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  • 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
    Guv to administer oath to 6 TMC MLAs in assembly on Mon

    Kolkata: Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has conveyed to speaker Biman Banerjee that he would come to the assembly on Monday for the swearing-in of the six newly elected Trinamool MLAs. Banerjee said arrangements were being made for the ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    JU boarders’ plaint against ‘outsider’

    123 Kolkata: Boarders of Block B of Jadavpur University's Main Hostel have written a letter to the interim VC, Bhaskar Gupta, complaining about the drunken behaviour of a non-boarder who creates trouble in the hostel and spoils the environment. ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    NAAC grade for Aliah University

    Kolkata: Aliah University has scored B+ grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). This is the first time that the NAAC peer team has come to visit the university.Registrar Parveen Ahmed Alam said, "This is the first time ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata consortium buys 15 lakh sq ft New Town IT park for Rs 638 crore

    DLF Techpark 1 is home to global technology leaders like IBM, Lexmark and Concentrix. Around 15,000 people work in the IT park KOLKATA: In one of the largest commercial real estate deals in Kolkata in recent years, a consortium ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    IIT’s 2nd show-cause notice on 86 profs who signed letter

    Kolkata: The IIT-Kharagpur authorities on Saturday served yet another show-cause notice on the 86 professors who signed a letter by the IIT Teachers' Association (IITTA) to the registrar, demanding immediate withdrawal of the show-cause notice and the cessation of ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    New look for Sarobar’s ‘Maa Phire Elo’ gallery with more Durga idols

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) has started work to extend and renovate the ‘Maa Phire Elo' art gallery on Rabindra Sarobar premises, which houses and preserves several Durga idols. Once expanded, it will accommodate more idols ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Fireman hurt while dousing bldg blaze

    12 Kolkata: A 32-year-old fireman, Sanjay Singh, was critically injured after a tin shed dislodged from the ceiling and fell on him while he was trying to put out a fire. The incident was reported a little after midnight ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Helmetless biker killed in Park Circus

    123 Kolkata: A helmetless biker died after being hit by an unidentified vehicle at Park Circus Connector in front of Hindu Burial Ground at Topsia on Friday night.The biker, Ronik Singh (20), a resident of Tiljala Road, suffered multiple ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    20-year-old helmetless biker dies in Park Circus accident

    Kolkata: A helmetless biker died after being hit by an unidentified vehicle at Park Circus Connector in front of Hindu Burial Ground at Topsia on Friday night.The biker, Ronik Singh (20), a resident of Tiljala Road, suffered multiple injuries. ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata cops set up spl pedestrian channels outside schools

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police has introduced special channels outside schools by putting up guardrails to ensure that students do not stray onto the roads as they step out of their respective school buildings. An extra cop has ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Darj cops write to DEA on seized ‘radioactive material’

    12 Siliguri: Darjeeling district police have written to the department of atomic energy (DAE) to eliminate any possibility that the radioactive material seized from a Naxalbari forest guard on Wednesday could be real. NDRF had earlier found it to ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    ‘BNP’ man held in Kolkata with fake passport, Aadhaar

    Kolkata: An alleged Bangladeshi citizen was arrested from a hotel located in the Park Street area on Friday night for allegedly entering Bengal illegally and residing here with a fake identity for the past two years. Cops have found ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Centre releases Rs 1,400 crore for Bengal rural roads amid funds row

    12 Kolkata: On Friday, when Bengal assembly passed a resolution against Centre for financial deprivation, the latter decided to disburse Rs 1,400 crore under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. This came after an embargo on funds for almost two ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Now a diagnostic centre in Kalyani for pets

    123 Kolkata: The West Bengal Livestock Development Corporation (WBLDC) has started a diagnostic service for pets, especially dogs and cats, in the city and suburbs. The corporation, a state govt undertaking at Salt Lake, has engaged its unit, the ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Waiting time to reduce at key traffic signals in south, central Kol

    Kolkata: The waiting time at several crossings is likely to decrease further by three to ten seconds, thanks to an ongoing Kolkata Traffic Police survey that relies on ground reports and not just technology to identify traffic volume for ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Kabir issues unconditional apology after TMC show-cause notice

    Kolkata: Trinamool's Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir issued an unconditional apology on Friday in response to a show-cause notice, days after a revolt on TV channels. Kabir submitted a three-page letter containing his response to parliamentary affairs minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Collateral damage: Buzz gone, biz hit in Bongaon as India tightens border over Bangladesh unrest

