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  • News from West Bengal | 25 Jul, 2025 | ১০ শ্রাবণ, ১৪৩২
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  • In I-T return season, fraudsters strike with fake tax-benefit message

    A recurring phishing scam since 2018 targets taxpayers with fake I-T department messages, leading to significant financial losses for many. KOLKATA: If you have recently received an email from the ‘Income Tax department’ asking you if you have availed ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    'No problem, but under her rule North Bengal is deprived': BJP MP Jagannath Sarkar on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee attending NITI Aayog meet

    BJP MP Jagannath Sarkar criticized her rule for neglecting North Bengal. Banerjee plans to protest what she deems political discrimination against Bengal, accusing BJP leaders of attempting to divide the state and imposing blockades NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    CBD traffic diversion for 3 wks for KMC repair work

    Kolkata: Travelling from north Kolkata towards Dalhousie or Howrah will take longer for the next three weeks starting Saturday. According to Lalbazar, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is likely to take a blockade on Lalbazar Street and Hemanta Basu Sarani ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    Bandhan Bank’s net profit jumps 47% to ₹1,063 cr

    Kolkata: Bandhan Bank has registered a 47% jump in net profit in the first quarter of this fiscal. It has touched Rs 1,063 crore from Rs 721 crore during the same period last year. The bank’s gross NPA also ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    2023 ragging accused interact with JU freshers

    Kolkata: Some of the students accused in the ragging of the first-year student at the Main Hostel last Aug have been roaming freely on the JU campus and interacting with potential engineering freshers and their parents who are coming ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    Metro to go counterless at 3 stations from Aug 1

    Kolkata: Metro Railway will launch a pilot project to introduce ‘no booking counter stations’ at Taratala and Sakherbazar on the Purple Line, and Kavi Sukanta on the Orange Line from Aug 1. In these stations, no booking counters will ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    Harassed boy, 1st-generation engg student, may get a different hostel

    Kolkata: Several Jadavpur University officials and teachers are considering a possibility of moving the tormented MTech student, Biswajit Pramanik, to another hostel once he resume classes.Pramanik, who was rescued from Main Hostel’s Block D, where he was being mentally ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    Sought Murshidabad UT in 2022: BJP MLA

    Kolkata: The political storm over carving out Union Territories inside Bengal continued on Friday with BJP’s Murshidabad MLA Gouri Shankar Ghosh calling for UT status for Murshidabad, drawing a sharp reaction from Trinamool. Ghosh claimed he had raised making ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    ITC to invest ₹20k cr in the next 5 years, max in FMCG scetor

    Kolkata: Sanjiv Puri-led diversified conglomerate ITC Ltd is planning to invest Rs 20,000 crore in various sectors in the next five years. The maximum investment will be in the FMCG business, followed by paper board and packaging and other ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘Madam’ towers above all

    Kolkata: B Prithviraj-nursed Madam Rich should have no peers in lifting the Sir Visvesvaraya Memorial Trophy in Bengaluru on Saturday. The daughter of Arthur’s Girl will be guided by A Sandesh.Bengaluru selections2pm: 1. Liv In The Mist 2. Il ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    City sees spike in scrub typhus cases, 1-month-old baby in PICU

    Kolkata: The city has been witnessing a rise in scrub typhus cases, with several hospitals admitting patients, some with multi-organ involvement. Among those affected is a one-month-old baby who is undergoing treatment in PICU at a hospital for severe ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    KMC uses drones to survey city canals

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is using drones to survey the city’s outfall canals. This is the first time drones are being used to take pictures of encroachments on the banks of canals and to identify the heavily ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    Soft-pedalling leads to sense of impunity: Jadavpur alumni

    Kolkata: JU alumni, students and professors, both current and retired, questioned why there seems to be “an effort to soft-pedal” whe-never allegations surface of ragging on the varsity campus. They say the university management may be fostering “a sense ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    BJP protests outside CESC office

    Kolkata: BJP staged a demonstration in front of the CESC head office at Victoria House on Friday against “fleecing” of consumers. State leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari threatened that if CESC did not reduce bills by August 15, the ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    Min calls for India-Bhutan joint panel to curb flooding

