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  • Raj bizman abduction: 3 held in Hwh

    Howrah: Three persons were arrested in Howrah for abducting a garments businessman from Rajasthan. Police are looking for one more accused who is currently absconding.Officers at Nischinda PS received a call at 2.40 am on Saturday from a Phoolbagan ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Bengal leads India in global bird count with 543 species, tops for third consecutive year

    123 Kolkata: For the third year in a row, Bengal recorded the highest number of species during the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) across 37 states and union territories in the country.The exercise, one of the largest birding events ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Cop nod for work to bridge Orange Line gap

    Kolkata: After three years, RVNL on Monday got the traffic department's authorization to start work on bridging the New Garia-Airport corridor or Orange Line's viaduct gap beyond the under-construction VIP Road metro station. Traffic flow is not affected by ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Work in progress: Asiatic Society opens 216-yr-old building after refurbishment

    Kolkata: The Asiatic Society building, one of Kolkata's most historically significant landmarks on Park Street, was opened to the public on Monday in a refurbished state. However, the restoration of the building by the Archaeological Survey of India, a ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    BJP’s MP, MLA in verbal spat as bickering comes to the fore

    1234 Kolkata: BJP's Tamluk MP Abhijit Ganguly got embroiled in a verbal spat with the party's Haldia MLA Tapasi Mandal on Sunday. While Ganguly alleged that Mandal and her associates were trying to organise themselves under separate outfits, the ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Landlord refuses entry to mother, newborn for 5 hrs

    Jalpaiguri: A mother and her newborn were denied entry into their rented home for five hours on Monday, as the landlord deemed it inauspicious for her to enter while she was still in ‘osouch'—a period of perceived impurity following ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Animal husbandry dept to probe poultry deaths in Debra

    Midnapore: The state animal husbandry department is dispatching a team of experts to a poultry farm in west Midnapore's Debra following reports of multiple chicken deaths at the facility.Hundreds of dead chickens have been found lying in a poultry ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Eastern Railway announces steps to boost pilgrims’ safety

    123 Kolkata: As part of Eastern Railway's (ER) Sealdah division's measures to regulate the influx of Prayagraj-bound pilgrims, ER on Monday announced that unreserved ticket sale details would be monitored periodically by senior officials, so as to assess any ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata’s warmest winter in recent years ends with a Feb high of 15°C minimum temp

    Kolkata: The last "official" fortnight of winter in Kolkata followed the trend of the 2024-25 season, making it one of the warmest winters in recent years. This year, the lowest minimum temperature recorded in Feb — 15.1°C — was ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Cops visit B’desh ship sink site, stop crew from dumping fly ash

    Kolkata: Police on Monday stopped the crew of sinking Bangladeshi vessel MV Sea World from dumping fly ash into the Muriganga. The development comes after TOI front-paged a report on the toxic cargo being dumped from the ship, raising ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Suvendu, 3 MLAs suspended from House for causing ruckus

    123 Kolkata: Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari, along with BJP MLAs Agnimitra Paul, Bishwanath Karak and Bankim Ghosh, were suspended from the state assembly for 30 days or till the end of the budget session. This came after ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    2014 blast: STF wants to quiz duo face to face

    123 Kolkata: The state's Special Task Force (STF) wants to interrogate Nur Islam Mondal, head of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) Assam module, and Tariqul, alias Sadiq, a member of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and a convict in the Khagragarh blast ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    1979 Marichjhapi massacre makes screen debut with Bangladeshi OTT series

    KOLKATA: The Jan 1979 Marichjhapi massacre, which became the backdrop of Amitav Ghosh's ‘The Hungry Tide', has haunted Indian filmmakers who aim to portray the predicament of refugees who purportedly perished from police brutality, affliction, and starvation. Bauddhayan Mukherji ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Masked robbers rob elderly couple at knifepoint

    123 Kolkata: A group of six to seven men, their faces hidden behind helmets and masks, broke down a collapsible gate on the ground floor of a three-storey house at Nalta in Dum Dum early on Monday and robbed ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Bangla man in Saudi Arabia undergoes complex op in Kol

