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  • 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
    S’khali victim strangled to death, rape not confirmed in autopsy

    Kolkata: Preliminary post-mortem report of the 18-year-old tribal girl, whose body was found floating in a pond with her hands and legs tied, her mouth gagged with a cloth and a brick tied to her waist in Sandeshkhali on ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    NGO alert against digital threat to women

    123 Kolkata: Online violence against women was cited as one of the "upcoming" threats against the dignity and safety of women by Amrita Dasgupta of NGO Swayam during a discussion organised by the Bengal Obstetric and Gynaecology Society (BOGS).In ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    KIFF docus honour Durga Puja & artists

    Kolkata: Two documentary films, ‘Bhabatosher Karkhana' and ‘Hridaypur', based on Kolkata's Durga Puja and its theme artists, premiered at the ongoing 30th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF).A new trend has emerged over the last few years where some top-level ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    Protest over B’desh flags at Durgapur fair

    Durgapur: Protests erupted at the Durgapur Utsav on Sunday when two traders put up stalls with Bangladesh flags to sell Bangladeshi sarees. After BJP protests, the stall owners removed the flags, but tension remained at the festival organised by ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    Bombs hurled near Vaishali Dalmiya home

    12 Kolkata: Bombs were allegedly hurled outside the house of BJP functionary Vaishali Dalmiya at Natunpara near Behala Chowrasta early on Sunday.According to Dalmiya, she and her son had a close shave. She told Thakurpukur police that around 12.30 ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    Apex court may hear VC appointment case today

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court is likely to hear the VC appointment case on Monday. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has already made her recommendations to governor CV Ananda Bose based on the shortlist prepared by the committee headed by former ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    Gold thief goes to watch Pushpa 2, arrested

    Kolkata: A jewellery craftsman who stole 522 grams of gold worth Rs 48 lakh from a Bowbazar jeweller was arrested from a cinema hall in Nadia's Krishnanagar. He went there to watch the gangster drama, Pushpa 2, on Saturday ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    City waits for 3,800 metre link to connect KEW & BEW

    Kolkata: A 3,800-metre link is left to connect Belghoria Expressway with Kalyani Expressway in one of the major highway redevelopment works in recent times. This can reduce travel time between Kolkata Airport and Kalyani AIIMS—a 43 km journey—to 45 ...

    9 December 2024 Times of India
    Ultadanga bridge work clogs traffic on VIP Road

    123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) has started repairing both carriageways of the old Ultadanga Bridge connecting Ultadanga with VIP Road, leading to diversion of traffic and long snarls on the city-bound flank from VIP Road. Motorists ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Stubble burning incidents back in New Town

    123 Kolkata: With winter setting in, a few incidents of stubble burning have started in New Town. The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has deployed block-wise supervisors to keep a check on the nuisance and has asked the ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    High-yield seed named after Amta girl to boost oil output

    123 Kolkata: Tanjila, a high-yield sesame seed named after a girl from Amta, is set to boost nationwide oil production levels. The discovery by the researchers of the agricultural science department of Calcutta University has been recognised by the ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Bomb attacks, clashes disrupt Nandigram cooperative polls

    12 Nandigram: Cooperative election in Nandigram's Kanchannagar village turned violent, with reports of bomb-throwing and clashes. The unrest erupted on Sunday afternoon and continued even after police arrived at the scene.Trinamool accused BJP of orchestrating the attacks, releasing an ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    KIFF documentaries honour Bengal’s Durga Puja

    123 Kolkata: Two documentary films, ‘Bhabatosher Karkhana' and ‘Hridaypur', based on Kolkata's Durga Puja and its theme artists, premiered at the ongoing 30th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF). A new trend has emerged over the last few years where ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata airport turns 100: Journey from grass runway to global gateway

    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 North ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Bangladesh exports dry up, traders worried

    123 Kolkata: The ongoing turmoil in Bangladesh has cast a shadow over business in Kolkata, which serves as a vital trade hub for exports to the neighbouring country, with orders drying up and unpaid debts mounting.For decades, Kolkata has ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata airport starts self-baggage drop kiosks to cut check-in queues