    Kolkata: Bengal’s parliamentary affairs minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay on Friday moved a resolution for an India-Bhutan Joint River Commission for controlling floods in transboundary rivers. Chattopadhyay said in his resolution, “Centre has been unilaterally engaging with Bangladesh on finalising the ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    Min: Crackdown on middlemen will bring down potato price

    Kolkata: Potato price is expected to come down further as the govt continues to crack down on middlemen, as instructed by CM Mamata Banerjee. “The govt has stepped in to bring down potato prices. We have had talks with ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    Justice Chatterji, HC ex-judge who headed July 21 panel, dies

    Kolkata: Retired Justice Susanta Chatterji, who had served as a judge at Calcutta High Court and Orissa HC, died at his Howrah residence on Thursday. He was 87.CM Mamata Banerjee posted on social media that Justice Chatterji served both ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    Films, tourneys in Kol for Paris Olympics

    Kolkata: Alliance Francaise du Bengale, in association with the Embassy of France in India and French Institute in India will screen a series of movies that celebrate sports, host a table tennis and dart tournament, organise a virtual reality ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    UK delegation concludes its two-day visit in Kolkata

    NKDA hosting the Innovate UK delegation at their office on 26 July 2024 KOLKATA: Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, in collaboration with British Deputy High Commission and industry partner FICCI on Friday concluded their “Global Business Innovation Programme” ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    Medical camp for families adopted by MBBS students of Diamond Harbour Medical College

    TOI photo KOLKATA: The Family Adoption Programme (FAP) for medical graduate students under the National Medical Commission is making a difference in the lives of many, especially those residing in the rural areas. As part of the programme, MBBS ...

    27 July 2024 Times of India
    Speaker to Suvendu, Tapan: Act responsibly

    Kolkata: Speaker Biman Banerjee on Thursday asked Trinamool MLA Tapan Chatterjee and leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari to show restraint and behave responsibly, a day after the two had a heated exchange.“There are often heated discussions within the assembly. ...

    26 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘Set up pavement barriers in AJC Bose Road school zone’

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police has written to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) requesting it to introduce a number of measures — including installation of pavement barriers and replacement of electric poles — in AJC Bose Road school zone between Moulali ...

    26 July 2024 Times of India
    Laptop theft slur: JU MTech student in hospital after 'mental torture' at hostel

    The boy was rescued from Main Hostel Block D KOLKATA: More than 70 boarders of Jadavpur University's (JU) Main Hostel on Wednesday allegedly confined and "mentally tortured" a fellow boarder, accusing him of stealing a laptop, putting him in ...

    26 July 2024 Times of India
    Exports resume via Petrapole border

    Kolkata: Export of goods from Bengal to Bangladesh resumed on Wednesday with several of the 1,000 vehicles crossing over to the neighbouring country via Petrapole, signalling resumption of trade between the two countries which came to a halt after ...

    26 July 2024 Times of India
    KMC to hand over Alipore land to WBHIDCO

    Kolkata: A resolution to hand over the Alipore land was passed in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation mayor-in-council meeting on Thursday. According to the resolution, the 4.2 acre land owned by the KMC will be handed over to the West ...

    26 July 2024 Times of India
    Babysitter steals 8.5L ornaments from Ballygunge flat

    Kolkata: A 24-year-old woman from Sonarpur working as a babysitter at a businessman’s residence at Chakraberia in Ballygunge has been arrested for allegedly stealing ornaments worth Rs 8.5 lakh from her employers over a period of a year. Cops ...

    26 July 2024 Times of India
    KMC to clear ad clutter

    Kolkata: KMC’s advertisement department has decided to replace two-legged structures displaying advertisements with monopoles to reduce visual pollution. “Except for some major traffic intersections, the number of monopoles will be restricted within a km stretch of any road,” said ...

    26 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘Sessions court has to give reasons for arrest warrant’

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court recently maintained that arrest warrants should not be issued mechanically by courts and they must be justified with valid reasons. This ruling was made in a case concerning malpractice at three branches of a ...

