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  • News from West Bengal | 14 Jul, 2025 | ২৯ আষাঢ়, ১৪৩২
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  • Del, Mum agencies keen to start paid porter service at Kol airport

    Kolkata: There’s some good news for flyers at the Kolkata airport! The elusive paid porter service is finally set to be rolled out with at least two bidders responding to the tender floated by the Airports Authority of India ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    Cops make crowd control plan before puja meet

    Kolkata: Ahead of the police coordination meeting that is scheduled for Sept 25 and inspections that are set to begin from Sept 27, Kolkata Police is already working on a plan to manage traffic and crowds before Durga Puja ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    West Bengal: 9 feared dead, 8 rescued as trawler capsizes in storm

    The trawler overturned in a storm early on Saturday (left) ; doctors treat rescued fishermen (right) KOLKATA: Nine fishermen from Kakdwip are feared dead, though eight could be rescued, after FB Gobindo, the trawler they were in, overturned ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata: CBI calls North Bengal lobby doctors for RG Kar rape-murder grill

    Avik De (left) and Birupaksha Biswas (right) KOLKATA: The North Bengal lobby of doctors are now under the scanner of the CBI probing the R G Kar Medical College crime and the alleged corruption on the campus. The central ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    Cops’ wives want transfer of husbands to home dists

    Kolkata: The kin of cops serving in Bengal Police – mostly their wives – put up a rare protest near Bhawani Bhavan on Friday, demanding immediate transfers so that cops can return to their home districts. Sources said the ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata RG Kar rape-murder: Junior doctors resume duties partially at state-run hospitals in Bengal after 42 days

    Junior doctors during a rally to CBI office (CGO Complex) after they announced a partial withdrawal of their ‘cease work’, in Kolkata. (PTI Photo) NEW DELH: After a 42-day halt, junior doctors in West Bengal restarted their duties on ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    OPD footfall up but emergency, in-patient ops wait for docs’ return

    Kolkata: OPD footfall in almost all medical colleges apart from R G Kar was either normal or near normal on Friday. While resumption of emergency duty in a phased manner by juniors from Saturday will be a huge relief ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Cha, chanachur turn dearer with hike in prices of tea leaves, pulses, oil

    Kolkata: The cost of daily essentials have started sliding up ahead of Durga Puja. From the morning cuppa to evening snacks, prices of basic kitchen staples have seen a significant surge, impacting household budgets.The retail price of all categories ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata Municipal Corporation set to spend Rs 700 crore to rejuvenate choked Adi Ganga

    The Tolly’s Nullah, now choked with sewage, floods the areas along the banks during high tides KOLKATA: The KMC will spend nearly Rs 700 crore to clean the Adi Ganga and rejuvenate the water flow in the channel that ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata Municipal Corporation uses more chlorine to treat water as Hooghly turbidity rises

    KOLKATA: The KMC water supply department is charging more chlorine into the raw water before its filtration at its Palta water treatment plant. This is to disinfect the raw water and make it safe for drinking as turbidity level ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘Astragram’ artisans hopeful of turnaround before puja

    Kolkata: Processions, rallies and the sombre mood in Kolkata due to the protests against the R G Kar tragedy before Durga Puja had cast a spell of gloom on a village in Howrah’s Uluberia. But, with junior doctors calling ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Submit security infra report of med colleges: Lalbazar to DCs

    Kolkata: Even as the state has appointed former DGP Surajit Kar Purkayastha to carry out an audit of physical security measures at all government hospitals and health centres, the first step has already been taken in this direction with ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘State’s solar yield potential thrice Centre’s estimate’

    Kolkata: Bengal’s potential for production of solar energy with regards to ground-mounted plants is over 19,000 MW, three times of what the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) had estimated, revealed an iFOREST report released on Friday. It ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Plaint letter written by JU ragging victim, confirms handwriting expert

