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  • News from West Bengal | 13 May, 2025 | ৩০ বৈশাখ, ১৪৩২
  • Calcutta University rushes to create academic bank of credit (ABC) IDs for UG students before June deadline

    Photo credit: AI KOLKATA: Calcutta University is working to meet a June deadline set by UGC to get academic bank of credit (ABC) IDs ready for more than 3 lakh undergraduate students who took admission in the 2022-'23 and ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata hospitals take AI route to improve clinical services, digitally boost administrative ops

    Photo credit: AI KOLKATA: Several hospitals in the city are shifting a significant part of their clinical services to AI platforms, while administrative operations will be entirely digitised across several facilities by the end of April. Hospital heads feel ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    Violence-hit Murshidabad returns to normal, schools reopen after 10 days

    A glimpse of Murshidabad violence NEW DELHI: Regular activities in Murshidabad have begun to return to normal under strict security measures following the unrest that occurred in various regions regarding the Waqf Act.A resident confirmed that educational institutions ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    History-sheeter held after councillor’s plaint

    Kolkata: A history-sheeter in Netaji Nagar and Tollygunge, Puchki, was on Sunday arrested after Mitali Bandyopadhyay, councillor of Ward 99, lodged a complaint against him and his aide, Jayanta, for creating trouble in the Baghajatin Hospital Road area on ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    RPF ASI found dead in Darj

    Siliguri: The body of a 57-year-old RPF assistant sub-inspector, HN Sarkar of Cooch Behar, was found between Batasia and Darjeeling with his bike lying by the side recently. Prior to his death, he was on way to his barrack ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    IPL 2025: Kolkata police issued match-day traffic curbs ahead of KKR vs GT match at Eden Gardens

    NEW DELHI: The Kolkata traffic police have issued a comprehensive traffic advisory in view of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Gujarat Titans (GT) scheduled for Monday, April 21, at Eden Gardens, ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    1.4L electric vehicles fight over 763 public charging stations

    12 Kolkata: Rapid growth in electric vehicle (EV) use notwithstanding, a critical gap in accessible, functional and well-publicised charging stations in Bengal threatens to derail Bengal's transition to e-mobility, shows a recent study by the Centre for Science and ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    Hawkers’ display counters: Bikes, car bonnets, lamp posts, cables, railings

    123456 Kolkata: With pavements and parts of carriageways already encroached upon, hawkers in the city have come up with innovative yet disruptive ways to take over space for their business. Bonnets of parked vehicles, seats of stationary bikes, lamp ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    Kashmir trip with FB girlfriend goes awry for 73-year-old man

    Kolkata: A 73-year-old man from Kestopur, who met a middle-aged woman on Facebook and went on a trip to Kashmir with her, alleged she swapped his debit card and withdrew around Rs 2.6 lakh from his account over multiple ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    Woman dead, man hurt in bison attack in North Bengal; animal also dies

    123 Jalpaiguri: A 62-year-old woman, Deomani Baraik, was killed, and another man, Shahjahan, sustained injuries on Sunday after they were mowed down by a bison that had strayed out of Baikunthapur forest along with another Indian Gaur (bison). Later, ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    KMC garage loot bid: Four in police net

    Kolkata: Police arrested four men on Sunday in connection to the robbery attempt at a Kolkata Municipal Garage in Dhapa. The accused were identified as Bishu Ghosh, Bikky Ishwar, Deva alias Ravi Rai, and Krishna Adhikari, all residents of ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    Japan school exchange prog inspires classroom clean-up

    Kolkata: After seeing Japanese students clean their school at the end of the day, students of Birla High School, who visited the country on an exchange programme, introduced the concept of cleaning up the classroom after school hours. "Students ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    City school celebrates silver jubilee with grandeur

    123 Kolkata: National English School celebrated its 25-year journey with a grand silver jubilee celebration at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre recently. West Bengal minister of higher education and school education Bratya Basu was the chief guest at the ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    Kol man writes to Sikh committees after Bangkok kirpan ordeal