    Kolkata: Kolkata doctors came to the rescue of a Bangladesh patient whose oesophagus was extensively injured after he accidentally consumed a highly corrosive liquor. Md Rashid is now recuperating in the city after a major surgery at Manipal Hospitals ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    A film director who refused to compromise with his craft

    123 Kolkata: One of the lessons that iconic German director Wim Wenders imparted to those who viewed his Palme d'Or-winning film, ‘Paris, Texas', at Sunday's Nandan screening was that even renowned filmmakers may be asked to alter their film's ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Madhyamik students to get full marks for 2 maths questions

    Kolkata: Examinees of the Madhyamik mathematics exam will get full marks for attempting one one-mark question and one four-mark question if they followed the correct methods. This year, the Madhyamik board introduced different sets of question papers for different ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Be prepared for midweek rain, thunderstorm in Kol, says Met

    Kolkata: The Met office has predicted thunderstorm in Kolkata and other parts of south Bengal between Wednesday and Thursday. The rain spell in the city could be light to moderate. The mercury could dip slightly after the rain."Rainfall/thunderstorm activity ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    S Kol complex battles E coli outbreak

    Kolkata: The residents of a condominium complex near New Garia railway station have been living on tenterhooks for the past few weeks after the groundwater supply was found to be contaminated with E coli bacteria. Though the office-bearers of ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    Third attack in 3 months: Hawkers shut shop to protest against assault

    Kolkata: In the New Market area, more than 150 hawkers on Humayun Place suspended their business operations on Monday, protesting against a violent assault on two stall owners by two extortionists who previously worked as hawkers. The hawkers' union ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    ‘Won’t be hard for students to tackle ICSE changes’

    Kolkata: Students taking their ICSE exams this year will get more competency-based questions. On the other hand, they will get an additional half-hour for the 80-mark mathematics examination. Reacting to the changes, the principals of several city ICSE schools ...

    18 February 2025 Times of India
    May deadline for Bypass bridge near Tagore Park

    Kolkata: The 45-metre long bridge over the inception canal near a popular restaurant at Tagore Park on EM Bypass is nearing completion and is expected to be opened to traffic in May, giving more space for vehicles to move. ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    In troubled year, number of Bangladeshis marrying Indians doubles

    In 2024, the number of Bangladeshis marrying Indians in Bengal has surged compared to the previous year, doubling with 111 applications till December 20 KOLKATA: Love knows no boundaries, and politics. The number of Bangladeshi citizens marrying Indians in ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    Sinking Bangladeshi vessel dumps toxic fly ash in river near Ghoramara, shows video shared by panchayat member

    KOLKATA: A video shared by a panchayat member from Ghoramara island on Sunday shows a sinking Bangladeshi vessel illegally dumping toxic fly ash into the Muriganga river, raising serious environmental concerns.According to reports, the vessel, MV Sea World, was ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    Sundarbans college takes AI chatbot route to teach students

    Kolkata: In an attempt to tackle shortage of teachers, Rishi Bankim Sardar College in the Sundarbans — affiliated to the University of Calcutta — has introduced AI-driven chatbots to teach new subjects to the students under the four-year degree ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    RPF-GRP focus on general coaches, overcrowding at Howrah station after Delhi stampede

    12 Kolkata/Asansol: As pilgrims rushed to take Prayagraj-bound trains from Howrah and Asansol stations, the RPF, GRP and the Railways on Sunday announced multiple measures to prevent a New Delhi-like stampede, which left 18 pilgrims dead. The RPF and ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    3.1k to 2k in a yr: Bengal sees fewer forest fires in ’23-24

    123456 Kolkata: Bankura, Jhargram, West Midnapore and Purulia have emerged as the foremost districts in Bengal with highest incidents of forest fires in 2023-24 with 456, 371, 295 and 282 cases, respectively.The aggregate forest fires in the state have ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    East Bengal subdue Mohammedan SC 3-1 after surviving 2nd-half scares

    Kolkata: East Bengal FC survived some late anxious moments before subduing the challenge of Mohammedan SC 3-1 in their Indian Super League clash at the Salt Lake Stadium on Sunday.Mahesh Naorem Singh set the victory for Oscar Bruzon's team ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    Experts’ tips for board candidates: Study but don’t overdo it, take breaks to unwind

