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  • News from West Bengal | 27 Jul, 2025 | ১২ শ্রাবণ, ১৪৩২
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  • 8-year-old falls while boarding racing bus on Bidhan Sarani

    Kolkata: An eight-year-old was injured in her right leg after she fell from a private bus while boarding it with her mother on the way back from school. The incident took place near Bethune Collegiate School on Bidhan Sarani.Locals ...

    16 July 2024 Times of India
    In a first, jailed Maoist gets univ entry for PhD

    Kolkata: Arnab Dam, the first convicted prisoner in the state to have attempted to pursue a PhD, was given an admission at the Burdwan University on Monday after his counselling was over. He is likely to start the course ...

    16 July 2024 Times of India
    Labour of love: MP’s guard ferries 10 elderly rickshaw-pullers on Ultorath

    Kolkata: A 45-year-old Kolkata Police assistant sub-inspector (ASI), Bapan Das, pulled hand-drawn rickshaws, carrying 10 elderly rickshaw-pullers, through the city streets on Monday to celebrate Ultorath. He also presented them with sweets and clothes. Currently deployed as a police ...

    16 July 2024 Times of India
    Guv will be sent letter to administer oaths to new MLAs: Speaker

    Kolkata: Bengal assembly speaker Biman Banerjee on Monday said the parliamentary affairs department would write to governor C V Ananda Bose to administer oaths to the four newly elected MLAs. The new Trinamool MLAs — elected from Maniktala (Supti ...

    16 July 2024 Times of India
    Botched op: 2 go home after losing sight in one eye

    Kolkata: Two elderly persons, who were among the 18 whose eyes got infected after cataract surgery in a state-run hospital, have lost vision in one eye. While one is a 75-year-old man, the other is a 76-year-old woman. Doctors ...

    16 July 2024 Times of India
    KMC to agencies: Plug death holes on roads immediately after work

    12 Kolkata: A day after the body of a woman — who had ‘accidentally’ fallen into a pit on Kashi Bose Lane last week— was recovered, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) alerted all agencies on Sunday to plug the ...

    15 July 2024 Times of India
    Md Sporting beat Southern 3-1, go top

    Kolkata: Mohammedan Sporting provisionally moved to the top of Group A, beating Southern Samity 3-1 in their CFL Premier Division match on Sunday. Mohammedan Sporting, playing at home, went into the break with a 1-0 lead, thanks to Robinson ...

    15 July 2024 Times of India
    Two cars come on tracks, hit by train in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: The Down Hazarduari Express collided with two vehicles at a level crossing near Khardah railway station on Sunday night, causing significant panic. The occupants of the vehicles had a close shave. The vehicles were severely damaged, and train ...

    15 July 2024 Times of India
    City clubs promote social causes, spread harmony msg with Khuti Puja

    12 Kolkata: Messages of peace, harmony, inclusivity and equality are being adopted as themes for Khuti Puja across the city this year. While several Durga Puja organizers — who commence their puja preparations with the Khuti Puja ceremony — ...

    15 July 2024 Times of India
    Kol sees sudden rise in swine flu cases

    Kolkata: The city has seen a sudden, sharp spurt in swine flu or H1N1 cases leading several hospitals to step up tests even as one has introduced an isolation ward to prevent transmission. A respiratory disease caused by an ...

    15 July 2024 Times of India
    Iskcon recalls Fifth Avenue help after bid on Trump life

    Kolkata: On a day the frontrunner in the US presidential race was hit in the ear in an apparent assassination attempt by a gunman at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) recalled Donald ...

    15 July 2024 Times of India
    Man found hanging near Lake Mall

    Kolkata: The body of a man was found hanging from an advertisement hoarding outside the Lake Mall on Sunday morning. Locals discovered the body and informed the cops.Preliminary investigation has revealed that the man is a local flower trader. ...

    15 July 2024 Times of India
    India’s ‘solar man’ wants Bengal to draw up climate action plan

    Kolkata: Energy Swaraj Foundation founder Chetan Singh Solanki — MP govt’s brand ambassador for solar energy — wants to collaborate with various industry sectors in Bengal to draw up green strategies to promote clean energy and reduce reliance on ...

