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  • Sarobar spruce-up: More solar panels, dry and wet waste bins, water fountains soon

    Kolkata: The 192-acre Rabindra Sarobar is going to be further spruced up with solar panels, more fountains in the water bodies, and other measures to keep the premises plastic-free.Senior officials of Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), the custodian of ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Hospital staffer, 2 others held for gang rape of med student

    Durgapur: Three men, including a Group D staffer at a hospital, were arrested early on Sunday for the alleged of a 25-year-old second-year MBBS student near her college campus in Durgapur on Friday night.A classmate of the survivor, ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    NGOs step in with food relief for North Bengal flood victims

    Siliguri/Kolkata: In the wake of devastating floods and landslides in North Bengal, non-government organisations have taken the initiative to launch food relief to support the distressed families in the region.Nutritious cooked meals are being distributed daily to more than ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Can’t keep waiting for Centre, says Didi, leaves for flood-hit N Bengal

    Kolkata/Hasimara: CM on Sunday said the state govt was not going to sit idly by waiting for the Centre's help in relief operations in flood-hit North Bengal but do everything in its power with the resources it has. ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Council plans to set separate curriculum for students who excel in sports and arts

    Kolkata: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) is planning a separate curriculum for students who excel in sports and arts. This is the first time any board is planning a way where separate question papers will ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    YouTuber held, son detained after cop daughter’s rape plaint

    Kolkata: A 48-year-old YouTuber was arrested and his teenaged son was detained in Haroa on Sunday for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl under the pretext of featuring her in short video reels for their YouTube channel.Police said Arabinda Mondal, ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Goldsmith arrested for 2.6 cr gold theft

    Kolkata: A goldsmith was arrested on Saturday for allegedly stealing raw gold worth Rs 2.6 crore from a jeweller in Muchipara four months ago. Uttam Gorai—the goldsmith—and his brother, Goutam, were allegedly entrusted with the task of crafting ornaments ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Still counting: 500-odd cars worth 50 cr turned junk in pre-puja deluge

    Kolkata: Cars worth over Rs 50 crore were reduced to junk following the night-long torrential downpour on Sept 22-23 that sank vehicles parked in garages across a large belt in south Kolkata. The deluge inundated a vast stretch of ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    CM extends Amader Para scheme in north Bengal

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt has completed 90% of the planned camps—over 28,300 of 31,700—under the Amader Para Amader Samadhan scheme, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday.Citing the extensive damage caused by recent natural disasters in north Bengal, CM Banerjee ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Indian roller aka Neelkantha, used in Durga Puja ritual, now near-threatened on IUCN Red List

    Kolkata: Indian roller, which is protected under Schedule II of the country's Wildlife Protection Act and whose population has declined by 30% across India in the past 12 years, has now been upgraded on IUCN ‘Red List' from ‘least ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    ED seizes Rs 45L cash during searches at Sujit’s premises

    Kolkata: The seized "unexplained cash" of Rs 45 lakh during the 20-hour-long searches at the state fire minister Sujit Bose's premises. ED conducted searches at a total of 13 places on Friday in connection with the municipal jobs-for-cash ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Govt, GTA scout for plots to resettle wiped-out villages

    Darjeeling: Two villages in Darjeeling district were wiped out by the recent landslides, forcing as many as 34 families to seek refuge in relief camps across the district.In addition, around 37 families from affected villages in the Mirik sub-division ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    She’s insecure, want her back home: Dad

    Durgapur: The father of a second-year MBBS student from , who was allegedly gang-raped outside her private medical college in Durgapur on Friday, has urged Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi to allow his daughter to be shifted back to ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Persian cat goes missing, FIR lodged, creche owner held

    Kolkata: A couple alleged that their male Persian cat, aged two-and-a-half years, went "missing" from a creche at Kudghat. The complainant, a relative of TV actress and presenter Sudipa Chatterjee, surmised that their pet, Felix, might have either been ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    NGT seeks detailed action plan on Howrah waste mgmt

