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  • 7-month-old abducted, raped in Kolkata; admitted to ICU

    KOLKATA: A seven-month-old girl sleeping beside her parents on a pavement was allegedly kidnapped and raped last week in Kolkata's Burtolla area. Police registered a case under Pocso Act and launched an investigation. No arrests have been made so ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Curtains go up on 30th KIFF with Tapan Sinha film

    Kolkata: Few in the film industry were aware that director Tapan Sinha once penned a letter to chief minister Mamata Banerjee. The rest would not have known this fact had Banerjee not shared this detail at the inauguration of ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    With 11.8L Lakhpati Didis, Bengal ranks third behind Andhra, Bihar

    123 Kolkata: Over 11.8 lakh women from Bengal have registered with the Lakhpati Didi Yojana — Centre's flagship programme for women's empowerment and livelihood assistance — till Oct, said Union minister of state for rural development Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    PHE dept files 467 FIRs on illegal water usage

    123 Kolkata: In response to CM Mamata Banerjee raising issues in the state's drinking water supply, the public health engineering (PHE) department has filed 467 FIRs on illegal water usage following the receipt of over 20,000 complaints. HED minister ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Sharpshooters of organized gang behind Kasba councillor attack

    123 Kolkata: Kolkata Police have claimed that the accused involved in the attempted murder of Kasba's Trinamool Congress councillor Sushanta Ghosh on Nov 15 were sharpshooters associated with an organised gang. In their representation at the Alipore court on ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    BITM honours women scientists with busts, unveils new science galleries

    123 Kolkata: Birla Industrial & Technological Museum (BITM) is set to unveil busts of 10 leading women scientists, ushering in gender parity at the country's first science centre, where men of science have dominated its lawns for several years ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Misinformation, fake news prompt hosps to make stand clear

    Kolkata: The cultural affinity, language, food, and easy access make thousands of Bangladeshi patients cross over to Kolkata for medical care. From kidney transplants and cardiac surgeries to infertility treatment, hundreds of patients from across the border throng Kolkata ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    New maths courses next yr for arts, commerce students

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) is introducing basic mathematics and commercial mathematics for humanities and commerce students respectively, from the next academic session. At present, mathematics can be opted for by any student from ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Relatives of B’desh residents spend tense days

    12 Kolkata: City residents with relatives, friends and acquaintances in Bangladesh are spending anxious hours as they receive distressing updates from their loved ones residing in various districts of Bangladesh. The situation has become particularly concerning with reports of ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Security beefed up around B’desh dy high commission

    Kolkata: Guard rails have been placed at every entry point, with no fewer than 30 cops at the venue under the leadership of an ACP and two inspectors, and another 200 to cover any rally in the vicinity of ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp teachers’ silent protest march

    Kolkata: Over 100 teachers of IIT-Kharagpur took out a silent march inside the campus premise at 5.30 pm protesting against the disciplinary actions initiated against the office bearers of the IIT Teachers' Association (IITTA) and show cause notices issued ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    BJP's membership drive enters Coffee House

    Kolkata: The Bengal BJP's membership drive on Wednesday reached the iconic Coffee House on College Street. BJP's youth leaders debated policies over cups of coffee with those who visited the Coffee House on Wednesday afternoon.The idea to visit the ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    1st pvt university to come up in KMC area

    123 Kolkata: The state govt is set to approve three new universities. The education department has also decided to grant university status to a private college at the heart of the city.Among the three new universities, one is planned ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Five from West Bengal in line for Oscar 2025 Best Original Song & Best Score honours

    KOLKATA: Five people from Bengal - three vocalists and two music directors - are in the running for Oscar 2025 honours, for being part of two songs that are eligible for the Oscar ballots for Best Original Song and ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Kol Pol to get robot to detect explosives from 200m away

