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  • Delivery agents come to blows at Girish Park

    Kolkata: A 26-year-old delivery agent, Rahul Shaw, reported that he and his colleagues, Sahanwaj Hussian, Md Meheraj and Md Majhar, were attacked by a group led by Banti Das, another delivery agent, and his associates on Friday at Sarkar ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Warm temperatures, rain expected with AQI improves

    Kolkata's weather forecast for , indicates a warm and humid day with temperatures reaching and an . The city's air quality index measured yesterday, falling in the , while the upcoming week promises a transition to cooler ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    IIT Kharagpur PhD scholar found dead in hostel room; suicide feared

    KOLKATA/KHARAGPUR: A 27-year-old IIT Kharagpur PhD research scholar from mech-anical engineering department was found hanging in his room at B R Ambedkar Hall on Saturday. This is the fifth unnatural death on the campus this year and sixth in ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Feluda & Byomkesh bring detective magic to pandals in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: Two of Bengal's most-loved detective characters have featured in Durga Puja pandals this year. While Satyajit Ray's sleuth Feluda holds fort in the 'Sonar Kella' recreated at Ballygunge 71 Pally Baisakhi Sarbojanin Durgotsab Samity on Bondel Road, Tarun ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Rain brings Kolkata Municipal Corporation repair vans out on road

    Kolkata: A day after Mayor Firhad Hakim surveyed city roads, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) roads department on Saturday decided to press seven of its mobile road repair vans into service round the clock, fearing possible damage amid rain ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Elephant crosses over to Nepal, electrocuted

    Jalpaiguri: An adult female elephant, which recently crossed the international border to enter Nepal via Naxalbari along with a herd, was found dead on Saturday morning in a paddy field at Bahundangi village in Nepal's Jhapa district. Char marks ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    City restos red carpet-ready before first big festival weekend

    Kolkata: A big Mahalaya weekend kicked off on Friday night across city restaurants and bars with offers on food and beverages and big screens that attracted cricket fans who joined the party to watch India take on Oman in ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Kudmi stir disrupts train services across Bengal, J’khand & Odisha

    Kharagpur: At least eight trains, including Vande Bharat Express, were cancelled or short-terminated on Saturday on account of a Kudmi community agitation seeking inclusion in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) list across Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand.The South Eastern Railway system ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Ode to Devi Durga: When nature’s abundance coincides with Ma’s arrival

    Aamar Nayano Bhulano Ele, Aami ki herilam hriday mele..." — Tagore's lines welcoming the Sarat (autumn) season, heralding Durga Puja, capture both nature's renewal and the anticipation of the Divine Mother's arrival. As the earth is washed clean by ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Push for Bangla, unity in CM’s festival speech

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday stressed the need to stay united and questioned why Bengalis, who are very much a part of united India, were being heckled across the states for speaking in Bengali. Banerjee chose the ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Pre-Mahalaya showers set tone for wet festive season ahead in Kolkata

    Kolkata: The city woke up to a gloomy sky and a cloud cover. But frequent spells of rain later in the day signalled the onset of a wet period on the eve of Mahalaya on Saturday. This could stretch ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Engineering univ student held for attack on juniors

    Kolkata: A final-year student of a private engineering university in Bidhannagar was arrested following allegations of assaulting two juniors studying in second year. The incident followed a disagreement and subsequent friction during the university fest.The Electronic Complex police station ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Judges distribute wheelchairs, hail social inclusion efforts

    Kolkata: Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, along with Calcutta High Court judge Justice LS Jamir and Gauhati High Court's senior judge Justice Michael Zothankhuma, attended a pre-puja social inclusion programme on Saturday. In the event was organised by ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    JU impasse continues as 3rd-yrs refuse to change hostel

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University authorities are at a loss over where to accommodate first-year boarders as 80 third-year students continue to refuse to shift from the New Boys' Hostel (NBH) to the Main Hostel. The third-year boarders have declined to ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    JU death: Cops question prof, 6 others in 48 hrs