    Kolkata: The 17-year-old Bengali first-year students found unconscious at the JU Main Hostel on Aug 9 last year, and eventually died at hospital, had indeed been forced to write a fake complaint letter by the accused seniors hours before ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Met keeps eye on system that may bring rain in puja run-up

    Kolkata: A system is set to form over the Bay of Bengal within the next four days that may trigger rain though the Met office is not yet sure about its impact. The direction in which it will move ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Marchers, torches converge at Shyambazar in rally for justice

    123 Kolkata: Thousands took part in the torch march on Friday seeking justice for the RG Kar rape-murder victim and in solidarity with the junior doctors’ protest. The rally reverberated with slogans that opposed the ingrained patriarchy, the deep-rooted ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Unicef official lauds Kanyashree, Rupashree

    Kolkata: Bengal govt’s social welfare schemes like Kanyashree and Rupashree have been key drivers of the social upliftment in Bengal, Unicef field office chief Monjur Hossain said at a conclave organised by CII eastern region on Friday. Hossain also ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    6 convicted for shooting porn, selling online

    Kolkata: A local court has convicted six persons for allegedly shooting pornographic video in New Town three years ago, which were then sold to various apps in India and foreign countries. The sentencing in the case is expected next ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Councillor held for abduction, expelled by TMC

    Kolkata: The state CID on Friday arrested a Trinamool councillor from Barasat for allegedly masterminding the abduction of a Tripura-based businessman for a ransom of around Rs 2.3 crore. Trinamool expelled the accused councillor from the party following the ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Jr docs end Swasthya Bhavan sit-in with march to CBI HQ

    Kolkata: To mark the end to their 43-day cease-work, several hundred junior doctors from across campuses on Friday marched from Swasthya Bhavan to CBI headquarters at CGO Complex in Salt Lake — the same route they had taken before ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Jesin rescues EB in 2-2 draw with MSC

    Kolkata: League leaders East Bengal FC had to rally twice to share the spoils with defending champions Mohammedan Sporting in an entertaining 2-2 stalemate in their CFL Super Six championship round match at Naihati on Friday.Mohammedan Sporting went in ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Around the world in four days: Pandal themes set puja mood

    123 Kolkata: A crowd-puller pandal in central Kolkata that had showcased a replica of the Ram Mandir in 2023 will feature The Sphere of Las Vegas this year. Another pandal in north Kolkata will feature a 100-foot-high Venkateswara Swamy ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Cops struggle to get traffic back to normal

    Kolkata: Police had a tough time in keeping the traffic moving on important stretches of the city — EM Bypass, Moulali, Beliaghata Main Road, College Street and its adjoining roads — as protesters hit the road on Friday evening ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Man arrested for molesting high court lawyer

    Kolkata: Narendrapur police on Friday arrested one Uttam Ghosh for molesting a Calcutta High Court lawyer. A Baruipur court remanded the accused in 14 days’ police custody.A group of youths allegedly clicked photos of the victim, who was walking ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Vegetable prices surge as heavy rain and flooding destroy crops

    Kolkata: The recent bout of intense rainfall and flooding in south Bengal has wreaked havoc on the region’s agricultural fields, causing severe damage to standing crops. This has led to a sharp surge in vegetable prices across city wholesale ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Bengal floods: CM Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Narendra Modi, threatens to sever ties with DVC

    NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the state will cut ties with Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) due to 'unilaterally releasing water,' causing floods in South Bengal. In her letter to ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar on new CP visit list along with police stns

    Kolkata: Two days after taking charge as the new Kolkata Police commissioner, Manoj Verma visited R G Kar hospital on Thursday afternoon, where a postgraduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered on Aug 9, sparking nationwide protests and prompting ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘Choose another protest mode, not cease-work’

    Kolkata: A section of senior doctors, who have been urging the juniors to choose another mode of protest but the cease-work, have welcomed the decision of the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front (WBJDF). For the faculty members and other ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Junior doctors in Bengal call off cease-work, to rejoin emergency duty Saturday

