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  • Kol warehousing biz picks up pace: 1.1cr sqft leased in 2 yrs

    123 Kolkata: Kolkata has seen heightened interest in warehousing business lately, with 1.1 crore sqft leased in the past couple of years. It saw a 28% jump from 51 lakh sqft in 2023 to 65 lakh sqft in 2024. ...

    14 March 2025 Times of India
    Rose Valley: 332cr cleared for repayment

    123 Kolkata: A special court in Khurda, Bhubaneswar on Thursday released Rs 332.7 crore proceeds of crime (principal amount) held as fixed deposits in various bank accounts in connection with the Rose Valley Ponzi probe.The amount will be used ...

    14 March 2025 Times of India
    Security worry after ATM guard’s b’day celebration at kiosk

    Kolkata: A video of a birthday celebration inside the ATM kiosk of a nationalised bank in Sodepur that went viral sparked security concerns. This has even led to police launching an investigation into the incident. The footage shows a ...

    14 March 2025 Times of India
    Palash plantation to mark 1990 attack anniv

    Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) will plant nearly 150 Palash (Flame tree) saplings between Jatin Das Park and Hazra Road to commemorate Aug16, the day on which chief minister Mamata Banerjee was attacked by CPM workers in 1990. They ...

    14 March 2025 Times of India
    Maintain peace during Holi & Ramzan, CM tells mantris

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee has asked ministers to stay in their areas during Holi and ensure that no communal disturbance occurs since the Ramzan month is also being observed.At a cabinet meet on Thursday, Banerjee warned ministers about sinister ...

    14 March 2025 Times of India
    TMC issues show-cause notice to Kabir

    Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress parliamentary disciplinary committee, headed by Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, on Thursday issued a show-cause notice to Humayun Kabir over his comment on Suvendu Adhikari and asked the Bharatpur MLA to reply within 24 hours.Reacting to Adhikari's statement ...

    14 March 2025 Times of India
    HC cancels licence to Matua mela due to repealed act

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday cancelled the licence granted by North 24 Parganas zilla parishad to the "sanghadhipati" of All India Matua Mahasangha, Mamata Bala Thakur, for holding the Matua Dharma Mela from March 27.Justice Amrita Sinha held ...

    14 March 2025 Times of India
    Exercise caution in statements, speaker tells Hiraan

    Kolkata: Speaker Biman Banerjee on Thursday asked BJP MLA Hiranmoy Chatterjee to exercise caution while making statements in the Bengal assembly.During the budget discussion on Thursday, Banerjee cautioned him for an earlier comment that an award was "purchased" by ...

    14 March 2025 Times of India
    Abhishek calls virtual meet on Sat over voter list anomalies

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has called a virtual meeting on Saturday, mandating attendance of all state committee leaders, MPs, MLAs and local representatives. The meeting aims to discuss ways and means, and the status report ...

    14 March 2025 Times of India
    Tapasi made chairperson of women’s devpt board

    Kolkata: Three days after shifting to Trinamool Congress from BJP, Haldia MLA Tapasi Mondal has been appointed chairperson of Women's Development Board in the state.The move invited criticism with the opposition saying her new role is a "reward for ...

    14 March 2025 Times of India
    Girl’s parents allege rape by minor on BSF campus

    Jalpaiguri: The parents of a minor girl lodged a police complaint on Thursday alleging that their daughter had been raped by a minor boy at a BSF camp in Jalpaiguri.The parents claimed their daughter had left home on Tuesday ...

    14 March 2025 Times of India
    Cong functionary lodges FIR on Suvendu statement

    Kolkata: Pradesh Congress functionary Suman Roychaudhuri lodged an FIR at Amherst Street police station, alleging that Suvendu Adhikari's statement — that he would "physically throw" Muslim MLAs out of the assembly "when BJP formed govt" — would create unrest ...

    14 March 2025 Times of India
    TMC slams BJP for ‘false propaganda on Holi ban’

    12 Kolkata/New Delhi: Trinamool Congress on Thursday sharply hit back at BJP for "spreading misleading propaganda" and "falsely claiming that Bengal govt banned Holi celebrations". Minister of state for forests Birbaha Hansda said reasonable restrictions had been put in ...

