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  • Permit holders in Del, Kol, fishing boats in Sundarbans

    Kolkata: The Sundarbans Tiger Reserve (STR) has started cancelling boat licensing certificates (BLC) — a document needed to venture into the mangroves on fishing activities — that are no longer being used by the holders, who are now renting ...

    5 October 2024 Times of India
    Esplanade, port areas most prone to fatal accidents, finds KP study

    Kolkata: Large parts of south Kolkata — that includes stretches like Rashbehari Avenue, Gariahat Road, SC Mullick Road and Anwar Shah Road — were some of the safest areas as far as fatal accidents were concerned in 2023. The ...

    5 October 2024 Times of India
    KMDA move to ban feeding of animals at Lake upsets dog lovers

    Kolkata: A decision by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) to ban feeding of stray dogs at Rabindra Sarobar following complaints by some morning walkers has left dog lovers, including those who visit the Lake daily, incensed.While the KMDA’s decision ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    Aabushan may do the trick

    Kolkata: Just seven runners are in the fray for the Mysore 2000 Guineas to be run over a mile at Mysuru on Friday. The one who can do the trick is Aabushan from the stable of CD Monnappa with ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    British Raj legacy on way out, West Bengal to drop caste references from jail manua

    Image used for representational purpose only KOLKATA: After the Supreme Court struck down the discriminatory provisions of prison manuals, Bengal will now have to drop the mention of caste-based work segregation and other rules adopted from the British-era jail ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    In sombre times, Kol pujas focus on spirituality and religiosity

    Kolkata: Spirituality and religiousness have emerged as the central themes of several Durga Pujas this year where the organisers said they have made a conscious effort to highlight the spiritual aspects of the festival, emphasizing the importance of devotion ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    Bengal: BJP leader Arjun Singh's office-cum-residence attacked, police begin probe

    Representative image NEW DELHI: Former MP and BJP leader Arjun Singh alleged that a group of people threw stones, hurled bombs and fired multiple gunshots at his office-cum-residence in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas around 8.30 am on Friday. ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata, Punjab, Delhi and Mumbai: ED conducts raids in 'high-profile' chit fund scam probe

    NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) initiated a widespread crackdown on Friday, targeting multiple locations across Kolkata, Punjab, Delhi, and Mumbai in connection with a chit fund case, according to sources familiar with the development.The agency is conducting searches ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    Congress leader urges West Bengal governor to act against politicians for polarizing voters

    NEW DELHI: In a letter dated October 3, Soumya Aich Roy, a Congress leader from West Bengal, has urged Governor CV Ananda Bose to take action against MLA Humayun Kabir of Bharatpur and MP Yusuf Pathan of Berhampur. Roy ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    CP inspects pandals, says cops ready to tackle any challenge

    Kolkata: On the day he carried out final inspections of major pandals across the city, Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma said the force was ready to face any challenge. The top brass at Lalbazar said this included special ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    Govinda drops out but other stars keep date

    1234 Kolkata: A freak accident may have forced Govinda to cancel his plans to inaugurate a community puja off Prince Anwar Shah Road but a host of celebrities, including Jonty Rhodes, Brian Lara, Manu Bhaker and Mary Kom have ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    Who will compensate for our loss: Bansdroni teen’s dad

    KOLKATA: “Who do I blame for his death? Can his loss be ever compensated?” Shankar Sil, the father of the 14-year-old who was mowed down by an earthmover on Wednesday, asked on Thursday. The child’s mother Madhu Sil is ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata: Soft-skill lessons to CCTV coverage, wary puja organisers take guard against flash protests

    KOLKATA: Wary of how the RG Kar protests may play out amid Durga Puja festivities, many organisers have appealed to protesters to desist from doing anything at pandals that might detract from “the religiosity or the spirit” of the ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    PCB’s e-cycle help for cops

    Kolkata: As urban sprawl challenges law enforcement agencies in navigating congested lanes, Bengal has come up with a solution—e-bicycles, which will curb pollution as well as allow cops to access narrow stretches without hindrance. The West Bengal pollution control ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    Office crowd braves rain, takes pandal route on way home