    15 July 2024 Times of India
    Smart, clean street food hubs ready to serve Kol favourites in Patuli, Russel St and Tala

    Kolkata: In an endeavour to enable the citizens to savour the taste of famous Kolkata street food in a smart and hygienic manner, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has set up food hubs in three locations across the city. Shabby ...

    15 July 2024 Times of India
    Biker without helmet killed in AJC Bose Rd flyover accident

    Kolkata: A 19-year-old helmetless biker died after he lost control over the two-wheeler and rammed a median divider on the Police Training School (PTS)-bound ramp of AJC Bose Road flyover around 12.32 am on Sunday.The deceased, Md Hussain, a ...

    15 July 2024 Times of India
    Fire-proof polycarbonate view-cutters make debut in Gariahat, work in Ballygunge soon

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has started installing polycarbonate view-cutters mounted on steel frames at hawking hub Gariahat to camouflage the shabby rear portions of hawker stalls that face the roads and are an eyesore. The view-cutters being installed ...

    15 July 2024 Times of India
    B’desh delegation visits V-B museum

    Kolkata: A four-member delegation from Bangladesh, led by deputy secretary of the ministry of cultural affairs Md Saiful Islam, visited the Bangladesh Bhavan museum at Visva Bharati on Saturday and presented a sculpture of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to interim ...

    15 July 2024 Times of India
    Missing woman’s family got freak death news from TV

    Kolkata: The middle-aged woman, whose body was recovered from a pit dug up by KMC on Bidhan Sarani near Kashi Bose Lane on Saturday, was identified as a mentally-challenged woman, Suparna Seal (45). She lived barely 700 metres from ...

    15 July 2024 Times of India
    Desi green laws should follow global standards, say experts

    Kolkata: Scientists and healthcare experts have called for parity between the Indian air quality standard and the World Health Organisation (WHO) standard after the recent Lancet Planetary Health study confirmed mortality even at exposure to low PM 2.5 count. ...

    15 July 2024 Times of India
    Cossipore promoter assault: 1 held in Kharagpur

    Kolkata: Probing into the assault and manhandling of a north Kolkata promoter, cops arrested the main FIR-named person, Abhijit Mondal alias Rana, and three of his aides on Sunday from Kharagpur while he was attempting to flee to Odisha, ...

    15 July 2024 Times of India
    Short rain spells likely today

    Kolkata: A few short but sharp spells of rain in Kolkata on Sunday kept the mercury in check. The Met expects similar spells on Monday after which it might lose intensity. The city started getting rain from afternoon. Till ...

    15 July 2024 Times of India
    Kol tourists reap benefit of 2-year Schengen visa norm

    Kolkata: City travellers are now leveraging the European Commission’s recently introduced visa ‘cascade’ regime, which streamlines the process of obtaining Schengen visas for Indian citizens. The system allows individuals to secure long-term, multi-entry visas with a validity of two ...

    15 July 2024 Times of India
    Bengal photographer dies as horse falls on him during Maha festival

    Kolkata: A popular Kolkata photographer died in a freak accident at a Maharashtra festival as a horse fell on him. Kalyan Chattopadhyay (48) was in Purandawade village about 7km away from Solapur’s Malshiras to photograph Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj Palkhi ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    Supti Pandey beats BJP, her husband’s record in Maniktala

    12 Kolkata: Supti Pandey on Saturday stretched her husband and former minister Sadhan Pandey’s political legacy in Maniktala by several notches when she polled 71.7% votes, winning the assembly bypoll by 62,312 votes. She polled 83,110 votes, nearly four ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    After missing Euro semis, city to catch final on TV

    Kolkata: Football-lovers across Kolkata heaved a sigh of relief as the Sony sports channels, which will beam the Euro Cup final live on Sunday night, returned to the platforms of four MSOs on Saturday afternoon.The entire package of Sony ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    OCs to enforce stop-work notices