    The usually bustling Taw Bazar in Bongaon wears a deserted look BONGAON: The buzz in Bongaon, on the India-Bangladesh border - already reduced since the students' movement started across the border four months ago and Sheikh Hasina's flight to ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    NDITA to reorganize Sec V vendors to free up road side space

    Kolkata: The Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) has identified several streets in Sector V where hawkers currently do business on both sides of the street and plan to free up at least one side by accommodating the hawkers on ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Cops’ morning pushback frees up New Mkt zone but hawkers return in evening

    Kolkata: Police on Monday hit the streets around New Market and asked hawkers to vacate the carriageway. The Town Vending Committee that is meant to regulate hawkers had set a 72-hour deadline for New Market police to push back ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Electrocution victim’s kin to get 3L compensation

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC), headed by retired Calcutta HC Judge Jyotirmay Bhattacharya, asked West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd (WBSETCL) to pay compensation of Rs 3 lakh to the family of Najibar Rahaman Sk, ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Kabir issues unconditional apology after TMC show-cause notice

    Kolkata: Trinamool's Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir issued an unconditional apology on Friday in response to a show-cause notice, days after a revolt on TV channels. Kabir submitted a three-page letter containing his response to parliamentary affairs minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Punjab potato likely to cool down Kol prices in 2 weeks

    123 Kolkata: The arrival of Punjab potatoes in Bengal markets by the second week of December is expected to ease soaring potato prices, currently at Rs 34 per kg. With supplies from Uttar Pradesh following closely, prices may dip ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Darj zoo gets a pair of white tigers from Hyderabad

    12 Darjeeling: The Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (PNHZP) in Darjeeling, one of the largest high-altitude zoos in India, received a pair of leucistic Royal Bengal tigers from Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad, as part of an animal exchange programme. ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Darj zoo gets a pair of white tigers from Hyderabad

    12 Darjeeling: The Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (PNHZP) in Darjeeling, one of the largest high-altitude zoos in India, received a pair of leucistic Royal Bengal tigers from Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad, as part of an animal exchange programme. ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Hubby, friends set woman afire on road

    Kolkata: Residents of a Belgharia locality were in shock after they saw a homemaker in her early 30s engulfed in flames, screaming for help and running for cover on Friday evening. She was allegedly set afire by her husband ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    5th arrest in Kasba attack

    123 Kolkata: One more person has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the failed murder attempt on councillor Sushanta Ghosh on Nov 15. He has been identified as Mohd Ali. Total arrests in this case have now gone ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Eye on Sagar connectivity, tourism boost, PWD floats tenders for bridge across the Muriganga

    12 Kolkata: Following detailed planning over the last few years, the state public works department (PWD) has now floated tenders to set up the 3.3-km long proposed Gangasagar Setu over the Muriganga river in South 24 Parganas. Estimated at ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Motorist assaults cabbie, snatches keys in C Kol road rage

    Kolkata: In an alleged case of road rage on Vivekananda Road in central Kolkata on Wednesday night, a motorist — a trader — allegedly assaulted a cab driver, snatched his vehicle keys and left the vehicle in the middle ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    ASI found dead in Regent Park, locals cry foul

    123 Kolkata: The mysterious death of a 59-year-old ASI of Kolkata Police, who was on medical leave, at his home near Kudghat under Regent Park PS has led to widespread protests by neighbours. They alleged that he was assaulted, ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Darj cops write to DEA on seized ‘radioactive material’

    12 Siliguri: Darjeeling district police have written to the department of atomic energy (DAE) to eliminate any possibility that the radioactive material seized from a Naxalbari forest guard on Wednesday could be real. NDRF had earlier found it to ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Dhaka worried after protest, more cops, CCTVs near B’desh mission

    12 Kolkata: Additional security personnel were posted, CCTV surveillance was increased and patrol vans, including those of the strike unit and PCR, were deployed near the Bangladesh deputy high commission in Beckbagan on Friday, a day after a Bangiya ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Dhaka worried after protest, more cops, CCTVs near B’desh mission

    12 Kolkata: Additional security personnel were posted, CCTV surveillance was increased and patrol vans, including those of the strike unit and PCR, were deployed near the Bangladesh deputy high commission in Beckbagan on Friday, a day after a Bangiya ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    NDITA to decongest road-side space, reorganize vendors

    123 Kolkata: The Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) has identified several streets in Sector V where hawkers currently do business on both sides of the street and plan to free up at least one side by accommodating the hawkers ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    A day after protest, cops beef up security around B’desh mission

