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  • 43% more homes registered in Jan-June than 1st half of ’24

    12 Kolkata: Home registrations in Kolkata between Jan and June this year grew by 43% over the first six months of the previous year. While 21,434 homes were registered in the first half of 2024, the figure shot up ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    Doc’s plea rejected

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday turned down the plea by a senior resident doctor of the Midnapore Matri Maa Hospital to discontinue the investigation into the death of a newborn and a woman who had come for a ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    62L fraud with fake salary slips

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police have arrested 28-year-old Akash Dhibar from Sonamukhi in Bankura on Tuesday night for allegedly orchestrating a bank fraud to siphon off Rs 62 lakh by obtaining personal loans using fake salary slips. Dhibar forged salary slips ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    15 yrs on, Madan Tamang murder trial starts

    12 Darjeeling: The Madan Tamang murder trial started on Wednesday at Kolkata's City Sessions Court, 15 years after the case was transferred to CBI in 2010. The accused appeared via video conference from Darjeeling court.There are 53 accused in ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    Amit Mitra slams Centre over ‘misleading’ unemployment data

    12 Kolkata: Amit Mitra, the principal chief adviser to CM Mamata Banerjee, said on Wednesday the Centre's survey on unemployment in the country was misleading. Mitra posted on X that the survey misled citizens into believing that unemployment in ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    Bengal to fast-track appointments to CEO’s office

    Kolkata: Bengal govt is likely to fast-track appointments pending in the office of the Bengal chief electoral officer and work on reducing the time taken for financial sanctions. The state, however, is still examining Election Commission's demand for an ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    Shoemakers must get ISI mark by Oct: BIS

    Kolkata: All local shoe manufacturers will have to register with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) by Oct. BIS officials informed shoe manufacturers from Tiljala, Topsia, Bantala and Bolarighat at a meeting in the city on Wednesday.Centre had on ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    No arrests made, Odisha AG tells HC on ‘illegal detention’

    Kolkata: Odisha govt on Wednesday told Calcutta HC, which was hearing two habeas corpus pleas on two Bengali-speaking migrants detained on suspicion of being Bangladeshi, that it was "not arrest, but background checks being done". Odisha sought four weeks ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    Cops team up with Sec V workers to make tech zone a safer place

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police, overseeing the women's safety task force in Sector V comprising cops and female professionals from IT and BPO sectors in the tech township, launched a 24x7 helpline (9147889454) on Tuesday. This initiative aims at addressing workplace ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    ABD plans margin growth through backward integration and premiumisation

    Kolkata: Allied Blenders and Distillers Ltd (ABD), one of India's leading Indian spirits companies, is hoping for a 3% improvement in EBITDA in 2-3 years following its investment in backward integration and premiumisation. ABD MD Alok Gupta said that ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    Bengal IT cos seek policy to incentivise green credit

    Kolkata: Firms working in the fields of AI, data analytics, blockchain and cybersecurity have urged state govt to bring in a green credit policy, aligned with global ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) standards. The rollout of an incentive scheme ...

    24 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather update: Warm and humid with high chance of rain today

    According to AQI.in, this weather data represents the beginning of a significant seasonal shift in Kolkata's climate pattern.Kolkata is experiencing a warm and humid day on July 23, 2025, with temperatures ranging from 28.3°C to 35.5°C and an 86% ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    Set up separate election dept, budget: EC to Bengal

    Kolkata: Election Commission has asked Bengal govt to provide more "administrative and financial autonomy" to the state's chief electoral officer, requesting it to carve out a separate "election department" and give it a separate budget.The commission also asked the ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    IIT Kgp plans induction programme for parents

    12 Kolkata: An external experts' committee that IIT Kharagpur had set up earlier this year to look into suicides at the institute has suggested that parents be included in the induction programme after 85% students said they faced parental ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    'Kuch garbar hai’: Mamata Banerjee stirs speculation as VP Jagdeep Dhankhar quits; TMC stays mum

    Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee suspects hidden reasons behind Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation. She noted his good health and hinted at more to the story. KOLKATA: "Aur kuch garbar hai (there is more to it)," Bengal CM Mamata ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    HC to hear PIL seeking NRC in Bengal

