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  • No tainted candidate can take Sept exams: SC

    Kolkata: The made it clear on Thursday that it won't allow any tainted candidate to appear in the Sept 7 and 14 SSC exams under any circumstances. The court, hearing a fresh plea by disabled candidates to appear ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    GST 2.0 reforms: ‘Health and hospital bills set to come down’

    Kolkata: The steep reduction of GST on a range of medicines, life-saving drugs, and those for cancer treatment and chronic diseases could help reduce the cost of treatment significantly and trim down hospital bills, said private hospitals in Kolkata. ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Vibrations spook residents of Bowbazar but experts allay fears

    Kolkata: Residents of Durga Pithuri Lane in the Bowbazar cave-in zone have expressed concerns over mild vibrations they are experiencing when metro trains are passing through the tunnels below. However, there has been no official complaints or visible damage ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    States deprived of cess tax collections, says TMC MP

    New Delhi: Trinamool MP Derek O'Brien on Thursday said states don't get their share in cess tax collections and this was equal to "loot". In a post on X, the Rajya Sabha member said the cess, a tax levied ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Slash 18% GST on insurance agents’ commission to zero’

    Kolkata: Life Insurance Council, a forum for stakeholders in the sector, has requested the GST Council and the finance ministry to reduce GST on agents' commissions from 18% to zero. The request comes after GST on premiums and reinsurance ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Stent to remove brain clots gets nod in India

    Kolkata: A device designed to remove blood clots that cause ischemic stroke is expected to be in use soon after it received approval from the regulating authorities in India recently. Touted to be a game-changer in stroke management, CK-Birla ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Households look to loosen purse strings ahead of festive season

    Kolkata: IT professional Soumava Moulik was planning to change his car for the last couple of years, but he deferred his purchase because of budgetary constraints. Now that car models priced at Rs 10 lakh or less are likely ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Gopal Pattha’s grandson moves Cal HC

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court is likely to hear on Monday a petition by Santanu Mukherjee, grandson of freedom fighter Gopal Mukherjee, the legendary "Gopal Pattha" and a key defender of central Calcutta's Hindu neighbourhoods during the Direct Action Day ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Police, KMC remove illegal shanties near Yogayog Bhavan

    Kolkata: A team of Kolkata Police and Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials on Thursday afternoon removed nearly 40 illegal shanties blocking pavements in front of Yogayog Bhavan on Central Avenue, less than half a kilometre from Bowbazar police station. ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Police, KMC remove illegal shanties near Yogayog Bhavan

    Kolkata: A team of Kolkata Police and Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials on Thursday afternoon removed nearly 40 illegal shanties blocking pavements in front of Yogayog Bhavan on Central Avenue, less than half a kilometre from Bowbazar police station. ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Tech firm vehicles to take Bantala route

    Kolkata: Days after the commissioner of Kolkata Police, Manoj Verma, said that several long-term as well as short-term measures were taken to ensure snarl-free movement around Chingrighata, a major IT firm located in the Hatisala area agreed to reroute ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    City gears up for total lunar eclipse on Sunday

    Kolkata: Stargazers and astronomy enthusiasts in Kolkata are in for a celestial treat as a total lunar eclipse will be visible in the night sky on Sunday, Sept 7. This astronomical event, which will also feature a "blood moon", ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    First rooftop resto reopens before puja, others to follow

    Kolkata: A popular rooftop restaurant on Jawaharlal Nehru Road resumed operations after receiving an NOC from the civic body, four months after all rooftop joints in the city were shut down by a Kolkata Municipal Corporation order on May ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Paresh, daughter surrender, get bail

    Kolkata: Former Bengal minister Paresh Adhikari and daughter Ankita surrendered at an Alipore court on Wednesday in the teacher recruitment case and were granted bail against a personal bond of Rs 7,000.The special CBI court was hearing arguments in ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon engages Indian community ahead of elections

