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  • 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
    LMB teacher quits 3 weeks after suspension over protest post emoji

    123 Kolkata: Almost three weeks after La Martiniere for Boys teacher Susmita Chakraborty was handed a suspension letter on Nov 8, reportedly over the posting of an emoji on an online post critical of the school, she resigned on ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    Hawkers’ New Market turf war in Kolkata eats into space for pedestrians, motorists

    Kolkata: Unbridled and unregulated hawking continues to plague the area around New Market with vendors returning to their old ways of encroaching on pavements. Despite the directives from the state govt, they had returned in greater numbers to occupy ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    Haryana man ‘killed’ Bengal tabla player on train after dispute over smoking

    123 Kolkata: The 30-year-old man from Haryana's Rohtak, Bholu Karmvir Ishwar Jat, had allegedly killed Bally tabla player, Soumitra Chatterjee, on Katihar Express on Nov 19 to extract his "revenge" for "being shouted at" inside the train. Jat, also ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    IFFI screens restored Ray, Sinha classics, cast members attend talks at Goa fest

    Kolkata: Restored versions of Tapan Sinha's ‘Harmomium' and Satyajit Ray's ‘Seembaddha' were screened at International Film Festival of India in Goa on Wednesday, when some of the cast members flew down to Goa to attend a panel discussion on ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    High court iterates default bail after 180 days in drugs case

    Kolkata: A charge sheet in a drugs case, filed without the forensic report, was no charge sheet, and all accused were entitled to default bail after 180 days, Calcutta High Court stated on Wednesday.Taking note of the fact that ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    Rats chew away power line, crematorium in Kolkata shut

    123 Kolkata: Rats wreaked havoc on Cossipore Ramakrishna Mahasamadhi crematorium in north Kolkata, compelling the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to suspend cremation operations for over 12 hours on Wednesday. The persistent rodent nuisance, which has periodically plagued various parts ...

    28 November 2024 Times of India
    Elderly German tourist dies of suspected heart attack near Indian Botanic Garden

    Howrah: A 91-year-old German tourist on the way to visit the Indian Botanical Garden fell ill on Tuesday evening and died shortly afterwards. The deceased, John Richard Karl Maxx, was part of a large group comprising 23 German and ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Retired judge on Jadavpur University probe panel submits resignation over student 'misbehaviour'

    The room, where the probe committee holds meetings, was shut on Tuesday (right) KOLKATA: Retired Judge Pranab Kumar Chattopadhyay, who chaired a panel investigating alleged irregularities in PhD admissions at Jadavpur University's international relations department, submitted his resignation to ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Lost answer scripts: CU receives all option forms

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta University has received all the option forms from the MA Bengali students whose answer scripts got lost during evaluation. Mark sheets will be distributed to the students by the end of this week.CU gave option forms ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    KP traffic lessons for biker parents

    12 Kolkata: When Md Sanwar, the father of a class 6 student of St Augustine School, walked into the Children's Traffic Park — managed by Kolkata Traffic Police — on Wednesday morning, he wanted to know why he, having ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Don’t bring civil disputes in the guise of criminal cases, HC tells petitioners

    Kolkata: Filing criminal cases and counter-cases in land dispute matters has left the Calcutta High Court frustrated, with three judges frowning on this trend on three separate occasions, including one on Tuesday.On Tuesday, Justice Tirthankar Ghosh imposed a Rs ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Police stations asked to update ‘Rough Registers’

    123 Kolkata: All police stations in Kolkata have been asked to complete updating their list of criminals in a register by this month. Referred to as the ‘Rough Register' in police parlance, each police station records names and other ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Water crisis hits parts of Gangulibagan

    12 Kolkata: Some parts of Gangulibagan went dry on Tuesday afternoon following the breakdown of a pump that extracts groundwater for the neighbourhood. According to a Kolkata Municipal Corporation water supply department source, water scarcity was reported from residents ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    BMC gets 18.4 crore for Salt Lake road repairs

    12 Kolkata: The state govt on Tuesday approved a funding of Rs 18.4 crore to Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) for repairing the damaged road stretches across several blocks of Salt Lake.Some of the roads which are in a battered ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Flurys looks to set up shop in all metro cities

    Kolkata: Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels looks to take its bakery and confectionery brand, Flurys, to cities like Indore, Darjeeling, Gangtok, and Vizag by this financial year and to all metro cities soon after.Currently, the iconic tearoom-cum-café, synonymous with Park ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    BJP Bengal secy, wife arrested for taking Rs 1.6cr bribe from bizman

