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  • News from West Bengal | 04 Jul, 2025 | ২০ আষাঢ়, ১৪৩২
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  • Plea in HC against Jayanth house razing

    12 Kolkata: A petitioner, claiming to be a resident of an illegal four-storey house at Ariadaha under the Kamarhati Municipality, on Tuesday challenged the demolition notice served by the civic body, as directed by the Calcutta High Court.The house ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    Digha temple ready for Snan Yatra today

    12 Digha: Lord Jagannath will make his last public appearance on Wednesday during the royal bathing ceremony, ‘Snan Yatra', ahead of his fortnight-long seclusion.The Jagannath Temple in Digha has erected a special pavilion, where idols of Jagannath, Balaram and ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    Teen slashed for protesting friend’s harassment

    Kolkata: A 19-year-old college student was attacked with a sharp weapon at Entally early on Sunday after he and two of his friends confronted a group of men, who allegedly harassed a female friend. Aditya Gupta suffered slash wounds ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    BJP mantri trains infiltration, law & order guns on TMC

    Kolkata: Union minister Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday criticised Bengal govt for staying silent on the issue of infiltration through its borders. He accused Trinamool of "assisting infiltrators from across the border to settle in the state". He also alleged ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    Unsafe for both us, homeless: Keep up pressure, residents tell KMC

    123 Kolkata: Pavement dwellers in Gariahat and Park Circus declined to shift to homeless shelters on Tuesday, while local residents and business owners expressed hope that KMC would convince them to relocate, citing safety concerns for both the street ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    Backwardness, not religion, sole criterion for fresh OBC survey in Bengal: Mamata

    123 Kolkata: "Backwardness, and not religion, was the sole criterion for the fresh OBC survey in Bengal," CM Mamata Banerjee told the state assembly on Tuesday, tabling the report which has identified 140 communities in the OBC category.While there ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    KMC talks tough before meet with 3 rooftop resto owners

    12 Kolkata: The KMC buildings department remained firm in its stand on rooftop establishments ahead of the hearing, when owners of three such establishments are to present their documents and argue their case for reopening. Wednesday is the last ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    Traffic snarls: Siliguri-Darjeeling one-way trip now takes over 6 hrs

    123 Darjeeling: Darjeeling is witnessing a massive influx of tourists this season, turning the otherwise serene hill station into a bustling hotspot. What was once a scenic three-hour drive is now stretching to five or even six hours, as ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    Two cyclonic systems set to bring showers to parched city

    Kolkata: Two cyclonic circulations — one over north Odisha and the neighbourhood and another over the central Bay of Bengal — teamed with a trough is set to trigger spells of thundershowers in most parts of Bengal, including Kolkata, ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    Minor in hosp for delivery, hubby faces rape charge

    Kolkata: A minor, a resident of the Hastings area who was admitted to SSKM Hospital to deliver a child on June 2, did not expect it would lead to an FIR against her husband, also a minor, for rape ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    Digi-arrest con poses as Kol IPS officer, dupes 81-yr-old of 88L

    Kolkata: An 81-year-old resident of Rabindrapally in Kestopur lost Rs 88 lakh to a sophisticated cyber fraud scheme where one of the scammers posed as the joint CP of Kolkata Police. The others posed as telecom officials and other ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    Edu min signals admission start from next week

    Kolkata: State education minister Bratya Basu on Tuesday hinted that the centralised admission portal would open earlier than last year, and the academic session would start following UGC norms. Last year, the portal opened on June 19.Basu made the ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    Sonam spends 4 hrs at Kol airport on way to Guwahati

    Kolkata: Sonam Raghuvanshi, the 25-year-old from Indore accused of hiring contract killers to murder her newly-wed husband Raja during their honeymoon in Meghalaya 18 days ago, spent around four hours at Kolkata airport on Tuesday evening.A four-member police team ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    Hwh sex racket kingpin was in jail under Arms Act

    Howrah: Howrah resident Shweta Khan, also known as Fultusi Begum, accused of running sex and trafficking rackets and supplying drugs, had been in 2015 jailed under the Arms Act for using a firearm during a dispute over property two ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    DSP challenges custodial violence order

