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  • News from West Bengal | 27 Jul, 2025 | ১২ শ্রাবণ, ১৪৩২
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  • 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
    Kolkata: Motorist hits 4 cops trying to avoid check

    Image used for representative purpose only KOLKATA: A sedan, which had slowed down at a police check naka near 22, Camac Street after 8.45pm on Wednesday, suddenly sped past, injuring a traffic sergeant and three other cops. The vehicle ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    62.7% turnout in 4 assembly bypolls in Kolkata

    Voters queue up at a booth in Bagdah on Wednesday KOLKATA/RAIGANJ: With Trinamool refusing to cede an inch in Bagdah, Ranaghat South and Raiganj assembly seats, where it had trailed in the Lok Sabha polls, the areas under the ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    413 land dept officials shifted after CM rap

    Kolkata: Four hundred and thirteen officials from the land and land reforms department have been transferred over the past two days, said a senior Nabanna official on Wednesday. The govt came up with the transfer list, which included 29 ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    XI 1st-sem exams from Sep 13

    Kolkata: West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education on Wednesday released the first- and second-semester exam schedule for Class XI at state schools. The first-semester exams will be held from Sep 13 to Sep 30 and the second-semester exams ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘No outdoor ads in nat’l parks, monuments’

    Kolkata: The state urban development and municipal affairs department has come up with a draft policy for signage, hoarding and outdoor advertising, specifying locations where outdoor advertising would not be allowed in the state. The draft policy says ads ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    Protein prices pinch pockets

    Kolkata: The prices of animal protein, from chicken to eggs and fish, have surged dramatically, straining household budgets. Chicken, the cheapest variety of animal protein, has gone up by Rs 100 in a month. A significant gap between demand ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    Teachers’ job scam: HC summons three probe panel members

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed online appearance of the commissioner of school education, West Bengal Board of Secondary Education president and the West Bengal Central School Service Commission chairman on July 23 to explain to the ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    Eye infections spike, docs say it’s monsoon hazard

    Kolkata: Cases of eye infection are steadily climbing after the onset of monsoon in the state. The prevalence of conjunctivitis is the highest among these infections. Since it is still months before monsoon exits, doctors apprehend a further rise ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    Channels go off air, lakhs miss Euro semis

    Kolkata: Around a fourth of Kolkata’s football-lovers missed the Euro semifinal between Spain and France early on Wednesday as all Sony TV channels, including its sports channels that are now beaming the Euro matches, were taken off four multi-system ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    City remembers Kol’s ‘barefoot chronicler’

    Kolkata: Friends and admirers of P Thankappan Nair — one of the best chroniclers of Kolkata — gathered at Abanindra Sabhagar, Charukala Parshadon Wednesday to remember him through anecdotes, stories and his works. The ‘barefoot historian of Calcutta’ recently ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    JEE counselling starts, 1st seat list on July 19

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) board on Wednesday started online counselling for admission to 44,000 seats in 83 engineering, technology and architecture institutes in Bengal. This year, 1,12,963 candidates qualified in JEE. Admissions will end on ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    Locals harass KMC team on demolition drive

    Kolkata: Civic engineers on Wednesday threatened a protest after a team from KMC’s buildings department, including a woman assistant engineer, was allegedly harassed by local toughs in the presence of police when they went to Prince Rahimuddin Lane off ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    Admission for JU IR dept PhD put on hold

    Kolkata: JU has kept the international relations PhD admission process in abeyance till further orders after students gheraoed interim VC Bhaskar Gupta till Tuesday midnight alleging “irregularities” in the process. The provisional admission list for the 2024 session was ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    Intimidated Ultadanga complex residents vote freely in Maniktala

    Kolkata: Anxiety and fear were a matter of past at Sun City housing complex at Ultadanga. The residents of the high-rise on Wednesday cast their vote peacefully for the Maniktala assembly byelection, though barely a month ago, 100-odd auto ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    Decoded: Sundarbans crocodiles’ salinity tolerance, basking temp & creek preference

    Kolkata: A recent survey has revealed the saltwater crocodiles’ habitat preference in the Indian Sundarbans. The comprehensive crocodile census report in the Indian Sundarbans, released recently, said saltwater crocodiles here exhibit a preference for creeks with width less than ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    HC: How many illegal structures razed in EKW?

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court expressed dismay over the tardy progress made by the East Kolkata Wetlands Management Authority (EKWMA) and the state in pulling down the identified 505 unauthorized constructions encroaching the wetlands, a Ramsar site.Justice Amrita Sinha ...