    Tamluk: Bengal BJP secretary Nabarun Nayak and his wife, Tanushree Nayak Roy, were arrested by Tamluk Police on Tuesday for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 1.6 crore from a south Kolkata businessman, promising him a contract for supplying ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Guj rape-murder accused killed Bally tabla teacher, 3 more in a mth: Cops

    Kolkata/Howrah: A 30-year-old man from Haryana's Rohtak, arrested from Vapi railway station in Gujarat's Valsad district last Sunday in connection with a rape and murder, has emerged as the prime suspect in the murder of a 60-year-old tabla player ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Guj rape-murder accused killed Bally tabla teacher, 3 more in a mth: Cops

    Kolkata/Howrah: A 30-year-old man from Haryana's Rohtak, arrested from Vapi railway station in Gujarat's Valsad district last Sunday in connection with a rape and murder, has emerged as the prime suspect in the murder of a 60-year-old tabla player ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Act on water supply project plaints, CM tells officials

    12 Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday directed officials to take stringent action against contractors who installed pipes without proper surveys, soil testing and water availability verification during the household water supply project.She instructed DGP Rajeev Kumar and Bengal ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    CM congratulates citizens for upholding constitutional values

    12 Kolkata: To commemorate the 75 years of the adoption of the Constitution, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said, "The fundamentals of our Constitution ensure liberty, equality, justice, fraternity, democracy, and secularism. We abide by these values, and ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Roadside ovens, fires add to pollution woes

    123 Kolkata: Environmentalists have raised concerns about the return of street-side cooking using coal, charcoal and wood, especially at a time when the city's air quality index (AQI) is consistently poor. This June, the administration cracked down on hawkers, ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Chinmoy Prabhu arrest: Iskcon Kolkata monks contact MHA, seek UN intervention

    Kolkata: Senior monks of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) in Kolkata have reached out to the Union home ministry and are demanding UN's intervention in order to ensure the safety of Chinmoy Krishna Das Prabhu, an Iskcon monk ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Kol may get rain over weekend, predicts Met

    123 Kolkata: The minimum temperature plunged slightly further on Tuesday when Kolkata recorded 17.2 degrees Celsius, making it the lowest this winter. Even as Kolkatans started enjoying the winter feel, a cyclonic circulation over the coastline is set to ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Banglar Bari funds to require ‘digital undertakings’

    12 Jalpaiguri: In an effort to bring complete transparency to the Banglar Bari project, state govt is set to take undertakings from beneficiaries on a digital platform.The process will kick off as a pilot project in Jalpaiguri by the ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Delhi-based firm to build temporary BC Roy Mkt

    Kolkata: A Delhi-based firm was awarded the Rs 19 crore contract for building the temporary BC Roy Market. The single-storey steel structure will come up in the next eight months, after which the traders will be shifted. RVNL, implementing ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Delhi firm to build temporary BC Roy Mkt in eight months

    123 Kolkata: A Delhi-based firm was awarded the Rs 19 crore contract for building the temporary BC Roy Market. The single-storey steel structure will come up in the next eight months, after which the traders will be shifted. RVNL, ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Green posters to cleanliness drives, schools teach students how to check spike in pollution

    Kolkata: City schools have started teaching students on ways to combat pollution by implementing programmes to raise awareness, particularly addressing the concerning levels of air pollution during weather changes between seasons.Assembly of God Church School organised a Greenathon on ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata to stay the most affordable city for home buyers in India

    12 Kolkata: Kolkata will continue to be the most affordable city for home buyers in 2025, a leading global commercial real estate and investment management company has stated in its latest report."India's residential real estate market is poised for ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata to stay the most affordable city for home buyers in India

    12 Kolkata: Kolkata will continue to be the most affordable city for home buyers in 2025, a leading global commercial real estate and investment management company has stated in its latest report."India's residential real estate market is poised for ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Hwh hospital vandalized after patient’s death

    Howrah: The family members of a patient on Tuesday vandalized a private hospital in Howrah after the death of the 36-year-old man who was undergoing treatment for multiple injuries sustained in an accident.Suraj Sharma, the deceased, had sustained serious ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Int’l rowers arrive in city for Lake Friendship Regatta

    12 Kolkata: Several international and national rowers are in the city to participate in the International Friendship Regatta to commemorate 100 years of rowing at Rabindra Sarobar. On Tuesday evening, the regatta organised by Calcutta Rowing Club was inaugurated ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Int’l rowers arrive in city for Lake Friendship Regatta