    Kolkata: Even as board exams commence and students face a gruelling month-long schedule, psychiatrists and experts warn against the dangers of ‘overlearning' and anxiety, which, they point out, can prevent students from producing their best.Taking breaks and taking time ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    Ghatal Master Plan: Wall on Shilabati west bank on cards

    Ghatal: A wall on Shilabati river's western bank to prevent floodwaters from entering Ghatal is part of the Master Plan. Acquiring 105 acres of land to build embankments, dams and pump houses, five sluice gates (four on the Rupnarayan ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    Merlin to invest Rs 800cr for 2nd thematic project

    Kolkata: Real estate company Merlin Group is set to come up with its second thematic luxury residential project. The project, set in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation area bordering New Town, is likely to be completed by 2030 and Merlin will ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    2 die, 1 critical while cleaning septic tank in Nandigram

    Nandigram: Two workers died on Sunday while cleaning a septic tank without protective gear in Vekutia village under Nandigram police station while the homeowner is in critical state. The deceased were identified as Manash Giri and Mrityunjay Jana. Homeowner ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    Police drive against hotel booking scams

    Kolkata: As many in the city are planning trips once the school exams end on the first week of March and on the occasion of Dol and Holi, cops started a drive to warn people of the scams that ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    Lawyers chase down molester & snatcher

    Kolkata: Two lawyers riding towards Bidhannagar ACJM court from Barasat court, chased down a snatcher and molester, at 11.15 am on Friday near Kaikhali on VIP Road. Cops from Baguiati PS arrested the accused, Korak Chowdhury, a resident of ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    Bhagwat hails India’s pluralist soul, calls for unity of Hindus

    12 Talit (Burdwan): RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said India had always embraced and respected divergent views and pluralism. Calling for ‘sanhati' (unity) of all Hindus, Bhagwat said that Hindus had always understood that the society's pluralist character ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    Pilgrims need to be given care, not distress, says CM; TMC slams ‘cover-up bid’

    12 Kolkata/New Delhi: Calling the New Delhi railway station tragedy "deeply heartbreaking", CM Mamata Banerjee said Maha Kumbh pilgrims should be given care and not distress. Trinamool also accused Centre of trying to cover up the incident and demanded ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    3.1k to 2k in a yr: Bengal sees 60% less forest fires in ’23-24

    123456 Kolkata: Bankura, Jhargram, West Midnapore and Purulia have emerged as the foremost districts in Bengal with highest incidents of forest fires in 2023-24 with 456, 371, 295 and 282 cases, respectively.The aggregate forest fires in the state have ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    In digital-arrest season, return of old card fraud rattles cops

    Kolkata: In an era of digital arrests and Jamtara cyber-frauds, the possible return of the old "Gaya gang" who disabled ATMs have left investigators flummoxed. The Gaya gangs, which were a scourge in Kolkata a decade ago, used adhesive ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    Baguiati councillor wanted for assaulting promoter gets bail

    Kolkata: Samaresh Chakraborty, the councillor of ward 9 of Bidhannagar Municipality who was wanted in a case of extortion and assault of a promoter in Baguiati since Dec, surrendered before a Barasat court on Saturday and was granted bail. ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    New Town bike death: Parents’ plaint against girl’s friends

    Kolkata: Parents of a 28-year-old Sector V professional, who died in a bike accident in New Town three weeks ago while riding pillion with two friends, have lodged a complaint against the friends, asking cops to determine if it ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    New Market hawker brawl: Brothers attacked on way home

    Kolkata: The hawker vs hawker fight at New Market reached a new height as two hawkers returning home on a scooter were allegedly assaulted and slashed with a knife by a group of men near SSKM Hospital in the ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    Cuffs on another gun dealer for ammo supply

    Kolkata: The Bengal STF on Sunday arrested another person and seized a double-barrelled gun and four rounds of live factory-made ammunition of 12 bore calibre, which they suspect has been smuggled out of the century-old gun shop NC Daw ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    Couple, teen daughter die as truck rams bike

    Kolkata: A couple with their teenage daughter were killed around 7.30 pm on Sunday when a truck struck their scooter from behind on Belgharia Expressway near Kolkata airport, leading to the trio coming under the sand-laden vehicle's wheels. The ...

