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  • Bengal labourer lynched in Haryana on suspicion of eating beef

    Sabir Malik (right) was beaten to death on Aug 28. Cops later arrested five persons for the lynching and detained two minors HISAR/KOLKATA: Five men associated with a cow vigilante group have been arrested and two boys below 18 ...

    1 September 2024 Times of India
    Live-in partner files plaint, doctor held

    Kolkata: A doctor was arrested from Gariahat on Saturday for allegedly living with a woman for four years, having sexual relations with her on promise of marriage and then, throwing her out of the house. The woman, a receptionist, ...

    1 September 2024 Times of India
    After schools, neighbourhood clubs now seek to sensitise boys

    Kolkata: Counselling sessions for youths, especially teenage boys, are going to be held in some city localities to help them understand how to behave properly with women around them. A number of local clubs are taking this initiative to ...

    1 September 2024 Times of India
    Cert of merit for top 0.1% CISCE students

    Kolkata: CISCE, which stopped declaring the names of rank-holders in Class X and XII boards exams this year, introduced the ‘Certificate of Merit’ to recognise and felicitate candidates with outstanding academic performance. ICSE and ISC candidates, who were among ...

    1 September 2024 Times of India
    Not-so-civil civic cops a problem for police image

    Kolkata: In the past two years, at least eight civic volunteers in Kolkata have been arrested on charges including murder, rape, robbery, theft and extortion. The most recent arrest happened on Saturday when a civic volunteer attached to Sinthee ...

    1 September 2024 Times of India
    9 cops hurt in attack by rape accused, aides

    Kolkata: At least nine police personnel, including a sub-inspector, were attacked and injured by a group of miscreants during a raid to arrest a rape accused at Hasnabad in North 24 Parganas on Friday night.At least three policemen sustained ...

    1 September 2024 Times of India
    Doctors on cease-work ‘see’ patients via telecon, attend to 600 on first day

    Kolkata: On Saturday, a group of junior resident doctors at R G Kar were seen taking calls, including video calls, and writing down notes. No, they were not discussing how to take the agitation forward and jotting down the ...

    1 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘People want to stay together’: Spiritual leader at docu screening

    Kolkata: In 2015-16, spiritual leader and educator Sri M decided to walk 7,500 km — from Kanyakumari to Kashmir — to promote communal harmony and peace in a polarised world. On Saturday, at the premiere of award-winning documentary ‘Walking ...

    1 September 2024 Times of India
    In troubled season, discretion better part of publicity for puja organisers

    Kolkata: For Durga Puja organisers, discretion is better than all-out activity.Durga Puja is a little over five weeks away, but a majority of organisers are holding back publicising their plans and keeping preparations “low key” as the “mood is ...

    1 September 2024 Times of India
    Less-dangerous viral infections take over hosps in dengue-malaria season

    Kolkata: In this season of dengue and malaria, mostly cases of lesser evils, like lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI), influenza and less-severe pneumonia, are being reported, leaving doctors and hospitals relieved. This month, just one dengue death was reported ...

    1 September 2024 Times of India
    Health dept appoints CNMC chest med head as principal

    Kolkata: State health department has appointed a professor of chest medicine as the principal at Calcutta National Medical College (CNMC). The move comes as present principal Ajay Ray superannuates on Saturday. Professor Subhra Mitra will now take charge as ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    ‘Govt well within rights to amend penal laws’

    Kolkata: Sanjay Basu, senior standing counsel for Bengal govt in SC, said, “We have researched multiple SC and HC judgments. We propose to have both death and rigorous imprisonment for remainder of a person’s life and fine/compensation for trauma, ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    BJP's Suvendhu Adhikari alleges illegal mining activities in West Bengal's Saltora; 2 dead after 'dynamite blast'

    Suvendhu Adhikari NEW DELHI: In a shocking incident, two people lost their lives in a dynamite explosion in Saltora, Bankura, on Friday night. The opposition leader, Suvendu Adhikari, took to social media to reveal that the deceased, Joydeb Mandal ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar rape-murder case: Jr doctors to start 10am-2pm telecon service from today