    Howrah: No more vague reports, NGT sought a detailed action plan for waste and sewage management in Howrah and to ensure effective implementation, monitoring and transparency, the Tribunal bench of justice Arun Kumar Tyagi (judicial member) and Ishwar Singh, ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Don’t ban live surgeries, urge city surgeons

    Kolkata: The recent National Medical Commission (NMC) regulations on live broadcasting of surgeries could be restrictive in terms of sharing surgical expertise, enhancing standards, and upgrading surgical skills, said a section of surgeons in Kolkata. Several hospitals postponed their ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    Why were they allowed to leave campus at night: CM

    Kolkata: A "shocked" on Sunday criticised the Durgapur gang-rape survivor's "private medical college" for allowing her to leave the campus, "situated in a forested area", at night."It is a shocking incident. That girl was studying at a private ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    NGT seeks detailed action plan on Hwh waste mgmt

    Howrah: No more vague reports, NGT sought a detailed action plan for waste and sewage management in Howrah and to ensure effective implementation, monitoring and transparency, the Tribunal bench of justice Arun Kumar Tyagi (judicial member) and Ishwar Singh, ...

    13 October 2025 Times of India
    'My daughter’s safety is at risk in Bengal': Durgapur gang-rape survivor's father urges her transfer to Odisha

    NEW DELHI: Three persons were arrested on Sunday for their alleged involvement in the of a medical student in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district, police said. The survivor, currently under treatment and on bedrest, has recorded her statement ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Overhead power lines to go from 6 Bengal towns by March

    Kolkata: Bengal towns like Siliguri, Chandernagore, Kharagpur, and three others will have an underground power distribution network by March 2026 as the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) is in the final stages of implementing a Rs ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    To stop Plus-II exodus, CISCE stresses flexi timetable, objective questions

    Kolkata: To stop the exodus of Plus-II students to other boards, CISCE aims to lessen the "burden of other subjects" for ISC candidates, especially those preparing for competitive exams, offer flexible timetables at schools for XI-XII so that students ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, no rain expected today; AQI remains moderate

    Kolkata is set to experience a sunny day on , with temperatures reaching , clear skies, and a gentle breeze. The city's air quality remained moderate yesterday with an , which may persist today due to stagnant conditions, while ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal: 3 held in medical student gang-rape case; Odisha CM seeks swift action against accused

    NEW DELHI: Three persons were arrested on Sunday for their alleged involvement in the 'gang rape' of student of a private medical college in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district, police said.The identities of the accused have not yet been ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    ‘Significant drop’ in rain likely from Mon

    Kolkata: A day after a deluge left Kolkata waterlogged, the city remained dry and sunny on Saturday. While intermittent rain could recur on Sunday, the Met office has predicted a significant drop in rain from Monday.While the city recorded ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Kin of Sunali at wits’ end as wait drags on

    Kolkata: Six-year-old Afrina has been waiting months to speak to her mother Sunali Khatun, now lodged at a prison in Bangladesh after she was deported by the Border Security Force (BSF) on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant. "Afrina ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Netas, doctors spar after med student’s gang rape in Durgapur

    Kolkata: Opposition parties in Bengal, including the BJP, and doctors' forums, alongside Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi, are demanding an unbiased probe and trial in the Durgapur gang rape. The Bengal govt on Saturday assured that no perpetrator would ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    2 Bengal soldiers die in Kashmir snowstorm during anti-terror op

    Suri/Berhampore:Two para commandos from Bengal died after being buried in an avalanche during an anti-terror operation in south Kashmir's Anantnag on Oct 6.The bodies of Lance Naik Sujoy Ghosh, from Birbhum's Suri, and Lance Havildar Palash Ghosh, from Hariharpara ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Feedback sought to make IIT attendance student-friendly

    Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur's Technology Students' Gymkhana has sought feedback on "attendance policies and their implementation" in order to review the existing system and explore areas of improvement so that it can be "more balanced and student-friendly"."An online form is ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    2 Bengal soldiers die in Kashmir snowstorm during anti-terror op