    Kolkata: The West Midnapore deputy superintendent of police on Tuesday moved the Calcutta HC division bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, challenging a single bench order on custodial violence at a West Midnapore police station, ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    Biz zone under CCTV watch to check crimes, respond to emergencies

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Police will install 53 more CCTV cameras at 40 spots in KMC's ward 23, focusing on Posta and Jorasanko, where daily transactions amount to several crores. The initiative comes in response to recurring thefts, pickpocketing, ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    Man who stabbed cops is Bangladeshi

    Kolkata: A man who attacked and stabbed two police officers outside the North Port police station last Saturday was identified as an illegal immigrant from Bangladesh who was living in the city under a false identity since 2006.The accused, ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    Bengal produces 1,623cr eggs in FY24, surpasses nat’l avg

    Kolkata: Bengal surpasses the national average in egg production with 1,623.9 crore eggs produced in the fiscal year 2023-24, accounting for 11.37% of India's total production, according to data presented in the state assembly on Tuesday.This places Bengal fourth ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    Maruti Suzuki attempts to change image with six-airbag ‘safety shield’

    Kolkata: Maruti Suzuki is seeking to alter the perception that its vehicles are low on safety features by making six airbags a standard feature across 97% of its product portfolio, including all variants in entry-level cars such as the ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    15 yr+ buses & cabs to get new life after retirement

    Kolkata: In a major policy shift, the state govt is set to relax its 15-year limit on commercial vehicles, particularly buses, opting instead for a more nuanced approach based on vehicle condition and environmental impact. The revised notification will ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    TMC moves privilege motion against Suvendu

    12 Kolkata: TMC ministers Chandrima Bhattacharya, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay and Aroop Biswas moved a privilege motion in the assembly on Tuesday against state leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari.Speaker Biman Banerjee said the privilege would be considered on Wednesday, as Adhikari ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    Shopkeeper who ‘abetted’ 12-year-old boy’s suicide held

    12345 Tamluk: The shopkeeper-cum-civic volunteer accused of abetting the suicide of a 12-year-old boy in Panskura on May 18 has been arrested. Subhankar Dikshit was apprehended on Sunday after cops tracked his phone. He was remanded in 14 days ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    43 more XFG cases takes total tally in state to 49

    Kolkata: The new Covid-19 variant, XFG, was found in 43 more Covid-positive samples in Bengal during whole genome sequencing. This brings the total number of XFG variant cases in Bengal to 49. While the number of samples being sequenced ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    KMC’s anti-vagabond drive runs into resistance, ops called off

    123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and cops on Tuesday started a drive, for the first time this year, to oust pavement dwellers from several prime city areas but faced stiff resistance and called off the drive. Though ...

    11 June 2025 Times of India
    Jawan, woman’s bodies found in North Sikkim

    Kalimpong: Two bodies were found on Sunday and Monday in North Sikkim near the site of the Army camp in Chaten, which was swept away in a landslide following heavy rainfall in the region last week.The first body, found ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    Unable to take family pressure, Howrah sex racket kingpin’s daughter killed self in 2021

    123456 Howrah: Shweta Khan, alias Fultusi, in her 40s, and her 26-year-old son, Ariyan, who co-owned Ishara Productions, allegedly ran an adult film and prostitution racket under the guise of an event management firm from their rented apartment in ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    'Ishika was desperate to leave home': Unable to take family pressure, Howrah sex racket kingpin's daughter killed self in 2021

    HOWRAH: Shweta Khan, alias Fultusi, in her 40s, and her 26-year-old son, Ariyan, who co-owned Ishara Productions, allegedly ran an adult film and prostitution racket under the guise of an event management firm from their rented apartment in Howrah's ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    Many in Kolkata buy India’s first climate insurance; heat, rain & cold risks included in policy

    Many in Kolkata buy India’s first climate insurance; heat, rain & cold risks included in policy (Photo: ANI) KOLKATA: Over 600 Kolkatans have bought the country's first 'climate change' insurance policies rolled out by a private insurer offering ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    Woman loses gold worth 20L from PSU bank locker