    11 July 2024 Times of India
    WB CM Mamata Banerjee may go to Ambani wedding reception

    Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee will attend Mukesh Ambani’s son Anant’s wedding reception with Radhika Merchant in Mumbai on July 12, traveling from July 11-13. Meetings with Akhilesh Yadav, Sharad Pawar, and Uddhav Thackeray are planned to counter BJP’s 'anti-people ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    2021 Ariadaha torture video surfaces, 2 held

    The video based on which the suo motu case was registered by cops KOLKATA: The Barrackpore police on Tuesday registered a suo motu case and started probe in a March 2021 assault video of a "woman" being brutally thrashed ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    After cement deal, Kesoram plans to pare its debt

    Kolkata: The top priority of B K Birla Group firm Kesoram will be to reduce debt to stay afloat after the demerger of the cement business to Ultratech last year.At the first AGM after the demise of Kesoram chairman ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    Tractor trailer parts to steer Iskcon chariot on Ultorath

    Kolkata: Scouring an auto scrap market in north Kolkata’s Chiria More finally bore fruit on Tuesday with mechanics, led by a monk from Iskcon, finally laying their hands on a steering system required to repair Jagannath’s chariot.“We were able ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    West Bengal: Behrampore district judge's picture with Arijit in court raises eyebrows

    Arijit Singh BEHRAMPORE: A photograph of a Behrampore district judge with singer Arijit Singh at the court complex on Saturday would have hardly raised eyebrows, given the singer's legion of fans. But, it did. For, Arijit had not come ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's interview with TOI: 'Bengal performing better in many ways than other states'

    The fabric of the country has been disturbed and the rich have grown richer even as the poor have grown poorer, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen tells Dipawali Mitra at his Santiniketan home, Pratichi, in an interview on what ails ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    Md Sporting back to winning ways

    Kolkata: Israfil Dewan scored two as defending champions Mohammedan Sporting returned to winning ways, beating Army Red 3-1 in their CFL Premier Division match on Tuesday. Having suffered their first defeat of the season four days ago, Hakim Ssengendo’s ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    Passengers left in dark after Hwh-bound train ends journey at Santragachhi station

    Kolkata: Hundreds of passengers, including women, children and foreigners, travelling on the 12022 Barbil-Howrah Janshatabdi Express on Sunday were left shocked when the train, running late by over three-and-a-half hours, suddenly terminated at Santragachhi station at midnight. With less ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    3 rescued from mob

    Kolkata: Cops on Tuesday rescued three men from a group of people at Kaikhali who assaulted them on suspicion of being child-lifters. Police said the three—from Tollygunge and Lake Gardens—had gone to meet an astrologer, when one of them ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    Metro eyes E-W Howrah Maidan-Salt Lake run by Dec, may seek CRS check in Oct

    Kolkata: With work progressing steadily on the critical Esplanade-Sealdah stretch, KMRC intends to apply for CRS inspections in Oct and launch East-West Metro’s full run in Dec this year.The Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) is the apex safety regulator ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    Police-KMC anti-encroachment drive reaches Chandni zone

    12 Kolkata: A hawker pushback drive in central Kolkata’s trade hub Chandni Chowk has freed up roads that have been clogged for decades. On Tuesday, TOI found cars driving through the streets that used to be clogged with hawkers ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    Builder files extortion case against club

    Kolkata: A promoter, Jishu Jain, who was earlier accused of being a tough in Behala, has approached the Parnasree PS and claimed that a club was demanding Rs 50,000 from him. DC (Behala) Rahul De confirmed that a case ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    Made-to-order polycarb sheet solution for hawking zone eyesore

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is set to install designer polycarbonate sheets mounted on metal frames to act as view cutters that will camouflage the shabby rear side of hawker stalls facing roads. The polycarbonate sheets will be ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    3-year jail for man for smuggling rhino horn

    Kolkata: Rabindra Roy (66), a man from Mechua Dhora village under Falakata police station in Alipurduar, who was arrested in Aug last year for smuggling a rhinoceros horn and other wildlife articles, was on Tuesday convicted and sentenced to ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    Ex-VCs send guv legal notice again

    Kolkata: Seven former vice-chancellors of state universities sent a fresh legal notice to governor-chancellor C V Ananda Bose, each claiming a compensation of Rs 50 lakh, along with an unconditional apology on TV channels within seven days of receiving ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    Fanboy chases cricket dream, travels 115 km to meet Sourav