    26 July 2024 Times of India
    Grievance panel revamped

    Kolkata: The state govt had reconstituted the state-level police complaint authority. It will be headed by Justice Ashim Kumar Roy, Lokayukta of Bengal. Other members include home secretary Nandini Chakraborty while DGP Rajeev Kumar is the convenor of the ...

    26 July 2024 Times of India
    Yatri Sathi AC cabs from airport to charge ₹70 more

    Kolkata: Passengers booking air-conditioned Yatri Sathi cabs at Kolkata airport will have to pay more than the current fares as the airport authorities are set to slap the taxis an extra charge of Rs 70 per trip as parking ...

    26 July 2024 Times of India
    Cops, kin trace kids who went missing from home, tuition

    Kolkata: Two children, aged between 11 and 13 years, were traced within 24 hours after they left their homes on Wednesday. In the first case, the student of a top English medium school in central Kolkata reportedly left his ...

    26 July 2024 Times of India
    1-year delay for holistic progress report card

    Kolkata: The decision to introduce the holistic progress report card for school students in the state-run schools has been delayed by a year. A notice has been issued by the state school education department and circulated to the schools. ...

    26 July 2024 Times of India
    Kol-Agartala daily flight from Sep 1

    Kolkata: Air India Express will start a flight between Kolkata and Agartala from Sep 1. The daily flight will take off from Kolkata at 7.50 am and land at Agartala at 8.50 am. The return flight will take off ...

    26 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘Start counselling at school to check college bullying’

    Kolkata: The process of identifying and tackling the factors that can lead students to isolate and torture their peers should start in school, well before they reach college and university, a cross-section of psychiatrists, counsellors and educationists have said ...

    26 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘2nd phase of cop-KMC hawker survey on, report to CMO in Aug’

    Kolkata: A detailed report on the state of hawking in some of the prime hawking zones is being prepared and will be submitted to the CMO next month.Sources in Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Thursday said the report was being ...

    26 July 2024 Times of India
    Mahitosh’s late penalty spares MSC’s blushes

    Kolkata: Mahitosh Roy’s stoppage-time penalty spared Mohammedan Sporting’s blushes as the defending champions scraped past bottom-placed Patha Chakra 2-1 in Naihati on Thursday to keep their Super Six hopes alive in the CFL Premier Division. Israel Dewan continued his ...

    26 July 2024 Times of India
    Hospitals must update kin on patients’ health: Panel

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) is set to issue an advisory, asking private hospitals to regularly update families about the patients’ medical conditions either on the mobile number or the email address registered during admission. ...

    26 July 2024 Times of India
    Flow of Bangla patients to city hosps comes to a complete halt

    Kolkata: The flow of patients from Bangladesh to Kolkata has dried up completely following the unrest in the neighbouring country that has stalled bus and train services across the border. Bangladesh patients comprise 12%-15% of revenue for several private ...

    26 July 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor to plough back royalty from his book to hospital for children

    Cheque being handed over to ICH Kolkata KOLKATA: A Kolkata doctor has pledged to plough back the entire royalty from his book on paediatric dermatology to a hospital for children. Apart from educating parents on skin issues in children, ...

    26 July 2024 Times of India
    Harassment charge: NUJS VC moves HC

    Kolkata: The VC of WBNUJS moved the division bench of Calcutta High Court, challenging a single bench judgment that directed re-examination of harassment charge by a professor. The bench of Justice Kausik Chanda had directed the local committee of ...

    25 July 2024 Times of India
    Two from West Bengal craft success tales, selected for National Handloom Award

    File photo BURDWAN: A 48-year-old weaver from East Burdwan's Kalna, Khayeruddin Sheikh, and Howrah-based handloom designer, Soumitra Mondal, are among the list of Sant Kabir and National Handloom Awardees for 2023. The two awardees from Bengal will be felicitated ...

    25 July 2024 Times of India
    1 die in accident, vehicle pile-up injures three

    Kolkata: A 45-year-old handcart puller died at 3.10 pm on Wednesday after being hit by a biker while crossing Maharshi Devendra Road in Jorabagan. On Basanti Highway, four persons were severely injured after a speeding private bus rammed into ...