    Kolkata: A 64-year-old doctor, Chhabi Chaudhury Bose, who works with KMC and owns a joint account with her 90-year-old mother, alleged a theft of approximately 200 grams of gold, valued at around Rs 20 lakh, from her bank locker ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    Monsoon stalls, set for delayed arrival as Kolkata sweats it out

    Kolkata: Speculations of an early onset notwithstanding, monsoon is set to be delayed yet again in Kolkata and south Bengal. With no rain-triggering system forming over the Bay of Bengal and monsoon currents being slow, the rains will not ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    Digha Jagannath temple rolls out prasad for 1.4 crore Bengal families

    12 Kolkata: Three hundred kilograms of ‘khoa,' a dry milk ‘kheer' that is a key ingredient in sweets, was offered to Lord Jagannath at the temple in Digha before being dispatched to 23 districts in refrigerated vans on Monday. ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    ‘Each One Plant One’ celebrates member’s birthday with ‘tree party’

    1234 Kolkata: It was a birthday party at Subhash Sarovar on Sunday without any cakes being cut or balloons decorating the podium. The organisers, mostly professionals from different walks of life, instead planted 47 saplings around the lake to ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    Climate change on radar, insurers line up extreme heat, rain cover

    123 Kolkata: About 650 Kolkatans have recently bought short-term ‘climate-change' policy — parametric policy in insurance jargon — that has been rolled out by a private insurer. A second private player and a PSU insurer are also set to ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    Orange, Yellow Lines set to meet 400m ahead of airport station

    12 Kolkata: Even as the Metro Yellow Line from Noapara to the airport awaits inspection by the Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) that will pave the way for its commissioning, work is set to commence on the convergence of ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    TMC, BJP war of words over ‘dual voter, infiltrator’ claims

    Kolkata: Two controversies surrounding infiltration, 240 kilometres apart, roiled Bengal politics and prompted TMC and BJP to spar on Monday.In the first incident, photos of Niutan Das, a Kakdwip voter said to be close to TMC, surfaced, which showed ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    48-yr-old N Kol man season’s 2nd death linked to Covid

    Kolkata: A 48-year-old north Kolkata resident, who tested positive for Covid-19, died last Friday at a govt hospital. While the state is yet to update this case as a coronavirus-related death, Babulal Singha's death certificate mentions ‘Covid-19 with septic ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    CM: Cov is now endemic, Bengal is fully prepared

    12 Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged people not to panic over the current Covid situation, reminding them that the pandemic had now turned endemic. "That means it's a manageable local health issue, not a global emergency. ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    Report-debris drive now a round-the-year fixture

    12 Kolkata: Following the success of the recently concluded week-long cleanliness drive in New Town, in which the authorities received over 300 complaints of littering and waste dumping from locals, the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) is now ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    2 KP cops suspended after bribe video

    1234 Kolkata: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and a constable of Kolkata Police, posted at North Port Police Station, were suspended pending enquiry following a widely circulated video, which purportedly showed them demanding bribe from a motorist on Howrah Bridge ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    Influencer case complainant held

    Kolkata: Garden Reach resident Wazahat Khan Qadri (30) was finally arrested on Monday, after being on the run for around a week, evading both local and Assam Police.Police had conducted raids in Digha and Howrah. Qadri was finally arrested ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    WBCPCR awards cops, childcare units

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights recognised six police officers and three child care facilities, for their outstanding work in child protection. The ceremony was held on the occasion of ‘State Child Protection Day' on ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    Drive to remove vagrants from roads

    Kolkata: The KMC and the police will begin a drive to remove vagabonds and their belongings from major thoroughfares and under flyover spaces. According to a KMC source, the drive will start from Mullickbazar and then move on to ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    HC to hear protest docs today

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court is likely to hear the plea by RG Kar doctors Debashis Haldar, Asfakulla Naiya, and Aniket Mahato against their transfers out of RG Kar Medical College Hospital. Justice Amrita Sinha may hear their appeal. ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    78-year-old bizman found dead in his four-storey S Kol residence

    Kolkata: The decomposed body of a 78-year-old businessman, Ashutosh Das, was discovered at his four-storey residence near Ganguly Bagan under Netaji Nagar police station on Monday morning. Cops reached the scene following reports of a foul smell emanating from ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    House session starts with tributes to terror victims

