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  • Chilli, chocolate & Kolkata biryani: Fun twists to spice up your Valentine's Day dinner

    Valentine’s Day is a good time to cook a special meal for your partner. Try setting up a candlelit dinner to make it more romanticPics: Kaustav Saikia; Models: Sushmita Roy and Rangeet Raheel What if we said you can ...

    8 February 2025 Times of India
    Process to get money back after ‘digital arrest’ can be grinding

    Victims of digital arrest fraud face a lengthy process to recover their money. Immediate reporting to the cybercrime portal is crucial for freezing accounts. KOLKATA: If you lose money in digital arrest fraud, brace yourself for a long-drawn process ...

    8 February 2025 Times of India
    RBI’s repo rate cut likely to boost affordable home sale in Kolkata

    Kolkata: Developers in Kolkata are eyeing a major boost in affordable home sales following the repo rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India, which will see a reduction in equated monthly instalments on housing loans or a reduction ...

    8 February 2025 Times of India
    Graphic artist held for designing fake notes

    Kolkata: A graphic artist from south Kolkata, Supratim Duta, was arrested from Rajdanga in Kasba on Thursday by the Andhra Pradesh Police for designing counterfeit currency notes. Dutta allegedly sold the design to a counterfeiter from Guntur district in ...

    8 February 2025 Times of India
    HC admits CBI’s death plea, rejects state appeal

    Kolkata: In the appeals filed by both the state and CBI, seeking the death penalty for Sanjay Roy, convicted in the RG Kar rape and murder case, the Calcutta High Court on Friday admitted CBI's appeal and rejected that ...

    8 February 2025 Times of India
    Woman lawyer slashed over illegal parking row

    Kolkata: A 25-year-old woman lawyer was attacked with a sharp weapon by some drivers after she protested against illegal parking near her home. She sustained injuries on her arm and shoulder and five stitches had to be administered, her ...

    8 February 2025 Times of India
    Naihati murder: 2 more arrested

    Kolkata: Two more persons were arrested on Friday from UP for the murder of Naihati businessman and Trinamool functionary Santosh Yadav. The two, Upen Das, aka Upen Tanti, and Akash Shaw, son of prime accused Rajesh Shaw, were produced ...

    8 February 2025 Times of India
    Metro losses at 224.7 cr, rider growth 15.3%

    Kolkata: Metro incurred Rs 224.7 crore losses till Jan, compared to a loss of Rs 207.9 crore during the same period in the previous fiscal, Metro Railway said in a statement on Friday. But Metro registered a passenger growth ...

    8 February 2025 Times of India
    In today’s society, man-woman friendship can’t be construed as illicit relationship: HC

    Kolkata: Friendship between a man and a woman in today's society could not be construed as an illicit relationship, Calcutta High Court said while granting divorce to a man whose wife filed seven police complaints against him over the ...

    8 February 2025 Times of India
    4 dead as blast rips through illegal cracker unit in Kalyani

    Kalyani: Four women died and one was critically injured in a massive explosion that tore through an illegal firecracker-manufacturing unit in a densely populated area in Kalyani's Rathtala, less than 60km from Kolkata, early Friday afternoon.The building's and the ...

    8 February 2025 Times of India
    Teen killed after she fights mom and leaves home; rape probe on

    Kolkata: A 14-year-old girl, who had left home Gouranganagar, under New Town PS, in a huff after an argument with her mother and sister late on Thursday, was found murdered 6km away early on Friday in a bush next ...

    8 February 2025 Times of India
    Duttapukur death: Third accused held

    Kolkata: A woman, Sophia Khatun, was arrested on Friday for the murder of Hazrat Laskar (29), a criminal-turned-informer, taking the total count of arrests to three. His half-burned body was found in a Duttapukur field. The prime accused, cousin ...

    8 February 2025 Times of India
    Fifth accused held for Kasba trader’s murder

    Kolkata: The Anandapur Police arrested a fifth accused involved in the murder of a 28-year-old shoe trader from the VIP Bazar area on Jan 31. "Ranjan Chakraborty (49), a resident of Sakrail in Howrah, was arrested on Friday from ...

    8 February 2025 Times of India
    7 illegal B’deshis, 3 Indian touts nabbed by BSF at Murshidabad border

    Kolkata: Around 5am on Thursday, a patrolling party of the 146th Battalion at Jalangi outpost spotted 6-7 infiltrators attempting to cross into Bangladesh. "Acting swiftly, the BSF troops managed to apprehend two of them — both Bangladeshi nationals — ...

