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  • News from West Bengal | 14 May, 2025 | ৩১ বৈশাখ, ১৪৩২
  • Patna bizman duped in ‘antique auction’ scam

    Kolkata: A businessman from Patna has alleged he was duped by a Kolkata-based company in an ‘antique auction' scam who had claimed to be registered and certified by the govt of India.The complaint was filed at Bidhannagar south police ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Kalighat awaits longest skywalk launch today

    123 Kolkata: Last-minute preparations were underway on Sunday as devotees and locals await the inauguration of the 440-m-long Kalighat skywalk. The city's longest skywalk will connect SP Mukherjee Road to the Kalighat temple and will be inaugurated by chief ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘Will gouge out eyes, break limbs’: TMC MP’s alleged threat over Waqf protests leaves Bengal BJP fuming

    Credit: X NEW DELHI: Amid escalating tensions in West Bengal's Murshidabad district following violent protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, BJP leaders launched a scathing attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), accusing it of encouraging lawlessness through appeasement ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    '210 people arrested, no one will be spared': West Bengal top cop on Murshidabad violence

    NEW DELHI: After days of unrest in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, normalcy is beginning to return, with shops reopening and families displaced by the violence starting to go back to their homes, according to a top police official.Jawed Shamim, ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Fake medicines seized during raids

    12 Kolkata: Officials of the Directorate of Drugs Control, West Bengal on Friday conducted searches at two wholesalers of medicines in the Ultadanga-Muchipara area. A number of medical stores were also raided.During the searches, officials came across several non-standard ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Rush at Chaitra Sale hubs on last Sun before Poila Baisakh

    12 Kolkata: A buying spree gripped the city on the last Sunday before Poila Boisakh. Kolkata's markets — from Hatibagan in the north to Gariahat in the south — were flooded with shoppers, who kept streaming in throughout the ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    BJP caught on wrong foot after image collage goof-up

    12 Kolkata: Bengal BJP was caught on the wrong foot on Sunday after police called out a collage of nine photographs on their X handle claiming Hindu festivals were being targeted in the state. The photographs, it appears, were ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Nissan eyes 4-fold growth in domestic mkt in 2 years

    12 Kolkata: Nissan Motor India that sold 99,000 units, including 28,000 units in the domestic market and 71,000 units in exports, in 2024-25, is targeting double the sales in two years with half of it coming from the domestic ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Maintain peace and unity, imams tell waqf protesters

    123 Kolkata: Imams on Sunday came together with a plea to maintain peace and unity while protesting against the waqf act amendments ahead of a meeting with CM Mamata Banerjee on April 16."We want peace," All India Imam Association ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Malda school becomes oasis of hope as hundreds cross Ganga

    12 Malda: For two nights, Banabasi Mandal didn't sleep a wink. Janaki Mandal had been looking for a handful of puffed rice to feed her kids. Banabasi and Janaki are among the hundreds who have been crossing the Ganga ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Facing questions, TMC MPs, MLAs blame ‘outsiders’, cops

    123 Kolkata: From blaming "outsiders" to "police" for the violence, Trinamool Congress's Murshidabad MPs and MLAs on Sunday chose to deflect responsibility, facing questions from their party colleagues. TMC, which has a strong hold in Murshidabad with 20 of ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Cries for ‘protection’ punctuate uneasy calm in strife-torn pockets

    1234 Dhuliyan (Murshidabad): An uneasy calm prevailed on Sunday between Sajur More and Dak Bungalow More, the 7km stretch along the NH 12 that bore the brunt of clashes since Friday night, when protests against Centre's new waqf law ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    DGP: Situation is now under control

    Shamsherganj (Murshidabad): Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar said on Sunday that the situation in Jangipur was "under control".On Sunday, 17 companies of CAPF joined 1,000 personnel from the state armed police on area-domination route marches. Bengal govt has also sent ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    After violence, politics takes centre stage

    12 Kolkata: Alleging that the Murshidabad violence could have "cross-border links" aided by "a section of an opposition party and a section within BSF", Trinamool Congress on Sunday demanded a probe into the "deeper conspiracy" to defame Bengal. The ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Blue Star may set up plant in Bengal after 2028

    12 Kolkata: Leading AC and commercial refrigeration company Blue Star is contemplating setting up a manufacturing plant in Bengal after 2028 when it expects to meet its sales targets in eastern region. The company is now looking to expand ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    VIP Road reopens in Kolkata, easing traffic congestion for commuters.