    Kolkata: A Kolkata-based entrepreneur and community leader, Satnam Singh Ahluwalia, alleged racial and religious discrimination at a Bangkok hotel on April 12, 2025, after being denied check-in due to his kirpan — a sacred article of faith for practising ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    Bengal won’t allow waqf act, says TMC, holds march

    123 Kolkata: A day after a Trinamool office at Bhangar's Chakmircha village was vandalised allegedly by ISF-backed anti-waqf protesters, Jadavpur MP Saayoni Ghosh and party MLA Saokat Molla on Sunday led a "march to Shonpur" to protest the attack ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    Auspicious, says TMC after fishermen’s idol ‘discovery’

    Digha: Local fishermen in Digha found a wooden idol of Lord Jagannath that had washed ashore on Sunday, prompting many, including Trinamool, to say this was an auspicious event.CM Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to inaugurate the Jagannath Temple complex ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    Displaced come back home, TMC team visits kin of dead

    Dhuliyan: Two hundred and ninety-three families, who had crossed the Ganga to flee their homes in Murshidabad to take shelter in a school in Malda's Baishnabnagar, returned home on Sunday. The families, from violence-hit Bethbona and Dhuliyan, had been ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    Boost booth-level strength ahead of ’26 poll battle: CPM

    123 Kolkata: Overcoming organisational shortcomings, CPM and Left mass organisations on Sunday called for strengthening booth-level units to counter the "binary scripted by Trinamool and BJP" in Bengal. CPM netas, speaking from a rally at Brigade Parade Ground, called ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    NCW chief: Don’t politicise tragedies, act to help women

    12 Kolkata: Calling upon Bengal govt to act immediately to address the grievances of violence-hit women in Murshidabad, National Commission for Women chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar on Sunday said: "The issue is above politics and must be treated with the ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    6 held with 36kg ganja near Setu

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police caught six people with 36 kg ganja in the city on Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, a team from the narcotics cell of the Kolkata Police's detective department caught the accused on the southern pavement of ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    Howrah trader picked up by Hyderabad cops ‘under arrest’, Kolkata Police seeks answers

    (File photo) The Camac St hotel, from where Jasbinder Singh was picked up KOLKATA/HYDERABAD: Two days after Shakespeare Sarani police registered a kidnapping case following a trader being picked up from a Camac Street hotel by two men claiming ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘Social media stalking case cannot rest on surmise and conjecture’

    123 Kolkata: Allegations against any person for stalking and sexually harassing minor girls on social media cannot be based on "surmise and conjecture," a city POCSO court held on April 16, acquitting a person who allegedly stalked a minor ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    Bengal’s power consumption to double in 10 years: Report

    12 Kolkata: Power consumption in Bengal would more than double to 134 billion units per year in the next 10 years, a study conducted by JSW Energy, the power arm of JSW group, revealed.The company is setting up a ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    Fusion of faith & festivity marks Easter in Kolkata

    Kolkata: From late-night vigils to afternoon rally, from special prayer services to family get-togethers, Kolkata celebrated Easter with a vibrant fusion of faith, food, and festivity. The Easter Walk, which started at 3 pm on Sunday from various churches, ...

    21 April 2025 Times of India
    2 labourers buried alive at factory site

    Kharagpur: Two contract labourers were buried alive under a mound of earth that collapsed on them at a metallic factory in the Changual area under Kharagpur Local police station on Saturday. The victims have been identified as Rahul Midya ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    TMC office in Bhangar set on fire

    123 Kolkata: A Trinamool office in Chakmaricha village in Bhangar was reportedly vandalised and set on fire at night, leading to fresh rounds of tensions in the area. The torching of the party office occurred a day before the ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    DigiYatra launch set to speed up domestic to domestic transfers at kolkata airport

    123 Kolkata: Starting this weekend, passengers at Kolkata airport switching between domestic flights can expect a faster, smoother transit experience courtesy of the introduction of DigiYatra services in the domestic-to-domestic (D2D) transfer area. The move aims to ease congestion ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    Woman, 52, HC seeks Centre’s opinion on IVF plea

    123456 Kolkata: Hearing a case of an Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) plea by a woman who crossed the 50-year threshold, while her husband is within the age bar, the Calcutta High Court asked the Centre for its opinion. The ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    Sign language makes debut at Science City

