12 Kolkata: Senior counsel Jayanta Mitra, representing para teachers who received appointments under the primary teacher recruitment procedure in 2016, submitted before Calcutta high court on Monday that Justice Abhijit Ganguly was not informed of the amended recruitment rules ...
8 July 2025 Times of India123456 Kolkata: On Monday, the law college finally reopened after the campus rape came to light, with only teachers and staff reporting for duty. While students — barring the 26 who couldn't fill up their exam forms — were ...
8 July 2025 Times of India123456 Kolkata: After a gloomy sky and intermittent rain on the first day of the week, the Met office has predicted similar weather for Kolkata on Tuesday. Some pockets in the city, mostly in south Kolkata, were lashed by ...
8 July 2025 Times of IndiaHowrah: Souvik Ray, the state vice-president of TMCP and an alumnus of Narasingha Dutta College in central Howrah, has been accused of ragging. Local MLA and minister Arup Roy said that the police will probe the matter and ensure ...
8 July 2025 Times of India12 Kolkata: Two rallies will take to the streets of Bengal on Aug 9 to mark one year since the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor on the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital campus. Abhaya Mancha, ...
8 July 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: Two operatives of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were on Monday convicted and sentenced to seven and a half years of rigorous imprisonment by a city sessions court for planning blasts in Bodh Gaya in 2018.Ahmad Ali and Mohammad ...
8 July 2025 Times of India12 Kolkata: A 34-year-old woman was found dead in an alley opposite her house in Maheshtala on Sunday. Shilpi Bibi, a nurse, was reportedly alone at home on Saturday night. Her daughter went to a local fair with her ...
7 July 2025 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: The transport department is streamlining the permit process to ensure smoother public transport services. The move comes in response to legal challenges and operational delays arising from the current permit system and aims to improve the overall efficiency ...
7 July 2025 Times of India12 Kolkata: Shahanawaz, a transgender (TG) woman, was taken to SSKM Hospital with acute abdominal pain caused by appendicitis. The Alipore resident alleged that even while she was in extreme pain, doctors at the emergency department kept whispering to ...
7 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata residents face moderate rainfall on July 7, 2025, with temperatures ranging between 30.1°C and 26.8°C and humidity at 82%.The city experiences a 97% chance of precipitation throughout the day, with reduced visibility of 9.6 kilometers and wind speeds ...
7 July 2025 Times of IndiaNational Library of India in Kolkata is hosting a month-long exhibition honoring Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee KOLKATA: The National Library of India (NLI) is holding a month-long exhibition dedicated to the life and legacy of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, ...
7 July 2025 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: South Calcutta Law College reopened on Monday under heavy security, more than a week after a first-year student was gang-raped on campus by three men linked to the TMC’s students’ wing. The reopening follows a green signal ...
7 July 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: The city remained cloudy with occasional drizzles on Sunday, even as the Met office predicted more showers over the next two days under the impact of a low-pressure area that formed early on Sunday. Coupled with the ...
7 July 2025 Times of India12 Kolkata: With the state heading for polls in 2026, Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Sunday called for "greater unity" among the opposition to "save West Bengal" and "Bengali asmita". Speaking at an event to celebrate the birth ...
7 July 2025 Times of India12 Kolkata: Trinamool Krishnanagar MP Mahua Moitra on Saturday filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court against the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, urging the scrapping of the Election Commission move. The EC order ...
7 July 2025 Times of India123456 Kolkata: A drunken brawl among friends, followed by the intervention of the father of one of them, led to the death of a 24-year-old youth by assault in Behala Sakherbazar on Sunday. Bapi Adhikari, a resident of Behala, ...
7 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: One of the oldest hotel management institutes under the Union Ministry of Tourism, Institute of Hotel Management, Kolkata, secured a patent for their "sugar-free charcoal sandesh using stevia" made out of edible charcoal, stevia and chhenna. The institute ...
7 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 47-year-old man from Narendrapur, known locally as a Trinamool Congress worker, was murdered and his body was dumped a kilometre from his home on Saturday night. The killers had covered the body in a bedsheet, put a ...
7 July 2025 Times of India123456 Kolkata: Around 1,700 people were duped of an estimated Rs 15 crore after investing in a dud electric scooter investment scheme for two years. Cops have arrested three men, including the mastermind behind the inter-district financial fraud. On ...
7 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A couple was allegedly assaulted by a group of drunk men outside a bar in Salt Lake's EP Block early on Sunday. The incident occurred between 1.30 am and 2 am, when the duo came out of the ...
