HOWRAH: A speeding vehicle collided with a stationary patrolling van, resulting in the death of two policemen, including a sub-inspector, and injuring three others in in West Bengal's Howrah district on Thursday.The incident occurred in the Barunda area on ...
4 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Metro Railway suspended work on the Rs 5,000-crore Airport-Barasat line on Wednesday after Kolkata airport authorities refused immediate use of tall cranes for construction work along the flight path.While the stalling of the project will further push back ...
4 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata Police STF has arrested the mastermind of a fake currency gang and seized counterfeit notes, with a face value of Rs 45,000. “Based on a statement by arrested accused Ajiruddin Momin, the module kingpin, Sabiruddin Momin ...
4 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Following a recent clash at New Town’s Tarulia during a drive to remove makeshift shops to make way for a sewerage line network project, officials of New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) on Tuesday held a meeting with ...
4 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The chief commissioner of railway safety (CCRS), Janak Kumar Garg, will be on a two-day visit on Thursday to inspect the East-West Metro corridor.The Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) gives the mandatory safety nod for any new Metro ...
4 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Kolkata airport authorities have decided to not to renew the contract of the existing agency handling retrieval of trolleys following a barrage of complaints from passengers. A new agency will be appointed and a time limit will be ...
4 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The KP cyber cell arrested a 27-year-old man near Mandideep, 23km from Bhopal, on Wednesday for allegedly cheating an Army personnel from Fort William of Rs 11 lakh by offering him high returns and expensive gifts like i-Phones. ...
4 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A mother dog and her two puppies, trapped between the walls of an abandoned factory and a house in Tangra, were brought out to safety in a three-hour-long operation on Tuesday. It was a concerted effort of a ...
4 January 2024 Times of IndiaGianluca Rubagotti, the Consul General of Italy in Kolkata, is bidding farewell to the city to move to his next station – Sydney, Australia. He spoke to us ahead of his departure about the time he spent in the ...
3 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The vice chancellor’s room at Jadavpur University was “sealed” for five days till Tuesday afternoon at the behest of the former officiating VC.Buddhadeb Sau, who was removed from the post by the Governor who is also the university’s ...
3 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Motorists continued to flout rules even on the first day of new year with total 307 cases of rash and drink-driving. The first day of 2023 witnessed 206 such cases. This is a 67% rise in violations compared ...
3 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Marriages are made in heaven but in Bengal they are saved on the 'cloud'. The state has started storing all marriage registration data on the cloud - a network of servers on which data can be stored or ...
3 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A rare strain of 'Chinese pneumonia' - mycoplasma pneumoniae - has been detected in a 10-year-old girl at the Institute of Child Health in Kolkata. A resident of Bansdroni in south Kolkata, the child was admitted in the ...
3 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A rare strain of 'Chinese pneumonia' - mycoplasma pneumoniae - has been detected in a 10-year-old girl at the Institute of Child Health in Kolkata. A resident of Bansdroni in south Kolkata, the child was admitted in the ...
3 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 43-year-old woman from North 24 Parganas, Farida Bibi, died of dengue in a city hospital on Sunday night. Hospital sources said the deceased had several comorbidities that contributed to her death. Health officials said dengue was under ...
3 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The eighth edition of Duare Sarkar camps held between December 15 and 31 witnessed a footfall of 80 lakh at more than 1 lakh camps. Bina Mulya Samajik Suraksha. Aikyashree, Lakshmir Bhandar, Swasthya Sathi and Aadhaar-related schemes were ...
3 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata Metro witnessed an unprecedented surge in passenger numbers on New Year's Day, recording a staggering 4,83,607 commuters on the Blue Line alone. This marked a substantial increase of 27.31% compared to the same corridor's ridership on January 1, ...
3 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Problem of trolleys has hit the airport this holiday season with passengers complaining about lack of enough trolleys inside the terminal — especially in the arrival section.Close to 18.5 lakh flyers travelled through the airport in December 2023, ...
2 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Barring a few pockets of defiance, bursting of firecrackers remained largely within the limits set by the Supreme Court on Sunday night for ushering in the new year. Kalyan Rudra, chairman of West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB), ...
2 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The maximum temperature has begun dipping again, falling over two notches below normal for the first time in over a week. By Monday, the maximum temperature fell to 23.2° Celsius, from 24.6° Celsius on Sunday. For most of ...
