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  • 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
    Battery of 210 lawyers attends RG Kar hearings in Supreme Court

    Kolkata: In the brutal rape-murder case of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, 210 lawyers’ appearance was recorded by the Supreme Court in the last hearing on Sept 9.According to an advocate appearing in one ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Seniors’ nudge pushes juniors to dialogue

    Kolkata: A nudge from senior doctors to sit at the negotiations table with the state; a self-realisation that the ceasework cannot continue indefinitely and senior doctors have been struggling to keep health services running for over a month and ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘Month-long stir, people’s support finally bear fruit’

    12 Kolkata: As CM Mamata Banerjee announced a shake-up in the police force and the health department after a marathon meeting at Kalighat late on Monday, junior doctors glued to the the news on handsets erupted in joy and ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Kol gets over 90mm rain in 2 days, showers may recede from today

    Kolkata: The city woke up to a cloudy sky and consistent, light drizzles on a gloomy Sunday even as a deep depression moved westward across Gangetic Bengal and Kolkata. For the second consecutive day, Kolkata was soaked by rain ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Ex-principal's Sandip Ghosh's polygraph test leaves more questions than answers

    NEW DELHI: Former principal of R G Kar Medical College, Sandip Ghosh, was found to be 'deceptive' during a polygraph test related to the rape and murder of a trainee woman postgraduate doctor.The Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Redefined bags Million event

    Kolkata: Prasanna Kumar-trained Redefined obliged in the S.A. Poonawalla Million at Pune on Sunday. The winner was ridden by A Sandesh.Pune short results(With Inter-Venue Dividends)1: (3-8-2) Prince Igor 1; Anoushka 2; Moment Of Madness 3.2: (3-2-4) Baby Bazooka 1; ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    College students, here’s your chance to learn from the best

    Kolkata: The Times of India presents Leaders on Campus, an initiative to bring top leaders from the city to share their experience with college students. Over the next few months, TOI will organize talks in select colleges and invite ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata hospital horror: RG Kar ex-principal Sandip Ghosh links crime and corruption investigations

    Sandip Ghosh KOLKATA: The former R G Kar principal Sandip Ghosh is, as of now, the only common link between the two CBI probes of financial corruption and rape-murder of the young PGT and according to legal professionals, Ghosh’s ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    With feet on the ground, MSC brace for ‘historic’ ISL debut

    Kolkata: Mohammedan Sporting, by their coach Andrey Chernyshov’s own admission, are gearing up for a “historic” beginning. Yet amid the euphoria of debuting in the Indian Super League — as they prepare to host NorthEast United FC at the ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Govt launches bar-coded system for biomedical waste mgmt at hosps

    Kolkata: In a bid to improve biomedical waste management and curb illegal handling, the Bengal government has implemented a bar-coded tracking system in all govt hospitals. This digital system is designed to monitor biomedical waste from its source to ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Dirs’ body sends defamation notice to tech federation head

    Kolkata: The Directors’ Association of Eastern India (DAEI) has served a defamation notice to the president of the Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI) Swarup Biswas for making “false, malicious and defamatory” statements against it ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Woman molested at hospital, ward boy in police net

    Kolkata: A young woman accompanying her ailing child was allegedly disrobed, molested and photographed by a ward boy while she was sleeping on a hospital bed, next to her daughter at Institute of Child Health in Park Circus early ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    3 weekends before puja, rain & stir take toll on shopping hubs

    12 Kolkata: Shopping on the third last Sunday before Durga Puja was severely disrupted by frequent showers that have been lashing the the city for the past couple of days and the ongoing protests over the RG Kar incident. ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Four more cops under scanner

    Kolkata: The CBI, looking into the “larger conspiracy” in the rape and murder of the post-graduate trainee doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, has sent summons to four officers of Kolkata Police.According to sources in the ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Three weeks later, uprooted CIT Rd green giant sprouts new leaves in New Alipore

    Kolkata: A 150-year-old banyan tree on CIT Road opposite the Ramlila Maidan in central Kolkata that had been uprooted on Aug 23 and was replanted at Sahapur Military Camp in New Alipore, has shown a clear sign of survival ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Kol schools work overtime to calm students’ nerves