    12 Kolkata: Several international and national rowers are in the city to participate in the International Friendship Regatta to commemorate 100 years of rowing at Rabindra Sarobar. On Tuesday evening, the regatta organised by Calcutta Rowing Club was inaugurated ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    For 1st time this season, AQI turns ‘poor’ in all 7 Kol stns

    123 Kolkata: City residents woke up on Tuesday to a thick layer of smog that lingered until late morning, reducing visibility and disrupting transportation across the city. While the Air Quality Index (AQI) slightly improved as the day progressed ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Hwh hospital vandalized after patient’s death

    Howrah: The family members of a patient on Tuesday vandalized a private hospital in Howrah after the death of the 36-year-old man who was undergoing treatment for multiple injuries sustained in an accident.Suraj Sharma, the deceased, had sustained serious ...

    27 November 2024 Times of India
    Calls for ‘strong leadership’ grow louder in Bengal BJP

    Kolkata: A day after BJP veteran Tathagata Roy sought a "full-time state president", the party's state general secretary, Agnimitra Paul, said Bengal BJP needed an "uncompromising president"."We have to fight it out on the field every day. Whoever is ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata East-West Metro lines to stay shut for 2 days to allow passage of rakes

    KOLKATA: For the first time since the East-West Metro was launched in Mar 2020, services on both the sections will be suspended along the corridor for two consecutive days — on Dec 14 and 15 — to allow the ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata to stay the most affordable city for home buyers in India

    KOLKATA: Kolkata will continue to be the most affordable city for home buyers, a leading global commercial real estate and investment management company has stated in its latest report."India's residential real estate market is poised for an affordability shift ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    CBI arrests former minister Partha Chatterjee's close aide Santu Ganguly in Bengal school jobs scam case

    The CBI questioned Ganguly at their Kolkata office. They found evidence linking him to financial transactions in the scam. The Enforcement Directorate also questioned Ganguly earlier. NEW DELHI: The CBI arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Santu Ganguly, a close ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    Panel finds no evidence against Sudipto Roy

    Kolkata: An internal committee investigating into the complaints of corruption in the central lab at Medical College Hospital, Kolkata (MCH), has given a clean chit to Sudipto Roy, former Rogi Kalyan Samity chairperson, and pathology technician Jayanta Ghosh. Both ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    Panel finds no evidence against Sudipto Roy

    Kolkata: An internal committee investigating into the complaints of corruption in the central lab at Medical College Hospital, Kolkata (MCH), has given a clean chit to Sudipto Roy, former Rogi Kalyan Samity chairperson, and pathology technician Jayanta Ghosh. Both ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    Mamata likely to attend Hemant’s swearing-in today

    12 Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to attend the swearing-in of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) supremo Hemant Soren as Jharkhand's CM for the second time on Thursday.A source said Soren even changed the timing of his swearing-in ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    KMC reduces stall rent to speed up Park Circus mkt shift

    123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to alter the status of Park Circus market from grade B to grade C temporarily to enable traders to manage the anticipated business losses once the stalls are provisionally relocated ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    KIFF to screen six restored cult films by masters at 30th edition

    Kolkata: The 30th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) will screen six restored masterpieces by Barin Saha, Shyam Benegal, Girish Kasaravalli, Aravindan Govindan, Vedantam Raghavaiah, and Aribam Syam Sharma, offering cinephiles the opportunity to revisit distinguished Indian films the digitally ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    City learns after Salt Lake death, kids’ helmet sales up

    Kolkata: The sale of children's helmets have risen significantly in the past few weeks, according to vendors at the wholesale marketplaces. Most of the vendors stated that despite previous reluctance due to low demand, last few weeks have witnessed ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    2 new flights from Kol to Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur

    12 Kolkata: This winter, international travel from Kolkata airport is getting a much-needed boost with enhanced connectivity options. New carrier Thai Lion Air is set to fly four weekly flights between Kolkata and Bangkok from the middle of next ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    JU mass comm students lock profs’ room, hand over key to VC

    123 Kolkata: The journalism and mass communication post-graduation students at Jadavpur University on Monday locked the cabin of assistant professor Abhishek Das and professor Santwan Chattopadhyay as a "mark of symbolic protest against the gross irregularities and discrepancy in ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    Helmetless boy hurt in Kasba accident

