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  • Sports museum comes up in Bengal district

    12 Kolkata: The seaside tourist destination of Mandarmani will have an added attraction now with the coming up of a sports museum there this week. The museum, the first of its kind in the districts of Bengal, was opened ...

    1 June 2025 Times of India
    Kol cops pick up law student from Ggn for post ‘hurting religious sentiments’

    Kolkata: A law student at Symbiosis International University in Pune was on Friday arrested from Gurgaon by a Kolkata Police team for allegedly hurting religious sentiments in a video she posted on Instagram. The girl, who had been evading ...

    1 June 2025 Times of India
    UPI payment helps cops rescue abducted trader

    Kolkata: Bhowanipore Police on Saturday rescued a Kulpi-based trader who was kidnapped 48 hours earlier from near the Netaji Bhavan metro station and kept confined to a condo's 11th-floor flat on SC Mullick Road, close to Jadavpur's Sulekha area. ...

    1 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata nurse gets Florence Nightingale award from Prez

    123 Kolkata: Doli Biswas, a nurse at a private hospital in Kolkata, received the prestigious National Florence Nightingale Award for her ‘exemplary contribution to nursing and compassionate patient care'. She received the award from President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati ...

    1 June 2025 Times of India
    Woman pushed off bus after molest protest

    Kolkata: A 22-year-old woman sustained injuries near her eyes after being allegedly pushed off a moving bus by her molester in north Kolkata's Sinthee More on Friday afternoon after she protested against sexual harassment by a fellow passenger.The accused, ...

    1 June 2025 Times of India
    NIA detains guard at Topsia hotel in espionage probe

    12 Kolkata: The NIA, probing the network involved in espionage across the country, detained a security guard of a hotel in Topsia on Saturday. The officers are trying to determine if the guard shared classified information with agencies or ...

    1 June 2025 Times of India
    Met: Temp to rise, no rains in South Bengal soon

    12 Kolkata: A spell of sharp rain and clouds on Saturday morning kept the mercury in check, but Kolkata remained humid and uncomfortable. The city also witnessed scattered rain on Saturday evening. The maximum temperature was 33.9°C on Saturday. ...

    1 June 2025 Times of India
    Anubrata cites ill-health to skip cop call, police issue 2nd summons

    12 Kolkata/Bolpur: Birbhum Trinamool strongman Anubrata Mondal failed to appear before the Bolpur sub-divisional police office on Saturday, prompting cops to issue a second notice, asking him to present himself by 11am on Sunday.Mondal cited "ill-health" for skipping the ...

    1 June 2025 Times of India
    Rain-ready: KMC focus on pumping stns, sewer gangs

    12 Kolkata: With the monsoon knocking on the door, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) drainage department has set its sights on the city's major drainage pumping stations. The civic body's drainage department brass has alerted executive engineers in charge of ...

    1 June 2025 Times of India
    Plea for La Martiniere water seepage repair ahead of inspection tomorrow

    123456 Kolkata: Ahead of the Calcutta High Court-directed joint inspection of the heritage buildings at La Martiniere schools in Kolkata on Monday, school secretary Supriyo Dhar pointed at water seepage at the main buildings of both the boys' and ...

    1 June 2025 Times of India
    Baby among 3 of family killed in elephant attack

    Jalpaiguri: An infant was among three members of a family killed in an elephant attack in Alipurduar's Falakata early on Saturday. The deceased were Manoj Das, 35, his mother Makhanrani, 68, and his 35-day-old daughter Manisha.A herd of 20 ...

    1 June 2025 Times of India
    Indira created B’desh, yet library in her name gutted: Samik

    Kolkata: BJP Rajya Sabha member Samik Bhattacharya said that while former PM Indira Gandhi was behind the creation of Bangladesh, a library named after her in the country was burnt to ashes. The MP, who is in Copenhagen, Denmark, ...

    1 June 2025 Times of India
    1823 tea bushes come alive at Botanic Garden after 4-month revival efforts

    123 Howrah: A full-fledged tea garden that had been established by the British at the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Botanic Garden in Shibpur, Howrah, in 1823 but subsequently declined due to neglect has been revived once again.The new tea ...

