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  • Jagannath Temple in Digha will be an icon of the world, says Mamata

    12 Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee has said the Jagannath Temple in Digha, which will be inaugurated on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya on April 30 next year, will become an icon of not just Bengal but the entire world.This ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Kol to get direct Prayagraj flights for Maha Kumbh

    Kolkata: The city will get direct air connectivity to Prayagraj, formerly Allahabad, ahead of the Maha Kumbh Mela scheduled from Jan 13 to Feb 26. This is the first time that devotees and visitors will be able to fly ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Accident deaths rise on city roads after six years

    12 Kolkata: For the first time since 2017, deaths from accidents has increased in 2024 after six years of downward slide. Till now, 165 people have died in road accidents this year, up from 159 reported in 2023. With ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Airport-metro link trials likely from Monday

    123 Kolkata: Trial runs for Kolkata's first airport-metro link may begin on Monday, Dec 16, sources said. Metro Railway, which is implementing the city's Yellow line, including the first 7 km phase between Noapara and Jai Hind (airport) stations, ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Cons call women for auditions, loot valuables

    123 Kolkata: For the past 25 days, a gang of at least six persons, including women, targeted three young women, all dancers, in a unique modus operandi that left cops surprised."We began receiving complaints from south Kolkata, Jessore Road, ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Can’t recover excess salary paid erroneously to retd officer: HC to govt

    123 Kolkata: The state is not entitled to recover the excess amount paid to a retired officer due to its mistake, the Calcutta High Court held recently. The case pertains to a retired Indian Air Force officer who was ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    2nd lawyer gives up RG Kar victim’s parents’ brief

    Kolkata: Senior Advocate Vrinda Grover on Wednesday withdrew from representing the RG Kar victim's family in the Supreme Court, Calcutta High Court, and the special CBI court. Grover was the second senior advocate representing the family after senior advocate ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    St Xavier’s Univ to start peace studies, offer more courses

    123 Kolkata: St Xavier's University will introduce peace studies as a value-added course in this Jan session, VC Fr Felix Raj announced on Thursday. The university is now in talks with the state, seeking an additional 10 acres to ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Tabla player’s killer held in Guj brought to city

    Kolkata: Alleged serial killer Rahul, also known as Bholu Karmavir Ishwar Jat, who was arrested in Gujarat by the local cops, was brought to Kolkata by GRP in connection with the murder of a disabled tabla player. Rahul was ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Kol tourist, HAM operators reunite missing boy with kin

    12 Kolkata: A class-IX student from New Barrackpore, who was suffering from memory loss and went missing a couple of years ago, was found in a Prayagraj asylum. He had been arrested by UP police. Abhijit Sarkar was reunited ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    HC clears appt in central forces

    123 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday cleared the decks for appointment of 46,617 candidates in central paramilitary forces all over India during the Dec 23 Rojgar Mela. A division bench of justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Partha Sarathi ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Chicken dispute leads to JU hostel row

    Kolkata: A visually impaired third-year Bengali department student of Jadavpur University lodged a complaint with the university authorities, alleging that he was physically harassed by a second-year engineering student at the New Boys' Hostel. He also wrote a letter ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Most digital arrest victims senior citizens

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police has launched a crucial cybercrime awareness initiative specifically targeting senior citizens, responding to an alarming surge in digital fraud cases affecting the elderly population. TOI had reported about this in its edition dated Dec 11. The ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Maha Kumbh 2025: Direct flights from Kolkata to Prayagraj announced

    Alliance Air will operate these six-days-a-week flights, excluding Mondays. Night landings and low-visibility operations will be possible thanks to a new landing system. KOLKATA: The city will get direct air connectivity to Prayagraj, formerly Allahabad, ahead of the Maha ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    BSF nabs Bangladeshi teen at Chopra, youth who swam to Rajganj

    12 Kolkata: A BSF patrol team apprehended a 15-year-old Bangladeshi girl during her attempted border crossing at Chopra in North Dinajpur district on Tuesday night.The girl, from Panchagarh, was spotted trying to enter through a Hume pipe beneath the ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    It is majority's duty to protect minority: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