    A PIL has been filed in Calcutta High Court, seeking the implementation of NRC in Bengal and the issuance of national identity cards to distinguish Indian citizens from alleged illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, particularly in 10 border districts. The petition, ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    56 women rescued from trafficking bid at NJP station

    Siliguri: Govt Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) officers on Monday rescued 56 women from the Patna-bound Capital Express at New Jalpaiguri (NJP) station and arrested two persons on suspicion of trafficking. The accused, identified as Jitendra ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    Campus rape: What have you been doing since 2023? Court asks state

    12 Kolkata: The Alipore ACJM court on Tuesday demanded to know the state's measures over the past two years to ensure punishment for law college rape prime accused Monojit Mishra ever since the first complaints were lodged against him ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    After Michael Madhusudan lesson, KMC goes slow on ‘first widow-remarriage’ house

    123 Kolkata: Following a legal dispute over the heritage status of Michael Madhusudan Dutt's residence in Kidderpore, KMC is going slow on conferring the same tag on the "first widow-remarriage building" in north Kolkata.The civic body has paused its ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘Bengali asmita’, identities in focus as political landscape heats up

    Kolkata: With the political landscape heating up in the state, cultural identities and ‘Bengali asmita' have become major talking points for political parties.CM Mamata Banerjee has directed Trinamool workers to launch a month-long campaign, starting next week, to bring ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    Civic body scurries to get roads in shape before next rain burst

    1234 Kolkata: The KMC on Monday started a drive to repair roads damaged due to last week's rain. According to a KMC official, the focus of the drive will be on stretches dug up for repairing underground utility services, ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    CM unveils ‘Amader Para, Amader Samadhan’ for local, quick-fix solutions

    12 Kolkata: The Bengal government on Tuesday unveiled a two-month "Amader Para, Amader Samadhan (Our Neighbourhood, Our Solution)" scheme to solve neighbourhood problems across 80,000 booths in the state.The scheme, with a fund allotment of Rs 8,000 crore (Rs ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    IIT Kgp plans induction programme for parents

    12 Kolkata: An external experts' committee that IIT Kharagpur had set up earlier this year to look into suicides at the institute has suggested that parents be included in the induction programme after 85% students said they faced parental ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    Auto drags woman for 20m over torn 10 note

    123456 Kolkata: A 58-year-old woman sustained a forehead injury and dislocated jaw in Salt Lake on Monday after a dispute over a Rs 10 currency note with an auto driver turned violent. The driver allegedly dragged her with the ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    Cal HC starts mediation drive to settle more than 2L pending cases

    12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has embarked on an initiative to settle pending cases through mediation following Supreme Court guidelines. Currently, there are 17,046 pending cases on the high court's original side. The number of cases filed with ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    Vacate DH Rd bldg in 8 wks for Purple Line work: SC

    12 Kolkata: Dismissing a special leave petition, the Supreme Court asked tenants of City Properties to vacate the premises on DH Road-Ekbalpore Road crossing within eight weeks to facilitate the Purple Line's ramp construction.TOI had reported on July 3 ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    Murder with stone on S Kol pavement, 1 held

    12 Kolkata: The body of a 42-year-old man bearing severe head trauma, a fractured right hand, and blood oozing from the left ear was found on a footpath on Sarat Bose Road on Thursday morning. Cops have arrested the ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    Cops, NGOs join forces to rescue Bengal teen trafficked to Andamans

    Kolkata: A 15-year-old girl who had been allegedly kidnapped in North 24 Parganas' Hingalganj, then trafficked to the Andaman and Nicobar islands and forced into sex work was rescued on Monday following a joint operation of Bengal and Andaman ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    There’s more to it, says Mamata on VP resignation

    Kolkata: "Aur kuch garbar hai (there is more to it)," CM Mamata Banerjee told reporters on Tuesday when asked about Jagdeep Dhankhar resigning as vice-president."He is a healthy man. I think his health is okay. I have nothing more ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    Idol makers go back to plastic to protect Durga from water damage