    Kolkata: Cops investigating the death of Jadavpur University student Anamika Mondal questioned seven more persons over the past 48 hours. Among those whose statements were recorded was a professor, apart from students and security guards.This brings the total number ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Honour for achievers with the vision to light up others’ life

    Kolkata: Railway commuters at Sealdah have been following Paritosh Biswas's announcements on the public address system, guiding them to their designated platforms, for over three decades. The Eastern Railway employee never allowed his blindness to come in his professional ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Elephant crosses over to Nepal, electrocuted

    Jalpaiguri: An adult female elephant, which recently crossed the international border to enter Nepal via Naxalbari along with a herd, was found dead on Saturday morning in a paddy field at Bahundangi village in Nepal's Jhapa district. Char marks ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    NUJS students gherao VC, seek resignation

    Kolkata: More than 200 students from West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences staged a protest and gheraoed vice-chancellor Nirmal Kanti Chakrabarti in his chamber till late on Saturday, demanding his resignation following a Supreme Court judgment. Chakrabarti reportedly ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    EC plans to finish Bengal SIR in 100 days

    Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) will take around 100 days to finish the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, officials said on Saturday. The poll panel intends to complete the exercise ahead of the assembly elections in Bengal ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Have faith in judiciary, says Bengal min as ED seeks custody

    Kolkata: Walking out of the special PMLA court on Saturday, Bengal minister of correctional homes Chandranath Sinha said he has faith in the judiciary after the judge heard the ED's plea to shift him to the central agency's custody. ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Afternoon rain keeps shoppers indoors, crowd city markets during evening hours

    Kolkata: Rain blues on the eve of Mahalaya kept many shoppers indoors as they cancelled their shopping plans at the last moment because of the overcast sky and downpour. This affected the business of traders and hawkers at the ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Pocso cuffs after chase in Bay of Bengal

    Kalyani: Ranaghat Police arrested a Pocso case accused, who had been on the run since last year, in a mid-sea operation, masquerading as fishermen. Biswajit, accused of abducting a 16-year-old girl, was arrested on a fishing trawler sailing in ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Cab with colonel’s son takes detour on way to school, picks up stranger

    Kolkata: A colonel in the Indian Armed Forces, who is also the mother of a 16-year-old boy, approached the office of the Commissioner of Kolkata Police and the local Hastings Police, claiming that an app-cab driver had attempted to ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Chingrighata jam: Culvert work to start after Kali Puja

    Kolkata: Construction of a culvert near Chingrighata that is needed to ease traffic congestion will start shortly after Kali Puja. The decision was taken at a meeting of district traffic safety committee on Friday.The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Pandals, Kumartuli prep to battle rain gods

    Kolkata: With the Met office warning of a wet , organisers and idol makers across the city are scrambling to shield their creations from rain clouds already forming over the Bay of Bengal. The Met dept has predicted a ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Elias Frank takes charge as new Archbishop

    Kolkata: His Holiness Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Archbishop Thomas D'Souza from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Calcutta on Saturday. This marks the end of his distinguished service as the Archbishop of Calcutta.According to Canon ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Rooftop restos at Sec V, New Town can reopen, asked to submit bonds

    Kolkata: The rooftop restaurants in Sector V and New Town that were asked to stop operations earlier this year for having grave anomalies and gross violations in building plans can reopen, strictly following the terms and conditions as mentioned ...

    21 September 2025 Times of India
    Durga Puja in Kolkata celebrates Satyajit Ray movie 'Sonar Kella' and its lasting impact

    KOLKATA: A Durga Puja in Kolkata is celebrating auteur 's movie that not only heralded the Feluda phenomenon on celluloid, which still continues half a century later, but also transformed the fortunes of a city and catapulted an unheralded ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    Festive boost: Nepal courts Indian tourists with safety assurances

    KOLKATA: Desperate to revive tourism that took a hit following the students' uprising in Kathmandu and other cities in the Himalayan country, the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) along with leading hotel and trekker's associations in the country have reached ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    Rest in rhythm: CM mourns singer Zubeen

