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  • EC conducts day-long training session for Bengal poll officers

    Kolkata: With Trinamool raising its pitch against any special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls in Bengal and Parliament paralysed over opposition's offensive against the exercise in Bihar, the chief electoral officer (CEO) of Bengal conducted a day-long training ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Hunt on for new Bengal CEO office ahead of 2026 polls

    123 Kolkata: Election Commission officials in Bengal are looking for a new address for the chief electoral officer's (CEO) office by Oct 2025, sources said on Saturday. The CEO office is currently located on two floors of the Balmer ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    New Market clock tower restoration starts, exterior repair to begin after rain spell ends

    12 Kolkata: Work on the repair and restoration of the New Market clock tower has finally begun. Masons have started work inside the tower on Friday, chipping off the damp and portions of the plaster in which cracks appeared. ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Beamed into focus: Lit-up angel atop Victoria dome to be part of Kolkata’s night skyline

    123 Kolkata: The rotating fairy atop Victoria Memorial Hall dome will soon be visible 24×7. Between 11 pm and dawn every night, it will shine like a jewel, bringing attention to a less conspicuous detail in one of the ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Now, 72-yr-old Cooch Behar resident receives NRC notice from Assam

    123 Jalpaiguri/Kolkata: Days after Dinhata resident Uttam Kumar Brajabashi received an NRC notice from Assam, leading to a strong protest from Trinamool led by CM Mamata Banerjee, another resident from Cooch Behar has received a similar notice.Septuagenarian Nishikanta Das ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    CM cites HRW report, calls for end to BJP’s ‘linguistic terrorism’

    12 Kolkata: Citing a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on the expulsion of Bengali migrants, CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that even international human rights organisations had started taking note of the "linguistic terrorism unleashed in India". Calling ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘Poll panel has no mandate to do citizenship checks’

    Kolkata: TMC MP Sushmita Dev on Saturday called EC's special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls an "overstepping of its mandate".In a Facebook post, Dev said, "EC has all powers to review the electoral rolls. We have no issue ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    In fraught times, city dir’s ‘Immigrants’ gets int’l fim fest Rotterdam grant

    123 Kolkata: In fraught times, Suman Mukhopadhyay's ‘Immigrants' — set against the backdrop of the 1947 Partition of India and topical in the context of today's identity politics — is the only recipient from India of the International Film ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Every student to be a member of IIT taskforce

    123 Kolkata: At IIT Kharagpur, all students will have the opportunity to be part of the hostel wing task force, with the institute deciding to make one in four students in each wing responsible for overseeing the other boarders. ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    In next rain burst, KMC to deploy jet suction and portable pumps

    1234 Kolkata: After battling severe waterlogging due to spells of heavy rains, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation sewerage and drainage department has decided to focus on severe waterlogging in some low-lying pockets. The civic body will deploy extra manpower and ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Dumping of construction debris to invite stop-work notices

    123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to strictly scrutinise the dumping of construction materials on roadsides, which leads to waterlogging in several places across the city. Henceforth, developers of under-construction buildings will have to keep construction ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Purulia girl’s tale on Mumbai migrants in competition at Venice film fest

    123 Kolkata: A Purulia girl's film about two migrant women in Mumbai, whose lives become unexpectedly intertwined, is in competition with 18 other feature films in the Orizzonti section of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival. Anuparna Roy's ‘Songs ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    FIR for illegal dumping in East Kolkata wetland after councillor’s plaint

    Kolkata: The Patuli Police Station registered an FIR against unidentified individuals for illegally dumping waste materials and filling it up in a protected wetland near Drona Apartments at Garia Purbapara, following a complaint by Ward 110 councillor Swaraj Kumar ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Calcutta Club elects 1st woman president, breaks glass ceiling

    Kolkata: The 118-year-old Calcutta Club, one of the city's most prominent British-era heritage clubs, has elected its first woman president.Businesswoman Kasturi Raha secured 715 votes, prevailing over Pradeep Kumar Mukherjee and Snehashish Bhaumik — who secured 630 and 579 ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    Tangra leads the pack with 185 mm rain; north sinks, south stays above