    KOLKATA: The frustratingly long queues to deposit registered luggage at airline check-in counters is set to become history with Kolkata airport introducing self-baggage drop kiosks. These kiosks enable passengers to tag their bags, deposit them on the conveyor belt, ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Anti-conversion laws undermine fundamental rights: Derek

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader in Rajya Sabha Derek O'Brien on Friday pitched for the removal of anti-conversion laws, which he said led to "harassment, communal tensions, and violation of individual autonomy".O'Brien wrote on his blog, "Anti-conversion laws date back ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    After planting 1,000 trees, New Town residents focus on workshops

    12 Kolkata: Achieving the milestone of planting yet another 1,000 trees in different areas of New Town for the third year in a row, Ecologic—a New Town-based nature lovers' forum—now plans to conduct workshops, specially for school going children, ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Winter vegetables remain pricey at city markets, potato now at 35

    123 Kolkata: While the price of potatoes has slightly lowered and settled at Rs 35/kg, winter vegetables are maintaining a steady high price even at the end of the first week of Dec, which is unusual. Members of Bengal's ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Trinamool picks Ritabrata for RS bypolls on Dec 20

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Saturday made a surprise pick for the Dec 20 Rajya Sabha bypoll by nominating Ritabrata Bandyopadhyay, its 46-year-old low-profile trade wing leader, to replace former bureaucrat Jawhar Sircar.Bandyopadhyay returns to the Upper House for the second ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Pocso workshop focuses on awareness to help kids

    Kolkata: A workshop on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act was organised by Shri Shikshayatan School, in collaboration with the Platform for Legal Awareness and Networking on Nov 14.The aim of this session was to enhance ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Mom’s ‘accidental bite’ kills 3 tiger cubs at Siliguri’s Bengal Safari, zoo launches probe

    123 Siliguri/Kolkata: Three royal Bengal tiger cubs have died at the Bengal Safari Park in Siliguri, following "accidental bites" by their mother, zoo officials have said.Rika, the tigress, gave birth to three cubs last week, which were kept in ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Happy if Didi takes bigger role: NCP's Sule

    Reacting to Banerjee's willingness to "head the INDIA alliance," Nationalist Congress Party (SCP) MP Supriya Sule said they will be happy if the TMC chief took on more responsibility within the opposition bloc. Sule said the Bengal CM is ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Greek Orthodox Church celebrates 100 yrs of prayers, service

    12 Kolkata: The Greek Orthodox Church located adjacent to the Kalighat tram depot is set to turn 100. A special mass will be held at the church on Sunday to mark the commencement of its centenary celebrations. India's only ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    BSF holds meeting with border villagers

    123456 Kolkata: The Border Security Force (BSF) has begun holding village meetings along the Indo-Bangla border and sought better cooperation from villagers. The BSF officials say they are seeking information on any questionable movement, especially at night, after explaining ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Girl found with hands & feet tied in Sandeshkhali pond

    Sandeshkhali (North 24 Parganas): An 18-year-old tribal girl was found floating in a pond with her hands and legs tied, her mouth gagged with a cloth and a brick hanging from her waist at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Tab funds fraud: 2 more in cop net from Chopra, total arrests 49

    12 Kolkata: Two more persons were arrested from Chopra by Asansol-Durgapur City Police on Thursday for their direct role in the tab funds misappropriation cases. This brings the total number of arrests by Bengal Police to 40. Kolkata Police ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Hawkers’ self regulation to keep plastic at bay

    123 Kolkata: Struggling to keep plastics at bay from the Gariahat hawking hub, the union controlling the trade in the region has warned hawkers not to use plastic covers any more. It has even threatened its members with punitive ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    38-year-old bank staffer found dead at Alipore guest house