    14 March 2025 Times of India
    ‘IT team developing cloud storage & AI bot to boost HC functioning’

    Kolkata: The IT team of Calcutta High Court is developing a cloud storage technology and an AI chatbot, among others, upgrading the functioning of India's oldest court, Justice Joymalya Bagchi said at his farewell on Wednesday. Justice Bagchi was ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Britannia’s eco-blueprint: Innovating for a cleaner, greener planet

    KOLKATA: Britannia Industries is making sustainability an integral part of its growth strategy, embedding its commitment across all business activities under the four key pillars of Resources, People, Growth, and Governance. In an exclusive interview, Rajneet Kohli, Executive Director ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Calcutta HC directs all magistrates to dispose of cyber fraud cases by releasing seized funds to victims

    KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court recently directed all its magistrates to dispose of cyber fraud matters by releasing seized funds to the victims based on the complaint copy lodged with the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) rather than ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Fake SIM case: Beniapukur man 13th to be arrested

    Kolkata: The detective department carried out the 13th arrest, one of the most important so far, in the fake SIM case on Wednesday. Rahil Ahmed (27) was apprehended from his Gorachand Road residence at 12.25 am following an electronic ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Weather Today 2025-03-13: Sunny Days Ahead with Rising Temperatures

    Kolkata Weather Overview for March 12, 2025Today's Forecast in Detail Wake up and seize the day, Kolkata! Here’s the weather scoop to help you plan your activities.Date: March 12, 2025 Sunrise: 05:48 AM Sunset: 05:45 PM Moonrise: 04:10 PM ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Purple Line gets green signal for IIM-Joka stn

    Kolkata: The Purple Line, when completed, will have another station. RVNL is set to start construction to extend the corridor beyond Joka to IIM-Calcutta. Metro Railway had proposed the 1.7 km extension about a year ago. The bidding process ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    50k bill for 49-min ICU stay: Hospital faces music

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) has asked a private hospital to refund a part of the amount it charged for treating a patient in its ICU for 49 minutes before he passed away. The commission ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    ‘Their strange behaviour set off alarms in my head’

    12 Around 9.15 pm on Tuesday, two young men booked my cab from Dum Dum Nagerbazar to Nimta-Majherhati More. They were carrying a blue strolley bag and a sack, which they placed in the trunk. Midway through the journey, ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Kol youth dies in Jodhpur as bus ferrying law students hits truck

    Kolkata: A 19-year-old student from Kolkata, pursuing law at an institute in Jodhpur, was among three students from the law school who died on Tuesday morning when a bus in which they were travelling collided with a truck and ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata horror: Late-night road rage, 500m chase end in biker’s death, motorist held

    KOLKATA: A scrap between a motorist and a biker followed by a chase on an uneven stretch of road in Salt Lake ended with the death of the 21-year-old biker late on Tuesday night.The chain of events was sparked ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Throat slit, body taped: 14 days on, another duo caught with businessman's body stuffed in trolley bag in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: A fortnight after a mother and daughter were caught at Kumartuli trying to dispose of a relative’s body stuffed in a trolley bag, police on Tuesday nabbed two men who were on their way to dump the body ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    'Damage to trees': West Bengal govt imposes ban on Holi celebrations in Santiniketan Sonajhuri Haat; fuming BJP warns of 'arrests'

    NEW DELHI: The West Bengal government has banned Holi celebrations at Sonajhuri Haat in Santiniketan's Birbhum district this year, citing concerns over potential damage to the area's greenery, an official said on Wednesday. The popular marketplace is located near ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    CM Mamata Banerjee slams Suvendu's 'fake, divisive Hindutva import'

    CM Mamata Banerjee with people of different communities at a Doljatra-Holi event in Kolkata on Wednesday KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday used Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda's "inclusive and progressive Hinduism" to attack BJP's "fake Hindutva import" and ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    With shrinking fleet, one in two Kolkata commuters cannot get buses on time: Study