    123456 Kolkata: The heaviest rainfall of the season caused inundation in major parts of north and central Kolkata on Friday, while south Kolkata was spared the pain of waterlogging barring in a few known pockets.According to the Kolkata Municipal ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Heavy rain expected

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata is set to experience heavy rainfall on July 26, 2025, with temperatures ranging between ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘Kicked, twisted arm’: Kolkata cabbie assaults woman after she refuses to pay Rs 40 over actual fare

    A 26-year-old woman bravely fought back and ensured the arrest of an app cab driver, Shahbaz Ali, who allegedly assaulted her for refusing to pay extra money. The incident occurred en route to Salt Lake after the driver deviated ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘Bengali must on all signboards’: Kolkata mayor warns shops and restaurants, KMC session held entirely in Bengali

    Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim has mandated that all commercial establishments within the city, including shops and restaurants, must display signboards and hoardings in Bengali, alongside other languages. KOLKATA: City mayor Firhad Hakim on Friday said signboards and hoardings of ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    Bengali must on shop signboards & hoardings, says mayor

    12 Kolkata: City mayor Firhad Hakim on Friday said signboards and hoardings of all commercial establishments, including shops and restaurants, must be written in Bengali, along with other languages.After a "Talk to the Mayor" session, Hakim was asked about ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    BJP man murder: ‘Won’t tolerate lectures,’ HC judge tells counsel of accused

    12 Kolkata: Irked by Kalyan Banerjee's "at the mercy of judges" statement, Calcutta High Court's Justice Suvra Ghosh told the counsel on Friday: "I won't tolerate your lectures". The judge, who was hearing a matter relating to the bail ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    EC begins special training for BLOs in Bengal

    12 Kolkata: A special training for booth level officers (BLOs) has kicked off in Bengal, the Election Commission said on Friday. Nearly 900 BLOs would attend the training at the city's Mahajati Sadan on Saturday, an official said, highlighting ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    No immediate plans for ITC Infotech’s demerger, says Puri

    123 Kolkata: There is no clear plan for the demerger of ITC Infotech at present, Sanjiv Puri, chairman and MD of the conglomerate, said on Friday at ITC's first AGM following the demerger of the hotels business. However, nothing ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    Guv returns Aparajita bill to assembly, cites concerns over BNS amendments

    Kolkata: Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose has returned the Aparajita bill to the assembly citing serious objections raised by the Centre regarding proposed changes to BNS, according to a high-ranking Raj Bhavan source.The Centre found that the Aparajita ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    Raging viruses force hosps to streamline admission, discharge

    12 Kolkata: Private hospitals have started screening patients and rationalising admissions to meet a sudden rush for beds triggered by a spread of viral infections. They are also discharging patients more quickly by initiating the process early and deferring ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    Soon, scan QR codes to get a peek into history of blue-plaque properties in Kolkata

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is planning to install QR codes next to blue plaques installed on grade I heritage buildings. People will be able to learn about the building's historical or architectural importance upon scanning the ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    Waterlogging leads to flight delays, Kol airport fights water inside and outside

    1234 Kolkata: Severe waterlogging on the key access road between the airport and the city held up airline crew and flyers, and delayed multiple flights on Friday morning. Additionally, in the airport operation area, incessant rain left at least ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    9 pay-&-use toilets to come up along Bypass

    Kolkata: Commuters can finally hope for relief if they need to suddenly use the washroom while travelling along the 15-km EM Bypass. KMC has decided to set up nine pay-and-use toilets between Ultadanga and Garia along the Bypass to ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    Director abducted during shoot, rescued

    Kolkata: A film and video director, Srikanta, also known as Prince, was abducted from Mandarmani during a music video shoot on Thursday evening. He was rescued from Kharagpur's Talbagicha, close to IIT on Friday morning. Five persons were involved, ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    KP to continue B-school rape probe: CP

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police would continue to investigate the allegation of the B-school rape to unearth the truth, said police commissioner Manoj Verma, in a direct reference to roadblocks faced in the probe. "The investigation was progressing correctly but there ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    KMC mandates QR codes for hoardings

