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  • Amid OBC uncertainty, Bengal education department keeps UG admission options open; merit list on hold till court decision

    KOLKATA: Applicants for undergraduate college seats in most of Bengal's varsities can either follow the OBC list that existed here before 2010 as of now or wait for the Supreme Court's final order on the issue.The state higher education ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Mamata: What’s wrong with visiting martyrs’ graveyard?

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday extended support to her Jammu & Kashmir counterpart Omar Abdullah for his defiant move against the Centre on Martyrs' Day, questioning why a democratically elected chief minister would not be allowed the freedom ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Police SOS to KMC, advisory for motorists on 7 bad city stretches

    123456 Kolkata: The police, who have sent an SOS to the civic body about bad roads, have advised motorists to expect slower traffic on at least seven stretches of the city until the rains are over. At least four ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    AI tool, ‘campus moms’ to curb IIT Kharagpur student deaths

    Kolkata:The rising number of student deaths on campus has prompted IIT Kharagpur to launch a first-of-its-kind AI-powered emotional health monitoring tool that enables anonymous self check-ins and early alert systems. Besides, the institute will also introduce an initiative titled ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Fresh encroachments eat up C Kol pavements

    1234 Kolkata: Residents of Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road in central Kolkata have raised concerns over rampant encroachments in the area, alleging that pavements and carriageways were illegally occupied by street vendors, stalls, and food carts, resulting in blocked entrances, ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    In a third for city, Calcutta Club poll sees woman vie for top post

    Kolkata: A woman member of the Calcutta Club has thrown her hat in the ring for the post of president for the second time in five years, marking only the third such incident in the more than one-and-a-half-century-old history ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Murshidabad artisan’s Shola elephant gifted by PM to Ghana speaker

    Kolkata: It was a moment of joy for Samir Saha, a 65-year-old national award-winning artisan from Murshidabad, when he first heard that the replica of an elephant crafted by him was gifted to the Speaker of Ghana, Alban Sumana ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘May I help you, Uncle’: Sr citizen loses 27k to shoulder-surfing fraud

    Kolkata: In yet another incident of "shoulder surfing" leading to ATM fraud by trained fraudsters, a 65-year-old resident of north Kolkata fell victim to a card swap scam, losing Rs 27,200 through unauthorised transactions. Pradip Kumar Hela, a resident ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    After Alipurduar snub, Dilip gets invite to Modi’s Durgapur rally

    Kolkata: Former BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh, who met key party functionaries in New Delhi a few days ago, received an invitation to attend PM Narendra Modi's rally in Durgapur on July 18. Ghosh's presence will help bridge the ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    At 15 spots across city, civic body waits for rain to stop to start road repair work

    123456 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will conduct a night drive to repair roads damaged due to incessant rain. From the Dum Dum-Cossipore belt in north Kolkata to Biren Roy Road (West) in Behala, the list is getting ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Bengal to hand over 40-acre Uttarpara plot to Titagarh rail

    Kolkata: A Bengal cabinet meeting, chaired by CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday, decided to hand over a 40-acre plot of contiguous land at Kotrung and Bhadrakali in Hooghly's Uttarpara to Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd (TRSL).TRSL would use the land ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    At law college, students return for admit cards

    123 Kolkata: "You have nothing to fear. Come to college without any worry." The authorities of the law college in Kasba reached out to first-year students through the official WhatsApp group as admit card distribution for first-year students started ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    40k lost after call to ATM ‘helpline’

    Kolkata: Be careful if you find a helpline number pasted on the ATM machine and the machine itself is not dispensing cash. After a four-month break, the infamous ATM gang members orchestrated yet another fraud at a public sector ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    11-yr-old gets pacemaker after ‘ojha’ efforts flop

    Kolkata: An 11-year-old boy from a village in Rampurhat, who was suffering from frequent bouts of syncope (fainting) for close to four years with an undiagnosed condition, was found to have complete heart blockage, which is not a common ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    VIP Road night blocks to get potholed tarmac back in shape