    KOLKATA: The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front, an umbrella body of junior doctors across all medical colleges, has decided to start teleconsultation for patients from Saturday. The services, which they will call 'Abhaya Clinic', will be available from 10 ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar OPD footfall up three times in less than a fortnight

    Kolkata: The OPD footfall across city hospitals is rising gradually, including at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. At RG Kar, the epicentre of the agitation, the OPD count had plunged to 300 and 400 around Aug 20. Now, ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    Brabourne MoU for Partition project

    Kolkata: Lady Brabourne College on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU ) with Centre for Language, Translation, and Cultural Studies of Netaji Subhas Open University for a joint public research project on the Partition of Bengal and Liberation ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    Bengal bill proposes death or life in jail till death for all rape cases

    Kolkata: The stringent anti-rape bill that will be tabled by Bengal govt in the assembly on Monday proposes to treat all incidents of rape — even if the victim survives — as murder to be punished with death or ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    Cargo ship capsize: Father of missing crew member urges state, Centre to look for son

    12 Kolkata: Father of 31-year-old Rahul Roy, a cabin crew member of the ill-fated cargo ship ITT Puma that sank near Sagar Island four days back, has urged both the state and the Centre to take immediate steps to ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    Bowbazar cave-in: 5 years later, 400 displaced residents still out of home

    Kolkata: Five years have passed since the tunnelling disaster in Bowbazar but around 400 displaced Bowbazar residents are still living in houses rented by the agencies implementing India’s first under-river Metro project. However, the troubled 2.5km part of the ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    Bagan to start favourites against NEUFC

    Kolkata: One can approach the Durand Cup final from different perspectives and with varied objectives — collectively and individually.Mohun Bagan SG — the defending champions and most successful team of Asia’s oldest football club tournament — are back on ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    Fake posts, never stopped RG Kar theme for puja pandals: Police

    Kolkata: Bengal and Kolkata police have jointly rubbished social media posts that falsely claim cops are asking Durga Puja organizers to refrain from using the RG Kar crime as a theme for their pandals. The fake forwards also claim ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    Kol pvt hosps start clearing OPD and surgery backlog

    Kolkata: Several private hospitals are grappling with a sudden spurt in OPD footfall after two days of cease work observed by doctors last week, followed by several other agitation-triggered disruptions this week that made commute difficult for patients and ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    TMC councillor seeks KMC answer on ‘pavement sale’

    12 Kolkata: On several occasions, a section of the traders has complained about outright sale of the city’s pavements by hawkers or hawker union leaders. Now, a question in this regard was raised by a Trinamool Congress councillor at ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    CU student complains of hostel torture

    Kolkata: A disabled law student and a boarder of CU’s Carmichael hostel has alleged that his roommate, who is a former student and has been staying at the hostel illegally, abused him verbally and threatened to kill him on ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    Two arrested for extortion

    Kolkata: Two persons were arrested in two cases of extortion. Kaushik Sarkar, a known Trinamool supporter in New Town, was held for cheating a businessman of Rs 25 lakh against a promise of sending trucks to Bangladesh while Vicky ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    Rain after dry spell

    Kolkata: The city received rain on Friday after a short dry spell. Even though a low-pressure has formed over Bay of Bengal, it is unlikely to have an impact on Kolkata. tnn

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    Accosted after asking for slip, prof fights off Gariahat parking mafia

    Kolkata: An assistant professor has alleged that she was threatened by six to seven parking goons on Thursday evening when she asked for a slip after paying Rs 40 for parking her car under the Gariahat flyover for 30 ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    Jamari looks a cinch

    Kolkata: There is no looking beyond Pesi Shroff-nursed Jamari in the Idar Gold Trophy at Pune on Saturday. This daughter of Glyndebourne has a lot of class to win this prime event in the hands of Vivek G. PUNE ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    Waterlogged tracks hit train services

    Kolkata: Overflowing canals after a heavy spell of rain and choked drains are submerging railway tracks, affecting services of both Circular Railway as well as other trains to and from Kolkata Station near Chitpore. Eastern Railway has sought the ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    Illegal bldgs: KMC set to alter law to double jail term