    Kolkata: Sign language interpretation has made its debut at Science City as the country's premier science centre strives to reach out to hearing- and speech-impaired people and become more inclusive.Madhumita Manna, an interpreter for the hearing- and-speech impaired, who ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    Mamata to inaugurate EB docu

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is set to inaugurate the documentary on East Bengal club's century-old history here on Thursday.The 58-minute-long documentary has been made by filmmaker Goutam Ghose. The documentary was originally scheduled to be screened for the ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Bose Institute scientists win breakthrough prize for CERN-ALICE

    Kolkata's Bose Institute physicists have secured the prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for 2025 as part of the ALICE collaboration at CERN KOLKATA: In a landmark achievement for Indian science, a team of physicists from Kolkata’s Bose Institute ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    Boi Para college street: The heart of Kolkata’s literary and cultural heritage

    College Street in Kolkata, also known as Boi Para, is a historic hub of knowledge and culture, originating from Madhab Dutta's pond and the establishment of Hindu College in 1817 It begins with the creak of an old hand-pulled ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    KMDA seeks Bypass block for subway near Science City

    12 Kolkata: The KMDA has sought permission from Kolkata Traffic Police to partially block a portion of the Science City-bound flank of EM Bypass a few metres from Science City. The block, expected to last three months, aims at ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    Court proposes, HC disposes, strikes off married man’s second marriage

    123 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday scrapped a Siliguri trial court order and struck off a marriage registrar's licence after it found that a man remarried under the Hindu Marriage Act 1954 while his divorce suit was ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    More Kolkata flyers opt for fast-track immigration

    Kolkata: Around 2,000 international passengers flying out of Kolkata or into the city have enrolled themselves for the fast-track immigration system with average daily registrations increasing from 3 to 4 in Jan to around 30 to 35 now. With ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    KMC staffer hurt in garage break-in

    Kolkata: A dozen men allegedly attacked a security guard during an attempted theft at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) garage in Dhapa on Friday night, leaving him severely injured. The guard, Anand Tripathi, was admitted to a hospital with ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    Queen’s Mansion fire: No forensic exam yet

    12 Kolkata: A day after a fire gutted a confectionery shop at Queen's Mansion on Park Street, cops said they are still awaiting confirmation of the exact cause of the fire. "Forensic experts were unable to visit the spot ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    Night out turns fatal for teen as car flips on flyover

    123 Kolkata: A 17-year-old youth who appeared for his Madhyamik exam this year, Subham Das, died in a car crash on Garden Reach Flyover on Friday night. Five other youths, aged between 17 and 21, sustained multiple injuries in ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    Park St fire prompts checks at 2 markets

    12 Kolkata: The fire department conducted safety drills at two Kolkata markets a day after the fire at Queen's Mansion on Park Street. The drill at Bagree Market on Canning Street and E Mall on CR Avenue involved the ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    CS meets dist officials for immediate pay of damages

    Kolkata: To arrange for immediate disbursal of compensation to the victims of Murshidabad violence, Bengal chief secretary Manoj Pant held a meeting with district officials on Saturday. The meeting also aimed to assess the loss incurred in the destruction ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘Notorious Commission of Whitepapers’: TMC has a new name for NCW, claims ‘S’khali playbook’ followed in Murshidabad

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Saturday called the National Commission for Women (NCW) the "Notorious Commission of Whitepapers", criticising the latter's recent visit to violence-affected areas in Murshidabad. The attack seemed to be a reference to last year's Sandeshkhali incident, ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    TMC questions neta’s ‘silence’ during political storms, issues guidelines

    Kolkata: Questioning the tendency of its netas to "go silent during storms" and post only "when it's calm", Trinamool on Saturday issued a five-point social media guideline for its members.The unusual guideline, announced by TMC spokesperson Kumal Ghosh comes ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    How East Bengal girls set on fire their Mission IWL

    12 Kolkata: Behind every woman's success, there can also be a man!Amused, Anthony Andrews received the poser with a pregnant pause and then his voice rose excitedly. "Yea… you can say that. In fact, that's a nice way of ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    Father-son murders: In 4th arrest, SIT nabs key plotter from Chopra