    KOLKATA: As New Zealand prepares for general elections next year, the country's Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, engaged with the Indian community at Christchurch Bengali Community Incorporated Society, a gathering of Bengalis residing in the city located on the east ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata gears up for lunar eclipse on Sunday

    KOLKATA: Stargazers and astronomy enthusiasts in Kolkata are in for a celestial treat as a total lunar eclipse will be visible in the night sky on Sunday, Sept 7. This astronomical event, which will also feature a "blood moon," ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    New Zealand PM Luxon receives Durga Puja invitation while engaging Christchurch Bengali community

    KOLKATA: As New Zealand prepares for its general elections next year, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon engaged with the Indian community at the Christchurch Bengali Community Incorporated Society, a gathering of Bengalis living in the city on the east coast ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Diversionary tactic’: TMC slams CAA notification

    Kolkata: The Centre's CAA notification was only a "diversionary tactic", said Trinamool on Wednesday, reiterating that it continued to oppose CAA and NRC. TMC senior and state minister Shashi Panja said: "TMC will oppose CAA-NRC and it will not ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    City experts highlight local climate shock issues ahead of COP30 meet

    Kolkata: The message was loud and clear: local climate shocks, the results of global warming, are now striking harder than the larger, slower-moving universal crisis. Climate experts, activists and NGOs on Wednesday met to present a ‘Climate emergency charter' ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Ideological differences no ground to deny job: HC to RKM College

    KOLKATA: Citing Swami Vivekananda’s book ‘Raja Yoga’ that says it’s preferable to be “an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite”, Calcutta High Court has ruled in favour of an assistant professor who was denied a job at Ramakrishna Mission Residential ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Disputes in animal sourcing, transfer, record-keeping at Alipore Zoo, reveals CZA probe

    Kolkata: More skeletons have tumbled out of the closet for Alipore zoo as the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) three-member panel probing the inventory mismatch at the zoo has found some irregularities.These include no maintenance of animal stock register flouting ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Fest 5 International Film Festival 2025 set for grand inauguration in Kolkata

    The Fest5 International Film Festival (F5IFF’25) opens on Friday, September 5, at the Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) Auditorium in Salt Lake, promising four days of cinema that address the planet’s most pressing concerns—environment, climate change, and human dignity.After ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Patchy rain expected, AQI remains good

    Kolkata is experiencing a pleasant morning with patchy rain forecast throughout the day on . The city's air quality remains favorable with yesterday's , while temperatures are expected to range between with an level and wind speeds ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Pay 1L for littering NT vacant plots

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) is installing display boards in vacant plots across New Town to warn people against dumping waste in these locations, with penalties ranging from Rs 1,000 to Rs 1 lakh.Locals mentioned there ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Organisers take lessons in puja rituals with priests

    Kolkata: The annual workshop on training priests on how to properly perform the Durga Puja rituals will also focus on organisers of community pujas this year. This is to ensure that they are mindful of the proper conduct of ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengal teachers’ hirings: 5.6L to take SLST; wristwatches, gadgets banned in exam hall

    Kolkata: Calculators, mobile phones, slide rules, electronic devices and wristwatches are prohibited in the examination hall for the second state-level selection test (SLST) scheduled to be held on Sep 7 and 14. The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Metro carried 1.9 cr riders in month it added muscle

    Kolkata: The Metro network carried 1.9 crore passengers in Aug, nearly 15-20 lakh more passengers than in an average month prior to the addition of two new sections and a new line on Aug 22. The Metro officials expect ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    6 more rooftop restos queue up to submit bonds for puja reopening

    Kolkata: The queue for submitting indemnity bond at KMC for the reopening of rooftop restaurants is getting longer. Within four days of the first application being submitted by a restaurant owner on JL Nehru Road, the KMC buildings department ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    But sheds extra services, reverts to old routine to manage crowd

    Kolkata: Metro Railway on Wednesday began implementing some of its decisions in response to the extreme crowd pressure it has been facing, mostly on the Blue (North-South) Line, since the three new metro lines opened on Aug 22. The ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    CZA: Disputes in animal sourcing, transfer, record-keeping at zoo