    12 Kolkata: Bengal assembly convened its two week-long monsoon session on Monday and offered condolences to victims of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. As the House assembled, speaker Biman Banerjee condoled the deaths of 26 people.Obituary references were ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    Suvendu leads BJP rally on Anubrata turf

    12 Kolkata: BJP organised a rally to protest against Trinamool strongman Anubrata Mondal on his home turf Bolpur on Monday for his remarks against the local IC. LOP Suvendu Adhikari, who led the ‘Nari Samman Yatra', said: "Police should ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    Nawsad kin TMC gen secy, Sabyasachi Barasat dist chair

    12 Kolkata: Furfura Sharif Pirzada Kasem Siddiqui, cousin of ISF MLA Nawsad, was made TMC general secretary on Monday in a reshuffle. Furfura Sharif, a Sufi shrine and its Pirzadas wield significant influence over Bengali-speaking Muslim voters in Bengal.Kasem ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    HC slams NIA’s ‘casual approach’ in Darivit case

    12 Kolkata: Criticising NIA's "casual approach" for not submitting a report in the 2018 Darivit school firing case, Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the agency to file it by July 9. On Sept 20, 2018, two youths were ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    TMC slams BJP over ‘sindoor-selling’ remark

    12 Kolkata: TMC targeted BJP's state leadership on Monday over alleged derogatory remarks about women and the freezing of central funds. The criticism came at a press conference after leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari's comments about sindoor and bangles ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    Caught on camera: Two women held for stealing gold from Kolkata jewellery store; hiding it in undergarments

    Representative image KOLKATA: Two young women were arrested on Sunday for stealing gold ornaments from a jewellery shop at Nagerbazar Sonapatty in ward number 22 of South Dum Dum Municipality. The duo concealed the ornaments in their undergarments and ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    Sarod damaged on flight, musicians report mishandling woes

    123456 Kolkata: Sarod player and composer Arnab Bhattacharya found the oversized bag carrying his sarod broken and the instrument damaged when he reached Abu Dhabi. He travelled from Kolkata to Mumbai and then boarded the flight to Abu Dhabi. ...

    10 June 2025 Times of India
    Summer vegetables rates soar with temperature; brinjal, capsicum touch 100-mark in Kolkata

    Summer veggie rates soar with temp; brinjal, capsicum touch 100-mark KOLKATA: After weeks of stable supply and reasonable pricing, vegetable prices in Kolkata are witnessing a sudden surge due to extreme heat and inadequate pre-monsoon rainfall. Traders and consumers ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    Dive into the world of delicious ‘makha’

    Model Sushmita Saha relishes kancha aam makha and jamun makha. Pic: Anindya Saha Aam, jaam or peyara, the next word that sits well with these is makha. It is a feeling, a tradition, and the taste of nostalgia ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    Over 40% students in 9 of 16 engineering streams at West Bengal's Jadavpur University (JU) get 'backlog'; poor attendance & delayed results blamed

    KOLKATA: More than 40% students in nine out of 16 engineering streams at Jadavpur University have failed in some paper or the other, an internal survey found. Civil engineering topped the list with 75% students having backlogs, followed by ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    'Lured with job offer': 23-year-old woman assaulted for resisting bar dance, porn role; Kolkata police launches probe

    NEW DELHI: Police in Kolkata have launched a search operation for a mother and son who allegedly detained and assaulted a 23-year-old woman at their residence in Domjur, Howrah district, for refusing to act in a pornographic film. The ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    Max climbs to 35°C, real-feel at 45°C

    123 Kolkata: The city endured another warm and humid day on Sunday, even as the maximum temperature climbed to 35°C. With warm winds flowing into the region at lower levels and no rain-triggering system in sight, the scorching spell ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    Woman files 8L jewellery theft plaint against help

    Kolkata: A resident of Dr SC Banerjee Road under Beleghata PS has lodged a complaint against her domestic help, accusing her of stealing gold ornaments worth Rs 8 lakh from the house. According to Sumita Haldar, who lodged the ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    Old Bangla currency with Bangabandhu Mujib’s face becomes souvenir in Bengal