    Kolkata: The SIT and Bengal STF on Saturday arrested one of the key conspirators in the murders of father-son duo Haragobindo Das and Chandan Das in Jafrabad on April 12. This is the fourth arrest in the double murder ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    'People haven't seen soft side of him, will make a great husband': Rinku opens up on love story with BJP’s Dilip Ghosh

    KOLKATA: Former Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Friday began a new chapter in his personal life as he tied the knot with his party colleague, Rinku Majumdar (47), in a modest ceremony at his New Town home. The ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    13km cloud column drags temp down to 20.9°C, lowest April min in 5 years

    12 Kolkata: A 13-km-tall cloud column brought in a sharp spell of rain late on Thursday evening, dragging Kolkata's mercury down to the month's lowest on Friday. Both the maximum and minimum temperatures in the city nosedived, offering the ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    Bengal cops to get 22kg tear gas drone for crowd management

    123 Kolkata: The Bengal Police successfully tested a 22 kg battery-operated drone-based tear gas launcher, which is likely to be inducted into the Baruipur district police for effective crowd management. It has a flight time of 40 minutes and ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    Brigade rally to impact Sunday traffic in central kolkata while Monday protest march postponed.

    123 Kolkata: Your commute to work on the first workday next week will be a breeze, and so will your plans to watch the IPL match at Eden Gardens. However, those who plan to cross central Kolkata on Sunday ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘State’s lack of representation in SC on Grp C and D staff’

    Kolkata: The West Bengal School and Madrasah Clerks' Association on Saturday sought justice for the eligible Group C and D staff from the 2016 panel of the School Service Commission. They felt that not allowing ‘untainted' non-teaching staff to ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    Demand to hike air traffic controllers' retirement age to 65, make it on par with pilots

    Representative photo KOLKATA: An air traffic control officer (ATCO) who was a functionary in the Air Traffic Controllers' Guild has called for the retirement age of controllers to be increased from 60 years to 65 years, on par with ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    Confusion over tainted and untainted teachers continues as schools await government list.

    123 Kolkata: Some 'untainted' teachers turned up in schools on Saturday, but several others decided to stay away and wait until the state govt publishes the list of tainted and untainted teachers to clear the confusion over who can ...

    20 April 2025 Times of India
    'They want sense of security': West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose meets victims of Murshidabad violence

    NEW DELHI: A day after visiting a relief camp in Par Lalpur in West Bengal’s Malda district, governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday met victims of the April 11 violence in Murshidabad.The unrest had erupted during protests against the ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    Tunnel work delays Kolkata’s E-W Metro Corridor safety check

    Kolkata: The Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) inspection of East-West Metro's last leg has been deferred as the work to give finishing touches to tunnels between Esplanade and Sealdah is still in progress.The CRS, an independent statutory authority under ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘Speechless after hearing their pain’: NCW chief meets Murshidabad violence victims

    NEW DELHI: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose and a delegation from the National Commission for Women (NCW), led by chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar, visited violence-affected areas of Murshidabad on Saturday, following communal clashes linked to protests over the Waqf ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    Man meets New Town woman on matrimonial site, takes away her car

    Kolkata: A 35-year-old woman, Sultana, from New Town filed a complaint against a man she met through a matrimonial website, accusing him of fraud, harassment, and illegally taking away her car. She claimed that it has been close to ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    STF busts inter-state arms racket, nabs 4

    Kolkata: The Special Task Force (STF) of Bengal Police arrested four persons and seized firearms and ammunition during a raid at Haroa, North 24 Parganas, on Thursday. The arrested persons — Amirul Mondal from Gopalpur, Habil Mollah, Abu Sahid ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    Bldg razed by 2010 inferno helps firemen with water, equipment

    12 Kolkata: When firemen responding to the emergency at Queen's Mansion exhausted the water supply from the fire tender on Friday, they turned next door to Stephen Court, the building devastated by an inferno in March 2010, in which ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    Queen’s Mansion fire rekindles Park St fears