    Kolkata: The KMC Act (1980) is set to be amended with a more stringent provision of law to deal with illegal constructions. The new law, once passed, can double the quantum of maximum punishment for unscrupulous builders and also ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    Social media alerts help KP arrest Chhatra Samaj vandals who hurled stones at cops

    Kolkata: Social media, particularly Facebook, came to the aid of cops when they arrested three persons on Thursday — all claiming to be members of the Paschimbanga Chhatra Samaj and reportedly backed by BJP-ABVP — for allegedly attacking cops ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    HC dismisses PIL on illegal sand mining

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday dismissed a PIL alleging rampant illegal sand mining from Damodar river in East Burdwan, stating that its petitioner was an ‘extortionist.’ The court also slapped Rs 50,000 penalty on petitioner Subrata Mallick, ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor rape-murder: New seminar hall videos show people near body. Inquest was just over, say police

    One of the pictures released by Kolkata Police on Friday KOLKATA: Hours after two more videos surfaced purportedly showing "several non-hospital administrative faces" standing at the rape-and-murder spot inside the seminar hall of R G Kar Hospital, leading to ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    Bengal bill proposes death or life in jail till death for all rape cases

    West Bengal assembly KOLKATA: The stringent anti-rape bill that will be tabled by Bengal govt in the assembly on Monday proposes to treat all incidents of rape - even if the victim survives - as murder to be punished ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    Online post urges RG Kar-like 'rip' on Kolkata Police woman cop; FIR filed against 3

    DC (central) Indira Mukherjee, who was threatened online, on Thursday addressed the media about KP’s RG Kar probe KOLKATA: The Kolkata Police has registered an FIR against three YouTube users, who threatened DC (central) Indira Mukherjee with derogatory ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata hospital horror: Learnt of doctor death after cop complaint was lodged, says RG Kar ex-principal Sandip Ghosh

    File pic of Sandip Ghosh at CGO Complex KOLKATA: Former R G Kar principal Sandip Ghosh has claimed that he came to know of the death of the PGT doctor around 10.20 am on Aug 9, almost 50 minutes ...

    31 August 2024 Times of India
    Agnostic back to winning ways

    Kolkata: Bharath Singh-trained Agnostic sprinted away the HPSL Calcutta Monsoon Sprint here at the RCTC on Thursday. The six-year-old gelding was ridden by Yash Narredu. On the professional front it was trainers Aashay Doctor and Dr Anil Kumar along ...

    30 August 2024 Times of India
    Met spies showers in coastal zones

    Kolkata: A cyclonic circulation over east central Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood is likely to trigger heavy rain along the coasts of Bengal, Odisha and Andhra over the next two days. The circulation is likely to move west-north-westwards ...

    30 August 2024 Times of India
    Tourists scrap Bengal vacations fearing trouble, industry prays for puja turnaround

    Kolkata: Many foreigners, including expat Indians, are cancelling or putting on hold their Durga Puja special trips to West Bengal, fearing trouble and lack of safety in the state, thanks to the heinous crime on RG Kar Medical College ...

    30 August 2024 Times of India
    Fatigue, politics, clashes take toll on citizens’ stir

    Kolkata: Citizens who had taken time out from their work, daily chores and studies to walk the streets and join the unprecedented movement to demand justice in the R G Kar rape-murder case are trying to reclaim the protest ...

    30 August 2024 Times of India
    Don’t charge patient for wrong op: Panel to hosp

    Kolkata: A hospital, where a patient underwent an operation apparently to remove a cancerous growth in her stomach though it was later found non-existent, has been asked to forego the surgery charge. The directive came from West Bengal Clinical ...

    30 August 2024 Times of India
    MSC hold Suruchi to stay in CFL fray

    Kolkata: Mohammedan Sporting kept their hopes of defending the CFL Premier Division title alive, holding Suruchi Sangha 2-2 in a rescheduled match at the Naihati stadium on Thursday. The match between the sides was initially held at the same ...