7 July 2025 Times of India12 Jalpaiguri: Bengal govt assured help to a Cooch Behar resident who received an NRC notice from Assam govt in Jan, accusing him of having entered India illegally from Bangladesh.The assurance came after Uttam Kumar Brajabashi (50) reached out ...
7 July 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: While the city experienced its first tryst with it 170 years ago, Kolkata's love affair with biryani has taken off and blossomed post-pandemic, with the volume of orders across restaurants and online trebling since 2022. Even as ...
7 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A homemaker, Priyanka Nath (28), was found lying in a pool of blood with both wrists slashed, in a room locked from the outside at her residence in Sodepur's Azad Hind Nagar on Sunday morning. Her husband Sukanta ...
7 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Thai Lion Air flight stranded in Kolkata with a technical snag since the early hours of Saturday finally took off 28 hours behind schedule on Sunday morning. Of the 130 passengers booked to travel on Saturday, 96 ...
7 July 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: The lack of allocated funds for safety-security enhancement has emerged as a major concern among college principals. Installing CCTVs and hiring private security personnel pose significant financial challenges to several state-aided colleges, said principals, prompting them to ...
7 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Cops probing the law college gang-rape case, say they have enough evidence for a watertight case, even as they plan to appeal for three more days of police custody for all four accused to strengthen the case when ...
7 July 2025 Times of India1234 Kolkata: Enakhi Singh, a resident of Alipore, returned home on Saturday after being stuck in Iran for seven days following the outbreak of war. Singh and her husband, who were in Iran on a month-long business trip, were ...
7 July 2025 Times of India1234 Kolkata: A day before the law college, where a student was gang-raped on June 25, reopens, vice principal Nayna Chatterji held a virtual meeting on Sunday with the teachers and non-teaching staff to remind them about safety and ...
7 July 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: Auto rickshaw operators at Ultadanga experienced a different Sunday morning as the Ultadanga Traffic Guard conducted a sensitisation drive. The drive highlighted various safety parameters and good behaviour that operators should follow.The highlight, however, was the police ...
7 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The parents of RG Kar rape-murder victim appealed to everyone recently to walk in a protest march to Nabanna on Aug 9. They said this when Bengal opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari, who has already announced the Aug 9 ...
7 July 2025 Times of India1234 Kolkata: Residents in large parts of Bowbazar and its adjacent neighbourhoods may face waterlogging in the months to come, as the century-old brick sewer line running under BB Ganguly Street is severely damaged and urgently needs refurbishment. According ...
7 July 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: The campus rape survivor is in two minds over writing her semester examination that starts on July 16. People in touch with the family said that she was in no mental state to do so. However, the ...
7 July 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: Despite the absence of an elected student union, many colleges continue to collect mandatory union fees from students, raising questions about justification for these charges and how the collected funds are being utilised during periods without active ...
6 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata's 'mini Bangladesh' restaurants are adapting to a decline in Bangladeshi tourists KOLKATA: Political upheaval in Bangladesh has cooked up a revolution in the kitchens of the city’s ‘mini Bangladesh’. These restaurants, which used to specialise in ‘opaar Bangla’ ...
6 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata airport KOLKATA: Visitors flying into Kolkata from abroad are facing significant connectivity issues upon landing at the airport, with no Wi-Fi service available since Nov last year. And, with no SIM card retail outlet in the arrival ...
6 July 2025 Times of India1234 Kolkata/Digha: Thousands of tourists and devotees attended the inaugural Ulto Rath Yatra at Digha Jagannath Dham on Saturday, marking the conclusion of the week-long festivities. Although the rush was less than what was witnessed during Rath, the enthusiasm ...
6 July 2025 Times of IndiaRepresentative Image KOLKATA: An increasing number of Kolkatans are seeking out professional mental health support over ways to deal with the fallout of digital arrest. This includes both people who have been digitally defrauded, as also those who feel ...
6 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata Airport (File Image) KOLKATA: Visitors flying into Kolkata from abroad are facing significant connectivity issues upon landing at the airport, with no Wi-Fi service available since Nov last year. And, with no SIM card retail outlet in the ...
6 July 2025 Times of IndiaThis action follows inconsistencies in statements and the collection of evidence, including a drug store bill and CCTV footage confirming an accused's purchase of an inhaler for the survivor. KOLKATA: Detective department officers probing the law college gang rape ...