    123 Kolkata: Additional security personnel were posted, CCTV surveillance was increased and patrol vans, including those of the strike unit and PCR, were deployed near the Bangladesh deputy high commission in Beckbagan on Friday, a day after a Bangiya ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    ‘Climate change slowing cyclone pace over land’

    Kolkata: Climate change is not only leading to extreme weather conditions more frequently but has also affected the speed at which cyclones move over land, IMD officials said on Friday. "We are observing that climate change is affecting the ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Hosps guide B’desh patients through turmoil

    Kolkata: Several private hospitals, which have multiple admissions and surgeries of Bangladeshi patients lined up over the next week, are yet to hear from them or their families. The latter are being contacted and asked if they would like ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    ‘Climate change slowing cyclone pace over land’

    Kolkata: Climate change is not only leading to extreme weather conditions more frequently but has also affected the speed at which cyclones move over land, IMD officials said on Friday. "We are observing that climate change is affecting the ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata airport conducts clean-up drive for safe ops during fog

    123 Kolkata: Bracing up for the low visibility and foggy days ahead, the Kolkata airport authorities on Friday have started a clean-up drive to remove unnecessary objects, including unused vehicles and machineries, to keep the airside free of obstacles. ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata joggers tweak schedule, cut walk time to beat toxic air

    12 Kolkata: As the season of air pollution sets in, majority of morning walkers and fitness enthusiasts in Kolkata have changed their ways — be it by curtailing the jogging hours or altering their routes — to protect themselves ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata film fest to open with ‘Galpo Holeo Sotti’

    Kolkata: As a fitting centenary tribute to director Tapan Sinha, his film ‘Galpo Holeo Sotti', starring Rabi Ghosh and Bhanu Bandopadhyay, was selected as the inaugural film of the 30th edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF). The ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    Two protest rallies, 4 km apart, choke heart of Kolkata for over six hours

    123 Kolkata: The city centre was choked for almost six hours — between 11.30 am and 5.30 pm — yet again mid-week, adversely affecting north-south traffic due to twin rallies that got executed barely 3.5 km from each other.While ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    Can't install CCTV cameras in house without resident's consent: Calcutta high court

    KOLKATA: Installing CCTV cameras in a residential property, without the resident's permission, violated her privacy, Calcutta High Court has recently said. The court said a woman, who had alleged that her estranged husband had installed such cameras in a ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    KMC gives 3-day deadline to Kolkata cops to remove New Mkt encroachers

    123 Kolkata: The Town Vending Committee of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Thursday served a 72-hour ultimatum to New Market Police to remove hawkers, who had encroached upon the carriageways and substantial portion of pavements in and around ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    Waqf bill ‘anti-secular’, will ‘snatch rights of Muslims’, says Mamata

    Kolkata: The Waqf (Amendment) Bill "targets one particular religion", chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. The bill was also "anti-federal and anti-secular, which will snatch the rights of Muslims", she said in the state assembly.Saying that the bill ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    Waqf bill ‘anti-secular’, will ‘snatch rights of Muslims’, says Mamata

    Kolkata: The Waqf (Amendment) Bill "targets one particular religion", chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. The bill was also "anti-federal and anti-secular, which will snatch the rights of Muslims", she said in the state assembly.Saying that the bill ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    They robbed me of a year after 31-yr service: Teacher

    Kolkata: La Martiniere for Boys English teacher Susmita Chakraborty, who resigned on Wednesday, said she was robbed of one year of service after being with the institute for 31 years. She was scheduled to retire in Dec 2025."They (LMB ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    USIS attack accused seeks parole to meet ailing sister

    12 Kolkata: Twenty-two years after the American Center attack, which put Kolkata on the global terror map, the state prison department received a parole application from Jamiluddin Nasir, lodged in Presidency correctional home for 21 years, to meet his ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    USIS attack accused seeks parole to meet ailing sister

    12 Kolkata: Twenty-two years after the American Center attack, which put Kolkata on the global terror map, the state prison department received a parole application from Jamiluddin Nasir, lodged in Presidency correctional home for 21 years, to meet his ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    Amiya Bagchi, the man who made economics a tool for devpt, dies

    12 Kolkata: Emeritus professor, an economic historian and founder director of Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK) Amiya Kumar Bagchi passed away at 88 in a city nursing home on Thursd-ay. He is survived by two daughters. Bagchi studied ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    They robbed me of a year after 31-yr service: Teacher