    1234 Kolkata: With only two months to go for Mahalaya, and more rain predicted in the coming days, artisans in Kumartuli are racing against time to complete Durga idols. July and Aug are usually the busiest for idol makers, ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    2 fake NREGA job card holders found in Bengal in 2024-25

    12 Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Tuesday questioned the Centre's stance towards Bengal after junior rural development minister Kamlesh Paswan informed party MP Mala Roy that only two fake NREGA job card holders had been found in the state in ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    Cal HC starts mediation drive to settle more than 2L pending cases

    12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has embarked on an initiative to settle pending cases through mediation following Supreme Court guidelines. Currently, there are 17,046 pending cases on the high court's original side. The number of cases filed with ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    Fake currency seizure reveals investment fraud racket

    12 Kolkata: Following Saturday's seizure of counterfeit currency with a face value of Rs 9 crore from a hotel near the Dhamakhali ferry ghat in Sandeshkhali, North 24 Parganas, police have unearthed an online investment fraud racket. Police said ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    Trinamool, BJP spar over ‘flight of capital’ claim

    Kolkata: A political back-and-forth ensued between BJP and Trinamool after Harsh Malhotra, minister of state for corporate affairs, said in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that 6,688 companies had relocated their registered offices from Bengal to other states between 2011 ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    Commuters throng underground as surface transport goes haywire

    1234 Kolkata: Commuters on Monday preferred the underground route as transport above the ground went missing since morning, forcing many office-goers to take unsanctioned leave. The Metro was a saviour when buses, mostly hired for rallyists, were unavailable and ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    Bihar gangsters moved between hotels, got haircut to hoodwink cops

    123 Kolkata: Bihar gangster Tausif Raza booked a barber through an app and trimmed his hair and beard to avoid arrest. He and his three aides, along with a local woman, checked into the Golden Inn Hotel near Park ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    Jury out on AI role in brain health: Can be helpful but overuse may be a worry

    123 Kolkata: Can use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools help improve brain health and prevent depression and early onset of dementia? Or will over-reliance on AI be counterproductive and encourage lazy thinking? On World Brain Day, many neurologists said ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    EC holds special drive to enrol blind voters

    12 Kolkata: The EC on Tuesday held a special drive to include the visually challenged students of the Lighthouse for the Blind at Rashbehari as voters and for which they held an enrolment drive for the new voters.Minhaz Mallick ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    New Town boy showcases kamikaze drones for Army

    12 Kolkata: Sourya Chowdhury, a 20-year-old New Town resident and BITS Pilani student in Hyderabad, who co-developed a radar-proof kamikaze drone now acquired by multiple regiments of the Indian Army, is in Kolkata to present the indigenous combat drone ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp student death: Cough and cold tablet caused choking, says dad

    123 Kharagpur: Chandradeep Pawar, a 19-year-old IIT Kharagpur electrical engineering student, had choked on a normal cough and cold tablet he tried to gulp after dinner in the Nehru Hall mess, where he was a boarder, his father said ...

    23 July 2025 Times of India
    Samik, Suvendu seek Bihar-like SIR, say Bengali culture under attack in state

    12 Kolkata/Siliguri: Bengal BJP, which held rallies in north Bengal and Kharagpur on the same day Trinamool organised its marquee Martyrs' Day event, alleged that Bengal's culture was under attack in the state. It also said that the electoral ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Bengaluru job lure: 56 women rescued from train in West Bengal; 2 arrested

    Representative Image NEW DELHI: Fifty-six young women were rescued from a train at New Jalpaiguri station in Siliguri late on Monday in a suspected case of human trafficking, news agency PTI reported. According to officials, the women, aged between ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Tortured migrants on dais, share spotlight with kin of 1993 martyrs, Pahalgam victims

    1234 Kolkata: Though migrants and martyrs were the underlying theme of the July 21 rally, the event also featured the elderly parents of Pahalgam terror attack victim Bitan Adhikari, and the father of slain jawan Jhantu Ali Sheikh. Chief ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Radical Left leader Azizul Haque passes away at 85