    The step followed a 10-point response to their demands from Bengal govt Thursday following Wednesday's meeting with the CS and another with CM on Tuesday. (File photo) KOLKATA: Junior doctors decided on Thursday to end their 42-day cease-work and ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor death: CBI quizzes TMC youth leader in RG Kar Hospital rape-murder case

    CBI (File pic) KOLKATA: The CBI on Thursday questioned TMC youth leader Ashish Pandey, who is also a house staff at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in connection with the rape and murder of the doctor, an officer ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Sudipto, daughters in Salt Lake ED office

    Kolkata: A day after it conducted search operations at Trinamool MLA Sudipto Roy’s residence and nursing home, the ED on Thursday asked Roy to visit its CGO Complex office in Salt Lake.Roy, who entered the CGO Complex office along ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    ED shifts key officer from W to E India

    Kolkata: The key Enforcement Directorate officer who was integral to the agency’s probe into SSC jobs-for-cash scam and municipal recruitment scam will now head the east zone of the agency. Satyabrat Kumar, a 2004-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Firstsource sets up ops in Oz, New Zealand

    Kolkata: RPSG Group firm Firstsource Solutions Limited, one of the leading global providers of specialist domain-led business process services, has announced its operations in Australia and New Zealand.The company will now be headquartered in Victoria, Melbourne, creating over 400 ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Relief hope for patients after 42-day trauma

    Kolkata: Even as the protesting junior doctors lifted their cease-work on Thursday evening, patients continued to suffer across city government hospitals, including R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, throughout the day.Many patients at state-run hospitals, after getting the ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Pre-puja health screenings: Heart, diabetes major worries

    Kolkata: Most private hospitals in the city have seen a 10% rise in health check-ups during the pre-puja period (Aug-Sept) compared to the corresponding period last year. These check-ups have also indicated increased cases of people detected with cardiac ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Sourav files cyberbullying, defamation complaint

    Kolkata: Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has lodged a complaint at Thakurpukur police station a YouTuber for cyberbullying and defamation.Police have booked YouTuber Mrinmay Das, who goes by his social media profile, Cinebap, and others for defamation, promoting ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘Non-disclosure of trivial civil suit no ground for dismissal’

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court recently directed consideration of reinstatement of a CRPF personnel while noting that non-disclosure of a “trivial” civil suit — land dispute — cannot form sole ground for removal from service. “The petitioner was not charged ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Buzz back in Kumartuli as shutterbugs & models line up for shoot with Durga idols

    12 Kolkata: With barely three weeks to go for Durga Puja , Kumartuli — which had been missing its usual pre-puja buzz of photographers, videographers, reel-makers and YouTubers — is springing back to life. The gloom that had settled ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Cal HC pulls up KMC for allowing trade from cinema hall

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday reprimanded the KMC for granting a certificate of enlistment to an online applicant without checking the nature of the building. Justice Amrita Sinha was hearing a contempt plea against KMC over running ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Improve crowd mgmt, no laser show near airport: Cops to BMC pujas

    Kolkata: Cops asked big ticket puja organizers in Lake Town, Salt Lake and New Town to ensure better crowd control measures than last year. Reminding them that no laser lights and drones could be used within an 18.5 km ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Restore water bodies: HC directs BMC

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to restore water bodies near Eco Park which were allegedly filled up illegally.Advocate Arjun Samanta representing the petitioners said that they were residents of Hatiara under Eco ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Cos yet to take festive plunge, puja organisers stare at 25%-30% deficit

    Kolkata: With Mahalaya being merely 12 days away, hundreds of Durga Puja organisers in Kolkata are praying that corporates, which are still in two minds about investing in this year’s festival, will shortly loosen the purse strings. Several of ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    HC: Talk to Centre on muscular dystrophy drug

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the additional solicitor-general to take instructions from the Centre about ways to import a particular drug for muscular dystrophy—a rare disease—for patients in India.Givinostat, an oral non-steroid drug manufactured in the US, ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    High tide inundates large parts of Kalighat and Chetla, areas along Tolly’s Nullah

