last two years forced residents to abandon their homes.For nearly 24 ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaJalpaiguri/Kolkata: An average rainfall of around 300 mm in a day — since Saturday night — covering the entire 200-km width between Mechi and Sankosh rivers has wreaked havoc on the forest areas and wildlife in the region, leading ...
7 October 2025 Times of India: As Darjeeling and Mirik reel from the devastating landslides that claimed several lives and cut off major routes, the hill town's tourism industry is facing a sharp downturn. Hoteliers and tour operators report a surge in cancellations and ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaJalpaiguri: Around 210 hectares of land has been washed away in at least 30 tea gardens in Nagrakata, Banarhat, and Kalchini in the Dooars. Overall, around 950 hectares of tea plantation land has been affected by the floods. Although ...
7 October 2025 Times of IndiaJALPAIGURI: BJP MP Khagen Murmu, a two-time parliamentarian from North Malda, sustained serious injuries after being attacked by locals while visiting flood-affected areas in North Bengal. The incident occurred as he was traveling to the Nagrakata area in Jalpaiguri’s ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaDARJEELING/JALPAIGURI/KOLKATA: At least 28 people died, most of them in Mirik, as constant downpour in north Bengal between Saturday night and early on Sunday triggered landslides, washed away bridges and caused extensive flooding across the hills and plains. ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaKOLKATA/KALIMPONG: News of torrential rain triggering landslides in , claiming the lives of 28 people, has left the family members of Jadavpur University (JU) student Himadri Purkayet on edge. They are unable to contact the 24-year-old, who went missing ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaKOLKATA/MADARIHAT: Some waded through waist-deep water and slush, others clung to ziplines or ropes to be hauled across raging rivers, and many even rode elephants through flooded stretches-turning what was meant to be a leisurely post-Puja holiday in North ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata's weather forecast for October 6, 2025, indicates temperatures between 25.2°C and 31.9°C with an 87% chance of patchy rain throughout the day. The city's air quality remains moderate with an AQI of 52 from yesterday, while humidity levels ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: An unexpected change in the trajectory of a low-pressure system, brought on by a retreating monsoon, was responsible for the devastating rain that crippled the north Bengal plains and hills.The system, which formed over Bay of Bengal on ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Four cops, including three women, were injured after members of a Durga Puja committee reportedly attacked them during an immersion procession on Paharpur Road in Garden Reach late on Saturday. One officer suffered a fractured jaw. Seven people ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The unusually late retreat of the had a gift for the city: the cleanest air in recent memory, except in 2022, when Cyclone Sitrang had dramatically cleared the air. With the recent heavy shower washing away ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: For Italian visitor, Silvia Rovelli, the Red Road Carnival was "an exhibition of the city's cultural history". "I found it to be cultural traditions and heritage merged with festivity. I decided to come to Kolkata just to be ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata/Jalpaiguri: The long-term damage to Darjeeling and Kalimpong by over-ambitious infrastructure projects and construction of concrete buildings by cutting the hills cannot be undone in a day. However, the steps to rectify this need to start now, sustainable development ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Red Road on Sunday evening turned into a stage of a resplendent spectacle as 113 Durga idols rolled down the road through the Maidan on their way to immersion. The puja mood was back as the 10th edition ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaDarjeeling: Mirik, which was battered by heavy rain, emerged as the epicentre of the north Bengal disaster, where rain-triggered landslides claimed 11 lives and injured eight others. The rains also washed away the iron bridge over the Balasun River, ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: has appointed its former state chief Adhir Chowdhury as an observer for the upcoming . The party's observers list includes former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel. Subhankar Sarkar, the party's current state ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal BJP leaders on Sunday joined a rally in Kolkata to against the death of 12 persons due to waterlogging following torrential rains before the pujas. ‘Khola Hawa', a cultural wing linked to the BJP, organised the ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaGhatal: Heavy rain and discharge from the DVC have flooded large parts of West Midnapore's Ghatal subdivision. The release has swelled the Shilabati river, inundating vast stretches of farmland and roads. Manikkundu, Sultanpur, Banka, Azabnagar and Maharajpur are under ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Apart from the idols that joined the Red Road Carnival, around 100 Durga idols