    KOLKATA/DIGHA: "It is the majority's responsibility to protect the minority," CM Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday in the context of recent development in Bangladesh, adding, "We demand protection for everyone."Speaking to reporters after inspecting the soon-to-be-inaugurated Jagannath Temple Complex ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Rajasthan youth falls on Kolkata metro tracks, says he was pushed; cops probe overcrowding

    KOLKATA: A young man reportedly slipped and fell on the tracks at Esplanade Metro station around 4pm on Wednesday though Metro Railway claimed it was a suicide attempt. The incident disrupted the services for nearly half-an-hour.Kolkata Police said Md ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    A month on, Salt Lake accident spot has only 2 speed breakers

    1234 Kolkata: A month has passed since a class-II student died when his mother, taking him home on a scooter, lost control while negotiating an uneven stretch in Salt Lake. But almost nothing has changed on the ground. Despite ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Speaker warns BJP MLA Dinda over ‘casual statements’

    123 Kolkata: Moyna's BJP MLA Ashok Dinda was cautioned by assembly speaker Biman Banerjee on Wednesday. "You are a first-time MLA; be more cautious. Do not issue casual statements. Consider this a warning," Banerjee told Dinda.The warning stemmed from ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Ganja worth 15L seized

    Kolkata: The CID on Tuesday recovered 98 kg of cannabis from two sedans near Dhulagarh toll plaza and arrested one of the drivers.Acting on a tip-off, the CID team stopped a car at the toll plaza. When they noticed ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Schedules go haywire as season of fog, disruptions starts at Kol airport

    1234 Kolkata: The first fog of the season played havoc with flight schedules at Kolkata airport on Wednesday, forcing multiple diversions and delays that left flyers hassled and airlines reeling with subsequent delays throughout the day. During the two ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    City health inst gets 63cr funding from US foundation for research

    Kolkata: A health unit on the outskirts of Kolkata has received Rs 63-crore funding from the US-based John C Martin Foundation. Liver Foundation West Bengal (LFWB), the beneficiary based in Sonarpur, will now start research on various liver diseases, ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Tigress nears state border, forest teams on high alert

    12 Kolkata/Jhargram: Three forest teams, covering vast stretches from Belpahari to Jamboni, stayed on guard along the Bengal-Jharkhand border after reports of the Odisha tigress moving north in Jharkhand's Chakulia range and coming within 10-12 kilometres of the Bengal ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Principals’ meet focuses on future tech skills for better job options

    12 Kolkata: The Principals' Meet 2024, was successfully organized by RCC Institute of Information Technology (RCCIIT) in association with the Times of India. The theme of the event was "Empowering Graduates with Future Tech Skills for Better Employability" based ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Study starts for truck tunnel below Hooghly

    Kolkata: The Union ministry of ports has started preparing a feasibility study for connecting the port dockyard on the Kolkata side with the National Highway on the Howrah side through an underwater tunnel running through the Hooghly riverbed. A ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Evicted hawkers return to reclaim Chandni Chowk roads, pavements

    Kolkata: After Bertram Street and Humayun Place in the New Market area, KMC is now struggling to keep up with constant hawker encroachment in and around Chandni Chowk. These hawkers were removed from the area four months ago after ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Guv delaying VC appts to state univs, says Bratya

    Kolkata: State education minister Bratya Basu said in the assembly on Wednesday that governor C V Ananda Bose was delaying appointment of vice-chancellors to state universities.Basu said, "Following the Supreme Court order, three names from the search-cum-selection panel were ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Thai e-visa for Indians from New Yr

    Kolkata: The Thai embassy on Wednesday announced that Thailand's e-visa will be available for Indian passport holders starting Jan 1, 2025. The existing 60-day visa exemption for Indian travellers will remain in effect.Thailand is one of the most popular ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Kalighat skywalk may open in Feb

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is gearing up to inaugurate the Kalighat skywalk early in 2025. Preparations are being made after chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced in Digha that the much-awaited skywalk will be opened to devotees ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Digha’s Jagannath temple to open its doors on April 30 next year: Mamata