    Kolkata: Large parts of Kalighat, Chetla and areas located along Tolly’s Nullah were flooded by Sharashari ban (high tide) on Thursday afternoon. According to a Kolkata Municipal Corporation drainage department official, the overflowing tide water entered into Tolly’s Nullah ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Spot identified for New Town hawker rehab

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has identified a space in New Town’s BG block near DLF-1, to set up hawker rehabilitation stalls to relocate around 200 more hawkers. Officials said around 900 such stalls have already ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    WBMC cancels registration, RG Kar Medical College ex-principal Sandip Ghosh no longer a doctor

    RG Kar former principal Dr Sandip Ghosh being taken for medical examination from CBI office, in Kolkata on Thursday. (ANI Photo) KOLKATA: Former R G Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh ceases to be a doctor with the West ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    New CP push for jr-sr coordination

    Kolkata: New police commissioner Manoj Verma in his first interaction with his officers after taking charge on Tuesday has stressed on unity in the force and better coordination between seniors and juniors. He took over the reins of the ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Bengal floods: CM Mamata Banerjee blames centre run organisation for 'sinking' state

    NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee visited flood-hit areas in Panskura, Medinipur on Thursday. She attributed the severe flooding to water released by Jharkhand and the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), a central government organization.Banerjee stated, "This is ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    21 days left for puja, mkts back to life as shoppers start streaming in

    123 Kolkata: After days of low footfall at the traditional shopping hubs across the city, the crowd of buyers is back with a bang. With 21 days to go for Durga Puja, the festive zing — that had been ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    State panel proposes ‘heritage biodiversity site’ tag for Sarobar, stresses on conservation

    Kolkata: In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the West Bengal Biodiversity Board released a comprehensive biodiversity survey on Wednesday, spotlighting Rabindra Sarobar as one of Kolkata’s most heritage-rich biodiversity hotspots. The lake, which is also the city’s second-largest waterbody, ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Explain grounds of DYFI leader’s arrest: HC to cops

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday asked if a person could be arrested based on a telephonic conversation. The court also asked police to explain the grounds for arrest of DYFI state leader Kalatan Dasgupta.Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj will ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Bengal Medical Council to scrap Ghosh's registration

    (File photo) KOLKATA: West Bengal Medical Council has decided to cancel the medical registration of former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh after Ghosh failed to reply to the council's showcause notice, served on Sept 7, asking him ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    'No one was wearing life jacket': Speedboat carrying MPs, MLA capsizes in West Bengal

    SURI: A major disaster was averted on Wednesday when a speedboat carrying MPs Asit Mal and Samirul Islam, MLA Abhijit Sinha and Birbhum DM Bidhan Ray capsized in floodwater. The lawmakers and the DM were inspecting flood-affected areas in ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Security on mind, state sanctions 1.5k more guards for 29 med colleges

    Kolkata: The state health department has asked hospital heads to start the process of hiring additional security for their respective campuses. In all, the government has sanctioned hiring of 1,514 additional security manpower — including 910 male and 604 ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Demands of jr doctors justified, says Abhishek, urges end to cease-work

    Kolkata: Trinamool general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and senior ministers Chandrima Bhattacharya and Bratya Basu on Wednesday urged protesting junior doctors to return to work and collaborate with the state to help implement infrastructure and security upgrades at hospitals.Backing several ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    ED seizes docus from MLA home

    Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has confiscated volumes of documents during the extensive, nearly 20-hour search operation at the residences and nursing home of Trinamool MLA Sudipto Roy in connection with its probe into the alleged financial irregularities at ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Number of Tolly puja releases dwindles in protest season, at its lowest since Cov yrs

    Kolkata: The number of Bengali releases during the Durga Puja has plummeted to an unprecedented nadir since cinemas reopened after the Covid-19 pandemic. From a robust repertoire of 10 puja releases in 2020, the number has dwindled to a ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Acute supply worry for Kolkata as DVC water makes Hooghly turbid