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Police bomb disposal squad is set to acquire real-time viewing system (RTVS) used by the National Security Guard (NSG) and other specialised units. Pegged at Rs 70 lakh, it is designed to take an X-ray ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Will miss jail, says 104-year-old as he walks free after 3 decades

    MALD: Following an SC order last week, 104-year-old Rasik Chandra Mandal on Tuesday stepped out of Malda prison where he has spent close to three decades.Years ago, Rasik, who owned a sizeable chunk of fertile land, had developed differences ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    GRAP software starts monitoring city air

    Kolkata: The Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), introduced during a multi-stakeholder meeting at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Monday, became operational on Tuesday. The implementation involved a newly developed software system designed to monitor air quality and generate ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Focus on central Kol fires after CM prod

    Kolkata: The central business district and other areas of the city cannot be made "fire-free" without the active involvement of the business community, who must adhere to fire safety norms while conducting their operations, said state fire minister Sujit ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Bose Institute to host global meet on particle research

    1234 Kolkata: Bose Institute will on Tuesday and Wednesday host an international science congregation, where 25 scientists and science bureaucrats from nine countries—India, Finland, France, Germany, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia and Sweden—along with officials from the Union department of ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Govt seeks course with Unicef for children with disabilities

    12 Kolkata: State education minister Bratya Basu proposed that Unicef plan a special course for children with disabilities. The school education department was ready to support it, he said.The state, supported by Unicef, held an event on Tuesday to ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Govt seeks course with Unicef for children with disabilities

    12 Kolkata: State education minister Bratya Basu proposed that Unicef plan a special course for children with disabilities. The school education department was ready to support it, he said.The state, supported by Unicef, held an event on Tuesday to ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    IIT profs seek help from BoG chairman

    Kolkata: IIT Teachers' Association (IITTA) on Tuesday wrote to the board of governors chairman, T V Narendran, urging him to step in as the IIT director did not agree to their demands of withdrawing show-cause notice to 86 professors ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    State for urbanisation as criterion for central tax shares

    123 Kolkata: The state govt on Tuesday pushed for urbanisation as a criterion for the devolution of central tax shares among the states during discussions with the 16th Finance Commission chairman Arvind Panagariya at Nabanna. CM Mamata Banerjee raised ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    New food processing unit in north Bengal on way

    Kolkata: State govt is planning to set up a new food processing unit in north Bengal to process maize and make various products, including poultry feeds. The food processing and horticulture department will seek CM Mamata Banerjee's nod to ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    CU, RBU to hold meets without ‘state nod’

    1234 Kolkata: Calcutta University and Rabindra Bharati University will hold meetings with highest decision-making bodies—the syndicate and the EC respectively— "without permission" on Wednesday. RBU former registrar Subir Maitra, who is under suspension following an HC order, sent a ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    CU, RBU to hold meets without ‘state nod’

    1234 Kolkata: Calcutta University and Rabindra Bharati University will hold meetings with highest decision-making bodies—the syndicate and the EC respectively— "without permission" on Wednesday. RBU former registrar Subir Maitra, who is under suspension following an HC order, sent a ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Iskcon backs CM’s peacekeeping force demand in Bangladesh

    123 Kolkata: A day after chief minister Mamata Banerjee urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre to request the United Nations to deploy a peacekeeping force in Bangladesh and sought the prime minister's "intervention" to bring back persecuted ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    CU-signs MoU with regional Met dept for research & academic exchange

    Kolkata: Calcutta University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Regional Meteorological Centre, Kolkata on Tuesday. These two esteemed institutions will work together for research and development and academic exchange programmes.The interim vice-chancellor, Santa Datta, said, "The relationship ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Daughter of Pocso accused found dead

    123 Kolkata: Locals of Dakshindari in Lake Town demonstrated with the body of a class IX student for six hours and refused to allow the police to take the body for a post-mortem examination after she was found hanging ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Search of Salt Lake plot after Rajya Sabha claim fails to yield Rohingya settlement