    Birbhum/Murshidabad: Two para commandos from Bengal died after being buried in an avalanche during an anti-terror operation in south Kashmir's Anantnag on Oct 6.The bodies of Lance Naik Sujoy Ghosh, from Birbhum's Suri, and Lance Havildar Palash Ghosh, from ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    80-year-old kept on ‘digital arrest’ for 2 wks, loses 33L

    Kolkata: An 80-year-old resident of Rash Behari Avenue, close to Gariahat, fell victim to yet another digital arrest fraud, losing Rs 33 lakh over a two-week period. The first calls came in mid-June. The incident involved three individuals posing ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Special camps set up to reissue missing docus

    Darjeeling: The district administration in Darjeeling has set up special camps to help affected residents recover or replace documents lost in the disaster. As many as 202 families comprising 850 people displaced by the recent devastating landslides are currently ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Priests’ training for Kali Puja starts in Jorasanko

    Kolkata: Training of priests for Kali Puja began in the courtyard of the Shib Krishna Daw family house in Jorasanko on Saturday. The three-day camp aims to train priests in tantra, which dictates the puja, unlike shastra that is ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    ED wraps up 20-hr search at Sujit Bose’s office, son’s resto

    Kolkata: The (ED) team conducting searches at state fire services minister Sujit Bose's office and his son's restaurant completed the exercise Saturday morning, after nearly 20 hours. The searches were part of the agency's investigation in the municipal ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    KP begins vigil against illegal crackers, sets up 52 nakas

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police began its special vigil against illegal firecrackers on Saturday night with over 52 nakas set up at the entry points to the city. Detective department assisted the teams. All FIRs will be lodged under the Explosives ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Jam holds up tourists on way to Digha

    Digha: A bridge collapsed on NH 116B in the Marishda PS area on the way to Digha on Saturday, disrupting traffic between Kolkata and Digha. Scores of tourists from Kolkata, headed to Digha, were caught in the resultant traffic ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    TMC’s 100 Bijaya Sammilanis today to spotlight SIR concerns

    Kolkata: will organise 100 Bijaya Sammilani programmes across Bengal on Sunday. This will be the highest number of such events the party will have organised in a single day since this outreach programme was launched in 2021. The ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    ‘New N-S crossover set to end woes from Nov’

    Kolkata: Work to set up a crossover at Shahid Khudiram will begin in the next 15 days and completed in three days. Reconstruction of the Kavi Subhash Metro station will also start soon but take another six to seven ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Med student gang-raped outside Durgapur campus

    Durgapur: A second-year medical student was allegedly gang-raped by four-five unknown men outside the institute campus in Durgapur on Friday evening shortly after she went out for dinner with a male classmate. Cops have detained the classmate after the ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    2nd Purple Line TBM starts tunnelling below Kidderpore

    Kolkata: The second tunnel-boring machine (TBM), Divya, started rolling on Saturday evening to burrow and build the Purple Line's underground section, around three months after its twin, Durga, began its journey. The authorities hope to complete the underground tunnelling ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Shift to JU Main Hostel: Students told to submit form by today

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University issued a notice stating that the boarders of the New Boys' Hostel (NBH) who have not yet filled the option form for relocation to blocks A, B, and C of the Main Hostel must submit it ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Setu app for campus well-being goes live

    The Setu app, developed by IIT Kharagpur to enhance campus experience and take care of students' well-being, went live on Friday, World Mental Health Day. Besides having students' details and official notices, the app has a well-being and counselling ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Havan, special lunch for kids make the Shahenshah’s 83rd b’day a special affair

    Kolkata: Fans across Kolkata paid tribute to megastar on his 83rd birthday on Saturday by cutting a cake with the star's face engraved on it, organising a special lunch for children, and reciting the ‘Amitabh Chalisa' – a ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Golf tourney raises 1cr for cancer vax

    Kolkata: A two-day golf tournament raised Rs 1 crore in funds for cervical cancer vaccination among underprivileged girls in the city. The first camp will be organised at Maniktala on Sunday, where 200 girls aged below 15 years from ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Missing woman found dead, flood death toll rises to 42