    Kolkata: The KMC has introduced a new advertisement policy for displaying hoardings and billboards across the city.Mayor Firhad Hakim stated that a QR code would be mandatory on all hoarding displays. "Temporary advertisement displays are barred within a 15-m ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    Case against Malviya for Mamata post

    Kolkata: A case was registered against BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya by Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police, following a complaint by a Salt Lake resident that he posted a derogatory and defamatory comment about CM Mamata Banerjee.According to the ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    Disrupting normalcy during ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ will attract legal action: HC

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday said that anyone trying to disrupt trade or day-to-day activities during the ‘Nabanna Abhijan' called by Sangrami Joutha Mancha on July 28 can face legal action. Traders, fearing disruptions, particularly around Howrah ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    HC pulls up CBI over Abhijit Sarkar case

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday reprimanded CBI sleuths working on the 2021 Abhijit Sarkar murder case, saying: "Your investigating officer is not investigating properly." The court, which was hearing the bail plea of three accused, questioned whether ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    Bengal cops launch spl helpline for migrant workers facing harassment

    Kolkata: Bengal Police on Friday announced a special helpline — 9147727666 — for residents working in other states facing police harassment. Police said they will perform necessary checks and coordinate with police from other states. TOI had reported that ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    City gets yr’s wettest day, season’s 52% in kitty

    123 Kolkata: Around 116.5 mm of rain in the past 24 hours made Friday the wettest day in Kolkata this monsoon. The downpour was triggered by a depression that came as close as 80 km to the south of ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    Family of Bengali migrant pushed into B’desh submits land docus dating back to 1950s

    12 Malda: Family members of Malda resident Sk Amir, who has been pushed into Bangladesh after being arrested by Rajasthan Police, have produced land documents to prove that they have been living in Malda's Kaliachak since at least 1950s. ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    Flooding, breakdowns, snarls hit IT sector traffic

    12 Kolkata: IT-sector employees faced severe traffic congestion on their way to work due to waterlogging on Salt Lake Bypass on Friday. With Bagjola canal flowing above the red mark in the morning, the water being drained out using ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    TMC seeks timeline for talks on SIR, Sindoor

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Friday sought a fixed timeline from the Centre for discussions on Bihar's special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and Operation Sindoor. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, the party's deputy leader in Lok Sabha, made the demand ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘No sir, we don’t want to stay at Main Hostel’: JU ragging scar yet to heal

    12 Kolkata: The scars of ragging at Jadavpur University are yet to heal. More than 100 second-year undergraduate students have refused to relocate from New Boys' Hostel to the Main Hostel for their third year due to the traumatic ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    Number mismatch at other zoos in Bengal as well

    123 Kolkata: Central Zoo Authority (CZA) officials probed ‘missing' animal records at Alipore zoo for the second day in a row. Meanwhile, mismatch in animal inventory, though not in the scale of Alipore zoo, has also been found at ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    Portions of mkt, houses collapse in central, N Kol

    12 Kolkata: A portion of the first floor of Bowbazar Market on Nirmal Chandra Street collapsed on Friday morning after heavy rainfall. No one was injured in the incident, but the collapse highlighted poor maintenance and urgent need for ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    CJ thanks CM on funds sanction

    Kolkata: During the inauguration of the new court complex at Howrah on Friday, Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court T S Sivagnanam credited the ‘benevolent' sanction of funds by chief minister Mamata Banerjee for several inaugurations at district court ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    Court sentences 3 JMB members to 8 yrs in jail

    123 Kolkata: Three Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants, all Indian nationals, were sentenced to eight years in prison by the Kolkata Sessions Court on Thursday for their involvement in organizing terror activities in India. Chief Judge Sukumar Ray also imposed ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    IIT gets wellness app, set to appoint well-being dean

