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  • Ranaghat cops nab 12 cyber crooks

    Kalyani: The Ranaghat Police, with help from the cyber wing of Bengal Police, nabbed 13 inter-state cyber fraudsters from across three northern and western Indian states for duping 104 victims across India in the past year through the digital ...

    1 January 2025 Times of India
    Hosp listens to PETA, removes fish display

    Kolkata: A hospital off EM Bypass that had strung up small jars with live fish from patients' beds to liven up the mood removed them after the sight of the fish confined in small, unfiltered containers distressing a patient.It ...

    1 January 2025 Times of India
    Thefts at KMC HQ: Mayor calls up CP

    123 Kolkata: In the wake of repeated incidents of theft at the KMC headquarters, mayor Firhad Hakim wrote to the police commissioner to strengthen security in and around the civic HQ.According to a KMC official, the civic body's electrical ...

    1 January 2025 Times of India
    No coercive action on Arjun till Jan 8: HC

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed police to not take coercive steps against former Barrackpore MP and BJP neta Arjun Singh till Jan 8 in connection with an FIR filed against him over a controversial statement.Bhatpara Municipality ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    Monday traffic experiment ahead of year-end rush

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police used Monday to fine-tune its plans for the next 48 hours. They chased away vehicles that tried to park near hotspots, like Alipore zoo and Victoria Memorial, and tried out traffic diversions that ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    Old year ends with start of work on new airport terminal

    123 Kolkata: Work began on the construction of a wall to segregate the old domestic airport terminal from the apron area to facilitate the demolition of the building. A new passenger terminal will be constructed in place of the ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    20 lawyers from Dhaka and Chittagong to argue for monk’s bail tomorrow

    Kolkata: A group of 20 lawyers from Dhaka and Chittagong will be at Chittagong court on Jan 2 to argue for bail for arrested monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, who has been in prison since his arrest on sedition charges ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    2024 may end on a warmer note: Met

    123 Kolkata: Despite a prediction for a slight dip in the mercury on New Year's Eve, 2024 is expected to end on a warmer note. Both the maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to hover above the normal mark ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata Dawoodi Bohras ban mobile use by community kids below 15

    Kolkata: Over the past 10 days, the 5,000-strong Dawoodi Bohra community in Kolkata has ushered in a dramatic lifestyle change to wean children away from cell phones. While some parents have enrolled their kids in winter boot camps, others ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    As city celebrates, hawkers come back to New Mkt, Hatibagan

    12 Kolkata: The clean-up of encroachment around the heritage New Market on its 150th anniversary has come to naught with hawkers returning in larger numbers to occupy fresh spots on the carriageway and pavements in the run-up to the ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    Fight over cricket brings out gun, leads to snatching

    123 Kolkata: A local cricket tournament at Jagarani Math, located next to Taramoni Ghat Road in Kudghat, turned violent late Saturday night, resulting in a player whipping out a gun and brandishing it, and others resorting to intimidation, causing ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    S India women kepmars strike in Kol

    123 Kolkata: The detective department has arrested six women, all hailing from South India but using Gujarat and Bengal as their base to carry out kepmari, earlier this month. The accused were arrested from outside the Hastings Mazar and ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    Nets, darts, experts: Sundarbans model key to capturing elusive Odisha tigress

    1234 Kolkata: The Sundarbans model has emerged as the key to capture Odisha tigress Zeenat that kept the foresters of Odisha, Jharkhand and Bengal vigilant throughout.From traversing dense forests to navigating rocky terrains of the Jangalmahal, the tigress made ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    Zeenat on drip, waits for ‘fit certificate’ to go back home; NTCA asks for return of tigress

    123456 Kolkata: A day after Similipal tigress Zeenat was captured in Bankura and transported to Alipore zoo hospital, the state has formed a medical team to monitor the three-year-old big cat.On Monday evening, the tigress, weighing over 136 kg, ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    Framing of SSC charges stalled as Bhadra falls ill, taken to hosp

    Kolkata: Framing of charges in the SSC jobs-for-cash case was stalled on Monday after accused Sujay Krishna Bhadra, alias ‘Kalighater Kaku', was admitted to a private nursing home after falling ill. The special PMLA court ordered the process to ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    Star becomes Binodini to right historical wrong