    12 Kolkata: A 13-year-old boy, Debojit Dey, was injured and admitted to hospital on Monday morning after the two-wheeler he was riding pillion on was hit by an auto in the Kasba area on the Rashbehari connector. Cops said ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    Scolded by mom over excessive mobile use, student jumps off fifth-floor roof

    Kolkata: A Class IX student died after jumping from the roof of their fifth-floor flat in a New Barrackpore housing complex on Monday morning. The student took the fatal leap reportedly following an argument with her mother, who scolded ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    KMC looks at redoing heritage rules for better conservation

    123 Kolkata: KMC is introducing a new methodology for redefining the gradation of heritage buildings in the city. Describing the heritage sites and buildings as the ‘pehchan' (identity) of the city, Kolkata's mayor Firhad Hakim said, "We need the ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    Neighbour held for girl’s rape-murder

    Gurap (Hooghly): A girl who had gone missing was found bleeding and unconscious at her neighbour's home in Hooghly's Gurap on Sunday and died late on Sunday. On Monday, the neighbour was arrested on rape and murder charges. An ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata councillor murder bid: Cops identify Bihar gangster

    Kolkata: The investigators probing the murder attempt on Trinamool councillor Sushanta Ghosh claim to have finally identified the mysterious man who went by the name of Imran, the same accused who was in charge of executing the murder. A ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    Biker dies, 19th skidding case on Bypass between Garia & Ruby crossing this year

    Kolkata: A 39-year-old man was found dead under mysterious circumstances on EM Bypass, close to the Ruby crossing, early on Monday morning. The police, prima facie, believe that he skidded and lost his life. However, cops said they are ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    Calls for ‘strong leadership’ grow louder in Bengal BJP

    Kolkata: A day after BJP veteran Tathagata Roy sought a "full-time state president", the party's state general secretary, Agnimitra Paul, said Bengal BJP needed an "uncompromising president"."We have to fight it out on the field every day. Whoever is ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    Arpita granted bail after 857 days in custody

    Kolkata: Arpita Mukherjee, a close associate of former education minister Partha Chatterjee, who was arrested in the SSC jobs-for-cash scam by ED, was released on bail by the special PMLA court on Monday. Mukherjee, who was in custody for ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    TMC organisational changes bear CM’s signature

    Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Monday effected significant organisational changes barely two days after its opposition-steamrolling assembly bypoll win, with the signature of party supremo and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee writ clearly over the more important decisions.The changes were ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    Woman run over by bus in Ahiritola

    Kolkata: A 57-year-old woman was run over by a bus and died while trying to cross BK Pal Avenue near the Ahiritola Sarbojin pandal spot on Monday morning. The bus was plying on route 215A (Salt Lake to Howrah). ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    In a 1st, Poush Mela in Shantiniketan to be 6-day affair

    123 Santiniketan/Kolkata: For the first time, Poush Mela will be held for six days at the Purba Palli Ground. This decision was taken at a meeting attended by university officials, members of the Santiniketan Trust, and officials from the ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    India’s record-breaking win pushes up ticket enquiries for OZ matches in Kolkata

    123 Kolkata: India's victory against Australia on Monday in the first Test match of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar tournament, being held in the ‘Aussie' land, has turned out to be an additional point of interest for Kolkatans and others from ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    Don’t drop off passengers mid-road: Cops

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police asked bus drivers and auto operators to ensure that they do not drop off passengers in the middle of the road. The driver and conductor would be prosecuted if passengers were spotted alighting from ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    Woman run over by bus in Ahiritola

    Kolkata: A 57-year-old woman was run over by a bus and died while trying to cross BK Pal Avenue near the Ahiritola Sarbojin pandal spot on Monday morning. The bus was plying on route 215A (Salt Lake to Howrah). ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    Court stay on La Martiniere teacher’s suspension

    12 Kolkata: A city court on Monday issued an interim injuction till Dec 19 on the suspension of Susmita Chakraborty, an assistant teacher of La Martiniere for Boys. The court restrained the school from preventing her "from performing her ...