    12 Kolkata: Students must build themselves and not their CVs, said IIT Kharagpur director Suman Chakraborty at the induction programme for the new BTech students and a special parents' interaction session. He said the misery of most students stems ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    Residents urge pollution board to regulate construction noise in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: Citizens of a residential locality in south Kolkata have written to the state pollution control board, urging it to regulate noise pollution from construction activities, similar to how it successfully controlled construction dust pollution. Among the suggestions provided ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Automakers accelerate flex fuel vehicle development ahead of new CAFE rules announcement

    KOLKATA: Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL), Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) and Toyota Kirloskar Motors (TKM) have all stepped on the flexi fuel accelerator following the minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari's recent remark ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    The West Bengal government, corporates and UNICEF to work together for the development of children

    KOLKATA: In a corporate roundtable titled 'Matching Grants to Needs', organised by UNICEF in collaboration with West Bengal government, members of industry chambers — ASSOCHAM, BCCI, Bharat Chambers, FICCI, MCCI and Eastern Region of CII — along with officials ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    With 30-sec speech, Derek starts TMC’s Parl ‘Bhasha Andolan’

    Kolkata: All Trinamool MPs will speak in Bengali in Parliament's monsoon session, party sources have confirmed. With a 30-second speech in Bengali, TMC's leader in Rajya Sabha Derek O'Brien started the trend on Thursday, wishing five retiring RS members ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    CZA team in Kol, probes Alipore Zoo ‘missing’ animal records, transfers

    123456 Kolkata: The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has sent a three-member team to Zoological Garden, Alipore, to look into allegations of gross mismatch in wildlife inventory and carry out an audit of zoo animals. They were at the zoo ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Heavy rain with high humidity expected

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata is experiencing heavy rainfall and high humidity on July 25, 2025, with temperatures ranging ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Centre waging language war against people of Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee

    KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the BJP-led Centre of unleashing “a language war and linguistic terrorism” on Bengal and its people.Banerjee used the 45th death anniversary of Bengal’s biggest matinee idol, Uttam Kumar, to repeat her call ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    15% IVF couples now below 30, doctors say medical & lifestyle factors causing early infertility onset

    KOLKATA: About 15% of couples seeking IVF in Kolkata are now aged below 30 due to early onset of fertility issues or because they don’t want to wait for a natural conception. A decade ago, 95% of couples seeking ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    6 rob Bihar trader of 1L, shoot strip video in Kolkata

    Kolkata: A trader from Samastipur in Bihar was allegedly robbed of Rs 1 lakh and forced to strip by six unindetified men under the AJC Bose Road flyover on Wednesday, police said.As the victim got off a bus near ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Lightning strikes kill 14 in Bankura, East Burdwan

    KOLKATA: Fourteen people were killed by lightning strikes across Bankura and East Burdwan districts during thunderstorms on Thursday.Six were killed and five injured at Madhabdihi, Ausgram and Bhatar in East Burdwan. Five of the deceased were identified as Robin ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    JU 2023 ragging victim’s dad breaks down during Pocso court deposition

    12 Kolkata: The special Pocso court at Alipore on Thursday recorded the statement of the father of the first-year Jadavpur University student who was found dead in 2023 at the JU Main Hostel premises. This is the first time ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Clashes between Santanu, Atin camps keep north Kol neighbourhoods awake at night

    12 Kolkata: Trinamool Congress workers on Wednesday clashed in full public view in parts of Sinthee and Dum Dum over the attendance of some 100-day workers. While one faction is aligned with MLA and deputy mayor Atin Ghosh, another ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Delhi court stays eviction order at Jai Hind Camp

    Kolkata: A Delhi court had temporarily stayed a Feb 12 order for eviction at Jai Hind Camp in Delhi's Vasant Kunj, Trinamool MPs said on Thursday.Several hundred Bengali-speaking migrants staying there said their water and electricity connections were snapped ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    IIT dir visits hostel for a chat with freshers

    1234 Kolkata: IIT director Suman Chakraborty on Wednesday paid an informal visit to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hall of Residence, where he had a chat with the new batch of students, along with their parents, reinforcing the ethos of a ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    No help from home, ailing Japan scholar shifted from pvt hosp to MCH after a month

