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  • 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
    10 years on, KMC to restore ‘vanishing’ Bikramgarh Jheel

    12 Kolkata: Ten years after it was put on hold, the project to restore Bikramgarh Jheel will finally be taken up by the KMC. MMiC overseeing the KMC environment department, Swapan Samaddar, said the civic body received Rs 3.5 ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    HC grants 5-day extension to docs’ RG Kar protest

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted permission for extending the sit-in demonstration by the Joint Platform of Doctors near the Dorina crossing at Esplanade for another five days till Dec 31. The doctors are staging the demonstration, ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    3 arrested from MLA Hostel for 5-lakh extortion bid

    Kolkata: Three youth from Hooghly were arrested from inside the MLA Hostel for reportedly threatening the Kalna Municipality chairman, Ananda Dutta, and trying to extort Rs 5 lakh from him, using the name of Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Docs’ front demands ‘Abhaya Crossing’

    Kolkata: An organisation of a section of senior doctors has written to chief minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to rename Dorina crossing as ‘Abhaya Crossing', as the S N Banerjee Road-J N Road intersection in Esplanade became synonymous with ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    4 held for looting 10 lakh cash, valuables from Convent Rd flat

    Kolkata: Cops from the Entally police station arrested four persons on Wednesday night for barging into a Convent Road flat and making away with valuables, including Rs 10 lakh in cash, ornaments and crucial documents. Anita Nankani, who lives ...

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

    12 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 ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    ‘Man in passport scam ran human trafficking racket’

    Kolkata: Moktar Alam, arrested on Wednesday from Jagulia in the fake passport scam masterminded by Samaresh Biswas, ran an immoral trafficking racket, the Kolkata Police SIT told the Alipore court on Wednesday.In exchange for money and in connivance with ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Father Eaton of St Xavier’s College passes away at 82

    Kolkata: Father Patrick Eaton, SJ, former vice-principal of arts and science at St Xavier's College, passed away on Dec 26 at the age of 82. He suffered a severe cardiac arrest and breathed his last at a private nursing ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    B’deshi advocate may not return in time for monk’s bail hearing

    12 Kolkata: Bangladeshi human rights advocate Rabindra Ghosh, currently in India seeking medical treatment, might not make it back to Chittagong for former Iskcon monk Chinmoy Krishna Das' bail hearing on Jan 2 next year."A group of lawyers have ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Decked up in Christmas finery, Bow Barracks draws 20,000 visitors since Sun

    12 Kolkata: The Anglo-Indian enclave of Bow Barracks has emerged as a major attraction this festive season, drawing nearly 20,000 visitors since Sunday, with almost half of them coming in on Dec 24 and 25. The celebrations, which will ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Durgapur Bridge shut to buses and trucks after ‘structural damage’

    123 Kolkata: The Durgapur Bridge, which connects New Alipore to Alipore and Chetla, and served as the major alternative when the Majerhat Bridge collapsed, has been shut to heavy vehicles. This includes buses headed for the south and Salt ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    RVNL seeks final traffic blocks at Chingrighata in Jan

    Kolkata: RVNL has sought traffic blocks at Chingrighata for one last time to facilitate Metro construction. The overnight blocks will be implemented between 10 pm and 7 am in two phases — for five days each in Jan-end. The ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Maidan cleaned up ahead of yr-end bash

    123 Kolkata: After lying littered with mounds of waste — both plastic and paper — for the past three days, vast stretches of Maidan were finally cleaned up on Thursday afternoon. Sources in the state public works department (PWD) ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Framing of charges begins against 54 accused in SSC case

    Kolkata: Framing of charges against the 54 accused and companies in the SSC job-for-cash case began at the special PMLA court on Thursday. Four accused, including former education minister Partha Chatterjee, filed a discharge petition.The Enforcement Directorate said the ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    More goat kills found, hulla teams in Odisha tigress zone

    123 Purulia/Jhargram: Two more carcasses of goats have been found in the hilly forest of Purulia's Bandwan on Thursday where the Odisha tigress, Zeenat, stayed put for the fifth straight day. BNS 163 has been enforced in the area ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    RVNL seeks final traffic blocks at Chingrighata in Jan

    12 Kolkata: RVNL has sought traffic blocks at Chingrighata for one last time to facilitate Metro construction. The overnight blocks will be implemented between 10pm and 7am in two phases – for five days each in Jan-end. The railways ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Mamata to end year with Sandeshkhali visit