    Kolkata: Many in Kolkata with currency notes of Bangladesh that have the image of the country's founding father, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, are saving them as souvenirs. This has been prompted after Bangladesh Bank recently introduced new currency notes ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    Summer 2025 footfall at Kol restos and bars beats pre-pandemic high

    12 Kolkata: Footfall across Kolkata restaurants is the highest this summer since the pandemic, with most eateries across south and central Kolkata seeing a full house during lunch and dinner. Online orders saw a major spike over the last ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    71 new cases put active Cov count at 693

    Kolkata: Active Covid cases in Bengal spiked from 622 on Saturday to 693 on Sunday with 71 new cases being reported in 24 hours. The number of fresh cases had dipped to 26 between Friday and Saturday. Fifty-three people ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    Focus on barriers, lights after accidents near airport

    Kolkata: A series of serious road accidents, including two fatalities in the past month near Kolkata airport, has brought to attention the hazardous conditions of key stretches along Airport Road and Biswa Bangla Sarani. Poor illumination, lack of barriers ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    Elderly & kids with adenovirus history at greater Cov risk: Docs

    Kolkata: The elderly with comorbidities, and children, especially those who suffered an adenovirus infection over the last three years, may be vulnerable to the existing Covid strains affecting many across Kolkata, said pulmonologists. Many of these patients suffer from ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    After 13-year career, burglar’s home has gym, chandelier, bath tub

    KOLKATA/HOWRAH: For 13 years, 46-year-old Amit Dutta lived a double life — a rich, friendly, and helpful neighbour by day, and a bedraggled thief by night. On the night of June 5, Dutta's luck ran out after Howrah rural ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    Kaliganj bypoll: 14 cos of central forces deployed

    123 Kaliganj (Nadia): Fourteen companies of paramilitary forces have been deployed ahead of the Kaliganj bypoll in Nadia. Voting is set to take place on June 19, with counting scheduled for June 23.Joint patrolling with the state police began ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    Long periods of incarceration work against reformative justice: Cal HC in murder case

    12 Kolkata: Long periods of incarceration work against "reformative justice" and lead to "frustration and depression", the Calcutta High Court observed while granting interim bail to a murder accused. The accused was granted bail so that he could be ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    Blood camp tribute to ’84 Sikh massacre victims

    Kolkata: To pay respect to the lives lost in Gallughara (the great massacre) 1984, which refers to the lives lost that year, the Gurdwara Behala Prabandhak Committee organised a blood donation camp on Sunday at the gurdwara on DH ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    BSF jawan captured by Pak Rangers returns to duty

    Rishra: Purnam Kumar Shaw, the BSF soldier who was in the detention of the Pakistan Rangers, went back to his workplace at Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. Shaw, who was released by Pakistan last month, had come back home in ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    Minor repairs fine but don’t alter heritage character: Panel to school

    123 Kolkata: Officials from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and West Bengal Heritage Commission conducted a second inspection of the La Martiniere schools on Sunday afternoon. They informed the school authorities that they would not need to seek permission ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    Suspend ‘in-house’ subject admission plans, state tells CU

    123 Kolkata: The state higher education department has instructed Calcutta University to suspend its plans to open admissions for a few ‘in-house' undergraduate courses, indicating that the centralised admission portal will start functioning shortly.Calcutta University made a decision following ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    ‘Just being accused of a crime doesn’t make one a criminal’

    123 Kolkata: Suspending a student before conviction for a crime is like holding him/her guilty and punishing him/her before any court pronounces it, the Calcutta High Court cited from a Rajasthan High Court judgement while allowing a Bengal medical ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    1 dead, 4 injured as century-old bldg in Bowbazar collapses during renovation

    123456 Kolkata: A labourer died, and four others were left with severe injuries after being caught under debris when portions of a century-old house in Bowbazar crashed on them while they were attempting to strengthen the pillars of the ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    Newborn girl’s body found in Behala

    Kolkata: The body of a newborn girl was found wrapped in a cloth and dumped beside a pond in Behala Parnasree early on Sunday morning, triggering shock and anger among local residents. Locals, who were out for a morning ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    Woman shoplifters caught stealing gold, held