    8 February 2025 Times of India
    Budget an example of ‘half-federalism’, ‘reverse Robin Hood’: Abhishek in LS

    Kolkata: The Union Budget was an example of "half-federalism" and a "reverse form of Robin Hood", Trinamool general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said in Parliament on Friday, adding that the economy had already been handed over to the "Ravanas of ...

    8 February 2025 Times of India
    2 senior ministers step in to solve Tolly impasse

    123 Kolkata: Two senior state cabinet ministers — power minister Aroop Biswas and information and cultural affairs minister Indranil Sen — stepped in on Friday evening to break the ongoing Tollywood stand-off, bringing the directors' and the technicians' bodies ...

    8 February 2025 Times of India
    Woman found dead in roadside bush near Kolkata's New Town

    NEW DELHI: A woman's half-naked body was found inside a bush in the New Town area near Kolkata on Friday, police reported. Residents of the Lohar Pul locality noticed the body in the morning and alerted the authorities. The ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Grievance cell meets med students, assures exam will remain clean

    KOLKATA: On Thursday, a packed academic building at Burdwan Medical College (BMC) said ‘yes’ to free and fair examinations during a meeting with representatives of State Level Grievance Redress Committee (SLGRC). The committee members rushed to the medical college ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Denied leave, govt employee stabs colleagues in West Bengal; 4 injured

    NEW DELHI: At least four people were injured after a government employee attacked his colleagues with a knife following a dispute at a West Bengal government office in Newtown on Thursday, police said. The accused, Asit Sarkar, an employee ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Indo Bhutan defence cooperation strengthens as high level military talks conclude in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: Lieutenant General Batoo Tshering, chief operations officer of the Royal Bhutan Army, concluded his two-day visit to the Indian Army’s Eastern Command Headquarters in Kolkata, at Vijay Durg (previously called Fort William). He discussed steps to enhance defence ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Former students keep tabs on exam hygiene

    Kolkata: The former students of Burdwan Medical College (BMC) said they were keeping a close watch on the fairness of examinations on the college campus. Many said they were pained by reports of some students being allowed to cheat ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Judge us by our acceleration, not by our speed: State IT min

    Kolkata: Seeking more tech investments in Bengal, state IT minister Babul Supriyo said on Thursday: "Don't judge us by our speed. Judge us by our acceleration." He was speaking at a gathering at the sectoral session at the Bengal ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    TERI MoU with state to boost green energy transition

    Kolkata: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) will collaborate with Bengal's non-conventional and renewable energy resources (NRES) department to accelerate energy transition by embracing green energy and reducing reliance on fossil fuels.In an MoU signed between the state's NRES ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Vocalist recalls 5-day ‘digital arrest’ ordeal on FB after getting back 66L

    Kolkata: Hindustani classical singer Subhra Guha was cheated out of Rs 66 lakh by cyber fraudsters in the name of digital arrest. The bank fraud section of the detective department has tracked and recovered the money, and returned it ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Illegal hawkers fight illegal hawkers for space

    Kolkata: Hawkers illegally occupying the pavements in Kolkata have demanded the immediate removal of their counterparts encroaching on the carriageway, claiming they are eating into their business. The irony is that the former have for long blocked the entrances ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Age-old concerns, new-age tech combine to make seniors vulnerable to online scams

    Kolkata: A combination of factors, ranging from a degree of unfamiliarity with the new digital world to the age-related emotional vulnerability of a parent, as well as the pressure and monotony of staying alone, without youngsters at home, may ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Safety worry slows down razing of titled Kolkata bldg

    Kolkata: The demolition of the G+3 tilted building near Baghajatin in south Kolkata that began three weeks ago will take at least another month, a supervisor of the private agency entrusted by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to raze ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    ITC signs agreement to acquire frozen food player Prasuma

    Kolkata: Diversified conglomerate ITC has signed definitive agreements for acquisition of Prasuma — one of the leading players in the frozen, chilled and ready to cook food space in India. This would be the fifth major acquisition in the ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    BGBS ends with promise of Rs 4.4L cr investment

    Kolkata: The eighth edition of Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) concluded on Thursday with investment proposals adding up to Rs 4.4 lakh crore and an assurance from CM Mamata Banerjee to business captains that Bengal was "the safest and ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Kol remembers Mujib house, says history cannot be erased