    Nagrakata: The body of Rubisa Khatun, 65, who was missing for a week from Kuji Diana, about 8km from Nagrakata, was recovered on Friday evening. The total death count in the north Bengal calamity now stands at 42.Khatun's death ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    80-yr-old loses Rs 33L in 2-week digital arrest

    Kolkata: An 80-year-old resident of Rash Behari Avenue, close to Gariahat, fell victim to yet another digital arrest fraud, losing Rs 33 lakh over a two-week period. The first calls came in mid-June. The incidentinvolved three individuals posing as ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Nepal nod to shift consulate for Purple Line work

    Kolkata: The Nepal govt has given its approval for shifting its current Kolkata address to a building next door to pave the way for the Purple Line's ramp on DH Road.The Nepal consulate office is currently housed at 7/1 ...

    12 October 2025 Times of India
    Rasna develops wellness drink under Jumpin brand

    Kolkata: Rasna is working on a wellness drink product that is likely to hit the market coming summer under the ‘Jumpin' brand. It would be a ‘noble product', Rasna Pvt Ltd chairman Piruz Khambatta said."We are working on a ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Training of priests for Kali Puja begins in Jorasanko courtyard on Saturday

    KOLKATA: Training of priests for will begin in the courtyard of the Shib Krishna Daw family house in Jorasanko on Saturday. The three-day camp aims to train priests in tantra, which dictates the puja, unlike shastra that is ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Tea body cites price drop, calls for minimum sustainable price

    Kolkata: The Indian Tea Association (ITA) has called for a minimum sustainable price for tea as the price of the North Indian tea has fallen by around Rs 16 per kg in auctions, below last year's price realisation range.The ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Patchy rain; AQI improves

    Kolkata is experiencing a pleasant morning on , with temperatures ranging between and , and humidity at . The day forecast includes patchy rain, while yesterday's air quality remained moderate with an , making it generally comfortable for ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal horror: Medical student 'gang-raped'; victim went out for dinner with friends

    NEW DELHI: A medical college student from Odisha was allegedly raped by unidentified men in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district, police said on Saturday.The incident took place on Friday night outside a private medical college campus in Durgapur, when ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Man found dead in Golpark house

    Kolkata: The decomposed body of a 55-year-old man was found in the bathroom of a vacant house on Gariahat Road near Golpark on Thursday night. The deceased, Monotosh Kundu, who ran a shop on the building's ground floor, lived ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Engg student alleges rape by classmate

    Kolkata: A 21-year-old engineering student from Jharkhand was allegedly raped by her classmate — who is also the boyfriend of her roommate — at her paying guest (PG) accommodation in Anandapur, off EM Bypass, during Durga Puja. The accused, ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    State engages TCS for ‘clean’ med exam system

    Kolkata: The state has roped in IT major Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) to introduce digital or computerised examinations for the recruitment of staffers in the health department, including general duty medical officers (GDMO), nurses, pharmacists and technologists. The decision ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Recruitment scam: ED raids Sujit Bose’s Salt Lake office, 5 other spots

    Kolkata: The office of state fire services minister Sujit Bose was among six locations raided by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Kolkata on Friday in connection with municipal recruitment irregularities. Residences of persons linked to Bose were also searched. ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Last of popular tourist circuits reopens in north Bengal after flood disruption

    Kolkata: Tourism activities at Jaldapara National Park resumed on Friday, making it the last of North Bengal's tourist circuits to partially reopen nearly a week after severe floods forced a shutdown and damaged critical infrastructure.Safaris restarted from Chilapata, Kodal ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    In 36 shelters, 9,000 lives hang between loss & hope

    Jalpaiguri/Mirik: Madhab Rai (57) from Bargaon near Mirik's Soureni has not stepped out of Soureni Community Hall, a shelter for those who lost their homes in Mirik, since Saturday. "My house is gone. My shop, too, was buried under ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Mirik family performs last rites of pet dog swept away by disaster

    Mirik: As continues to reel under the impact of relentless rain that triggered devastating landslides, locals are now mourning not only human loss but also the death of their beloved pets. Many residents have been seen performing the ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Big B keeps promise: Bengal man gets 2L washroom after plea from KBC hot seat