    Kolkata: The turbidity level in the Hooghly has risen to its near-danger mark and put the Palta water treatment plant on high alert due to release of storm water from DVC-run barrages in high volume. This century-old plant supplies ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Docs go to Nabanna but continue cease-work

    Kolkata: The agitating junior doctors on Wednesday held their second meeting with the state on their demands on the infrastructure and security upgrade at hospitals and an end to the “threat culture”. Lingering the ongoing impasse, the doctors said ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Soil test plan for 30-bed health centre

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) plans to conduct soil exploration tests by engaging a govt engineering institute for setting up the proposed 30-bedded urban community health centre (UCHC) in New Town. Officials said a plot at ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    1 arrested for ₹40 lakh property fraud

    Kolkata: A person was arrested and a complaint was filed against six others for duping the director of a company of Rs 40 lakh on the pretext of selling a property at Rash Behari Avenue under Gariahat PS. The ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘Street protest spontaneous outburst of angst, anger’

    Kolkata: Former Trinamool MP and Presidency College alumnus Jawhar Sircar called the protest against the R G Kar rape and murder as a “spontaneous outburst of public angst” not only to seek justice for the victim but also to ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Pre-puja tree pruning in Kolkata, Salt Lake

    Kolkata: In a bid to ensure proper illumination of the streets during Durga Puja, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) parks department has started trimming of large trees across the city. The exercise is being conducted near the pandals that ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Rules amended, separation now a valid ground to seek college transfer

    Kolkata: The state higher education department has amended the transfer rules to allow a woman employee in a state-aided college apply for transfer if she was facing a serious problem in attending college because of desertion, divorce or death ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Kalimpong man forced to join Russian army released

    Kalimpong: Forty-seven-year-old Kalimpong resident Urgen Tamang, who was forcibly drafted into the Russian army to fight the Ukraine war, was released on Tuesday. Tamang arrived in Moscow on Wednesday and is expected to reach India by the weekend. TOI ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Enemy property survey after encroachment plaints

    Kolkata: Armed with a Supreme Court order, a team from the Union ministry of home affairs, guarded by two CRPF companies, surveyed a building built on a 44-cottah plot, which is under the Enemy Property Act, 1965, in Rajabazar, ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Stentorian looks good to win

    Kolkata: Satish Narredu-trained Stentorian looks good to lift the H.H. Sri Chamaraja Wadiyar Memorial Trophy at Mysuru on Thursday. The next best in the race is Carter, who too should be right there at the busy end.Mysuru selections2.30pm: 1. ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Brand Raymond looks to cross ₹10k cr in revenue in next 2 yrs

    Kolkata: In the next two years, Raymond as a brand would cross the Rs 10,000-crore figure as far as revenue was concerned, group chairman and MD Gautam Singhania said on Monday.The revenue of Raymond, from its flagship lifestyle brand ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Data analytics course to address environmental & social threats

    Kolkata: The Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM) and the Institute of Data Engineering, Analytics and Science Foundation Technology Innovation Hub (IDEAS-TIH) at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) have launched an Executive Programme on “A Data-Driven ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Gang rape after RG Kar protest date, two held

    Kolkata: A 19-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by two youths in Khardah on the northern fringes of Kolkata, after befriending her on a social media platform. The duo also allegedly filmed the act and threatened to share it on ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    'Want more visible action': Kolkata junior doctors say not ending stir yet

    Junior doctors in Bengal remain on strike, seeking more visible safety and security measures before resuming duties. KOLKATA: Striking junior doctors in Bengal indicated late Tuesday night that they would not immediately lift their protest.Senior advocate Indira Jaising, who ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata horror: 'Ex-RG Kar principal Sandeep Ghosh might be following orders from person involved in larger conspiracy'

    KOLKATA: CBI on Tuesday told a special court in Kolkata that till now it had evidence against one suspect in the Aug 9 RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case but was still probing the gang-rape angle. It ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Evidence against 1 for rape-murder, larger conspiracy under probe: CBI