    30 August 2024 Times of India
    IIM-C warns of fake CAT registration website

    Kolkata: IIM-Calcutta has cautioned CAT aspirants against a fraudulent website for CAT registration, which is being used for phishing and to solicit personal information about applicants.“We urge all applicants and stakeholders to be cautious and visit only our official ...

    30 August 2024 Times of India
    Police to issue fresh notices over fake news

    Kolkata: The police have decided to send notices to a number of social influencers and a section of social media users over a set of fake news that began to be circulated from Thursday.According to police, one such fake ...

    30 August 2024 Times of India
    BTech student falls off hostel balcony, hurt

    Kolkata: A 20-year-old student from New Delhi’s Dwarka area reportedly fell from the second-floor balcony of the Indian Maritime University’s hostel at CPT Colony on Taratala Road while washing clothes around 12.45 am on Thursday, cops said. The BTech ...

    30 August 2024 Times of India
    BCC&I and IIEST Shibpur sign MoU

    Kolkata: IIEST Shibpur and Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry signed an MoU on Monday to foster industry and academia collaboration and promote innovation and research, with particular focus on MSMEs in Bengal. tnn

    30 August 2024 Times of India
    We too are humans: Hurt sergeant’s wife

    12 Kolkata: Debarati Chakraborty, a Bengal Police constable, stood up for the force on Thursday, saying the cops have families and children too and that they shouldn’t be targeted for everything happening around.Debarati has another identity. She is the ...

    30 August 2024 Times of India
    Where there is a will, there is a way: HC on Salt Lake parking

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the commissioner of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to designate parking areas, and also the no-parking zones, in Salt Lake and deploy authorized persons in uniform to collect the approved parking fees.A ...

    30 August 2024 Times of India
    Kilburn Engg looks to raise ₹300 crore

    Kolkata: Kilburn Engineering Ltd has proposed to raise up to Rs 300 crore through a preferential allotment of shares and/or convertible warrants at Rs 425 per share. The company has said that this proposal is subject to approval by ...

    30 August 2024 Times of India
    Ambuja Neotia Group exhibition at Swabhumi

    Kolkata: Ambuja Neotia Group is organising B V Doshi Memorial Exhibition at Kalavaani in Swabhumi on Aug 30. Work of Mandala Design Services will be on display. tnn

    30 August 2024 Times of India
    Junior docs march for justice but bandh keeps rally footfall low

    Kolkata: Junior doctors of Bengal marched in the city centre reiterating their demand for justice for their colleague who was raped and murdered in RG Kar Medical College. The cease work by the junior doctors has continued for almost ...

    30 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: CBI reaches RG Kar morgue to probe 'corpse biz' charge

    CBI sleuths visited the morgue at RG Kar Hospital on Thursday KOLKATA: Investigation into the alleged financial irregularities at the RG Kar Hospital led the CBI sleuths to step up the probe and visit the morgue there on Thursday. ...

    30 August 2024 Times of India
    City suffered over 2k cr biz losses in 2 days’ unrest

    Kolkata: The city may have lost upwards of Rs 2,000 crore worth of business and earnings over Tuesday and Wednesday, when large-scale street violence and hooliganism forced many business zones to shut, partially or entirely.Bengal has an annual gross ...

    30 August 2024 Times of India
    ‘Bengal tolerant’: Cal HC refuses to interfere in movie ban plea

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday refused to interfere in the release of the film, ‘The Diary of West Bengal', calling Bengal "a tolerant society" and reminding the litigant that we were "in a democratic set-up"."If you want to ...

    30 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata Police to issue fresh notices over fake news

    One of the fake forwards KOLKATA: The police have decided to send notices to a number of social influencers and a section of social media users over a set of fake news that began to be circulated from Thursday.According ...