    1234 Kolkata: When former President of India Pranab Mukherjee visited Dhaka in 2018, he paid a visit to the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi. The museum, housed inside the same building where a group of rogue ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    2 held for assault on SI, civic volunteer in Kolkata

    Kolkata: A Kolkata Police sub-inspector, Arun Kumar Maiti (56), and civic volunteer, Sangita Porey, were allegedly assaulted near Bandha Bathtala crossing by a group of revellers — in an inebriated state — from a local club in Rabindranagar area ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    HC div bench allows Sandip Ghosh’s petition

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed an appeal petition made by RG Kar ex-principal Sandip Ghosh, accused in the corruption case along with others, against the order of the single bench the day before on Wednesday, dismissing ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Sanction for 15 Pocso courts in state: Chief Justice

    123 Kolkata: Given the number of cases under the Pocso Act in the state, there is a requirement for 25 exclusive Pocso courts. Out of these, 15 such courts were sanctioned, Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court T S ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    SF personnel, B’deshi smuggler injured

    Kolkata: A BSF personnel and a Bangladeshi smuggler were injured in a clash at the international border in South Dinajpur early on Wednesday. "In the intervening night of Feb 4-5, some Bangladeshi smugglers crossed the international border. They initially ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Lens on 19 docs for pvt practice despite getting govt allowance

    123456 Kolkata: State health department has started cracking down on govt doctors who engage in private practice despite drawing a non-practicing allowance every month. The dept ordered 19 doctors to appear before an inquiry committee at Swasthya Bhawan.According to ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Abhaya Clinic on victim’s b’day

    123 Kolkata: The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front has planned a health camp and mass gathering on Feb 9, the birthday of the RG Kar victim. Feb 9 also marks the sixth month since the heinous crime. The chest ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Friends kidnapped and murdered Kasba trader

    Kolkata: A shoe trader, Sanu Ram, (28), residing at VIP Bazar off EM Bypass was allegedly kidnapped and murdered by five persons, at least two of them his close friends, on Jan 31. His body was then dumped in ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    HC: Issue all pending Madhyamik admit cards

    123 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the West Bengal Madhyamik board to arrange for the issuance of admit cards to all enrolled students who are yet to receive them for the Madhyamik examination beginning on Feb ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Denied leave govt employee attacks colleagues

    123 Kolkata: Infuriated at being denied leave, an employee in New Town's Karigari Bhawan, Amit Sarkar (50), slashed at his boss and three colleagues with a knife in his office on Thursday morning.After the attack, he walked away brandishing ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Tolly shoot row: Directors to go off the floor from today

    Kolkata: From Friday, members of Directors Association of Eastern India (DAEI) are going off the shooting floor. This was decided at a meeting on Thursday evening. Sources said a letter has been sent to the producers of director Srijit ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Temp to start dipping today, Met predicts 16°C tomorrow

    Kolkata: As predicted by the Met office, the minimum temperature rose to 22.2 degrees on Thursday, 5.3 notches above the normal mark. With the moisture incursion from the Bay of Bengal, the maximum temperature also climbed to 30.2 degrees ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Body mystery solved: Cousin killed cousin for getting too close to wife

    Kolkata: A tattoo on the victim's hand helped identify the headless, half-burned body of a young man with mutilated genitals, found in a Duttapukur paddy field in North 24-Parganas on Monday. The victim, Hazrat Lashkar (29), was a criminal-turned-police ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Airport seizure: Red-shanked doucs go back to Thailand

    123456 Kolkata: Two critically-endangered primates — juveniles of red-shanked douc — found only in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were seized by the Customs at Kolkata airport in the early hours of Thursday and a youth has been detained upon ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Clean-fuel yellow taxis to hit streets

    Kolkata: To keep Kolkata's iconic yellow taxis on roads, but with a modern twist and an eco-friendly turn, the state govt allowed all luxury cabs to adopt the classic yellow colour. The first 150 clean-fuel, yellow taxis will hit ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    Bike taxi service for women, by women

    Kolkata: The first fleet of pink e-bike taxis—for the women and by the women— are set to ride into Kolkata. Taking a step towards safe and reliable commute, app-bike Rapido co-founder Pavan Guntupalli signed an MoU with transport secretary ...