    123 Kolkata: With some of the big-budget pujas already inaugurated and the rest getting final touches, professionals have started taking a sneak peek into the pandals on the way home from their workplaces. On Thursday evening, many even ignored ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    Sensor-fitted bins debut at hosp

    Kolkata: Smart ReBins or sensor-fitted waste bins were introduced at a private hospital this week to prevent plastic litter and make the premises plastic-free. Apart from turning hospitals into no-plastic zones, the smart bins will ensure timely collection and ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    First no-rally day in a week boosts last-minute puja sales

    Kolkata: Shopping hubs saw a significant increase in sales on Thursday, which was the first ‘no-rally day’ in the last five days. Despite the afternoon showers, shoppers flocked to stores, much to the delight of retailers and hawkers.A series ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    Protest at CU after guv reaches campus to hand over degrees

    Kolkata: Supporters of Trinamool Chhatra Parishad, some of whom are students of Calcutta University, held up posters, showed black flags and raised slogans as the Governor C V Anand Bose entered the varsity’s College Street campus around 12 pm ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    One win will help EB get back the rhythm: Bino

    Kolkata: Interim coach Bino George believes East Bengal FC are one win away from getting their ‘rhythm’ back as he begins the post Carles Cuadrat era with an away match against Jamshedpur FC on Saturday. “I respect coach Carles ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    Protest but go back to work: Sr docs to juniors at RG Kar meet

    Kolkata: The message to junior doctors from their seniors was clear during a meeting of senior and junior medicos at R G Kar Medical College on Thursday — ‘resume work but carry on the agitation in some other form’. ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    ‘Why was the machine on a lane and not in garage?’

    Kolkata: KMC has said that there was no reason for the three earth movers to be stationed at Dinesh Nagar in Bansdroni, where an accident involving one of them killed 14-year-old Soumya Sil on Wednesday.The civic body has issued ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    Rider alleges abuse by app biker

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police has received a complaint on social media, claiming that a pillion rider was allegedly threatened and abused by an app biker near the Patipukur underpass recently. This comes at a time when the Kolkata Police ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    Puja revellers are already thronging pandals: CM

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, referring to the fact that people have already started thronging Durga Puja pandals, stressed the reason Unesco has declared Durga Puja an intangible cultural heritage of humanity was because of the huge participation of ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    Sporadic showers & persistent cloud cover during puja: Met

    Kolkata: The city plunged into darkness as a thick cloud cover hovered over Kolkata on Thursday afternoon. The Met office has predicted light-to-moderate showers during puja across south Bengal. The rain and thundershowers, however, could be sporadic and restricted ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    Rain-triggered landslides claim life, wreck Hills roads

    12 Siliguri: An elderly person died in Pulundung village in Darjeeling’s Jorebungalow-Sukhiapokhri block on Thursday morning when the ceiling of his house came crashing down in a rockfall caused by landslides triggered by incessant rain since Wednesday night.Raghubir Rai ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    Who will compensate for our loss: Bansdroni teen’s dad

    Kolkata: “Who do I blame for his death? Can his loss be ever compensated?” Shankar Sil, the father of the 14-year-old who was mowed down by an earthmover on Wednesday, asked on Thursday. The child’s mother Madhu Sil is ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    KMC starts road repair after 14-year-old’s death

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation roads department on Thursday started repair of battered roads in different parts of Dinesh Nagar, a neighbourhood located off Bansdroni, where a teenager was crushed to death on Wednesday morning. The cratered road on ...

    4 October 2024 Times of India
    Protesters, locals clash in Tollygunge

    Kolkata: There was tension at Tollygunge’s Karunamoyee Bridge area, at the entrance to Haridevpur, on Tuesday night after protesters alleged they were attacked by local goons. The protesters claimed the attack was planned at the insistence of ward 115 ...

    3 October 2024 Times of India
    Netas’ debut in ‘apolitical’ protest rally causes unease among doctors in city

    12 Kolkata: The presence of some political leaders in Tuesday's rally called by the Joint Platform of Doctors have caused unease in the medical fraternity. Even as political parties have been holding their own respective protests in the wake ...