    Kolkata: Senior officers at Lalbazar has informed all OCs to play a more “forceful” role in stopping illegal construction in their area. In case they show negligence, they stand the chance of facing disciplinary action.On Friday, OCs were informed ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    Bengal's 4 out of 4 & other bypolls show people's mandate against BJP: Mamata Banerjee

    Mamata Banerjee lauds Trinamool’s bypoll wins against NDA, noting INDIA bloc’s 51% vote share. Criticizes BJP's new criminal laws affecting doctors, journalists, police, and lawyers, urging review. Highlights INDIA bloc’s 13 bypoll victories against NDA's two, retaining Rajasthan and ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    Whodunnit: Bidhan Sarani pipeline pit throws up woman's body

    Representative image KOLKATA: The decomposed body of a woman was recovered from a pit dug up by KMC on busy Bidhan Sarani near Kashi Bose Lane on Saturday. The pit was dug up to lay a new pipeline but ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    People saying 'Tumse na ho payega ... ': Mahua Moitra after TMC sweeps Bengal assembly bypolls

    Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra KOLKATA: With INDIA bloc parties winning 10 out of 13 assembly seats in recent by-elections across seven states, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra commented that the BJP and "Agency Raj" are losing strength, while ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    West Bengal bypoll results: BJP cries foul after TMC bags all four seats

    BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar alleged that TMC conducted fraudulent activities in the recent West Bengal Assembly bypolls. KOLKATA: BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar alleged that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) conducted fraudulent activities in the recent West Bengal Assembly bypolls, where ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    TMC wrests Matua belt after Lok Sabha setback

    Trinamool supporters and candidate BAGDAH (NORTH 24 PARGANAS): Madhuparna Thakur, at 25 years and one month, will be Bengal's youngest legislator. Thakur, Rajya Sabha MP Mamata Bala Thakur's daughter and the youngest in the Matua Thakurbari to step into ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    Cops bust ₹1-crore online fraud, arrest 2

    Kolkata: The cyber cell of the detective department cracked an online investment fraud worth over Rs 1 crore by arresting two persons. This is the third time in less than a week where recoveries in online crimes above Rs ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    CM invites Big B to Kolkata film festival

    12 Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has invited Amitabh Bachchan to the Kolkata International Film Festival scheduled in Dec and urged him to recite a poem if he does not wish to make a speech. Banerjee, who met a ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    Sen: Hindus & Muslims must work together in politics, edu, healthcare

    Kolkata: The current situation of the country needed much more than tolerance, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said on Saturday, stressing the need for Hindus and Muslims working together when attempts were being made for a one-nation-one-religion country. He was ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘Upgrade option not yet clear to students’

    Kolkata: More than 75,000 students out of 4.2 lakhs, who have been allotted UG seats on the centralized admission portal, took admission till Saturday. But higher education officials said there was still confusion among students about the process, especially ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    Pushback drive in Chandni Chowk to remove ovens, benches from pavements

    12 Kolkata: The cops on Saturday started regulating food hawkers and other encroachers on Ganesh Chandra Avenue and other pockets of Chandni Chowk where several eateries have placed their ovens out on the pavements. They have occupied more than ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    Now, cyber crooks turn to IVRS calls to threaten & dupe users

    Kolkata: In their latest modus operandi, cyber criminals are making calls to people using Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS). A computer generated voice calls random mobile numbers and threatens the user that they have to make an appearance in ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    Extortionist targets Cossipore promoter

    Kolkata: Two persons were arrested on Saturday by Cossipore PS cops for assaulting a promoter, Abhijit Sarkar, and ransacking his office near Sinthee crossing late on Friday after trying to extort Rs 5 lakh from him. Sarkar has been ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    Dad kills baby after fight with wife, ends life

    Durgapur: A man killed his nine-month-old son and died by suicide as he jumping in front of the Asansol-Burdwan passenger train near 112 rail gate of Durgapur railway station in West Burdwan on Saturday. Police said Aabir Ruidas (40) ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    CID probes Subodh role for Manish murder

    Kolkata: A team from CID, which has started reinvestigating the BJP functionary Manish Shukla murder case, visited the Dum Dum correctional home on Saturday to question an accused there. An officer said the role of goon Subodh Singh was ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    Stop fleecing, task force tells Gariahat, Lake Mkt vendors