    1 June 2025 Times of India
    Visa interview suspension: US plans in limbo for Kol students

    123456 Kolkata: The unexpected halt in US student visa interview appointments has left students and parents distressed and educational advisers perplexed. The move has particularly affected recent Class XII graduates planning to commence undergraduate studies in the US this ...

    1 June 2025 Times of India
    Goodbye to change: QR code ticket payment on tech zone route buses

    123 Kolkata: The perennial problem over loose change may soon be a thing of the past with several bus owners providing UPI payment options to their passengers.The latest to introduce this system are four buses plying between Barasat and ...

    1 June 2025 Times of India
    NKDA takes up week-long cleaning drive in low-lying zones

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) is implementing a series of monsoon preparedness measures for New Town to minimise waterlogging and tackle any adverse weather conditions.NKDA is currently conducting a week-long special cleaning drive across New Town, ...

    1 June 2025 Times of India
    Man seen walking with severed head after family dispute in Bengal’s Bharatgarh

    Kolkata: Early on Saturday morning, people walking along the road in Bharatgarh, Basanti, witnessed a chilling sight: a middle-aged man walking down the main road with a woman's severed head in one hand and a chopper in the other. ...

    1 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata victims lose over Rs 78 lakh in jewellery and cyber fraud cases

    Kolkata: Two separate frauds in the city have led victims to lose more than Rs 78 lakh. In the first case reported from central Kolkata, a woman who arrived in Kolkata after the pandemic filed a police complaint against ...

    1 June 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal shocker: Man walking around with sister-in-law's severed head arrested

    NEW DELHI: A man was arrested on Saturday in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal after he was discovered walking around carrying the severed head of his sister-in-law, according to police reports. A senior police official confirmed ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Mamata gives point-by-point rebuttal to BJP’s ‘vicious propaganda’ on Alipurduar

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday gave a point-by-point rebuttal to BJP's claims over "non-development of north Bengal, particularly Alipurduar" just hours after PM Narendra Modi's speech there.In a long post on her X account, Banerjee claimed the campaign ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Instagram influencer Sharmishtha Panoli arrested in Gurgaon for communal post on Bollywood's silence on Operation Sindoor

    Kolkata Police have apprehended Sharmishtha Panoli, an Instagram influencer and Pune law student, from Gurugram for allegedly posting a communal video. The video criticized Bollywood actors' silence on 'Operation Sindoor,' sparking outrage and threats NEW DELHI: Kolkata Police has ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Patuli senior citizens join hands to plant saplings, save trees

    Kolkata: Senior citizens in Patuli, who, over the past three decades, have planted and nurtured thousands of trees across the mini-township off EM Bypass, welcomed the prompt action of police against a man who was illegally cutting a mahua ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Cops, jobless teachers in cat-and-mouse game in city centre, Salt Lake for 5 hours

    1234 Kolkata: Hundreds of cops and jobless teachers played a cat-and-mouse game across Sealdah, Esplanade and Salt Lake for five hours on Friday as police pulled out all the stops to thwart the SSC teachers' march to Nabanna. Kolkata ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Oral cancer cases rising among women: Experts

    12 Kolkata: The incidence of oral cancer, which is more common among men, is rising alarmingly among women. In 2024, the state-run R Ahmed Dental College (RADC) Kolkata, the foremost dental institute in Bengal, registered 422 oral cancer cases, ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    State felicitates 10 from Bengal who cracked civil services exams

    123456 Kolkata: Meghna Chakravorty, a Modern High School alumna, who ranked 79th in the Civil Services Exam 2024, scored the second highest (215) in interview, just one mark below the national highest of 216. "Now that I transition from ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    1 in 2 men, 1 in 10 women in state smoke, finds study; docs flag lung cancer risk

    123 Kolkata: Nearly one in two men and about one in 10 women in Bengal are smokers, one of the highest proportions in the country, making the state's population vulnerable to lung cancer, says the latest National Family Health ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Anubrata says sorry in 40 mins after party fire over ‘abuse’ audio

    Kolkata/Bolpur: Birbhum TMC strongman Anubrata Mondal was forced to tender an unconditional apology on Friday after a four-minute audio clip surfaced where the neta was purportedly heard abusing and threatening Bolpur IC Liton Halder and his family.The audio clip ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Marks for ‘lecture demonstration’, ‘experience’ to help jobless teachers