    7 February 2025 Times of India
    97L fraud: Cops draw up FIR, start tracing money

    Kolkata: A day after a 76-year-old woman, a former employee of a health and technology MNC residing at Lake Gardens, fell victim to digital arrest and lost Rs 97 lakh in the process, the Lake Police has drawn up ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    Thai primates seized at Kol airport, sent back

    1234 Kolkata: Two critically-endangered primates — juveniles of red-shanked douc — found only in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were seized by the Customs at Kolkata airport in the early hours of Thursday and a youth has been detained upon ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    EB rope in Cameroonian striker but Hijazi’s season is over

    Kolkata: On a day East Bengal FC bolstered their frontline by roping in Cameroonian forward Raphael Messi Bouli, they lost Jordanian defender Hijazi Maher through a season-ending injury. Messi Bouli — who played for Kerala Blasters in the 2019-20 ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    Bagan seal ISL playoff spot

    Kolkata: There's no stopping Mohun Bagan SG at home. Jose Molina's team defeated Punjab FC 3-0 at the Salt Lake Stadium on Wednesday to become the first team to clinch a playoff spot in the Indian Super League's 2024-25 ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    Mukesh Ambani, Sajjan Jindal showstoppers on BGBS Day 1, pledge Rs 80,000 crore

    KOLKATA: Showstoppers on the first day of the 8th edition of Bengal Global Business Summit, industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Sajjan Jindal announced investment of over Rs 80,000 crore in the state in the next 4-5 years. Calling Bengal chief ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    Hello, Tata: On BGBS eve, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's call sets ground for reunion

    KOLKATA: To bury the hatchet once and for all, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee called Tata Sons chairperson Natarajan Chandrasekharan on Tuesday, urging him to attend the 8th edition of the Bengal Global Business Summit that commenced on Wednesday at ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    They threatened to arrest us, freeze bank accounts

    We were threatened with arrest by the ED and rebuked by fake RBI officials. We were served a fake ED notice and threatened with having our bank accounts blocked and property seized if payment through RTGS did not arrive ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    ‘It will stay Fort William for many years to come’

    Kolkata: The renaming of the nearly 250-year-old Fort William — the only fort in the world where not a single shot was ever fired — to Vijay Durg by the Narendra Modi govt found little favour among Army veterans ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    HC: Ensure green fuel use by Maidan clubs

    Kolkata: In response to a petition filed by green activist Subhas Datta regarding the deterioration of the Victoria Memorial Hall due to the state's failure to comply with a Supreme Court order, the Calcutta High Court directed the KMC ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    Accident prompts cops to crack down on speedsters on Darga Rd

    Kolkata: A scooterist's accident on Darga Road on Tuesday prompted the Kolkata Traffic Police to crack down on rule violators—especially those speeding and overtaking—to ensure safety for the students at two popular schools in the area. Cops also put ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    JU polls to include students in ICC

    Kolkata: In a first, Jadavpur University is set to hold elections to elect student representatives for the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) that handles sexual harassment complaints and other forms of discrimination at workplaces.A source said the meeting would probably ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    Hand over man’s body to nephew, HC tells cops

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed police to hand over the body of a deceased uncle to his nephew for performing his last rites. The body was lying at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital morgue since ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    Examinee’s books, docus destroyed in fire at home

    Howrah: With days to go for the Madhyamik examination, the admit card, registration card, books, notebooks, and notes of an examinee were gutted when her two-storey house caught fire early on Wednesday at Bagnan in Howrah. The candidate, Renuia ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    City school focuses on women’s empowerment

    Kolkata: The annual function of Calcutta Public School Baguiati was organised on Dec 19 at Science City Auditorium. The students celebrated the theme of women empowerment with immense zeal by synchronising tradional vibes with modern ethos.The programme began with ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    Plans for repair of damaged Lake Town FOB staircase, Patipukur underpass

    Kolkata: A portion of the Lake Town foot overbridge (FOB) staircase was damaged, and the area has been fenced off by PWD to prevent any mishap. "Necessary steps will be taken to repair the damaged portion soon," said a ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    Directors give one day’s time to technicians’ federation to explain abrupt disruptions

    Kolkata: Members of Directors Association of Eastern India (DAEI) have decided to give one day's time to Federation of Cine Technicians of Eastern India (FCTWEI) to give an explanation on why it has abruptly disrupted shootings. This was decided ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    1st govt school gets smart classroom