    123 Digha/Kolkata: The new Jagannath temple in Digha would open its doors on April 30 next year, CM Mamata Banerjee announced on Wednesday, adding that she would attend the first Rath Yatra that would also begin from Digha in ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Min: Ghatal Master Plan to be implemented in Feb 2025

    12 Kolkata: The Rs 1,238-crore Ghatal Master Plan will be implemented in Feb 2025, said state minister Manas Ranjan Bhunia in the assembly on Wednesday. Bhunia added that GMP would be a symbol of how Centre's stepmotherly attitude prompted ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    KMRC stalls E-W rake exchange plan

    Kolkata: KMRC has decided not to proceed with the decision to exchange rakes being used in the East-West Metro's Esplanade-Howrah Maidan section to facilitate work in the incomplete Esplanade-Sealdah stretch. The agency had planned to suspend services on both ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Min temp in Kolkata may dip below 15°C today: Met

    12 Kolkata: With the steady incursion of the chill-bearing northerly wind, the minimum temperature in city's fringes dropped below the 15°C-mark on Wednesday. In Dum Dum, the minimum temperature was recorded at 14.3°C. The same slipped to 13.5°C in ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Wholesale-retail potato supply gap in Kolkata pinches pocket

    12 Kolkata: Blame it on a section of middlemen or ‘phore', allegedly controlling the supply chain of cheaper UP potatoes that have already arrived the wholesale markets in the city, the tuber's price still remains high in the retail ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Sukhendu gets invite to TMC MPs’ meet after apology

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray has written a letter to chief minister Mamata Banerjee "apologising" for criticising the party during the RG Kar protests. Following this, Ray got a call from the party's RS leader ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Curtains on KIFF with CM’s congratulatory call

    Kolkata: A telephone call from CM Mamata Banerjee to minister Aroop Biswas during the closing ceremony of the 30th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) came as a pleasant surprise at Rabindra Sadan on Wednesday evening. Her congratulations to Biswas, ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    2 trains cancelled, several diverted due to rail blockade in West Bengal

    Representative image KOLKATA: Protesters demanding a separate Cooch Behar state staged a rail blockade at Jorai railway station in West Bengal, causing significant disruption to train services on Wednesday. The demonstration, led by the Greater Coochbehar People's Association (GCPA), ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    Amid turmoil, Kolkata hospitals worry about losing patients from Bangladesh to Southeast Asia

    KOLKATA: A sizable proportion of 'medical tourists' from Bangladesh to Kolkata may now be giving the city a miss in favour of Southeast Asian countries, owing to travel disruptions because of the unstable situation in the neighbouring country, say ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    CBI trial of RG Kar rape-murder likely to wrap up in a month: Supreme Court

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday took note of CBI's latest status report and expressed confidence that the trial of the rape-and-murder of a PGT doctor at RG Kar was likely to conclude in a month.On going through ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    Drunk driver manhandles traffic cop

    123 Kolkata: A traffic sergeant from Jorabagan Traffic Guard was allegedly manhandled by a young motorist in north Kolkata on Monday morning after the cop chased and managed to stop the accused from driving on the city roads in ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    NGT slams canal restoration delay

    Kolkata: The NGT bench of Justice B Amit Sthlaekar and expert member Arun Kumar Sharma expressed strong dissatisfaction over persistent delays and unresolved issues plaguing Bagjola and Kestopur canals. Clogged canals lead to flooding after heavy rain. The bench ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    KP orders drones to keep eye on EKW encroachers

    12 Kolkata: Kolkata Police will now deploy drones on anti-pollution mission, to monitor encroachments on the East Kolkata Wetlands and burning of biomass, garbage as well as plastic. Tenders have been floated for two drones, costing Rs 11 lakh. ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    Fog disrupts flight landings at Bagdogra

    Kolkata: No flights could land at Bagdogra airport until noon on Tuesday, leading to the cancellation of four flights and the diversion of five flights to Kolkata. This was due to dense fog in and around Siliguri and a ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    CBI trial of RG Kar rape-murder likely to wrap up in a month: SC