    123 Kolkata: A Japanese national fell severely ill while on a visit to Kolkata to deliver a lecture at an institute a month ago. He was admitted to a private hospital where he was treated for a month before ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    SC admits Bengal plea against HC order on 113 OBC subgroups

    12 Kolkata: Supreme Court on Thursday admitted Bengal govt's plea against a Calcutta High Court order striking down efforts by the state to classify 113 subgroups under OBC A and B categories. An SC bench presided over by Chief ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    237 in Hry detention camps; one in Raj pushed into B’desh

    12 Malda: Bengal police said on Thursday that 211 migrants from the state were in detention camps in Gurgaon and 26 in Panipat on suspicion of being Bangladeshi. Additionally, they said a youth working in Rajasthan had been pushed ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Another rain phase sets in on city as low pressure forms over Bay

    123456 Kolkata: Heavy rain hit the city on Thursday night as a low-pressure formed over the Bay of Bengal. The Regional Meteorological Centre Kolkata issued a warning of rain, accompanied by lightning. An intense spell of rain started in ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    NKDA issues snake SOP for New Town residents

    12 Kolkata: NKDA has issued an SOP for snake sightings and snake bite management for all New Town residents and field staff.The authorities have urged people to call the forest department on 033 2334 0234 and NKDA on 1800 ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    SSC exams in Sept, to overlap with HS

    Kolkata: The West Bengal School Service Commission will hold state-level selection tests on Sept 7 and 14, following a final nod from the state. The written exam for recruitment of 9th and 10th-grade teachers will be held on Sept ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Stricter checks at New Town complex

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar cops have tightened vigil at Sukhabrishti complex, asking security guards to submit a daily list of visitors and urging flat owners to submit police clearance certificates for tenants, and are focusing on physical verification of tenants following ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    JMB men plead guilty to terror charges, seek to rejoin society

    Kolkata: Three suspected Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) members pleaded guilty to terrorism charges on Wednesday at a local court, and expressed their desire to return to mainstream society. Nur Alam Momin, Paigambar Sheikh and Ahmed Ali — all from Shamsherganj ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Centre: Oil, gas reserves found in Nadia, N 24 Parganas

    12 Kolkata: The Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas announced on Wednesday that recoverable hydrocarbon reserves equivalent to 0.9 million tonnes of oil had been identified at two sites in North 24 Parganas and Nadia districts.Union minister of ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    BJP holds CAA camp in Bagda; Trinamool calls it ‘gimmick’

    Kolkata: Amid a growing political storm over members of the Matua community being harassed, along with Bengali-speaking migrants, in other states, BJP on Thursday organised a Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) registration camp at Bagda's Sagarpara area in North 24 ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Congress protests against ‘harassment’ in Odisha

    Kolkata: Congress workers and netas on Thursday staged a protest in front of Utkal Bhawan in Kolkata to protest against the harassment of the Bengali-speaking population in Odisha. They organised a rally from the party's state headquarters."The identity of ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Offer officers Rs 2k incentive for ‘spl drives’: EC to Bengal

    Kolkata/New Delhi: Election Commission on Thursday directed Bengal govt to increase wages of booth level officers (BLOs) and their supervisors and mentioned an incentive of Rs 2,000 for them for "special drives". The reference to the "special drive" was ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Now, BJP deploys Mithun to deny Bengali-bashing charge

    12 Kolkata: A day after BJP's Malda North MP Khagen Murmu expressed "concern" over migrant workers from Bengal "facing questions in other states", its party functionary and actor Mithun Chakraborty said on Thursday that the claim that Bengali-speaking migrants ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘Father of IVF’ gets gallery in Salt Lake; letters, equipment on display

    1234 Kolkata: The father of IVF now has a gallery in Kolkata where physician Subhas Mukherjee's memorabilia are being displayed. The gallery, set up to honour the pioneer of reproductive medicine who gave India its first IVF baby, was ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Murshidabad TMC worker hacked to death