    1234 Kolkata: Traffic crawled on VIP Road on the first working day of the week as PWD authorities failed to complete the road repair within the stipulated deadline of Monday morning. More potholes and craters have started appearing on ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Plea to govt: Allow carriers on Bengal Hills cabs

    12 Darjeeling: The Darjeeling-Kalimpong District Taxi Owners' Forum has reached out to CM Mamata Banerjee, urging her to reconsider the enforcement of alteration norms for taxis with carriers atop for carrying luggage in the Hills. The forum has also ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    RS Software starts work to integrate global payments systems

    Kolkata: Tech giant RS Software (India) Ltd, that had built the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platform in 2015, is now working on a global payments integration platform to facilitate international trade flows. The company is also planning to invest ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Mamata hails NITI report on Bengal

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday hailed NITI Aayog's acknowledgement of "Bengal's exceptional achievements in various socio-economic parameters, particularly in employment generation". The CM said the state's annual unemployment rate of 2.2% for 2022-23 was significantly lower than the ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    C’garh cops ‘kidnapped’ 8 Nadia workers: Mahua

    Kolkata: Eight construction workers from Nadia, engaged by a Chhattisgarh-based private construction agency to work in Bastar's Kondagaon, had been "kidnapped" by Chhattisgarh police on July 12 and put in Jagdalpur prison, Trinamool's Krishnanagar MP Mahua Moitra alleged on ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    HC directs regularisation of 15 Group D civic staffers

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday held that irregular appointments made against vacant posts can be regularised on the basis of long and uninterrupted service. As such, the HC directed immediate regularisation of 15 Group D staff members ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    3 more arrested in Bhangar murder case

    123 Kolkata: Three more persons were arrested on Monday in connection with the murder of Trinamool functionary Razzak Khan in Bhangar, bringing the total number of arrests to four. All three men were sharpshooters who carried out the murder ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    BITM to livestream return of Shux

    Kolkata: The Birla Industrial & Technological Museum will livestream the return of the Axiom Mission 4, piloted by group captain Shubhanshu Shukla. The event, scheduled to begin at 1.30 pm, will feature an open house quiz on spaceflight missions, ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Institute restricts guest entry, asks students not to venture outside campus

    Kolkata: The premier management institute has restricted the entry of guests to its campus and hostel for the time being following the allegation of rape against a second-year student by a 24-year-old psychologist."The entry of guests has been restricted ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Probe panel questions vice-principal, CU nominee on governing body

    Nayna Chatterji, the vice-principal of the law college in Kasba where the rape incident occurred, was questioned by the probe panel on Monday. Sources said that she was asked around 35 questions regarding various issues such as the governing ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Whatever happened was consensual: Youth’s counsel

    Kolkata: The 26-year-old MBA second-year student, accused of raping a young psychologist on the B-school campus in Kolkata, has stressed before cops, counsel and his family that he was innocent and whatever happened was "consensual"."We believe the youth has ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    No confidential testimony after woman’s no-show before magistrate

    123 Kolkata: The confidential testimony of the woman who accused a 26-year-old MBA student at a premier B-school in Kolkata could not be recorded on Monday. The govt lawyer informed the Alipore additional chief judicial magistrate's court that the ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Questions mount over gaps, error in ‘opaque’ AI prelim crash report

    Kolkata: Veteran pilots from various airlines who reviewed the preliminary AI 171 crash report have questioned whether a software glitch or mechanical failure — which could cause fuel valves in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner to switch off — was ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    IIM-Calcutta rape case: Accused student admits to spiking drink; SIT flags contradictory statements

    Representational NEW DELHI: The student accused of rape at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta has admitted to purchasing sleeping pills and mixing them into cold drinks and water before offering them to the woman, police said on ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    8th South Asian Film Festival: Sri Lankan documentary wins Satyajit Ray Bronze Award

    KOLKATA: A documentary on land disputes including displacement of Adivasis has won the Satyajit Ray Bronze Award (Documentary) at the 8th South Asian Film Festival. Through the feminine gaze of a director and 11 women, it highlights the issue ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    FIR after bitumen covers north Kolkata tram tracks