    Kolkata: One in two commuters is struggling to go to office or return home due to inadequate bus service in the city. With a shrinking fleet and increasing demand, Kolkata's public bus transport is woefully short of meeting commuter ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Traffic cop SOS to KMC for uneven Cathedral Road

    123 Kolkata: Kolkata Traffic Police has sent an SOS to civic agencies, asking them to immediately address the uneven road surfaces on two key roads in the city - Cathedral Road and Taratala flyover. Police sources said there were ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Chief secy prod on regular Santragachhi traffic jam

    12 Kolkata/Howrah: Traffic congestion has become a significant concern for travellers near the Santragachhi bridge or while entering Kolkata from Kona Expressway. The ongoing flyover construction linking Santragachhi and Kona has severely impacted commuters, causing lengthy delays and necessitating ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Temp nears 35°C, may rise further on Holi, heat-wave alert for dists

    Kolkata: Brace for sweltering days ahead as the Met office has predicted hot and humid conditions over the next few days. A heat-wave warning has been issued for some south Bengal districts from Sunday. While the heat wave is ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    10-man East Bengal crash out of Challenge League with a familiar script

    East Bengal FC lost another match — and in doing so, crashed out of the AFC Challenge League — following a script which has now become all too familiar to their despicable season. Imagine the chain of events that ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Now, get ready to pay 1k-5k fine for spitting in public place

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Wednesday launched a campaign against spitting chewing tobacco and pan masala in public places, warning offenders of fines that might be as high as Rs 5,000. The crackdown followed displeasure expressed by chief minister Mamata ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    ER builds sports facility in Howrah

    Kolkata: Eastern Railway's Howrah division has come up with a world-class sports facility, covering 6,360 sq m with an 800sqm indoor area, behind Rail Museum adjacent to Howrah station. "The entire project, including design and construction, was completed in ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    State invites application for DHS post

    Kolkata: The state health department on Wednesday invited applications for the post of director health services (DHS). The move came within two weeks of the state starting the recruitment process for director medical education (DME). Neither of the posts ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Kol hosp ties up with UK facility

    Kolkata: A large number of children suffered from renal diseases and the lack of awareness often led to a delay in diagnosis, said doctors. Institute of Child Health (ICH) Kolkata on Wednesday, the eve of World Kidney Day, announced ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Centre blames Bengal for JU losing out on IoE status

    Kolkata: Union minister of state for education and development of north eastern region Sukanta Majumdar blamed Bengal govt for Jadavpur University losing out on Institute of Eminence (IoE) status in 2023, during a question and answer session in Rajya ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Bengal represents all cultures, says Mamata

    123 Kolkata: Bengal's greatness lies in its cosmopolitan nature, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday as she spoke of the state's unique character as a melting pot of cultures, at a KMC function."You must remember that Bengal represents all ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Mitsubishi Chemical Group eyes expansion in India’s green speciality sector

    Kolkata: Mitsubishi Chemical Group wants to foray into the green speciality sector in India, with a focus on semiconductor and EV supply chain materials, said Manabu Chikumoto, director of the board & president & CEO of the Japanese firm, ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Go natural, synthetic colours may cause vision loss, rashes: Doctors

    Kolkata: As you splurge colours this Holi, make sure you don't end up hurting your eyes or damaging your skin. More than half of the liquid colours and gulal (abir) available in the market are synthetic, toxic, and injurious, ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Animal lovers to keep an eye on strays, use vegetable colours on pets

    123 Kolkata: Pet owners across the city are urging for quadruped-friendly Holi celebrations. Some animal lovers plan to use only vegetable colours for their furry babies' well-being, while others have decided to stay indoors to prevent their pets from ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Edu bill, to be tabled in assembly soon, promises to rein in pvt school fee hikes

    Kolkata: The state govt will bring in a law to curb uncontrolled fee hikes in private schools, education minister Bratya Basu said in the assembly. He was responding to a question on fee hikes in private schools by BJP ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    IPGMER first govt hosp in E India to launch robotic op

    123 Kolkata: Robotic surgery is set to debut at IPGMER, making it the first govt hospital in eastern India to bring in this technology to boost healthcare. The facility will be installed at Rs 6.4 crore, an amount already ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Centre gives nod to CM’s London trip