    123 Kolkata: Commuters and transport operators across Kolkata are breathing a sigh of relief as a 300-metre stretch of VIP Road, long plagued by traffic bottlenecks due to Metro construction work, finally reopened for public use. The thoroughfare, a ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Early onset of summer tourism in Darjeeling

    123 Darjeeling: The Darjeeling Hills are already buzzing with visitors as summer tourism has made an early debut this year. Despite most schools in the plains closing only by the end of this month, tourism in the hill town ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Psychoanalysis for murder accused

    123 Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police are considering legal provisions to conduct a psychoanalysis of the 33-year-old man who was arrested for allegedly killing his mother at their flat in Rajarhat Vedic Village on Friday. He has been under judicial custody ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    SSC gives lists of ‘tainted’, ‘other candidates’

    12 Kolkata: West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Sunday submitted two lists of ‘tainted' and ‘other candidates' to school education department. TOI on Saturday reported that the WBSSC began the process of preparing the lists a day after ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Veterans come back in films

    123456 Kolkata: Recently, director Prabhat Roy (81) announced his directorial comeback after a decade-long sabbatical. Roy joins the leagues of extraordinary veterans staging a comeback in Tollywood after 75. Sharmila Tagore (80) and Rakhee Gulzar (77) have all returned ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    Surge in number of breathing distress patients as mercury soars

    123 Kolkata: The rising intensity of heat is triggering breathing distress, a symptom not always associated with heat-induced illnesses, say doctors. However, it is one of the symptoms triggered by a sudden spike in body temperature, which could even ...

    14 April 2025 Times of India
    NKDA to issue notices for illegal use of residential buildings in New Town.

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) is to send stop activity notices to owners of 10 multi-storied residential buildings in New Town who have been illegally using the buildings as ceremonial houses without valid permission.Officials said that ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Cops identify 6 crossings to speed up C Kol traffic

    12 Kolkata: Cops have identified six major crossings on the Central Avenue stretch, including the Bowbazar, MG Road, Girish Park and Sovabazar crossings, where they are allowing a greater waiting time. However, for other crossings, cops are cutting down ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    E-W Metro’s final leg undergoes fire checks

    12 Kolkata: The mandatory fire safety inspection was conducted along East-West Metro's 2.6 km Esplanade-Sealdah section on Saturday. The audit from the state fire and emergency services is a prerequisite to the final safety inspection by the Commissioner of ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Dispense with black robes amid heat, urge lawyers

    12 Kolkata: Lawyers have written to the Calcutta HC Chief Justice, requesting him to "dispense with the mandatory wearing of robes/gowns for advocates during summer".The letter from Bar Library Club High Court, Calcutta, Bar Association, and Incorporated Law Society ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘Entered our homes, vandalised everything’: Murshidabad tense after Waqf Act violence; 150 arrested

    KOLKATA: "They entered into our houses and vandalised everything," said a local vendor, as fear and uncertainty continue to loom over parts of West Bengal’s Murshidabad district following violent protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act. The unrest has left ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal Waqf protests: BJP's Suvendu Adhikari claims Hindus 'forced to flee' Murshidabad amid violence

    Suvendu Adhikari NEW DELHI: BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, alleged on Sunday that more than 400 Hindus had to leave their homes in Dhulian, Murshidabad, because of communal tension in the ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    BJP MPs urges centre to declare 4 Bengal districts as 'disturbed areas' under AFSPA amid Murshidabad violence

    BJP MPs Jyotirmay Singh Mahato and Jagannath Sarkar have urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to intervene in West Bengal's deteriorating law and order NEW DELHI: BJP MP from Purulia, Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, has appealed to Union Home Minister ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    12 more arrested in violence over Waqf Act in West Bengal's Murshidabad, says police

    NEW DELHI: Twelve more people were arrested in Murshidabad district of West Bengal in connection with violent protests over the Waqf (Amendment) Act that left three people dead, bringing the total arrests to 150. The Muslim-majority district remained peaceful ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Focus on afforestation, ensure Maidan stays as Kolkata’s lungs, panel tells RVNL

    12 Kolkata: The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEF&CC) has asked Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL), which is implementing the Joka-Esplanade metro line, to ensure suitable afforestation of areas in the ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    6,750: Monthly meal cost of every KP dog