    Kolkata: More skeletons have tumbled out of the closet for Alipore zoo as the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) three-member panel probing the inventory mismatch at the zoo has found some irregularities. These include no maintenance of animal stock register ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Metro floats 378cr tender for Purple Line extension to IIM-C, work may start in Nov

    Kolkata: Amid the new metro line operations, the city's rapid transit network is poised for more additions with bids being invited for the Purple Line's southern extension from Joka to IIM-Calcutta.A tender worth Rs 377.8 crore has been invited ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Sreelekha in HC

    Kolkata: Actress on Wednesday approached the Calcutta HC, seeking to file a petition for protection against social harassment over protests, especially against the R G Kar crime. Mitra claimed she was subjected to threats on social media and ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Krishnanagar victim’s family identifies killer

    Krishnanagar: Kusum Mallick, mother of the murdered Krishnanagar college student Ishita, identified Deshraj Singh as her killer during a test identification parade in Krishnanagar jail on Wednesday. The father, Dulal, and her minor brother also identified Deshraj in prison. ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Bangla man without legal docus held

    Kolkata: A Bangladeshi national, Md Daud Dariya (55), was apprehended for staying in India for the last seven months without valid documentation or a passport on Wednesday in the Barabagan area of south Kolkata. Cops said Dariya reportedly made ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Did BJP neta molest a man? Cops caught on wrong foot

    Kolkata: BJP councillor Sajal Ghosh has been slapped with a molestation charge, levelled by a man. The case was filed after Ghosh had allegedly brandished a shoe at a man during the Nabanna march on Aug 9. Ghosh conceded ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    CM condoles death of Rizwanur mom

    Kolkata: Chief minister on Wednesday condoled the death of Kishwar Jahan, 81, whose son Rizwanur's death in Sept 2007 had sparked a massive outrage and led to a CBI probe. Kishwar's other son Rukbanur is now a TMC ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Job scam: Partha gets bail in CBI court, to stay in prison

    Kolkata: Former education minister Partha Chatterjee was granted bail on Wednesday by the CBI court at Alipore in the classes 9, 10 teacher recruitment case. However, he will not be released from prison as he is in custody in ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Shahjahan case: ED to file affidavit in 3 wks

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed ED to file an affidavit within three weeks, in reply to Sheikh Shahjahan's petition assailing the ED cases initiated against him.In May 2024, ED filed a charge sheet under the PMLA, ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Fake currency worth over 21L seized in Malda

    Kolkata: The Bengal STF conducted a raid Tuesday night at PTS More, under Baishnabnagar Thana in Malda and recovered fake currency worth over Rs 21 lakh. The fake currency was brought in from Bangladesh, even as cops are probing ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Metro floats 378cr tender for Purple Line extension to IIM-C, work may start in Nov

    Kolkata: Amid the new metro line operations, the city's rapid transit network is poised for more additions with bids being invited for the Purple Line's southern extension from Joka to IIM-Calcutta.A tender worth Rs 377.8 crore has been invited ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Kol fans to fly to Dubai for Indo-Pak desert duel

    Kolkata: With India and Pakistan set to cross swords at the Asia Cup in Dubai on Sept 14, scores of cricket fans from Kolkata are set to travel to the desert city, combining a holiday trip with cricket excitement. ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    State BJP urges students, influencers to drive out illegal immigrants

    Kolkata: As Bengal gears up for the 2026 assembly polls, it has asked students and social media influencers to start a campaign for Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll soon. It has also tasked them with carrying ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Twin deaths: HC tells CID to probe call records of autopsy doc, cop

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday took exception to the mismatch between reports of the two autopsies conducted on Sujit Das, one of the two victims of unnatural death in East Midnapore's Khejuri on July 12, and asked ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Cop pilot car in mishap has no regn, insurance

    Kolkata: The police pilot car for Trinamool MLA Shawkat Molla's convoy that had hit a biker on Tuesday, leading to his death, did not have a registration and failed its insurance. Broad Street resident Mohammad Tajuddin was riding his ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: High humdity with moderate rain expected; AQI remains good