    12 Kolkata: A major fire was reported at a confectionery shop in Queen's Mansion, a Grade I heritage building on Park Street, on Friday. The incident initially triggered panic among traders and residents, reviving memories of the fire at ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    Residents, nearby traders bring up safety concerns

    12 Kolkata: When 89-year-old Bhaskar Ghosh, a second-floor resident of Queen's Mansion on Park Street, noticed thick, dark smoke, he instantly knew it was a fire and that it was time to evacuate. "The memories of 15 years ago ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    WBPDCL posts highest-ever operating profit of Rs 1000 crore

    Kolkata: West Bengal Power Development Corporation has posted highest-ever operating profit of Rs 1,000 crore in 2024-25, breaking the earlier record of Rs 812 crore (set in 2023-24). The company also hopes to achieve the highest net profit so ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘Hyd cops’ pick up youth from city hotel; local police unaware, lodge kidnap FIR

    Kolkata: Two men, apparently from Hyderabad Police, on Thursday picked up a Howrah resident from a hotel on Camac Street in south Kolkata, barely 500 metres from the Shakespeare Sarani police station, and whisked him off to an undisclosed ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    At first Jumma prayers after clashes, community leaders call for peace

    123 Dhuliyan: The first Jumma in Jangipur after clashes broke out exactly a week ago saw a concerted effort to undo the violence and destruction.Imams and politicians took the lead in appealing for peace and solidarity after Friday prayers. ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    Airtel ties up with Blinkit for SIM delivery in 10 mins

    Kolkata: Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has tied up with e-commerce platform Blinkit for the delivery of SIM cards within 10 minutes in the city. As part of the partnership, consumers can buy Airtel SIM cards on Blinkit and get ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    Darjeeling station to be restored to its past glory

    123 Darjeeling: The 89-year-old iconic Darjeeling town station is set to undergo a facelift. A detailed project report for the upcoming restoration was being finalised, Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) director Rishav Choudhary said."The plan aims to revive the station's ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    Churches observe Good Friday with processions, prayers

    1234 Kolkata: Churches across Kolkata observed Good Friday with solemn processions, heartfelt prayers, and spiritual reflection. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee shared her Good Friday message on X. "Good Friday is a day of penance, prayer, and sacrifice. May all ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    Smart guidance system at airport to improve aircraft parking & safety

    1234 Kolkata: A smart guidance system for pilots to safely park aircraft at airports, developed and tested in Kolkata two years ago, was commissioned on Friday.The Smart Visual Docking Guidance System (S-VDGS) guides pilots from the taxiway to the ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    TMC calls visits by guv, NHRC & NCW part of ‘scripted plot’

    Kolkata: Dubbing governor CV Ananda Bose's act as "irresponsible", Trinamool on Friday asked if National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and National Commission for Women (NCW) travel bills and allowances were approved only if they had flight tickets to Bengal.TMC ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    BJP brought divisive politics to Bengal: Left organisations

    123 Kolkata: Left-aligned farmer and worker organisations alleged on Friday that RSS and BJP had brought divisive politics to the state and were trying to gain political mileage from communal strife. They also accused BJP of attempting to distract ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    Staff void: Schools eye casual employee route

    12 Kolkata: Several schools in Bengal are devising strategies to address the staff crisis following the removal of more than 7,000 personnel from state-aided schools. Schools are organising management committee meetings to find alternatives and solutions.Various school administrators revealed ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal School Service Commission plans minor modifications for transparent recruitment and examination process.

    Kolkata: The West Bengal School Service Commission has begun preparations for fresh recruitment following the Supreme Court order. Under the new recruitment process, candidates are likely to receive copies of OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) sheets, with SSC maintaining these ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    Internet restrictions in Murshidabad lifted, 30 fresh FIRs lodged by SIT in 48 hours

    Kolkata: Internet restrictions in Shamsherganj and Suti — spread across five pin code areas in Murshidabad — were withdrawn on Friday, with cops not seeking any further extension of restrictions after 6pm.The SIT of Bengal Police, formed to probe ...