    Kolkata: Members of the agricultural task force who surveyed Lake Market and Gariahat market on Saturday, to check the reasons behind the spike in prices of vegetables, warned some vendors against selling certain items at an unnecessarily higher price. ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘Students not being able to opt for JU pharmacy’

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University’s pharmaceutical technology department has written to the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board and director of technical education, department of higher education, pointing out that students are not being able to choose JU’s pharmacy course as ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    Fire guts eateries, stall near Salt Lake mall

    Kolkata: Two eateries and a tea stall were gutted after a fire broke out on the ground floor of a building adjacent to the City Centre Mall in Salt Lake on Saturday evening.People, who were headed to the mall ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    New Town vertical gardens go to save metro pillars

    Kolkata: NKDA has stripped the New Town metro piers of the vertical gardens after the Metro Railway authorities expressed concerns over the damage that the weight of the plants and regular watering might cause to the pillars.Metro officials also ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    Rehab plan to clean up space below flyovers

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police has proposed joint inspection by Kolkata Municipal Corporation and state govt officials concerned – along with traffic and local police – before removing the encroachers from under Gariahat and other flyovers. Cops have proposed to KMC ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    A derby with a difference

    Kolkata: The Calcutta Football League’s signature match is back with a new look but a dose of the same old vibes.Much water has flowed down the Hooghly since the last time the city’s Big 2 clashed with each other ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    CM Mamata Banerjee congratulates people for Trinamool's win in all four seats

    Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee (Pic credit: AFP) KOLKATA: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee congratulated and thanked the people, as Trinamool won all four assembly seats where bypolls were held on July 10. "Trinamool had a thumping victory."She said ...

    14 July 2024 Times of India
    4.2L on first CAP merit list, 10k take admission on day 1

    Kolkata: Out of 4.2 lakh students who have been allotted UG seats on the first merit list, the first day saw over 10,000 taking admission through the centralized portal. The rest have time till July 18 to take admission. ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    Assembly Bypoll Results: List of winning candidates in 13 seats across 7 states

    TMC supporters celebrate as party candidate Supti Pandey from Maniktala (Kolkata) constituency won in assembly bypoll. NEW DELHI: The INDIA alliance emerged victorious in 10 assembly constituencies, while the BJP secured 2 seats. Along with an Independent candidate, these ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Showers pull temp down to 28.4°C, weathermen spy more spells today

    12 KOLKATA: Overnight rain in Kolkata brought the mercury down by around seven notches on Friday. The maximum temperature of 35.3°C on Thursday, which was 2.5 notches above normal, dipped to 28.4°C on Friday, 4.4 notches below normal. The ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    6 killed as truck-ambulance collide in Bengal's Paschim Medinipur

    KOLKATA: Six people, including four members of a single family killed in a tragic accident on Friday night when the ambulance they were traveling in collided with a truck in Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, according to police reports.A ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    Weeks after clean-up, plastic back as rain cover

    Kolkata: Plastic sheets that were pulled down during the cop-KMC clean-up drive a few weeks ago were out again after a spell of rain on Friday morning.From traditional shopping hubs to the Central Business District, pavements were covered with ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    Gariahat flyover parking free till new agency hired

    Kolkata: After a prod from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), the Southeast Traffic Guard has turned the parking lot under Gariahat flyover a free one till the KMC completes the tender process and hands it over to an agency.MMiC ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    Teacher held for sexually assaulting Class 4 girl in West Bengal

    KHANDOGHOSH: A class 4 student was allegedly sexually assaulted by a school teacher on Wednesday during school hours at Amrul Primary School in Khandoghosh, East Burdwan. The incident sparked a confrontation on Thursday between police and villagers, who attempted ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    Kundu gets bail, will stay in jail

    Kolkata: A special court granted bail to Rose Valley chief Goutam Kundu on Friday in a CBI case. Kundu — taken into custody on March 25, 2015 — will continue to remain in jail as two more cases are ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    Champions Way for Cup event