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly. Kolkata experienced moderate rainfall on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, with temperatures ranging between 26.2°C and ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Metro zips past 8 lakh ridership in a day, earns Rs 1.6 crore from tickets

    KOLKATA: On Monday, the city’s 74-km metro grid achieved a milestone — 8 lakh passengers across its five corridors. The same day, East-West Metro (Green Line) crossed the 2-lakh daily ridership mark for the first time.On Aug 21, that ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Army truck in cop net day after jawans dismantle TMC's dais

    KOLKATA: A right-turn attempt by an Army truck where it was not allowed and what followed on Kolkata's streets on Tuesday could end up as markers of the potential twists and turns in state-centre relations following the army's dismantling ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Delhi-Kolkata IndiGo chaos: Flyer, crew spar over Har Har Mahadev slogan; flight held up 3 hours

    KOLKATA: An intense fight broke out on Monday between the crew members and a passenger of a Delhi-Kolkata IndiGo flight with both sides lodging complaints against each other for chanting a religious slogan, consuming alcohol on board, and instigating ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Money withdrawn from dead employers’ a/c, lens on help

    Kolkata: A caregiver from Behala has been accused of misappropriating funds from a joint bank account belonging to a deceased senior citizen and her son. The allegations were brought in by the daughter-in-law of the deceased, who claimed that ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Street-dwellers stall 4-hr bid by KMC & cops to free up Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Rd pavements

    Kolkata: An anti-encroachment drive by Kolkata Police and Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road was stalled on Tuesday evening after resistance from residents of temporary shanties, leaving the operation incomplete. Close to 35 shanties along the ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Hawkers near KMC HQ: HC irked over civic body’s role

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction with the KMC over its failure to effectively address the issue of encroachment by hawkers in front of its headquarters. The court has ordered the KMC to submit a detailed ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Row on delayed flight: Crew, flyer file plaints

    Kolkata: Crew members and a passenger on an IndiGo flight 6E 6517 from Delhi to Kolkata lodged complaints against each other early on Tuesday after a dispute over alleged chanting of a religious slogan, consumption of alcohol on board, ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Netas prove satire still has a place in Bengal politics

    Kolkata: Satire is not completely lost on Bengal politics.A performance clip of actor Anirban Bhattacharya's Bengali band, ‘Hooliganism', has gone viral. In the clip, he made humorous jibes at three Ghoshs of Bengal politics — Trinamool Congress spokesperson Kunal ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    More rain ahead but intensity to ease: Met

    Kolkata: Expect more rain in the next few days even if the intensity and frequency is likely to be lesser from Wednesday onwards. An active monsoon flow and a low-pressure area that has formed over Northwest Bay of Bengal ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Dengue drive kicks off, KMC focus on pandals

    Kolkata: KMC has started a special dengue drive in areas where dengue cases are on the rise. The KMC vector-control department, led by deputy mayor Atin Ghosh, is visiting these areas and conduct a drive at vulnerable sites, including ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    FIR against BJP man’s kin for assault on cops

    Kolkata: A case was registered against three relatives and associates of BJP functionary Rakesh Singh for allegedly assaulting cops and civic volunteers at the Entally Police Station, after Rakesh's son Shivam was arrested in connection to the vandalism at ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Two bikers brandish gun in red-light area

    Kolkata: A motorist, while exiting the red-light area on Premchand Boral Street on Saturday night, caused an accident, leading locals to chase the vehicle away. But shortly, two youths arrived on two bikes, brandishing a gun, threatening to fire ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Akhtar event as good as cancelled’

    Kolkata: The mushaira (poetry symposium) that poet-lyricist was to attend on Monday and was deferred at the last moment "is as good as cancelled," according to officials of the West Bengal Urdu Academy, which had organised the programme.The ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Follow Prague model, transform trams into feeder service to metro network: Experts