    123 Kolkata: Veteran Naxalite leader Azizul Haque, also a writer, columnist, and a prominent Leftist thinker, died at a private hospital in Kolkata on Monday afternoon. He was 85. Haque, who was jailed for 18 years during the Seventies ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather update: Rainy and warm conditions expected with high humidity

    According to AQI.in, this weather data represents the beginning of a significant seasonal shift in Kolkata's climate pattern.Kolkata is expected to experience patchy rain with a high of 34.5°C on July 22, 2025, with humidity at 70% and an ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Maruti Suzuki to add 500 service touchpoints in 2025-26, take number to 6,000

    KOLKATA: Maruti Suzuki plans to set up around 500 service touchpoints in 2025-26, taking the total number to around 6,000. At present, the automaker has 40,000 service bays across 2,764 cities and towns. They have a capacity to service ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Take instructions from speaker on central forces in assembly: HC to AG

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the advocate general to take instructions from the assembly speaker and inform the court whether or not the notification prohibiting central security forces from entering assembly precincts after May 6, 2021, ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Crater-riddled roads off Bypass cry for repairs

    1234 Kolkata: Several roads off EM Bypass are in a deplorable condition, with potholes and craters that urgently require the attention of the civic body. While a repair drive by Kolkata Municipal Corporation's roads department is underway on Bypass, ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    800 KMC workers clean up rally leftovers in an hour

    1234 Kolkata: Esplanade and other parts of central Kolkata, where lakhs of party supporters congregated to attend the Shahid Diwas programme on Monday, were up and running within an hour of the programme ending. CM Mamata Banerjee concluded her ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Change girl’s surname in birth certificate in four weeks: HC

    12 Kolkata: A child's identity, including her surname, is an integral part of her personal development and autonomy, said the Calcutta High Court, directing the Chandernagore Municipality to accede to a teenaged girl's plea to change her surname in ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Rusty network issues, attention lapses hit online fix for classes on Trinamool rally day

    12 Kolkata: While most city schools called off classes anticipating traffic disruption on Monday, only a few institutions switched to online learning. Though online classes saw a good number of attendees, technical glitches and network problems underscored the challenges ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Can’t determine man’s income from I-T return in maintenance case: HC

    12 Kolkata: Income tax return cannot be conclusive proof of earning, and an individual's actual income would indeed be very different from the figures shown in the I-T return, the Calcutta High Court stated, reprimanding a man, seeking to ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    IT hubs combine WFH & WFO options to keep attendance high on TMC rally day

    Kolkata: Attendance at work in the IT offices across Sector V and New Town remained high despite transport challenges on Monday, when the ruling Trinamool organized its Martyrs' Day rally. The operations remained unaffected as many of these companies ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    BJP will say ‘Joy Bangla’ after 2026 assembly polls: Abhishek

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday said he would ensure that after ‘Joy Ma Kali' and ‘Joy Ma Durga', BJP would also say ‘Joy Bangla' after the 2026 assembly polls.Speaking at the Martyrs' Day rally ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    In last 21/7 before 2026 state poll, Mamata taps Bengali anger, pride

    Kolkata: Trinamool's 2026 assembly poll strategy is likely to focus on tapping the Bengal-first sentiments of the state's 7.6 crore voters.The party's last Martyrs' Day rally before the 2026 election showcased Bengali migrant labourers "harassed in BJP-governed states and ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    IT hubs combine WFH & WFO options to keep attendance high on TMC rally day

    Kolkata: Attendance at work in the IT offices across Sector V and New Town remained high despite transport challenges on Monday, when the ruling Trinamool organized its Martyrs' Day rally. The operations remained unaffected as many of these companies ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Citizens’ initiative restores Tollygunge Ghari Ghar heritage gateway

    1234 Kolkata: Kolkata Restorers, a collective of citizens who love the city and its heritage, have restored the Tollygunge Ghari Ghar, a Grade I heritage structure off Deshpran Sasmal Road near the Tipu Sultan mosque.Constructed around 1877 by Prince ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    13k eligible teachers apply for fresh test