    Kolkata: Two young women were arrested on Sunday for stealing gold ornaments from a jewellery shop at Nagerbazar Sonapatty in ward number 22 of South Dum Dum Municipality. The duo concealed the ornaments in their undergarments and were caught ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    Summer veggie rates soar with temp; brinjal, capsicum touch 100-mark

    123 Kolkata: After weeks of stable supply and reasonable pricing, vegetable prices in Kolkata are witnessing a sudden surge due to extreme heat and inadequate pre-monsoon rainfall. Traders and consumers alike are reporting a sharp increase in the cost ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    Jeans unit assault: Kid still missing, CID help sought

    Kolkata: The jeans factory owner in S 24 Parganas' Rabindranagar, Shahensha, who was arrested in Mumbai along with two aides for assaulting a child whom they tied upside down on charges of mobile theft, was remanded in eight days ...

    9 June 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal reports 71 new Covid infections, 693 active cases

    NEW DELHI: West Bengal reported 71 new cases of coronavirus infection, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Sunday.Since Saturday, new cases have been reported, but no deaths from the disease occurred during this time. With 53 ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal: Don’t need Purple Line station at Kidderpore, state govt tells Metro

    KOLKATA: The state govt has formally communicated to Metro Railway that it is unable to part with land at Bodyguard Lines to make way for the Purple Line’s Kidderpore metro station.At the project monitoring group (PMG) meeting last month, ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    'Sensing danger, stray animals barked loudly': 140 dogs struggle through night to stay alive at flooded dhapa pound in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: Heavy rain on Friday night flooded the Dhapa dog pound, putting around 140 stray dogs at risk. It had been alleged that no senior KMC official came to the rescue of the dogs, who were struggling to survive. ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    NKDA lens on nursing homes in residential bldgs

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has found gross anomalies with at least three private nursing homes operating at residential buildings in New Town. Officials said NKDA building dept engineers along with officials of other departments conducted ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    FIR lodged 11 months after woman filed GD in digital-arrest fraud

    12 Kolkata: A woman, who fell victim to a digital arrest fraud in July last year and was duped of Rs 7 lakh, could finally lodge an FIR at the Phoolbagan Police Station on Wednesday, 11 months after cops ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    Office Para Dalhousie

    123456 Once the most politically charged precinct east of Suez, Kolkata's Dalhousie Square — now officially BBD Bag — is a living relic. It was the cradle of modern Indian governance, the workshop of the British East India Company, ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    Police officers injured in knife attack outside North Port PS

    Kolkata: Two police officers were severely injured in a knife attack by a pavement-dweller outside the North Port Police Station near Howrah bridge on Saturday night. Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Partha Chand and constable Sukhendu Majhi were attacked by a ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    ER takes up Rani Jheel revamp to check carshed waterlogging

    Kolkata: The Eastern Railway's Howrah division has taken up the restoration of Rani Jheel, a large water body near the Howrah carshed, to prevent waterlogging in the monsoon."Water overflowing from Rani Jheel floods the area, affecting the Howrah carshed, ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    Civic volunteer hit by toto near Nabanna, dies

    123 Howrah: A Kolkata Police civic volunteer died on Saturday when a speeding toto hit her while she was crossing a road near Nabanna in Howrah. Nupur Chattopadhyay (52), employed with the Mandirtala outpost under Vidyasagar Setu Traffic Guard, ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    Weekend structural test of New Town flyover for 20 days

    Kolkata: The Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation has started conducting a structural health test of the 425-metre New Town flyover over Biswa Bangla Sarani. Traffic cops said the flyover will undergo various tests every weekend for 20 days, after which ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    Contempt case: Kunal to appear before Cal HC

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta HC has asked TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh to appear before it at 12.30pm on June 16 and explain why action should not be taken against him in a contempt of court case. Ghosh said he has ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    2k utensils in IIEST plate bank to reduce plastic use, waste on campus