    3 October 2024 Times of India
    Esplanade pockets off protest map

    Kolkata: Commissioner of Kolkata Police Manoj Kumar Verma on Tuesday issued a prohibitory order against rallies — BNSS 163 — around Bidhan Market under Maidan police station, thereby extending the restriction in place between Esplanade and Victoria House. Though ...

    3 October 2024 Times of India
    DHFC promoted to I-League 2

    Kolkata: Diamond Harbour FC (DHFC) have sealed their promotion to the second division of I-League, defeating Keinou Library and Sports Association 2-0 at the Naihati stadium on Wednesday. DHFC took the lead through Narohari Shrestha in 22 minutes and ...

    3 October 2024 Times of India
    Shoppers brave traffic challenges, make most of mid-week holiday on Mahalaya

    12 Kolkata: Shoppers made the most of the mid-week holiday on Wednesday as major shopping hubs like Hatibagan, New Market and Hatibagan saw a huge turnout since Mahalaya morning. After a month-long decline in business in the wake of ...

    3 October 2024 Times of India
    Rain on radar, organisers prepare for a wet run-up to Durga Puja

    12 Kolkata: From changing the materials used to construct the pandal and stocking up on emergency drainage pumps to covering the open pandals and paving portions of the open ground with wooden platforms, Durga Puja organisers are taking multiple ...

    3 October 2024 Times of India
    Arkadian posts an upset victory

    Kolkata: Rank outsider Arkadian from the stable of Pesi Shroff surprised all by claiming the Deccan Derby at Malakpet on Wednesday. The son of Aspen Sun, ridden by S Saqlain, was lowest rated maiden runner in the field. Half-money ...

    3 October 2024 Times of India
    Trial on for 3am water supply during puja

    Kolkata: In view of the early morning puja schedule this year, the KMC water supply department has started trial runs for supplying water to households and pandals from 3 am instead of 6 am. According to a KMC official, ...

    3 October 2024 Times of India
    14-year-old YouTuber wanted to be class topper

    Kolkata: Soumya Sil, 14, a resident of Gitanagar in Boral and a class IX student at Gangapuri Siksha Sadan School, has been among the top three students in his school. Ever since he had enrolled in a private tuition ...

    3 October 2024 Times of India
    ‘Politicians’ presence in protest march taints citizens’ movement’

    Kolkata: Organisers of apolitical protests against the RG Kar crime, who could inspire thousands of citizens to come out on the streets and reclaim the nights on the eve of Independence Day and that of the Supreme Court hearing, ...

    3 October 2024 Times of India
    CM opens pujas, focuses on unity and inclusivity

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday insisted on unity and inclusivity on the day Bengal celebrated Mahalaya and Gandhi Jayanti simultaneously. The CM reminded that Durga Puja was the most inclusive of all festivals in which all communities, ...

    3 October 2024 Times of India
    Patient’s friend arrested for death threat to RG Kar docs

    Kolkata: On-duty doctors at RG Kar Medical College, including a woman PGT doctor, were abused and threatened by two friends of a patient at RG Kar early on Wednesday. Satya Ranjan Mahapatra, who threatened the doctors with dire consequences ...

    3 October 2024 Times of India
    Spirits high but footfall low in reclaim-Mahalaya rallies in Kol

    123 Kolkata: Slogans, art, street plays and high spirits drove Kolkata’s night-long protest up to Mahalaya dawn, though footfall was relatively low in comparison to earlier occasions when streets had been completely swarmed by protesters. Citizens who came out ...

    3 October 2024 Times of India
    Rail min seeks state help for 61 projects

    Kolkata: Three days after India’s busiest station turned 162, railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated the newly extended platforms for accommodating 12-car EMU locals at the Sealdah station.“After extension of platforms 1 to 5, all 21 platforms at Sealdah station ...