    Kolkata: Mourning singer , CM on Friday wrote on X: "My dear brother Zubeen — Rest in Rhythm! We will miss you, your mellifluous voice and your indomitable spirit. Music teaches us to fight, to heal and to ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Cholte Cholte 40’: Kolkata's yellow ambassador taxis become mobile canvases celebrating Durga Puja

    KOLKATA: In the vibrant tapestry of Kolkata's cultural heritage, few symbols resonate as deeply as the yellow Ambassador taxi and the annual Durga Puja celebrations. This year, Ambassador cabs that are on the way to being phased out have ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    North Kolkata Durga Puja: Century-old celebration pays tribute to writer Leela Majumdar

    KOLKATA: As autumn arrives, the Kashi Bose Lane community prepares for the festival of Durga Puja, a celebration marked by joy, excitement, and large crowds. This year, the Durga Puja in Kashi Bose Lane celebrates the legacy of Leela ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata scientist-singer Medha Basu to take Indian classical music on European tour

    KOLKATA: Music’s role in human well-being is widely acknowledged, but for Medha Basu, a young scientist and Hindustani classical vocalist from Kolkata, it is also a subject of scientific inquiry. As she sets off on a month-long European tour ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Warm temperatures with rain expected; AQI improves

    is experiencing a mix of warm temperatures and rainfall on , with temperatures ranging from to and an chance of precipitation. The city's air quality from yesterday registered a moderate AQI-IN of , while today's forecast ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    An ode to writer Leela Majumdar at this century-old north Kolkata puja where reality merges with fantasy

    KOLKATA: As autumn arrives, the Kashi Bose Lane community prepares for the festival of Durga Puja, a celebration marked by joy, excitement, and large crowds. This year, the Durga Puja in Kashi Bose Lane celebrates the legacy of Leela ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    BSI opens Antarctica gallery for climate change studies

    Kolkata: The Central Botanical Laboratory of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Howrah, inaugurated its Antarctica Gallery and Phycology Laboratory. Both are set to play a crucial role in advancing climate change research and biodiversity studies. The facilities, established ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    SSC ex-chair claims Partha, Mukul ‘influenced’ appts

    Kolkata: On the first day of CBI's trial in the school jobs-for-cash scam, former School Service Commission (SSC) chairman Chittaranjan Mondal said that former education minister Partha Chatterjee and then Trinamool Congress neta tried to exert influence on ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    HC orders SEBI audit of Rose Valley assets disposal panel

    Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a forensic audit by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) of the alleged financial irregularities of the Rose Valley Assets Disposal Committee.The committee was set ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    Nariman backs SC view on assent to bills delay

    Kolkata: Former judge Rohinton Fali Nariman, referencing the ongoing presidential reference questioning the court's authority to impose deadlines for the governor and President regarding assent to bills, reiterated the apex court's view that delaying bills passed by the ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengal to see Rs 49,000 crore investments across sectors: MCCI prez

    Kolkata: Bengal will see investments worth Rs 49,000 crore from member firms of Merchants' Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI) across industries including steel, power, engineering, animal feed and stationary, said MCCI president Amit Saraogi on Friday. Saraogi was ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    CM to open first pandals today, cops focus on traffic

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will flag off Durga Puja 2025 on Saturday with the inauguration of two of the city's biggest crowd-pullers — Tala Prottoy in north Kolkata and Sreebhumi Sporting in Lake Town.While both pandals will remain ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    RS virus infection on the rise among kids, some requiring respiratory support in Kolkata: Docs

    Kolkata: A highly contagious respiratory virus is sending an increasing number of children to the sick bay. The onslaught of Respiratory syncytial (RS) virus is common in autumn and winter. But doctors across city hospitals have been finding ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    EC delists GNLF, 11 other parties over not contesting elections

    Kolkata/Darjeeling: Four-and-a-half decades after Subhas Ghising formed the Gorkha National Liberation Front, the Election Commission on Friday delisted it and 11 other registered unrecognised political parties in Bengal for not contesting polls for the past six years.Centred on the ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    Has the city by Ganga lost its taste for Padma-r ilish? Doubt after tepid welcome