    1234 Kolkata: Ten marks have been allocated for ‘lecture demonstrations' and 10 for ‘teaching experience' have been introduced in the new exam module, meant for the recruitment of state school teachers, which was rolled out on Friday. The new ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    KMC clears funds for laying pipes in S Kolkata

    12 Kolkata: The twin water augmentation projects at Dhapa and Garia Dhalai Bridge have taken a step ahead with KMC sanctioning funds for the procurement of water pipes for areas off EM Bypass and parts of south Kolkata. A ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    After airport survey, 98 of 377 flight hurdles removed

    12 Kolkata: Despite repeated warnings and ongoing efforts, only 98 out of 377 identified obstacles that directly come in the flight path of Kolkata airport were removed, according to the latest Obstacle Limitation Surface (OLS) study released by the ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Pedestrians to get more time to cross Ruby

    123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police has made changes to the time allotted for pedestrians to cross the busy Ruby crossing on EM Bypass during peak office hours. The cops will hold up Bypass traffic a few seconds longer ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    KMDA to raze illegal shanties under canal bridges

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority has decided to demolish unauthorised structures under several canal bridges across the city. They will also set up barricades to prevent further encroachment at these spots. The canal bridges where the authorities ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Theft suspicion after maid ‘throws away’ heirloom ring

    Kolkata: A domestic help in Cossipore is under scrutiny after allegedly stealing a valuable diamond-fitted gold ring worth lakhs. However, she claimed she mistook it for costume jewellery, leaving authorities with limited evidence to pursue criminal charges.Anamika Shaw (25) ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Youth ‘assaults’ MBA classmate, faces probe

    Kolkata: A 26-year-old MBA student from Jharkhand on Thursday lodged an FIR, accusing her classmate of assault, molestation, and verbal abuse at her rented Salt Lake accommodation. The complainant had allegedly caught the youth, a Girish Park resident, sending ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Malda woman in B’desh to meet lover held by border guards

    Malda: A 21-year-old woman from Bengal's Malda was apprehended by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) after she crossed the international border in an apparent bid to meet a Bangladeshi man, with whom, it is said, she had a romantic relationship. ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    DVC dismisses appeal against power tariff revision

    123 Kolkata: Damodar Valley Corporation has dismissed an appeal by Steel Re-Rolling Mills Association, WB Sponge Iron Manufacturers' Association and Damodar Valley Power Consumers' Association earlier this week over the abrupt upward revision of power tariffs."The appeal consists of ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Jharkhand coal-fired power project LoA by year-end

    123 Kolkata: The letter of award (LoA) for execution of a coal-fired 1,600 MW ultra-supercritical power project in Jharkhand's Chandrapura will likely be issued by the end of 2025. The project is a joint venture between Coal India and ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Teen abducted over dad’s 10L loan in Kolkata, saved

    Kolkata: A 17-year-old youth, Soumen Pradhan of Thakurpukur, was rescued by cops on Friday after five persons, allegedly engaged by an East Midnapore agri-cooperative bank to recover an outstanding loan amount of Rs 10 lakh from the victim's father, ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    28 Bangladeshis arrested from Dinhata station while trying to return home

    Jalpaiguri: Police arrested 28 Bangladeshi nationals, including eight women and nine minors, from Dinhata railway station early on Friday, intending to cross over into Bangladesh. A preliminary probe revealed that the group was fleeing Haryana, where a recent drive ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    PWD to implement pedestrian safety measures in Kolkata

    123 Kolkata: The Public Works Department (PWD) has agreed to implement comprehensive pedestrian safety measures across several iconic central Kolkata locations following concerns raised by the Kolkata Traffic Police regarding illegal crossovers and pedestrian safety, especially in the Esplanade-Maidan-Babughat ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    City hospitals pad up to guard against infection

    Kolkata: Personal protective equipment, or PPEs, the full-body uniform complete with gloves and mask that doctors and health workers wore during the pandemic to prevent infection spread, have made a return at some private hospitals that now have Covid ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Civic body sets up its first women & childcare facility