    25 July 2024 Times of India
    Unrest impacts MP murder probe

    Kolkata: The family of Anwarul Azim Anar, the murdered Bangladeshi MP, has written to CID saying that they cannot travel to Kolkata for the DNA test due to the prevailing conditions in the neighbouring country.The investigators stated that they ...

    25 July 2024 Times of India
    TMC-led Bengal passes resolution against NEET

    Image used for representative purpose only KOLKATA: Bengal assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution by a voice vote against NEET, becoming the second opposition-governed state after Tamil Nadu to have done so in the country. The Siddaramaiah cabinet in ...

    25 July 2024 Times of India
    HC seeks more info on appt scam probe

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday wanted to know whether any disciplinary proceeding was initiated against Saldiha College principal Shaikh Sirajuddin, who is also a former regional chairperson of the School Service Commission. Sirajuddin is now under suspension ...

    25 July 2024 Times of India
    Sukanta seeks N Bengal schemes; conspiracy to split state, says TMC

    Kolkata: MoS for development of north eastern region (DoNER), Sukanta Majumdar, met PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday to advocate for separate development schemes for north Bengal, similar to those for northeastern states. Trinamool Congress questioned why the junior minister ...

    25 July 2024 Times of India
    Rain-battered DH Rd stretch to shut for concrete block laying

    Kolkata: A portion of the Joka-bound flank of Diamond Harbour Road—150m from the tram depot to State Archaeological Museum, covering a portion of Behala Market—will be closed to traffic to facilitate the PWD project of laying concrete blocks to ...

    25 July 2024 Times of India
    21-yr-old raped, minor held

    Kolkata: A minor has been apprehended by Patuli police and presented before the Juvenile Justice Board on Wednesday for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman multiple times for the past two months. The woman is now pregnant and under treatment ...

    25 July 2024 Times of India
    Cop letters to central Kol crowd-pullers on puja pandal themes

    Kolkata: Cops have begun calling up major puja organizers to ask about their themes for this year’s Durga Puja. In certain cases, local police have even identified pandals that have reported issues in the recent past and sent letters ...

    25 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘Budget sops for leather to create jobs, help biz’

    Kolkata: The sops announced in the Budget for the leather industry will generate more employment and help to increase export volume from Bengal, feel leather manufacturers.To enhance the competitiveness of exports in the leather sector, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman ...

    25 July 2024 Times of India
    Before end of rebate, highest no. of homes registered in June in 5 years

    Kolkata: As many as 4,292 residential properties were registered in Kolkata Metropolitan Area in June, the last month when one could avail the stamp duty rebate in the state. This was the best June performance in five years in ...

    25 July 2024 Times of India
    EB two good for RFC, regain lead

    Kolkata: East Bengal FC defeated Railway FC 2-0 at home on Wednesday to go back on top of the table in Group B of the CFL Premier Division.Muhammed Musharaf put East Bengal in front on the cusp of half-time. ...

    25 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘85k puja grant to be used for security and festivities’

    Kolkata: Several small and mid-level puja committees have welcomed CM Mamata Banerjee’s decision to increase the grant to Rs 85,000, saying the increased allocation will help them scale up festivities, donate to the underprivileged and improve security and crowd ...

    25 July 2024 Times of India
    7km EMB-New Town flyover to have 3 ramps on Salt Lake Bypass

    Kolkata: The proposed 7km, four-lane flyover from EM Bypass to New Town will have three ramps connecting with Sector V for vehicles to reach the IT hub from EM Bypass in less than 10 minutes.The flyover that KMDA is ...

    25 July 2024 Times of India
    Woman was alive when packed in a sack and thrown into canal

    Kolkata: An examination of the woman’s body, which was found in a sack floating in a canal near Regent Park on Tuesday, revealed she was still alive when she was stuffed inside the bag and died by drowning. The ...