    Kolkata: The exorbitant price of Bangladeshi hilsa has dampened the initial exuberance that greeted its arrival and left importers in a dilemma about whether they should get more stock from across the border or press the pause button.After the ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    Mitra counters FM on Bengal’s tax share surge remark

    Kolkata: Responding to Union finance minister 's remark that the Centre's tax devolution to Bengal had gone up 291% between 2014 and 2024 from the previous 10 years, principal chief advisor to CM Mamata Banerjee, Amit Mitra, said the ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    Suicide after ‘torment’

    Howrah: An engineer from Jagatballavpur in Howrah, Rakesh Chanda (33), died by suicide on Thursday after he left a video message, pleading with a person not to harass his mother and sister". In the video, Chanda said, "I borrowed ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    HS centre in-charge removed after ‘spl treatment’ to MLA son

    Behrampore: The state HS council has removed the principal of Laskarpur Baliaghati High School following complaints that Shamsherganj Trinamool MLA Amirul Islam's son received "special treatment" as he appeared for the HS physics paper on Sept 12. Principal Md ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘1 hour 15 mins not enough for 40 HS maths questions’

    Kolkata: Students appearing for the Higher Secondary Part 1 exams, which started on Sept 8, complained about inadequate time and writing space for the maths paper held on Friday.This is the first batch of state board Plus-II students to ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    3 get life term

    Kolkata: A court on Friday sentenced three—Farman Laskar, Maniram Khatoon, and Atiyar Rahaman—to life imprisonment until death for killing a woman, Aleya Laskar, in Joynagar in 2020. Aleya's body was found at Charghata Mouza, her severed head lying nearby, ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    BJP worker beaten to death in Nadia

    Nabadwip (Nadia): A 35-year-old BJP worker was allegedly beaten to death in the temple town of Prachin Mayapur in Nadia's Nabadwip early on Thursday, reports Ashis Poddar.Victim Sanjay Bhowmik's sister said his brother was attacked by Trinamool workers with ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    Panskura rape: Health dept sets up probe panel

    Panskura: The East Midnapore district health department on Friday formed a five-member committee to investigate the complaint of rape of a contractual employee at Panskura Super Specialty Hospital by a facility manager on Sunday.The committee members — three female ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    CEA warns of banking risks from energy transition power plant closures

    Kolkata: India's chief economic adviser V Anantha Nageswaran on Friday cautioned that forceful shutdown of thermal power plants in the country's energy transition journey may have serious consequences on the banking system.Addressing the ‘Indo-Pacific Economic Conclave 2025' organised by ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    Peerless to exit insurance distribution, eyes Rs 1k cr revenue from core biz

    Kolkata: Peerless General Finance and Investment Company Ltd (PGFI) plans to exit the insurance distribution business within a year and will seek the regulator's approval by Dec, managing director Jayanta Roy said on Friday.The company has also drawn up ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    Bad-road worry for Salt Lake pandal hoppers

    Kolkata: With craters and potholes in many places, motorists may face a bumpy ride during pandal-hopping in Salt Lake. Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is conducting patchwork repairs but, with the block community pujas set to be inaugurated one after another ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    After fencing off dogs, Agri-Horticulture Society bans visitors’ entry

    Kolkata: Amid a row over prohibition of feeding community dogs and birds on the sprawling campus of the Agri-Horticultural Society of India (AHSI), the functionaries allegedly stopped the entry of visitors who are not members of the organisation. The ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    Mayor hits the roads, inspects pre-puja repairs, but doubts linger with rain clouds on horizon

    Kolkata: City mayor Hakim went on an inspection drive on Friday, checking on the condition of the city's roads, especially those that lead to major pujas. He expressed satisfaction over the civic body's efforts on the special road-repair drive ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    Met forecasts wet puja, rain set to intensify on Navami

    Kolkata: Rain is set to play spoilsport this Durga Puja with the Met office predicting showers on the festive days, which could intensify when the revelry reaches its peak around Navami.A long period of rain, which could start on ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    At Kol meet, jury picks Ishan Khattar-starrer ‘Homebound’ as India’s Oscars bet