    Kolkata: The much delayed Bengaluru summer season starts with a well-filled card of nine events with the Racing Patrons Cup the main one in Bengaluru on Saturday. Champions Way from the stable of Satish Narredu may sprint away in ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    Bizman killed at Karaya home

    Kolkata: A 38-year-old supplier of construction materials, Samsher Ali, was found murdered on Friday afternoon at his own home on the Samsul Huda Road at Karaya. The victim had criminal antecedants, said police. “Around 12.40 pm, we were informed ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    Guv withholding consent to bills violates Art 200: Counsel

    12 Kolkata: Sanjay Basu, Bengal’s senior standing counsel in Supreme Court, said in a statement that the governor withholding consent to the bills was violative of Article 200 of the Constitution and had “precipitated a constitutional crisis” in the ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘Custody torture’ death: HC directs 2nd postmortem

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday directed that the body of a South 24 Parganas resident, who allegedly died because of police torture, be exhumed for a second postmortem to be conducted on Saturday in the presence of his ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    Mayor steps in to resolve Behala school impasse

    Kolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim has stepped in to resolve the stand-off between a missionary school in Behala and the local councillor that had led to suspension of construction at the school near Behala Chowrasta.Hakim on Friday said the issue ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    Illegal construction: KMC won’t allow more than 10% violation in built-up area

    Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation is set to revise its building rules to ensure that builders do not get to regularise unauthorised construction if the violation is more than 10% of the area allowed to be built.Mayor Firhad Hakim on ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    State to introduce uniform driving training modules

    Kolkata: The state is set to introduce a uniform driving training module and a standardised test format for applicants across Bengal. Motor training schools will be brought under a grading system to improve their quality and ensure a positive ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    CM: Jindal-led JSW Group to invest in Durgapur airport

    Kolkata: Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Group will invest in the infrastructure development of Durgapur airport, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday. The CM said this during an interaction in Mumbai after her meeting with Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    Pedestrian, biker die in accidents

    Kolkata: A biker and a pedestrian died in two accidents on Friday. The 28-year-old helmetless biker, Kashif Alauddin of Ekbalpore, died after the two-wheeler he was riding was hit by a truck near Alipore Woman’s Correctional Home around 12.45am. ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    Factories gutted as ‘blast’ triggers fire in Dum Dum

    Kolkata: A suspected blast triggered a massive fire in an ice-cream factory in a Dum Dum industrial complex. The fire engulfed at least three neighbouring factories, including a hosiery manufacturing unit and medicine godowns in the wee hours of ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    Hosps prep for sudden spurt as dengue cases start rising

    Kolkata: The number of dengue patients has been crawling up across several private hospitals in Kolkata over the last five days. The increase in admissions has been ranging between 10% and 20% a day at some facilities. The sudden, ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    3 kids injured as hook used to pluck guavas touches live wire

    Kolkata: Two children, Pridipta Kar (12) and Rupam Mondal (5), were injured and a third child, Abir Mondal (8), suffered partial hearing loss when the hook at the end of an iron rod they were using to pluck guavas ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    Surprise checks to rein in ‘ghost’ hawkers

    Kolkata: The high-powered committee formed to conduct a hawker survey has asked surveyors to start surprise visits at major hawking hubs after completion of the first phase of the survey that began on June 27. The survey was conducted ...

    13 July 2024 Times of India
    VIP Rd hawkers told to clear out in 72 hrs

    Kolkata: Following a high court order to clear encroachments from govt land off VIP Road, PWD has issued a notice, asking hawkers between Baguiati and airport to move out and dismantle their makeshift stalls within the next 72 hours. ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    Gaurav Soneja has been elevated to cluster general manager for ITC Royal Bengal and ITC Sonar

    KOLKATA: Soneja was recently entrusted with overseeing Storii by ITC Hotels Devasom Resort & Spa, Kolkata underscoring his expansive leadership and dynamic versatility. Sonaja relocated to Kolkata in 2022 from ITC Gardenia, Bengaluru as the General Manager of ITC ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    Nurse chews gutkha, hosp faces panel rap