were given a farewell at the city ghats and water bodies on Sunday, the last day of immersion. Since Dashami, around 5,200 idols have ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Activists of hit the ground running on Sunday to help those affected by the floods in north Bengal. Party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee issued the call to action. "I appeal to all party workers to reach ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Blue Line's Kalighat metro station carried the maximum number of passengers during puja this year. Between Panchami and Dashami,4 lakh passengers either alighted or boarded the trains at Kalighat. The city metro network ferried 46.5 lakh commuters ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaDarjeeling: Torrential rain not only caused loss of life, property, and connectivity, but also dealt a significant blow to the Unesco World Heritage site, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR). The DHR has suspended full-fledged services between New Jalpaiguri (NJP) ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who chaired an emergency meeting on the north Bengal floods on Sunday, will fly out to on Monday. said the Centre was closely monitoring the situation and would provide all help required."On ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaJalpaiguri: A dam malfunctioning in Bhutan has caused renewed flood fears. Authorities in north Bengal were placed on high alert after Bhutan's Tala Hydropower Dam began overflowing due to a technical failure, raising fears of downstream flooding in the ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaJalpaiguri/Kolkata: Heavy showers between Saturday night and Sunday morning largely affected the tea belt of the Dooars, particularly in three blocks — Banarhat and Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri and Kalchini in Alipurduar. Banarhat and Nagrakata witnessed 350 mm of rainfall ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaJalpaiguri/Kolkata: Forest areas and wildlife have taken a hit after heavy rains in north Bengal since Saturday night led to severe flooding. A senior forest dept official said as per reports till Sunday afternoon, affected areas include Hamiltonganj under ...
6 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: At least four cops, including an assistant sub-inspector, were attacked by a group of drunk youths during the immersion of a Durga idol at Titagarh on Friday. Four men were arrested."Four policemen were injured as a group of ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) water supply department has set a March 2026 deadline for the completion of Dhalai Bridge water treatment plant and capacity augmentation at the Jai Hind water treatment plant in Dhapa. While Dhalai Bridge ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: With Durga Puja celebrations over, the focus has shifted to the Red Road carnival on Sunday. Many foreigners in the city said they were eagerly counting down to the parade, calling it an "experience of a lifetime."Nate Hurst ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is preparing to accommodate as many Durga idols as possible at the ‘Maa Phire Elo' art gallery at Rabindra Sarobar. As per the present setup, there is space to preserve about 14 ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaHowrah: A nine-year-old boy, Shubhrodeep Samanta, drowned while attempting to retrieve decorative jewellery and structures from an immersed Durga idol on Friday night in the Jaypur Police Station area of Uluberia. The boy's family made a living by selling ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: While auto fares are raised every Puja, they return to the old rate post-Dashami. In some places, they return to normal post-Laxmi Puja. Not this time. Operators on several auto routes in the city have decided to permanently ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The city may have recorded a drop in crime against children from 602 cases in 2022 to 297 in 2023, the NCRB 2023 report reveals a disturbing trend of a rise in minors committing crimes. The number of ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaMidnapore/Burdwan: The Bengal govt on Saturday put the districts of Hooghly, East Burdwan and Ghatal subdivision in West Midnapore on high alert for floods after the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) released 73,556 cusecs water from its Maithon and Panchet ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata/Howrah: Most of the city's Durga idols were immersed by Sunday dawn, in line with the state's deadline for all community and household pujas, barring those selected for Sunday's carnival.Major immersion ghats along the Hooghly witnessed a record immersion ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The city is poised for a spectacular Sunday as the city gears up for the annual Durga Puja Carnival on Red Road. From high-energy dance troupes to pulsating performances, nearly 113 puja committees are preparing to dazzle crowds ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Post-puja commute turned out to be a nightmare for Kolkatans as buses, autos and taxis went off the road after Dashami. With fewer public transport options and the Metro running much behind schedule, many commuters faced a harrowing ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: While obesity is often