    Kolkata: The recent bituminisation of tram tracks at MG Road–Rabindra Sarani crossing has stirred public outcry and legal concerns, with the Calcutta Tram Users Association (CTUA) filing an FIR at Burrabazar PS on Sunday. The association has claimed that ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    Low pressure may bring more rain in Kolkata today: Met

    Kolkata: Rain might intensify in Kolkata and south Bengal districts on Monday due to low pressure and monsoon activity, the Met department predicted. The city received multiple spells of rain on Sunday as a thick cloud cover loomed large.A ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather update: Heavy rain and humidity today, July 14, 2025

    Kolkata is set to experience heavy rainfall on July 14, 2025, with temperatures between 26.2°C and 29.2°C and humidity at 84%. The forecast indicates a 98% chance of rain throughout the day, accompanied by moderate winds up to 22.7 ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata B-school rape case: Woman wrote rape complaint at police station, cops with CCTV back-up; form SIT for probe

    24-year-old psychologist reported a rape on a Kolkata business school campus, leading to the arrest of an MBA student KOLKATA: The 24-year-old psychologist, who was allegedly raped on the campus of a premier business management school in Kolkata, walked ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    Commission extends application deadline to July 21 ‘after tech issues’

    Kolkata: The West Bengal School Service Commission on Sunday extended the application deadline for the fresh selection test to July 21. Candidates from the 2016 recruitment panel have begun applying for the fresh test and the number of applicants ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    Burrabazar trader found hanging off NH-16

    Kolkata: The body of a Burrabazar garments trader, Mohammad Gilani (36), was found hanging from a tree beside National Highway 16, 50 metres away from the police camp in Salap, Domjur on Sunday morning.Howrah City Police sources revealed that ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    Close aide held for TMC worker’s murder in Bhangar

    Kolkata: Three days after the murder of Trinamool functionary Razzak Khan in Bhangar, police have arrested Mofazzel Molla, a TMC worker and a close aide of Khan. Molla was taken into custody by North Kashipur police on Sunday after ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    Slow-traffic blow to critical care: Hospitals in Kolkata take guard

    Kolkata: Several city private hospitals have initiated measures to ensure that critical patients can reach on time during this rainy spell. Often unavailability of transport and traffic snarls result in delayed arrival of the patient at the hospital. This ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    1 more month, 1 more record smashed: Kolkata’s vehicle spurt a green worry

    Kolkata: The record-breaking rise in vehicle registrations showed no sign of slowing down in June with 7,794 vehicles added to city roads. The surge, led predominantly by two- and four-wheelers, signals an increasingly grim scenario for urban traffic management. ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    Cosmo Para Salt Lake

    123456 In the early summer of 1962, a stretch of marshland on the eastern edge of Kolkata began its transformation into what would become one of Bengal's most iconic urban experiments. Guided by the vision of then chief minister ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    Gym trainer held for assault, rape attempt

    Kolkata: A gym trainer, Bidyut Dey alias Bittu, was arrested on Sunday for allegedly assaulting and attempting to rape a woman at his residence in Michael Nagar. Dey was taken into custody on Saturday following a complaint by the ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    HC overturns 2019 life term

    Kolkata: Due to lack of evidence, Calcutta High Court on Sunday acquitted a Murshidabad murder victim's husband and mother-in-law who were sentenced to life imprisonm-ent for the crime six years ago. The deceased was married to Ranjit Mondal for ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    Modi to address public rally in Durgapur on July 18

    Durgapur: PM Narendra Modi, who is scheduled to inaugurate a host of industrial projects in Durgapur on July 18, will address a public rally there as well.This will be Modi's first rally in the state after Bengal BJP elected ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    Bengal man slapped with NRC notice to miss tribunal hearing?