    123 Kolkata: Each of the 41 members of the Kolkata Police Dog Squad has been allotted Rs 6,750 per month towards their diet. The diet was also tweaked to include salmon oil or fish oil, apart from their daily ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    No 'irreligious act in name of religion': West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Murshidabad violence

    KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday appealed for peace, asking people not to indulge in "irreligious behaviour in the name of religion", while insisting that the new amended waqf law would not be implemented in Bengal."We have clearly stated ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    'Some people want to set Bengal on fire': Abhishek Banerjee on West Bengal violence

    NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday urged people to maintain peace in West Bengal amid ongoing protests following the Waqf Amendment Bill passage in parliament. He warned against those attempting to create unrest ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    8 held for raping minor girl for months in Sikkim

    GANGTOK: Eight people, including four boys, were apprehended for raping a 13-year-old girl over several months in Sikkim's Gyalshing district, police stated on Sunday. The authorities acted upon a complaint lodged by the Child Welfare Committee on Friday after ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Bengal SSC begins preparing list of eligible-ineligible job losers after Supreme Court verdict

    The 13-member delegation met minister Bratya Basu on Friday KOLKATA: West Bengal School Service Commission on Saturday began the process of identifying "tainted" and "untainted" candidates, a day after state education minister Bratya Basu said the eligible-ineligible list would ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    CM to gift city Kalighat skywalk a day ahead of Poila Baisakh

    123456 Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials engaged in the construction of the Kalighat Skywalk, the city's longest skywalk that connects SP Mukherjee Road to Kalighat temple, are working overtime to ensure that the architectural marvel is ready for ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Heat persists, Met predicts thunderstorm

    Kolkata: The city continued to be singed by the unrelenting heat as the maximum temperature reached 34.2°C on Saturday. But it turned pleasant after sundown. The minimum temperature was 26.4°C. There would be little change in the weather over ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Cashless Kol trips on UPI payment as glitch hits apps

    Kolkata: Electronic payment has become so intrinsic to our daily lives that the glitch in unified payments interface (UPI) services on Saturday stumped the "cashless" crowd in the city, as they scrambled for cash at markets, fuel stations, restaurants, ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    City celebrates Hanuman Jayanti

    1234 Kolkata: Temples in different parts of the city were decked up and several processions hit the streets as members of various communities in the city celebrated Hanuman Jayanti on Saturday. Devotees thronged the 372-year-old Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Webinar lesson on cancer reaches over 1L students

    12 Kolkata: An online live session on cancer awareness was held at govt schools across the state on Saturday, with experts apprising more than 1 lakh youngsters of ways to prevent cancer, importance of timely detection and the various ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Murshidabad: HC orders CAPF deployment, forces to work with cops

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Saturday ordered deployment of central forces in trouble-torn places of Murshidabad and directed CAPF to work in tandem with state police force to restore peace and protect lives and properties. In Murshidabad, two persons ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    As grand yak fest starts in Thakum, tourists flock to Sandakphu

    Darjeeling: A high-altitude, two-day Yak Tourism Festival will be held at Thakum, a scenic spot about 8 km from Sandakphu, from April 13 to April 14. With all the buzz around it, accommodations in Sandakphu are fully booked, said ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    TMC slams oppn plot to ‘stoke communal flames’, BJP blames ‘law and order failure’

    Kolkata: The Murshidabad violence on Saturday prompted Trinamool to blame BJP and the opposition for conspiring to stoke communal flames in Bengal. BJP blamed TMC for the law and order failure.TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee led the charge ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Cams, binoculars out as birders set out on Nababarsha count

    123 Kolkata: The third edition of Poila Baisakh Bird Count kicked off in West Bengal on Saturday. A citizen science initiative by the Birdwatchers' Society (BWS) to celebrate nature during Bengali New Year, the event is also seen as ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Restos lay out curated menus to ring in Bengali New Year

    1234 Kolkata: As Kolkata gets ready to celebrate Poila Baisakh next week, restaurants are rolling out specially curated menus to celebrate the state's rich culinary heritage. From traditional thalis to unique colonial pop-ups, foodies in the city are in ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    NKDA launches comprehensive vector control drive in New Town canals.

    123 Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has started vector control drive across 22 periphery canals in New Town, identifying high-risk zones for mosquito breeding through aerial surveillance. The measures include drone surveys, scooping of larvae using ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata police to use CCTV footage to identify outsiders at kasba protest.