    3 October 2024 Times of India
    Bengal tops list of MSMEs owned by women

    Kolkata: Bengal has topped the list of MSMEs owned by women, a report published by Centre’s MSME ministry shows. The report for 2023-24 said Bengal had 23.4% women-owned enterprises.Bengal has been leading the nation for the past couple of ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    Quiz ex-principal, ex-OC in jail: Court no to CBI custodial interrogation plea

    Kolkata: Be more cautious, the Sealdah court told CBI on Monday, turning down the central agency’s plea for custodial interrogation of former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh and former Tala police station OC Abhijit Mandal. The magistrate, Arijit Mandal, ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    IMA Cal suspends Birupaksha Biswas

    Kolkata: The IMA Calcutta branch on Tuesday suspended Birupaksha Biswas from its primary membership. Biswas, a senior resident of pathology, is an assistant secretary and state council member of IMA Calcutta. The suspension letter cited him being under CBI ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata rape-murder: Junior doctors' strike disrupts healthcare services in West Bengal

    KOLKATA: Healthcare services in West Bengal were disrupted as junior doctors continued their cease work on Wednesday, demanding improved security at state-run hospitals following the rape and murder of their colleague. The junior doctors resumed their strike on Tuesday, ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    Schoolboy dies after being hit by excavator in Kolkata's Bansdroni

    Image used for representational purpose only NEW DELHI: A class 9 student tragically lost his life after being struck by an excavator in the Bansdroni area of south Kolkata on Wednesday morning, according to police reports. The accident occurred ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    Governor C V Ananda Bose slams TMC govt for 'starvation' death of Bengal migrant labourer in Chennai

    KOLKATA: Governor C V Ananda Bose expressed his distress regarding the death of a migrant worker hailing from West Bengal in Chennai, allegedly due to starvation. Bose admonished chief minister Mamata Banerjee On Wednesday, declaring that his "constitutional colleague ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    SC mention reopens old wounds for many docs

    Kolkata: The murder of two doctors—the first in 2001 at RG Kar Medical College and the second in 2003 at Ranaghat hospital—for allegedly voicing wrongdoings at the hospitals has again become a talking point in the backdrop of the ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    NGT notes delays in Santragachhi sewerage project

    Kolkata: In a hearing on Sept 26, regarding the construction of a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) and Waste Stabilization Pond (WSP) at Santragachhi Jheel, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) East Zone Bench, led by Justice B Amit Sthalekar and ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    Let us pledge to build just, inclusive society: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary

    NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee honored Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary by emphasizing the importance of building a society that is just and inclusive, in line with his vision for India. In a post on ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    Justice Mukerji bids Cal HC farewell, hopes exit is a ‘catalyst for change’

    Kolkata: Justice IP Mukerji bade farewell to Calcutta High Court on Monday, saying he hoped his departure for the po-st of Meghalaya HC Chief Justice would act as a “catalyst” for “long-expected change”. “After an innings of around 16 ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    ‘Choose right helmet for safety’

    Kolkata: Random checking of safety headgear by the motor vehicle inspectors found a gross violation of safety standards in the helmets used by motor-cyclists, forcing the transport department to reiterate the mandate by the Centre in prescribing standards for ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    CBI questions ex-RG Kar princi, ex-OC

    Kolkata: The CBI on Tuesday went to Presidency Correctional Home to question former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh and ex-Tala police station OC Abhijit Mandal. A day before, the additional chief judicial magistrate court, Sealdah, permitted the agency to ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    Senior IPS officers transferred

    Kolkata: Just before puja, the state has implemented several transfers at the senior level in both Kolkata Police and Bengal Police. Devendra Prakash Singh has been appointed as additional commissioner of Kolkata Police taking the total number of additional ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    52 Bowbazar residents return to cave-in zone homes on Mahalaya eve

    Kolkata: The 52 Bowbazar residents evacuated from around the East-West Metro site returned home on Tuesday after more than a month as KMRC has completed the job of removing underground piles that had caused water seepage. The temporary relocation ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    More than 2k Kol pujas receive grant

    Kolkata: The city police on Tuesday claimed they had disbursed Durga Puja grant to over 80% of the pujas that had applied for it. “Around 2,900 puja organisers in Kolkata have applied for the grant of Rs 85,000 each. ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    ‘Cease-work will go on unless there’s clear action from govt’

    Kolkata: The junior doctors have set a 10-point charter of demands revolving around the security at hospitals, threat culture and patient care services. They have also demanded removal of the health secretary, investigation into corruption in West Bengal Medical ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    NIC staffers take part in ‘walkathon’

    Kolkata: M Rajeshwari Singh, CMD of National Insurance Company, T Babu Paul, ED, and other senior officials and employees have participated in a ‘walkathon’ to promote fitness and cleanliness. tnn