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has set up a 450 sqft women and childcare facility on Freeschool Street. Funded by the state govt, the Rs 22 lakh facility will cater exclusively to women requiring urgent nursing spaces. ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Deep depression triggers Kol showers, brace for rainy Friday

    12 Kolkata: A deep depression that crossed over to the land near Sagar Island on Thursday triggered moderate rain in Kolkata. The Alipore weather office recorded 15.5 mm rainfall till Thursday night. Met officials said the system is likely ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Give childcare leave when mom, child need it: Cal HC

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court rapped Calcutta Girls' College for denying to grant child care leave (CCL) of 189 days to an economics assistant professor for looking after her 13-month-old twin daughters. "If the nourishing years of the two ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    You cannot move RERA, consumer court at same time: Realty tribunal

    12 Kolkata: The West Bengal Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (WBREAT) ruled in a case that a complainant cannot simultaneously approach the real estate regulatory authority and the consumer court. "Since the cause of action in the proceedings before a ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Discomfort spike as deep depression moves to B’desh

    123 Kolkata: While spells of rain and a gloomy sky through Thursday kept the city cool, the discomfort level rose on Friday with the city remaining mostly dry. The deep depression that brought rain to the city and other ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Roof cracks: HC orders jt inspection at La Martiniere

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a joint inspection of the heritage buildings of La Martiniere School for Boys on Monday to examine the cracks on the building roof. The building was constructed nearly 200 years ago ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    City debates lungi no-entry to auditorium for theatre show

    12 Kolkata: On Thursday evening, a theatre practitioner was denied entry to GD Birla Sabhagar for watching a play, due to his wearing a lungi. Despite Sanskriti Sagar issuing a statement clarifying that the auditorium has no dress code ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Despite threats, we refused to respond to his questions on Islam: Orphanage members

    123 Bongaon: Thirty-five-year-old Humayun Kabir first asked those present at the Hafizia Kharizia Orphanage Madrasa about their knowledge of Islam. Only when they refused to respond to his "absurd" and "irrelevant" questions and asked him to leave, did he ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Bidhannagar Police arrests taxi driver and tout for scamming American vlogger in Kolkata

    123 Kolkata: Bidhannagar police arrested the taxi driver and the tout who scammed and threatened a popular American vlogger during his trip to a Park Street hotel from Kolkata airport last week. TOI wrote about the ordeal and shared ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Police file charge sheet in Tangra triple murder case

    123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Police submitted a charge sheet in the Sealdah court on Thursday in connection with the murder of three members of the same family in Tangra on Feb 18. The charge sheet was filed 99 days ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Woman harassed during morning workout

    Kolkata: A young mother was allegedly harassed and verbally abused by a group of local miscreants during her morning workout session at Dhankal Maath playground in the Kasba area on Saturday . The victim, a resident of Kasba, reported ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Airport logs into social media to address plaints

    Kolkata: The city airport authorities have put in place a social media monitoring team that tracks complaints lodged by passengers on social media and tries to address the issues at the earliest.On Monday, a passenger flying out of the ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Nazrul’s ‘Lakshan Geet’ translations to be on display

    Kolkata: Celebrating the completion of Kazi Nazrul Islam's 125th birth anniversary, Jibansmriti Archive will showcase two of his rare manuscripts that trace his foray into writing ‘Lakshan Geet' in Bengali. This is the first time manuscripts of Nazrul's translation ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    HC orders fresh probe by CID in ’23 murder case

    12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court's Jalpaiguri circuit bench recently ordered a fresh probe to "find out the truth" in a 2023 murder case, in which a man was found dead, with 31 injuries, at his workplace in New ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Jobless teachers fail to meet PM & CM, call for Nabanna Abhiyan today

    12 Kolkata: Attempts by state school teachers, who have lost their jobs following an SC order, to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as chief minister Mamata Banerjee failed on Thursday. In the evening, the protesters called for ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Send daily Covid report, Bengal govt asks pvt hosps, labs

    123 Kolkata: Amid the rising cases of Covid in the country, the state health department has issued its first advisory since the pandemic asking all private hospitals and labs to report all positive cases in a particular format on ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    After ‘common worker’ remark, Dilip skips PM meet