    12 Kolkata: Neither Salt Lake residents and local councillors nor cops could independently corroborate Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya's claim in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday about Rohingya settlements in Salt Lake.On Tuesday, Bhattacharya claimed in Rajya Sabha that behind ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Kasba murder bid: Scooter rider held

    Kolkata: The detective department of Kolkata Police arrested the scooter-rider who carried a shooter during the Nov 15 attempt on Kasba councillor Sushanta Ghosh.Lakshman Sharma alias Chotu, who was arrested by the anti-rowdy squad after more than a fortnight, ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    First Bajjika language film with ‘Launda’ dance troupe actor competes at KIFF

    Kolkata: The first-ever feature film in the Bajjika language, inspired by the true story of the daughter of a member of the ‘Launda' dance troupe who received education against societal norms in rural Bihar, is in the Indian language ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    ED raid on pvt med cols

    1234 Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted raids on 19 premises across West Bengal, including seven medical colleges in the state, in connection with alleged quota corruption in MBBS admissions at private medical colleges.While absconding Trinamool Yuva leader ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    School jobs scam: Leaps & Bounds in ED addl chargesheet

    Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate has filed a supplementary chargesheet in connection with the school jobs-for-cash scam, naming consultancy firm Leaps & Bounds Pvt Ltd in it. ED has also named a few prominent businessmen and their firms in the latest ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Doctor dies of dengue

    Kolkata: A 47-year-old doctor from Chandernagore died at SSKM Hospital on Tuesday where she had been undergoing treatment for dengue. According to sources, the doctor, Swati Dey, had been suffering from fever for more than a week. Her blood ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    HC allows paternity test on child allegedly born out of rape

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court recently allowed paternity test on a child allegedly born out of rape after the accused moved the court, pleading that he is not the father of the child.The dilemma before the bench of Justice ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    HC seeks report on JU scholar’s case

    Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Tuesday directed Jadavpur University to submit a report detailing the actions taken regarding a case filed by Fetsu ex-chairperson Aritra Majumdar, a PhD student, who was suspended for six months in connection with the ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Body, head found near rly tracks

    Kolkata: The decomposed body of a woman was found around 20 metres from the railway tracks between Brace Bridge and Majerhat railway station on Tuesday evening. The head was found near the body.Police have not ruled out both options: ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Onus of verifying compliance on TPA

    123 Kolkata: A Swasthya Sathi official said that the TPA would have to verify that the required images had been uploaded, and if not, why the hospital had failed to do so. Approval of the claims will depend on ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    HC allows paternity test on child allegedly born out of rape

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court recently allowed paternity test on a child allegedly born out of rape after the accused moved the court, pleading that he is not the father of the child.The dilemma before the bench of Justice ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Accused must be rendered powerless to harass witnesses: HC

    Kolkata: Accused persons must be stripped of their power to such an extent that they do not disturb the witness, Justice Tirthankar Ghosh said while hearing a matter concerning the family of a minor girl, who was allegedly kidnapped ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    AI in schools: Experts explore options

    1234 Kolkata: It was a day marked with insights, observation and discussion at the Times NIE Teachers' Meet on Nov 22. The programme, held in association with RCC Institute of Information Technology (RCCIIT) saw the participation of over 150 ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    AI in schools: Experts explore options

    1234 Kolkata: It was a day marked with insights, observation and discussion at the Times NIE Teachers' Meet on Nov 22. The programme, held in association with RCC Institute of Information Technology (RCCIIT) saw the participation of over 150 ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    HC directs state, BSF to monitor Beldanga

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed both the state and BSF to keep an eye on Murshidabad's Beldanga, which witnessed clashes on Nov 16 over a Kartik Puja procession. A division bench of justices Harish Tandon and Hiranmay ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    KMC nod on way, subway to ease Chingrighata bottlenecks