    Kolkata: Counsellors and teachers in schools are facing a lot of anxious queries after the rape and murder of a PGT doctor at RG Kar Hospital. Counsellors of many schools have reported a significant increase in the number of ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Bagan sign Portuguese defender Nuno

    Kolkata: Mohun Bagan SG on Sunday announced the signing of Portuguese defender Nuno Reis. He will be the seventh foreigner in Jose Molina’s green-and-maroon brigade. The acquisition of Reis has been done keeping in mind the team’s upcoming debut ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    MSC lose to Customs in Super 6

    Kolkata: At a time when Mohammedan Sporting are readying themselves for their historic debut in the Indian Super League, their reserve team oozes less enthusiasm in its defence of the CFL Premier Division. Having won the local league for ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Four Kolkata Police officers under CBI lens for 'larger conspiracy'

    (File photo) KOLKATA: The CBI, looking into the "larger conspiracy" angle in the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, has sent summons to four officers of Kolkata Police, including two sub-inspectors, in ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    'Ghosh destroyed proof, ex-OC part of cover-up bid'

    (File photo) KOLKATA: Former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh and former Tala police station officer-in-charge Abhijit Mandal were remanded Sunday in three days' CBI custody (till Sept 17) over involvement in a "larger conspiracy" and for "destruction ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Govt College of Art & Craft, one of India’s oldest, gets blue plaque

    Kolkata: Govt College of Art and Craft, one of the oldest art colleges in the country, has been identified as a Grade I heritage structure and a blue plaque has been put up outside the building by Kolkata Municipal ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    United, say junior doctors as tape hints at 'differences'

    United, say junior doctors as tape hints at 'differences' KOLKATA: Representatives of junior doctors seeking justice in the RG Kar rape and murder case are under intense pressure from protesters to adopt a hardline stance, particularly regarding the live ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    'Its just hot water ...': Tea for Rs 340 at this airport shocks ex-minister P Chidambaram, travelers

    Former Union finance minister P Chidambaram raised concerns about high food and beverage prices at Kolkata airport, citing a Rs 340 charge for tea. Airport management promised to investigate while The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf defended their pricing ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Trakila decimates opponents

    Kolkata: Consistency got its due reward when Aashay Doctor-nursed Trakila claimed the first classic of the rainy season here at the RCTC on Tuesday. The daughter of Nickel Chrome was the pride of place in the betting ring was ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata rape-murder: CBI arrests ex-RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh, police station in-charge Abhijit Mandal for 'destroying evidence'

    KOLKATA: CBI on Saturday night arrested former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh and Tala police station officer-in-charge (OC) Abhijit Mandal in connection with the rape and murder of a 31-year-old PGT doctor at the hospital ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Two tribal women lynched in Birbhum on ‘witchcraft’ suspicion

    Kolkata: Two middle-aged tribal women were allegedly lynched on suspicion of practising witchcraft at Harisarah village in Birbhum’s Mayureswar late on Friday. The deceased were identified as Lodki Kisku and Dolly Soren.Their family members alleged that both were called ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Protest crowds thin, party street gets mojo back after a month of low footfall

    Kolkata: The city’s food and beverages hub throbbed back to life with waiting crowds getting considerably bigger outside some Park Street restaurants on Saturday evening.After a month of low footfalls, restaurants on Park Street, central and south Kolkata saw ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Threat on tape: DYFI functionary arrested

    Kolkata: DYFI functionary Kalatan Dasgupta was arrested by Bidhannagar police on Saturday for allegedly plotting an attack on the doctors’ protest site at Salt Lake. This is the second arrest in the suo motu complaint lodged by the cops ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Rain impact: Max-min difference down to 1°C

    Kolkata: The city received consistent overnight rain that continued through the day on Saturday, pulling the maximum temperature down to 26.5°C, just a degree more than the day’s minimum temperature of 25.2°C. Some parts of the city received heavier ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    From doc dais, CM addresses the larger constituency