    30 August 2024 Times of India
    HC fines petitioner ₹50k, bars him from filing PILs

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday imposed a Rs 50,000 fine on a petitioner and barred him “perpetually and eternally” from filing a PIL in the court.A division bench of Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    CBI continues questioning former R G Kar medical college principal Sandip Ghosh in doctor's rape-murder case

    CBI continues to question Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, about the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor. NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) continues its interrogation ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    Tue stir: Bangla parallels drew police focus to violence risk

    Kolkata: Parallels with the “Dabi Ek Dofa Ek” (one demand, one agenda) slogans with Bangladesh students’ unrest, a call for CM Mamata Banerjee’s resignation, and the little-known group Paschim Banga Chhatra Samaj’s call for Nabanna Abhijan modelled on the ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    2 Chhatra Samaj heads among 21 held on Wed

    Kolkata: Cops have arrested 21 people on Wednesday for allegedly attacking police personnel, setting property on fire and indulging in violence during the Nabanna abhijan programme on Tuesday. Among them are Subhankar Haldar and Sayan Lahiri, the two main ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    NET commute easier on shutdown day

    Kolkata: Commuting to UGC-NET exam centres on Wednesday was much smoother than Tuesday as most candidates did not face any major problem in availing public transport and reaching the exam centres. For some, fewer buses on roads posed a ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    Etosha for Monsoon Sprint

    Kolkata: Neil Darashah- trained Etosha is all ready to sprint away with the HPSL Calcutta Monsoon Sprint at the RCTC here on Thursday. The five-year-old gelding was a good second to stablemate Clifford last time out and will be ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    Bangle protester, caught on wrong foot, uses shackle shield

    12 Kolkata: Hours after a video of a bearded, saffron-clad Nabanna march participant apparently gesturing at police and suggesting they wear bangles went viral on social media, he was trolled and denounced for being misogynistic. In response, 56-year-old Prabir ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    Business district rues loss despite open doors

    12 Kolkata: The city’s business hub bore the bandh brunt with several businessmen opting to keep their shops and showrooms shut on Wednesday, fearing protests and clashes. Some traders did defy the bandh call and braved protests to open ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    'If Bengal burns' controversy: CM Mamata Banerjee face backlash from BJP and CMs for threatening northeast, doctors

    NEW DELHI: BJP has criticized West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly issuing threats to protesting doctors and northeastern states during a public address at the Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) foundation day event on Wednesday.Himanta Biswa Sarma: ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    Train block derails city workflow influx

    Kolkata: Those who wanted to travel to their destinations in the city did so without any hassle on Wednesday, despite the bandh. App cabs were available at the usual fare, Metro ran its normal 288 weekday services, and 70% ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    Attacks on Bengalis in Odisha: Didi seeks report

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee has instructed chief secretary BP Gopalika to address the issue of attacks on Bengali workers in Odisha. These assaults have reportedly been carried out under the pretext that the workers are illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.Earlier this ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    Load test soon on 98-year-old Bagmari bridge

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority plans to conduct a load test on the Bagmari bridge located over the Circular canal on Maniktala main road to assess its structural condition. The process to engage an agency to take up ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    KP helps CBI check victim’s hosp schedule

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police is now helping CBI uncover the entire schedule of the victim, once she joined duty on Aug 8 that was slated for 36 hours. The Kolkata Police SIT was asked by CBI if they found ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    BJP councillor detained after Koley Mkt scuffle

    Kolkata: Seventy-six BJP supporters were arrested in the city through Wednesday as they tried to disrupt normal life. Among the BJP functionaries detained was councillor Sajal Ghosh. The day started with BJP workers blocking crossings between Kankurgachhi and Sealdah, ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    We want justice but can’t let bandhs disrupt our lives, say office-goers

    Kolkata: Several office-goers defied the bandh call and reached their workplace on time on Wednesday as it was a normal working day for them. But they pointed out that their decision to stay away from the strike was not ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    What purpose does this bandh serve, ask victim’s grieving parents after CBI visit

    Kolkata: The parents of the second-year PGT doctor of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, who was found raped and murdered on Aug 9, questioned the very purpose of calling a strike in response to the crime committed ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    CBI’s polygraph test on ASI close to arrested accused

    Kolkata: The CBI on Wednesday ran polygraph test on Anup Dutta, the ASI close to Sanjay Roy, the arrested accused in the rape-murder case at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital on Aug 9. Dutta was the eighth ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    Potholes resurface on major stretches after heavy showers