    17 February 2025 Times of India
    More than 11 vehicles joined Kolkata's clogged roads every hour in 2024

    KOLKATA: More than 11 vehicles, a majority of them cars and two-wheelers, were registered every hour in Kolkata in 2024, giving the city more than 1 lakh new automobiles. The four regional transport offices (RTOs) - PVD, Kasba, Salt ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    Celebrating Chaitanya Mahaprabhu: Asiatic society, Kolkata hosts exhibition, lecture series

    KOLKATA: The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, in collaboration with the Bhaktivedanta Research Center (BRC), is set to host an exhibition and a series of lectures on the life, teachings, and impact of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Scheduled from February 17 to February ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    More than 11 vehicles joined Kolkata’s clogged roads every hour in 2024

    KOLKATA: More than 11 vehicles, a majority of them cars and two-wheelers, were registered every hour in Kolkata in 2024, giving the city more than 1 lakh new automobiles. The four regional transport offices (RTOs) — PVD, Kasba, Salt ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    New Mkt hawker-vs-hawker fight boils over, cops forced to step in

    123 Kolkata: Fresh trouble erupted in the New Market area on Saturday morning as groups of hawkers clashed on Bertram Street over the right to occupy the carriageway. The volatile situation left shoppers scared and traders incensed.Though cops from ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    Can provide 24×7 water on tap to Salt Lake households: BMC

    Kolkata: BMC has said it is capable of providing filtered tap water to Salt Lake homes round the clock if they can revamp and upgrade the distribution network as well as pumping station and install a detection system to ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    The voice behind ‘Banglar gaan’ falls silent forever

    Kolkata: Pratul Mukhopadhyay, the singer, songwriter and composer, who masterfully mixed artistic expression and political dissent in one palette to become one of the most distinguished pioneers of Bangla protest songs, passed away on Saturday at SSKM Hospital following ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    CM lauds SSKM for surgery feat

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday congratulated the state-run SSKM Hospital and doctors there for creating "a record" by performing 175 gallbladder surgeries in five days. "Glad to inform you that our very own apex level govt facility ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    Ex-IAS officer takes cartoon route to kindle reading habits

    1234 Kolkata: A retired bureaucrat, who has been on a mission for the last few years to bring reading habits back among youngsters, dons the hat of a cartoonist to inculcate social and family values among teenagers. Former IAS ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    A different day & a different goal for East Bengal & Mohammedan SC

    Kolkata: The last time when they faced each other, a 9-man resolute East Bengal held Mohammedan SC to a goalless draw for their maiden point after starting the ISL 2024-25 with six straight defeats. Having entered that Nov 9 ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    Dewatering of submerged barge starts

    Kolkata: The Bangladeshi barge, whose hull had nearly split in two halves after it ran aground when it struck a sand bar or char off Ghoramara Island, has remained stranded in the waters for 60 hours since Thursday afternoon. ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    Man gets 10-year jail for 2019 Gangpur blast

    Kolkata: A special NIA court has sentenced a Birbhum man to 10 years in prison for a blast on Feb 20, 2019, at his residence in Birbhum's Gangpur village. Judge Shubhendu Saha also fined Bablu Mondal Rs 10,000 after ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    Clean-up drive starts at New Town murder-rape spot

    Kolkata: NKDA on Saturday started cutting down the bushes and the unbridled undergrowth along the New Town walkway that provided a perfect cover for the e-rickshaw (toto) driver, who murdered and raped a Class 8 girl at the spot ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    Keep yourselves as well as others safe on roads, urges CP

    123 Kolkata: Commissioner of Kolkata Police Manoj Verma on Saturday stated that any road user—a pedestrian, a bicyclist or a bus passenger—has as much claim on the road as anyone travelling by a four-wheeler.But rights always come with duties, ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    19-yr-old raped by 2 friends on trip to Biharinath

    Durgapur: A 19-year-old second-year student of Asansol Girls' College has accused two friends of raping her during a trip to Biharinath in Bankura. They were part of a group of eight people — four women and four men — ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    After NDRF training, Shloka & Mantra join KP to sniff out victims from rubble