    Kolkata: CBI on Tuesday told a special court in Kolkata that till now it had evidence against one suspect in the Aug 9 RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case but was still probing the gang-rape angle. It ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘Troubleshooter’ Manoj Verma is Kolkata top cop

    Kolkata: Manoj Kumar Verma, a 1998-batch IPS officer — known in the police rank and file as a troubleshooter — took charge as Kolkata Police commissioner from Vineet Goyal on Tuesday evening, about 16 hours after chief minister Mamata ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Didi picks Left-TMC's 'go-to man' as Kolkata Police boss

    (File photo) KOLKATA: A 1998-batch IPS officer known to be a troubleshooter replaced Vineet Goyal as Kolkata Police commissioner Tuesday evening, about 16 hours after CM Mamata Banerjee held talks with junior doctors spearheading the agitation over the RG ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    40 days on, more than 100 docs in North Bengal lobby ostracised

    Kolkata: The 40 days of the junior doctors’ movement has hammered a dent in the structure of the infamous North Bengal lobby, which the medical fraternity holds responsible for corruption and inculcating threat culture on medical college campuses. More ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    United we stand, say protesting junior docs from different camps after 6 weeks

    Kolkata: They were from different medical colleges. They had diverse backgrounds. And also contrasting political ideologies. But faced with adversity, they set aside their differences, came together and stood united in a movement that sought to clean up the ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    ED raids on MLA’s Sinthi home & med equipment supplier’s Ballygunge flat

    12 Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate, looking into the alleged financial irregularities at the R G Kar Medical College, on Tuesday conducted searches at six premises in Kolkata, including the nursing home and residence of Sudipto Roy, Trinamool MLA and ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    CBI submits graft probe report to HC

    Kolkata: The CBI on Tuesday submitted to the Calcutta High Court a status report on the ongoing investigation into the alleged financial irregularities of Sandip Ghosh, now in custody.The CBI counsel submitted the report in a sealed cover to ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Mohun Bagan gear up for Tajik challenge

    12 Kolkata: Mohun Bagan SG’s start to the season may be a little bumpy. A loss to NorthEast United in the Durand Cup final to allowing Mumbai City FC to snatch a 2-2 draw in the Indian Super League ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Global Influence does an encore

    Kolkata: The HPSL Calcutta Colts Trial Stakes, run at the RCTC on Tuesday, was claimed by Rajesh Narredu-tutored Global Influence. The son of She was a winner at every pole of the seven furlong trip and was piloted by ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    EB rout Suruchi 5-0

    Kolkata: East Bengal FC’s juggernaut continued to roll on in the CFL Premier Division with Bino George’s unbeaten team crushing Suruchi Sangha 5-0 in their second Super Six championship round match on Tuesday. A brace from Aman CK (9 ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘Victory will be achieved when my daughter gets justice’

    Kolkata: After the Supreme Court’s hearing on R G Kar rape-murder case on Tuesday, the parents of the 31-year-old second-year PGT doctor from the hospital said that they watched the entire proceedings on TV and that they have faith ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Kol endured extreme summer heat this year: Climate change report

    Kolkata: A new report by Climate Central has revealed alarming statistics on the impact of climate change, fueled by the burning of fossil fuels, on global temperatures this summer. Between June and Aug 2024, 2 billion people — nearly ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    IMA: Dissolve WBMC, it’s the epicentre of corruption

    Kolkata: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) West Bengal has demanded that the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) be dissolved, alleging that it is the epicentre of threat culture and corruption.Headed by Trinamool MLA Sudipto Roy, its members are allegedly ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Torch relay along Bypass to reclaim Sept 20 night

    Kolkata: For the first time since the protests took over the streets of Kolkata after the rape-murder of the trainee doctor at R G Kar Medical College & Hospital, protesters from different organisations came together on one platform to ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Hosps asked to submit funds utilization docu by Sept 15