    Kolkata: A hospital in central Kolkata has been asked to write an apology letter after the family of a patient complained against chewing of gutkha by a nurse who was attending to the patient at the hospital’s ICCU. WBCERC ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    Retailing at Rs 38/kg, potato continues to pinch pockets, sends Kolkata kitchen budgets haywire

    KOLKATA: Households in the city are feeling the pinch as potato prices continue to rise. With the widely available Jyoti variety now retailing at Rs 35-Rs 38 a kg, up from Rs 20 a kg a month ago, the ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    City F&B sector set to touch 10k cr in 2 yrs

    Kolkata: The food services industry in Kolkata is set to touch the Rs 10,000 crore-mark in two years. Currently pegged at Rs 8,055 crore, the sector is growing at a healthy clip of 15%. “At the current growth rate, ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    Half-matched stem cell transplant on 11-yr-old boy

    Kolkata: An 11-year-old boy from Chitpore who had undergone a complex haploidentical (half matched) stem-cell transplant at Medical College Hospital Kolkata was discharged on Thursday. While a fully matched transplant is ideal, doctors had to resort to this mode ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    Cops want to shift auto stands to unclog Behala Chowrasta

    Kolkata: Eight auto routes originate at Behala Chowrasta and three more run through it. Police have to manage at least 1,200 autos at this busy crossing every day, besides the thousands of other vehicles. In a bid to unclog ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    1st BNS case heard in Calcutta HC is on torture video

    KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday heard its first case registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) that replaced the Indian Penal Code after 162 years on July 1.Justice Amrita Sinha directed petitioner Prithwiraj Mukherjee to cooperate with ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to meet Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar in Mumbai

    KOLKATA/MUMBAI: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who arrived in city on Thursday for the wedding of industrialist Mukesh Ambani's son Anant Ambani, is expected to meet Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar in ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    Fire at vest factory in Kolkata's Dumdum, no one injured

    KOLKATA: A massive fire engulfed a vest manufacturing unit and warehouse located in Kolkata's Dumdum area on Jessore Road on Friday morning.Police reported that the blaze started at around 3am, but thankfully, no injuries were reported.A senior officer stated ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    Singapore hopes to get more travellers this puja

    Kolkata: Even as Kolkata readies to attract the highest number of foreigners this Oct, riding on the global curiosity and popularity of Durga Puja following its inclusion in the Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list, the Singapore Tourism ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    Suvendu meets Shah on ‘violence’, TMC says ‘called over poll results’

    12 Kolkata: Leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday met Union home minister Amit Shah to allege “mob violence” in Bengal, drawing immediate barbs from Trinamool.Adhikari raised incidents like Chopra and Ariadaha, where TMC strongmen had allegedly tortured common ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    Mohun Bagan and East Bengal in same group

    Kolkata: Defending champions Mohun Bagan Super Giant and their archrivals East Bengal FC, the two finalists from the previous edition, have been drawn together in the same group as the group stage draw for the upcoming Durand Cup was ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    85-yr-old falls to death from 9th-floor flat

    Kolkata: An 85-year-old man, suffering from schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease, reportedly fell from the ninth floor of a gated complex located near Behala Bakultala, about a kilometre from Behala Chowrasta, around 8 am on Thursday. Sarsuna cops have registered ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    54% BCom students clear CU first sem

    Kolkata: The pass percentage in the first-semester exams for BCom major students in the Calcutta University-affiliated colleges stood at 54% this year under the newly-introduced curriculum and credit framework system. The performance of the BCom students was better than ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    BMC to install 1k LED street lights in Salt Lake

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will install 1,000 LED street lights in different areas of Salt Lake. The state govt had recently approved Rs 2.9 crore for the civic body to replace the conventional street lights with LED ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    Infosys to recruit 5k for its New Town campus soon

    Kolkata: IT giant Infosys is likely to recruit five thousand people in the next few months for its New Town campus, state information technology minister Babul Supriyo said on Thursday.A day after announcing the start of Infy’s operations on ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    SE Rly organizes bus trips from Santragachhi to Hwh

    Kolkata: South-Eastern Railway organized buses for ferrying passengers of four trains from Santragachhi to Howrah in the wee hours of Thursday. These trains are currently being terminated at Santragachhi instead of Howrah because of the ongoing development work at ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    Madhyamik registration goes online