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police's proposal to ensure only motorised vehicles use the busy Chingrighata crossing, with cycles and pedestrians taking either subways or overbridges, is set to come true.While the foot overbridge at Chingrighata has been functional for ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    UN peacekeepers in Bangladesh? Dhaka dismisses Didi's call

    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (PTI file photo) KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urged the Union govt Monday "to request the United Nations to deploy a peacekeeping force in Bangladesh" amid reports of attacks on minorities, particularly Hindus. She ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    I am still here, I am the final word, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee tells TMC

    KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee sent out an unequivocal message on Monday about the command structure within Trinamool Congress, telling everyone that she remained the party's boss and any speculation about multiple power centres in the party was unwarranted and unnecessary."I ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Talks with minister fail, West Bengal potato traders to go on strike today

    KOLKATA: Potato traders in Bengal will go on strike from Tuesday after their meeting with agriculture minister Becharam Manna on Monday failed to resolve the deadlock over the tuber's sale to other states. The looming strike, which the minister ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Mamata hails Bengal’s homestay initiative for creating jobs

    12 Kolkata: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said on Monday that the state's homestay initiative had created a lot of rural and urban jobs in the state and had become a model for other states to replicate. The CM was ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    HC directs state, BSF to monitor Beldanga

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed both the state and BSF to keep an eye on Murshidabad's Beldanga, which witnessed clashes on Nov 16 over a Kartik Puja procession. A division bench of justices Harish Tandon and Hiranmay ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Intense vigil, more fencing along Bangladesh border after rise in infiltration bid: BSF

    Kolkata/Jalpaiguri: With a surge in infiltration attempts over the past four months as compared to the same period last year, areas along the border — which were open previously — were being fenced, said the BSF North Bengal Frontier ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Intense vigil, more fencing along Bangladesh border after rise in infiltration bid: BSF

    Kolkata/Jalpaiguri: With a surge in infiltration attempts over the past four months as compared to the same period last year, areas along the border — which were open previously — were being fenced, said the BSF North Bengal Frontier ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    VIP Rd illegal shops to make way for trees and walkway

    Kolkata: The unauthorised encroachments in front of the car showrooms off VIP Road on the airport-bound flank from Kestopur to Narayantala have been cleared. The state PWD is taking up a beautification drive on the stretch.Officials of PWD and ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    VIP Rd illegal shops to make way for trees and walkway

    Kolkata: The unauthorised encroachments in front of the car showrooms off VIP Road on the airport-bound flank from Kestopur to Narayantala have been cleared. The state PWD is taking up a beautification drive on the stretch.Officials of PWD and ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    New Mkt hawkers play cat-&-mouse with cops

    Kolkata: Hawkers continued to swarm Bertram Street on Monday evening, occupying entire pavements and a big chunk of the carriageway, defying attempts by police to rein them in earlier in the day. The Town Vending Committee had on Thursday ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    State to impose penalty on contractors for improper JJM work: CM

    12 Kolkata: State govt would impose a penalty on contractors, including some empanelled by central govt, for not properly executing the work of Jal Jeevan Mission, said CM Mamata Banerjee after a meeting with DMs and senior officials on ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Belgharia youth submits report to consulate

    123 Kolkata: Belgharia resident Sayan Ghosh, a 22-year-old from Deshapriyanagar's ‘Sonar Bangla' area who was stabbed multiple times by a group of Bangladeshi youths at Jurain in Dhaka during his week-long trip to Bangladesh, submitted a detailed report to ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    CM, guv come together at MLAs’ oath-taking

    Kolkata: Governor CV Ananda Bose administered oath to six newly elected MLAs in the assembly on Monday. The event saw the governor and CM Mamata Banerjee coming together for a programme, which has been rare in recent times. Speaker ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    HC grants bail to Ayan Sil in teacher recruitment case

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court granted bail to Ayan Sil on Monday in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case related to teacher recruitment scam. Justice Suvra Ghosh relied on the Supreme Court judgment in the Manish Sisodia case, wherein it ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Malda worker beaten to death in Rajasthan