    Kolkata: More than 13,000 eligible teachers, who were among the 26,000 teachers and staffers who had lost their state school jobs in the SC ruling, applied for a fresh state-level selection test, to be held by the state School ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Increase teacher-student ratio for more interaction time: IIT-Kgp students

    12 Kolkata: At IIT Kharagpur, the number of students per faculty adviser should be reduced by half, paving the way for doubling the interaction time between the two sides and establishing a personal connection between students and teachers: This ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    UCO Bank net rises 10% in first quarter

    123 Kolkata: UCO Bank registered a 10.1% jump in net profit to Rs 607 crore in the first quarter of this fiscal compared to Rs 551 crore during the same period last year. This was driven by higher interest ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    IHCL partners with Ambuja Grp for 15 new hotels

    123 Kolkata: Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) has announced the agreement signing for 15 new hotels across its brandscape with the Ambuja Neotia Group. This capital light arrangement will grow the partnership to over 40 hotels, including a Taj Resort ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Three from Cameroon held in Bengal for visa overstay

    Darjeeling: Three Cameroon nationals have been apprehended by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) unit of Lohagarh (G Company) under the 8th Battalion for visa overstay. They were caught at Panighatta, 32 km from Siliguri, on Sunday and were handed ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    SC refuses to intervene in SSC recruitment drive

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to intervene in the fresh SSC recruitment drive. On July 16, a Calcutta High Court division bench dismissed four appeals against the 2025 drive. The SC dismissed a challenge against it, saying ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Cops keep 9 am-11 am traffic moving in heart of Kolkata

    Kolkata: Despite the swell of party supporters reaching the city to attend the Trinamool Congress' annual Martyrs' Day rally, cops managed to stick to the Calcutta High Court directive and keep traffic moving smoothly between 9 am and 11 ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Khejuri deaths: HC seeks doc’s statement

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed investigators to record the statement of the doctor who had performed the postmortems after the deaths of two BJP workers on July 11 in Khejuri, East Midnapore, even as it turned ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    BJP veterans, newcomers united in fight: Dilip

    12 Kolkata/Kharagpur: Former state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Monday said that party veterans, who were once feeling alienated, are now back on the front lines in a united fight with the youth. He was addressing a programme in ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Grand theft (hotel): Washroom fittings worth 35 L go missing during repairs

    12 Kolkata: Luxury bathroom fittings worth Rs 35 lakh were stolen from Oberoi Grand, a five-star hotel facility in Esplanade, during its ongoing renovation work, the New Market police said on Sunday.The theft was discovered recently when Tushar Nandi, ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    One more foreign airline in Kolkata-Bangkok section

    123 Kolkata: The city will get a new international airline when Vietjet Thailand flies in from Bangkok on Nov 16. This will be the sixth airline to connect Kolkata with Bangkok and take the total flight count to 36 ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Youth dies in road accident

    Kolkata: A 25-year-old youth, Sheikh Kashed Ali, died after being hit by a van while crossing the road at Nazrul Sarani around 4.30 am on Monday. Locals alleged administrative apathy and blocked the road, leading to traffic snarls on ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Met spies rain from Wed to Sun

    A low-pressure area over north Bay of Bengal is set to trigger "isolated to very heavy rainfall" across the districts of south Bengal from Wednesday to Sunday, the Met office said. Kolkata may receive moderate to heavy spells during ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Man held with fake passport

    Kolkata: A man was arrested from Kolkata airport on Sunday for allegedly using a fake ID to get a passport and trying to fly to Thailand. Airport officials said Ram Gulab Prajapati is blacklisted in Thailand for staying beyond ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Bihar gangsters frequently visited Kolkata, built criminal networks

    123 Kolkata: Bihar gangster Tausif Raza, alias Badsha, and his cousin, Nishu Khan, have been coming to Kolkata regularly since 2023, a probe by Bihar STF and Kolkata STF has found. Arrested for murdering another Bihar-based gangster, Chandan Mishra, ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Six Trinamool workers injured in road accident on way to rally, three still critical

    Howrah: On the way to the July 21 rally, six Trinamool workers were injured in an accident in the Hawakhana area under Jagatballavpur police station in Howrah. According to the police, about 35 Trinamool workers were travelling in a ...