    123 Kolkata: Centre on Wednesday gave its approval for CM Mamata Banerjee's seven-day trip to London starting March 22, during which she is likely to deliver a speech at Oxford University. Banerjee's last trip abroad was to Spain and ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Bengal in top 3 for investment proposals, CM hails achievement

    Kolkata: Bengal has emerged as a frontrunner in attracting large-scale industrial investments, according to the latest report by the Union department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT). On Wednesday, CM Mamata Banerjee announced the achievement on X."Glad ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Suvendu brings up ‘security concerns’

    123 Kolkata: Apprehending an attack on him and other BJP MLAs, Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari wrote to the assembly secretary on Wednesday. This comes after TMC's Humayun Kabir hit back after Adhikari said on Tuesday that Muslim ...

    13 March 2025 Times of India
    Stage set for Filmfare to celebrate Bangla films

    Kolkata: Joy Filmfare Awards Bangla 2025 nominations were announced at a press conference in Kolkata on Monday. The award ceremony is all set to take place on March 18 at JW Marriott to celebrate exceptional talents in the Bengali ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    ‘184 lamp posts can be removed from city roads’

    Kolkata: Power utility CESC has informed Kolkata Traffic Police and KMC that it had received 275 applications to remove lamp posts from multiple south Kolkata neighbourhoods to make roads wider. Out of these, 184 were found to be suitable ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Weather Today 2025-03-12: Sunny Days Ahead with Rising Temperatures

    Weather Forecast for Kolkata - March 12, 2025Get ready for a sunny day ahead, Kolkata! Here's your weather update to keep you prepared for what the skies have in store.Today's Weather HighlightsSunrise: 5:48 AM Sunset: 5:45 PM Moonrise: 4:10 ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Stage set for Filmfare to celebrate Bangla films

    Kolkata: Joy Filmfare Awards Bangla 2025 nominations were announced at a press conference in Kolkata on Monday. The award ceremony is all set to take place on March 18 at JW Marriott to celebrate exceptional talents in the Bengali ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Politics, culture and commerce form heady mix for pre-Holi bashes

    123456 Kolkata: Kolkata's pre-Holi season is witnessing a blend of politics, culture, and commerce, with business bodies, politicians, and cultural groups hosting musicals, comedy shows, and dance performances. These events mirror the city's diverse traditions and evolving political and ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Rlys sanctions 1k cr for Eden Gardens metro stn

    Kolkata: The railways ministry has approved Metro Railway's proposal to add another stop for the Purple line — the Eden Gardens metro station. It has sanctioned an additional Rs 1,000 crore for the corridor's 1.6km extension, taking the current ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    First time in 163 years, Calcutta high court has 8 women judges

    KOLKATA: Three additional judges, including a woman, were sworn in at Calcutta high court on Tuesday, taking the number of female judges to eight, the highest in the HC’s 163-year-old history.Madras HC and Punjab and Haryana HC have 13 ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari’s ‘will throw Muslim MLAs out’ remark sparks row; TMC calls it ‘dangerous, provocative’

    KOLKATA: State leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari sparked outrage on Tuesday by declaring BJP would "physically throw Muslim MLAs out of the assembly" after the party "forms the next govt" in Bengal that goes to polls in 2026.Trinamool ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Extended Dol-Holi weekend airfares yet to reach the sky

    123 Kolkata: For travellers planning vacations on short notice this weekend and in the coming weeks, this might be the best time to book flight tickets. Airfares to key domestic destinations have seen a significant drop following the end ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Cops to double anti-drink-drive nakas in run-up to Holi

    Kolkata: The traffic police will launch a special anti-drink-driving campaign on Wednesday evening, in the run-up to Holi. "We urge residents to follow the basic Holi norms—no drink- or rash riding or driving, no lane-cutting, and no flouting of ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Blind spot lessons for bikers, pedestrians

    Kolkata: Lalbazar has asked all traffic guards to conduct special awareness sessions on blind spots for two-wheeler riders and pedestrians. Almost 28% of all road fatalities, especially those involving pedestrians and two-wheelers, are victims of blind spots, said police, ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    App-bike rider rams into truck at Park Circus, dies