    Kolkata: A 12-year-old fan boy travelled around 115 km — from Bankura to Behala — on Monday to try and meet his idol Sourav Ganguly on the latter’s birthday, almost 16 years after Dada retired from international cricket.The Class ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    KP warns against fake e-challan links

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police, after MHA prod, have cautioned citizens to check the genuineness of the links they receive on SMS, asking them to pay a traffic fine.A businessman from Mumbai had recently lost Rs 3 lakh after clicking on ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    18 parking prosecutions near Maidan

    Kolkata: Police carried out a drive on Tuesday in which over 18 prosecutions took place around Maidan. Cops said the problem was turning acute around Queensway and Hospital Road, especially after commercial vehicles were being pushed out by cops ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    Dengue fight: Rly-state meet a day after CM prod

    Kolkata: The state on Tuesday proposed to clean up abandoned railway quarters and offices, blocked drainage lines in railway workshop areas and littered rail tracks, vacant plots and canals under railway’s jurisdiction. A meeting was held at Nabanna where ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    Markets on fire: Brinjal, chilli hit century, beans, drumstick double century, spinach triple century

    Kolkata: Households in the city struggled with their budget as prices of vegetables continue to soar with most greens selling at over Rs 100 a kg, an unprecedented situation in recent years. Experts attribute the surge to the delayed ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    Skywatchers’ treat: ‘Saturn eclipse’ on July 25

    Kolkata: Astronomy enthusiasts across Kolkata are in for a treat as the occultation of Saturn by the Moon will be visible from various Indian cities, including Kolkata, after midnight on Wednesday, July 24 into the early hours of Thursday, ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    In 7 yrs, 1 in 3 Maruti cars to ride trains to reach customers

    File photo KOLKATA: In seven years, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) plans to dispatch nearly 14 lakh new vehicles per year on freight trains. This will account for nearly 35% of its projected 4 million capacity by then. In ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    Truck hijackers in police net

    Kolkata: An inter-state gang of criminals who used to hijack goods-laden trucks was busted by Bidhannagar police on Sunday night. Probing into a truck theft case, airport police has arrested three so far. In this case, the truck had ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    ACAE holds annual conference in Kol

    Kolkata: The Association of Corporate Advisers & Executives (ACAE) organised its annual conference on July 6. The conference was inaugurated by SMIFS Capital Markets Ltd chairman Utsav Parekh and ICAI president Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal. tnn

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    WBCIL's impact on API and nutraceutical industries

    West Bengal Chemical Industries Limited (WBCIL) celebrates 62 years in API and nutraceutical manufacturing. Established in 1962 in Kolkata, WBCIL has emerged as a player in the pharmaceutical industry, known for its range of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    From Punjab to Bay, Kol 4th cleanest city in June

    Kolkata: Kolkata emerged 15th out of 18 million-plus polluted cities in June within the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), one of the most polluted regions globally, according to an analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    2 arrested for Bhangar lynching

    Kolkata: Two persons — a shop owner identified as Sabirul Molla and the data operator of a neighbouring shop, Saikat Mondal — have been arrested at Bhangar on Monday for allegedly lynching Azgar Molla (42) on suspicion of theft. ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    Man gets life for killing mom-in-law

    Kolkata: Eight years after a senior citizen was murdered at her residence in Kasba’s Tagore Park (Naskarhat), her son-in-law — the mastermind — and a hired killer, Niyaz Ahmed, have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a fast track ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    CM: Rly, metro must ensure there’s no waterlogging

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has asked the administration, led by the chief secretary, to call a meeting of four railway zones — the eastern, southeastern, NFR and the metro — to ask them to ensure there is proper ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    CM: Use state colour scheme for govt bldgs

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee reiterated on Monday that the state-endorsed colour scheme of blue and white should be maintained on all govt properties. During a meeting at Nabanna on Monday, she instructed clearly that the ‘colour code of the ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    CII IWN event discusses sports industry

    Kolkata: At a recent event hosted by the CII IWN Entrepreneurship Panel, vast opportunities in the sports industry was discussed. The panel included Shaleni S Biswas, chairperson, CII IWN Entrepreneurship Panel, CAB president Snehashis Ganguly and former India cricketer ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    Row after Barrackpore club member’s death