    Kolkata: Former Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh skipped PM Narendra Modi's Alipurduar rally on Thursday, sparking speculations in the political circles. Earlier in the day, the veteran neta said: "Netas have their protocol and have to remain with the ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    War of words over Sukanta’s ‘Op Bengal’ remark

    12 Kolkata: Junior Union minister Sukanta Majumdar's "Operation Bengal" comment on Thursday prompted a sharp attack by TMC.Addressing a rally in Alipurduar, Majumdar, also BJP's Bengal president, said party workers will carry out "Operation Bengal". "I can see thousands ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Fake Mexico video being spread as Shamsherganj incident, say cops, warn of action

    12 Kolkata: Bengal Police on Thursday warned about a fake video doing the rounds that used visuals from an old clash in Mexico to pass them off as in incident in Murshidabad's Shamsherganj. The cops also cautioned that specific ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Boipara gets water jitters early, sellers rush to save stocks with sheets & raised platforms

    12 Kolkata: As rain lashed the city on Thursday, well before the official onset of the monsoon season, booksellers in Kolkata's College Street, also known as Boipara, scrambled to protect their stock. Plastic sheets went up like emergency canopies, ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Design rejig for Purple Line’s IIM-C extn to aid N-S link

    123 Kolkata: The Purple Line Metro extension to IIM-Calcutta is undergoing significant design modifications following the appointment of new consultants, considering the proposed linking of this corridor with the Blue Line (North-South Metro). STUP Consultants, the newly-appointed engineering and ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    CU vacation classes to make up for lost time

    Kolkata: A circular issued by Calcutta University, instructing affiliated undergraduate colleges to conduct classes during the summer recess, has taken many college principals by surprise. However, the university authorities have clarified that the move aims at making up for ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Bengal engineer kills parents, drags their bodies through street, attacks 4 at madrassa; mob storms police station to free him

    Locals gather outside Bongaon’s Hafizia Kharizia Orphanage Madrassa KOLKATA/MEMARI: A 35-year-old engineer, a Jadavpur University graduate who earlier worked in Delhi, brutally murdered his elderly parents in their home in Memari, East Burdwan, on Wednesday morning , dragged ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    ID Hosp sets up 2 Covid isolation wards, 7 new cases at 4 facilities

    123 Kolkata: Fresh cases of Covid-19 continued to emerge in Kolkata, with at least seven new cases reported from four hospitals on Wednesday. Health department sources said that while surveillance has increased, two isolation wards have been kept ready ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Traffic cop hurt in biker’s fleeing act in central Kolkata

    Kolkata: A traffic sergeant was badly injured when a motorcyclist crashed through a police checkpoint before fleeing in a bid to avoid inspection in central Kolkata early Saturday morning, police said.Dipak Bairagi of Jorabagan Traffic Guard suffered a fractured ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    PM in Bengal today, 1st visit after Op Sindoor

    12 Kolkata: A day ahead of his first visit to Bengal after Operation Sindoor, PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday upped the ante in the political battle against Trinamool, saying that while the people of Bengal had appreciated NDA govt's ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Purple Line cost rises 4 times in 15 years

    12 Kolkata: The estimated cost of the Joka-Esplanade Metro corridor, which was initially pegged at Rs 2,600 crore in 2010-11, has risen to Rs 10,360 crore this fiscal. With the project being stuck at Kidderpore, Metro officials fear the ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    TMC fires ‘pol tourism’ salvo, asks where’s Bengal’s money

    12 Kolkata: Saying that PM Narendra Modi's "political statements" were "undesirable", TMC on Wednesday added: "On terrorism we are with Centre, but we will respond to political canards strongly.""These are frog-in-the-well type of political statements which is completely out ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Low pressure likely to transform into depression today, warns Met

    12 Kolkata: The low-pressure system that has formed over the Bay of Bengal is set to transform into a depression by Thursday morning and move towards the Bengal and Odisha coast, triggering heavy rain in the city and other ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Break-in expert caught in 24 hrs after high-value Salt Lake theft

    12 Kolkata: In an instance of prompt resolution of a burglary case, Bidhannagar City Police arrested the culprit within 24 hours of a high-value theft of silverware, jewellery and cash in a college professor's house in Salt Lake's HA ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Task force proposes ban on rooftop sale for biz gains