    123456 Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the Star Theatre will be renamed as Binodini Theatre.The CM's decision to rename the theatre rectifies a historical injustice done 141 years ago by a misogynistic society that ostracised one ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    Boycott actors who abused us in name of protests, TMC tells netas

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Monday urged workers and functionaries with "TMC blood running in their veins" to boycott artists who had abused the party and CM Mamata Banerjee "in the name of RG Kar protests".The statement comes in wake ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    Housing complexes get party-ready, gear up to ring in new year in style

    1234 Kolkata: The countdown has started among gated communities to unite over food, music and dance to bid adieu to 2024 and welcome the new year. Residents of South City Complex on Prince Anwar Shah Road are looking forward ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    Boycott actors who abused us in name of protests, TMC tells netas

    123 Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Monday urged workers and functionaries with "TMC blood running in their veins" to boycott artists who had abused the party and CM Mamata Banerjee "in the name of RG Kar protests".The statement comes in ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    Passport kingpin worked from 1st flr as ground-floor resto served diners

    123 Kolkata: For the police, Manoj Gupta, a 40-year-old resident of Silpara is the mastermind of an international passport racket, a gang that even indulges in human trafficking. For the locals of Silpara, Sakherbazar and Behala Chowrasta, he is ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    New Town roads, lights to undergo repairs

    123 Kolkata: New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has identified several damaged road stretches and defunct street lights in many roads across New Town, which will be repaired and restored. The authorities have initiated the process to engage agencies ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    Temples, churches, mazars unite for prayers for a prosperous 2025

    123456 Kolkata: Places of worship across all faiths, which receive thousands of visitors on the first day of the year, are preparing to usher in the New Year with special sermons, prayer services, and illumination. Some temples, dargahs, and ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    Hours before Didi’s S’khali rally, Rekha Patra mentor joins TMC

    12 Sandeshkhali: BJP Basirhat candidate Rekha Patra's former mentor Sujay Mandal, aka Sujay Master, officially joined Trinamool Congress on Monday. Mandal was a prominent figure during the unrest in Sandeshkhali. The move came ahead of CM Mamata Banerjee's Sandeshkhali ...

    31 December 2024 Times of India
    Zeenat on drip, waits for ‘fit certificate’ from Alipore zoo vets to go back home

    123 Kolkata: A day after Similipal tigress Zeenat was captured in Bankura and transported to Alipore zoo, the state has formed a medical team to monitor the three-year-old big cat.On Monday evening, the tigress, weighing over 136 kg, was ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    Nets, dart experts: Sundarbans model key to capturing elusive Odisha tigress

    123 Kolkata: The Sundarbans model has emerged as the key to capture Odisha tigress Zeenat that kept the foresters of Odisha, Jharkhand and Bengal vigilant throughout.From traversing dense forests to navigating rocky terrains of the Jangalmahal, the tigress made ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    Entitled to payout if denied boarding?: Know your rights as a domestic flyer

    Pic for representation The aviation regulator has imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on Akasa Air for failing to compensate 7 passengers denied boarding on a Sept 6 Bengaluru-Pune flight. TOI looks at compensation norms for being denied ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    21 days on, wandering Odisha tigress Zeenat sedated & captured in Bengal

    Tigress Zeenat, brought from Tadoba to Similipal in 2023, photographed during the operation on Saturday. KOLKATA/BHUBANESWAR: Tigress Zeenat’s 21-day hide-and-seek with forest officials of three states since straying out of Similipal in Odisha on Dec 8 came to a ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    Close shave for TMC neta as miscreants open fire on car in Behrampore

    Behrampore: Miscreants opened fire on a Trinamool functionary's car in Behrampore on Saturday night, sparking tension in the area.According to locals, Behrampore town Youth Trinamool Congress president Papai Ghosh was on his way to his Manindranagar residence when men ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    Green peas continue to burn holes in pockets