    19 April 2025 Times of India
    Peace is returning to Murshidabad, no room for politics now, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

    Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Chief Minister KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said peace was slowly returning to Murshidabad's strife-hit zones, and the need of the hour was to build confidence among people."I appeal to everyone to stay in ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    'Cult of violence is reality in Bengal,' says WB governor CV Ananda Bose on Murshidabad violence

    NEW DELHI: West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday addressed the ongoing issue of violence in the state, identifying violence and corruption as two critical problems affecting the state's political landscape.""The cult of violence is a reality in ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    Int’l job racket: Man held in S Kolkata

    Kolkata: The port division police arrested a 47-year-old Visakhapatnam resident after uncovering an international job recruitment scam operating from a five-storey building in Garden Reach on Wednesday. The accused allegedly duped job seekers by promising overseas employment opportunities and ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    'I want peace, like before': Cobbler opens shop 8 days after violence in Murshidabad

    NEW DELHI: Eight days after violent clashes erupted in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, normalcy is gradually returning with security forces maintaining vigil in the Dhuliyan area. While some businesses have reopened, Hindu-owned shops remain closed as residents continue ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    3 stabbed in late-night armed clash near Park Circus 7-Point in Kolkata

    Image used is for representational purposes only KOLKATA: Three persons were injured after reportedly being attacked by a group of assailants wielding knives and sharp weapons. Cops said the attack, which occurred around 10.30 pm near New Park ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    Calcutta HC reverses RPF constable’s sacking over ‘Sainik Vidroh’ Facebook post

    KOLKATA: The dismissal of an RPF constable - whose comment on a Facebook group post allegedly eulogized a constable for gunning down his senior during the 2018 Meghalaya election - was reversed by Calcutta HC on Wednesday on the ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    Watch: Heroic crew saves 35 as fire engulfs bus on Kolkata's Vidyasagar Setu

    KOLKATA: Around 35 passengers had a close shave as a private bus suddenly caught fire on Vidyasagar Setu on Thursday night. An Esplanade-Purulia bus burst into flames around 10 pm, causing massive traffic disruption. No casualty was reported. The ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘More recycling plants can take load off Dhapa’

    12 Kolkata: To prevent a Howrah's Belgachhia-like disaster at Dhapa, the city's sole municipal solid waste dumpsite that also accommodates the waste of Salt Lake, New Town and Howrah, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) needs to set up more ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    City churches mark Maundy Thursday with special prayer services

    1234 Kolkata: Churches across Kolkata observed Maundy Thursday with special mass and prayer services attended by devotees. Maundy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper when Jesus and his disciples had their last meal together before he was crucified. Priests in ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    Season’s sharpest nor’wester brings down temp by 5 degrees

    123 Kolkata: Tall, dark and thick clouds converging from two directions invaded the city sky on Thursday evening, triggering the sharpest thundershower spell of the season. The nor'wester spell with gusty wind dragged the mercury down by five notches ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    Rogue bikers thrash cop, motorists twice in 8 days

    12 Kolkata: Two incidents of rogue bikers assaulting motorists — and even a traffic sergeant — were reported from the Hastings area since April 7. Cops have lodged two separ-ate FIRs and are trying to nab the accused.Sergeant Prakash ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    CM: Temporary relief, will resolve issue by yr-end

    Kolkata: "It's a temporary relief. We are relieved to have got some time now," Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday after Supreme Court allowed "untainted candidates", whose appointments were cancelled earlier this month due to irregularities in ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    Knot today? Saffron camp abuzz with ‘news’ of BJP veteran Dilip getting hitched to colleague

    1234 Kolkata: Bengal BJP circles were abuzz on Thursday with "news" of former state unit president and ex-Lok Sabha MP Dilip Ghosh tying the knot with party women's wing veteran Rinku Majumdar.The ceremony, BJP seniors said, was likely to ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    3rd accused held for father-son murders; Suti, Shamsherganj ICs removed

    Kolkata/Behrampore: The SIT and Bengal STF on Thursday arrested a third person for the murders of Haragobindo Das and son Chandan Das in Jafrabad on April 12.The arrests coincided with both the Shamsherganj and Suti police station inspectors-in-charge being ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    Will go to strife-torn zones to make ‘on-spot’ assessment: Guv