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee spent around 24 minutes on a rainy Saturday morning at the Swasthya Bhawan protest site — speaking to the agitating doctors for over 17 minutes — and in doing so addressed a larger constituency beyond ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    After talks collapse, hosp heads look at long haul

    Kolkata: Even as junior doctors met CM Mamata Banerjee at her residence on Saturday but stuck to their demand for live-streaming, an opportunity for breaking the deadlock was lost, felt a section of senior city medicos. Principals, senior teachers ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    NAAC lauds JU for quality edu, raises low-fee concerns

    Kolkata: A six-member NAAC team, which visited Jadavpur University from Wednesday to Friday for assessment and re-accreditation, reportedly raised concerns about its low fee structure but lauded the institute for its ability to impart quality education, along with various ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    DHFC beat Suruchi Sangha 2-0 in Super 6

    Kolkata: Diamond Harbour FC (DHFC) began their CFL Super Six campaign with a 2-0 win over Suruchi Sangha at Naihati on Saturday. William Lalgoulien (20) and Rahul Paswan (23) scored in quick succession as Kibu Vicuna’s side made a ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Odisha’s home run broken

    Kolkata: Looking for a head start to their 2024-25 Indian Super League (ISL) campaign, Sergio Lobera’s Odisha FC suffered a rude jolt when visitors Chennaiyin FC scored a stunning 3-2 come-back win at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Saturday.With ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Man found hanging

    Kolkata: A 50-year-old man, who went missing on Friday, was found hanging with his hands tied, near house in Maurigram, Howrah, on Saturday. A murder case was filed. His family claimed the body bore injuries. TNN

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    20-year-old critical after fall from terrace

    Kolkata: A 20-year-old youth, Nakhatra Sarkar, is fighting for his life in hospital after he somehow fell from the terrace of their four-storey apartment on Indira Debi Road in Parnasree on Saturday morning. The incident happened around 11.10am. Police ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Bikers injured

    Kolkata: Liluah resident Goutam Jha (32), riding a bike, and the pillion rider were injured after a bus hit them at the JL Nehru Road-Park Street crossing around 9.30am on Saturday. Both had their helmets on, said police. Around ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Heritage assessment a must before Dalhousie infra work

    Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will now be required to take a prior approval from the National Monument Authority (NMA) before undertaking any civic work in Dalhousie Square or sanctioning construction of new buildings in its vicinity.“Work in BBD ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Lok Adalats held in state, four benches in Cal HC

    Kolkata: The National Lok Adalat was held in Bengal on Saturday and 443 benches were set up across the state including four benches at Calcutta High Court. Justice IP Mukerji, executive chairman of West Bengal State Legal Services Authority ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    It took Didi, not CM, to get junior doctors to Kalighat

    Kolkata: It took a politicial masterstroke and a step never taken by any Bengal CM — going up to a mass agitation site and addressing the protesters directly — to pave the way for the first dialogue between the ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    State to get 2 more Vande Bharat trains

    Kolkata: Bengal will get two more Vande Bharat Express trains this week. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be flagging off the Bhagalpur-Howrah and Gaya-Howrah Vande Bharat trains through video conference on Sunday. The two trains will terminate at Howrah ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata rape-murder case: All you need to know about narco-analysis test after CBI's request denied as Sanjay Roy refuses consent

    Sanjay Roy (left); narco-analysis test (right) NEW DELHI: The additional chief judicial magistrate's court in Sealdah denied the CBI's request to perform a narco-analysis on Sanjay Roy, the main accused in the R G Kar rape and murder case, ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    'This is my last attempt to resolve crisis': West Bengal CM Mamata makes surprise visit to protest site of junior doctors

    NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee visited the site of a junior doctors' protest in Salt Lake on Saturday.The doctors have been protesting outside Swasthya Bhawan, demanding better security at state-run hospitals and the removal of officials ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Royal Mysore has an edge

    Kolkata: Royal Mysore from the stable of Prasanna Kumar runs with a good chance of winning the Pune City Gold on Saturday. This son of Daffodils, who met a tartar in the form of stablemate Siege Courageous last time ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Prohibitory order around RG Kar to stay till Sept 30