2 January 2024 Times of IndiaBONGAON/MALDA/MURSHIDABAD: The upcoming election in Bangladesh has not only kept the neighbouring country on the boil for more than a month but has sapped the life out of border markets in Bengal where transactions have reduced to a trickle.Bangladesh ...
2 January 2024 Times of IndiaSILIGURI: A steam loco of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railways (DHR) was derailed at Mary Villa Kakjhora in Darjeeling on Monday afternoon. This is the third time that a DHR loco went off the tracks, officials said. CPRO Northeast Frontier ...
2 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: One of the most wanted currency counterfeiters — one of the youngest in the trade and a resident of Kaliachak who was wanted by both Bengal Police and Kolkata Police — has been arrested by from Topsia on ...
2 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal registered 13 new Covid cases on Monday, two days after the state had logged 17 cases. The number of active cases across Bengal has now rose to 70 from 57 on Saturday. Even though cases are rising, ...
2 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Four youths in a car — reportedly returning from a wedding party on the southern fringes of Kolkata — met with an accident when the car they were travelling in climbed on to a pavement and dashed a ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Sporadic bursting of firecrackers was reported in Tollygunge, Behala and Haridevpur, and along some stretches of EM Bypass, including Kalikapur, on Sun-day night. According to norms, citizens were allowed an 11.55pm-12.30am window to burst firecrackers. According to sources, ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The New Year’s racing holds a special place for the people of the ‘City Of Joy’ who will assemble in great numbers to witness the day’s events. The lawns of the RCTC are sure to be filled with ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: The Bengal government on Saturday notified Tagore's 1905 ode to Bengal, 'Banglar Mati, Banglar Jal', as a 'state song' and Poila Baisakh, the first day of the Bengali calendar, as 'Bangla Divas'.A two-page notification issued by state chief ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaMETRO ROUTESGreen Line or EW Metro (Esplanade-Howrah Maidan) | This 4.8km stretch is due for completion in Feb 2024 Green Line or EW Metro (Sealdah-Howrah Maidan) | This 7.2km section is due for completion in June 2024Orange Line’s Phase ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: There is no place for social boycott of a citizen in a civilized society, the Calcutta High Court said on Wednesday. The HC was hearing a case in which a person was being ostracized by neighbours after he ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Dead fish were found floating in Rabindra Sarobar by morning-walkers on Sunday, raising questions about the deteriorating quality of the lake water. A large number of fish had died at the lake a few months ago. Experts said ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: There is no place for social boycott of a citizen in a civilized society, the Calcutta high court said Wednesday while addressing a case where a man faced ostracism for reporting illegal temple construction in front of his ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: After 25 years, Bengal on Sunday got a woman as its home secretary.Nandini Chakravorty was appointed the new home secretary, as B P Gopalika, the earlier incumbent, formally took charge as the state chief secretary.Former chief secretary H ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: The usual Park Street scenes on a new year's eve, with thousands jostling for space strolling, driving, and partying on the 1.5km stretch, was missing on Sunday night. Crowds which reached Park Street earlier in the day chose ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Probing into the Rajarhat suicide pact, in which a 51-year-old businessman killed his wife, attempted to slit his teenage daughter's throat and then hanged himself, cops are questioning those who owed money from the trader to know if ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Bengal has logged 17 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday - the highest single-day spike during this current uptick. With this, the number of active cases in the state has gone up to 57. Health experts apprehend further ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: There is no place for social boycott of a citizen in a civilized society, the Calcutta High Court said on Wednesday. The HC was hearing a case in which a person was being ostracized by neighbours after he ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Outdoor dining - or al fresco - restaurants have seen a more-than-fivefold jump in numbers since 2020, with restaurant owners saying the pandemic was instrumental in ushering in a dining revolution.The pandemic, or, more correctly, public behaviour necessitated ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: West Bengal Congress president Adhir Chowdhury on Sunday hinted at a similar style of functioning of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, while highlighting "deplorable condition" of farmers across the country and in ...
1 January 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: The rift in Barrackpore Trinamool Congress continued to widen even after the intervention of the party’s state president Subrata Bakshi. Jagatdal MLA Somnath Shyam and Bijpur MLA Subodh Adhikary on Sunday hinted at a possible defection by Barrackpore ...
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