    Kolkata: A smart classroom was inaugurated at Hare School on Wednesday. School officials claimed that this would be the first govt school in Bengal to do so.School headmaster Tapan Kumar Maiti said, "Existing materials that we had were reused ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    ‘Let us cheat’ cry from section of MBBS students on campuses

    Kolkata: A senior faculty member overseeing academic affairs at Burdwan Medical College (BMC) sent a message to a senior medical education official at Swasthya Bhawan, expressing his anguish over a section of students demanding to be allowed to cheat ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    City reels from resp issues triggered by cloud cover, fog, temp see-saw in the past few days

    123 Kolkata: The veil of cloud and fog that prevailed over Kolkata for three-four days this week has resulted in an aggravation of respiratory diseases, with hundreds suffering exacerbation of asthma, COPD, and worsening of breathing distress. Temperature fluctuation ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    5 arrested for abducting 60-year-old

    Kolkata: The Amherst Street police nabbed five persons on Monday for allegedly kidnapping the father of a local trader when the victim came to visit the city.According to police, the victim, Joginder Singh (60), was abducted from his son's ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    CISF constable hangs self after losing 30 lakh

    Kolkata: A CISF constable hanged himself in the office of the deputy commandant at the airport on Wednesday morning after losing Rs 30 lakh in online gaming and the share market. Raghunath Paul, originally from Hirapur in East Burdwan, ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    Beautician found hanging in S Kol home

    Kolkata: A 35-year-old beautician, Tanushree Majhi, was found hanging in her third-floor home in Ganguly Bagan on Wednesday afternoon. Cops said a postmortem is being conducted to ascertain the exact cause of death. Her husband has reportedly gone missing. ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    Govt clear on UCC, we respect all cultures, MP’s views personal: TMC

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Wednesday distanced itself from statements made by party MP Shatrughan Sinha, who said non-vegetarian food should be banned, and that the Uniform Civil Code is good but should only be implemented after consultations with all ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    179 B’deshi prisoners ‘released’ but still in prisons waiting for repatriation

    Kolkata: The number of Bangladeshi released prisoners languishing in correctional homes across the state has come down to 179 — as of Jan 1, 2024 — compared to 495 in 2011. According to the West Bengal Correctional Services data, ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    I was almost hypnotised, put under extreme stress

    12 On Sept 19, I received a call from the New Delhi airport, with the person at the other end pretending to be a Customs official by the name of K Sumith. He asked me to speak to another ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    Judge’s guard kills self with service gun on court premises

    Kolkata: A 45-year-old Kolkata Police constable, recruited in 2005 and posted in the security of a judge, allegedly died by suicide on the city civil court premises in the Dalhousie area on Wednesday morning. Gopal Kumar Nath was found ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    Welding work sparks fire at Kolkata airport

    123 Kolkata: A fire erupted at Kolkata airport when sparks from welding work ignited a flex in the terminal's arrival area, triggering a mini scare on Wednesday. Prompt action by airport personnel and the airport fire brigade prevented the ...

    6 February 2025 Times of India
    Body of police gurad with 'bullet injury' found on court premises in Kolkata

    Authorities are investigating it as a potential suicide, with the guard’s service pistol discovered nearby. NEW DELHI: A police guard was found dead with a bullet injury to his forehead inside the City Civil Court premises in Dalhousie ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    State plans to hike anti-spit fines, collect it on the spot

    123 Kolkata: The Bengal govt may bring a Bill adding more teeth to its existing anti-spitting laws, adding provisions for increased fines which have to be paid on the spot. CM Mamata Banerjee, in a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    Protest at Burdwan med college over ‘threat culture’

    Burdwan: Student protests erupted in Burdwan Medical College Hospital on Tuesday with one section claiming that some medical students were trying to intimidate others and issuing threats. The Calcutta High Court on Nov 2024 had allowed seven students suspended ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    Graham Rd, where severed head was dumped, evolves into ‘walking lane’

    Kolkata: Graham Road in Tollygunge has metamorphosed into a "walking lane", with the garbage dump there being cleared away, street lights installed, walls on both sides given fresh coats of paint and two cops deployed there to keep an ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    8-day Feb East-West closure: 13-16, 20-23

    Kolkata: The entire East-West Metro (Green Line 1 and 2) would be suspended for eight days in two phases from Feb 13—four days in each stint—for signal testing, announced Metro Railway on Tuesday. The carrier issued a statement, saying ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    Aroop new college governing body prez