    Goghat (Hooghly): In the quaint village of Agai in Goghat in Bengal's Hooghly district, dignity has found its way home for 22-year-old Shikha, sister of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) 16 contestant Jayanta Duley. For years, she had been enduring ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    70 mm rainfall in three hours sinks Kolkata

    Kolkata: An afternoon deluge drenched and sank Kolkata on Friday when a heavy downpour pounded the city for close to three hours from 2.45 pm, leaving roads waterlogged, neighbourhoods flooded, and traffic in a mess. The heavy spell, triggered ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Travel agent arrested for 14.3L Europe trip fraud

    Kolkata: A travel agent was arrested on Thursday night for allegedly duping a Rajarhat family of Rs 14.3 lakh, the money they paid for a Europe trip two years ago that never materialised. Rakesh Nandan Das was picked up ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Ex-boyfriend held for blackmailing woman with private photos

    Kolkata: A Lake Town woman's ex-boyfriend, Uday Agarwal (28), was arrested on Thursday for allegedly blackmailing and threatening her to upload their private photographs on social media. The accused, who had met the woman on social media, was arrested ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    TMC, BJP spar over poll rolls revision

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Friday sharply reacted to Bengal 's charge that it was trying to intimidate and provoke minorities, saying that had "always been the saffron party's forte".Lashing out at BJP's "sheer desperation" amid 's SIR preps, spokesperson ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    WBPDCL, WBSETCL pay Rs207cr dividend to state

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL) and the West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (WBSETCL) have paid a total dividend of Rs 207.01 crore to the state govt. State power minister Aroop Biswas on Thursday ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Tech glitch, fake tags force cops to junk green cracker QR system

    Kolkata: Cops have decided to abandon the QR code system for monitoring green firecrackers after encountering persistent issues with fake and non-functional codes, as well as unreliable verification apps, over the past four years.The QR code system, developed by ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Why NRC notice for Assam trip 15 yrs ago, ask Nadia craftsmen

    Krishnanagar (Nadia): Two marble craftsmen from Nadia, the latest to receive NRC notices from the Assam Foreigners' Tribunal, on Friday expressed fear that cops from the northeastern state would come knocking at their doors and questioned why they were ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Eye on safety, state to start toto registration from Mon

    Kolkata: In a last-ditch attempt to rein in battery-operated totos, the unregulated growth of which has been choking almost all Bengal towns, the state has announced a framework to streamline the most-used mode for last-mile connectivity there and bring ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    ‘They’re Indians’: Repatriate Sunali, 5 others with her, orders B’desh court

    Kolkata: A judicial magistrate in Bangladesh has asked the Indian high commission in Dhaka to take steps to repatriate 26-year-old Sunali Khatun and five others, who were pushed into Bangladesh by the Indian authorities on the grounds that they ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Waterlogging throws traffic out of gear, cars travel 2 km in 50 mins

    Kolkata: Heavy rain on Friday afternoon led to the inundation of large parts of the city, throwing traffic out of gear. The presence of a high tide in the Hooghly aggravated the waterlogging scenario. Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) drainage ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    ‘Cough syrup brands under lens not in circulation in govt hosps’

    Kolkata: The two cough syrup brands—Coldrif and Nextro-DS—that are under scrutiny for causing deaths in children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan were not being supplied to govt hospitals in Bengal, said health officials, adding that state drugs control teams ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Embankment repairs: ITA seeks govt help

    Kolkata: In the wake of devastation triggered by floods in north Bengal, the Indian Tea Association (ITA) has sought financial assistance from the state for restoration of the embankment over the Hatinala river, which puts the Binnaguri tea garden ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    8 injured in attacks by wild boar

    Jalpaiguri: There is no let up in attacks by wild boars in flood-hit north Bengal zones.After two men were killed on Tuesday and Wednesday in wild boar attacks in Cooch Behar's Mathabhanga, eight more people were injured in wild ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Jaldapara rhino rescued in Cooch Behar