    12 Kolkata: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she would visit Sandeshkhali on Dec 30 — her first in more than a year — to attend a state govt public distribution programme, where 20,000 people are scheduled ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Eateries & bars see higher footfall than last year’s

    12 Kolkata: Footfall at restaurants and bars soared past last year's by at least 10%, according to Hotel and Restaurants Association of Eastern India (HRAEI), and the crowd is set to keep swelling. The current trend suggests that attendance ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    Schools get students ready for 3-hour ICSE maths exam

    1234 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 ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    24th-25th lessons as cops get ready for 31st-1st

    12 Kolkata: The massive Christmas crowd across Kolkata's hotspots and the fact that the new year will be ushered in two days after a weekend have led cops to plan traffic tweaks. But they have decided not to shut ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    Drone snag leads to power cut in Bow Barracks on Christmas

    Kolkata: There was anxiety at Bow Barracks on Christmas evening when a drone being used to photograph the gathering at the heritage zone malfunctioned and crash-landed on a set of electricity wires, causing a temporary power outage in the ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    TMC worker's body found in West Bengal's Nandigram, party blames BJP for 'murder'

    Image used for representational purposes only NEW DELHI: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker was found dead in Nandigram, Hooghly district, on Wednesday night. Police discovered the body of 52-year-old Mahadeb Bishoi in front of his tea stall in Brindaban ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    This December, Kolkata breathed its cleanest air in recent memory

    Image used for representational purpose only KOLKATA: The city is witnessing the cleanest Dec in recent years, thanks to favourable climatic conditions and proactive ground-level action to contain pollution. Significantly, this is the first Dec when Graded Response Action ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    Great Andamanese population doubles after 2004 tsunami

    The X profile picture of Olake captioned ‘Proud Great Andamanese’ SRI VIJAYA PURAM (PORT BLAIR): Depopulation had almost pushed them to the verge of extinction. But in the last 20 years since the tsunami, Great Andamanese tribes - among ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    Prioritise harmony over devotion: Churches

    12 Kolkata: Churches across the city came alive with vibrant decorations, special prayers, and messages of peace on Christmas, urging devotees to prioritise harmony over division. Special sermons emphasised compassion, tolerance, and the need for forgiveness, reflecting the spirit ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    What’s this energy Kolkata!? Kya sur me gaa rahe hain aap sab, says Sunidhi Chauhan at Christmas eve concert

    Sunidhi Chauhan at her concert in Kolkata Known for hits like Aa Zara, Desi Girl and Kaisi Paheli Zindgani, Sunidhi Chauhan is a powerhouse performer, with an incredible vocal range and sizzling dance moves. In town for her I ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    Park Street turns Walk Street at 5.25 pm, other festive zones vie to pull crowds

    12 Kolkata: The crowd build-up at Park Street began shortly after noon, with families arriving for Christmas lunch at the restaurants that dot this party avenue. By mid-afternoon, revellers joined the crowd and thronged the pavements but traffic continued ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    Christmas ’23 vs ’24: Kolkata motorists behave better, police clock fewer traffic violations

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police claimed that city bikers and motorists were more disciplined on the roads this Christmas than last year, According to the police data,a total of 11,452 violations were reported between Dec 24 and Dec ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    STF arrests Kashmiri militant in Kol

    Kolkata: Kashmiri militant Javed Munshi, connected with Lashkar and Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen and trained in Pakistan, was arrested by the Bengal STF in Canning last Sunday. Munshi had reached the city last Friday. Cops said Munshi travelled by bus from Jammu ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    City school hosts workshop on pens

    123 Kolkata: Modern High School for Girls curated a day-long event that catered to the different aspects of penmanship and the history of using pens to write letters and beyond. The event, Penorama, was organised by the school's history ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    BSF to boost security along 3 dist borders

    Kolkata: The BSF plans to increase its presence along the India-Bangladesh border in three south Bengal districts — North 24 Parganas, Nadia and Murshidabad — with an increased focus on the unfenced stretches, said director-general Daljit Singh Chaudhary on ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    Rape-accused stepdad pre-arrest bail rejected by HC

    123 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of a man, accused of penetrative sexual assault on his stepdaughter. The man's counsel had argued that the screenshots of purportedly WhatsApp chats between the accused and the ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    Two more trap cages set to capture tigress