    Kolkata: The city's trams require revitalisation, experts have asserted, highlighting their potential role in sustainable urban mobility. Trams could function as the most effective feeder service to the expanding metro networks, according to specialists."The dominant narrative around the abolition ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Job sack order can ruin many lives, HC says on primary appts

    Kolkata: Hearing the primary teachers' recruitment case on Tuesday, Calcutta High Court said this was "a very serious issue, we are dealing with the lives and livelihood of nearly 32,000 families", and sought a "solution".A division bench of justices ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    5 yrs on, court acquits man as woman says rape FIR was ‘a misunderstanding’

    Kolkata: Five years after being accused of rape and cheating, a man was acquitted of the charges last week after the complainant told the court that she had lodged the FIR over a "misunderstanding". The man had spent 51 ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Metro to segregate Yellow Line, revive Tollygunge shed to ease Blue Line rush

    Kolkata: In the wake of the mad rush on the Blue Line (Shahid Khudiram-Dakshineswar) and the chaos at stations and on trains even during non-peak hours, Metro Railway has decided to undertake a slew of measures, including segregating the ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Army action on Trinamool stage rocks Bengal assembly, Suvendu suspended

    KOLKATA: The Bengal assembly erupted in chaos on Tuesday over the Army's attempt to dismantle a Trinamool protest stage on the Maidan, resulting in the suspension of leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari for the remainder of the three-day ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    IIT suicide: Forensic team visits hostel

    Kharagpur: A forensic team visited IIT Kharagpur on Tuesday to gather evidence of the death of Aniket Walkar, a fourth-year ocean engineering and naval architecture student, whose body was found hanging in his hostel room on April 20.The team, ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    No Blue Line night service from today

    Kolkata: There will be no special night services along the Blue Line from Wednesday, Metro Railway announced on Tuesday. The two 10.40 pm services on the Dum Dum-Shahid Khudiram section were available on weekdays."On account of the suspension of ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    State launches toll-free environment helpline

    Kolkata: Bengal's environment minister, Chandrima Bhattacharya, announced a toll-free helpline for any complaint against environmental violations. A toll-free helpline (18003453390) is available for lodging grievances.The state has 11 regional offices and a public grievance cell monitors complaints with resolutions ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Testing stns penalized after state govt alarm

    Kolkata: The ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) revoked automated fitness management system access to five automated testing stations (ATS) across the country after finding they issued Certificates of Fitness (CF) to vehicles without their physical presence.The action ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Enough is enough’: HC nixes plea by SSC ‘tainted’ candidates

    Kolkata: "So far as tainted is concerned, enough is enough," Calcutta High Court on Tuesday told the counsel of tainted candidates who claimed they were wrongly included in West Bengal School Service Commission's list of "1806 names".Refusing to entertain ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    State to set up 660MW thermal power plant at Durgapur

    Kolkata: Bengal govt plans to float a global tender for setting up a new 660MW thermal power plant at Durgapur after the Durga Puja. The govt has already written to the West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission (WBERC), seeking its ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Robson tasked with writing own legacy at Barreto’s Bagan

    Kolkata: Back in June this year, when news began trickling out that Bashundhara Kings' former Brazilian star Robson Robinho — who was playing for São Paulo-based club EC Agua Santa at that time — had agreed "in principle" to ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Day after CM confronts jawans, TMC sets up new dais at Dorina

    Kolkata: Less than 24 hours after Army jawans dismantled Trinamool's protest dais on Mayo Road, the party shifted its Bhasa Andolan agitation to Dorina Crossing. TMC set up a new stage overnight despite heavy rain, saying it would continue ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Kol Port records 16% growth in cargo handling

    Kolkata: Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Kolkata recorded a 16% growth in cargo handling during April-Aug 2025. It handled 28.2 million metric tons (MMT) of cargo, a notable increase from the 24.3 MMT handled during the same period in 2024, ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Awareness camps at Durga Puja pandals to help diagnose cancer