    Kolkata: Shloka was a five-month-old Dobermann and Mantra was a four-month-old Cocker Spaniel when they were inducted into the Kolkata Police Dog Squad in Nov 2023. They proceeded to Cuttack to train for something that no KP dog had ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    New state vigilance commissioner takes oath

    Kolkata: Ajit Ranjan Bardhan, an IAS officer of the 1989 batch, was administered the oath of office as state vigilance commissioner by governor C V Ananda Bose at Raj Bhavan on Saturday. Earlier, Bandhan has served as the chairperson ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    Chingrighata underpass worry for Orange Line’s Sec V launch

    123 Kolkata: The extension of the Metro Orange Line services till Sector V where it will interface with the Green Line or East-West Metro is set to be stalled till construction on the three-way pedestrian underpass at the site ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    Focus on mental health, CBSE starts helpline for examinees

    123 Kolkata: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has launched comprehensive counselling services to address mental health concerns during the ongoing board examinations. The initiative came as approximately 42 lakh students appeared in their class X and XII ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    Staffer of arms dealer siphons cartridges to shootout gangs

    Kolkata: In a significant breakthrough, the West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) has arrested four individuals, including an employee of a prominent Kolkata arms dealer, in connection with illegal arms trafficking across the state. The operation also led to ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    ATM ‘compromised’, 2 victims lose 1.3 lakh in south Kolkata

    Kolkata: A man identified as Balai Sardar, who went to withdraw money from a public sector bank ATM opposite Kishore Bharati Stadium, was surprised when his card got stuck. He called a helpline number scribbled on the SBI ATM ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    16 lakh looted from ATM in Howrah

    12 Howrah: A masked gang on Saturday broke open an ATM machine with gas-cutter and stole around Rs 16 lakh at Alampur in the Sankrail police station area under Howrah City Police.Police sources revealed that the State Bank of ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    Snakebite victim takes exam from hosp

    123 Belda: A Madhyamik examinee who was bitten by a snake in the Sushinda area of Belda, West Midnapore on Saturday, the day of the maths exam, had to take the exam from his hospital bed.Jyotirmoy Jana, a student ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    ‘Country needs to improve enrolment in higher edu’

    123 Kolkata: The country is lagging behind in education, particularly in higher education, because the gross enrolment ratio (GER) is only 28%, way below the ratio in developed countries, the founder and chancellor of Vellore Institute of Technology, Govindasamy ...

    16 February 2025 Times of India
    Valentine’s Day resto footfall rivals that of Durga Puja, Christmas-NYE

    Kolkata: Thousands of couples across the city took the gastronomical route to celebrate love on Valentine's Day on Friday. Restaurants saw a sharp surge in footfall, with tables booked in advance for lunch and dinner. The crowd count was ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    After duping several young Indian men, Bangladeshi con-woman held for fake marriages, blackmailing

    KOLKATA: A 32-year-old Bangladeshi con-woman who used to cross the border on a medical visa and allegedly marry young men, later lodging cases of domestic violence against them to blackmail them, was arrested by Bidhannagar Police on Thursday.Police said ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    Kol to host French film fest from Feb 22

    Kolkata: The second edition of French Film Festival in Kolkata will kick off on Feb 22 with the world premier of a French movie that was shot extensively in Kolkata. Officials said the world premiere of ‘Delocalises', by Ali ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    Class X student with spinal cord tumour gets ready for CBSE exam after surgery

    123 Kolkata: A CBSE class X student who was left paralysed from the waist down by a tumour in his spinal cord last month will walk into the exam hall for his first board exam paper on Saturday, following ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    Tollywood’s newfound ‘love’: Old couples, marital intimacy & more

    Kolkata: Contemporary Bengali cinema revolving around the themes of relationships depict a shift from the typical ‘girl-meets-boy' narrative, defying a set format to experiment both in form and content. At least five feature and short films that were in ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    B’desh barge with fly ash sinks in Bengal, sparks green worry

    Kolkata: The hull of a Bangladeshi barge carrying fly ash that had got stranded after hitting a sandbar near Ghoramara island on Thursday afternoon cracked and nearly split the vessel in two halves on Friday, forcing the crew to ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    B’desh question in CU pol science paper sparks debate