    12 Purulia/Jhargram: Odisha tigress Zeenat stayed put in the same forest in Purulia's Bandwan on Wednesday, the fourth day in a row.A day after it killed a few goats that had entered the forest, officials initiated the process of ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    After cloudy Christmas, Met predicts chilly NY Eve

    Kolkata: The city remained enveloped in a cloud cover on Wednesday but Christmas revellers did not seem to pay much heed to it as they thronged the streets in large numbers. The clouds pushed up the minimum temperature to ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    Picnickers face ‘sea of litter’ as Maidan bears festive brunt

    123 Kolkata: Hundreds of revellers, who converged on the Maidan to have a picnic on Christmas afternoon, were shocked to find the green zone littered with plastic and paper. Some even complained about a stench. TOI had earlier reported ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    Fake passport: Man who offered 12L ‘package’ held

    Kolkata: Officers probing the fake passport case on Wednesday arrested a sixth suspect, who reportedly offered "package deals" to Bangladeshis, charging them anything between Rs 3 lakh and Rs 12 lakh to procure forged Indian documents, which were subsequently ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    TMC scoffs at BJP claims of Suvendu ‘security threat’

    12 Kolkata: Trinamool on Wednesday said Bengal opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari should move Calcutta High Court seeking direction to Centre to enhance his security after state BJP said that there might be attacks on him.Adhikari, a Z-plus protectee, gets ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    6 of kepmar gang held for loot in Bengal

    Kolkata:The detective department of Kolkata Police (KP) arrested six members of an inter-state Irani kepmar gang for allegedly robing a goldsmith of gold ornaments weighing about 147 grams posing as CBI and KP sleuths. The goldsmith, Pradip Das, was ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    This Christmas, tourist footfall surge brings cheer to Darjeeling

    123456 Darjeeling: After the footfall slump during Durga Puja, Darjeeling is witnessing a surge in the number of tourists visiting the Queen of Hills this Christmas. This has brought both relief and cheer to the travel and tourism industry. ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    Governor Bose stays away from JU convocation for 2nd year in a row

    12 Kolkata: More than 4,000 students received their degrees and certificates at the 67th annual convocation at Jadavpur University on Tuesday.For the second year in a row, governor C V Ananda Bose, ex-officio chancellor of state universities, stayed away ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata's taste for Christmas turkey boosts women's wealth in S 24 Parganas pockets

    BONHOOGHLY: Kolkatans' appetite for turkey this year-end festive season has given over 3,000 women in Bonhooghly, about 25km away, a taste of financial empowerment.Multiple women, mainly homemakers spread over two panchayat samitis in Bonhooghly - the villages of Balarampur, ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    Trial over, VIP Rd near airport blocked for metro tunnel work

    1234 Kolkata: RVNL, the implementing agency of the 29km New Garia-Airport Metro corridor, was on Tuesday handed over a stretch of VIP Road near the airport to construct the Orange Line's underground tunnel there. The Bidhannagar Traffic Police gave ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    Biker, senior citizen dead, 4 others injured in accidents

    Kolkata: A 25-year-old biker was hit by a heavy goods vehicle near CR Avenue around 10.20 pm on Monday. He was taken to a nearby hospital with multiple injuries, where he died around 2.30 am on Tuesday. Cops said ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    Hsgs set to bring party to their own premises

    12 Kolkata: Skip the crowded venues, overpriced menus, and parking nightmares to enjoy music, drinks, and laughter in the neighbourhood. That's the mantra for a number of gated communities in the city as they gear up to celebrate Christmas ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    Two found unconscious, declared dead

    Kolkata: Cops found an 85-year-old woman in an unconscious state at her residence in Rabindra Pally under Bansdroni police station. The incident occurred at 2.30pm on Monday. The woman was taken to MR Bangur hospital where she was declared ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    75% of bars, pubs & eateries to be open beyond midnight till Jan 1

    Kolkata: Bars, pubs, and eateries in the city will remain open beyond their normal hours in the run-up to the new year to handle the rush. Most of the establishments stayed open until 2 am on Christmas Eve and ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    Christmas sermons call for peace, harmony and unity

    Kolkata: From building bridges with people to practising harmony, peace and togetherness, Christmas sermons in Kolkata emphasised core human values on Tuesday.Archbishop Thomas D'Souza said: "Christmas is about why God became man. He became a human being like us ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    Detention policies for classes 5 & 8 evoke mixed reaction from Kol school heads