    Kolkata: The death of a man in his mid-40s, who had reportedly attended a Durga Puja committee meeting, has triggered controversy at Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas on Monday. Though police claimed it to be an accident, the victim’s ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    Mahua flags Thakur’s border ‘pass’ to ‘smugglers’, min retorts

    12 Kolkata: TMC’s Krishnanagar MP Mahua Moitra on Monday accused Union minister Shantanu Thakur of issuing “passes” to “smugglers” active on the India-Bangladesh border. On her X handle, Moitra posted a photograph of the “pass” issued on Thakur’s official ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    Manohardas Tarag to be drained for Joka Metro, restored later

    Kolkata: A year after Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) applied, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) heritage panel has cleared the dismantling of Manohardas Tarag for tunnelling work of the Joka-Esplanade Metro. But the nod regarding draining the iconic pond ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    Cops propose single-flank parking in C Kol to carve out traffic space

    Kolkata: Traffic cops have identified several roads where specific stretches can be used for single-flank parking in central Kolkata and manned by South and East traffic guards. Among the roads that have been mentioned as possible parking spots are ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    State takes 500 acres from closed units, to give them to new takers

    Kolkata: Bengal govt has recovered about 500 acres from closed industrial units which would be given to new industries willing to expand in the state, said state industry minister Shashi Panja on Monday. The move comes after CM Mamata ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    Hunt for chariot parts to fix snag before Ultorath

    Kolkata: A day after Iskcon’s chariot that carries Lord Jagannath developed a steering system snag and had to be towed to Brigade Parade ground by a breakdown recovery truck, mechanics failed to find replacement parts at a market in ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    Dad wants daughter who eloped back, HC refuses to interfere

    Kolkata: While hearing a father’s plea against his daughter’s boyfriend, the Calcutta High Court on Monday said that it could not interfere with the choice made by the 19-year-old woman. Namrata Roy, a student of Bolpur College, eloped with ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    Govt intervention needed for specific progs: Nobel laureate

    Kolkata: Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, who preferred cash grants over food aid to people, said there are many things that cannot be delivered by the govt. However, he felt that there are areas like vaccination in which the ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    After a century on Sarat Bose Road, banyan tree now plays a 2nd innings

    Kolkata: The century-old Banyan tree that was transplanted at Park Circus Maidan after it had toppled on Sarat Bose Road more than a fortnight ago has sprouted fresh leaves. Botanists said the development was extremely encouraging as it increases ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    2nd Sunday after pushback: Hawkers back but rain, Rath keep buyers away

    12 Kolkata: Hawkers were back at the city’s major shopping zones like Gariahat, New Market and Hatibagan on the second Sunday since the joint anti-encroachment drive by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Kolkata Police. However, the rain and Rath ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Average Kol home price up 13% in 2 yrs, north pips south

    Kolkata: The average sale price of homes in Kolkata has gone up by 13% since 2022. According to an analysis by NK Realtors, the largest real estate consultancy firm in the east, the average saleable price has increased from ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Bowbazar lynch: 1 held in Jalpaiguri

    Image used for representative purpose only Muchipara police on Saturday arrested a youth from Jalpaiguri in connection with the Bowbazar lynching that happened a few days ago. Police said the accused is a postgraduate student of geography. He used ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    State disaster response force unit in New Town

    KOLKATA: Following a proposal from New Town Kolkata development authority (NKDA), the state disaster management and civil defence department have agreed to set up a unit office of the state disaster response force (SDRF) at the NKDA utility building ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    VIP Road replanted trees drooping

    KOLKATA: Some trees which earlier had to be uprooted at VIP Road Haldiram crossing to make way for the metro construction work and were replanted on the Salt Lake side of VIP Road beside Kestopur canal are drooping with ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Manual dredging plan to clean Lake

    Kolkata: As a part of its detoxification process, the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) has completed spraying quicklime on the 72-acre Rabindra Sarobar. To further clean up the Lake, authorities have planned to take up manual dredging to clear ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    On last Sun before Maniktala bypoll, TMC focus on wards where it trailed in LS polls

    12 Kolkata: Supti Pandey (66) is fighting in Maniktala — a Trinamool Congress stronghold for years — to defend the legacy of late Sadhan Pandey, the three-time MLA from the constituency, as she campaigned on the final Sunday before ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    As Bengal's central UG portal shuts, female applicants outnumber male

    Image used for representative purpose only KOLKATA: Female students who submitted forms through Bengal's first centralised admission portal (CAP) for the state's undergraduate colleges outnumbered their male counterparts by around 70,000 as the portal closed in the intervening midnight ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Snag in main chariot delays Kolkata Rath Yatra by 3 hours