    Malda: A worker from Malda was allegedly beaten to death by his co-workers in Jaipur. The news reached the family in Kaliachak on Sunday evening.Karim Sk (29) of Kadamtala village in Kaliachak went to Rajasthan for construction work about ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Malda worker beaten to death in Rajasthan

    Malda: A worker from Malda was allegedly beaten to death by his co-workers in Jaipur. The news reached the family in Kaliachak on Sunday evening.Karim Sk (29) of Kadamtala village in Kaliachak went to Rajasthan for construction work about ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Microplastics entering food chain, warn experts in Bengal

    Kolkata: Senior health and waste management experts on Monday raised alarms about microplastic pollution, which is triggering many health issues. Microplastics are entering our food chain, even appearing in mother's milk and placenta, the experts claimed while highlighting the ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Microplastics entering food chain, warn experts in Bengal

    Kolkata: Senior health and waste management experts on Monday raised alarms about microplastic pollution, which is triggering many health issues. Microplastics are entering our food chain, even appearing in mother's milk and placenta, the experts claimed while highlighting the ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Talks with min fail, Bengal potato traders to go on strike today

    12 Kolkata: Potato traders in Bengal will go on strike from Tuesday after their meeting with agriculture minister Becharam Manna on Monday failed to resolve the deadlock over the tuber's sale to other states. The looming strike, which the ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Centre not keeping states in the loop about waqf bill: Mamata

    123 Kolkata: Centre was not keeping states in the loop about the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, CM Mamata Banerjee said in the Bengal assembly on Monday."They want to introduce it during Parliament's budget session," she said, for which "Bengal assembly ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Bengal all set to implement GRAP to combat pollution

    Kolkata: For the first time, the state govt is all set to implement the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in all six non-attainment cities in Bengal to minimise the impact of air pollution on health. The decision was adopted ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Woman falls to death in Jorasanko

    Kolkata: A 18-year-old woman died after falling from a second-floor balcony of a five-storey building on Saturday. The incident occurred at Mitra Lane under Jorasanko police station. A relative of the woman alleged that she was pushed from the ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp starts week-long protest against show cause

    Kolkata: The IIT Teachers' Association (IITTA) has decided on a week-long programme starting Monday, protesting against the show-cause notice issued to 86 professors. The protesting professors who signed the IITTA letter to the registrar demanded the immediate withdrawal of ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    9 IIT-Kgp students get Rs 1cr+ packages on Day I of placement

    Kolkata: Nine students from IIT-Kharagpur bagged jobs with pay packages exceeding Rs 1 crore on the first day of phase one of the 2024-25 placement process, which began on Sunday. The highest pay package received so far is Rs ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Potato strike call keeps markets on edge in West Bengal

    KOLKATA: Retail potato prices in West Bengal witnessed wild fluctuations on Sunday as a widening demand-supply gap pushed rates higher, with traders threatening an indefinite strike from Tuesday if the state govt fails to lift restrictions on interstate potato ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Bangladesh stops 63 Iskcon monks from crossing over to India

    KOLKATA: Sixty-three Iskcon monks, all Bangladeshis with valid travel documents, were prevented from crossing over to India on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, several Bangladeshi media outlets and Iskcon Kolkata reported on Sunday.These 63 people were stopped at the ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Man asks for Rs 5k paid ‘to get on Awas list’ back, killed

    12 Behrampore: A 53-year-old man was assaulted by a Raghunathganj villager for asking for his Rs 5,000 back on Saturday evening and succumbed to his injuries at NRS Medical College and Hospital a day later. The victim, Atiur Seikh ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Horror tales: Kol youth stabbed on B’desh visit

    123 Gede (Nadia)/Kolkata: Belgharia resident Sayan Ghosh, a 22-year-old from Deshapriyanagar's ‘Sonar Bangla' under Kamarhati Municipality, returned home on Saturday evening visibly shaken after a harrowing ordeal in Bangladesh. Ghosh was stabbed multiple times by a group of Bangladeshi ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    B’desh stops 63 Iskcon monks’ travel to India