    12 Kolkata: The state task force, which was constituted after the recent Burrabazar fire, on Wednesday recommended that the Bengal govt and civic bodies across the state, including the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), shouldn't allow the sale of rooftop ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Task force proposes ban on rooftop sale for biz gains

    12 Kolkata: The state task force, which was constituted after the recent Burrabazar fire, on Wednesday recommended that the Bengal govt and civic bodies across the state, including the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), shouldn't allow the sale of rooftop ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    KMC prepares to flush out storm water, state sounds alert for coastal districts

    Kolkata/Digha: In the wake of the heavy rain alert on Thursday, Nabanna has alerted the DMs, particularly those in charge of the coastal districts, to ensure that quick response teams, along with the disaster management groups, are ready to ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Thai govt acts in kirpan row

    Kolkata: The department of religious affairs of Thailand has issued a circular, stating that all establishments, such as hotels, schools, colleges and offices, will admit Sikhs and treat with respect their ‘5K symbols' of kesh (unshorn hair), kanga (comb), ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Cops rescue pets caged in dark rooms in 2 Bypass flats

    Kolkata: The Survey Park Police on Wednesday rescued several dogs and cats from two apartments in high-rises off the EM Bypass based on specific complaints that the apartment residents were mistreating and harming the animals.Police have also started a ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Chingrighata, Bypass bridge to get steel barriers for pedestrians’ safety

    Kolkata: In a bid to prevent risky pedestrian crossovers on the city's highest-speed corridor, the KMDA has started the process of setting up steel barricades on the stretch below Chingrighata and Ambedkar Bridge on EM Bypass following suggestions from ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Actor Judhajit Sarkar’s missing diamond ring, wallet recovered in 4 hours

    Kolkata: A diamond ring and wallet belonging to actor Judhajit Sarkar were recovered within four hours of those being reported missing from an online cab.After Bidhannagar City Police successfully recovered the items, Sarkar, known for portraying villainous roles on ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    BSF thwarts infiltration bids by B’desh nat’ls

    12 Jalpaiguri/Nadia: BSF and local police have intercepted multiple attempts at illegal border crossing in Bengal.On Wednesday, BSF stopped 40 Bangladeshi nationals from crossing the border across three different locations in Cooch Behar. Driven back, the Bangladeshis have camped ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Didi: True religion embraces all, doesn’t drive anyone away

    12 Kolkata: Bengal stands as a symbol of harmony, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday, adding that true religion united people."Your religion belongs to you, but festivals are for everyone. Bengal stands as a symbol of harmony, where temples, ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Fusion CX plans to raise Rs 1,000cr through IPO for expansion and debt repayment

    Kolkata: City-based Fusion CX Limited — a customer experience (CX) service provider delivering high-end and integrated CX services across multiple channels, including voice, email, chat, social media, and messaging — plans to raise Rs 1,000 crore through an IPO ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    KMC, NKDA log 131 WhatsApp plaints on first day of special ‘report-garbage’ drive

    Kolkata: On the first day of a weeklong special cleanliness drive, the KMC control room on Wednesday received 91 WhatsApp messages from across the city, urging the civic body to clean up accumulated waste in various neighbourhoods. According to ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    ITC shares fall 3.1% after BAT sells 2.5% stake

    123 Kolkata: ITC shares fell by 3.1% on Wednesday and closed around Rs 420 following a block deal by British American Tobacco (BAT). BAT sold a 2.5% stake (31.3 crore shares) — slightly higher than its initial plan of ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Posting change of RG Kar protesters a step back: Docs

    123456 Kolkata: The progress in the medical education system, achieved by making the system transparent and clean, was being marred by the controversy over the last-minute changes in the bond posting of three senior resident doctors, felt many in ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Break-in expert caught in 24 hrs after high-value Salt Lake theft

    Kolkata: In an instance of prompt resolution to a burglary case, Bidhannagar City Police arrested the culprit within 24 hours of a high-value theft of silverware, jewellery and cash in a college professor's house in Salt Lake's HA block.Prabir ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    B’desh man, who entered India over a yr ago, arrested