    Kolkata: Of 24 film submissions from across the country, 's ‘Homebound' has been picked as India's official entry to the 98th Academy awards in the Best International Feature Film category. This was announced in Kolkata — chosen as the ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    Condo attack: Cops visit complex, assure residents, arrest 6 from local slum

    Kolkata: Six persons were arrested from Daspara slum adjoining condo complex Ekta Flora in Tangra for terrorising 452 families residing there. The accused had barged into the complex at 3 am on Sept 17, kicked on the doors of ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Criminals, no matter how big they are, can’t escape cop net’

    Kolkata: Police commissioner Manoj Verma on Friday said that the two prime suspects wanted for organising two heinous crimes in the heart of the city for more than a week now will be arrested soon, as "no criminal, however ...

    20 September 2025 Times of India
    Police: Panskura rape accused a repeat offender, held in 2008

    Panskura: The accused in the rape of a contractual employee at Panskura Super Speciality Hospital, who worked as its facility manager, had been arrested in 2008 for allegedly raping a minor, police said on Thursday.Sheikh Zahir Abbas was out ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Killer 'Guru Baba': Calcutta HC commutes death to life term

    KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court on Thursday commuted the death sentence of a 45-year-old man - convicted of murdering a woman and her daughter - to a life sentence, but directed no remission for 40 years.The HC observed that the ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    A pandal in Kolkata's Alipore is brewing Darjeeling tea this Durga Puja

    KOLKATA: Tea, often referred to as the "philosopher's stone" by the Chinese philosopher Laozi, plays a pivotal role in Indian culture and history. It embodies the five elements and has been central to numerous myths, stories, and legends about ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    History of burning and the resilience of women at Kolkata's Dakshindari Youths' Durga Puja pandal

    KOLKATA: An average of 200-300 acid attacks are reported annually in India, with approximately 95% of cases seeing the accused go unpunished, official govt statistics reveal. Between 2000 and 2016, over 2,500 individuals, primarily women, were killed by fire. ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Durga Puja pandal recreates grandeur of Kumbh Mela in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: The Agarpara Tarapukur Adi Sarbojanin Durgotsav Committee, known for its innovative themes, has this year recreated the grandeur of the within the confines of their . As visitors approach the pandal, they are greeted by a magnificent ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata 5th among Indian cities on dollar-millionaire list

    KOLKATA: Kolkata, the cultural and commercial heart of eastern India, secured the fifth position in the latest Mercedes-Benz Hurun India Wealth Report 2025, with 26,600 millionaire households, each with a net worth of at least Rs 8.5 crore. This ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengal nod to industry status for logistics sparks growth hope

    Kolkata: The state cabinet on Thursday approved industry status for the logistics sector, a move that will facilitate govt incentives and easy bank credit for the players in the field.Experts said that with adequate support, Bengal is poised to ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather update: Humid morning with high chance of rain showers and good air quality

    The weather pattern indicates may offer the best conditions for outdoor activities, though rain gear will still be necessary. The subsequent days will bring more consistent rainfall to the city.Kolkata's weather forecast for , indicates a warm and ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Lost in Uzbekistan: Overlanding Bengali couple goes off track, traces Babur link

    KOLKATA: When UK-based Bengali couple Prabir and Sanjukta Mitra realised they had taken a wrong turn somewhere in Uzbekistan, they thought their epic 100-day, overlanding journey spanning 27,000km to raise awareness about diabetes had hit another serious bump.Little did ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Nod for 36 MIG flats in Chetla

    Kolkata: The state cabinet on Friday gave the permission to build 36 MIG-category flats in Chetla, which would be available on freehold basis. The flats in a multi-storey building, with lifts and 18 garages, would be allocated through lottery, ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Ex-US prof loses 8.5L to fake airline customer care

    Kolkata: A US-based senior citizen, currently visiting his brother in Salt Lake, was duped of Rs 8.5 lakh by cyber fraudsters, who impersonated airline customer care executives.A resident of Gainesville in the US, Kishalay Hoare (71), a former professor ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    No more hurdles for Orange Line work at Chingrighata: HC