    KOLKATA: The Iskcon Kolkata Rath Yatra on Sunday was hit by a snag in the main chariot on which Lord Jagannath rides, leading to a delay of more than three hours as mechanics struggled to fix the problem. Finally, ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    6-yr-old dies after fall from 5th floor at Army complex

    Kolkata: A six-year-old boy playing with his eight-year-old sister on the staircase in front of their room on the fifth floor building of an Army complex at Gurusaday Road died after he accidentally slipped through the gap between the ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    WBPCB ties up with NEERI, IIT & TERI to study urban pollution

    Kolkata: With an aim to tackle urban pollution, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has tied-up with TERI, NEERI, and IIT-Delhi for conducting source apportionment studies across six non-attainment cities, including Kolkata, Howrah, Barrackpore, Haldia, Asansol and Durgapur. ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Nursing student found dead in Bengaluru

    Durgapur: Mystery shrouds a second-year nursing student’s death in Bengaluru on Saturday evening. Identified as Diya Mondal (19) of Gopalpur village of Kanksa, West Burdwan, she was found hanging from her dupatta inside her hostel room. The girl’s mother ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Landslide-hit NH 10, shut for ten days, to take at least 1 wk to reopen

    Kalimpong: The Kalimpong district administration on Sunday expected it would need at least one week more to reopen the severely landslide-damaged NH 10, a key connect between the plains and north Bengal Hills and Sikkim.The highway has remained shut ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Blaze in plastic unit near Bypass, worker injured after jumping off burning building

    Kolkata: A worker jumped off a three-storey plastic factory after the building at Chowbhaga off EM Bypass caught fire on Sunday evening. The man, Gopal Das, was admitted to a private hospital with multiple injuries as eight fire tenders ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Will hold camps from Wed for people to apply under CAA: Shantanu

    Kolkata: Camps will be held at Bongaon’s Thakurbari from Wednesday to facilitate submission of applications under the Citizenship Amendment Act. Union minister Shantanu Thakur said this on Sunday while addressing a Matua Mahasangha meeting in Bagda. He added that ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Khuti puja in city clubs 90 days ahead of Bengal’s biggest festival

    123 Kolkata: Khuti puja was performed on the occasion of Rath Yatra on Sunday across clubs and neighbourhoods that organize Durga Puja in Kolkata. According to the ‘panjika’ (Bengali almanac), exactly 90 days are left for the Bengal’s biggest ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Man lynched in Bhangar on suspicion of theft

    Kolkata: In yet another case of lynching, a man in his late 40s was allegedly beaten to death on suspicion of being a thief at Bhangar early on Sunday.The 45-year-old man was first spotted by some vegetable vendors around ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Rath reaches destination 3 hrs late after wheel snag

    Kolkata: The Iskcon Kolkata Rath Yatra on Sunday afternoon was hit by a snag in the main chariot on which Lord Jagannath rides, leading to a delay of more than three hours as mechanics struggled to fix the problem. ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    EB ride Sayan double to tame George 3-1

    Kolkata: East Bengal FC maintained a perfect start to the new season, subduing George Telegraph’s challenge 3-1 on Sunday and notching up their second successive win in the CFL Premier Division. Playing for the first time at home this ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Afternoon shower spells leave central, south Kol waterlogged

    12 Kolkata: The city was lashed by repeated spells of drizzle on Sunday morning, followed by a more intense spell in the afternoon, which led to waterlogging in parts of central and south Kolkata. While Kolkata received 12.9 mm ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Flyers protest after Bhubaneswar flight rescheduled thrice, cancelled

    Kolkata: Passengers demonstrated at Kolkata airport after an Air India express flight headed to Bhubaneswar was rescheduled thrice and was finally cancelled five hours after its original departure time on Saturday, a day before Rath Yatra.According to sources, the ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Hawkers in race for lost space on Bertram Street pavements

    12 Kolkata: The hawking hub in New Market has started witnessing a race for lost space on pavements, following an anti-encroachment drive jointly conducted by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials and Kolkata Police on June 25.According to a ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    The historic evolution of Eastern Railway headquarters at Fairlie Place

    Few Bengalis are unfamiliar with the grand edifice of the Eastern Railway headquarters at Fairlie Place, a structure celebrated for its British architectural design since the colonial era, a bright feather on the cap of the historic precinct of ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Police app, WhatsApp group to keep eye on illegal parking