    Kolkata: The state health department has asked all the principals and chief medical health officers (CMOHs) to submit the utilization certificates of funds by Sept 19 for the first three quarters of the current fiscal via emails. The state ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Seniors visit ex-Tala OC’s residence, meet his wife

    Kolkata: A day after OCs (officer-in-charge) of several police stations (PS) and traffic guards expressed discontent over the arrest of former Tala OC — Abhijit Mandal — in Kolkata rape-murder case, three senior officers of Kolkata Police (KP) visited ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    After meeting doctors, Mamata Banerjee shunts Kolkata top cop, 2 senior health officers

    KOLKATA: Five weeks of protests triggered by the Aug 9 rape-murder at Kolkata's RG Kar hospital culminated late Monday in Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee yielding to the protesting junior doctors' demand for the removal of four top officials - ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    84-year-old man, one other die, 2 injured in 4 accidents

    Kolkata: Two pedestrians, including an octogenarian, died and two bikers were injured in four accidents across the city between Sunday night and Monday.Nanda Lal Sharma (84), a resident of Motijheel Lane near Entally, was walking on CIT Road when ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Global Influence hard to toss

    Kolkata: The second classic of the Monsoon season is the running of the HPSL Calcutta Colts Trial Stakes at the RCTC on Tuesday. Rajesh Narredu-tutored Global Influence should have no peers in winning this race in able hands of ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘RG Kar kites’ spread justice message on Kol sky

    Kolkata: Kites with the message, “Justice for R G Kar”, printed on them flew off the shelves at Santosh Mitra Square in the lead-up to Viswakarma Puja. Saikat Dutta, owner of India Kite shop, who came up with this ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Traders rue loss of last long pre-puja weekend

    12 Kolkata: The last extended weekend prior to Durga Puja failed to add cheers to the faces of shopkeepers and hawkers at the city’s shopping hubs amid ‘unexpectedly’ lower turnout of customers. Though the city was comparatively dry on ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Banned 150 gm-250 gm khoka ilish floods Ranna Puja market

    Kolkata: Banned khoka ilish or juvenile hilsa weighing 150-250 gm was sold with impunity in Kolkata markets. Customers happily lapped them up on the day of ‘Ranna Puja’ that is celebrated on Bhadra Sankranti, on the day of the ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Merc may buck industry trend with double-digit growth in ’24

    Kolkata: Mercedes Benz India (MBI) is eyeing a double-digit growth this fiscal despite a decline in growth in the Indian automotive industry.Speaking to TOI on the sidelines of the launch of its six-battery EV (BEV) EQS 580 4MATIC electric ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    CISTA seeks farmer status for small tea growers

    Kolkata: Confederation of Indian Small Tea Grower’s Association (CISTA) has urged Centre to recognise small tea growers (STG) as agriculture farmers and include them to form farmer producer company (FPC).CISTA president Bijoy Gopal Chakraborty wrote to Union agriculture minister ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Bengal govt removes CP, DME, DHS; CM wants doctors to return to work

    Kolkata: Bengal govt has decided to remove Kolkata's police commissioner, Vineet Goyal, and a deputy commissioner of police, apart from two top state health department officials from their posts and expects junior doctors of state-run hospitals — on cease-work ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Three spells wipe out rain deficit till Aug, Kolkata & Bengal now eye monsoon surplus

    Kolkata: Three major spells of rain in the last one-and-a-half months have wiped out the narrow seasonal rain deficit till Aug in south Bengal and Kolkata, and another spell could even lead to a monsoon surplus, meteorologists feel.South Bengal's ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Support cause, want impasse to end: Sr docs

    Kolkata: While all senior doctors said they were firmly backing the movement of the junior doctors, many are hoping for the impasse to end and allow the latter to return to work. Faculty members have been walking the extra ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘May I help you’ booths for patients

    Kolkata: In an effort to maintain uninterrupted patient care during the ongoing doctors' strikes, an ‘May I Help You Booth’ initiative has been launched. These booths will be strategically placed in seven different areas across the city, ensuring access ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
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