    12 Jalpaiguri: Fifty-year-old Cooch Behar resident Uttam Kumar Brajabashi, the member of the Rajbanshi community who received an NRC notice from an Assam foreigners tribunal, is likely to give his document submission hearing on Tuesday a miss. His lawyer, ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    Didi to lead July 16 rally against B’deshi tag on Bengalis

    123 Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee will lead a protest against the tagging of Bengali-speaking migrant workers Bangladeshis, their illegal detentions and occasional deportations to Bangladesh by BJP-governed states, Trinamool said on Sunday. The rally will take place on July ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    Trinamool functionary shot dead in Birbhum

    12 Suri: A Trinamool panchayat samiti member was shot dead late on Saturday in Birbhum's Sainthia, a few metres from his home. Police said three persons were being questioned in the case. One among them is a witness.Piyush Ghosh ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    ED arrests 2 in Sahara money launder case

    Kolkata: ED on Saturday arrested two persons for their alleged role in money laundering by the Sahara Group. The accused —Vailaparampil Abraham and Jitendra Prasad Verma — played a "key role" in the money laundering process, the agency said. ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    Bengal woman made to leave Assam after NRC plea rejected

    Kolkata: A 52-year-old woman from Cooch Behar, who moved to Assam in 1991 after marrying a man from the state, has been forced to return after her plea to be included in NRC was rejected, Bengal migrant welfare board ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    Smartworks Coworking IPO subscribed 1.2x on Day 2

    Kolkata: The IPO of Smartworks Coworking Spaces Ltd got a good response in the market. On Day 2 ending Friday, it garnered bids 1.2 times of the overall subscription.The demand was largely driven by non-institutional investors, while qualified institutional ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘Bhumiputra’ Shringla in RS, proud moment for Darjeeling

    12 Darjeeling: It was a proud moment for Darjeeling on Sunday when son of the soil Harsh Vardhan Shringla — former foreign secretary and India's ambassador to the US — was nominated to Rajya Sabha by President Droupadi Murmu.An ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    State’s ambulance emergency service on highways soon

    Kolkata: The state govt is implementing a new ambulance service on national and state highways, which one can avail by dialling 108, to assist trauma victims in reaching hospitals swiftly. The initiative will deploy 110 ambulances along highways, comprising ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    Battle between modernity & tradition makes pitch difficult for women

    Kolkata: The solution to the mystery over the alleged rape of a young psychologist in one of the country's top B-schools may lie in a sprawling two-storied house located in a semi-urban area about 12 km from the management ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    B-school rape plaint: SIT starts work with ‘zero help’ from survivor, family

    123 Kolkata: The nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the alleged rape on the management institute campus, began work on Sunday with ‘zero help' from the complainant. Separate teams of investigators and forensic officials reached the campus where a ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    School starts probe into student’s torture plaint

    Kolkata: A south Kolkata school has started a probe into a complaint of seniors bullying and sexually abusing a middle-school student. The incident happened last Monday during the tiffin break. A Class VI student was attacked by five senior ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    B-School engages with students

    123 Kolkata: In the wake of the rape allegation emerging from a premier management institute, the authorities are engaging with the students to ensure their safety and well-being and make them feel that they are being heard.A senior official ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    SAF ends with ‘Spasm’ bagging top award

    123 Kolkata: A one-take short film on the audition of an actress in Iran (‘Spasm') and a documentary on a trafficked woman-turned-activist (‘Fatima') have won the top awards at 8th South Asian Short Film Festival organized by the Federation ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    Chicken price crashes but egg pinches pockets this monsoon

    123 Kolkata: In an unusual turn of trends this monsoon, egg prices shot up, while chicken prices dropped significantly across Kolkata and its fringes. This reversal in the cost of two of the most consumed protein sources left both ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    BJP agenda to brand Bengalis B’deshis: TMC

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Saturday strongly protested Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's statement about the picking of Bengali as mother tongue in census documents and said it was BJP's agenda to brand Bengalis Bangladeshis, declare them stateless and dump them ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    Heavy rainfall expected in Kolkata: Weather forecast for July 13, 2025