    123 Kolkata: A 38-year-old woman, a bank staffer, was found dead in an Alipore guest house located on Raja Santosh Road under Chetla police station on Saturday afternoon.The victim, identified as Sumana Parui Mondal, was a resident of Prantik ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Writer drowns in Hooghly after celebrating birthday

    123 Kolkata: A 29-year-old content writer residing in Baranagar reportedly died under mysterious circumstances, hours after he celebrated his birthday with his friends. He reportedly drowned in the Hooghly river early on Saturday after his friends requested him to ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Kol sets stage for country’s first celluloid film fest

    Kolkata: The city is poised to host the first-ever Indian celluloid film festival. The extraordinary response to the screening of a documentary by Satyajit Ray's art director, Bansi Chandragupta, and Utpalendu Chakraborty's feature film on celluloid, using a 35 ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    In midnight mail to profs, IIT holds disciplinary action in abeyance

    Kolkata: Around 80 among the 86 members of IIT Teachers' Association, who were served show-cause notices, received a midnight email, where the registrar, Amit Jain, said though their act stood "vitiated" as per the Conduct Rules of the Institute, ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Trolley run for Orange Line’s Ruby-Sec V ops

    Kolkata: Metro Railway general manager P Uday Kumar Reddy on Saturday took the first trolley ride between Gour Kishore Ghosh and Sector V stations of the Orange line.Metro Railway and RVNL, implementing agency of the 29km New Garia-Airport (Orange) ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    1st trolley run for Metro ops between Sec V & Chingrighata

    12 Kolkata: Metro Railway general manager P Uday Kumar Reddy on Saturday took the first trolley ride between Gour Kishore Ghosh and Sector V stations of the Orange line.Metro Railway and RVNL, implementing agency of the 29km New Garia-Airport ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    KMC widens key Thakurpukur link

    Kolkata: Commute from Thakurpukur to Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre and Research Institute — known as Thakurpukur Cancer Hospital — is set to get easier. This will bring relief not just to hundreds of cancer patients and their kin but ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Understanding dyslexia: Experts call for empathy

    123456 Kolkata: The death by suicide of a 17-year-old student with dyslexia on Friday has brought into focus the need to identify the condition early and assist youngsters in dealing with it. They need to be taught and allowed ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata hospital conducts mega CPR training in association with Indian Museum

    KOLKATA: On Friday a Kolkata hospital joined hands with the Indian Museum to conduct a mega CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) training programme. Health experts said creating a CPR-ready community could help reduce mortality during sudden cardiac arrest.The number of sudden ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    In a first, Muktijoddhas set to miss Vijay Diwas event in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: For the first time in recent memory, there will possibly be no Muktijoddha (freedom fighter) at this year's Vijay Diwas celebrations that commemorates India's victory over Pakistan in the war that led to the creation of Bangladesh in ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    TMC slams Telangana CM Revanth Reddy's 'Garbage City' remark about Kolkata, invites him for visit

    Telangana CM Revanth Reddy (left); TMC's Riju Dutta (right) NEW DELHI: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy faced criticism from West Bengal’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) after calling Kolkata a “garbage city”, which termed the remark as "insensitive." The party also ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Will run INDIA bloc from West Bengal if asked: CM Mamata Banerjee

    KOLKATA: Speaking of the INDIA bloc in an interview on Friday, CM Mamata Banerjee indicated that while she would never leave Bengal, she was ready to lead the opposition bloc from Bengal if asked to do so. The CM ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Bangladesh is leaderless as mafia has risen & govt is weak: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

    KOLKATA: Bangladesh was now "leaderless" because "the mafia" had risen and its govt was "weak", Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said on Friday. She, however, added that Indo-Bangla negotiations should not stop and that the Centre should ensure "everyone is ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Stuck in West Bengal jail since 2018 over ID errors, Jharkhand woman finally meets kin

    Nalini (2nd from left) with her family on Friday MIDNAPORE: Nalini Chowdhury received bail in 2018, but till Thursday, she had to stay as an inmate in Midnapore Central Correctional Home. This was due to mistakes in her bail ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Min temp in Kolkata drops to 16.7°C, lowest this season so far