    12 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday took note of CBI's latest status report and expressed confidence that the trial of the rape-and-murder of a PGT doctor at RG Kar was likely to conclude in a month.On going ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    Sworn to green practices, high-rises vow to cut down on carbon footprint

    Kolkata: In the realm of vertical living, two housing communities—Loudon Park in the heart of the city and Sodepur Godrej Prakriti on the northern fringes—stand as testaments to sustainable urban living. Though starkly different in size and setting, their ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    HC questions CBI’s urgency in Bhadra arrest

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday questioned CBI's urgency in arresting Sujay Krishna Bhadra in the teacher recruitment scam. The matter will be heard again next Monday."We will not put you in the position of an astrologer. But ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    Jalpaiguri decorator gets death for murdering wife

    Jalpaiguri: A Jalpaiguri trial court on Tuesday ordered capital punishment for a decorator, who suffocated his wife to death with a pillow and hid her body in their neighbour's septic tank in April 2019.The Jalpaiguri district third court sentenced ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    4 more state univs get permanent VCs

    Kolkata: The names of permanent vice-chancellors at four more state universities were announced on Tuesday following interactions at Raj Bhavan. The state higher education department issued notifications, naming the permanent VCs at Mahatma Gandhi, Kanyashree, Hindi and Murshidabad universities.Sourangshu ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    Sworn to green practices, high-rises vow to cut down on carbon footprint

    Kolkata: In the realm of vertical living, two housing communities—Loudon Park in the heart of the city and Sodepur Godrej Prakriti on the northern fringes—stand as testaments to sustainable urban living. Though starkly different in size and setting, their ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    Third HC judge hears Partha bail application

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday heard the bail application of former education minister Partha Chatterjee and other accused in the job recruitment case. Chatterjee's counsel Milon Mukherjee argued that the delay in granting of sanction by the ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    18 hurt as buses collide on BT Road

    123 Kolkata: Eighteen constables, including two women, were injured when an empty school bus rammed into a Kolkata Police van at the Agarpara-Tentultala intersection near a private English medium school on BT Road on Tuesday afternoon.The injured officers were ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata Police launches ‘Stop, Drop & Inform' drive for seniors

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Tuesday launched a ‘Stop, Drop & Inform' campaign to tackle tele-caller frauds that target senior citizens. According to police, the focus of the campaign is to raise awareness amongst senior citizens about the frauds; protecting ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    After CM prod, unsafe Kalighat bldg to be razed

    123 Kolkata: Prodded by CM Mamata Banerjee, mayor Firhad Hakim on Tuesday asked KMC to offer occupancy certificates to the tenants of the dilapidated building at Madan Paul Lane, located close to Harish Chatterjee Street. Large parts of the ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    Intel alert on militant presence

    123 Kolkata: The intelligence agencies have asked all security and law-enforcing agencies to be on the lookout for two members of the banned Islamic militant organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir, Sabbir Amir and Ridwan Maruf. The duo had entered Bengal with ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    Mitali Express rakes return to Bengal from Dhaka after 5 months

    12 Jalpaiguri: A day after the foreign secretaries of India and Bangladesh met in Dhaka amid the ongoing turmoil in the neighbouring country, the rakes of the Mitali Express returned to India after nearly five months. Around 9.05am on ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    Cops bust fake call centre in Ballygunge, arrest 19

    123 Kolkata: The anti-rowdy section of DD raided a call centre in Ballygunge on Monday night and arrested 19 people for duping US citizens. Sources said attempts were also made to dupe German citizens from the centre. The fake ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    Mohun Bagan joins East Bengal, condemns Bangladesh unrest

    12 Kolkata: After East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting, Mohun Bagan club has also raised its voice over growing tensions in Bangladesh. Following an executive committee meeting on Tuesday, the century-old club adopted a resolution expressing concerns over "the current ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    Yoyo weather in Kolkata leads to cough and cold epidemic, doc alert for seniors

    12 Kolkata: With the mercury on a roller-coaster ride, a change-of-season cough and cold outbreak has gripped Kolkata with thousands down with low fever and a runny nose. Though the viral infections could be the usual ones triggered by ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    ‘Mini Bangla’ traders in Kolkata hold meet to bring back Bangladesh tourists, assure their safe stay in city

    Kolkata: Traders in Kolkata's ‘Mini Bangladesh' area, known for its bustling markets, eateries selling Bangladeshi cuisine, and cultural exchanges, have come together to address safety concerns among Bangladeshi tourists. They have decided in a meeting on Tuesday that they ...