    Kolkata: All the 26 traffic guards of Kolkata Police have started using an app and a WhatsApp group to record parking violations, for which appropriate action will be taken and all the cases, along with videos, will be reported ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Bagan drop points again

    Kolkata: Mohun Bagan SG’s poor start to the 2024-2025 season continues as they let two-goal advantage slip before sharing the spoils with ASOS Rainbow AC 2-2 in their CFL Premier Division match in Barrackpore on Saturday. Suhail Bhat put ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Darjeeling gets 130mm rain in 24 hours, tourist spots closed after landslip

    SILIGURI: Torrential rain and landslides in the past 24 hours stalled normal life in Darjeeling, forcing the administration to shut down tourist spots and cancel the iconic toy train ride on Saturday. The hill town has received 130mm rain ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Suspension of Garia auto ops to Golpark, Tolly & Patuli leaves commuters in lurch

    Kolkata: Auto commuters from large areas of south Kolkata were left in the lurch after three routes connecting Garia to Golpark, Tollygunge and Patuli stopped operations from Garia on Saturday. The auto operators blamed the internal strife within the ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    KMDA gets 18.3 cr for EM Bypass bridge

    Kolkata: The state govt has approved Rs 18.3 crore for the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) to complete constructing a 45-meter long bridge over the intercepting canal near Tagore Park on EM Bypass.The bridge will widen the existing culvert ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘Kolkata’s average summer temp rose by 0.2°C in 10 yrs’

    Kolkata: A senior official from Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Alipore, highlighted the role of high humidity in exacerbating heat-related discomfort. Kolkata’s average summertime temperature has risen by 0.2°C over the last decade compared to 2001-10 — it is 0.5°C ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    C Kol auto route becomes shorter and cheaper after pushback drive

    Kolkata: Removal of hawker encroachment from a prominent stretch in central Kolkata has not only revived a crucial link of one of the oldest auto-rickshaw routes in the area but has also reduced financial burden on commuters along with ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Int’l trafficking racket: Couple held in Delhi

    Kolkata: The state CID, after investigating for a month, has arrested a couple for their involvement in trafficking Bangladeshi women, by luring them through IMO, a social media platform. The racket originated in Dhaka and Chittagong and operated in ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Ragging death: JU to allow accused to defend themselves

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University will send show-cause notices to those accused in the ragging case in which a first-year student had died last year. While ratifying the punishments recommended by the anti-ragging committee, the university’s Executive Council that met on ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Southern Ave crime 4th in a month to see use of firearms in Kolkata

    Kolkata: In the wake of back-to-back shootings in south Kolkata, Kolkata Police is sending teams to Siwan in Bihar and Giridih in Jharkhand in search of some arms dealers believed to have roots in Kolkata and Hooghly. They are ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Joka line’s Espl stn waits for defence ministry nod

    Kolkata: The state PWD has cleared RVNL’s solution to the Esplanade Metro station stalemate. But RVNL can’t begin construction of the Purple line’s terminal station unless the ministry of defence (MoD) gives its nod to the revised proposal.In May ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Cyber fraudster had China & Cambodia links

    Kolkata: Days after the detective department arrested one Bikram Basak for inducement of investing with small amounts in stock trading with a false promise of higher returns, cops have now come to know that he was part of a ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Mittals buy Kumartuli idol for UK’s oldest Durga Puja

    12 Kolkata: A fibre-glass Durga idol sponsored by London-based steel magnate Lakshmi Narayan Mittal that is taking shape in Kolkata’s north Kolkata artisan hub Kumartuli for the UK’s oldest Durga Puja will be shipped out in a cargo flight ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Rath Yatra: 3,500 cops to avoid stampede

    Kolkata: Days after a stampede at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh during a Satsang killed 121 people, the city and the state police have drawn up an elaborate plan for Rath Yatra to ensure that no stampede-like situation takes place ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    IITian held for stabbing 3 in stray dog death revenge

    KOLKATA: A first-year student of IIT-Madras and resident of Sonarpur on the outskirts of Kolkata was arrested Saturday on charges of stabbing and grievously wounding a family friend's neighbour, his wife and their son in retaliation for the killing ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Refurbished airport loos set to give relief from stink

    Kolkata: City airport authorities are in the process of completely refurbishing all washrooms in the arrival and departure terminals following a flood of complaints on the micro-blogging site X about the unpleasant odor and unsightly stains in the washrooms.Currently, ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
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