    12 Behrampore: A TMC worker was hacked to death in Sialai village in Murshidabad's Bharatpur on Wednesday night. Two persons, including a TMC gram panchayat member, were detained for questioning.Preliminary probe suggests that Shasthi Ghosh's murder might have been ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Councillor seeks drainage network to check Jodhpur Park waterlogging

    Kolkata: Severe waterlogging in the Jodhpur Park area following the recent sharp spells of shower and the flurry of complaints have forced KMC to sit up and examine the situation. Local councillor Mousumi Das pointed out that a 250m ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Film on Mother Teresa goes to Venice international film festival

    12 Kolkata: A feature film on Mother Teresa, which follows seven consecutive days at a pivotal moment in her life when she decides to leave the Loreto Convent Entally in Kolkata and launch the Missionaries of Charity, has been ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Film on Mother Teresa goes to Venice film festival

    12 Kolkata: A feature film on Mother Teresa, which follows seven consecutive days at a pivotal moment in her life when she decides to leave the Loreto Convent Entally in Kolkata and launch the Missionaries of Charity, has been ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    One more conflict puts city tourists’ Durga Puja vacation plans on hold

    123 Kolkata: The reverberations of the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia were felt in Kolkata on Thursday, with tourists booked to travel to these countries during Durga Puja feeling the jitters.The two neighbouring Southeast Asian countries are among the ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Fresh scramble for pavement grab after vending cert decision

    123 Kolkata: Hawkers in and around New Market were seen on Thursday vying for prime hawking space a day after the town vending committee passed a resolution to distribute vending certificates to 8,500 hawkers across three major hawking hubs, ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Epoxy flooring facelift for airport

    1234 Kolkata: Kolkata airport on Thursday unveiled a glitzy epoxy flooring near gate 25 at the northern-end of the departure terminal's security hold area (SHA), replacing the dull, worn-out dark grey and blue carpets with a white, yellow, and ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Digi arrest: Delhi cops arrest Kol loan manager

    Kolkata: Buddhadeb Hazra, a loan department manager, was arrested in the city by Delhi Police, with help of Kolkata Police and Barrackpore Police, for allegedly orchestrating more than 10 digital arrest fraud cases across six states. The arrest was ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    Army veterans to take over campus security

    123 Kolkata: The governing body of the law college will appoint two ex-servicemen to ensure security on campus. Two casual staffers who were appointed along with Monojit Mishra, the key accused, have also been dismissed.Sibranjan Chatterjee, the CU nominee ...

    25 July 2025 Times of India
    BJP MP ‘hurt’ over Bengali workers’ plight in other states

    Malda: Breaking from party line, BJP MP from Malda North, Khagen Murmu, told reporters in Delhi on Wednesday that Bengal workers were "facing questions in other states"."It is a big problem. I'm concerned about it," Murmu said. "It hurts ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    'Repeatedly attacked with sharp tool': TMC worker hacked to death in West Bengal; family alleges political angle behind murder

    KOLKATA: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) activist was allegedly hacked to death by unidentified assailants in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, Bharatpur, a senior police official said on Thursday.Sasthi Ghosh was on his way home Wednesday night when the attackers confronted ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    Mashaal girls honored in Kolkata for winning Indian Women's League

    KOLKATA: UK’s diaspora organization Heritage Bengal Global (HBG) and the British deputy high commission in Kolkata, together with the UK-based Kolkata London Club, on Wednesday felicitated Mashaal Girls, the East Bengal women’s team for winning the national-level Indian Women’s ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    'No Bangladeshis, only Bengali workers in my Bengaluru hotel': Mithun Chakraborty counters Mamata Banerjee's claims on migrants; calls out fear narrative

    NEW DELHI: BJP leader and actor Mithun Chakraborty on Thursday dismissed West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s recent claims that Bengali migrant workers were being targeted in other states. Chakraborty termed the remarks as an attempt to stir unnecessary ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    Fans seek heritage status for Uttam Kumar’s Shilpi Sansad address

    1234 KOLKATA: On Lenin Sarani stands ‘Shilpi Sansad', an organisation founded by Uttam Kumar in 1968 to support needy workers of Tollywood. At its gate, hangs a KMC board, cautioning people that it's a ‘dangerous building'. Uttam fans have ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Cooler temperatures with rain expected