    11 December 2024 Times of India
    Detective dept to hit the road; drones, watchtowers to monitor Park St revelry

    12 Kolkata: Once the Christmas carnival on Park Street is inaugurated, revellers arriving at the festive zone in the evening by metro will be able to exit the Park Street metro station from the exit in front of BFL ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    Takeover talk from Bangladesh: We won't eat lollipops, scoffs West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

    KOLKATA: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday made light of a section of Bangladeshi politicians' and former army officers' threats of "occupying Bengal, Bihar and Odisha", saying "we would not be sitting eating lollipops" if that happened.She also ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    Poor quality, supply chain issues push potato price up to 40 again

    Kolkata: Supply chain disruptions and poor quality products again pushed up potato prices on Monday, within four days of the rates dipping slightly on Thursday. The Jyoti variety, the prices of which had inched down to RS 38 a ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    South Korean director misses KIFF, roots for democracy

    Kolkata: South Korean director OH Jung-min, who was scheduled to attend the 30th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), couldn't make it to "the homeland of Satyajit Ray". The director was overseas on a private visit while submitting his Indian ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    KP warns against pension scam

    12 Kolkata: Alerting senior citizens to be more cautious while dealing with their hard-earned money, Bidhannagar Police issued an advisory about a pension scam, a new modus operandi by cyber fraudsters.As part of the scam, fraudsters send WhatsApp and ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    Cons use health emergency calls

    Kolkata: Cyber crooks have come up with yet another modus operandi to defraud people. Police cautioned citizens against cyber criminals, who posed as healthcare employees and called to fool people into believing that a close family member—a child in ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    Jol Swapno: Didi’s tough stance against contractors

    Kolkata: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday instructed top state govt officials and ministers to take stringent action against anyone impeding the Jol Swapno project. She said 23 officials and 373 contractors have already been issued show-cause notices. ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    Men receive 3x more spam calls than women, reveals Airtel study

    12 Kolkata: On an average, men receive three times more spam calls than women. This was revealed by a study conducted by Bharti Airtel. The study was based on findings from Airtel's spam detection network over the last two-and-a-half ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    TMC MLAs meet CM on Moitra, ‘told no decision now’

    123 Kolkata: Five Trinamool Congress MLAs from Krishnanagar, who had written to the CM against MP Mahua Moitra and demanded her removal from the post of party district president, met Mamata Banerjee at the assembly on Monday but were ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    Nos. low, BJP membership drive extended till Dec 31

    12 Kolkata: The membership drive of Bengal BJP has been extended to Dec 31 as the number of members registered is much lower than the target set by Union home minister Amit Shah. Bengal BJP minder Sunil Bansal on ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    Panchayat member stabbed to death in Kulpi

    123 Kolkata: Nuruddin Halder, a panchayat member of Gazipur in Kulpi, was stabbed to death by unknown miscreants on Sunday night. The incident occurred around 11pm when the 57-year-old was returning home.Police are conducting a probe, though there were ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    Restaurant bodies warn against heavy in-dining discounts offered by payment aggregators

    12 Kolkata: National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI), the apex body representing the restaurant industry, has warned its members of the potential long-term adverse effects of large-scale in-dining discount programmes offered by aggregator payment platforms. The Hotel and Restaurant ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    Cops grill ‘molested’ woman, yet to call ‘molesters’ to PS

    12 Kolkata: A Sree Colony couple, who had allegedly been molested and assaulted by a group of neighbours on Nov 23, and were summoned to Netaji Nagar police station after 9 pm on Sunday in connection with a counter-complaint, ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    28-yr-old woman dies on Behala bus