    123 Kolkata: An app bike rider died as he crashed into a truck, was thrown to the road and was crushed under the rear wheel of the heavy goods vehicle. The accident took place at the gate of the ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Int’l call centre scam busted: 5 held, 28L seized in S Kol

    Kolkata: The Bank Fraud Section (BFS) of the Detective Department busted an international call centre scam that operated from two condos in south Kolkata, arrested five persons and seized over Rs 28 lakh, along with hardware and related equipment.The ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Wow! Momo eyes Rs 600 crore revenue from FMCG biz with new launch

    123 Kolkata: Wow! Momo, one of the leading homegrown QSR food chains, has set a revenue target of Rs 600 crore from its FMCG business in the next 5 years.The group recently entered the FMCG biz with frozen momos. ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    FADA seeks legal protection against sudden exits by auto cos

    Kolkata: The Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA), representing more than 15,000 automotive dealers across India, is lobbying with Centre and state govts for legislative protection to prevent automobile manufacturers from suddenly withdrawing from the country."We need a law ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    CESC seeks UK collab for EV charging infra in state

    Kolkata: CESC is planning to develop electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and battery storage systems for green energy in the state in the future. Vineet Sikka, managing director (distribution) of the power utility company, hinted that they may seek ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Trader takes 75.5L loan to pay crooks during 12-day digi-arrest

    Kolkata: A 41-year-old businessman dealing in switch gears reportedly fell victim to an organised digital arrest scam and lost Rs 75.5 lakh. The businessman, residing in the Sarsuna area of Behala, had taken the entire amount as business loan ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Man held for rape after false promise of marriage

    Kolkata: Police arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly engaging in sexual relations with a young woman with a false promise of marriage. Police said he met the woman at a hotel off EM Bypass on multiple occasions. Rahul Basu, ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    2-day stir may keep banks shut for 4 days

    Kolkata: A majority of the 10,000-odd branches and around 11,000 ATMs in the state may be closed for four consecutive days, from March 22 to 24, because of a two-day bank strike announced by United Forum of Bank Unions. ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    KP FIR for JU ‘Azad Kashmir’ graffiti

    123 Kolkata: Kolkata Police has filed an FIR against unknown individuals under stringent sections for allegedly putting up graffiti on ‘Azad Kashmir' and other "objectionable" posters on the walls of Jadavpur University. If convicted, the accused can face a ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Bengal gets 1st photo record of rare grass owl

    12 Kolkata/Malda: Bengal has registered its first photographic record of the rare Australasian grass owl, also known as eastern grass owl, during the Gangetic bird survey in the Farakka Important Bird Area (IBA) in Malda. State forest minister Birbaha ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    BJP MLAs won’t be given papers, says speaker after documents torn in protest

    Kolkata: Angry that protesting BJP legislators in the Bengal assembly were frequently tearing up papers, speaker Biman Banerjee on Tuesday asked assembly secretary Sukumar Roy not to provide any documents to the opposition party's MLAs. BJP has termed this ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Kol stand-up comedians take Allahbadia row in their stride

    123456 Kolkata: After YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia and three others appeared before the National Commission for Women and tendered their unequivocal apology for their contentious remarks on ‘India's Got Latent', most of the city organisers and performers insist that the ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Minister records statement, JU to form panel to probe March 1 campus clash

    1234 Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Tuesday said they met education minister Bratya Basu and recorded his statement on the March 1 fracas on the Jadavpur University campus. JU's administrative meeting, which ended late on Monday night, decided to ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    TMC, BJP netas meet EC in Delhi over EPIC issue

    Kolkata: A 10-member Trinamool Congress delegation met the Election Commission in New Delhi on Tuesday and asked how the poll body planned to clean up the duplicate EPIC card "mess in just three months" when the issue had persisted ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    7-min snag hits inline baggage scan portal ops

    Kolkata: Overloading in one of the eight inline baggage scan (ILBS) portals led to its temporary shutdown on Tuesday at 8 pm. Airport officials said the operational snag that occurred on ILBS portal 5 was addressed and the inline ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    TMC asks Panihati municipality chairperson to quit after graft claims

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Tuesday asked Panihati municipality chairperson Moloy Roy to step down, following graft charges being levelled against him. Roy, however, refused to do so, claiming the allegations were false. The party, however, indicated it was in ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    HC to sr cop: Consider all data preserved at PS

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed IGP (training) Murlidhar Sharma to consider all CCTV footage and digital materials preserved at the Midnapore police station where Medinipur College student Sucharita Das was detained and allegedly tortured and submit ...