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata is set to experience typical monsoon weather on July 24, 2025, with moderate rainfall ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘Over 1,200 farmers grow coffee in hills’: After brewing tea for over 100 years, Kalimpong turns a new leaf and chases coffee dreams

    KALIMPONG: Renowned for its famed tea gardens for more than a century, Kalimpong is now turning a new leaf and acquiring a name for its coffee plantations. With the Arabica coffee grown in the hill district being exported to ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata law student rape case: Blood samples, CCTV footage match; Monojit Mishra targeted girl from first day in collage

    KOLKATA: Crucial forensic evidence - biological, chemical, and technical - started arriving in the law college gang rape case of last month, making cops confident of securing a rape conviction. According to sources, the two blood samples collected from ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    7 held for illegal ATM, Aadhaar card delivery

    Kolkata: The Port division police arrested seven people for supplying ATM and Aadhaar cards, which were allegedly used in cybercrimes by their gang members. The first four — Sahinur Rahaman Fakir (25), Sk Rahul (20), Sk Asfak (18) and ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    Nurses suspect in jewellery theft case

    Kolkata: A family in Hastings filed a police complaint against nurses from a prominent hospital, alleging gold jewellery and precious ornaments theft worth over Rs 5 lakh. The incident took place between July 7 and July 22, when the ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘Humiliated by district netas’: Kabir to form new party

    Kolkata: Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir has announced plans to float a new political party after Aug 15. The proposed party aims to contest 50–52 seats across Murshidabad, Malda, North Dinajpur and Nadia districts.The 62-year-old MLA cited repeated humiliation within ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    Lansdowne ‘stoneman’ under police lens for past murder, attacks

    12 Kolkata: The 28-year-old man, Raju Naskar alias Napit, who was arrested on Tuesday for killing Somnath Chakraborty (42) on Sarat Bose Road with a stone, is being interrogated by cops for his ‘possible involvement' in several other cases ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    8,500 hawkers set to get vending certs before puja

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is set to distribute 8,500 vending certificates to hawkers who have already enrolled with the civic body as bonafide traders in the city's major hawking zones before the Pujas. In the first phase, ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    Room for reform: HC commutes death sentences of 2 convicts to life terms

    12 Kolkata: There was a possibility of reform, the Calcutta High Court said on Wednesday while commuting the death sentences of two men. The men, who were convicted of rape and murder of a five-year-old child in 2021, was ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    From ‘dum’ to diet: Your biryani is less unhealthy now

    12 Kolkata: With biryani sales zooming across Kolkata's restaurants, the latter are now scurrying to make it 'healthy' to get more people to bypass diet restrictions and savour it. While a leading biryani chain launched a ‘diabetic-friendly' biryani rustled ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    Heritage makeover of 117-yr-old Roxy to restore art deco glory by March 2026

    12 Kolkata: The art deco-style opera house turned cinema hall at Esplanade, constructed by Maurice Bandmann and Arathoon Stephen 117 years ago, is set to undergo a heritage makeover. This transformation will be similar to Mumbai's Eros Cinema, with ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    Assembly may hold spl session on ‘targeting’ of Bengalis

    Kolkata/New Delhi: Bengal assembly is likely to convene a special session on the alleged discrimination against Bengali-speaking migrants in different states.A source said Trinamool Congress MPs on Wednesday submitted notices in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, demanding discussion on ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    Metro rider defacing rake caught on CCTV

    Kolkata: Metro Railway obtained CCTV footage showing an individual vandalising the closed doors of a moving Blue Line Metro train using spray paint on June 27."We came across it during retrospective CCTV footage analysis. The man was travelling on ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    V-B team holds rehearsal heritage walk before ashram tour launch by month end

    12 Santiniketan: A Visva-Bharati team, led by vice-chancellor Probir Kumar Ghosh, held a trial heritage walk on the campus on Wednesday, in the run-up to the guided tours of the ashram, scheduled to be flagged off by the end ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
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