    12 Kolkata: Green peas continue to remain expensive due to a delayed local harvest. Currently sourced from Himachal Pradesh, the cost of green peas dropped from Rs 250 per kg to Rs 120 per kg — which is higher ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    Water boost for Bypass, Jadavpur, Tolly: 10 more reservoir-booster stns on cards

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has approved construction of 10 semi-underground reservoirs and capsule booster pumping stations to enable residents to access filtered water instead of depending solely on groundwater. According to a KMC water supply department ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    Relief for Kolkata kitchen budgets as winter vegetable prices drop

    12 Kolkata: With the arrival of Bengal's winter vegetables in Kolkata's markets, consumers are breathing a sigh of relief as prices have cooled significantly. The delay in the crop cycle, caused by erratic weather conditions, had earlier resulted in ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    73-yr-old feeding strays loses gold chain to snatchers; cops nab 3, return jewellery

    12 Durgapur: A 73-year-old woman who was feeding stray dogs at Rishi Aurobindo Pally in West Burdwan around 3pm on Saturday lost her gold chain to bike-borne snatchers. She sustained injuries to her shoulder and legs. Hearing her cries, ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    From last yr’s 16 to 14 this year, Kol sees dip in organ donation

    Kolkata: After achieving the best deceased organ donation record in 2023, this year the movement took a slightly sluggish pace. While Kolkata recorded 16 donations last year, this year there have been 14 donations so far, with the last ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    2-year-old, mom from Kolkata die in Sikkim accident

    Darjeeling: Two tourists from Kolkata, including a two-and-a-half-year-old child, died, while four others, including the driver, were injured, after the vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident at Lamaten under Pakyong district in Sikkim on Saturday night.The ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    40 kmph limit for bikers on Maa, AJC Bose flyovers

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police have instructed that bikers have to maintain a 40 kmph speed limit on Maa and AJC Bose Road flyovers, including the approach roads and descent ramps. This speed limit will also be enforced across all city ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    City schools introduce flexi-attendance for students unable to attend physical classes

    12 Kolkata: To help students avoid missing classes due to various reasons, several city schools are encouraging them to continue their education with live online classrooms. They are introducing apps for submitting classwork and taking online tests as well.South ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    ‘Health access hurdle, unchecked doses pose risks for trans persons’

    Kolkata: Healthcare accessibility hurdles, unregulated hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and failure to follow up on post-sexual reassignment surgery (SRS) pose serious health risks to transgender community members, many of whom end up with complications, including stroke, cardiovascular, liver and ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    Sandeshkhali now at peace, hope to speak to Didi, say women who protested

    123456 Sandeshkhali: Several women who had protested during the unrest in Sandeshkhali said on Sunday that they hoped to speak to Didi and welcome her in person. For many of them, CM Mamata Banerjee's visit marks a moment of ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    NKDA to set up four waste treatment plants

    12 Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) is developing its own waste management system so that the daily waste generated in New Town can be processed and recycled in the township itself. The authority has already identified ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    2 of family run over by train at Burdwan station

    12 Burdwan: Two women, members of the same family, were run over by a train on Sunday at Burdwan railway station platform number 1 on Sunday, reports Mohammad Asif. The incident occurred around 5pm when a through train proceeded ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    Fake passport racket kingpin, who ran travel agency in Kolkata, held

    123 Kolkata: One of the masterminds of the fake passport racket that has been operating since the past decade, allowing multiple illegal immigrants from Bangladesh to enter India and then leave for European nations posing as Indians, was arrested ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    Jaldapara set to get back Hollong bungalow

    123 Jalpaiguri: The Jaldapara National Park, known for one-horned Indian rhino conservation in Bengal, is all set to get back its Hollong forest bungalow, which was gutted in June this year, at a cost of Rs 3.8 crore.According to ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    1 dies in hosp, 2 hurt after blast at cracker unit

    Kolkata: Early on Sunday, Subhankari Sardar (51), a housewife, succumbed to her injuries following an explosion at a firecracker factory at Haral in Champahati under Baruipur police district in South 24-Parganas district a day before. The factory owner, Pintu ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    More year-end nakas, stricter fines as KP intensifies drink-drive checks