    Kolkata: Heads of schools in and around the city gave a mixed reaction to the reintroduction of detention policies for standards 5 and 8, though they expressed concerns it could increase the dropout rate. CBSE-affiliated institutions strictly adhere to ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    Visa problem keeps Bangladeshis away from Kol’s yr-end festivities

    Kolkata: Many Bangladeshis will miss this year's Christmas festivities in Kolkata due to ongoing tourist visa curbs.Nizamuddin Minto, a Bangladeshi national who has been visiting Kolkata during Christmas to volunteer for the Missionaries of Charity for the last 17 ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    Terror groups eye Bengal for recruits

    Kolkata: Terror outfits Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and Laskar-backed Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM) are eyeing Bengal to create a support base among the economically challenged, especially migrant and semi-skilled workers, by opening training centres for their kids, as well as to ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    Eatery bodies step up drink-drive campaign

    Kolkata: Revellers will have to count their pegs while they let their hair down across Kolkata's restobars. Led by National Restaurants Association of India (NRAI) and Hotel and Restaurants Association of Eastern India (HRAEI), restobars have stepped up a ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    Court caps number of RG Kar protesters at Esplanade

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the Joint Platform of Doctors, who are agitating near Dorina crossing, to reduce the number of participants to 100 from the 200-250 allowed by a single bench on Dec 20. A division ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    Police rebut Nasreen charges

    Kolkata: Barasat district police on Tuesday dismissed allegations made by exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen that the Bengal govt cancelled performances of a play based on her controversial novel ‘Lajja (Shame)'. Nasreen alleged in a social media post on ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    HC rejects bail pleas of Partha, 4 others in school jobs case

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail application by former education minister Partha Chatterjee and four others accused in the teacher recruitment case.Turning down the pleas, Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty said: "A crime of this nature would definitely ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    Get SC, HC div bench nod for fresh probe: Judge asks parents

    123 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday advised the parents of R G Kar victim to seek clarification from an appropriate forum (regarding their plea for further probe in the case. The matter will be taken up on ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    In festive times, metro-to-metro airfares stay on the ground

    123 Kolkata: Airfares between multiple metros and Kolkata are selling at significantly low prices this festive season. This is due to the addition of seats by airlines, strong competition, and a change in tactics by private carriers. They are ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    HC sets aside fresh probe order against NUJS VC

    123 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday overturned a single-judge order that asked for a fresh workplace harassment probe against NUJS vice-chancellor Nirmal Kanti Chakraborti by a professor. The complaint was rejected by a probe panel (Local Complaints ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    HC stays criminal proceedings against NIA officers till Jan 23

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday stayed until Jan 23 next year criminal proceedings against NIA officers who went on a raid in East Midnapore's Bhupatinagar to investigate a blast in April.The wife of one of the two ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    B’deshi man living in India for 7 years held

    Behrampore: A Bangladeshi man, who had been living illegally in India for over seven years and had obtained an Indian EPIC card and an Aadhaar card, was arrested in Murshidabad's Lalgola on Monday.Two persons who had helped the man, ...

    25 December 2024 Times of India
    Weather-induced health crises fill up hospitals with elderly patients

    Kolkata: A sharp spike in elderly patients has left most private hospitals in Kolkata fully occupied since last week. Senior citizens now comprise more than 50% of those admitted in several hospitals that have been forced to arrange extra ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    Odisha’s Zeenat makes first kill in three days

    12345 Purulia/Kolkata/Jhargram: Three-year-old Odisha tigress Zeenat, who left her habitat in Similipal Tiger Reserve more than a fortnight ago traversing two states before arriving in Bengal, has made its first kill in three days in a hilly forest of ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    22-year-old’s gift of life to three patients

    Kolkata: The family of a 22-year-old youth, who died following a fatal accident, donated his organs and presenting the "gift of life" to three patients. Prasad Kumar Halder's liver and kidneys were transplanted into three patients on Saturday night ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    N-S services cut to 248 from 288, 70 added to Dakshineswar

    1234 Kolkata: North-South Metro services were reduced from 288 to 248 (124 in each direction) from Monday to add 70 services to and from Dakshineswar. For this experiment, the peak-hour gap between two trains increased from six to seven ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata rape-murder case: ‘No proof of struggle at RG Kar seminar hall’

    Protest against woman doctor's rape and death in Kolkata. (File photo) KOLKATA: A CFSL report on the RG Kar rape-murder case indicated that “evidence of possible struggle” between the victim and her assailant was not found in the place ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    West Bengal: Ruled Madhyamik scripts to make it easier for kids with special needs