    Howrah: Police on Monday night arrested a Bangladeshi citizen, who reportedly crossed over into India illegally around 15 months ago. Faruk Sheikh (36), a resident of Mouli village in Narail district in Bangladesh, had paid a Bangladeshi facilitator, Sajjadul ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    1,000 need transplants, 14 organ donations: Doctors seek new policy after 2024 alarm in Bengal

    Image used is for representational purposes only KOLKATA: The gap between patients waiting for organ transplant and the number of donations taking place remains abysmally wide in Bengal despite increased awareness of deceased organ donation and transplant surgeries. Close ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    It is owner’s duty to ensure pet causes no harm to others: Calcutta HC

    Calcutta high court KOLKATA: It is a pet owner’s duty to ensure that his/her pets do not harm others, Calcutta High Court has said in a recent order, turning down a man’s plea to quash a criminal case ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    After SC axe on over 24k school jobs, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee launches biggest recruitment drive with 44,203 posts

    Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday rolled out the roadmap for filling up the 24,203 school positions left empty after Calcutta high court’s and Supreme Court’s SSC rulings and also announced the creation of 20,000 extra jobs ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Bike-taxi rider molests teacher, snatches chain

    Kolkata: A central Kolkata college teacher was allegedky molested and robbed by a bike taxi driver during her morning commute. The accused has been arrested and booked for theft and outraging the modesty of a woman under BNS. The ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Swasthya Bhavan bomb hoax for 2nd day

    123 Kolkata: Swasthya Bhavan in Sector V was embroiled in a bomb scare for the second consecutive day on Tuesday after a bomb threat was received via email, prompting a renewed security cover by Bidhannagar Police.The latest email, sent ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    ‘Liaise with jail admin, track terror suspects’ visitors’

    Kolkata: Both Kolkata Police and Bengal Police have issued directives to all police stations and specialised units to liaise with the jail administration and intensify monitoring of individuals visiting imprisoned militants. This follows the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    ‘Local guardian’ Mamata visits Tejashwi’s newborn son in hosp

    123 Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee met Tejashwi Yadav and his family at a private hospital in the city as the RJD neta and his wife Rajshree welcomed their second child, a baby boy, on Tuesday morning. With a beaming ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Salt Lake rickshaw workshops help rig speed, put you at risk

    123 Kolkata: In the back alleys of Baguiati, Kaikhali, and Barasat, an unexpected transport revolution is quietly gaining momentum. Local mechanics are transforming cycle rickshaws into swift, battery-operated vehicles. These retrofitted rickshaws are now zipping through Salt Lake, Sector ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    TMC MPs write to Modi, demand special Parl session on Op Sindoor

    12 Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday said that while it supports the Centre's global outreach against terrorism, any govt's foremost responsibility is "to be accountable to its own people." Party MPs, who gathered in the central hall of ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    State has to secure our jobs, we can’t write exams again: Teachers

    12 Kolkata: State school teachers, who have lost their jobs following a Supreme Court order in April, insisted they would not appear for exams again to get their jobs back. But they did not close the door on further ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Low pressure forms, Met expects heavy rain in S Bengal this week

    12 Kolkata: With the predicted low-pressure forming on time, the Met office is expecting further advancement of the southwest monsoon towards Bengal. While the monsoon's arm is expected to reach North Bengal by Friday, Met officials are keeping a ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Kol cops order 18 new sirens for police stations

    12 Kolkata: Weeks after the Union home ministry directed the states to be war-ready by carrying out emergency drills, where sirens were to play a vital part, Kolkata Police has decided to set up sirens — similar to ones ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Op Sindoor threat: Minor caught near Cuttack

    Kolkata: Diamond Harbour cops apprehended a minor who allegedly threatened and abused a woman online after she praised Operation Sindoor on social media. The minor was caught near Cuttack, Odisha.The suspect allegedly created a fake account to harass the ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    RVNL sets ball rolling for Chingrighata underpass

    123 Kolkata: RVNL has started preparing the detailed project report for the three-way underpass at Chingrighata after it got a nod from the KMC. Police had told RVNL traffic blocks at Chingrighata for two weekend nights to bridge the ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
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