    Kolkata is set to experience heavy rainfall on July 13, 2025, with precipitation chances at 90% and expected rainfall of 25.32 mm. The temperature will range between 33.2°C and 27.1°C, accompanied by 80% humidity and overcast conditions throughout the ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘She wasn’t raped, just fell from an auto’: Kolkata top B-School 'rape' FIR turns murky; father says police 'forced' daughter to file complaint

    A 24-year-old psychologist accused a management student in Kolkata of rape, leading to his arrest. However, in a surprising turn, the woman's father later claimed that nothing happened and alleged that police pressured his daughter to file the complaint. ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    No docu enough: Bengalis recount ‘detention’ horror

    Behrampore/Chinsurah/Kaliganj: Packed in ill-ventilated small rooms, harassed for one document after another to prove Indian citizenships, phones seized for "verification", two meals a day of flattened rice (chiwda) and jaggery — horrors from days spent in the makeshift detention ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    Doing everything as per law but family stonewalling investigation, say police

    123 The woman wrote in her complaint, "He suddenly grabbed my hair during our conversation. I slapped him in defence but he then grabbed my neck and hand. I do not remember anything after that — where I was ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    KMC razes illegal stalls, reclaims govt plot on Anwar Shah Road

    1234 Kolkata: The KMC on Saturday deployed earth movers to pull down shops and other structures that encroached on a govt plot on Prince Anwar Shah Road near Lord's crossing. The plot, owned by the state information and cultural ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    East Bengal initiative targets all Bengal districts & the NE

    Kolkata: East Bengal club has embarked on an ambitious mission to take the beautiful game to different parts of the country and scout for young talents through a grassroots programme. The initiative — named East Bengal School of Excellence ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    Geopolitics nudges Kol tourists eastwards

    Kolkata: Tour operators and travel agents are urging clients to avoid travelling west this Durga Puja and winter and instead look at destinations in Southeast Asia, the Far East and Australia.The advice stems from the unprecedented situation that many ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    Film on interplay of forbidden love & politics in Jangal Mahal in race at fest

    Kolkata: ‘My Comrade', a short film competing at the 8th South Asian Film Festival, is the only entry, which is set against the backdrop of armed rebellion in Jangal Mahal. The film explores a tribal youth's forbidden love, sexual ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    Suspended TMCP leader files plaint

    Kolkata: A suspended TMCP functionary finally lodged a complaint at the Sonarpur Police Station on Saturday, days after going live on television, alleging circulation of her fake, AI-manipulated images, aimed at maligning her personal and political image. Though she ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    Youth held from Gujarat for duping Kolkata man of 1.5 crore

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police on Friday arrested a 26-year-old man from Ahmedabad for his alleged role in a Rs 1.5-crore cryptocurrency investment fraud, registered in 2023. The accused, Harshik Mukeshbhai Patel, was apprehended from Chandkheda in Gandhinagar district in Gujarat. ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    Suicide bid at Central stn stalls Metro services for 1 hour

    Kolkata: Metro services on the North-South (Blue) line were disrupted for an hour on Saturday following a suicide bid at Central station. Though truncated services were operated, several commuters were hassled as no trains were available in the Maidan-Girish ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    Now, sensors to monitor Howrah Bridge stability

    Kolkata: The deck surface of Howrah Bridge requires replacement, and some of the joints need overhauling, a health audit of the iconic bridge has revealed. Sensors and other digital devices will soon be installed to enable real-time monitoring of ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    18 come together on stage after beating cancer, spread message of resilience

    1234 Kolkata: Retired schoolteacher Mousumi Banerjee from Siliguri, former banker Goutam Roychowdhury from Behala, and guitarist Neeta Dutta of Kasba didn't know each other even two months ago. Bound by a common thread and a new calling, when the ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    Sarobar health worry: Depth reduces, shallow zones and silt grow at Kolkata lake

    Kolkata: Rabindra Sarobar, the place where many go for a stroll in the morning or evening is itself not in the pink of health, a recent bathymetric study of the lake that measures a waterbody's depth has revealed. A ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    Four dead in SUV-truck crash near Kgp