    26 November 2024 Times of India
    Yatri Sathi makes commute safer and easier on road for flyers

    Kolkata: Booking a yellow taxi from the Kolkata airport is now easier and safer. Passengers coming out of the airport can directly receive the car's registration number alongside the phone number of the taxi driver on their smartphones when ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    Yatri Sathi makes commute on road easier and safer for flyers

    123 Kolkata: Booking a yellow taxi from the Kolkata airport is now easier and safer. Passengers coming out of the airport can directly receive the car's registration number alongside the phone number of the taxi driver on their smartphones ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    Blaze guts shanties in Ultadanga, none hurt

    12 Kolkata: A fire broke out in the Krishnapalli slum area beside Ultadanga rail line around 5.30 am on Sunday. Around five shanties were completely gutted in the fire. Nobody was injured in the incident.Locals said the fire spread ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    Blaze guts shanties in Ultadanga, none hurt

    12 Kolkata: A fire broke out in the Krishnapalli slum area beside Ultadanga rail line around 5.30 am on Sunday. Around five shanties were completely gutted in the fire. Nobody was injured in the incident.Locals said the fire spread ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    Heritage walks evolve, focus shifts to immersive journeys through food, communities, social history & architecture

    12 Kolkata: From simple strolls on Sunday mornings to immersive experiences, from basic tours to rich anecdotes, heritage walks in the city have evolved, weaving stories around communities, food, social history, and architecture.In an era when information is readily ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    Man held for killing, burying 17-yr-old pregnant girl

    Krishnanagar: A 24-year-old mason was arrested by Krishnanagar police on Sunday for killing a 17-year-old pregnant girl, whom he had promised to marry, and burying the body. A murder case was lodged at Bhimpur police station.The girl had gone ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    Major drug bust near India-Bangladesh border: BSF seizes Yaba tablets worth 6.9 crore in North 24 Parganas

    BSF seizes Yaba tablets worth 6.9 crores in North 24 Parganas KOLKATA: In a major cross-border drug cartel haul, Border Security Force officers seized Yava tablets worth 6.9 crores near the India-Bangladesh border of Ghojadanga in North 24 Parganas.Acting ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    From Left’s 1.5% to TMC’s 52%, parties’ lows tell tale of West Bengal

    Trinamool supporters celebrate Sanat Dey’s victory in Naihati KOLKATA: The numbers behind the Bengal bypoll results in six assembly constituencies, declared Saturday, indicate opposition parties face an uphill task in loosening Trinamool’s grip over the state.Trinamool has secured more ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    Security guards beat 32-year-old to death for chatting at Ichhapur Rifle Factory park

    123 Kolkata: A 32-year-old man, Krishanu Chattopadhyay, attending a birthday party, was allegedly beaten to death by "security guards" while chatting with his friends at the Ichhapur Rifle Factory park in North 24-Parganas on Saturday evening. His two friends ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    Goodbye iconic yellow cab? More than half of Kolkata fleet going off roads

    KOLKATA: Almost 4,500 of Kolkata's 7,000-strong fleet of the iconic yellow metered taxi are being taken off roads this year for having crossed their 15-year service limit, in a measure that's set to reshape the city's transport landscape.The yellow ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    Season’s coldest day in Kolkata as minimum temp dips below 18°C

    123 Kolkata: The mercury dipped to the season's lowest on Sunday, even as Kolkata felt the first shivers of winter chill. The minimum temperature clocked 17.6°C after hovering around 18°C-19°C for the last five to six days. Last Tuesday, ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    INDIA must introspect on why Didi, Hemant beat BJP but Cong fails: TMC

    Kolkata: Bolstered by its six-nil victory in the Bengal bypolls, Trinamool on Sunday urged for "introspection" in INDIA bloc on why Mamata Banerjee or Hemant Soren could defeat BJP, but Congress failed, first in Haryana and now Maharashtra. The ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar hearing to go on hybrid mode

    123 Kolkata: Sanjay Roy, the prime accused in the R G Kar rape-murder case, will appear online during the week following an order from the district judge. Roy will, however, appear before the court when asked by the judge."The ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    West Bengal byelections: TMC's bypoll sweep covers ground it lost in some urban seats in Lok Sabha fight

    Trinamool supporters celebrate Sanat Dey’s victory in Naihati KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress's 6-0 clean sweep in bypolls has partly helped it to stem the loss of the urban vote-bank earlier this year.The party's win in 29 Lok Sabha seats this ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    MP, MLA supporters clash at Ghatal meet

    Midnapore: Supporters claiming allegiance to Trinamool MP Dev and local MLA Shankar Dolui clashed in the presence of both functionaries at a preparatory meeting for a children's fair convened at Ghatal stadium on SundayDev left the meeting, cancelling it, ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    Salt Lake mega plan: BMC seeks to replace 2,700 km water pipeline

    12 Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has come up with a blueprint to revamp the 2,700 km-long water supply pipeline network in Salt Lake, which was laid during the township's inception in the late 1960s. The move comes ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    Lake rowing’s 100th year: Six nations vie in International Friendship Regatta in Kolkata