    Kolkata: Police on Friday extended the prohibitory orders around RG Kar Medical College & Hospital till Sep 30.According to the notification issued by Kolkata Police commissioner Vineet Goyal, the curbs will remain in place at the Shyambazar five-point crossing ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Electrocution death

    Kolkata: A 32-year-old woman died of electrocution in Rajarhat after she accidentally touched an electric wire that had got torn during Friday afternoon’s thundershower. Sushma Mahali was on her way home from Eco Urban Village, where she worked as ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata: Doctors brave rain, set up makeshift structures at Sec V for long haul

    Doctors held Abhaya Clinic, where they checked more than 150 patients KOLKATA: Protesting junior doctors on Friday set up makeshift structures, with bamboo, tarpaulin and wooden platforms, outside Swasthya Bhavan, signalling their intention to stage the demonstration for an ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata hospital horror: Junior doctors stick to live-stream demand, hardliners gain upper hand

    Doctors protest at Salt Lake Sector V KOLKATA: The hardliners among the protesting junior doctors seem to have an upper hand with them reiterating that they will not hold any meeting with the administration unless it is streamed live. ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    TMC alleges plot to attack protesting medicos, 1 held

    Kunal Ghosh KOLKATA: One person was arrested, an FIR was lodged and security stepped up at junior doctors' protest zone in Sector V, after Trinamool's ex-Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh on Friday released an audio conversation in which two ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    'Hugged me more out of lust, his hand went dangerously low': Another sex harassment plaint filed against actor-director Arindam Sil

    Arindam Sil KOLKATA: Yet another actor has filed a sexual harassment complaint against actor-director Arindam Sil with the West Bengal Commission for Women (WBCW) and marked the letter to the Womens Forum for Screen Workers +. The incident had ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    ED finds answer sheets at RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh kin's house

    KOLKATA: Enforcement Directorate has recovered answer sheets of medical examinations, copies of govt tenders and several other documents from residence of ex-RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh's sister-in-law, sources revealed. The agency had conducted a search there, along ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Rift emerges among docs on live-streaming

    KOLKATA: Difference of opinion emerged between hardliners and moderates among protesting junior doctors with the former seeming to have an upper hand, reiterating that they will not hold any meeting with the administration unless it is streamed live. West ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Guv’s ‘social boycott’ call despicable: TMC

    Kolkata: Trinamool launched a sharp attack on Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose after he called for a “social boycott” of CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday.Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra took to X to write: “Excuse me? You — a deviant ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Heavy rain, 50 kmph wind likely today: Met

    Kolkata: A low-pressure area over Bay of Bengal and Bangladesh that led to rain on Friday is likely to intensify on Saturday, triggering more such short, sharp spells, the Met office said. The city and its adjoining districts could ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Senco to tap into north Indian market, aim for 25% revenue

    Kolkata: Jewellery brand Senco Gold & Diamonds is planning to make further inroads into the north India market. As of now, 18% of the company’s revenues come from north India and the company wants to make this 25%. Eastern ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Lalbazar starts probe against ASI close to RG Kar accused

    Kolkata: Lalbazar has started a “comprehensive and all-encompassing” departmental investigation against assistant sub-inspector Anup Dutta from the KP Welfare Committee, who reportedly patronised Sanjay Roy, the civic volunteer from the same department arrested for the rape and murder of ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Special care for New Town green verges

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata development Authority (NKDA) is planning to engage agencies to maintain and protect the greenery on the green verges of New Town. Recently, NKDA had initiated the process to engage agencies for maintenance of green ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    BMC: Take permission before putting up hoardings

    Kolkata: With puja approaching, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a notice asking all advertisers and advertising agencies to take prior permission from the civic body’s advertisement department according to statutory provisions before putting up or displaying any hoarding ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    RVNL changes Orange Line stn design as eateries encroach upon pavement