    12 Kharagpur: Four people were killed early Saturday after a private SUV collided with a truck on NH-16 between Kharagpur and Balasore. The victims have been identified as Kartik Chandra Lahiri (60), Atanu Guha (42), Biswajit Mondal (48), and ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    TMC-BJP war of words after 2 found dead in Khejuri

    12 Khejuri: The deaths of two persons under mysterious circumstances on the sidelines of a local function at Khejuri in East Midnapore on Friday night have sparked a tussle among rival political parties. The bodies of Sujit Das, 23, ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    Global honour for drive led by Kolkata doctor against steroid misuse

    Kolkata: A group of Indian doctors with Kolkata-based dermatologist, Koushik Lahiri, as its founding chairman has been felicitated by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), London for their work against steroid abuse in fairness and other skincare products, including ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    Roads that got pre-monsoon levelling job crumble fastest

    1234 Kolkata: A hurried road repair drive conducted by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation roads department, especially on the roads that were dug up for a road smoothening project before the monsoon, poses a threat to motorists and bikers. Several ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    State launches greening drive with sapling planting

    123 Kolkata: The West Bengal govt has launched an ambitious greening campaign as part of Banmahotsav 2025, with a goal of planting two saplings per person in urban areas and five per person in rural areas. The initiative, described ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    Researchers discover 4 new species of parasitic wasps

    Kolkata: Researchers from the Kolkata-headquartered Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) discovered four new species of microscopic parasitic wasps. These wasps, belonging to the genus Idris Förster (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), were found in West Bengal and are primary egg parasitoids of ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    After rape charge, management institute puts up walls around itself

    123 Kolkata: The rape allegation at the premier management institute that has 75 guards and 80 CCTV cameras to secure the 135-acre campus fenced itself in further on Saturday with the institute administration restricting delivery persons at the gate ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    VIP Road repairs lead to traffic pain near Kolkata airport

    Kolkata: The road repairs on VIP Road that started on Friday night led to severe straffic jams throughout the day on Saturday. Cops issued a caution about more traffic chaos on Sunday as well, particularly around the airport, and ...

    13 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘Lured with counselling session, spiked drink, pizza’: Weeks after law college gang rape, another woman raped inside boys’ hostel of management institute in Kolkata

    A second-year student at a Kolkata management institute has been arrested for allegedly raping a female acquaintance inside the boys' hostel. The survivor reported being invited for a counseling session, then allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted KOLKATA: Barely a ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    After Bengal’s clean-air show, KP to double PUC-test kits

    123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police has received Rs 1.1 crore from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Friday to buy 30 new machines for measuring air pollution. This acquisition will more than double the city's capacity to monitor ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    VIP Road traffic delay prompts repairs on stretch near airport

    1234 Kolkata: PWD began urgent repairs on the stretch between AAI Gate and Haj House on the city-bound flank of VIP Road on Friday night.Incessant rain has severely damaged multiple stretches of VIP Road, leaving them battered and riddled ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather update: Humid and rainy conditions expected today

    According to AQI.in, this weather data represents the beginning of a significant seasonal shift in Kolkata's climate pattern.Kolkata is set to experience a typical monsoon day on July 12, 2025, with temperatures ranging between 27.5°C and 34.5°C, accompanied by ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    TMC worker hacked to death at Malda birthday party

    Malda: A 35-year-old Trinamool Congress worker was hacked to death, allegedly by a TMC panchayat member, at a birthday party at English Bazaar on Thursday night. Three others, including the victim's wife, were hospitalised with wounds. The suspect was ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    Bengal police verify 750 migrant workers detained across states

    Kolkata: Bengal police have carried out around 750 verifications in one and a half months for migrant workers from the state detained across the country. With no data available from states regarding the detained migrant workers, police had to ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    Bhangar: No CCTV at spot, witness account to be key