    123 Kolkata: Brace for drink-driving checks from as early as 7 pm from Monday, a day before New Year's eve, even as cops plan to increase their daily nakas — now already increased to 50 per night — to ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    Two ‘pilgrims’ thrashed on theft doubt, probe on

    Howrah: Two men, who claimed to be pilgrims from Dehradun — Dal (52) and Gama (55) Singh — were allegdly thrashed with sticks and rods in Liluah's Chakpara around Sunday noon on suspicion of theft. They were assaulted while ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    22 injured after bus turns turtle

    Dantan: Twenty-two passengers were injured on Sunday morning after a bus overturnedat Khandrui area under Dantan police station in West Medinipur district. The bus was travelling from Mohanpur to Medinipur, when it lost control on a pothole-ridden road. Three ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    21-day trail for Zeenat ends as Odisha tigress tranquillised in Bengal’s Bankura after 5 failed attempts in over 24 hrs

    123 Kolkata/Purulia/Bankura/Jhargram: The 21-day trail of Similipal tigress Zeenat, during which it covered more than 200 kilometres, finally ended as it was darted around 3.56 pm on Sunday in Bankura's Gosaindihi village in Ranibandh block after five failed attempts ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    After BMC delays, KMDA to repair Salt Lake roads

    12 Kolkata: With Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation yet to undertake full-fledged road repair work in Salt Lake, despite funds being approved by the state, KMDA has been entrusted to prioritise repair of some of the most-damaged stretches in Salt Lake. ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Tigress Zeenat removed darts shot at it thrice, says man at the forefront of tranquillisation op

    123456 Kolkata: He, along with his team members from the Sundarbans, stayed put in Jangalmahal since Dec 20 — the day Odisha tigress Zeenat entered Bengal in Belpahari. On Sunday, Mrityunjay Biswas — deputy ranger from the Sundarbans — ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Schools get students ready for 3-hr ICSE maths exam

    123 Kolkata: Several schools affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) are implementing three-hour ICSE mathematics tests for middle school students, preparing them for the new format that will be introduced in the 2025 board ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    800-crore project to transform Tolly's Nullah

    KOLKATA: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is set to kick off a Rs 800 crore Adi Ganga or Tolly's Nullah rejuvenation project. Funded by the World Bank, the project that involves increasing the holding capacity of Adi Ganga and a ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    2025 revamp plan: Private hospitals in Kolkata to add 1,700 beds, new units

    KOLKATA: Several private hospitals in Kolkata are ready to increase capacity in 2025 with more beds and new units, including those for cancer, gastro care, and mother-child centres. Some are also preparing to launch IVF units and enhance diagnostic ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    22 CAPF guards, mandatory frisking: Suvendu’s security cover beefed up

    Kolkata: Centre and Bengal govt have stepped up state leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari's security cover. It will be now mandatory that Adhikari always travels in bulletproof cars, does not step out of his car at unscheduled stops, ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Extortion racket: BJP MLA, hostel super summoned by cops

    123 Kolkata: Shakespeare Sarani police has summoned BJP's Cooch Behar (South) legislator Nikhil Ranjan Dey and superintendent of Kyd Street MLA Hostel Sushanta Mondal to question them on how a hostel room booked in the name of an MLA ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Work for inclusive society, real love is acceptance: Archbishop

    1234 Kolkata: Accept others without suspicion and work together to build an inclusive society, urged the Archbishop of Calcutta, Reverend Father Thomas D'Souza, at a Christmas get-together at the Archbishop House on Saturday. Pointing out that mere tolerance was ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Tourist-starved ‘Mini B’desh’ hotels scale down ops even in yr-end season

    1234 Kolkata: ‘Mini Bangladesh' does not seem to have any hope for business revival even in the year-end festive season as visitors from Bangladesh continue to cancel travel plans amid unrest in their country. Hotel occupancy has plummeted, eateries ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Poush Mela draws to a close after 6 days, stall dismantling from today

    12 Bolpur: The six-day Poush Mela at Santiniketan ended on Saturday night with shops closing the ledger at 11.30pm. At a meeting at Visva-Bharati vice chancellor's chamber, which was attended by minister Chandranath Sinha and senior district officials, it ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Party spots line up spl menu, music for dazzling start to ’25