    12 Kolkata: Sixty-three Iskcon monks, all Bangladeshis with valid travel documents, were prevented from crossing over to India on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, several Bangladeshi media outlets and Iskcon Kolkata reported on Sunday.These 63 people were stopped at ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Bangladeshi patients cancel surgeries at Kolkata hospistals amid turmoil

    KOLKATA: Scheduled surgeries and appointments of Bangladeshi patients started getting cancelled and deferred across Kolkata's private hospitals over the weekend. Patients either cancelled or altered travel plans due to the ongoing turmoil or did not report for admission at ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Lens on fake ID racket after BNP man’s arrest

    123 Kolkata: Cops probing the arrest of Bangladesh Nationalist Party man Selim Mohammed, alias Selim Matabbar, who allegedly entered Bengal illegally and stayed with a fake identity for two years, found that he was a farmer in Madaripur, Bangladesh. ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Defiant hawkers challenge New Market eviction deadline

    123 Kolkata: Hawkers continued to occupy the carriageways around Hogg Market on Sunday, the last day of the 72-hour ultimatum given to New Market Police to remove hawkers from the area. They vowed to confront any attempts of forcible ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Snakebite to be ‘notifiable’ in Bengal after Centre’s push

    123 Kolkata: In a move that could help in shaping up policies to provide better treatment facilities and compensation to snakebite victims, the state health department is preparing to make snakebite cases and deaths notifiable. Health officials said the ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    TMC questions Centre’s ‘priorities’ on B’desh; BJP Petrapole protest today

    123 Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Sunday questioned Centre's "priorities" on Bangladesh, asking whether it wanted to act decisively and put an end to persecution of Hindus there or "let the flames burn to reap politically by religious polarisation". The ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Godown near Mullick Ghat flower market gutted in fire

    Kolkata: A fire that possibly started from welding work on a roadside hoarding gutted a first-floor godown and severely damaged a store on the ground floor next to Mullickghat flower market on the approach to Howrah bridge on Sunday ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Ex-staffer, wife held for bank robbery

    Kolkata: A former group-D employee of a bank and his wife were arrested, and another individual was detained, in connection with a robbery at the Batanagar branch of the bank last Friday. Of the Rs 73 lakh stolen cash, ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Spotlight on gender justice at Kolkata’s 2-day LGBTQ+ film & video festival

    Kolkata: As many as 13 films portraying unique perspectives on LGBTQIA+ experiences and issues were screened at one of India's oldest queer film festivals, ‘Dialogues: Calcutta International LGBTQIA+ Film & Video Festival 2024,' in the city over the weekend. ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Winter no excuse to drink & drive: Restos to patrons

    12 Kolkata: Winter is round the corner, but don't drink and drive. Restaurateurs have started reaching out to patrons with this safety warning. Even as the mercury dips, leading to a surge in footfall across restaurants, they have begun ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Winter no excuse to drink & drive: Restos to patrons

    12 Kolkata: Winter is round the corner, but don't drink and drive. Restaurateurs have started reaching out to patrons with this safety warning. Even as the mercury dips, leading to a surge in footfall across restaurants, they have begun ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    After dad’s SOS call, son slashes civic volunteer

    Kolkata: A civic volunteer, Rinku Saha, was slashed with a knife and a police ambulance was damaged after a team from Bansdroni PS responded to an SOS call from an elderly man at Brahmapur, pleading for help while being ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    After dad’s SOS call, son slashes civic volunteer

    Kolkata: A civic volunteer, Rinku Saha, was slashed with a knife and a police ambulance was damaged after a team from Bansdroni PS responded to an SOS call from an elderly man at Brahmapur, pleading for help while being ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Snakebite cases & deaths set to be ‘notifiable’ in Bengal