considered an indicator and a trigger for cardiac ailments, many suffer from heart issues despite not being overweight, claimed cardiologists on World Heart Day on Sept 29. Risk factors other than excess fat and ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 23-year-old woman out pandal-hopping on Dashami experienced a traumatic incident while sitting next to an auto driver on the Park Circus-Esplanade route. The driver allegedly groped her and refused to stop at her designated stop. She had ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A Vivekananda Road sweet shop owner fell victim to , losing Rs 1 lakh after being duped by a man posing as an Army personnel. On Sept 27, a man allegedly introduced himself as Sanjay Singh and sampled ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaKharagpur: A friend of Mohammed Asif Qamar, the IIT Kharagpur third-year civil engineering student who was found dead in his hostel, visited the Hijli police outpost on the campus on Saturday for questioning. Police said that during the questioning ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaHowrah: A shop owner, Kalu Maji (35), was found murdered in the courtyard of a temple in the Salap area of Domjur, Howrah, on Friday night. Maji used to work as a mechanic at factories before opening his shop. ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 50-year-old woman and her son were reportedly assaulted by a group of men, who barged into their home, allegedly brandishing a revolver, after she complained against a neighbour riding his bike rashly. The incident occurred in Sinthee ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A resident of Circus Avenue, Anurag Das, was caught near Maa Flyover for using a beacon on his car illegally to gain quicker access to VIP gates at Durga Puja pandals. Somnath Ghosh, a sergeant from East Traffic ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 16-year-old national-level martial art gold medallist from Kalna in East Burdwan was found dead with multiple injuries beside Jessore Road in Ashoknagar late on Friday. The girl had reportedly gone out pandal-hopping with a 22-year-old Agniveer jawan ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A functionary was assaulted by a group of people in Hooghly district's Khanakul on Friday night.Forty-five-year-old Barun Mondal was assaulted while he was on travelling to his home in Marokhana village. He said BJP workers stopped him ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Union jal shakti minister CR Patil on Saturday contested Bengal govt's claims of DVC's water release figures saying the DVC had released 70,000 cusecs of water and not 1,50,000 cusecs from Maithon and Panchet dams among others. The ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaPatna: A minor girl from Kolkata was allegedly gang-raped in Patna after being lured with false promises of performance in an orchestra. The minor was with two other girls, who were also brought from Kolkata two days earlier, reportedly ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 66-year-old jewellery shop owner was gagged, tied and bludgeoned to death inside his shop in Baranagar during business hours on Saturday afternoon. Police said the assailants had entered the shop, posing as customers around 3 pm, sprayed ...
5 October 2025 Times of IndiaHOWRAH: A businessman's body was discovered in a bloodied and crushed state at the courtyard of the Hanuman and Kali temple, triggering unrest in the Salap area of Domjur, Howrah, on Friday night. Initial investigations by Howrah city police ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaHOWRAH: A nine-year-old boy drowned while attempting to retrieve the decorative jewellery and structures from an immersed Durga idol on Friday night in the Jaypur police station area of Uluberia. Locals rescued the child and took him to a ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKHARAGPUR: After the festival, a flood situation is threatening to develop again in the Ghatal subdivision area. There have been five instances of flooding this year. Though the current situation is normal, Shilabati, Rupnarayan, and Old Kansai rivers are ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKHARAGPUR: A son murdered his father and mother on Friday night in Kharpora village, under Debbhog Gram Panchayat in Sabang, West Medinipur district.On Saturday morning, Sabang police recovered the couple's bodies after locals found them in a bloody state ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Trinamool will begin its post-puja annual Bijoya Sammilani programmes from Sunday, Oct 5. This year, the social gatherings will see more than 50 speakers engaging with block-level party members and will serve as a major outreach programme ahead ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata residents face moderate rainfall on October 4, 2025, with temperatures ranging between 25.4°C and 30.7°C, accompanied by a moderate air quality index of 52 from the previous day.The weather forecast indicates an 85% humidity level and wind speeds ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A 23-year-old woman journalist was assaulted around 9.40 pm on Thursday (Dashami night) after she resisted molestation by a group of drunk youths inside the subway of Sodepur railway station. Braving the injuries caused to her face, the ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bangladeshi