    123 Kolkata: Around 100 international rowers from seven countries are going to participate in an International Friendship Regatta at Rabindra Sarobar to commemorate 100 years of rowing in the Lake.The illustrious journey of the game of rowing in India ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    Locals add hues of Darjeeling’s culture & heritage to wall murals on Nehru Road

    Siliguri: A group of locals has turned Darjeeling's Nehru Road into an open-air art gallery with their vibrant artwork in the form of wall murals depicting the hill station's cultural diversity and rich heritage. Coming together under the banner ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    Tech it global: Kolkata’s IT sector booms with 70% annual growth

    Kolkata’s information technology sector is growing at a rate of 70% annually According to the department of information technology and electronics, Kolkata’s information technology sector is growing at a rate of 70% annually, supported by several state initiatives to ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    Tree in Kolkata back on its trunk after fall during cyclone Dana

    12 Kolkata: A full-grown ‘rudra palash' or African tulip tree on the Rabindra Sarobar premises, which had fallen during cyclone Dana last month, was successfully replanted at the same location on Sunday.Officials of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), ...

    25 November 2024 Times of India
    Kin detained as boy dies, cops probe tantrik angle

    Hooghly: Tension gripped Badhagachhi village near Hooghly's Guptipara on Sunday after a 4-year-old boy who had gone missing was found unconscious at his paternal grandparents' house, and later pronounced dead. The grandparents and aunt of Swarnabha Saha have been ...

    24 November 2024 Times of India
    Former nurse assaults and robs 71-year-old woman in Salt Lake home

    123 Kolkata: A 71-year-old woman living alone in a flat at a residential complex in Salt Lake was throttled and injected with drugs by a caregiver who earlier worked at her place before looting gold and cash worth several ...

    24 November 2024 Times of India
    AQI ‘poor’ in four city zones, Fort William air quality worst

    123 Kolkata: As temperatures dip with the onset of winter, the city's air quality began to deteriorate, raising health concerns among residents. Four real-time Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) recorded ‘poor' air quality (AQI: 201-300), while three ...

    24 November 2024 Times of India
    Pneumonia cases rise as mercury dips

    123 Kolkata: With the mercury sliding five degrees since last week, pneumonia and respiratory illnesses have seen a renewed and sharp increase across Kolkata hospitals. While the first spike in respiratory diseases this season was seen days after Kali ...

    24 November 2024 Times of India
    Schools arrange digital arrest sessions for kids

    Kolkata: Some city schools have started sensitising kids about digital arrest fraud that has emerged as a new-age threat to children, especially those on the verge of adolescence. A comprehensive workshop addressing cyber safety and digital arrest was organised ...

    24 November 2024 Times of India
    Sector V to transform into green IT hub with British collaboration

    123 Kolkata: The state govt plans to turn the entire IT hub of Sector V into an eco-friendly township by developing green civic infrastructure, such as the use of battery-driven vehicles, solar rooftop panels, and LED streetlights. Several British ...

    24 November 2024 Times of India
    IIT-Kharagpur acts against professors for missing show-cause deadline

    KOLKATA: IIT Kharagpur has initiated disciplinary proceedings against its teachers' association for not responding to a show cause notice. The notice was issued after the association wrote to the Union education minister, alleging nepotism and unfair recruitment practices.The show-cause ...

    24 November 2024 Times of India
    Calcutta University-earth science min study in Antarctica finds microplastics in penguins' lung, gut

    KOLKATA: Microplastics have invaded even the remotest parts of our planet, with Indian researchers discovering particles measuring 20-100 micron in the lung, trachea and gastrointestinal tract of Adelie penguins from Svenner Islands in Antarctica. The study, samples for which ...

    24 November 2024 Times of India
    Massive fire breaks out in Kolkata's Ultadanga

    NEW DELHI: More than 10 houses were gutted after a massive fire broke out in Kolkata's Ultadanga area at around 7.30am on Sunday morning. Six fire tenders present at the spot.More details awaited

    24 November 2024 Times of India
    West Bengal: 'SO2 emission by thermal power plants 18 times more than that of stubble-burning'

    According to the study, thermal power plants in Bengal produce 313 kilotonnes of sulphur dioxide annually KOLKATA: Coal-fired thermal power plants in Bengal annually emit 18 times more sulphur dioxide than that generated by stubble-burning in Punjab and Haryana, ...

    24 November 2024 Times of India
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