    Kolkata: Metro work at Chingrighata crossing for the Orange Line construction could now be executed smoothly, Calcutta High Court (HC) said on Thursday. This was observed while a division bench of justices, Sujoy Paul and Smita Das De, was ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Extended repair deadline ends, mayor to survey city roads today

    Kolkata: A day before Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim's scheduled survey of the city's roads, the KMC roads department wrapped up its road repair drive on Thursday. The deadline for the drive was extended to Sept 18 due to continuous ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    NIA didn’t step in to probe Samserganj violence: HC

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court, hearing a matter on the violence in Murshidabad's Samserganj, noted that neither the Centre nor its agency, the NIA, initiated a probe into a complaint of a scheduled offence despite having suo motu powers ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Next-Gen GST rollout timed with Durga Puja, says FM in Kol

    Kolkata: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the decision to implement the goods and services tax (GST) reforms from Sept 22 was influenced by Durga Puja dates, in an apparent bid to connect with Bengal voters a ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Number of disabled-friendly pandals grows across Kolkata

    Kolkata: Several Durga Puja organisers in the city are prioritising accessibility, rolling out disabled-friendly measures like wheelchair ramps, low-gradient pathways, Braille display, dedicated volunteers, and guided tours to ensure disabled visitors can enjoy the festivities without barriers. Additionally, senior ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Metro focus on communication tech upkeep after Green Line stalls again

    Kolkata: Green Line services were suspended during morning rush hours for the second consecutive day on Thursday. Following a half-hour disruption that began at 10.30am, Metro Railway decided to invite bids for the annual mechanical contract (AMC) for the ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Principal enters college with HC order, harassed on campus

    Kolkata: Rani Birla College principal Srabanti Bhattacharya attended office on Thursday armed with a court order. The governing body, headed by Trinamool councillor Kajari Banerjee, had ordered her removal. Bhattacharya faced harassment while entering campus and her car was ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Mahamaya exhibition at RKM Golpark celebrates glory of Durga

    Kolkata: Ahead of Durga Puja, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture at Golpark is hosting an exhibition titled "Mahamaya", to pay tribute to Durga. The exhibition, launched on Thursday and scheduled to continue till Saturday, has brought together an array ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Fake cop on shopping spree extorts money from traders

    Kolkata: A man posing as a senior police inspector was accused of extorting money from traders in New Market, Burrabazar, and Girish Park. The imposter allegedly went on a shopping spree before Durga Puja, buying clothes and electronic items ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Pvt firms to take up ghat renovation

    Kolkata: In a bid to restore Kolkata's riverfront, Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK) has planned a redevelopment project as part of its CSR programme with various private organisations, including Adani Ports, SEZ Ltd, GRSE Ltd, PS Group, IHCL ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Howrah dump yard bio-mining picks up pace

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) has ramped up bio-mining operations—being done in three zones—at Belgachia Trenching Ground in Howrah, aiming to clear decades of legacy waste and reclaim the sprawling dumpsite by 2026. The move comes in ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Fake PS case: Noida cops raid ex-TMC neta’s Kolkata properties

    Kolkata: A team of Uttar Pradesh Police conducted raids at two properties — in Gariahat and Beleghata — linked to Bivas Adhikari, a former Trinamool leader who was arrested for running a bogus ‘investigation bureau' in Noida and on ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Bengal key state for BIMSTEC in regional trade and connectivity’

    Kolkata: Bengal is one of the top priority states for the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), stated Indra Mani Pandey, secretary general of the inter-govt organisation, which acts as a bridge between South ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Nepali’ row: Darj lawyers rally against JM

    Darjeeling: The Darjeeling Bar Association (DBA) on Thursday staged a protest rally in Mungpoo, about 30km from Darjeeling, demanding the transfer of Judicial Magistrate Alakananda Sarkar from the Mungpoo court, reports Roshan Gupta. The association has been on an ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    HC directs state to beef up security ahead of Kurmi blockade

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the railways and the state govt to take steps to maintain law and order and ensure public movement remains unhindered on Saturday, when the Adivasi Kurmi Samaj has given a call ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Kakdwip headmaster assault: TMC neta gets bail