    Kolkata: Pavement encroachment has forced design changes for the Orange Line’s second last station at Chinar Park.The pavement space has been usurped by at least four restaurants for their outdoor facilities, preventing Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) from creating ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    ED finds medical exam answer sheets from house of Ghosh kin

    Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate has recovered answer scripts of medical examinations, copies of govt tenders and several other documents from the residence of ex-R G Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh’s sister-in-law. The agency had conducted a search there, ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    A PERFECT BEGINNING

    Kolkata: Just like last season, it can now be accepted as a benchmark. It may still be too early, but the rivalry between Mohun Bagan SG and Mumbai City is going to shape up the new season — again.If ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Kin of ‘stir victims’ urge jr docs to resume work

    Kolkata: Family members of some patients — who have died during the ongoing junior doctors’ agitation — alleged that their dear ones may have been alive had they received proper treatment at the various govt hospitals. They appealed to ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Experts submit Dalhousie Square heritage precinct proposal to KMC

    Kolkata: A collective representing heritage enthusiasts and conservation architects has submitted a proposal to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), delineating Dalhousie Square, now known as BBD Bag, as a heritage precinct. The proposal drawn up by architects Partha Ranjan Das ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Show us way out of darkness: Kolkata junior doctors write to President

    KOLKATA: Junior doctors protesting to seek justice for RG Kar rape-murder victim have emailed President Droupadi Murmu urging her intervention to break the current impasse. Copies of the letter have also been sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, vice-president ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    HC: It’s time govt revised ₹1K aid for rare disease patients

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday pointed out that it was high time that the state revised the amount of Rs 1,000 allocated to every person suffering from muscular dystrophy, a rare genetic disease that causes progressive muscle ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    May continue with Joka Metro work but do not cut or transplant any tree: Apex court

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Friday directed that no trees would be felled or transplanted on the Maidan for the ongoing Metro Rail project. The court has, however, allowed Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) to continue work without felling ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Govt offers job to widow of man turned away from 3 Kol hosps

    Kolkata: Reaching out to the family of a labourer in Deganga — who died on Sept 10 after being denied treatment at three state-run hospitals — the North 24 Parganas Zilla Parishad on Thursday promised a govt job to ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar Hospital horror: After lie-detector test, CBI now plans to conduct 'narco analysis' on prime accused Sanjay Roy

    NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plans to conduct a narco analysis test on Sanjay Roy, who was arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at R G Kar Medical College and ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    Matter is sub judice, certain protocols must be followed: CM

    Kolkata: Thursday’s developments followed the junior doctors’ bus journey to state secretariat Nabanna from their Swasthya Bhavan protest site following the government’s third invite for talks. The first invite came on Tuesday and the second came on Wednesday. Junior ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    Complaints against parking mafia from Alipore, Short St

    Kolkata: With the festive season round the corner, the parking mafia seems to be playing a cat-and-mouse game with cops. Two fresh complaints against parking extortion have come from the Wood Street-Short Street crossing and Alipore barely hours after ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    Truck driver stops to help biker he hit, is lynched in West Bengal's Kharagpur

    KHARAGPUR: A truck driver was beaten to death after stepping out of his vehicle to help a biker he had hit at Panchberia in Kharagpur on Wednesday. The biker also died in the accident.Shyam Shankar Dhankuar, who hailed from ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata protest: TMC MP calls agitating medicos 'unfit to become doctors'

    Kalyan Banerjee NEW DELHI: Senior TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee on Thursday criticised junior doctors in West Bengal for their ongoing strike, calling them "inhumane and unfit to become doctors." The MP urged the state government to ensure that they ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    Ex-techie arrested for bike theft

    Kolkata: A former IT employee — who turned a drug addict and then allegedly resorted to crime to sponsor his drug habits — was arrested on Thursday morning for stealing bikes from Basanti Highway and selling those. Sources said ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    Metro services hit as woman walks on tracks

    Kolkata: There was commotion at Park Street metro station when a woman was found walking on the Dakshineswar-bound tracks of the North-South corridor at 9.05pm. Services were disrupted for around 40 minutes.“The motorman driving DK-276 in the Down direction ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    Green stoves make debut in Bengal