hilsa, once a craze among Bengali households, has left importers and traders smarting as they count losses in the festive season after buyers opted for the reasonably priced varieties from Myanmar and Gujarat instead. The Bangladeshi hilsa ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Two SIs attached to New Alipore PS were, prima facie, found guilty of failing to stop the vandalism of 35 trucks parked in the area in the middle of the night on July 8. Yet, both were asked ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: In an X post on Friday, economist Amit Mitra criticised the Centre for not being able to resolve the US tariff issue. Pointing out that India's businesses, their supply chains of MSMEs, and the jobs of millions of ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Tata Capital Ltd will increased its portfolio of unsecured retail loans from 12% to 15% if the portfolio remains good, said managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) Rajiv Sabharwal on Friday. The statement comes ahead of ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Kolkata has again emerged as the safest city in the country, recording the lowest number of cognisable offences per lakh people, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau report (for 2023).Kolkata recorded 83.9 cognisable offences per lakh ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The six major ghats along the Hooghly in the city and large water bodies witnessed 4,300-odd idols being immersed, 3,000 on Dashami on Thursday, accounting for one-fourth Kolkata's Durga Puja idols, and around 1,300 on Friday. KMC and ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Intermittent rain, sudden surges of footfall at odd hours, and record pandal-hopping crowds tested the city police during . Added to the mix were instances of hooliganism, the perennial traffic snarls, and weather-related hiccups. Despite the challenges, police ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Durga Puja economy is estimated to have touched Rs 65,000 crore in Bengal this year — Kolkata contributing 65%-70% — despite record rainfall in the run-up to the festival and sales hitting a sudden pause ahead of GST ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The city has relived its connect with Jane Goodall, a British primatologist and conservationist known for her work on chimpanzees in East Africa, who passed away on Wednesday. Goodall, the pioneer of primate ethology, had visited Alipore zoo ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Indian roller, a bird protected under Schedule II of the country's Wildlife Protection Act and whose population has declined by 30% across India in the past 12 years, is still being released as part of an age-old ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Metro carried 46.5 lakh passengers from Panchami to Dashami, with the highest ever single-day ridership of 9.8 lakh recorded on Panchami. However, the total five-day puja footfall was around 4 lakh less than that of 2024, when Metro ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: This Durga Puja, 3.6 lakh passengers travelled through Kolkata airport between Panchami and Dashami, the third highest ever recorded during the festival. The figure, however, was lower than last year's 4 lakh count as many holidaymakers extended their ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Hundreds of homes were damaged, numerous trees and electric poles uprooted, and at least 12 people were injured after a tornado-like storm hit the Sandeshkhali block in North 24 Parganas on Thursday evening. Locals said the storm was ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The on Thursday accepted the Bengal govt's recommendations to appoint S Arun Prasad as additional chief electoral officer and Harishanker Panicker as joint CEO.Prasad and Panicker were among the nine officers whose names were sent by Nabanna ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal entered pre-election preparation mode, with state election in charge Bhupendra Yadav and co-in-charge Biplab Deb coming down to Kolkata on Friday. Yadav and Deb met BJP's state netas to assess the party's poll preparedness.BJP state president ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday gave a conditional nod to BJP-backed group Khola Hawa to hold a candle march from College Square to Dorina Crossing on Oct 5, the same day as the Red Road Puja carnival.A ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Accusing the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) of releasing 150,000 cusec water to "flood Bengal during festivities", CM on Friday said she would never allow anyone to perform "Bengal's bisarjan". She also labelled DVC's act "shameful, intolerable and ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Nearly 4,000 police personnel will stand guard as 113 puja committees join the Red Road carnival on Sunday, taking their Durga idols for immersion amid cultural celebration and fanfare. Police and puja organisers met on Friday to iron ...
4 October 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Biker prosecutions during Durga Puja touched a decade high this year. Alongside a citywide crackdown on — particularly on Nabami and Dashami nights at major intersections — Kolkata Police managed to restrict fatalities to just two. Both ...
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