    KOLKATA: West Bengal Board of Secondary Examination (WBBSE), from next year, will provide double-ruled answer scripts to Madhyamik examinees with learning disabilities who struggle to write in straight lines on unruled pages.The decision would benefit examinees and examiners alike, ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    4 key changes to speed up Chingrighata traffic

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police will now allow app-based buses to take a right turn below the flyover at the Chingrighata crossing from EM Bypass into Salt Lake Bypass. It will also let vehicles take the slip road ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    Presi signs MoU with Rome varsity

    12 Kolkata: Presidency University on Monday signed an MoU with Sapienza University of Rome, which was founded in 1303 and is regarded as one of the world's oldest universities.The signing of the MoU between these two heritage institutes aim ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    CISCE to charge uniform board exam fees from ’26

    12 Kolkata: CISCE on Monday announced the uniformity of local examination fees and made it clear that schools could not charge anything beyond it. This system will be implemented from 2026. In a notice that CISCE issued on Monday, ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    Pak handlers guide Bangla journey of terrorists

    Kolkata: The Bengal STF, probing the arrests of two members of Bangladesh-based terror module Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and a Pakistan-trained Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM) IED expert, has found that both the groups were managed by Pakistani handlers, who sent instructions ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    Kol airport climbs up 5 notches in global service quality rating

    12 Kolkata: The city airport achieved its highest quarterly ranking since the pandemic in a global airport service quality rating based on passenger feedback. It climbed from the 69th position in April-June to the 64th place during July-Sept 2024.The ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    Hilly terrain making it difficult to track tigress

    Kolkata/Purulia/Jhargram: The satellite collar of Odisha tigress Zeenat stopped transmitting signals after early on Monday. While the latest signals on Monday night showed the big cat was near the Bankura south border, experts said there was no problem in ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    Sealdah flyover to undergo restoration

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority is set to undertake carriageway restoration work on the Sealdah flyover, also known as Vidyapati Setu, by early next year as an interim step before starting retrofitting and strengthening work on the flyover.Approximately ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    KMC razes 12 huts, social club in C Kol

    Kolkata: A joint team comprising Kolkata Municipal Corporation and cops on Monday conducted an eviction drive in and around Rabindra Sarani and demolished 12 huts that were illegally occupying half of Ramesh Chandra Dutta Street. Apart from these huts ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    Music, food stalls push up festival footfall at Kolkata’s Park Street before break

    12 Kolkata: Hundreds of revellers hit Park Street on Monday evening to attend the Christmas carnival on the last day of the first phase of the fest that began on Dec 19.The festival will resume on Thursday, Dec 26, ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    Bengal assessing Class V, VIII students since 2019: Bratya

    Kolkata: State education minister Bratya Basu on Monday said that Bengal "has already introduced assessment of students in Class V and Class VIII back in 2019". Through an amendment to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    Recruitment scam: Delay in filing of charges

    Kolkata: Framing of charges in the school recruitment scam case could not start on Monday after the PMLA court found that some documents had not been served to the accused, reports Rohit Khanna. The court may send a report ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    ‘Last of Mohicans’: Tollywood remembers master behind ‘Netaji Subhas’, ‘Mujib’

    Kolkata: When Shyam Benegal commenced the music recording for ‘Mujib: The Making of a Nation', he was already undergoing dialysis. After his demise on Monday, the music composer of his final four films, Shantanu Moitra, recollected Benegal's resilience and ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    New Market EN Block now Cake Lane

    12 Kolkata: Ahead of Christmas, the aroma of freshly-baked cakes waft through the air around the EN Block of SS Hogg Market opposite Kolkata Municipal Corporation's headquarters. This time of the year, this segment of the iconic New Market ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    Sumit Sen, pioneer in digital archiving of birds, passes away

    Kolkata: Ornithologist Sumit Sen, the pioneer of digital archiving of birds in Kolkata, passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest here on Monday. He was 69. He is survived by his wife, son and daughter.Sen, a nephew of Nobel ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    Mini Park Streets come up in other Kolkata neighbourhoods

    12 Kolkata: Not just Park Street and Bow Barracks but numerous other neighbourhoods in and around Kolkata are getting ready to soak in the Christmas spirit. At these spots, street carnivals and musical performances are being planned during the ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    Kol waits for Park St to turn Festival St from today