    Kolkata: Several puja organisers across the city are set to host cancer awareness camps at pandals during Durga Puja this year. After the festival, the puja committees will hold free cancer screening camps in their respective areas. Doctors, especially ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Duttapukur’s fibreglass idols go to Canada, London & US

    Kolkata: Duttapukur, around 35 km north of Kolkata along Jessore Road, has once again attracted international attention as Durga idols crafted in the area are being exported globally. This year, a local artisan's creations are destined for Canada, Japan, ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Maruti Suzuki exports first batch of e Vitara to Europe

    KOLKATA: India's largest carmaker, India, shipped the first export consignment of its first battery electric vehicle, the e Vitara, manufactured at the Hansalpur facility in Gujarat. Company officials said the first lot of 2,900 units of the e ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Urdu Academy defers Javed Akhtar event after protests

    KOLKATA: The West Bengal Urdu Academy has indefinitely postponed a mushaira (poetry symposium) featuring , which was scheduled for Monday evening, following protests by religious groups which claimed that certain comments by the poet-lyricist-screenwriter had hurt their sentiments.The Urdu ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Abir Chatterjee faces controversy over puja release commitments

    Kolkata: The run-up to the puja release of Friends Communication's ‘Joto Kando Kolkatatei' (JKK) has been embroiled in controversy. At a press conference held in the city on Monday, producer Firdausul Hasan and dDirector emphasised the lack of ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata to host grand exhibition on Mahanayak Uttam Kumar

    KOLKATA: Kolkata is set to celebrate the centenary of Bengal’s greatest matinee idol, Uttam Kumar, with a rare exhibition retracing the life and legacy of the screen legend. Titled Shudhui Uttam, the exhibition will open at Nehru Children’s Museum ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Army dismantles TMC dais at Maidan; CM Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of ‘misusing forces’, protests continue

    KOLKATA: The Bengal administration and the were locked in an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation on Monday afternoon — over something as unremarkable as a makeshift pandal near the Maidan Gandhi statue — as jawans in battle fatigue spent about 25 ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Mother elephant helps calf cross ridge in paddy field

    Midnapore: A baby elephant became stuck on a high ridge in a paddy field on Monday morning and was helped across by its mother, who pulled it with her trunk, as a herd of elephants passed through the Sankrail ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Spl assembly session to discuss violence faced by Bengalis in other states

    Kolkata: The three-day special Bengal Assembly session started on Monday with speaker Biman Banerjee admitting a resolution for discussion, strongly condemning attacks on Bengali-speaking people in BJP-governed states. CM Mamata Banerjee is likely to speak on the motion. TMC's ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Cops arrest Krishnanagar collegian’s killer in UP

    Krishnanagar: A Krishnanagar police team, which was camping at Nautanwa along the India-Nepal border for the past five days, arrested 18-year-old Deshraj Singh on Sunday before he could cross over to Nepal with fake IDs, including one fake BSF ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    20k, jewellery & gadgets stolen from Salt Lake home

    Kolkata: Burglars broke into a two-storey residence in Salt Lake's BL Block early on Sunday at a time when the owners were at home and made away with Rs 20,000 in cash, jewellery, and electronic gadgets worth several lakhs.According ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    8% to 21% in 16 yrs: Docs fret over C-section boom

    Kolkata: A rise in Caesarean-section deliveries in India — from 8.5% in 2005 to 21% in 2021 — led a team of Indian researchers to express concern and call for policy measures to curb it. In a study published ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    BJP changes tack, says will back all-party resolution to retain ‘eligible’ teachers

    Kolkata: In a shift in stance, Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said BJP would support an all-party resolution to retain "eligible" teachers in school jobs if state govt tabled such a motion in the House during ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Mainak, attar seller from Baguiati, faces B’deshi slur at Tollygunge

    Kolkata: Attar — a traditional perfume made from natural ingredients extracted from flowers, herbs and spices — has got embroiled in the unsavoury politics of language and communalism. On Saturday, Mainak Dutta, 29, an attar seller from Baguiati was ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    New lines boost metro ridership, Sealdah footfall soars to 14 lakh