    25 July 2024 Times of India
    Over 1.2L UG seats allotted in upgrade round

    Kolkata: Over 1.2 lakh candidates, who had signed up on the centralised admission portal, were allotted seats in colleges in the upgrade round. Of the total applicants, 62,423 students were offered upgraded options according to their first preference, and ...

    25 July 2024 Times of India
    Stuck B’deshis scramble to return home as buses and flights resume services

    12 Kolkata: Bangladeshis stranded in the city made a beeline for offices of transport services in Marquis Street and Sudder Street after they learnt from relatives back home that the situation had improved significantly in the past 24 hours. ...

    25 July 2024 Times of India
    Exuberance set for an encore

    Kolkata: GT Surender-trained Exuberance may repeat in the DR.S.N. Srinivas Memorial Cup at Mysuru on Thursday. The six-year-old gelding will be ridden by Anil Baandal.Mysuru selections2pm: 1. Sherouk 2. Noble Pursuit 3. Hand Of Gold.2.30pm: 1. Epsom Downs 2. ...

    25 July 2024 Times of India
    A good start but look at other cancer drugs as well: Docs

    Kolkata: The waiving off of the customs duty on three imported cancer drugs will make these expensive drugs more affordable to patients, said doctors. But they also said more steps were needed to bring down the cost of other ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    250 visitors leave for Bangladesh on 6 buses

    Passengers hope the easing of curfew in Bangladesh for a few hours will help them reach home safely KOLKATA: Six buses, ferrying close to 250 Bangadeshi visitors, left Kolkata on Tuesday, making it the highest number of departures since ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata: Doctor harassed after patient dies in hospital

    Image used for representative purpose only HOWRAH: A doctor was allegedly harassed after a patient died due to negligence in treatment at Jagatballavpur Rural Hospital. The district health department has formed a three-member committee to investigate the incident.The patient, ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    Met spies more rain in next 2-3 days

    Kolkata: The decreased rainfall activity pushed the mercury slightly up on Tuesday. The Met office, however, expects more rainfall in the next two-three days. This will prevent the mercury from increasing abruptly. With 21.8 mm rain in the past ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    Govt blames guv for Bengal reshuffle delay

    Kolkata: A proposed cabinet reshuffle in Bengal is being delayed due to a stand-off between Nabanna and Raj Bhavan. According to sources, a file on this has been sent to Raj Bhavan, which has not been cleared. Raj Bhavan ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    CISCE to assess kids of classes III, V & VIII

    Kolkata: Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) that conducts board exams for classes X and XII will now also assess the academic progress of students after classes III, V and VIII. These tests are likely to be ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    Police start visiting schools to make cyber warriors of students

    12 Kolkata: The cyber police station conducted awareness programmes at Loreto Day School and Modern High School to educate students about online safety and digital citizenship in an effort to “empower the next generation and identify the devils lying ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    Rental housing may emerge as new biz opportunity, feel realtors

    Kolkata: Rental housing with dormitory-type accommodation could be the new asset class for investment and could allow larger developers and investors a way to invest in real estate while ensuring good rental yields, developers in Kolkata told TOI after ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    Govt to start talks with potato traders to end strike

    Kolkata: The state govt will start talks with the striking potato traders from Wednesday in an effort to end the ongoing strike by Progressive Potato Traders Association, which is threatening to push up potato prices in Kolkata and elsewhere.The ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    Stipend boost: Win-win situation for city interns and companies

    Kolkata: Srinjoy Das, who had interned with a legal firm a few years ago, is happy that doing internship would no longer be a free labour following the announcement of Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who presented the budget ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    Mamata hikes Durga Puja grant, each committee to get 85k this yr

    Kolkata: Each Durga Puja committee in Bengal will receive Rs 85,000 from the govt this year, up from Rs 70,000 last year. The grant for over 43,000 organizers is likely to cost the state exchequer over Rs 365.5 crore, ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    Metro officials hope for project-specific boost

    Kolkata: The Railways allocation provided in the Interim Budget may remain the same without much changes, officials hinted on Tuesday. But a section of them, especially those working in Kolkata’s upcoming metro lines, hoped allocation would be revised for ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    Speaker swears in MLAs. Can’t work for a party, says CM amid guv stand-off