6 July 2025 Times of IndiaThe reported weather data has been sourced from AQI.in, providing accurate meteorological information for the city's residents.Kolkata residents can expect moderate rainfall throughout July 6, 2025, with temperatures ranging between 26.8°C and 31.6°C, accompanied by 78% humidity and winds ...
6 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Bidhannagar Police on Saturday arrested Debabrata Ghosh, a forex trader from Kazipara in Barasat, for duping an 86-year-old Salt Lake resident of Rs 1.1 crore between Aug 14 and Aug 29 last year with ‘digital arrest' threats. ...
6 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: BJP functionary and lawyer Kaustav Bagchi was summoned by police for a second time on Saturday in connection with the alleged ruckus at a private hospital in Barrackpore.Bagchi avoided the first summons issued by Mohanpur PS, seeking his ...
6 July 2025 Times of India123456 The neighbourhood was once known for idol makers and scroll painters. But now, Potuapara — the potters' colony in Kalighat — is better known for its proximity to the home of Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who chose ...
6 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 51-year-old resident of a condo in south Kolkata, working as a senior executive, fell victim to a bank fraud, losing Rs 1.7 crore through unauthorized transactions, police reported on Saturday. The incident prompted the city's detective department ...
6 July 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: Principals at colleges in the city seem sceptical about the effectiveness of shutting down union rooms on campuses, wondering whether the move will be able to root out the rot that runs deep. Many pointed out that ...
6 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The authorities of the law college in Kasba, south Kolkata have requested cop deployment after the removal of barricades on Monday when the institute is scheduled to reopen after a closure of 12 days following the gang rape ...
6 July 2025 Times of India12 Kolkata: Emphasizing that safety was paramount, a parent — while voicing his concerns at an interactive session with the Thakurpukur Traffic Guard on Saturday— revealed how he shifted from taking his son to school on a two-wheeler to ...
6 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Presidency Alumni Association has appealed for vice-chancellor Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty's intervention to restore and maintain the Eden Hindu Hostel, a structure integral to the Presidency legacy since 1886.Pointing out the historical and cultural value of the Grade ...
6 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Assistant sub-inspector Bapan Das of Kolkata Police on Saturday marked Ulto Rath Yatra with a unique tribute to the city's hand-pulled rickshaw pullers. Eschewing the traditional chariot-pulling ritual, ASI Das instead chose to pull several of Kolkata's iconic ...
6 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Yet another Boeing aircraft, a B 737-800 plane operated by low-cost carrier Thai Lion Air, developed a snag at Kolkata airport on Saturday, leading to the flight's cancellation. The flight from Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, ...
6 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: My daughter, still traumatised, had been "sent to an undisclosed location" to ensure her quick recovery, the father of the survivor told a news media outlet on Saturday. He added the entire family was in shock, too. "We ...
6 July 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: A honeymoon trip to Europe turned into a nightmare for a newly-wed couple from New Alipore after they were allegedly defrauded of Rs 7.6 lakh by a travel agency, the owner of which turned out to be ...
6 July 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: Monojit Mishra, accused of raping a first-year student at a law college on June 25, could reportedly access on his phone footage from all CCTV cameras on the campus. He would scan the footage to identify the ...
6 July 2025 Times of India1234 Jalpaiguri: Jalpaiguri Women police station on Saturday booked a Class 8 student under the Pocso Act for allegedly molesting his classmate inside the classroom. The incident took place at a private co-educational school on June 23. On June ...
6 July 2025 Times of IndiaHowrah: Police have charged Shweta Khan, alias Fultusi, main accused in the Howrah sex racket case, with fraud after multiple IDs — including Aadhaar, PAN and EPIC — were allegedly found in her possession. Cops said the accused had ...
6 July 2025 Times of India12 Howrah: A Trinamool Congress activist was arrested on Saturday after an MLA from his own party complained against him for allegedly threatening a businessman. Police said the accused, Shubham Das, allegedly dialled Bishwanath Polley and threatened him to ...