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police have decided to seek the help of not just CCTV cameras monitored by the city force, but also private ones, to try and identify the movements of "outsiders" outside the Kasba District Inspector's office on ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    YouTube video alerts cops on gold theft

    123 Kolkata: A family residing in Behala would never have known that gold ornaments kept at their residence were missing if not for a bizarre chain of events prompted by a sudden short video on social media earlier this ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Hindi film whose story is co-written by a Bengali scriptwriter to premiere at Cannes

    123456 Kolkata: In May 1954, Bimal Roy's ‘Do Bigha Zamin' premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The cinematic masterpiece, whose story was penned by Salil Chowdhury, garnered the prestigious Prix International at Cannes. It was the first Indian film ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    From Shahid Minar to Gandhi statue, then Y-Channel: Jobless stir shifts venue twice

    1234 Kolkata: Teachers, who lost their jobs after the Supreme Court order, said that they were happy with the discussions with the state but they wanted to keep up the pressure.On Saturday, they shifted their sit-in demonstration twice — ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Video of siblings assaulting woman over property dispute in Barasat goes viral

    123 Kolkata: A shocking video has gone viral on social media, revealing a brutal case of domestic violence in Barasat, where an expatriate woman was allegedly assaulted by her own siblings over a property dispute just days after their ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    In uncertain times, state keeps teacher-transfer order in abeyance

    123 Kolkata: The transfer process initiated by the state school education department following an order on March 31, 2023, to maintain student-teacher ratio in state-aided primary, upper primary, secondary and HS schools has been put in the back burner. ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Nearby getaways look at biz boost with 2 long weekends

    Kolkata: Two consecutive long weekends — Ambedkar Jayanti on Monday and Poila Baisakh on Tuesday, followed by the Good Friday holiday the following week — have prompted Kolkatans to plan short holidays to nearby getaways, leading to a surge ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘Boosting biomining only way to tackle Dhapa fire’

    12 Kolkata: Fast-tracking the biomining activity at the waste mound at Dhapa is the only way the smouldering fire, and the pollution it generates, can be tackled, state pollution control board chairman Kalyan Rudra told TOI. On Friday, smoke ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal Waqf protests: Fresh violence breaks out in Murshidabad; 1 injured

    NEW DELHI: Violence erupted again on Saturday in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, where one person sustained a bullet injury in Dhulian, Samserganj block. This follows extensive unrest on Friday in Suti and Samserganj areas during demonstrations against the Waqf ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Close call for ISF legislator Naushad Siddiqui as speeding truck rams his SUV in West Bengal

    HOWRAH: ISF legislator Naushad Siddiqui had a close call when a speeding truck dashed into the vehicle he was travelling in. The incident took place around 11 pm on Friday.According to Howrah City Police officials, Naushad Siddiqui was travelling ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    New heart op method in city hosp a life-saver for high-risk patients

    Kolkata: At least four patients with blood leakage from the mitral valve underwent treatment using a new technique in a city hospital. Doctors said this minimally invasive procedure, done through a keyhole, can be a saviour for high-risk patients ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    2 techies die in car-truck crash, 2 others in hosp

    Howrah: Two persons, both IT employees in Kolkata, were killed on the highway near Bagnan when the car they were travelling in dashed into a truck. Two other IT employees who were in the vehicle were injured. Ankush Bhattacharjee ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Over 110 arrested in Murshidabad in violence over Waqf Act, internet suspended, raids on in other districts: West Bengal police

    Murshidabad violence (Photo: PTI) KOLKATA: Over 110 people were arrested in connection with the unrest that erupted in the Muslim-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal during a demonstration against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, police stated on Saturday.Multiple vehicles, ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee trying to create Bangladesh by 'threatening Hindus': BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar

    KOLKATA: Amid turmoil over violence in Murshidabad, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday alleged West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee of "threatening Hindus" and trying to "create a Bangladesh here".He further censured the police force for ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘I’ve killed my mother’: Depressed Kolkata man stabs mom to death, spends night with body, confesses to tea vendor

    KOLKATA: A 33-year-old man, under treatment for depression and mental issues, was arrested on Friday morning for allegedly killing his mother at their flat in Rajarhat Vedic Village.The man allegedly confessed before the cops that he had stabbed his ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    After regime change, Dhaka Poila Baisakh event changes name

    Kolkata: Since the Aug uprising, this is the first Poila Baisakh celebration in Bangladesh, and it will have the least participation of Bengalis from India. Organised by the faculty of fine arts at the University of Dhaka, the procession ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    ZSI scientists discover six new Scarab Beetle species in India, reinforcing urgency for conservation efforts