    12 Kolkata: The city shivered in an early morning chill as the mercury dropped to 16.7°C on Friday, the lowest of the season so far. It could drop further by a degree on Saturday, predicted the Met office. According ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    1 dead, 1 injured in blast at Kolkata scrap vehicle unit

    12 Kolkata: A labourer, Sagar Soren (35) of Purulia, died on the spot and his fellow worker, Shankar Halder (55) of Baranagar, sustained injuries after an oiltanker exploded at a vehicle scrapping unit near Rabindra Bharati University on BT ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Passport officers in Bengal to visit applicants’ homes for address verification

    Kolkata: Lalbazar has called for stricter physical verification of passport applicants at their residential address after a Bangladeshi national was arrested recently by Park Street police for allegedly entering India using a passport issued based on fake documents.Passport officers ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Presi, 5 other univs get permanent VCs after govt sends list to guv

    123 Kolkata: The one-year-five-month-long standoff over the appointment of vice-chancellors at state-run universities partially ended on Friday evening with chief minister Mamata Banerjee proposing her nominees from a shortlist to governor C V Ananda Bose and Raj Bhavan giving ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Govt hints at end to bus comm system

    Kolkata: A public department guideline released on Friday asked bus operators to explore alternative incentive mechanisms for drivers and conductors instead of the commission-based system.Transport minister Snehasis Chakraborty, too, had earlier called for the abolition of the commission system ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Retailers urge govt to avoid GST hike on luxury items

    Kolkata: Retailers Association of India (RAI) has requested Centre and different state govts to refrain from hiking GST on luxury items, which it feels would be a significant dampener for the economy when retail growth was witnessing one of ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    ‘Not one-person party’: TMC to decide on successor collectively, says Mamata

    12 Kolkata: Asked about succession in the party and the senior-junior debate, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that Trinamool seniors would collectively decide on her successor and it was not about what she believed, but "what the ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    No MGNREGA compliance pending from Bengal, says state official

    12 Kolkata: There was no compliance pending from Bengal regarding MGNREGA as recommended by central teams that visited the state in 2019 and 2021, a senior official said on Friday. The teams asked for the recovery of funds and ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Kultali rapist gets death sentence

    Kolkata: A Baruipur court on Friday sentenced 19-year-old Mustakin Sardar to death for the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in Kultali. The sentencing came exactly 62 days after the commission of the crime. The victim's family was ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    IIT profs plan to move HC over show-cause notice

    123 Kolkata: IIT Teachers' Association (IITTA) has decided to file a writ petition in the Calcutta High Court against the IIT-Kharagpur authorities for issuing show-cause notices against 86 professors and initiating disciplinary proceedings against the office-bearers of the association. ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Bengal govt fines 34 jr docs Rs 20 lakh each for not serving bond period

    Kolkata: The state health department has directed 34 senior resident doctors to pay a penal amount of Rs 20 lakh each for failing to serve their bond period after completing their MD/MS or DM (superspecialty) courses. Health officials said ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Hospitality, F&B take hit as tourist number plummets

    Kolkata: The sharp dip in Bangladeshi tourists visiting Kolkata has dealt a severe blow to the city's hospitality and retail sectors, particularly in the New Market area, often referred to as ‘Mini Bangladesh'. Hotel owners have been forced to ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Hawkers to return to space beneath Kalighat skywalk

    123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Friday has asked hawkers, who were relocated to Jatin Das Park from Kali Temple Road to facilitate the construction of Kalighat skywalk, to return to their original place within a month. The ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    CBSE board assessment for V, VIII from next yr

    123 Kolkata: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is set to mandate competency-based assessments in all affiliated schools, expanding a program that was introduced earlier this year in 9,000 schools for students in classes V and VIII.This announcement ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Bhadra gets HC bail, may not walk out of jail