    Kolkata: La Martiniere for Boys English teacher Susmita Chakraborty, who resigned on Wednesday, said she was robbed of one year of service after being with the institute for 31 years. She was scheduled to retire in Dec 2025."They (LMB ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    LMB signals end to row, to restore heritage steps

    Kolkata: La Martiniere has decided to restore the historic south steps at the boys' school where past students had engraved their names. The covering up of the steps with marble by the school authorities stirred up a controversy.Restoration architect ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    KP reports 49 cases of digital arrest in 27 days

    123 Kolkata: Last month, Kolkata Police admitted that the digital arrest fraud was becoming their biggest challenge. In the past 27 days, cops have received 49 complaints related to digital arrests, 18 of which involved the victims paying the ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    Potato prices in Kolkata remain high despite govt efforts & police crackdown on exports

    Kolkata: Despite chief minister Mamata Banerjee's directive to bring down potato prices to below Rs 30 per kg to ease the burden on household budgets, retail prices across Kolkata markets continue to hover around Rs 34 per kg. The ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    Death for 7 in love-triangle murder case

    123456 Kolkata: Calling it a rarest of rare case, a Chinsurah fast track court sentenced seven persons to death on Thursday in a 2020 murder case. On Oct 11 that year, the criminals killed 23-year-old Bishnu Mal, and dismembered ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    Job fair for ex-servicemen in Kolkata: A gateway to diverse career opportunities

    Kolkata: From project managers to plant supervisors and security engagements to administrative functions, a plethora of job opportunities will be available for retired army personnel at a job fair aimed at second career opportunities for ex-servicemen in West Bengal. ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    Egg prices touch Rs 8 amid winter demand surge

    123 Kolkata: Egg prices in Kolkata surged to Rs 8 per piece on Thursday, driven by changing dietary habits and heightened demand for cakes during the festive season. Traditionally avoided in summer, eggs become a staple in winter diets, ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    No religion should be harmed: Mamata on Bangladesh violence

    12 Kolkata: No religion should be harmed and any incident ending in violence "because of religion" was condemnable, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday while reacting to the persecution of Hindus and other religious minorities in neighbouring Bangladesh.Banerjee, ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    No religion should be harmed: Mamata on Bangladesh violence

    12 Kolkata: No religion should be harmed and any incident ending in violence "because of religion" was condemnable, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday while reacting to the persecution of Hindus and other religious minorities in neighbouring Bangladesh.Banerjee, ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    Metro language ruckus reaches state assembly

    12 Kolkata: Balagarh MLA Manoranjan Byapari on Thursday brought up the issue of linguistic intolerance faced by Bengali-speakers in the state on the floor of the assembly. He voiced concerns over incidents where outsiders allegedly threatened locals, asking them ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    Presidency students go to YouTube for practical classes as labs run out of reagents, frogs

    123 Kolkata: Presidency University's chemistry department ran out of a chemical used for laboratory experiments during practical classes of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, but there was apparently no money left for its purchase. Subsequently, a professor was compelled to ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata air improves as mercury rises

    12 Kolkata: The ambient air quality of Kolkata showed significant improvement on Thursday, with Air Quality Index (AQI) levels dipping to ‘moderate' and even ‘satisfactory' in some areas, coinciding with a rise in mercury as the minimum temperature stood ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    HC seeks report on cyber crime training, infra

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday asked the Bengal DGP to report on the kind of training given to police officers in cyber crime police stations across the state and the status of infrastructure in those police stations. ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    HC: Mkt owner can’t shirk responsibility of fire safety

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday refused to discharge the Bagri Market owner from a criminal case, stating that owners cannot "shirk" responsibility entirely for the fire safety of a building. The market was gutted on Sept 16, ...

    29 November 2024 Times of India
    Teen model slapped by photographer

    Kolkata: A minor girl, who wants to start a career as a model, alleged that she was slapped by a professional for refusing to pose indecently at a photoshoot, despite being charged Rs 50,000. The incident was reported in ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    Teen model slapped by photographer

    Kolkata: A minor girl, who wants to start a career as a model, alleged that she was slapped by a professional for refusing to pose indecently at a photoshoot, despite being charged Rs 50,000. The incident was reported in ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    B’desh response on monk’s arrest ‘highly frustrating, worrying’: Iskcon Kol

    12 Kolkata: Terming Bangladesh govt's response to India on the arrest of monk Chinmoy Krishna Das "highly frustrating", Iskcon's Kolkata vice-president and spokesperson Radharamn Das said he felt extremely helpless for other monks and minorities in the neighbouring country."The ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    Tropical Agro’s Kharagpur plant to start next year