    Representative Image KOLKATA: In a scientific breakthrough, researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), in collaboration with Germany’s Museum A. Koenig, have discovered six new species of Sericinae scarab beetles from the biodiversity-rich regions of India. The findings, ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Waqf protesters attack cops in Jangipur, damage rail property

    Behrampore: Fresh waqf protests broke out in Jangipur's Suti and Samserganj on Friday, with police resorting to lathi-charge and bursting tear gas shells to stop the protestors from blocking NH-12 and the railway tracks.Sources said the state govt has ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    10-year wait comes to an end as Andal airport gets a lounge

    123 Kolkata: A 1,500 sq ft lounge is now operational at the Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport (KNIA) in Durgapur, fulfilling the long-standing demand of corporate executives and businessmen who frequently fly out of or into the airport.The tastefully designed ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Sarsuna locals save two girls from sex predators

    Kolkata: Two minors, barely in their teens, were allegedly sexually harassed after being confined to a house in Sarsuna on Thursday late evening. The two accused were previously known to them. Locals launched a search operation after the two ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    In debt, postal staffer ‘raids’ bank with gas-lighter ‘gun’

    Kolkata: A 33-year-old postal department employee, a resident of Avenue South in Santoshpur and an organising committee member of one of the biggest Durga Pujas in the area, allegedly attempted to rob the SBI Santoshpur branch — armed with ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    2 arrested for eatery-dating app fraud

    Kolkata: The city police's cyber cell has uncovered a dating-app fraud scheme operating through a restaurant on Elgin Road, and arrested two individuals on Thursday. The scam came to light when multiple victims reported being forced to pay exorbitant ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Never expected violence, arson threats from teachers, says CP

    1234 Kolkata: Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Verma claimed on Friday that the police did not expect teachers to assault cops and resort to violence. "It was a teachers' programme. What can you expect? Nobody expects that teachers will resort ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    SI accused of kicking teacher won’t probe clash cases: Top cop

    12 Kolkata: Sub-inspector Ritan Das, accused of kicking a teacher during a protest at the school district inspector's office in Kasba on April 9, would not investigate either of the two cases registered about the clash, said KP commissioner ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    For second day in a row, rally pain hits commuters east, west, centre

    Kolkata: For the second day in a row, twin protests against new Waqf law and school job loss again disrupted traffic in large parts of Kolkata as well as Salt Lake on Friday, leaving thousands of commuters — office-goers, ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Bank official dupes client of 1.1 crore

    Kolkata: Shakespeare Sarani police station, along with the detective department anti-cheating wing, has launched a probe against a relationship manager of a private bank, who allegedly duped a customer of Rs 1.1 crore through fraudulent investment schemes.The accused, who ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    BJP MLA advises ‘firearms at home’, TMC hits back

    123 Kolkata: A Bankura BJP MLA's call on Friday to people to keep "legal" firearms in their homes prompted Trinamool to hit back, saying this proved the saffron party's scant regard for law.In a video, BJP MLA Dibakar Gharami ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Can’t claim public space as a right, no Hanuman Chalisa on Red Rd: Cal HC

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday refused permission for a mass recital of Hanuman Chalisa on Red Road on Saturday to mark Hanuman Jayanti, saying no one could claim a public place as a matter of right.The petitioner, ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Edu min: Eligible list, 22L OMRs to be published if law permits

    Kolkata: The list of eligible and ineligible candidates among school staffers who have lost their jobs would be published on the School Service Commission portal within April 21 subject to legal advice, Bengal education minister Bratya Basu said on ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Two bikers thrash cabby, vandalise car

    Kolkata: Two bikers reportedly stopped a cab owner close to Acropolis Mall in Kasba, pelted the vehicle with stones and made away with his cash. Police said the suspected road rage took place last week. An FIR has been ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Ultraviolette to begin European sales of performance e-bikes

    123 Kolkata: Bengaluru-based e-bike maker Ultraviolette is set to ship the first consignment of performance motorcycles to Germany by early next month. While Royal Enfield sells bikes in Europe, Ultraviolette is poised to become the first Indian e-bike manufacturer ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Teacher Who Asked To Set Fire at DI Office Reacts