    Kolkata: A Kakdwip subdivisional court on Thursday granted bail to Birendra Vidyaniketan management committee president Tridib Barui, who was arrested only 12 hours earlier for assaulting acting headmaster Minalkanti Pal.Collection of money from students for school trips without informing ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Aug home registrations in Kol rise 15% YoY, 33% over July’s

    Kolkata: Even as the market was abuzz with reports of a steep revision in circle rates and its impact on the real estate market, residential property registration data from the state directorate of registrations and stamps revenue indicated a ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Villagers storm Rampurhat school, assault headmaster

    Birbhum: A day after decomposed body parts of a 13-year-old student were found in a ditch in Rampurhat's Kalidanga, angry villagers stormed the school where the child studied, locked up the teachers and assaulted the headmaster.Police were heavily outnumbered ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    NUJS presents Braille Constitution to Speaker

    Kolkata: Vice chancellor of West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Nirmal Kanti Chakrabarti, on Thursday handed over a Braille version of the Constitution to Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay. The Braille edition is designed to provide easy access to ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Law college rape survivor seeks transfer

    Kolkata: The rape survivor from the law college in south Kolkata has decided not to continue her studies at the institution. Sources said she has applied for a no-objection certificate from the college, which has been granted, and the ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Cops attacked while dispersing armed group in Netaji Nagar

    Kolkata: Two Kolkata Police officers — an SI and an ASI — were allegedly assaulted at Netaji Nagar in south Kolkata while trying to nab some goons for causing a disturbance outside a lawyer's residence. Several women, all aides ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata ghats to be ‘no-plastic zone’

    Kolkata: Kolkata's ghats have been designated as a "no-plastic zone" following an order from the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, formerly known as the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) and the current custodian of the ghats, ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Night of terror: Slum-dwellers run amok in Tangra high-rise

    Kolkata: More than 450 families and over 2,500 residents of a decade-and-a-half-old condo housing have been living in fear for the past 48 hours after outsiders stormed the high-rise, reached their flat doors, knocked and kicked on them and ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    GB asks vice principal to continue for now

    Kolkata: The governing body (GB) of the law college has declined to accept resignation letter of the vice principal, instructing her to continue till a new principal is appointed. GB president Ashok Deb also said the graffiti, displaying the ...

    19 September 2025 Times of India
    Ganesh Consumer Products IPO to open on Sept 22, co looks to raise Rs 409cr

    Kolkata: Ganesh Consumer Products looks to raise Rs 409 crore through an IPO, which will open on Sept 22 at a price band of Rs 306-Rs 322 per equity share. The offer will be a combination of fresh issue ...

    18 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata hosts pioneering quantum science conference ICEQSM 2025

    KOLKATA: Kolkata recently played host to the International Conference and Exposium on Quantum Sensing and Metrology (ICEQSM) 2025, a landmark event that brought together a global community of scientists, technologists, entrepreneurs, and students. Held at the Bose Institute Auditorium ...

    18 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata couple’s 100-day Silk Route drive: Warm Uzbek welcome, mission on diabetes

    KOLKATA: A couple from Kolkata, settled in England, who recently completed a 100-day overland journey from King's Lynn town in Norfolk county to Kolkata had meticulously prepared for the drive across 21 countries that retraced an ancient Silk Route. ...

    18 September 2025 Times of India
    From Sandakphu to Kolkata: SEI’s gruelling Pentathlon returns with trekking, rafting, sailing

    KOLKATA: The gruelling biennial endurance event Pentathlon organised by Sea Explorers' Institute (SEI) that involves trekking, rafting, kayaking, rowing and sailing will be held from the Sandakphu, the highest point in Bengal at 3,636 m to Princep Ghat in ...

    18 September 2025 Times of India
    One more fence comes up on AHSI premises to keep dogs in

    Kolkata: Animal lovers and morning walkers discovered on Wednesday that the functionaries of Agri Horticulture Society of India (AHSI) had put up a new layer of barbed-wire fencing, preventing them from feeding the community dogs on the campus as ...

    18 September 2025 Times of India
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