    12 Kolkata: IIEST Shibpur established a plate bank comprising 2,000 sets of reusable steel utensils as a step towards sustainability and a solution to waste management on the campus. The initiative is probably the first of its kind in ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    Amid infra, pollution red flags, Kol records highest vehicle regns for 5th mth in a row

    12 Kolkata: May 2025 has logged the highest year-on-year monthly car registrations for the fifth straight month in Kolkata, triggering alarm among traffic planners and environmentalists about the cost of this sustained vehicular boom.Besides economic recovery following the pandemic, ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    CBI trying to bury case under political, cash pressure: RG Kar victim’s parents

    12 Kolkata: Parents of the 2nd-year RG Kar PGT doctor raped and murdered last Aug accused CBI of attempting to bury the case under political and monetary influence on Saturday. Demanding a fair probe, they called for a fresh ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    Bengal to shift 8th battalion of armed police to Suti

    Kolkata: Bengal's home department has decided to shift the 8th battalion of State Armed Police (SAP) to Suti in Murshidabad from Barrackpore.The decision follows the state cabinet's nod for creation of a new subdivision in Farakka and comes nearly ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    IGBC plans tie-up with Bengal to promote green buildings

    Kolkata: The Indian Green Building Council is open to collaborating with state govt to promote green buildings under Bangla Awas Yojana. The IGBC proposal was supported by state finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya during Green Building Summit 2025, organised by ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    Consumer court asks rlys to pay 2.3L to Behala family for delay

    123 Kolkata: The state consumer disputes redressal commission ordered railway authorities to compensate Rs 1 lakh in addition to the cost of air fares to Raghunath Chakraborty, a Behala resident, whose 12-member family missed their Kolkata-bound flight from Delhi ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    Woman held captive and tortured for months in Howrah after fake job offer

    Kolkata: A 22-year-old woman from Sodepur was allegedly held captive and brutally tortured for over three months by a social media influencer and her son in Domjur, after being lured with a fake job offer.The victim, who previously worked ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    KP to spent 48 lakh on grooming its dogs, horses

    123456 Kolkata: The Kolkata Police is all set to spend more than Rs 48.5 lakh this year for the grooming of the four-legged members of its two prized units – the horses of the Kolkata Mounted Police unit and ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    Airline to refund ‘unaccompanied fee’ to minors

    12 Kolkata: Akasa Air offered a full refund of the Rs 5,000 they took from two sisters, aged 9 and 17, in cash as an "unaccompanied minor fee" at Kolkata airport on Wednesday. This followed a TOI report highlighting ...

    8 June 2025 Times of India
    ‘Pay Rs 5,000 or miss flight’: Airline tells sisters aged 9 & 17 at Kolkata airport; insists on cash payment as ‘unaccompanied minor fee’

    A file photo of Mahira & Manyata with their mother Shalini Dugar KOLKATA: A Kolkata-Ahmedabad flight turned into a nightmare for two sisters, Mahira (9) and Manyata (17), after airline ground staff asked them to pay Rs 5,000 in ...

    7 June 2025 Times of India
    Every payment counts – EaseMyDeal’s mission to support India

    In the digital era, where most platforms operate solely for profit, EaseMyDeal is setting itself apart with initiative and purpose. Since 1st April 2025, the company has contributed to a Nation-First donation model that turns every user transaction into ...

    7 June 2025 Times of India
    Bus race ends in accident, 25 injured

    Kolkata: A race between two buses during the Friday morning rush hour ended in a severe accident on Thakurpukur-Bakrahat Road, in which 25 passengers were injured, 15-16 of them critically.The incident occurred around 9.30 am involving buses on routes ...

    7 June 2025 Times of India
    State logs 58 new Cov cases, 2 of them kids

    Kolkata: Bengal on Friday logged 58 fresh Covid cases over the past 24 hours, taking the active case tally across the state to 596. At least two kids were among the new cases, with one of them needing admission ...

    7 June 2025 Times of India
    Lawyer held in kidney racket case

    Kolkata: In a breakthrough in the Ashoknagar kidney trafficking case, Pradeep Kumar Bar — a 37-year-old lawyer practising at Alipore court — was arrested on Friday. He was sent to cop custody for a week. Cops said his name ...

    7 June 2025 Times of India
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