    12 Kolkata: Chennai-based fertiliser company Tropical Agro will invest Rs 50 crore in Bengal as it sets up its factory in Kharagpur to manufacture biological and chemical crop protection products. The plant will become operational next year.The annual turnover ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    Tropical Agro’s Kharagpur plant to start next year

    12 Kolkata: Chennai-based fertiliser company Tropical Agro will invest Rs 50 crore in Bengal as it sets up its factory in Kharagpur to manufacture biological and chemical crop protection products. The plant will become operational next year.The annual turnover ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    IIT KGP partners with z21 Ventures for startup accelerator programme

    Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur has collaborated with z21 Ventures, a venture capital firm to develop a startup accelerator programme for budding entrepreneurs among UG and PG final year students of the institute.As part of the memorandum of understanding (MoU), the ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    30% UG seats vacant in West Bengal, colleges to reopen admission portals

    KOLKATA: The state higher education department on Monday announced an extension of the undergraduate admission process till Nov 30 and allowed colleges to reopen their individual portals to fill vacant seats. After the last round of admissions, which ended ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    Earthworm study reveals robust sanctuary biodiversity

    123 Kolkata: A finding by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has shed light on the robust health of Bengal's wildlife sanctuaries. Researchers identified 22 species of earthworms across five sanctuaries, highlighting the critical role these organisms play in ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata's first metro link to airport set to be ready by March 2025

    KOLKATA: Trial runs for Kolkata's first metro connectivity to the airport will start in Dec, and the 7km link between Noapara and Jai Hind (airport) stations will be commissioned in March 2025, Metro Railway announced on Wednesday. The Noapara-Airport ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    La Martiniere Lucknow alumni rally behind Kolkata counterparts, say move to cover historic steps an attempt to obliterate heritage, history

    La Martiniere College (LMC), Lucknow LUCKNOW: The covering up of the engraved southern stone steps with marble at La Martiniere for Boys (LMB), Kolkata, is an attempt to erase the school's heritage and history and can never happen in ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    Several colleges in Kolkata unsure of admission portal reopening

    Lady Brabourne College has published an advertisement, inviting fresh applications from UG aspirants. KOLKATA: Several colleges in the city said on Tuesday that they were not too sure about reopening their admission portals though the state higher education department ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    Man held for selling fake DRDO docus in Darj district

    Darjeeling: A man was arrested in Panighatta on Tuesday in a joint operation by Army intelligence and police on espionage charges for selling sensitive fake Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) documents and fake radioactive materials.The accused, identified as ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata: Zoo visitors can now buy tickets online, skip queues

    Forest minister Birbaha Hansda inaugurated the bird tunnel on Monday. Visitors can walk through a 60m-long tunnel that has glass on all three sides, with birds outside in an open arena KOLKATA: The Alipore Zoological Gardens inaugurated several measures ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    Human efforts, increased wind speed drag Kolkata air to ‘moderate’ level in two zones

    12 Kolkata: The city's air saw a modest improvement on Wednesday as it recovered from a sharp dip in Air Quality Index (AQI) levels on Tuesday. A combination of favourable meteorological factors and proactive measures by KMC and the ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    Bangladesh response on monk Chinmoy Krishna Das’s arrest ‘highly frustrating, worrying’: Iskcon Kolkata

    12 Kolkata: Terming Bangladesh govt's response to India on the arrest of monk Chinmoy Krishna Das "highly frustrating", Iskcon's Kolkata vice-president and spokesperson Radharamn Das said he felt extremely helpless for other monks and minorities in the neighbouring country."The ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    Democracy in danger in India’s neighbourhood: Sobhandeb

    12 Kolkata: The strength of our country was its strong democratic foundation, from which the neighbouring countries often remain deprived, state parliamentary affairs minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay said in Bengal assembly on Wednesday, referring to unrest in nations including Bangladesh ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    Two more held in tab funds case

    Kolkata: Two more arrests were made in the tab funds case, revealing a complex operation involving the hacking of govt's portal and manipulation of bank account details.Mohammad Mobarak Hossain from Harishchandrapur in Malda and Anowari Khatun from North Dinajpur ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    Kin of man who died in cop custody moves HC for compensation

    Kolkata: The family of a Nagerbazar resident, who died after being in custody for nearly nine months following his arrest by Bandel GRP in Sept 2022, has moved Calcutta High Court alleging they were not informed of his arrest ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
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