    Kolkata: The registration of Class IX students, who will be appearing for Madhyamik in 2026, will be done through an online registration process from this year. The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education issued a notice about the introduction ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    EC rejects BJP’s demand for repolling

    Kolkata: The Election Commission on Thursday rejected Bengal BJP’s demand for repolls in nearly 100 booths, including 89 in Maniktala, where assembly bypolls were held on Wednesday. “The allegations were made only in front of the media. Neither (Kalyan) ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    Channels stay off air, blackout cloud on Euro final after sports fans miss 2nd semis

    Kolkata: With Sony TV channels remaining off air on four MSO platforms since Monday, lakhs of football-lovers across Kolkata missed the second semifinal of the Euro between England and the Netherlands early on Thursday morning. Fans had missed the ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    DigiYatra cuts boarding time by half in 3 out of 5 flights

    Kolkata: In three out of five flights that depart Kolkata airport, the boarding time of passengers has reduced by half following the use of DigiYatra channels over the last few weeks.“Instead of one manual channel for passengers at the ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    IHCL to come up with 4 new hotels in Bengal

    Kolkata: IHCL is going to come up with four new hotels under Taj, SeleQtions and Ginger brands in Bengal. The hotels will start operations in next three years. Two of these hotels will be in Kolkata while the rest ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    Lights, camera, presenter: The new stars of Tollywood

    Kolkata: Tollywood has been increasingly embracing the trend of renowned directors and celebrated actors, presenting films of their contemporaries. The latest to join this bandwagon is Anirban Bhattacharya, who is presenting Abhinandan Banerjee’s KIFF-awarded film, ‘Manikbabur Megh’, starring Chandan ...

    12 July 2024 Times of India
    Hawkers play cat-&-mouse with police, civic officials

    12 Kolkata: A game is underway in the New Market area and other shopping hubs with hawkers trying to expand their stalls on the sly and cops and civic staff conducting surprise visits to keep encroachments in check. A ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    Bihar gang’s logistics head ‘Chachi’ nabbed

    HOWRAH: Known as the logistics queen in Bihar, Asha Devi (49) led the Samastipur unit of Subodh Singh's gang. The Howrah City Police, with help from Bihar STF, have finally arrested Asha, along with four others in Begusarai. "If ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    MoS defence launches GRSE initiated GAINS ’24

    Kolkata: MoS for defence Sanjay Seth inaugurated the second edition of the GRSE Accelerated Innovation Nurturing Scheme (GAINS) on Wednesday in the city. This initiative by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) aims to encourage MSMEs and startups to ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    Dada to meet boy who fled home to see him

    Kolkata: Former Indian skipper and BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly has expressed his wish to meet 12-year-old Adrish Haldar from Bankura’s Kotulpur after he returns to India towards the end of this month. Adrish, a class VII student, had travelled ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    BMC, cops to plan hawker removal on VIP Rd service lane

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and traffic cops will work on a plan to clear encroachments from the service lane and pavement on the airport-bound flank of VIP Road at Baguiati and rehabilitate the hawkers in the Baguiati area. ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    Iskcon chariots set to get tractor steering system

    Kolkata: Drawing a lesson from the malfunctioning steering system in Jagannath’s rath that affected the Rath Yatra, left Iskcon officials embarrassed and devotees disappointed, the religious order has decided to change the steering system in Balaram’s chariot before Ultorath ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    Yesterday once more: Kolkata decide time can’t stand still, get historic clocks ticking

    Kolkata’s Metropolitan Building clock has got a new lease of life as have many others in Mumbai, Haridwar, Patna & Darjeeling Timehangs heavy on the streets of Indian cities, revealing itself in living, breathing, careworn sentience. In Kolkata, a ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    3 railway staffers suspended for North Bengal train crash

    Image used for representative purpose only KOLKATA: In the first administrative action in the June 17 north Bengal train accident in which 10 people died, Northeast Frontier Railway has suspended the Rangapani station superintendent, the signal technician of the ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
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