    12 March 2025 Times of India
    Prasun records statement in court

    123 Kolkata: The younger of the Dey brothers of Tangra, Prasun Dey, recorded his statement before a magistrate at Sealdah court on Monday. The court earlier fixed this day to record Prasun's confidential statement after he informed the court ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Bizman held after woman alleges rape at city hotel

    123 Kolkata: Kolkata Police have arrested a 59-year-old businessman for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman at a hotel located on Sarat Bose Road. The accused was presented before the court on Monday.According to police, the accused, identified as Kirti ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Inline baggage scan snag: For 8 hrs, airport returns to pre-Cov era

    Kolkata: Passengers carrying registered baggage had to queue up to scan their luggage on Monday as the inline baggage screening system (ILBS) developed a snag in the morning and remained out of order till around 5 pm. The additional ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Everester aims for new feat, sets sights on North Pole

    Kolkata: Satyarup Siddhanta, Everest climber and a Guinness record holder for being the youngest in the world to complete seven summits and seven volcanic summits, will set out for the North Pole expedition in a month. Last week, chief ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Justice Bagchi set to take oath in SC next week

    New Delhi/Kolkata: The President on Monday appointed Calcutta HC Justice Joymalya Bagchi as a judge of the Supreme Court. Justice Bagchi is scheduled to become the Chief Justice of India on May 26, 2031, the second from the HC ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Med agency asks hosps to recall batch of spurious BP drug

    Kolkata: In a continuing move to weed out spurious drugs from circulation, the directorate of drugs control (DDC), West Bengal has asked all hospitals and other stakeholders to recall a certain batch of Telma-AM. This step comes after the ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Cool comfort on suburban trains soon as ER acquires 2 AC rakes

    Kolkata: This summer, at least a section of local train commuters can look forward to some cool comfort. Eastern Railway is acquiring two new AC rakes for suburban services, like those operational in Mumbai. The first rake is expected ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Dare we hope? Salt Lake follows 29.5cr road work

    1234 Kolkata: Road repairs are underway in stretches of First Avenue in Salt Lake and some blocks located off it. The first attempt to properly repair roads after a long time has raised hope among the residents who have ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    State tops MSME manufacture, Mamata hails role of women

    Kolkata: Citing a National Statistical Office (NSO) report, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that not only did Bengal have the highest number of MSME manufacturing units in India, but also topped the country when it came to ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Bengal food processing industry vows to invest Rs 181 crore under PLI scheme

    Kolkata: Bengal's food processing industry has promised an investment of Rs 181 crore under Centre's production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme. If the investment conforms to all conditions, Centre will provide Rs 1,200 crore as subsidy over five years to the ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    A teacher who went beyond books, taught students to live with compassion & honesty

    Teachers are expected to teach students how to get good results in their examinations; but the best teachers are those who additionally show students how to live their lives with compassion, joy, commitment and honesty. Professor Sajni Mukherjee Kriplani ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Weekend getaways overbooked as Holi holiday, end of exams trigger rush for short vacations

    1234 Kolkata: An extended weekend, with the Dol Jatra public holiday on Friday, has triggered a rush to nearby getaways, with Kolkatans seizing the opportunity for short vacations. As a result, accommodations — from hotels to resorts, from homestays ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Trials over, E-W to resume services today

    Kolkata: KMRC successfully completed the three-day trials on Sunday, after operating trains at speeds exceeding 80kmph to test the communication-based train control (CBTC) system for East-West Metro's Esplanade-Sealdah section, officials said. Services will resume on the Sealdah-Sector V and ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Fracas over Om Prakash Mishra’s return to campus