    12 Kolkata: As New Year's Eve approaches, Kolkata is buzzing with excitement, gearing up to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new one in style. Bars, pubs and eateries are pulling out all the stops with ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    KMC’s shield against erosion: Coconut trees along Hooghly

    123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) parks department has initiated a coconut tree plantation along the Hooghly as part of the beautification of major ghats and to combat soil erosion. The civic body's horticulturists planted rows of coconut ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Blaze at Kalimpong destroys 6 shops

    12 Kalimpong: A massive fire broke out at 11th Mile, Kalimpong, at 12.30pm on Saturday, gutting six shops. No casualties were reported. The Army division of Kalimpong and a fire brigade team unit from Sikkim brought the blaze under ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Zeenat near Mukutmanipur, remains elusive as darting bids fail

    123456 Purulia/Bankura/Jhargram/Kolkata: After tracking for over 24 hours since Friday afternoon in Purulia's Manbazar II range, the forest dept teams from Odisha and Bengal managed to fire darts twice at three-year-old Odisha tigress Zeenat in Bankura's Gosaindihi in Ranibandh ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Drink-driving, speeding during NYE revelry in Kolkata will lead to arrest, warns CP

    123 Kolkata: Ahead of the New Year's Day celebrations, Kolkata Police (KP) commissioner Manoj Verma on Saturday warned motorists that anyone indulging in drink-driving, speeding or negligent driving may face arrest besides detention. He emphasized on the KP's zero ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Touts in Bengal arranged passports for Bangla terror outfit men: Cops

    123 Kolkata: Operatives of the banned terror outfit of Bangladesh, Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), took help from touts in Bengal to cross the international border and then arrange for Indian passports and other citizenship documents, said cops on Saturday. ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Bus crushes biker in Bengal

    Howrah: Sandeep Mal of Jagatballavpur was mowed down by a bus on Kona Expressway on Saturday. He was thrown off his bike onto the bus' path as a tree branch that was being cut for road work fell over ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Fire at Lake Avenue bldg in Kolkata

    Kolkata: A fire broke out on the top floor of a five-storey residential building at Lake Avenue under Tollygunge PS around 7.25 am on Saturday. No one was injured in the blaze. One fire tender was pressed into service ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Police bust fake call centre, arrest 4

    Kolkata: Four persons were arrested by the detective department from the Garden Reach area in the Port division for allegedly duping both Indian and foreign nationals, with those residing in the US being targeted the most. The accused were ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Drugs seized from ambulance in Bengal, 5 held

    12 Kolkata: Sleuths of Bengal Police's Special Task Force arrested five persons from Beldanga in Murshidabad for allegedly transporting illegal drugs worth Rs 30 lakh in an ICU ambulance. The arrested persons, all residents of areas adjoining Kolkata, were ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Owners of bikes with modified silencers in Kolkata to face legal action

    Kolkata: Lalbazar has instructed all its 26 traffic guards to take legal action against owners of ‘modified' motorcycles. Sources said action would be taken against alteration of the silencers of motorcycles, often done to emit loud noise. Under section ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    No passport sans cop visit to applicant’s address: Kolkata Police SoP

    12 Kolkata: No new passport will be issued or renewed without cops visiting the address of the applicant to verify the credentials submitted by them, states the latest SoP of Kolkata Police (KP). According to the guidelines, cops who ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Zeenat near Mukutmanipur, remains elusive as darting bid fails

    123456 Purulia/Bankura/Jhargram/Kolkata: After tracking for over 24 hours since Friday afternoon in Purulia's Manbazar II range, the forest dept teams from Odisha and Bengal finally managed to fire a dart at three-year-old Odisha tigress Zeenat in Bankura's Gosaindihi in ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    3 kids among 20 hurt in wolf attack, canine beaten to death

    12 Budbud (East Burdwan): At least 20 people were injured in an attack on Friday by an Indian grey wolf, which was later beaten to death by locals. Among the injured in the Budbud incident were three children who ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Woman’s burning body found in Malda orchard