    Kolkata: “Stay in line, not out of line. You cannot work for any political party,” CM Mamata Banerjee said in the Bengal assembly on Tuesday, without naming governor CV Ananda Bose. Her remark came in the backdrop of the ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    Tollywood abuzz over 3-month ban on director

    Kolkata: The unprecedented three-month prohibition on a film-maker from shooting by the Federation of Cine Technicians’ Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI) has polarised Tollywood. While many, like Kamaleshwar Mukherjee, Indraadip Dasgupta and Aritra Dutta Banik, are vocal against the ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    KP to set up 8 bio-toilets

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police will set up eight bio-toilets for personnel at spots where public toilets are either unavailable or too few. Lalbazar has identified the spots, including Loudon Street, Hazra Road-Harish Chatterjee Road crossing and Takta Ghat and floated ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    Jewellers hope for dip in gold, silver rates after duty slash

    Kolkata: Jewellers in the city are expecting a climbdown in gold prices soon following the budget announcement by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. While they could not put exact amount to it, jewellers are expecting prices to come down ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    City biz chambers hail rationalisation of duties

    Kolkata: The business chambers from the city hailed the budget for rationalisation of customs duty but some felt there was still lack of clarity in a few areas.Indian Chamber of Commerce president Ameya Prabhu said: “We had given recommendations ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    Tree topples in Ekbalpore

    Kolkata: A full-grown mahogany tree uprooted in an Ekbalpore neighbourhood on Monday morning. A Kolkata Municipal Corporation official said the adjacent land was being dug up for drainage upgrade work and it might have led to the uprooting of ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    CISCE speaks with foreign universities to give weightage to ISC students to skip one or two semesters of UG programmes

    KOLKATA: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has taken an initiative speaking with the foreign universities to give weightage to ISC students so that they can skip one or two semesters of the undergraduate programmes, said ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    22 airport touts nabbed in 3 days

    Kolkata: Airport cops have arrested 22 touts in the past three days. TOI had written on July 19 how taxi touts were back at Kolkata airport, cashing in on a spike in domestic passenger footfall owing to a rise ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    Farmer-scientist meet in Kolkata on upgrade skill on farmers

    KOLKATA: An interaction between farmers and scientists in Kolkata saw marginal farmers being encouraged to use scientific technology to improve their product during an initiative called Biotech KISAN-Hub. Twelve farmers among the trained beneficiaries were also presented with the ...

    24 July 2024 Times of India
    Miss Maya bags Cup event

    Kolkata: RS Sequeira-nursed Miss Maya won the first division of Osman Sagar Cup at Malakpet on Monday. The second division saw rank outsider N R I Superpower, also from the stable of RS Sequeira, coming up trumps.Hyderabad short results1: ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    S and N 24 Pgns, Darj have most bird species with declining population trend

    Kolkata: South 24 Parganas, Darjeeling and North 24 Parganas have the most number of high-priority bird species in Bengal. The state is home to 895 bird species, spread over 88,752 square kilometres, said the Bengal data of State of ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    West Bengal govt buys potato directly from farmers

    Image used for representative purpose only HOOGHLY/KOLKATA: In the backdrop of an ongoing strike by a section of potato traders, the state govt on Monday directly procured 750 tonnes from the farmers in Hooghly and sent the stock to ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    Union Budget reflects political bankruptcy of Modi govt, Bengal discriminated again: TMC

    Abhishek Banerjee (File Photo) KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre and said the Union Budget reflected the fiscal and political bankruptcy of the regime. In a social media ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    Monsoon pain: Traffic police struggle to keep city moving

    Kolkata: Traffic snarls are back in the city with the onset of monsoon, the first working day on Monday morning witnessing one of the worst slow movements of traffic in recent weeks. Cops attributed multiple reasons behind this – ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘Skulls, bone in Kasba belong to 3 women’

    Kolkata: The Kasba Police has now received a report that the two skulls and the bone of a hand that were recovered from an under-construction site at Haltu in Kasba on July 18 belonged to three women.The entire postmortem ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    Pasta pizzazz: Chinese tops Kolkata’s dine-out platter, Italian close 2nd