    Jalpaiguri: The forest department, on Friday, rescued a stranded rhino from Pundibari in Cooch Behar.On Oct 5, during the Torsa flooding, it was swept away and carried nearly 25 km inside Cooch Behar — a video of which went ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    After 4 puja releases, Tollywood calls for course correction ahead of Christmas

    Kolkata: During the pujas, four Bengali films — ‘Raghu Dakat', ‘Raktabeej 2', ‘Joto Kando Kolkatatei' and ‘Devi Chowdhurani' — were released, imparting significant lessons on best practices to the film industry. Despite adverse weather conditions and strained relationships between ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Students take crowd-fund route to help victims

    Dhupguri: Eight-year-old Nandini Roy, a student of class III at Gadheyarkurti State Planned Primary School and a resident of Bagribari village in Dhupguri, saw a portion of her house getting washed away last Sunday.She teamed up with classmates, all ...

    11 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Cloudy skies, rain expected; AQI remains poor

    Kolkata experienced a mostly cloudy day with patchy rain showers on , with morning temperatures at expected to reach . The city faced poor air quality with an , while humidity levels remained at with moderate winds ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    AI debuts in evaluation for HS, CISCE papers

    Kolkata: Artificial intelligence (AI) has made its debut in the evaluation system of computer-based tests or OMR-based exams. The West Bengal Higher Secondary Council introduced an OMR-based part-I exam for the first time this year while the Council for ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Rain may subside from Sun, says Met

    Kolkata: The city received some sharp showers on Thursday and remained partly cloudy due to the impact of a cyclonic circulation over southern Bangladesh. The system is set to weaken, though rain will continue in Kolkata and other south ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Salt Lake doc loses 21L to dual trading scams

    Kolkata: A 48-year-old doctor from Salt Lake was reportedly duped of over Rs 21 lakh in dual online trading scams. The fraudsters posed as investment representatives of stock trading platforms. According to the complaint lodged by the Salt Lake ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    PCB’s Diwali rules: Certified green crackers, 2-hr window

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) and Kolkata Police have issued stringent directives ahead of Diwali, mandating strict compliance with norms governing the use, storage, and sale of certified green fireworks. Authorities have reiterated that only those ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Tribunal directs Williamson Magor, McLeod Russel to pay Rs509cr over unpaid dues

    Kolkata: The Williamson Magor & Co. Limited and McLeod Russel India Limited on Thursday informed the stock exchanges that the arbitral tribunal has passed a final order in favour of the Real Touch Finance Limited and IDBI Trusteeship Services ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Stress, social influence fuel tobacco use among young Kol women: Study

    Kolkata: The city is witnessing a worrying rise in tobacco use among young girls and women, according to a recent study. It shows that 12% of urban young women aged 15 to 24 either smoke or use smokeless tobacco, ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Airway disease affects kids, many suffer severe breathing distress in Kolkata

    Kolkata: A significant number of children in Kolkata have been affected by ‘hyper-active airway disease' or an inflammation of the bronchial tubes, leading to asthma, severe breathing distress, bronchitis, and over the past three weeks. The reason behind ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Rooftop restos: KMC plans surprise checks to catch reopen-rule flouting

    Kolkata: Over a month after the deadline to apply for reopening rooftop restaurants before Durga Puja expired, the KMC buildings department has decided to conduct surprise inspections at these outlets.A civic official said the purpose of the visits is ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Pet parents urge govt to set up 24x7 emergency vet services

    Kolkata: Pet parents and animal activists are voicing the need for round-the-clock emergency veterinary services for animals that sustain severe injuries in accidents or develop health complications at odd hours. Having faced harrowing times trying to find clinics with ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    BJP MP talks of ‘1cr deletions’ in Bengal, sparks row

    Kolkata: A fresh controversy erupted on Thursday over BJP Bongaon MP and junior Union minister Shantanu Thakur's comment that a proper implementation of SIR would expose "1 to 1.2 crore illegally registered voters" in Bengal.Trinamool MP Mamata Bala Thakur ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Fleet control: State set to register totos