    12 Kolkata: Park Street will turn into a fun street on Christmas Eve. For the next two days, revellers will get a chance to walk down the iconic road without getting honked at from behind. Cops have also put ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    ‘Apologise or resign’: TMC holds protests against Shah

    123 Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Monday staged demonstrations across Kolkata and Bengal districts, demanding Union home minister Amit Shah's resignation or public apology over his comments on B R Ambedkar in Rajya Sabha last week.Sources said Shah was criticising ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    Darj museum dedicated to CR Das opens after 10 mths

    123 Darjeeling: The country's only museum dedicated to Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das — Step Aside — opened its gates to tourists in Darjeeling after ten months following a thorough renovation. Deshbandhu breathed his last in Darjeeling on June 16, 1925.Das's ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    Centre accepts Bengal’s R-Day tableau proposal to highlight folk artistes

    12 Kolkata: The Bengal govt's Republic Day tableau, which the defence ministry approved over the weekend, will showcase the state's rich folk music heritage. The tableau will highlight how the state has been reviving folk music by using it ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    Santas with a backstory spread Christmas cheer among children

    12 Kolkata: This Christmas, as celebrations and get-togethers increase, the demand for Santa Claus has skyrocketed, making him an integral part of the city's Christmas celebrations, blending seamlessly with local traditions and customs. Kolkata's Santa Clauses come from diverse ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    Ex-Bengal cricketer dies of cardiac arrest at 39

    Kolkata: Former Bengal Ranji Trophy player Suvojit Banerjee died on Monday at the age of 39 due to cardiac arrest, sending shockwaves across the fraternity and bringing focus back on sudden death in young people.According to family sources, Banerjee ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    HC refuses to interfere in SRFTI panel report on sex harassment plaint

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court has refused to interfere with the preliminary inquiry report filed by the internal complaints committee (ICC) of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) on a complaint of sexual harassment filed against the dean of ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    BJP should shed ‘excess fat’, says Dilip, snipes at ‘netas coming from outside’

    12 Kolkata: BJP's state unit needs to shed "excess fat", said former Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh, who has started taking more active roles in the activities of the party."Excess fat causes problems in the body. It is the ...

    24 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata's churches light up, special prayers & charity meets kick off Christmas celebrations

    KOLKATA: From rehearsing choirs and setting up Christmas trees to organising special prayer services and decorating nativity cribs, the churches of Kolkata are bustling with activity, offering a glimpse of the universal message of peace and hope synonymous with ...

    23 December 2024 Times of India
    Ajoy Edwards launches new party, Gorkhaland to be prime goal

    12 Darjeeling: Indian Gorkha Janshakti Front (IGJF) was launched on Sunday as a new political front in Darjeeling. With Ajoy Edwards at its helm, the party will have Gorkhaland as its primary objective. Edwards' Hamro Party was dissolved on ...

    23 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata's forest cover up but city has lowest greenery among metros

    Representative Image KOLKATA: Kolkata registered a slight increase in forest cover between 2021 and 2023, but the city has the least forest cover of India's megacities, according to the just-released Indian State of Forest Report 2023 (ISFR 2023). Successive ...

    23 December 2024 Times of India
    Pakistan-trained terrorist held in West Bengal for J&K cleric killing

    Munshi at Alipore court KOLKATA: A Pakistan-trained member of banned terrorist group Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM), wanted by Jammu & Kashmir Police for the 2011 murder of a cleric in J&K, was arrested late Saturday by the Bengal special task force ...

    23 December 2024 Times of India
    Stubborn winter vegetables pinch pockets as prices stay above 50

    123 Kolkata: Unlike previous years, this winter brought no relief to household budgets as vegetable prices remain unusually high. Most vegetables are now priced above Rs 50 per kilogram, with green peas soaring to Rs 120-130 and staples like ...

    23 December 2024 Times of India
    Wife’s family, friends in hubby’s place cruelty: HC

    123 Kolkata: A wife's friend and family staying at a husband's place against his will for a continuous period can amount to cruelty, the Calcutta High Court said on Dec 19 while granting divorce to a man on grounds ...

    23 December 2024 Times of India
    Eye on biz boost as Pous Mela returns after 4 yrs

    12 Kolkata: With over 90% of all hotels and homestays booked, Pous Mela is drawing record crowds back to Santiniketan this year. Jointly organised by Santiniketan Trust and Visva-Bharati, the fair is set to resume from Monday after a ...

    23 December 2024 Times of India
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