    22 July 2025 Times of India
    Man dupes woman of lakhs, flees with laptop

    Kolkata: A man posing as an SBI official duped a 24-year-old woman of several lakhs after applying for multiple loans in her name. The accused gained her trust during a train journey at the start of this month. Bhowanipore ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    At 362 mm, Kolkata gets 49% surplus rain in July so far, another spell likely from Thursday

    Kolkata: This year, Kolkata has received 362 mm of rain in July so far, recording 49% higher than the normal count. Gangetic Bengal has clocked a surplus of 30% between July 1 and July 20. The city and south ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    Patna shooting arrests: No torture during transit, court cautions cops

    123 Kolkata: The murder of gangster Chandan Mishra was plotted in Purulia district jail several weeks ago when Tausif Raza (26), alias Badshah, a resident of Patna's Phulwari Sharif, met jailed Bihar gangster Sheru Singh, police said on Sunday. ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    12 city stretches to be no-hoarding, no-advertisement zones: KMC

    123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided not to allow hoardings and advertisements within 50 m of 12 key intersections in the city. It reiterated the no-advertisement zones in the city, which include the central business district, the ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    On bail, B-school boy to join classes but stay with parent off campus

    Kolkata: Paramanand Toppannawar, the 26-year-old MBA student at a premier B-school in Kolkata, was granted bail on Saturday in an alleged rape case. He is set to return to campus and resume his studies this week but will not ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    Raj Bhavan nod for underground 1.6 km stretch of Purple Line

    123 Kolkata: Following Raj Bhavan's clearance, RVNL has completed survey of the Purple line's 1.6 km extension to Eden Gardens. The metro tracks will travel through the edge of the Governor House lawns before crossing over to the opposite ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    Gang members checked into Madurdaha guest house citing medical emergency

    Kolkata: Members of the gang involved in the shooting at a Patna hospital, who landed in police net on Saturday night at a guest house at Madurdaha, checked in on Friday night on the pretext of an associate's medical ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    Elite commandos, drones, CCTVs for Trinamool Martyr’s Day rally venue vigil

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Police has beefed up security in the city's heart with deployment of about 5,500 cops for the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s Martyr Day rally on Monday. The rally area has been divided into 14 zones, ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    Grand theft (hotel): Washroom fittings worth 35 L go missing during repairs

    12 Kolkata: Luxury bathroom fittings worth Rs 35 lakh were stolen from Oberoi Grand, a five-star hotel facility in Esplanade, during its ongoing renovation work, the New Market police said on Sunday.The theft was discovered recently when Tushar Nandi, ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    Bizman held for molesting deaf-mute woman

    Kolkata: A 39-year-old businessman, father of a class 6 student at an English-medium school in the city, was arrested on Saturday for allegedly molesting and sexually harassing a deaf-and-mute woman at Maddox Square. Other visitors saw the incident and ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    68-yr-old loses 1.1 crore in six-day digital arrest

    Kolkata: A 68-year-old resident of Dum Dum Park fell victim to digital arrest, losing his retirement savings of Rs 1.1 crore to scamsters who posed as CBI personnel and judges. The fraud occurred over six days from July 10 ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    All wares seized, FIR against 5 detained New Market hawkers in Kolkata

    12 Kolkata: After five hawkers were detained and their merchandise worth thousands of rupees confiscated, New Market Police lodged an FIR against these vendors for illegally occupying Lindsay Street and Bertram Street. The detention comes as a part of ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    NSG leads hijack & terror-attack drills at airport

    Kolkata: A dramatic hijack of an aircraft, tense negotiations, and finally, the storming of the aircraft by National Security Guard (NSG) commandos, followed by a terror attack on the Airports Authority of India office at the Kolkata airport and ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    Suvendu, Dilip to lead separate BJP events on July 21

    12 Kolkata: When TMC workers from across the state gather in Kolkata to mark Martyrs' Day on Monday, BJP's Suvendu Adhikari will be leading a BJYM rally to Uttar Kanya while former state unit chief Dilip Ghosh will be ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    Like CPM, BJP bars people from voting: Mamata