    Kolkata: WBPCB on Thursday kickstarted the pilot run of smokeless chullah at Ghorasa village in Purulia. The specially designed chullah which despite the use of conventional fuel like coal, wood, and dry leaves, will cut 70-90% pollution. The Energy ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    Class XI first sem exams from today

    Kolkata: The class XI first semester exams at Higher Secondary schools are set to start from Friday. For the first time, students will be taking a 1.5-hour exam consisting of 40 marks of multiple choice questions (MCQ) type questions. ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    Western Carriers raises ₹148 cr from anchor investors

    Kolkata: Logistics company Western Carriers raised Rs 148 crore from 15 anchor investors on Thursday. Some of the marquee names include Citigroup Global, Societe Generale, Nippon India MF and Aditya Birla Sunlife. The company is looking to tap the ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    Look into holding polls in 3 municipalities in Hills: HC

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the principal secretary, urban development and municipal affairs department, to consider a representation for holding elections in three north Bengal municipalities — Kurseong, Kalimpong and Mirik notified area — within six weeks.The ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    Protesting junior doctors help female cop in distress

    Kolkata: A young female constable on night duty at the doctors’ protest site outside Swasthya Bhavan fell ill in the early hours of Thursday when the protesting doctors rushed to her rescue, giving her initial medical support before they ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    Jr docs share excess food, water with slum dwellers near Swasthya Bhavan protest site

    Kolkata: Extra food, water and beverages have found their way from the Swasthya Bhavan protest site to slums and pavement dwellers. On Thursday, protesting junior doctors were found distributing the excess food to residents of nearby slums at Polenite, ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    Keep pre-puja sale zones off stir grid: Cops to protesters

    Kolkata: Please keep major shopping zones in the city free of demonstrations ahead of Durga Puja, especially on weekends, and don’t hold too many rallies at the same spot: These are a few requests that Kolkata Police plans to ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    Govt pledges job for widow of man denied treatment

    KOLKATA: Reaching out to the family of a labourer in Deganga in Bengal - who died on Sept 10 after being denied treatment at three state-run hospitals - the North 24 Parganas Zilla Parishad promised a govt job to ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    Govt panel to probe key lobby member

    West Bengal health department has constituted a four-member committee to inquire into various complaints against Avik De, first-year general surgery PG trainee (PGT) of Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) and one of the prominent faces ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    TMC's Sircar quits RS

    Jawhar Sircar Thursday formally put in his papers as a TMC Rajya Sabha MP, and said he would be returning to Kolkata in a couple of days for a "new innings".

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    NGT wants fresh affidavit on canal pollution

    Kolkata: The Eastern Zonal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), comprising Justice B Amit Sthalekar (judicial member) and Arun Kumar Verma (expert Member), directed the principal secretary of state environment department to file a fresh affidavit addressing the ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    CBI quizzes TMC MLA, face of 'North Bengal lobby'

    This is a representational image KOLKATA: The CBI on Wednesday questioned Trinamool Congress MLA Sudipto Roy, a prominent face of the 'North Bengal lobby' that has been accused of running a health syndicate in the wake of the ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor rape-murder: How many junior doctors back at work, DME asks hospitals

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    13 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata hospital horror: Fissures in medical community over CM Mamata Banerjee meet cancellation

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    13 September 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar rape-murder: CBI quizzes TMC MLA Sudipto Roy and North Bengal lobby member

    CBI sleuths questioned Roy at his Sinthee residence (left) and raided his nursing home at Belgharia (right) KOLKATA: The CBI on Thursday questioned Trinamool Congress MLA Sudipto Roy, a prominent face of the 'North Bengal lobby' that has been ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata PGT doctor rape-murder case: CBI collects Sanjay Roy's dental impression, mouth swab

    Sanjay Roy KOLKATA: The CBI on Tuesday night collected dental impression of Sanjay Roy, arrested for the rape and murder of the 31-year-old PGT doctor at RG Kar. Roy, lodged at Presidency Correctional Home, was again questioned on ...

    13 September 2024 Times of India
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