    Kolkata: After spells of incessant rain, several stretches of the city’s major thoroughfares have developed potholes, which pose a threat to bikers, especially on streets that get waterlogged after a heavy shower. Stretches of some roads that have become ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    Bandh makes commuting to city hosps difficult for those from far-off places

    Kolkata: The 12-hour bandh called by BJP in the state on Wednesday made commuting to hospitals difficult for common patients. Most of these patients, coming from far-off places, were stranded on Sealdah or Howrah-bound trains for long due to ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    IMA suspends Sandip Ghosh

    Kolkata: The Indian Medical Association HQ has suspended former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh’s membership. Ghosh is accused of mishandling the rape and murder of a PGT doctor in the hospital when he was the head of the institute. ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    TMC plans to field 55% women candidates in student union polls

    Kolkata: Trinamool plans to field at least 55% women candidates in student union elections at educational institutions which may be held after Durga Puja.While speaking at TMCP’s Foundation Day event at Mayo Road on Wednesday, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    Parents ignore strike call, take kids to schools that stayed open

    Kolkata: Schools that stayed open on Wednesday saw a low turnout with the institutes leaving it to parents to decide on whether to send their wards. But those who did so were clear about one thing: they wanted justice ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    Pvt hosps get ambulances to pick up, drop off patients

    Kolkata: Several private hospitals had to ferry emergency patients who were either stranded or failed to find transport on Wednesday. Ambulances carried several critical patients and those whose surgeries were lined up. Despite the arrangement, hundreds had to defer ...

    29 August 2024 Times of India
    Adhir moves HC for Cong rally nod

    Kolkata: State Congress president Adhir Chowdhury moved Calcutta High Court on Tuesday praying for permission for a rally on the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder.Chowdhury moved the court of Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj after police denied the party ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    Schools plan Sat classes, some shift online to make up for learning loss

    Kolkata: Back-to-back class disruptions have prompted school heads to find alternative routes to make up for learning losses in the exam season. Several schools that had suspended classes on Tuesday have been forced to do the same on Wednesday ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    BJP's West Bengal bandh: If there is any dictator after Hitler in today's time, it's Mamata Banerjee, says Kailash Vijayvargiya

    Kailash Vijayvargiya NEW DELHI: Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister, Kailash Vijayvargiya, criticized West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, amid ongoing unrest and protests in Kolkata on August 28. He accused her of dictatorial governance and condemned the state's law enforcement, highlighting ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    Despite having a woman chief minister, situation of women in West Bengal worsening: WCD Minister Annapurna Devi

    NEW DELHI: Union minister Annapurna Devi criticized the West Bengal government, led by Mamata Banerjee, for its deteriorating situation in women's safety. She pointed out that central schemes, such as fast track courts and emergency helplines, have not yet ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    Bengal Bandh Protests: Two persons with bullet injuries admitted to hospital following clashes at Bhatpara

    NEW DELHI: Two people with bullet injuries to the head were admitted to Manipal Hospitals Broadway in Kolkata following political clashes in Bhatpara, West Bengal, on Wednesday morning. The injuries are reportedly linked to an alleged attack on BJP ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    'I salute the police ...': CM Mamata Banerjee slams 12-hour 'BJP Bengal Bandh'

    NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee criticized the BJP's 12-hour 'Bengal Bandh' protest held in response to the 'Nabanna Abhijan' violence, claiming it was an effort to malign the state. Banerjee reiterated her government's demand for justice ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    Bengal bandh: BJP state chief writes to governor, seeks release of students detained during 'Nabanna Abhijan' protests

    Sukanta Majumdar NEW DELHI: Union Minister and BJP West Bengal President Sukanta Majumdar urged West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose to instruct the state police to release student activists detained during the 'Nabanna Abhijan' protest march. Majumdar claimed that ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    'We were stopped, but ... ': Sanjay Raut accuses Centre of double standards over Bengal bandh

    Sanjay Raut NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday accused the Centre of practicing double standards, pointing out that a bandh in BJP-led Maharashtra was stopped, while a similar bandh was allowed to proceed in ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    McDonald’s to double footprint in Kolkata