    Kolkata: The recent political developments in Bangladesh, including the students' movement and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ouster, that made their way into an undergraduate political science paper of Calcutta University sparked a controversy due to errors in the question.The ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    Bengal Police SOP for probing cybercrimes

    Kolkata: Evidence in a cybercrime should be properly collected and preserved and only trained cops should handle them. Electronic items seized during a probe must undergo forensic test at authorised cyber forensic facilities following court directives: These are some ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    Texmaco enters into global agreement with Trinity Rail Group

    Kolkata: Rail solutions provider Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd has entered into a global supply and services agreement with Trinity Rail Group LLC, a leader in advanced rolling stock leasing and manufacturing solutions for the North American market. Texmaco ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    Imagine Tresor plans to open 5 stores in Bengal

    Kolkata: Imagine Tresor, an Apple Premium Partner, plans to open five new stores across Bengal in the near future. Recently, Imagine came up with its biggest Apple Premium Partner store at a south Kolkata mall.Tresor Systems MD Shaurya Seth ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    SSC case: CBI names BJP, TMC netas for endorsing candidates

    Kolkata: CBI's investigation into the SSC jobs-for-cash scam has led the central agency to stumble upon the names of a host of netas, including BJP's Dibyendu Adhikari and Bharati Ghosh, Trinamool MP Mamata Bala Thakur and senior MLAs Nirmal ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    State hosp carries out 186 gallstone ops in 5-day drive

    Kolkata: Doctors at the state-run IPGMER created a record by conducting 186 gallstone surgeries in five days during a special drive from Monday. On the last day of the drive, 47 patients underwent micro-surgery. Patients usually have to wait ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    18 dark spots in Golf Green, Regent Park to get CCTVs

    123 Kolkata: Police from the South Suburban (Jadavpur) division have identified 18 dark spots in Golf Green and Regent Park where new CCTVs will be set up. The identification of these spots that include stretches on Uday Shankar Sarani, ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    HC allows RSS gathering, use of loudspeakers

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday granted permission to RSS to hold a gathering at SAI Complex in East Burdwan's Talit on Feb 16. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is scheduled to address the gathering.Justice Amrita Sinha allowed the organisation ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    Girl vomits in hosp, dad ‘forced to clean’ floor

    Shantipur (Nadia): The father of a five-year-old girl was allegedly forced to clean the floor in a govt hospital where the unwell girl vomited. The health dept has ordered a probe. The incident happened at Shantipur State General Hospital ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    Global bird count: Bengal records 360 species on day 1

    123 Kolkata: The four-day Great Backyard Bird Count, the biggest birding event in the world, kicked off in Bengal on Friday with more than 100 participants. "Till 8 pm on Friday, 389 checklists — a list of birds that ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    V-B Basanta Utsav to stay a univ event

    12 Santiniketan: Visva-Bharati has decided not to make Basanta Utsav a public event this year. The event, which celebrates the advent of spring, was last open to the public in 2019. This year, after the V-B authorities had decided ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    Bidhannagar cops give CC to autos, totos, ricks

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police on Friday started providing police clearance certificates to auto, e-rickshaw and toto operators in Salt Lake, New Town and other areas under the commissionerate. The move follows the verification of background and their identification details.A week ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    Save Bikramgarh Jheel: Locals’ SOS to govt, KMC

    Kolkata: Those living near Jadavpur's Bikramgarh Jheel have urgently requested the state and KMC to protect the water body, south Kolkata's second-largest after Rabindra Sarobar, before its condition deteriorates.The jheel is almost entirely obscured by water hyacinth, with only ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    Medical journal focuses on benefits of Covid experience in critical care

    Kolkata: The Covid experience is helping city doctors treat critical patients with respiratory distress. A woman in the 26th week of pregnancy, who suffered from typhoid, fever, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and sepsis, was successfully treated at a ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    Orange Line hits hurdle at Chingrighata again

    Kolkata: The work to bridge the final 360m viaduct gap for the 8km Ruby-Sector V section of the Orange Line has halted next to Chingrighata crossing. Consequently, RVNL is likely to miss the April deadline (revised from Mar 2025) ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    Six firms apply to straighten tilted buildings in Kolkata

    Kolkata: At least six engineering firms have applied for enlistment with the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) buildings department for correction of tilts in buildings. The firms made the application after the civic body advertised seeking expression of interest from ...