    123 Kolkata: Tension flared again on JU campus on Monday when Om Prakash Mishra, a senior professor of International Relations dept, entered the varsity. Woman students, primarily affiliated with a Left-leaning student body, blocked Mishra while holding placards at ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Cops renew Azad Kashmir row probe

    123 Kolkata: Kolkata Police recorded a fresh complaint regarding the new graffiti at Jadavpur University. Cops remained tight-lipped about whether they received a complaint from either JU students or authorities or if action is being taken suo motu.Cops said ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Spanish professor adopts abandoned baby in Jalpaiguri

    123 Jalpaiguri: Tinni was abandoned by her mother soon after her birth on Nov 29, 2023. She was sent to the custody of the Child Welfare Committee and had been living there since. On Monday, she got a home ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Indranuj goes home

    Indranuj Roy was discharged from KPC Hospital on Monday. Roy, 21, was admitted on March 1 with severe injuries on his left eye. The eye is healing, and the vision is normal, sources said. On Friday morning, a multi-disciplinary ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Classes, exams back at JU; officials speak to cops on students’ legal issues

    123 Kolkata: After a week-long impasse on the campus, students across departments attended classes and appeared for the exams on Monday. The undergraduate engineering students called for an examination boycott in protest after a first-year student, Indranuj Roy, was ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    7-yr-old elephant dies of infection 22 days after rescue

    Siliguri: A seven-year-old female elephant, rescued near Bangdubi Army Camp in Bagdogra Range on Feb 14, died after a 22-day struggle with severe protozoan infection. Forest officials said that the calf's right hind leg and foreleg were affected by ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    KP to carry out forensic exam of min car

    123 Kolkata: Kolkata Police has made all arrangements to carry out the forensic examination of education minister Bratya Basu's car, which a section of Jadavpur University students allege hit and injured a JU first-year student on March 1.Sources said ...

    11 March 2025 Times of India
    Researcher’s body brought back from UAE

    Kolkata: The body of Joydeep Chowdhury, the young researcher from Nimta in north Dum Dum, arrived at his house on Sunday, nearly 20 days after his death. Chowdhury was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his hostel in Abu ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Alipore furniture stores ransacked after theft allegation against locals

    123 Kolkata: Several shops selling old and refurbished furniture at Gopalnagar in Alipore were ransacked and vandalised after a tiff broke out between a shop owner and two local customers on Sunday afternoon. Four persons were detained for questioning ...

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    Bengali cinema sees jump from 10% to 18% in nomination roster of FIPRESCI-India

    KOLKATA: Contrary to the accusations of contemporary Bengali cinema being 'ghatiya', the recent nomination roster of FIPRESCI-India for Grand-Prix-2024 unveiled a substantial increase in the number of Bengali motion pictures. Whilst the previous year witnessed merely six Bengali films ...

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    Govt, varsity step in to save Purulia’s white forest flames

    123456 Kolkata: The Bengal forest department and Sidho Kanho Birsha University (SKBU)'s botany department have collaborated to safeguard 14 identified rare white palash or forest flame trees in Purulia from tourists and tribal healers during this flowering season by ...

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    50L pilgrims pray at Furfura Sharif

    123 Kolkata: Over 50 lakh pilgrims from across the country converged at Furfura Sharif, a village at Jangipara under Serampore sub-division of Hooghly district, offering prayers and seeking blessings on the occasion of the three-day historic Isale Sawab Mehfil, ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Video sparks assault, TMC factions clash; violence spills over to MCH

    Kolkata: A violent clash erupted between two Trinamool factions on Colootola Street on Saturday night, spilling over to Calcutta Medical College and Hospital and scaring away those who arrived with emergency patients or were staying there overnight. The incident ...

    10 March 2025 Times of India
    Iconic Howrah bridge set for a new night look with dynamic illumination, 7-min light-and-sound show

    Kolkata: The city's grand old lady — the Howrah bridge — is all set to adorn herself more beautifully for the night. Kolkata Port, the custodian of the iconic 82-year-old engineering marvel, is inviting tenders, having finalised the detailed ...

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