    Kolkata: American multinational fast food chain McDonald’s plans to double the number of restaurants in Kolkata and Howrah from the current eight to at least 16 by the end of 2025. Connaught Plaza Restaurants Ltd (CPRL), the firm’s franchise ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    A Vishal win for Bagan

    Kolkata: It was that man again. It was those hands again. It’s Mohun Bagan SG again, in another Durand Cup final.Vishal Kaith came up with a couple of game-changing saves in the shootout for the second match running, helping ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    BJP's West Bengal bandh: Normal life hit as protests, train blockades, and scuffles reported across the state

    NEW DELHI: Daily life in parts of West Bengal was affected on Wednesday due to a 12-hour bandh called by the BJP to protest against police action during a march to the state secretariat. In Kolkata, the usual weekday ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    Kol Aug rain kitty adds up to 466.6mm, 31% surplus of average monthly count

    Kolkata: The multiple spells of rain across the city in the past five days have added around 160 mm of rainfall, pulling up the August rain kitty of Kolkata to 466.6 mm. While four days are left till the ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    All wheels on the road: Buses, metro and trains plan to run normal services today

    Kolkata: With the govt pressing into service its full fleet of buses and the cops warning of strict action if anyone tries to disrupt traffic movement, the transport sector is likely to remain unaffected in the city during BJP’s ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    On day of Nabanna march, India’s first under-river line links Howrah with Kolkata

    Kolkata: Metro proved to be a lifeline yet again on Tuesday with East-West Metro joining the North-South line to ferry passengers underground even as clashes between cops and protesters raged on the streets. The Esplanade-Howrah Maidan section of the ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    Sanjay bike belongs to KP, assigned to an ASI

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police has accepted that the bike used by Sanjay Roy, the arrested accused in the RG Kar rape-and-murder case, belonged to Kolkata Police. But, police clarified, the bike was not assigned to Roy, a civic volunteer. Police ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    Shopping hubs in Kolkata, Howrah count losses, stare at back-to-back bad days

    12 Kolkata: Business in the city’s central business district, traditional shopping hubs and Mangla Haat in Howrah took a hit on Tuesday as most traders kept their establishments shut fearing chaos and unrest during the ‘Chhatra Samaj’ march to ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    Karthik pips Surya for national chess title

    Kolkata: Grandmaster Surya Sekhar Ganguly narrowly missed out on his seventh National chess title after he was pipped at the post by Andhra GM Karthik Venkataraman in Gurugram on Tuesday. Karthik, Surya and International Master Neelash Saha all ended ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    Presi students start hunger strike

    Kolkata: Girls and queer students at Presidency University started an indefinite hunger strike on Tuesday, demanding a safe campus. A gender sensitisation committee with students members, an ICC with an elected student representative, strict and rapid action for sexual ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    Imperia completes an encore

    Kolkata: Vatsalya-nursed Imperia completed an encore by winning the B. Marideshwara Rao Memorial Cup at Malakpet on Tuesday. The daughter of Azurite was ridden by P Ajeeth Kumar.Hyderabad results(With Inter-Venue Dividends)1: (3-5-8) Gatiman 1; Verrazzano 2; N R I ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    Search still on for three crew members

    Kolkata: Search for the three remaining crew members on board a Mumbai-registered cargo vessel MV ITT Puma which had sunk 90 nautical miles or 130 kms south of Sagar Island in West Bengal due to inclement weather on Sunday ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    HC allows football fans to use ‘tifo’ at stadium

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court allowed spectators to use tifo—large banners usually used by football fans across the world to cheer for their teams or highlight political statements—during the Durand Cup semi-final match at Salt Lake Stadium on Tuesday.Football ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
    CBI seeks court nod for ASI polygraph test

    Kolkata: The CBI has sought authorization from a Kolkata court to administer a polygraph test on city police assistant sub-inspector Anup Dutta, who was allegedly closely associated with Sanjay Roy, the apprehended suspect in the rape and murder of ...

    28 August 2024 Times of India
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