    Image used for representative purpose only KOLKATA: Kolkata loves its chilli chicken but pizza is not far behind.Chinese dishes are the most ordered across restaurants in the city but a bigger surprise is that Italian fare, particularly pizza and ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    Ballygunge dhobi’s son irons out odds, now a CA

    Kolkata: The unflinching determination of a dhobi in Ballygunge — despite financial challenges — contributed to the success of his 22-year-old son, Aman Kumar, who had cleared CA-final from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in May ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    6 brain-eating amoeba cases in a year

    Kolkata: Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata (INK) has detected six cases within a year of an infection where a rare amoeba eats into the human brain. One patient is still under treatment. Doctors wondered if immunological changes due to Covid-19 ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘Silted pores on brick sewer flooded metro station’

    Kolkata: Metro Railway said on Monday that it has investigated and found out the actual reasons behind the flooding at Park Street metro station on May 28, when Cyclone Remal lashed the city.“The century-old KMC brick sewer line has ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    Reach out to ‘missing’ UG students to fill admission gap: Govt to colleges

    Kolkata: The state higher education department has asked colleges to contact students, who have been allotted undergraduate seats through the centralised portal but have not yet paid the fees or taken admission. The department has shared the list of ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    Metro eye on budget today for city project push

    Kolkata: The Airport-New Metro, which received the highest allocation of Rs 1,791 crore in the interim budget may get more funds in the general budget on Tuesday. The Orange Line aims to extend the service 8 km beyond Ruby ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    Showers over 3 days reduce July rain deficit to 10% in Kolkata

    Kolkata: Frequent spells of drizzles since Saturday have narrowed down the July rain deficit in Kolkata to a mere 10%, though the deficit remains a wider 28% in Gangetic West Bengal or south Bengal. The seasonal deficit in Kolkata ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    Amid guv stand-off, MLAs to be sworn in by speaker today

    Kolkata: Amid the stand-off with governor CV Ananda Bose over the swearing-in of newly elected MLAs, the state assembly’s business advisory committee on Monday decided that the four would be administered oath of office by speaker Biman Banerjee at ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata’s CNG pain to ease in 2 months: Min

    Kolkata: The CNG supply to Kolkata is expected to ease within two months, according to transport minister Snehasis Chakraborty. The govt has reportedly made significant progress in laying a 250m CNG pipeline in Galsi, which will facilitate an uninterrupted ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    HC lawyers protest after cop assault in S 24 Pgns

    Kolkata: Business in the Calcutta High Court came to a halt on Monday due to lawyers’ protest following an assault on a high court advocate at the Nepalganj police outpost under Bishnupur police station in South 24 Parganas on ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    225 more students return home from stir-hit B’desh

    Kolkata: The Border Security Force (BSF) assisted 225 more Indian and Nepalese students, studying in Bangladesh, to return home after they crossed the Indo-Bangla border on Monday. In the past four days, 1,419 students had crossed the border.On Monday, ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    Inter-state racket in RBU mobile theft

    Kolkata: While investigating a case of cellphone thefts from two examinees at the Rabindra Bharati University campus in Salt Lake last week, cops have come across an interstate crime racket. Two persons have been arrested so far. A probe ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    Chunk falls off six-storey bldg

    Kolkata: The balcony of a six-storey building on Satyen Roy Road in Behala collapsed around 11.15 am on Monday during the morning rain. Police said a passer-by had a narrow escape and no one was injured in the incident.An ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    ₹3.6cr approved for Sec VI connectivity

    Kolkata: The state urban development department on Monday approved a funding of Rs 3.6 crore to the Sector VI (Bantala) industrial township authority under the Development of Municipal Area scheme for setting up new roads and repairing the existing ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
    Assembly to table resolutions on NEET, new criminal laws

    Kolkata: The state assembly will debate resolutions on NEET and the newly passed criminal laws this week.In the first business advisory committee meeting for the monsoon session on Monday, it was decided that a motion under Rule 169 would ...

    23 July 2024 Times of India
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