    123 Malda: A woman's burning body was found by morning walkers at a mango orchard in Malatipur under Chanchal police station on Friday.Villagers crossing through the orchard behind the BDO office of Chanchal-2 noticed smoke rising from a haystack. ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Visva-Bharati in Shantiniketan to hold special prayer meet for Manmohan Singh

    123 Santiniketan: The Visva-Bharati (VB) authority will hold a special prayer meeting on Monday to pay tribute to former PM Manmohan Singh, who was also the ex-Acharya (chancellor) of the university for three years from April 2012 during the ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Bengal second state to have semester system in primary education

    123 Kolkata: From next year, classes I to V will have the semester system, the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) announced on Friday. Bengal is the second state after Andhra Pradesh to introduce the credit-based semester system ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Min temp slides, Met spies chilly end to year

    12 Kolkata: The minimum temperature dipped in Kolkata on Friday, even as the impact of a western disturbance that triggered rain earlier this week waned. The mercury slid three degrees to 16.5°C from 19.2°C on Thursday. It could rise ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Water delivery man molests 12-yr-old, held

    Kolkata: A 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly molesting and inappropriately touching a 12-year-old girl while he visited the victim's residence to deliver water. The incident was reported on Thursday evening from the Survey Park area.According to locals, ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Newborn girl’s body abandoned near NH-16

    Howrah: The body of a newborn baby girl was found stuffed inside a bag in an abandoned house. The incident occured on Friday and was reported from the Jelepara area near National Highway 16 (Mumbai Road) under Uluberia police ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Singh focused on freedom of expression at Presi’s 200th anniv, his last speech in Kol

    Kolkata: Ex-PM Manmohan Singh's cautionary words on the threat to freedom of expression and independent thinking were at the forefront of the minds of most Presidency University officials and alumni when they learned of his death.Singh's visit to the ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Heat from slum fire melts Durgapur Bridge bearings, experts advise replacement

    12 Kolkata: A leading structural engineer who designs bridges says the fire that scalded the Durgapur Bridge in New Alipore on Saturday may have caused the moisture from the concrete to evaporate and left the bridge's superstructure brittle. Also, ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Hub-&-spoke experiments begin at city private hosp

    Kolkata: A private hospital in Kolkata will soon start mentoring small and medium healthcare organisations to help them develop their standard of care, ensure patient safety, and guide them towards accreditation with recognised bodies of hospitals. The move, aimed ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Raj Bhavan cop’s hubby found after FB post

    123 Kolkata: Shanti Das Basak, a senior cop in charge of Raj Bhavan, was able to trace her "missing" husband, Dipanjan Basak, on Friday. This occurred hours after she took to social media seeking help from friends and acquaintances ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Jessore Rd to stay partly shut for 48 hrs from today

    Kolkata: A portion of Jessore Road adjoining Barasat district headquarters and surrounding areas in North 24-Parganas will remain closed for 48 hours on Saturday and Sunday due to renovation work on the road adjacent to Barasat Kazipara railway gate. ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    KMC staff form WhatsApp group for info on street lights

    123 Kolkata: Engineers of Kolkata Municipal Corporation's (KMC) electrical department would form a WhatsApp group to share data and report on the prevailing situation of the street lighting system in the boroughs across all its wards, mayor Firhad Hakim ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    In 2025, jet set to get a cleaner and swankier Kolkata airport

    12 Kolkata: In its centenary year, authorities at Kolkata airport are planning a major overhaul of the terminal building that will be 12 years old in 2025. They hope the makeover will infuse the wow factor to replace the ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Mid-Jan date for E-W signal tests

    Kolkata: Trials for the automatic signalling system for the recently completed west-bound tunnel in the East-West Metro's Esplanade-Sealdah stretch are likely to begin in mid-Jan. Track-laying work in the Bowbazar section of the corridor is complete. The 2.5 km ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    WB state univ gets VC

    Kolkata: Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee was on Thursday appointed the vice-chancellor of West Bengal State University. Banerjee serves as the chairperson of the West Bengal Joint Entrance Board. After this appointment, Raj Bhawan has given its nod for the appointment ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Zeenat on move after 5 days, reaches Purulia’s Manbazar; tracking teams fail to dart tigress as it escapes net fencing