6 July 2025 Times of IndiaA Thai Lion Air flight to Bangkok, carrying 130 passengers and seven crew, was cancelled at Kolkata's NSCBI Airport early Saturday due to a technical issue with the aircraft's flaps after pushback. KOLKATA: Yet another Boeing aircraft, this time ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) issued a notice on Friday stating that OBC category details will be included in the application portal for the second State Level Selection Test (SLST). The notice was issued in adherence ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The rape at the law college has triggered a city-wide security overhaul, with educational institutions scrambling to reinforce their safety measures and ensure strict timing regulations. Several campuses, including Asutosh College, Hazra Law College and Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Indian chess looks to be in good hands as the country's youngsters shone brightly at different world age-group meets this week. While India clinched seven including three gold, two silver and two bronze medals at the World Cadet ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaMonojit Mishra KOLKATA: The 'girlfriend' of Monojit Mishra has claimed that she was facing severe social media harassment and public humiliation due to her relationship with the accused. She stated that despite having no connection to the crime, ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Behala College has received an autonomous status from the University Grants Commission. The status will allow the institute to independently frame syllabus, conduct examinations and award degrees while maintaining its affiliation to the University of Calcutta."It's a historic ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Using the word ‘sadharan' (ordinary) for other products in a talcum powder advertisement is not an insult to the rival company's product, Calcutta High Court observed on Wednesday while dismissing Emami's "disparagement" claim against Dabur.A division bench of ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The lawyer of the arrested security guard, Pinak Banerjee, of the law college appealed for bail on Friday, arguing that if Banerjee was liable as a contractual college guard, then the college principal and vice-principal were equally culpable ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Monojit Mishra, the prime accused in the law college gang rape, had asked security guard Pinaki Banerjee to keep the "guards' room ready" with "enough water and a clean bed sheet" a little before committing the crime on ...
5 July 2025 Times of India12 Kolkata: A 56-year-old resident of Tollygunge fell victim to a combination of scams, involving cryptocurrency, investment, and share trading, followed by ‘digital arrest' fraud and lost about Rs 1.5 crore through multiple transactions between May and June this ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya spoke to senior neta Dilip Ghosh after assuming his new post, following which both rebuffed suggestions that the former Midnapore MP may sever ties with the party.Bhattacharya said on Friday: "Dilip Ghosh is ...
5 July 2025 Times of India12 Kolkata: Bengal govt will unlock around 20 acres – the size of 20 football fields – in New Town Action Area II and III for residential, commercial and mixed-use purposes. HIDCO will allot the land parcels on a ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaCops on Friday took the accused in the law college rape case to the scene of crime and reconstructed what happened last Wednesday to come up with a water-tight case in court. But the crime that Monojit Mishra, Pramit ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Jadavpur University has received a significantly lower number of UG applications for its arts and science subjects compared to that last year. The JU English department, which has been topping the list of arts subjects for the highest ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The law college where a student was raped on June 25, and which was shut since then, is set to reopen on Monday after cops gave the green signal on Friday. TOI reported that over a week of ...
5 July 2025 Times of India12 Kolkata: Former Trinamool MP Santanu Sen on Friday moved the Calcutta High Court, challenging the West Bengal Medical Council's decision to suspend his registration. The move came a day after the council's president, Sudipto Roy, briefed the media ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The delay in the declaration of WBJEE results, primarily attributed to the legal entanglements surrounding OBC reservations, has caused considerable anxiety among students as well as engineering colleges in Bengal."Colleges will start their classes late and consequently, everything ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaKharagpur: Anil Das, a 66-year-old Left activist, moved Calcutta High Court on Friday accusing the police of inaction after Baby Kole, a woman Trinamool member, assaulted him on June 30.In his petition, filed through lawyer Sabyasachi Chatterjee, Das accused ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Two habeas corpus petitions were filed in Calcutta High Court on Friday against Odisha Police for "illegal detention" of migrant workers from Bengal.Trinamool MP and chairman of West Bengal Migrant Workers' Welfare Board Samirul Islam said the parents ...
5 July 2025 Times of India1234 Kolkata: The Met office has predicted intensified rain on Saturday and Sunday in Kolkata, during which, neighbouring districts could also be lashed by heavy rain. A few weather conditions, including the monsoon trough, which, at present, passes through ...
5 July 2025 Times of India1234 Kolkata: The Iskcon Rath Yatra in Kolkata attracted a higher number of participants this year, marking a 15% increase compared to previous years. This rise is attributed to the chief minister's personal involvement in organising the Rath Yatra ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The role of the law college administration in allowing Monojit Mishra to handle student affairs or to operate with a free hand despite repeated complaints against him has come under the scanner of Calcutta University. The notice on ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: In the wake of the alleged gang rape of a 24-year-old law student on campus on June 25, the state women's commission has announced a series of awareness programmes focused on sexual assault. This is the first time ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Mutual fund gross sales in the city have jumped 39% in a year. Most of this investment has come from the retail sector. During the same period, SIP growth stood at 53%. Kolkata is 5th in the country ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A 15-year-old class 10 student was detained from his southern suburban condo for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl at her Ballygunge residence. The accused befriended the survivor, a class 9 student, through social media platforms like Instagram and ...