    12 Kolkata: A 28-year-old woman, an accountant employed with a private firm, died soon after she started feeling unwell on a moving govt bus on Monday morning. The incident was reported from Behala Janakalyan, close to Behala Chowrasta, around ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    NABL accreditation for SSKM oncopathology lab

    123 Kolkata: The ongoing project of the state's ambitious Cancer Care Hub (CCH) at IPGMER takes another step forward with the oncopathology lab attached to the hub receiving NABL accreditation. According to sources, the accreditation for histopathology and immunohistochemistry ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    3 killed in bomb blast at Murshidabad house

    12 Berhampore: Three persons were killed in a bomb blast on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday at a house in Murshidabad district's Khayertala village under Sagarpara police station, which is close to the India-Bangladesh border. Locals said ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    CU holds anti-ragging committee meeting

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta University will seek a detailed list of unauthorised boarders from all the hostel boarders. The list will be requested to be submitted before Dec 16, the date of the next anti-ragging committee meeting.Two residents of Carmichael ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    Custody death: HC orders arrest

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta HC on Monday directed the state to arrest the person responsible for inflicting injuries on the body of a prisoner who died in hospital on Sept 2, 2023.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh gave two weeks to the state ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata woman rents bldg to shelter strays, cats but neighbours force her to scrap plans

    1234 Kolkata: An animal lover, Arundhati Roy, faced resistance from her neighbours while she was relocating around 65 Indian breed dogs and 18 cats — majority of which were ailing — from her Dashadrone shelter in Rajarhat to a ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    Moral policing: Locals shut model’s tea stall

    Howrah: Moral policing by some residents, including members of a local club, forced a young woman entrepreneur to keep her tea stall shut at Ankurhati on National Highway 16. The woman, Papia Ghosal, who was into modelling and also ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    Scanning 900 hrs of CCTV footage, CBI tells court

    Kolkata: The CBI, probing the rape and murder of the 31-year-old doctor at RG Kar Hospital, is scanning 900 hours of CCTV footage it collected from the hospital. The agency intends to use this footage as a tool to ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    Custody assault: Court pulls up cop

    123 Kolkata: A magistrate of a Barasat court on Monday reprimanded an investigating officer (IO) of Rajarhat PS following an allegation that an accused had been assaulted in police custody. The IO himself has been accused of the alleged ...

    10 December 2024 Times of India
    JU to celebrate 1st alumni day on Jan 4

    123 Kolkata: For the first time, Jadavpur University is going to celebrate the first alumni day on January 4 to strengthen the bond between the university and its alumni.Pro-VC Amitava Datta said, "The important information regarding the celebration, like ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    State introduces unit area assessment for property tax reform

    12 Kolkata: The West Bengal Assembly on Monday passed the West Bengal Municipal Corporation (Amendment) and West Bengal Municipal (Amendment) Bills 2024, introducing a new property tax assessment system based on Unit Area Assessment (UAA). If a property's tax ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    Visa worry hits higher edu dreams of Bangla students

    123 Kolkata: Bangladeshi students pursuing education across India, especially in Kolkata, are facing uncertainty in continuing their studies due to unavailability of student visa. Those who had returned to Bangladesh with plans to pursue higher education now find themselves ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    Don’t market B’desh atrocities, act on them: TMC to BJP-led Centre

    12 Kolkata: Ahead of the foreign secretary-level talks in Dhaka, Trinamool on Sunday urged Centre to act decisively on the Bangladesh issue. The party criticised statements attributed to Bangladesh leaders and ex-military officers, saying such "deliberate attempts to provoke" ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata's minimum temperature at 15.7°C, season's lowest

    KOLKATA: The city continued to get chilly even as the minimum temperature dropped to 15.7°C, the lowest of the season so far. The slide, however, could be broken on Monday when the minimum is expected to jump a degree ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    3 dead in bomb blasts in West Bengal's Murshidabad