    12 Kolkata: Like CPM in the past, now BJP did not let anyone vote, CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday, on the eve of the Martyrs' Day rally. While Banerjee did not explicitly refer to EC's special intensive revision in ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    Moth Week kicks off at Eco Park, Banabitan

    12 Kolkata: The National Moth Week kicked off on Saturday with enthusiasts conducting a count after dark at Eco Park and Banabitan. The participants set up a moth trap using strong lights and a white sheet to do an ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    IT firm employee found dead in drain

    Kolkata: The body of a youth, Manash Kori (32), who worked in an IT company in New Town was found in a drain at a short distance from his home, in the Chatterjeehat police station area of Howrah on ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    Hry releases 27 Bengal workers, 3 still in detention

    12 Kolkata: As many as 27 of 30 Bengali migrant workers, held by Surajkund police in Faridabad since July 15, have been released, Trinamool Congress MP and chairman of West Bengal Migrant Workers' Welfare Board Samirul Islam said on ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    Cops to keep 4 major stretches clear of rallyists from 9 am to 11 am

    123 Kolkata: Even as lakhs are expected to take over large stretches of central Kolkata — extending into parts of north and south Kolkata — for Trinamool Congress's Shahid Diwas rally at Esplanade (CR Avenue-Bentinck Street crossing) on Monday, ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    Tortured migrants to be at forefront of Trinamool rally

    123456 Kolkata: Uttam Brajabashi, the 50-year-old Rajbongshi from Cooch Behar's Dinhata, arrived at Sealdah station on Sunday morning to be a part of Trinamool Congress's Martyrs' Day rally. With several hundred party supporters backing him, the soft-spoken Brajabashi questioned ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    Fly ash leak from barge raises environmental concerns in Sunderbans

    123 Kolkata: After widespread media reports on the midstream mishap involving a Bangladeshi fly ash barge, ‘Suhan-Malati', which is now nearly 80% submerged in the Muriganga river, authorities stepped up their response. A large-scale operation was carried out on ...

    21 July 2025 Times of India
    IIT files plaint in 4th-year student death

    Kharagpur: The autopsy of the fourth-year mechanical engineering student, Ritam Mondal, was conducted on Saturday at Midnapore Medical College. The IIT Kharagpur authorities filed a written complaint with the Kharagpur Town PS for an investigation into the incident. Meanwhile, ...

    20 July 2025 Times of India
    Afternoon showers derail KMC’s repair drives on battered stretches

    1234 Kolkata: The road-repair drive being undertaken by Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) suffered a setback after heavy rain lashed different parts of the city on Saturday afternoon. The civic body decided to fill up the potholes and craters with ...

    20 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata scam trail leads to foreign cyber gangs; Salt Lake residents targeted

    Representative image KOLKATA: Bidhannagar Police, probing a series of digital-arrest cases where hundreds from Salt Lake, New Town, Kolkata and adjoining areas have been duped of several lakhs, is preparing to send a team to South-East Asian nations ...

    20 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata tourists help Digha earn Rs 100 crore during first Rath Yatra Season, boosting local economy

    KOLKATA/DIGHA: The first season of Rath Yatra in Digha has yielded a net cash inflow of Rs 100 crore for the coastal town, a final count by various trade bodies and the Jagannath temple management has revealed. The business ...

    20 July 2025 Times of India
    Baranagar cops’ cyber bus joins e-safety campaign to raise awareness

    123 Kolkata: The Baranagar police station under the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate launched the "E-Prahari" programme to raise public awareness to tackle the growing menace of cybercrime through the use of technology and interactive outreach. The campaign was inaugurated on ...

    20 July 2025 Times of India
    Bengal’s date with kingfisher: Third Sunday every July

    Kolkata: Every year, third July Sunday will be celebrated as the ‘Kingfisher Day' in Bengal. Starting today, the third Sunday of every July will also see Bengal birders undertaking a survey to know status and distribution of kingfishers in ...

    20 July 2025 Times of India
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