    Kolkata: In a move that could help in shaping up policies to provide better treatment facilities and compensation to snakebite victims, the state health department is preparing to make snakebite cases and deaths notifiable.Health officials said the department had ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Age no factor to disbelieve rape survivors: HC

    Kolkata: Age is no factor to disbelieve a sex-abuse victim's testimony, the Calcutta High Court said on Thursday, adding that it can only be done if the medical opinion completely contradicts it as "patently absurd". The HC also said ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Snow, Sikkim hope for Hills tourism after puja lull

    Siliguri: Following a lull in tourism during the festive season, the early snowfall in the Hills and the reopening of North Sikkim after a year from Sunday brought a ray of hope for hoteliers and tour operators. With many ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Hakim hits out at Bangladesh govt’s ‘inaction’ on minority attacks

    12 Kolkata: Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim on Saturday criticized the Bangladesh govt's inaction on minority attacks there which, he claimed, was leading to communal tensions in India."What is happening in Bangladesh is not right as minorities are being attacked. ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    B’desh carriers cancel 3 daily flights as flyer count nosedives

    123 Kolkata: At least two daily flights between Kolkata and Dhaka and one between Kolkata and Chittagong have been cancelled by airlines operating between the two countries as passenger count continues to nosedive in the wake of continued unrest ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Fire breaks out at Kolkata's famous Mullickghat Flower Market

    KOLKATA: A fire that possibly started from welding work on a roadside hoarding gutted a first-floor godown and severely damaged a store on the ground floor next to Mullickghat flower market on the approach to Howrah Bridge on Strand ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Kol hosps start cancelling planned surgeries amid Bangla turmoil

    123 Kolkata: Scheduled surgeries and appointments of Bangladeshi patients started getting cancelled and deferred across Kolkata's private hospitals over the weekend. Patients either cancelled or altered travel plans due to the ongoing turmoil or did not report for admission ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Second flight from Kolkata to Phuket from Dec-end

    123 Kolkata: From Dec 27, IndiGo Airlines will start direct flight operations between Kolkata and Phuket. This is the second connection between the city and the popular Thai seaside destination. AirAsia Thailand introduced daily direct services between Kolkata and ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata to host FAIR Council meeting in December 2024

    Unified campus of Bose Institute KOLKATA: Kolkata is set to host the 42nd meeting of the FAIR Council, the highest decision-making body of the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR), on December 3-4, 2024. This marks a historic ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    IndiGo to launch daily flights from Kolkata to Phuket from December end

    MUMBAI: IndiGo is set to launch daily direct flights connecting Kolkata and Phuket, commencing December 27. This marks the airline's second direct connection to Phuket after Delhi, expanding its international network and addressing the increasing tourist flow from India ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Suffered from mental health issues: Woman sets herself ablaze in West Bengal, blames husband before truth emerges

    KOLKATA: The 27-year-old homemaker, who was seen running ablaze on a street in Belgharia on Friday evening, alleging her husband and his friends had set her on fire, turned out to have set the fire herself. A probe revealed ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    KMC tightens amusement tax net, sends notices to defaulters

    Kolkata: Several banquets, bars, nightclubs, and hotels are under Kolkata Municipal Corporation's scanner for not paying amusement fees. The KMC amusement department has prepared a borough-wise list of defaulters and started sending notices to them, asking them to clear ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    ‘Govt guidelines soon for seamless hiring in upper primary schools’

    123 Kolkata: The state school education department is set to issue comprehensive guidelines to facilitate the smooth joining of candidates in upper primary schools. This move has come following grievances lodged by applicants with the West Bengal School Service ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Six die as bus crash-lands on Teesta banks near Rangpo

    Siliguri: At least six people died and 15 others were injured after a private bus travelling from Siliguri to Gangtok rolled 100 feet down a gorge and crashed on the banks of Teesta near Rangpo, around 75km from Siliguri, ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
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