    Kolkata: Amid the Saraswati Puja controversy, state power minister Aroop Biswas replaced Trinamool MLA Debasish Kumar as the president of the governing body of Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Day College on Tuesday.Kumar confirmed he received the letter but declined comment. ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    App biker hit by two-wheeler in Rajarhat, run over by bus

    Kolkata: A 24-year-old app bike rider, Rahul Das, carrying a passenger was killed when another biker coming from the opposite side, violating traffic norms, dashed into him, causing the app bike rider to lose control of his two-wheeler and ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    Nine injured after bus rams multiple vehicles

    Kolkata: At least nine people were injured after a private bus on the Santragachi-Sealdah route rammed into multiple vehicles on Tuesday. The bus driver claimed a brake failure had led to the accidents while he was driving down the ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    Mom abandons son, daughter in Salt Lake

    Kolkata: Locals and Bidhannagar Police rescued two minors in Salt Lake after their mother, separated from her husband for one and a half years, allegedly abandoned them under a tree shed next to a tea stall at DF Block ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    Makaut prof at centre of ‘wedding drama’ resigns

    12 Kolkata/Kalyani: Payel Banerjee, the Makaut applied psychology assistant professor in the eye of the classroom "wedding drama", has resigned. Banerjee, who was also the head of the department, emailed her resignation on Feb 1, the university said, giving ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    State blames JU for funds delay

    Kolkata: The state higher education department on Tuesday blamed JU for failing to submit claims on time after the teachers' association alleged the university did not receive financial aid from the department, leading to a delay in salary. JUTA ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    Fin irregularities: Court rejects discharge and bail petitions

    123 Kolkata: The Special CBI Court on Tuesday rejected the discharge petitions filed by the lawyers of the accused persons in connection with the alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The court of Judge Sujit ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    Jalpaiguri man gets death for killing wife, daughter

    Jalpaiguri: A man was sentenced to death by a Jalpaiguri court on Tuesday for the murder of his wife and 18-month-old daughter in 2023.According to special public prosecutor Pintu Kumar Deb, the crime took place in the dead of ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    8th edition of BGBS, with largest-ever foreign delegation, kicks off today

    Kolkata: The 8th edition of Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS), with the largest-ever international delegation, is all set for a grand inauguration at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in New Town on Wednesday.Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani will be present ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    City air improves to ‘moderate’

    Kolkata: With the sun shining brightly on Tuesday after three consecutive cloudy days, the city's air quality saw significant improvement, swinging back to the ‘moderate' category (AQI: 101-200) from ‘poor' category (AQI: 201-300). Some areas had experienced AQI levels ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    Hosps line up events to dispel cancer myths

    Kolkata: From involving cancer survivors to send a positive message that the disease is not the end of the world to stressing the need to make cancer a notifiable disease and free screening initiatives, the city saw a buzz ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    238 city schoolgirls get cervical cancer shots

    Kolkata: The Bengal Obstetric and Gynaecological Society (BOGS) stepped into two schools on World Cancer Day to vaccinate 238 girls against cervical cancer. Even as the Union finance minister during the interim budget in 2024 said the government would ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    Retired teacher slashes lawyer over parking row

    Kolkata: A 76-year-old former school teacher was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly slashing a lawyer with a sharp weapon following a dispute over car parking at a high-rise complex off Dum Dum Road.The accused, Tapan Sarkar, a retired headmaster ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    Sun comes out of fog-cloud shadow, Kol min temp drops five notches in a day

    Kolkata: The sun finally emerged from the fog and cloud in Kolkata on Tuesday after a few days. The revival of the cold-bearing northwesterly wind allowed a free fall in the minimum temperature, which nosedived by close to five ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    76-yr-old ex-I-T officer loses 97L to digital arrest fraud

    Kolkata: A 76-year-old former employee of a health and technology MNC residing at Lake Gardens has lost Rs 97 lakh to digital arrest. The cyber cell at Lalbazar, along with local police, have started a probe.The victim, identified as ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
    Serial shoot stalls as art team stays away from floor

    Kolkata: Director-producer Srijit Roy of serials like 'Behula', 'Songsar Sukhi Hoy Romonir Gune', 'Bojhena Se Bojhena', 'Maa' and 'Kiranmala' has been forced to stall shooting over the last two days as members of the art setting department have failed ...

    5 February 2025 Times of India
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