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    2 women pillion riders killed in accidents

    Kolkata: Two women riders died and two others were seriously injured in two two-wheeler accidents in the city. A pillion rider, Majeda Gayen (24), a resident of Banerjeehat near Greenfield City, lost her life even as the rider, Ayesha ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    ‘Maoist links’: NIA raids 12 locations in Bengal

    Kolkata: NIA conducted raids at 12 locations in the state on Tuesday over funding of Maoist groups in Chhattisgarh. Sources said raids were conducted at Sodepur and Jagaddal in North 24 Parganas, Asansol in West Burdwan, and Netaji Nagar ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    Poddar re-elected hotel assn prez

    Kolkata: Sudesh Poddar has been re-elected president of Hotel & Restaurant Association of Eastern India for 2024-2025 at the organisation’s 63rd AGM. Earlier, he was president of Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India. tnn

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    ‘Puja, stir can co-exist’: Organisers keep an eye on renewed protest

    12 Kolkata: On the eve of Mahalaya, Durga Puja organisers, immersed in last-minute preparations, seemed anxious about completing pandals ahead of the Tritiya deadline as well as the possibility of street protests coming in the way of pandal-hopping.Organisers of ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    BMC cashes in on rain break for road patchwork

    Kolkata: With the rain receding in the last few days, the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation has started pre-puja patchwork of damaged roads in Salt Lake and Rajarhat-Gopalpur. Patchwork was done on the stretch from J K Saha Bridge to Karunamoyee ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    MCH sets up panels to probe funds misuse, selling of beds

    Kolkata: The Medical College Hospital Kolkata (MCHK) has constituted two separate committees to enquire into allegations of corruption on campus. While one committee will be probing the misuse of govt funds in its central laboratory, the other will investigate ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    Student’s family files suicide abetment plaint

    Kolkata: Parents of the 20-year-old second-year law student, Gourab Dutta, who had died on Friday night after falling from their state housing complex building in Salt Lake’s FF Block, lodged a complaint of abetment to suicide on Sunday. A ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    Goddess won’t smile if devotees don’t: Mamata

    Kolkata: The goddess would not smile if there was no smile on devotees' lips, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday without directly mentioning the RG Kar Medical College rape-and-murder street protests in the run-up to the state's biggest ...

    2 October 2024 Times of India
    In curtailed shopping season, micro-temp hawkers put to use

    12 Kolkata: Pre-puja shopping rush in a season truncated by rallies and protests has prompted several traders and hawkers in Gariahat, New Market, Hatibagan and Burrabazar to take special measures to maximise their business in the run-up to the ...

    1 October 2024 Times of India
    Bagan request AFC to ‘reschedule’ ACL-2 match in Iran

    Kolkata: Deciding to stay back in Kolkata instead of taking the flight to Iran, Mohun Bagan SG management has sent a fresh e-mail to the Asian Football Confederation, reiterating the team’s concerns of playing in the west Asian country ...

    1 October 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata hospital rape-murder: West Bengal junior doctors resume 'total cease work'

    Junior doctors take out a torch rally in Kolkata on Sunday. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Junior doctors in West Bengal have resumed their indefinite strike demanding better safety and security at medical facilities. The strike, which began on October ...

    1 October 2024 Times of India
    Cuadrat steps down as East Bengal coach

    Kolkata: Carles Cuadrat on Monday resigned as East Bengal FC coach, becoming the first big casualty of India’s 2024-2025 domestic season. Nine months after guiding the team to the Super Cup and ending the red-and-gold brigade’s decade-old drought for ...

    1 October 2024 Times of India
    Cardiac surgery saves 26-day-old boy’s life

    Kolkata: A team of doctors in a Howrah hospital saved the life of a prematurely born boy weighing only 1.2 kg and battling a complex cardiac condition by conducting an intricate surgery when he was only 26 days old. ...

    1 October 2024 Times of India
    2,500 cops to be on road for 48 hours

    Kolkata: With multiple protests lined up in the city in the next 48 hours, Kolkata Police will deploy 2,500 cops in the city to ensure smooth movement of citizens — those going to work and those out on the ...