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday granted bail to Sujay Krishna Bhadra, who is in custody as an accused in an ED case in connection with the teacher recruitment scam. Whether Bhadra will be able to walk out of ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Scottish molest: ICC seeks 3 student representatives

    Kolkata: The Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) convened its first meeting on Friday to investigate the molestation case registered with the Scottish Church College. Following UGC norms, the committee decided to restructure itself by including three student representatives.A second-year student ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Bengal emerging as India’s new IT capital, says TMC

    Kolkata: Bengal was emerging as India's new IT capital, Trinamool's Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose said on Friday. Highlighting the state's growing business prominence in Upper House, she said, "in Bengal, we mean business". Ghose's statement came after junior ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Call to reassess Yunus’s Nobel Prize

    Kolkata: Criticism against Bangladesh's interim chief Muhammad Yunus intensified on Friday, with lawmakers from Bengal demanding a reassessment of his Nobel Peace Prize. Such criticisms arose even earlier as violence against minority communities intensified in Bangladesh.BJP MP Jyotirmoy Singh ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    B’deshi ‘cattle smuggler’ shot by BSF in Jalpaiguri

    Jalpaiguri: A Bangladeshi national was shot dead by BSF on Friday at Chanakya BOP, 14km from Jalpaiguri town. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Anwar (35) of Bhajanpura village in Panchagarh district and was alleged to be a cattle ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    KIFF screens docu tracing Aparna Sen’s cinematic journey

    123 Kolkata: The special screening of Suman Ghosh's Aparna Sen documentary titled ‘Parama' at the 30th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) on Thursday garnered an extraordinary response in the city. The enthusiastic reception prompted deliberation regarding Kolkata's audience receptiveness ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Turbulence delays airline’s Dhaka plans

    Kolkata: The Kolkata-Dhaka service that low-cost carrier Air India Express (AIX) planned to start from Sept 3 went into the hangar following the volatile situation in Bangladesh and escalating tension between the two countries. The resultant slide in air ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Cops pick up 17 in 245-crore international investment fraud

    Kolkata: Bengal Police's cyber units have busted an international investment fraud gang — run by chartered accountants from India but operating from Dubai — that has swindled Rs 245 crore in the past two months. Seventeen people were arrested ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Air India Express on expansion mode; defers Kolkata-Dhaka direct flight plans

    NEW DELHI: Air India Express is growing its fleet and adding new flight routes amid rising passenger numbers. The airline aims to have over 100 planes by March 2025, up from the current 90, and eventually reach about 175 ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Foreign directors run into visa problems

    123 Priyanka.Dasgupta@timesofindia.comKolkata: Iranian director Nader Saeivar, whose film is co-written and edited by distinguished director Jafar Panahi, could not attend the Indian premiere of his film at Nandan on Thursday. While introducing ‘The Witness', KIFF functionary SV Raman attributed ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Over 2,200 companies relocate from West Bengal in last 5 years

    NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: More than 2,200 companies moved their registered offices out of West Bengal in past five years, with at least 39 of them being listed entities, junior minister for corporate affairs Harsh Malhotra told Parliament.Malhotra's reply, in response ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    App biker held for snatching cash, gold from sr citizen

    123 Kolkata: An app bike rider was arrested for allegedly snatching Rs 60,000 in cash and gold jewellery worth several lakhs from a senior citizen on a desolate Salt Lake road on Wednesday afternoon. Cops, however, were prompt in ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Two Chhattisgarh residents ‘kidnapped’, looted at Babughat

    Kolkata: Two residents of Chhattisgarh who arrived at Babughat on Thursday morning were allegedly "kidnapped" by two conmen and forced to roam around in a cab for some time before the accused let them go after forcing them to ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Dhaka summons Kolkata, Agartala mission heads

    KOLKATA: Bangladesh summoned to Dhaka on Thursday the heads of the country's deputy high commission in Kolkata and assistant high commission in Agartala for "urgent meetings" on the "emerging situation" involving India and its neighbour.Sources said the two envoys ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    'Kolkata NO2 level more than WHO limit on 1 in 5 days, highest in Ballygunge'