5 July 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: In a first-of-its-kind initiative, a group of doctors conducted a follow-up on 38 heart recipients, who underwent transplantation of the organ in Kolkata between 2018 and 2023. The survey conducted by these doctors show that 27 of ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday granted permission to two Sufi groups to take out Muharram processions in Howrah on Sunday. The court, however, kept the Khajutty Amtala "Quarbala" out of bounds for both processions.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh directed the ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaMalda: A Malda trial court on Friday sentenced a retired school teacher to life for the rape of a Class 4 student on June 5, 2021.HC had on Aug 19, 2021, ordered CBI's special crime branch to investigate this ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaDarjeeling: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) celebrated its 144th birthday on Friday as the first ‘Toy Train Day', marking the occasion with tributes to the rich past of the heritage marvel and promises of a dynamic future.To commemorate the ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaJalpaiguri: A BJP MLA's son and his driver were arrested on Friday following an attack on a Cooch Behar Trinamool neta. Raju Dey, karmadhyaksha of Cooch Behar Block 2 Panchayat Samity, was travelling to his home on his bike ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaMidnapore: The families of two cousins from West Midnapore's Daspur, who died in the Telangana factory blast, were informed on Friday that the bodies would be reaching their Harirajpur village homes on Saturday.Asim Tudu (39) and Shyam Sundar Tudu ...
5 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Representatives from the Nepal govt flew in on Thursday to discuss shifting their Kolkata address to facilitate Metro's Purple Line project. The team, led by the joint secretary of Nepal's ministry of foreign affairs Surendra Yadav, visited a ...
4 July 2025 Times of India12 Kolkata: There is nothing official about the ‘job' that key accused Monojit Mishra, popularly known as ‘Mango', held on the campus. Mishra's appointment as an ad-hoc employee did not follow any procedure, he had no assigned role, and ...
4 July 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: After normal June rain, the city is set to receive a normal amount of rain in July as well. According to the Met office's monthly rain outlook for July, south Bengal, including Kolkata, is likely to experience ...
4 July 2025 Times of India12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed Bengal govt to put under lock and key union rooms of all state colleges and universities. The HC also asked the state to pass an order so that no student ...
4 July 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: The law college, where a first-year student was raped last Wednesday, appealed to Calcutta University on Thursday not to schedule any exam for the first-semester students on the campus.The college was supposed to be a centre for ...
4 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Real estate consultancy firm Knight Frank India termed Kolkata's commercial real estate transactions from Jan to July 2025 a watershed moment, with leasing volume reaching 11 lakh sq ft, a 60% year-on-year surge over the first half of ...
4 July 2025 Times of India12 Kolkata: The detective department's investigation into the "wider conspiracy" angle has led cops back to the law college. Based on the questioning of security guard Pinaki Banerjee, the cops are also trying to ascertain if there were others ...
4 July 2025 Times of India12 Kolkata: BJP "isn't fighting Muslims... and the state's plurality needs to be saved", Samik Bhattacharya said on Thursday after taking over as the party's new state president."There is a conscious effort to divide Bengal on basis of religion. ...
4 July 2025 Times of India123 Kolkata: The Chetla police registered a case under section 11 (1) of the West Bengal Trees (Protection and Conservation in Non-Forest Areas) Act, 2006, after at least eight fully grown trees—two of which were allegedly mahogany trees—inside a ...
4 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: A complaint has been filed against BJP leader and lawyer Kaustav Bagchi at Mohanpur police station for allegedly creating a ruckus at a private hospital in Barrackpore. Police have summoned Bagchi to the police station at 11 am ...
4 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) will set up two more smart bus-passenger shelters in New Town. The authorities have so far set up 22 such shelters in different places off the main thoroughfares across the township. ...
4 July 2025 Times of India12 Kolkata: The finance department has given in-principle approval for the construction of the Shantinagar culvert at Chingrighata, though they have proposed rectifications to the DPR. In a communication with Kolkata Police at the Road Safety Committee meeting, KMDA ...
4 July 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata: Should a crime halt lectures and normal activities at an educational institute, putting youngsters' academic career in uncertainty, questioned students of the law college, which has remained shut for a week, ever since a first-year student was raped ...
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