    1 October 2024 Times of India
    HC asks pvt firms to stop filling up water body

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed two private companies to abide by the order of the additional district magistrate and district land and land reforms officer, Howrah, directing them to stop filling up a water body near ...

    1 October 2024 Times of India
    Rights activists fret over Bangla violence

    Kolkata: Human rights activists in Bengal have raised concern over the safety of the north-eastern states in the wake of alleged attacks on the ethnic minorities at Chittagong in Bangladesh. They have also protested against the Bangladesh govt’s delay ...

    1 October 2024 Times of India
    Surgeon Sandip Chatterjee passes away

    Kolkata: Neurosurgeon Sandip Chatterjee, also an ace debater, passed away on Monday. He was 63. He had myeloma (cancer) but it was under control, his friends said. Towards the end, it took a toll on his heart muscles that ...

    1 October 2024 Times of India
    Bonita wins feature event

    Kolkata: The first division of the Sadler Plate was won by Ajay Sharma-nursed Bonita with Vivek G astride in New Delhi on Monday. Well-backed Flower Power with Vivek G atop lifted the second Division of the Sadler Plate.Delhi short ...

    1 October 2024 Times of India
    Snake worry at New Town pandals amid rain forecast

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) will provide a detailed list of important contact numbers, including that of snake catchers, to all puja organisers across New Town following multiple incidents of snake bites and sightings. Recent showers ...

    1 October 2024 Times of India
    KMC team visits Sandip home in Beleghata, ‘finds no deviation’

    Kolkata: A KMC buildings department team on Monday went to former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh’s house in Beleghata to check for any irregularities in the construction of the four-storey house. According to a KMC buildings department official, the ...

    1 October 2024 Times of India
    ‘Finish hosp infra jobs within deadline’

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court directed the state to ensure that all infrastructure work at medical facilites was completed within the deadline provided, prompting the latter to assure that it would be done by Oct 31; Dwivedi also submitted that ...

    1 October 2024 Times of India
    2 more held for attack on jr docs

    Kolkata: Two more persons have been arrested in connection with the assault on junior doctors and nurses by the relatives of the deceased patient at the College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital (CMSDH) at Kamarhati, taking the total ...

    1 October 2024 Times of India
    300 childhood cancer survivors meet at NRS

    Kolkata: Samadrita Sarkar, now 16 and a resident of Golf Green, was diagnosed with blood cancer when she was two years old. She underwent treatment for about three years and gradually swung back to normal life in the next ...

    1 October 2024 Times of India
    Won’t release RG Kar crime backdrop film now: Makers

    Kolkata: The makers of ‘Agomoni Tilottamar Golpo’, the short film shot “in the backdrop of the RG Kar crime” that was slated for a Mahalaya release, has postponed the date. The decision came following widespread criticism and director Prantik ...

    1 October 2024 Times of India
    Overnight repair drive to patch up cratered roads ahead of puja

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation roads department has decided to carry out a special overnight road repair drive to fill craters and potholes on all major thoroughfares by Oct 4, before Durga Puja commences. Though the civic body ...

    1 October 2024 Times of India
    Woman’s plight in mind, HC goes soft on false claims

    Kolkata: Considering that the petitioner, a woman who sought appointment as ASHA Karmee in Kharagpur Block-II, comes from a weaker section of the society, the Calcutta High Court decided not to impose a cost for making false averments in ...

    30 September 2024 Times of India
    Girl stabbed after protest against lewd comments

    Kolkata: A 24-year-old woman, Piyali Mondal, was allegedly stabbed twice by two youths in Belgharia on Saturday night after she protested against lewd comments directed at her sister.Piyali sustained deep neck injuries and was admitted to the College of ...

    30 September 2024 Times of India
    Bagan not willing to play in Iran

    Kolkata: Mohun Bagan Super Giant have expressed their unwillingness to travel to Iran, citing players’ safety following the prevailing volatile situation in the region and plunging into uncertainty the green-and-maroon brigade’s next AFC Champions League Two match away at ...