    NEW DELHI: At least three were killed and several others sustained injuries in an explosion whilst allegedly producing illegal crude bombs in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, according to police reports on Monday. The incident occurred late Sunday night in ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    Civic volunteers of Bengal enough to stop Bangladesh army: Union minister Sukanta Majumdar

    West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar KOLKATA: A day ahead of Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri’s visit to Bangladesh, Bengal BJP netas on Sunday challenged Bangladesh’s military prowess, saying that even a small show of power by India would ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    Airport’s first metro link moves closer to completion

    12 Kolkata: RVNL has completed the basic work for the Orange line's underground tunnels along the median of VIP Road, covering 72m. With the construction ready to enter a crucial phase—curving toward the airport—the implementing agency has sought a ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    Tribunal rap for Kharagpur DRM

    123 Kolkata: The Railway Claims Tribunal, Kolkata Bench, recently directed DRM Kharagpur KR Choudhury to pay Rs 25,000 from his salary for filing "a false and fabricated report" in a compensation case, which tried to pass off a deceased ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    Mamata ‘natural choice’ to lead INDIA bloc, says TMC, lauds Pawar’s support for Didi captaincy

    12 Kolkata: Reacting to NCP (SP) senior Sharad Pawar's statement that Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee had the potential to lead the INDI alliance, Trinamool on Sunday said that his statements only reinforced the belief that "CM Banerjee has the ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    ‘Molested’ S Kol woman gets post-9pm summons from PS

    12 Kolkata: Two weeks after lodging a complaint of molestation and assault at the hands of a group of locals after protesting against public drinking, a couple at Sree Colony in Netaji Nagar was summoned to the police station ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    NDITA takes underground route to keep Salt Lake Bypass stretch lit

    123 Kolkata: The Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) will set up an underground cable conduit on the 2.5 km long Salt Lake Bypass stretch from Chingrighata flyover approach road to J.K. Saha bridge to ensure uninterrupted street lighting along ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    Kol records country’s first robot-aided gall bladder op

    Kolkata: Robotic surgery proved useful in the gallbladder surgery of a 74-year-old patient with severe spinal deformity. Doctors at Fortis Hospital, Anandapur, said that this is the first documented robot-assisted gall bladder surgery in the country. While laparoscopy is ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    Five-time Everester passes away at 59 in Darjeeling

    Darjeeling: Five-time Everest climber, Kushang Dorjee Sherpa (59), died at his residence in Darjeeling on Saturday. Apart from Mt Everest, Sherpa also scaled Mt Makalu and Mt Nanda Devi (East). The govt of India also awarded him the Tenzing ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    Cable ducts lie unused in Alipore, MSOs cite ‘high fees’

    Kolkata: More than a year after underground cable TV ducts were laid at five stretches of Alipore in south Kolkata to remove the clutter of wires across lamp posts, they remain unused as multi-system operators (MSOs) have refused to ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    Tribute to Kanika Bandyopadhyay on her 100th birth anniversary

    Kolkata: Cultural research institute Surnandan Bharati celebrated the birth centenary of the legendary Rabindra Sangeet exponent Kanika Bandopadhyay at Indumati Sabha Griha at Jadavpur University on Dec 5. The Kanika Memorial Award was bestowed on Rabindra sangeet exponent Swagatalakshmi ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    Airport@100: From grass runway to gateway for 2.8 cr annual flyers

    123 Kolkata: An aerodrome with a grass runway set up in the early 20th century, which saw an airline make a scheduled stop in 1924 before it became a full-fledged airport and a key stopover for flights operating between ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    Hwh Man loses private parts after blackmail bid

    123 Kolkata: A woman cut off her boyfriend's genitals in Parbatipur under Domjur police station in Howrah on Saturday night after being allegedly blackmailed by him.The man, named Abdur Rahman, was admitted to SSKM Hospital. Police reported that his ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    Bid on Kasba councillor: Cops recover 2nd firearm

    12 Kolkata: Three weeks since the assassination attempt on Kasba councillor Sushanta Ghosh, police recovered the second firearm that his assailants were carrying on Nov 15 evening. Sources indicated the firearm was discovered after interrogating Lakshman Sharma, alias Chotu, ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
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