    12 Kolkata: The teacher at the centre of a protest controversy clarified that his widely circulated remarks about "petrol" referred to self-immolation, not threats against govt property. Pratap Raychowdhury, former ninth and tenth-grade teacher at Sonarpur MC High School, ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Never expected arson, violence threats from teachers, says CP

    123 Kolkata: Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Verma claimed on Friday that the police did not expect teachers to assault cops and resort to violence. "It was a teachers' programme. What can you expect? Nobody expects that teachers will resort ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Cluster school concept to salvage science classes

    123 Kolkata: Facing an unprecedented situation in which schools are being forced to close down their science classes and laboratories, the state higher secondary council on Friday urged schools to adopt the "cluster" hub-and-spoke model to tide over the ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Voice of dissent, ‘chashar beta’: Former minister Rezzak Molla passes away at 81

    Kolkata: Former state minister Abdur Rezzak Molla passed away at his ancestral home in Bhangar on Friday morning. He was 81. Molla had served as a minister in cabinets of three chief ministers — Jyoti Basu, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Teachers march, demand jobs and honour back

    123 Kolkata: We are already in pain, and now the police are trying to portray us as criminals, alleging we attacked them first, said Amit Ranjan Bhuniya, a physical science teacher from Kultali in South 24 Parganas, who was ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Ganguly faces go-back slogan

    123 BJP MP Abhijit Ganguly on Friday faced "go-back" slogans from the protesting teachers who asked him to keep politics out of the issue. As Ganguly was taken off by his security personnel from the podium, he shot back ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    CM to hold waqf act meet with Muslim community leaders on April 16

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee will hold a meeting with religious figures from the Muslim community on April 16 to discuss the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025. The meeting will be attended by imams, muezzins and other intellectuals from across the ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Coast Guard foils high-sea smuggling of betel nuts worth Rs 1cr

    Kolkata: Indian Coast Guard (ICG) foiled a high-sea smuggling attempt of betel nuts worth nearly Rs 1 crore on Thursday and apprehended the sailors.ICG ship Varad, while patrolling the International Maritime Boundary in Bay of Bengal, spotted suspicious movements ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Veteran West Bengal leader Abdur Razzak Mollah dies at 80; CM Mamata Banerjee calls it 'irreplaceable void'

    Abdur Razzak Mollah, former West Bengal minister and veteran leader, passed away at 80 due to age-related ailments. NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal minister and veteran leader Abdur Razzak Mollah passed away at his ancestral home in South ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather April 11: Rain and warmth expected

    In Kolkata, the weather for April 10, 2025, brings a mix of warmth and rain. If you’re planning your day or the days ahead, keep reading for key insights:Today's Breakdown:Date: April 10, 2025 Sunrise and Sunset: The sun will ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    SSC teachers protest: Kolkata police chief orders probe, kick-cop taken off active duty

    Sub-Inspector Ritan Das is under investigation after a clash with SSC teacher protesters in Kasba, Kolkata. Das claims a lapse in concentration led to protesters snatching his lathi and assaulting him. The incident has divided the Kolkata Police, with ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Hamas, ISIS flags are visible here but Ram Navami flags are removed from cars: Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh

    NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Friday attacked the Mamata Banerjee government, alleging selective targeting of religious symbols during Ram Navami celebrations.Speaking to reporters, Ghosh claimed that in West Bengal, "Here you will find Hamas, Palestine, Pakistan, ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Protesting Bengal teachers allege police brutality; kicked in 'self-defence', counters Kasba cop

    KOLKATA: Sub-inspector Ritan Das of Kasba police station, whose actions during Wednesday’s scuffle with protesting SSC candidates triggered widespread outrage, has been taken off active duty pending an inquiry. The development comes after police commissioner Manoj Verma ordered a ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    'Don't foresee salary problem after CM Mamata Banerjee's assurance to job losers': Minister Bratya Basu

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    11 April 2025 Times of India
    After RGK ‘walkover’, BJP hits ground early to appropriate teachers’ protest

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    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Smoke from Dhapa fire, smelting activities chokes Bypass residents

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    11 April 2025 Times of India
    CBI nabs 13th suspect in 2021 post-poll murder

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    Man held for raping woman with spl needs

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    Waqf-SSC stirs grip city heart in twin choke-hold

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    KP files two cases for clash, claims arson bid

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    Commute pain: Students and office-goers bear rally brunt

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    TagoreTech’s radio frequency lab in Sec V to start ops in 2-3 mths

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    11 April 2025 Times of India
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