    KOLKATA: Among Kolkata's seven air quality monitoring stations, Ballygunge last year recorded the highest level of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), a toxic gas found abundantly in tailpipe emission, a report by Greenpeace has revealed. While the city's overall NO₂ level ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Kultali conviction within 31 days of trial

    123 Kolkata: A Baruipur Pocso court on Thursday completed the trial of the Oct 5 Kutali minor's rape and murder within 31 days and pronounced the 19-year-old accused guilty under BNS provisions which can either lead to a life ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    2 cops injured in grenade blast during training

    12 Behrampore: Two police officers were injured during a non-lethal training exercise in Raghunathganj in Jangipur police district on Thursday when a hand grenade exploded.The session, which involved roughly 150 police personnel, was being held at the superintendent of ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    HDFC Ergo to launch cashless post-hospitalisation claims

    Kolkata: HDFC Ergo, one of the leading non-life insurers, is planning to introduce cashless claims for post-hospitalisation treatment. Once launched, it would be one of the pioneers in its segment to do this.While PSU non-life insurers are yet to ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Putulnama: A biopic on India’s vanishing rod puppeteers competes at 30th KIFF

    123 Kolkata: A biopic on the last surviving artistes who practise ‘daanger putul' (rod puppet) is competing at the Asian Select (NETPAC Award) of the 30th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF). In India, this distinctive form of puppetry is ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    MLAs write to CM with complaints against Moitra

    Kolkata: Five out of six Trinamool MLAs from Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency as well as MLA from Mahua Moitra's former constituency Karimpur, have written to CM Mamata Banerjee raising several complaints against the Krishnanagar MP.Sources said the MLAs said ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    From Jan, health certificate a must for visiting Sandakphu

    123 Darjeeling: Following the back-to-back deaths, the Darjeeling district administration has decided to make mandatory health certificates from Jan 2025 to visit the 11,941 feet trekker's paradise at Sandakphu. But locals say it is the lack of basic health ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Court slams Partha’s lawyer for ‘bid to select bench’

    Kolkata: The special PMLA court on Thursday admonished former education minister Partha Chatterjee's lawyer for "trying to select the bench and "wasting the court's time". Judge Prashanta Mukhopadhyay also said Chatterjee's bail petition and ED's plea to move the ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    NIA director meets Bengal DGP to discuss security concerns

    Kolkata: NIA director Sadanand Date on Thursday met Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumarto discuss recent developments in Bangladesh and other security-related issues.According to sources, they discussed internal security issues concerning Bengal and other states. They talked about the incidents in ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Potato prices inch below 40/kg mark in Bengal amid supply deficit

    12 Kolkata: Potato prices in Kolkata saw a slight dip on Thursday, with the Jyoti variety selling at Rs 38 per kg and Chandramukhi at Rs 43 per kg. But supply chain issues continue to disrupt the market. Only ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    100 yrs of lyricist Gauriprasanna Mazumder who wrote ‘Coffee House er addata...’

    Kolkata: People from various walks of life came together at Uttam Mancha to pay tribute to the legendary lyricist Gauriprasanna Mazumder (1925-1986), whose birth centenary celebrations kicked off on Thursday. Mazumder penned masterpieces for nearly four decades, including Amar ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Rashtrapati awardee Indologist Suniti Kumar Pathakpasses away at 101

    123 Kolkata: Suniti Kumar Pathak, an Indologist and former reader in the Indo-Tibetan studies department at Visva Bharati Universitypassed awayon Thursday morning. He was 101. The 2007 Rashtrapati Award recipient had specialised in Pali, Sanskrit, and Tibetan sources of ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata AQI plunges to ‘poor’, GRAP starts issuing alerts

    123 Kolkata: The air quality of Kolkata on Thursday plunged to the ‘poor' level, with wind speed dipping below 2 metres per second. This absolute calm in the air movement robs the wind of its biggest healing ability — ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Antibiotics struggle to contain respiratory disease surge in Kolkata: Docs