    123456 Purulia/Jhargram/Kolkata: After a five-day break with minimal movement, Odisha tigress Zeenat resumed walking in the early hours of Friday.She traversed 15-20 kilometres from her previous location in a hilly forest of Purulia's Bandwan range to reach Manbazar 2 ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Pre-Cov puja-like arrangements for year-end traffic movement

    12 Kolkata: Cops will revert to the 2019 Durga Puja-like traffic arrangement for Dec 31-Jan 1 traffic movement, where each hotspot will see selective barricading to ensure no pedestrian spillover on to the roads. Cops will be deployed in ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Protester-reveller pincer chokes heart of Kolkata

    12 Kolkata: Commuters faced a harrowing day on the road on Friday, especially in the late morning and early afternoon, as multiple factors — the holiday crowds heading towards Alipore zoo, breakdowns and accidents on AJC Bose Road flyover ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Pyne’s postcards & sketch cards to Lalu Prasad Shaw fetch 82.6L

    12 Kolkata: At the recent AstaGuru's ‘Hictoric Masterpieces' auction, a set of 28 postcards and two sketch cards of Ganesh Pyne to fellow-artist Lalu Prasad Shaw has been sold at double that of their estimated value of Rs 40 ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Arms smuggler held

    Kolkata: The Bengal STF arrested a 40-year-old man on Friday who was part of a Bihar-based gang that supplied illegal arms to the Bangladesh border. "Md Mehtab Alam was nabbed during a raid near Motir Pole in North 24 ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Kashmiri terrorist Javed Munshi arrest: Shawl seller in Kolkata quizzed

    Kolkata: Sleuths from Canning police station and Special Task Force (STF) of Bengal Police have turned their focus on a shawl-seller, Ghulam Mohammad, and his family following the arrest of an alleged Kashmiri terrorist Javed Munshi from Canning last ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Bangla citizen latest to be held in fake ID scam

    123 Kolkata: A 37-year-old Bangladeshi national, who reportedly stayed in Kolkata illegally for the past one year using fake documents, was arrested by Kolkata Police from Park Street around midnight on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, cops arrested Mohammed ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Choir, dance drama on city school’s Founder’s Day

    12 Kolkata: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy recently marked its 29th Founder's Day at the Kalamandir auditorium. Students Ahaana Bajoria and Aryaman Pachisia were the hosts of the event held on Dec 7. Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of the economic advisory ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Social media lessons for Kolkata cops: Don’t try to go ‘viral’, don’t post probe info

    KOLKATA: There cannot be a rationale for police—knowingly or unknowingly—to go viral on social media: This was one of the social media guidelines laid down by Kolkata Police, days after Bengal Police introduced strict online norms for its personnel. ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Multiple bypass operations set to change Kolkata's beating heart as you know it forever

    A bird’s eye view of Esplanade from BC Roy market to Dorina crossing along J L Nehru Road KOLKATA: A change in the heart of the City of Joy? Well, it has already started.The Esplanade area is undergoing significant ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata's SSKM takes out surgical mop left behind in man's stomach after operation at UP hospital

    KOLKATA: A surgical mop left in the abdomen of a 64-year-old man, a Siwan resident, at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh where he underwent surgery six months ago, was detected and extracted through a surgery in Kolkata. Doctors at ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Man heartbroken after failed bid to steal heart from ‘I love Suri’ signpost for wife

    123 Suri: Overpowered by passion, Bapan Badyakar from Serenda village in the Mohammadbazar police station area in Suri ripped away the heart-shaped sign from the ‘I love Suri' installation put up by the civic body there. All for the ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    No ‘KP’ but ‘Kolkata Police’ on cops’ bikes

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police, along with Lalbazar, have instructed all 26 traffic guards to crack down on people, who have been pasting a misleading ‘KP'—which can be wrongly interpreted as ‘Kolkata Police'—on their two-wheelers to dodge prosecution for ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Shopping complex to come up near zoo, house Bengal artisans: CM

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee said the state cabinet on Thursday decided to set up a shopping complex opposite to the zoo. "In principle, it was approved by the state cabinet to use the land of the zoo hospital ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
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