    30 September 2024 Times of India
    HC grants murder accused bail as trial inconclusive after 12 years

    Representative image KOLKATA: Deeming the inordinate delay in completing a trial unacceptable, Calcutta HC has granted bail until Nov-end to a man incarcerated in jail for 11 years and seven months for allegedly killing his two daughters and dumping ...

    30 September 2024 Times of India
    Fresh BMC audit finds 60 more leaning trees

    123 Kolkata: A fresh survey by Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) shows around 50 to 60 tall trees across Salt Lake to be in poor shape. The authorities have already cut down around several dead trees and plan to take ...

    30 September 2024 Times of India
    Shoppers make most of sunny spell on last weekend before Mahalaya

    Kolkata: Shoppers came out in streams on Sunday, capping a week of frenzied buying with markets and malls clocking record footfall. The favourable weather did its bit to help the cause. With rain forecast in the week ahead, many ...

    30 September 2024 Times of India
    MCH body’s plaint on central lab corruption

    Kolkata: The Medical College Students Union (MCSU) has lodged a complaint of corruption in the hospital’s central lab, demanding an inquiry and stringent action against those involved in it. Students have also raised an alarm over the presence of ...

    30 September 2024 Times of India
    Drunk patient, his kin assault junior doctors at CNMC; two arrested

    Kolkata: Junior doctors at Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital were allegedly assaulted by a drunk patient and his relatives early on Sunday. Cops on duty were quick to arrest two persons from the spot.According to the complaint lodged ...

    30 September 2024 Times of India
    In bid to help Kol friend, sr citizens lose ₹2.6L to frauds

    Kolkata: In a recent case of email phishing, senior citizens in London and Mumbai lost a total of Rs 2.6 lakh to cyber criminals who created a fake e-mail id in the name of their elderly friend from Kolkata ...

    30 September 2024 Times of India
    Between rain spells, puja organisers rush to finish work before opening

    12 Kolkata: Durga Puja organisers across the city have deployed additional manpower and are working extra hours to make the most of the dry spell to finish the pending pandal decorations by the middle of next week, after which ...

    30 September 2024 Times of India
    Now, Sagore Dutta joins RG Kar on junior doctors’ protest list

    Kolkata: Junior doctors across Bengal came out on streets on Sunday evening with torches, demanding justice for the R G Kar victim. This is their first such street rally after they lifted their Swasthya Bhavan sit-in on Sept 19.The ...

    30 September 2024 Times of India
    Order on RG Kar ‘threat culture’ likely this week

    Kolkata: The inquiry against 59 — junior doctors and students — at R G Kar Medical College, against whom the students had complained of promoting threat culture is over. The special inquiry committee is expected to pass its orders ...

    30 September 2024 Times of India
    Fire dept to use high-tech comm devices for puja

    Kolkata: For the first time in the state, the state fire and emergency services department will introduce SIM-based walkie-talkies to be used on an experimental basis during Durga Puja to enhance emergency communication, including transferring data and live photos ...

    30 September 2024 Times of India
    Club removes 40ft spine after ‘too many queries’

    Kolkata: A city Durga Puja committee which had incorporated a spine as part of their theme six months earlier withdrew the 40-ft installation and removed it to the backyard of the pandal following uncomfortable questions from different quarters. Beleghata ...

    30 September 2024 Times of India
    State to revive energy edu park lying defunct for over a decade

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency (WBREDA) has planned to revive the energy education park opposite Science City on EM Bypass. The park, which was set up in 2004 on an acre to raise awareness about sustainable ...

    30 September 2024 Times of India
    North Kolkata theatre para puja relives glory days a year after weaving ‘Abol Tabol’ magic

    123 Kolkata: A puja pandal that had metamorphosed a north Kolkata neighbourhood into the nonsensical and absurd world of ‘Abol Tabol’ to celebrate the centenary of Sukumar Ray's literary classic is this year transforming the locality into a neighbouring ...

    30 September 2024 Times of India
    Mkts on fire: Tomato, okra & bitter gourd hit a century, green chilli shoots past 300 per kg

    Kolkata: The floods in Bengal have set vegetable markets on fire across Kolkata, with prices of several vegetables crossing the century-mark. Consistent rain and floods during the critical seasonal transition period has disrupted supply, driving vegetable prices to record ...

    30 September 2024 Times of India
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