    12 Kolkata: Antibiotic resistance plagues the recovery of scores of patients, including those suffering from respiratory diseases like pneumonia and severe chest infections, across Kolkata hospitals. This comes at a time when the numbers of patients with respiratory diseases ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    HC holiday on Ram Navami, May Day leave scrapped

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court will remain closed on Ram Navami next year. However, there is no mention of May Day. The holiday roster for 2025 stated: "Public holidays on account of Republic Day (Jan 26) and Ram Navami ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Scottish suspends PE instructor after molest charge by 2nd-yr student

    123 Kolkata: A Scottish Church College physical education instructor was suspended on Thursday after molestation charge from a second-year student. The instructor, Samir Roy, has allegedly been texting abusive messages to the second-year student since her admission in 2023.The ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    KIFF screens Kolkata Police OC’s short films

    Kolkata: Debasis Datta, a Kolkata Police OC who came under attack during the vandalism at RG Kar Hospital on Aug 14 night, has turned a new chapter in his life. A history buff who had earlier turned the Burtolla ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Unsure about travel amid turmoil, Bangladeshi patients ‘stuck’ in Kol

    Kolkata: Several Bangladeshi patients who arrived in Kolkata for treatment until last week are now stuck in and around the city, where they have settled along with family members. While some are staying in hotels, others have been camping ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Airport battles mosquito menace amid footfall surge

    123 Kolkata: As the passenger count at Kolkata airport began to inch towards pre-pandemic levels, the airport's age-old tryst with mosquitoes returned to sting both the passengers and the airport's reputation.Passengers transiting through the airport complained of mosquito infestations ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    28-year-old Kolkata tourist dies during holiday in Darj Hills

    DARJEELING/KOLKATA: A 28-year-old tourist from Kolkata, with no known major health issues, died on Wednesday in Tumling, a hamlet around 10,000ft above sea level on the India-Nepal border 50km from Darjeeling.The death of Ankita Ghosh, who stayed on Mukunda ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Japan carriers woo flyers with extra bag allowance

    12 Kolkata: Japanese carriers Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) plan to leverage their code-share agreements with Indian carriers to attract more tourists from Kolkata to the land of the rising sun.While ANA entered into a code-share ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Himalayan orange tourism festival returns to Kolkata

    Kolkata: The Darjeeling orange is making a comeback through the sixth edition of the Himalayan Orange Tourism Festival. This three-day fest will be held at City Centre 1, Salt Lake, from Dec 6 to 8, between 12 pm to ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    7-month-old infant fights for life after being raped on pavement

    Kolkata: A seven-month-old child was allegedly abducted from beside her parents, all sleeping on a pavement in Burtolla, and raped last Friday. Police have started an investigation under POCSO Act and checking CCTV footage but the culprit is yet ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Supply starts but disruption in chain keeps potato prices high at 40/kg

    123 Kolkata: Potato traders may have withdrawn their strike but disruptions in the supply chain failed to cool down the prices on Wednesday, when the popular ‘Jyoti' variety continued to sell for Rs 40 a kg. Several markets across ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Howrah bridge designers in town for health audit

    Kolkata: Experts from the UK-based original designers of Howrah bridge—Rendel Ltd (formerly Rendel, Palmer & Triton, UK)—are in town for the health check-up of the iconic structure. They started the inspection of the bridge on Tuesday. Senior consultant Michael ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Kol to see sale of 17k homes this yr: Report

    123 Kolkata: More homes are set to be sold in Kolkata this year when compared with a city like Chennai. By the end of this year, the number of homes sold in Kolkata could exceed 17,000 units, with a ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    CID chief, 4 other top cops transferred

    123 Kolkata: Three weeks after CM Mamata Banerjee spoke on overhauling Bengal CID, state govt on Wednesday ordered the transfer of CID chief R Rajasekharan as ADG (Training). Rajasekharan, a 1997 batch IPS officer, had been ADG CID since ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
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