    15 February 2025 Times of India
    3 get 10 yrs in jail for robbery, gang rape

    Kolkata: An Alipore court on Wednesday found three persons accused in the Budge Budge robbery and gang-rape case guilty and sentenced them to life imprisonment. The judgment came eight years after the crime. The fourth accused has passed away.Judge ...

    14 February 2025 Times of India
    Teen drugged, gang-raped on date day At Beniapukur

    123 Kolkata: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly drugged and then gang-raped by two men in the Beniapukur area near Park Circus on Tuesday, just three days before Valentine's Day. The accused also recorded the assault and attempted to blackmail ...

    14 February 2025 Times of India
    Calcutta high court allows RSS rally in Burdwan, sets aside West Bengal govt objection

    RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court on Friday granted permission for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) rally in Burdwan on February 16.Justice Amrita Sinha gave conditional approval to the rally's organisers, as reported by PTI.The ...

    14 February 2025 Times of India
    46 conmen with Mandla, Jamtara links in cop net

    Kolkata: The Cyber Crime Wing of Bengal Police has arrested 46 cyber fraudsters from multiple locations on the Bengal-Jharkhand border. These individuals had close ties to cybercrime lords based in Jamtara, Jharkhand, and Mandla in Madhya Pradesh.The Wing claimed ...

    14 February 2025 Times of India
    Off the rails: Maha Kumbh Mela chaos sparks train vandalism in Bihar

    Kumbh Mela has overwhelmed Bihar's railway system with millions of pilgrims causing widespread chaos and vandalism. Packed trains, long delays, and damaged coaches have led to violent clashes. PATNA/KOLKATA: Kumbh Mela, one of the world's largest religious gatherings, has ...

    14 February 2025 Times of India
    Be proactive, not reactive: Top cop warning to anti-rowdy squad

    Kolkata: The Lalbazar brass, led by commissioner Manoj Verma, has asked the Anti-Rowdy Section (ARS) of Kolkata Police — the unit that collects information on the movement of criminals — to develop its "sources" in such a manner that ...

    14 February 2025 Times of India
    Encroachers crowd pavements around Med College, emergency dept entrance worst-hit

    123 Kolkata: Despite several attempts by Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to free Medical College of encroachers, hawkers lay siege to the hospital, much to the harassment of patients and their families. A visit by a TOI team revealed that ...

    14 February 2025 Times of India
    Narkeldanga councillor showcaused

    Kolkata: Sachin Singh, Narkeldanga's Trinamool councillor (ward 36), has reportedly been showcaused by his party. He was asked to explain himself within five days.Bappaditya Dasgupta, the chief whip of Trinamool and Ward 101 councillor, said: "He must respond to ...

    14 February 2025 Times of India
    E-W block phase I: Passengers go back to auto, bus, cab, ferry

    Kolkata: After months of seamless commuting, passengers encountered life without metro on Thursday morning. Several of them were caught unawares, having overlooked announcements in newspaper and television. Those who hadn't installed the Metro Railway app also missed the alerts ...

    14 February 2025 Times of India
    New Mkt traders raise stink over hawkers, garbage, mutation block

    Kolkata: The SS Hogg Market Traders' Association at New Market on Thursday put up posters highlighting the "neglect of the heritage market by civic authorities" in its 150th year. The market itself is in a shambles and though around ...

    14 February 2025 Times of India
    HC judicial officer becomes addl judge

    Kolkata: Judicial officer Chaitali Chatterjee (Das) will be sworn in as an additional judge of Calcutta High Court on Friday. Her appointment to the post for two years was announced by a gazette notification on Wednesday. "In exercise of ...

    14 February 2025 Times of India
    Rice prices upwardly mobile, blame on low production, supply constraints

    Kolkata: The price of rice, a staple across Bengal, has risen between Rs 10 and Rs 25 per kilo over the past week, leaving families struggling to balance household budgets.Experts gave several reasons for the rise, including decreased production ...

    14 February 2025 Times of India
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