    Kolkata: The probe into the murder of TMC Bhangar neta Razzak Khan has hit a roadblock with no CCTV coverage at the spot of the crime, said sources. Police, however, have found two witnesses and information gained from them ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘Govt is not to aid wrongdoers’: HC frowns on SSC plea

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court, in its judgment on pleas challenging a single bench order barring candidates deemed ‘tainted' from participating in SSC's fresh recruitment process, was critical of the state for arguing in their favour and observed that it ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    Don’t go to places where Muslims are majority, Suvendu ‘advises’ travellers

    Kolkata: Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday advised people against going to places "where Muslims are in a majority", and also referred to Bengali-speaking migrants in New Delhi's Jai Hind Colony as "Rohingya Muslims". The comments drew ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    Bengal police verify 750 migrant workers detained across states

    123 Kolkata: Bengal police have carried out around 750 verifications in one and a half months for migrant workers from the state detained across the country. With no data available from states regarding the detained migrant workers, police had ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    Odisha releases 403 Bengali migrant workers detained on B’deshi suspicion

    12 Kolkata/Berhampore: Odisha has released 403 out of 447 Bengali-speaking migrants it had detained, suspecting them of being illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, over the past three days. Most of the Bengali-speaking migrant workers have been released, said Trinamool MP Samirul ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    KMC taps 92 deep tube wells to tackle fire emergencies

    Kolkata: In the wake of repeated fire incidents in the city, and especially after the Burrabazar fire incident, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has identified 92 deep tube wells that will be accessed and used by the fire brigade ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    Civic body starts emergency repairs on Bypass stretch after 72-hr commute pain

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police's SOS to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) after a 72-hour severe commuter ordeal at Chingrighata crossing and near Captain Bheri on EM Bypass was finally heard on Friday, with the civic body completing necessary repairs ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    HC: How can NCW dictate police investigation? This is interference

    Kolkata: Ticking off the National Commission for Women (NCW) for its "interference" in an ongoing criminal investigation, Calcutta High Court on Friday told the commission clearly: "You can carry on your own investigations, but how can you ask police ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    Dog electrocuted by toto, protest in Hwh

    Howrah: A stray dog was electrocuted by a toto inside a govt housing complex on Andul Road in Howrah on Friday morning, sparking outrage among residents and animal lovers. The incident led to the detention of the toto driver, ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    Illusion art to adorn Salt Lake Bypass before Durga Puja

    Kolkata: The Salt Lake Bypass stretch connecting Sector V and EM Bypass is set to get a new look before Durga Puja. The Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) is undertaking beautification work on the stretch with illusion art, painting ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    Update visitor details daily, cops tell New Town guest houses

    Kolkata: In a bid to tighten surveillance and prevent crimes, Bidhannagar Police have directed all hotels, guest houses, and luxury accommodations in Salt Lake, New Town, Rajarhat, Lake Town and surrounding areas to submit daily guest lists to the ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    Ex-DRDO chief calls for defence tech boost

    Kolkata: G Satheesh Reddy, the former chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), called upon the scientific community to develop advanced defence systems and technologies that adversaries do not possess. Reddy, also a former scientific adviser to ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    BSKs reach Rs 1,000 cr digital transaction milestone

    Kolkata: Bangla Sahayata Kendras (BSKs), which act as a single-window platform offering free assistance in applying to schemes, achieved a Rs 1,000 crore milestone in digital transactions.CM Mamata Banerjee posted on X: "This milestone underscores the growing public trust ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    Cal HC asks railways to inspect Birbhum land

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday directed railways to inspect its land in Birbhum from which large quantities of black stone were extracted. Black stone is a minor mineral that is extracted from the earth and crushed into stone ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
    17 farmers honoured by fisheries institute

    Kolkata: Tapan Maity from Jharkhali promotes collective farming and manages high-yield fish culture, benefiting the local farming community. Former software engineer-turned-fish farmer Deepu Sasidharan from Ernakulam, Kerala, specialises in Pearlspot seed rearing and seabass farming. Pushpa Devi, a homemaker ...

    12 July 2025 Times of India
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