    Kolkata: The opening of the new stretches has boosted ridership of both metro as well as suburban Sealdah railway section. Till 6 pm on Monday, 4.1 lakh people travelled on the Blue Line and 1.4 lakh on the Green ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Thunderstorm asthma’ wave hits Kol, docs blame weather swings

    Kolkata: ‘Thunderstorm asthma' has been affecting many people across Kolkata as wet and dry periods continue to alternate frequently. The sudden shifts in temperature, the dampness in the air, and the breeze accompanying the showers have been triggering attacks ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    HC reduces death sentence to life, junks rape charge

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday commuted the death penalty of a 42-year-old man convicted of the murder of a six-year-old at Uttarpara to life imprisonment and acquitted him of charges of rape as the autopsy surgeon mentioned ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    BJP man’s son held for Cong office attack, dad warns Lalbazar on video

    Kolkata: BJP functionary Rakesh Singh's son Shivam Singh was on Monday arrested by cops from the Entally PS in connection with the vandalism at the Congress office in Moulali last Friday.Police are on the lookout for Rakesh, who has ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Swasthya Bhavan orders festive duty roster for docs, 24×7 specialist care

    Kolkata: Swasthya Bhavan has instructed state hospitals to prepare duty rosters for the next two months, ensuring the availability of gynaecologists, anaesthetists, paediatricians, and sonologists during the festive season. The order specified leaves should be granted judiciously and that ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    3 ‘customs’ men abduct forex trader, extort 3.9L

    Kolkata: Three men, posing as customs officers, allegedly abducted a forex trader from J L Nehru Road and extorted Rs 3.9 lakh ($4,500) from him.Md Yousuf, an authorised signatory for two forex companies, reported that the three men accosted ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Elephant dies of electrocution in Buxa, 1 held

    Jalpaiguri: An adult female elephant died of electrocution in Buxa Tiger Reserve forest (BTR) on Monday morning. The incident occurred in the Bijoypur area in Alipurduar's Kalchini block. The pachyderm died after coming into contact with live electric wires ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Except CM, no MLA to take guards inside Bengal assembly

    Kolkata: Security officers of ministers and MLAs will not be allowed inside the assembly, said speaker Biman Banerjee on Monday. The only exception to the rule will be the CM's security ring.Banerjee's decision was taken following the instructions of ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    US consumers will absorb higher tea price, hopes ITA

    Kolkata: Given the strong demand for Assam and Darjeeling tea in the US market, the Indian Tea Association (ITA) hopes that consumers may be willing to absorb a higher price point. The imposition of 50% tariff is likely to ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    HC advances Sunali case hearing to Sept 6

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court advanced a habeas corpus hearing to Sept 6 from Sept 10, following a Supreme Court directive for an urgent hearing into the case involving Sunali Khatun — an eight-month pregnant migrant labourer from Birbhum ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Tea groups seek minimum sustainable price as rates fall

    Kolkata: The Indian Tea Association (ITA) and the Confederation of Indian Small Tea Growers Association (CISTA) have demanded a minimum sustainable price for tea in auctions following a huge fall in the price of North Indian tea in Kolkata, ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    SSC: SC scraps petition on eligibility cutoff, Cal HC to hear plea by host of ‘tainted’ candidates

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a petition by some unsuccessful TET 2016 candidates who had challenged the School Service Commission's (SSC) notification for the fresh Sept 7 and 14 tests wherein it revised the eligibility criterion ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Detained after Salt Lake eatery row, rowdies assault cops at police stn

    Kolkata: Five persons were arrested for allegedly assaulting cops inside a Salt Lake police station after being detained for creating trouble at a restaurant at CF Block in the township late on Sunday.Among the five, three are residents of ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Kol airport retains strong position in global service quality rankings

    Kolkata: Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport managed to retain its strong position in the latest global Airport Service Quality (ASQ) rankings, slipping only two places — from 57 to 59 — in the April–June 2025 quarter. The ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
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