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt has set in motion the process for formal registration of battery-operated totos across the state, marking a significant step toward regulating the growing fleet of eco-friendly three-wheelers. In an official order issued on Wednesday, the ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    VB Bangladesh Bhavana museum set to reopen

    Kolkata: The museum inside Bangladesh Bhavana at Visva-Bharati was set to open to tourists within a month, announced vice-chancellor Prabir Kumar Ghosh on Thursday. The museum has been shut since the pandemic."Under the VC's initiative, the first phase of ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Campus caste assault: Univ submits probe report, cops quiz students

    Kolkata: Amity University officials have submitted the internal investigation report on five first-year law students' complaint of assault and caste slurs against second-year BBA students. Police, too, visited the New Town campus and launched a parallel investigation. Bidhannagar ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Attack orchestrated by outsiders: Murmu

    Kolkata: The attack on him was designed to "kill" and was "orchestrated by outsiders", Malda North MP Khagen Murmu said on Thursday. Murmu was attacked on Monday while overseeing relief work at Nagrakata.In an interview with a TV ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Attack on BJP netas: PIL in HC seeks NIA probe; 3 more arrested

    Jalpaiguri/Kolkata: A day after Bengal BJP demanded a probe by the National Investigation Agency into the attack on party MP Khagen Murmu and MLA Shankar Ghosh, an advocate moved the vacation bench of Calcutta High Court on Thursday with ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    BLOs flag threats from pol parties at EC meet in Kolaghat

    Kolkata/Kolaghat: Deputy election commissioner Gyanesh Bharti and state CEO Manoj Agarwal conducted a meeting with district officials from Midnapore (East), Jhargram and Bankura, along with 500 booth level officers (BLOs), at Kolaghat on Thursday.The BLOs expressed concerns about threats ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    CM slams EC for SIR ‘rush’ amid calamity

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday questioned how the Election Commission could rush through the special intensive revision (SIR) of poll rolls in calamity-hit Bengal during the festival season. She also accused the commission of threatening Bengal govt officials."Right ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata third cleanest IGP city on PM2.5 scale

    Kolkata: Kolkata has emerged as the third cleanest among 17 cities in the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) in terms of the presence of PM2.5, a fine particulate matter that is among the most harmful air pollutants.The PM2.5 data for Sept ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Structures on riverbank triggered Dudhiya’s devastation: Experts

    Kolkata/Dudhiya: Too many homestays, eateries and hotels along the banks of the Balason river and even on the river bed are to a large extent responsible for the widespread devastation in Dudhiya, once a picturesque hamlet near Mirik in ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Film shoots in flood-hit north Bengal take a pause

    Kolkata: Multiple film shoots scheduled in north Bengal have been postponed following the devastation. The affected projects include Sharman Joshi's Bengali film debut, a 17-day Yashraj Films shoot scheduled for the first week of Oct and a documentary project ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Skoda Auto India likely to launch electric SUV in 2 years

    KOLKATA: Skoda Auto India is likely to launch an electric SUV in the next couple of years with the new Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) norms in mind which will be introduced in April 2027.Though the parent company has ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Rain damages Jaldhaka embankment, renders hundreds homeless in Dhupguri

    Dhupguri: At Hoglapatapara in Bagribari village, located about 21 km from Dhupguri and bordering Mynaguri in Jalpaiguri, the area now resembles an earthquake-affected zone, an affirmation of the fury of rivers like Jaldhaka in the region.Around 110 of the ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    Rescued woman gives birth, names girl ‘Banya’

    Nagrakata: Shila Kharia (24) was rescued through the dense forest on Monday night by block healthcare workers of Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri. The team was led by Md Irfan Molla, the BMOH of Nagrakata, who himself used a zipline to ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
    CM may reach N Bengal on Mon to oversee relief, rehab ops

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee is likely to reach north Bengal again on Monday with relief materials for the Hills. She had earlier rushed to the Hills last Monday. Now, she will be visiting Mirik, one of the worst affected ...

    10 October 2025 Times of India
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