    Kolkata: Despite CM Mamata Banerjee advising against it, Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose on Thursday indicated that he would go to Murshidabad's strife-torn zones to make an "on-spot" assessment for a report to Centre. Bose met some of the ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    Party loyalty or religion? CPM, BJP battle it out over Jafrabad victims’ identity

    Kolkata: The murder of Haragobindo Das and his son Chandan has triggered a war of words between CPM and BJP, with parties arguing as to which should take precedence — the Jafrabad family's "political identity" or its "religious identity". ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    TMC starts EPIC drive via Didir Doot App

    12 Kolkata: Trinamool Congress began its voter verification exercise via the newly launched Didir Doot app on Thursday, with booth-level agents and representatives going for door-to-door visits. The app went live on Wednesday. The drive is set to cover ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    Resolve to rebuild fights fear in Shamsherganj

    12 Shamsherganj: If rubble and ashes lined the streets of trouble-torn Shamsherganj till Wednesday, efforts to rebuild took over on Thursday. Across Jangipur, especially Shamsherganj, people were out on the streets. A large section of shops have opened, and ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    Driver killed, 2 cops injured as cattle smugglers ram police car

    12 Nandigram: Suspected cattle smugglers rammed a police vehicle which tried to intercept it, killing a police driver and injuring two others, in East Midnapore's Reyapara on Thursday morning. The death led to strong protests by locals, who blocked ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    HC allows social org to distribute relief

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed social organisation Khola Hawa to visit nine places at Shamsherganj as well as areas in Suti and Dhuliyan from Saturday to distribute relief to those affected by the violence in Murshidabad.The court ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    HC rules out NIA probe, says rehab need of the hour

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court held on Thursday that the need of the hour was to rehabilitate the victims of violence in Murshidabad over protests against amendments to the waqf act, and ruled out the plea for an NIA ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    Vanishing buses lead to longer wait time, higher travel costs, strain on Kol infra

    12 Kolkata: Public transport commuters in Kolkata and Howrah have been facing a huge challenge as thousands of buses have disappeared from roads, with barely a fraction of them being replaced. The dwindling number of buses has led to ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata students introduce classroom cleaning inspired by Japanese exchange program

    KOLKATA: After seeing Japanese students clean their school at the end of the day, students of Birla High School, who recently visited the country on an exchange programme, have introduced the concept of cleaning up the classroom after school ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    Teachers return to schools but continue protests as uncertainty over jobs remains.

    123 Kolkata: Several teachers expressed eagerness to return to school after the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed 'untainted' teachers to continue with their jobs until fresh appointments by the year-end. However, they are considering it only as 'temporary relief' ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    Non teaching staff question exclusion as unaffected teachers return to schools after supreme court order.

    12 Kolkata: Even as 'untainted' teachers prepared to return to classes on Saturday, non-teaching staff who were also caught in the SSC tangle wondered aloud why those untainted among them were not allowed to rejoin school. "Are we not ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    Classroom breather but admin logjam worry for schools

    1234 Kolkata: The Supreme Court order allowing the ‘untainted' teachers to return to school till fresh appointments are made by the year-end has given schools the much-needed breather. The massive staff crunch that several schools faced following the earlier ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    Sign language interpretation introduced at Science City to make exhibitions more inclusive

    KOLKATA: Sign language interpretation made its debut at Science City on Tuesday as the country's premier science centre strove to reach out to the hearing and speech impaired and become more inclusive.The first gallery at the Birla Industrial & ...

    18 April 2025 Times of India
    Bikers thrash home guard after guard rail row

    12 Kolkata: A home guard attached to Sealdah Traffic Guard was allegedly pushed around and assaulted by two bike-borne men near Bata crossing on Kesab Chandra Sen Street on Monday night. According to sources, cops had blocked KC Sen ...

    17 April 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose to visit violence-hit Murshidabad district

    NEW DELHI: West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose will visit Murshidabad district on Friday, days after clashes erupted between two groups, Raj Bhawan officials said. Raj Bhawan officials indicated that Bose would visit victims of the violence, evaluate ...

    17 April 2025 Times of India
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