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  • News from West Bengal | 15 May, 2025 | ১ জ্যৈষ্ঠ, ১৪৩২
  • IIT-Kgp study exposes critical surface ozone pollution effect on food crops

    12 Kharagpur/Kolkata: An IIT Kharagpur study led by Prof Jayanarayanan Kuttippurath at the Centre for Ocean, River, Atmosphere and Land Sciences (CORAL) has warned of significant threat to rice, wheat and maize production due to surface ozone pollution and ...

    8 April 2025 Times of India
    At schools across state, colleagues stay glued to TV

    123456 Kolkata: As CM Mamata Banerjee stood up to speak for nearly 33 minutes at Netaji Indoor Stadium on Monday to address the affected teachers and staff of schools across Bengal, their colleagues remained glued to television sets and ...

    8 April 2025 Times of India
    Schools to wait & watch after CM’s ‘return-to-work’ appeal

    12 Kolkata: School heads and managing committees have decided to adopt a wait-and-watch policy on how the affected teachers respond to CM Mamata Banerjee's appeal to report to work, while they also keep an eye on the subsequent Supreme ...

    8 April 2025 Times of India
    Bengal to roll out triple disease elimination programme this month

    Kolkata: After a successful pilot project, Bengal govt is set to roll out a triple elimination programme for HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis by preventing vertical transmission from mother to child. It is the only state that has taken ...

    8 April 2025 Times of India
    Guard rails become median dividers for safety of pedestrians

    12 Kolkata: The police finalised plans with civic agencies to set up pedestrian barriers and median dividers at five stretches in an effort to increase the safety of pedestrians and stop jaywalking on some of the busiest central and ...

    8 April 2025 Times of India
    Plagiarism row: ‘Registered Laapataa Ladies script well before Burqa City was made’

    123456 Kolkata: Biplab Goswami, an alumnus of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) and scriptwriter of Kiran Rao's ‘Laapataa Ladies' (LL), was recently embroiled in a plagiarism controversy. His script is allegedly copied from Fabrice Bracq's 2019 ...

    8 April 2025 Times of India
    Cal HC lens on police custody torture of 4 picked up from in front of Vidyasagar University

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday enquired about the alleged torture of Susrita Soren and three others in the police custody at the Women Police Station, Paschim Midnapore, after the agitators were picked up by the police from ...

    8 April 2025 Times of India
    Questions, wish list on SSC jobless lips before CM meet

    12 Kolkata: Teachers of state-aided schools, who lost their jobs following the Supreme Court judgment last Thursday, demanded to find out what happened to the copies of their OMR sheets that the School Service Commission reportedly failed to present ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    'CM gave lollipop today': Sacked West Bengal teachers after Mamata Banerjee's assurance

    KOLKATA: After meeting West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee following the Supreme Court verdict, the teachers who lost their jobs said the state government must be held accountable, accusing the TMC chief of offering nothing more than a 'lollipop' ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    'I can even be jailed for saying this': Mamata Banerjee meets sacked West Bengal teachers, says 'unable to accept SC verdict'

    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee expressed her refusal to accept the Supreme Court verdict upholding the dismissal of over 25,000 school jobs, alleging political motives behind the decision NEW DELHI: "I will not allow eligible candidates to lose school ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    'CM main beneficiary, her nephew took Rs 700 crore bribe': BJP's Suvendu Adhikari demands Mamata Banerjee's resignation over teacher recruitment scam

    NEW DELHI: West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari, along with several BJP MLAs, staged a protest on Monday demanding the resignation of chief minister Mamata Banerjee in the wake of the Supreme Court's recent order that led to the termination ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    'We should be proud to say that we are Sanatanis': BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty on Ram Navami Shobha Yatra

    KOLKATA: After the Ram Navami Shobha Yatra in Barasat, BJP leader and distinguished actor Mithun Chakraborty proclaimed on Monday that people ought to be proud to acknowledge their Sanatani identity."This is the day of Ram Navami, the day of ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    IIT-Kharagpur team develops ‘graphene tech’ for greener, cleaner way to mop up oil spills

    KOLKATA: Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp) have developed a 'graphene-based' technology that could change the way the world tackles oil spills, which wreak havoc on aquatic biodiversity.The IIT team, led by Chirodeep Bakli from the School ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    SSC starts prep for fresh tests but unsure of process, candidature

    Kolkata: The West Bengal School Service Commission has initiated preparations to start a fresh recruitment drive following an order from the state govt, based on the recent Supreme Court ruling.The commission held a meeting, where the officials discussed infrastructure ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    Entertainment zone, weekend business, Chaitra sales take a hit

    123456 Kolkata: Be it at bars and restaurants or the shopping hubs in the city, the weekend business was affected with people avoiding the streets due to limited availability of public transport and traffic restrictions in view of Ram ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    Ram, Annapurna, Basanti take centre stage at Kolkata homes

    123456 Kolkata: Soaking in the spring festive fervour, several households in Kolkata celebrated Annapurna Puja, Basanti Puja and Ram Navami with traditional pomp and gaiety over the weekend. Though fewer houses order Durga idols for Basanti Puja, the artists ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    ISL Semis: Trailing 0-1 to Jamshedpur FC, Mohun Bagan seek comfort of home

    12 Kolkata: Soon after completing his press conference at the Salt Lake Stadium's designated room on Sunday, Jose Molina was asked to stay back. The reason behind it soon became clearer to him and the mediapersons. The Mohun Bagan ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    Darj ‘frozen zoo’ sets sights on preserving DNA of wild animals

    Darjeeling: The ‘frozen zoo' at the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling is now focusing on preserving the DNA of endangered animals from the wild in north Bengal, in addition to that of the captive animals housed in ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    Hear CM out first, shun CPM-BJP ‘trap’: TMC to sacked school staff

    Kolkata: "Hear out CM Mamata Banerjee first," Trinamool said on Sunday, asking school staff who lost their jobs not to fall for a "CPM-BJP conspiracy" and disrupt the CM's interaction with them at Netaji Indoor Stadium on Monday.The party ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    Show of arms, defiance but Bengal chooses peace on Ram Navami

    1234 Kolkata: Bengal witnessed a largely peaceful Ram Navami celebrations on Sunday, despite occasional shows of defiance and open exhibition of weapons in Kolkata and elsewhere under the watchful eyes of over 14,000 cops, who managed the processions with ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    With cold drinks & warm embraces, Muslims help Hindus tide over Ram Navami heat

    12 Kolkata/Howrah/Malda: From Kidderpore to Pilkhana and from Malda to Bhangar, Kolkata and the rest of Bengal witnessed vignettes of communal amity on Sunday, with Muslims showering flower petals and providing water and food packets to Ram Navami rallyists, ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    Met predicts showers in Kol, humidity may persist

    Kolkata: The Met office expects rain in the city, with the possibility window beginning Sunday night. While the showers are likely to bring the mercury down gradually from Tuesday onwards, high humidity will continue to make the weather uncomfortable ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    South City outlet is India’s highest grosser among mall-based department stores

    Kolkata: A department store at a south Kolkata mall clocked nearly Rs 200 crore in revenue in 2024-25, the highest grosser among all mall-based department stores in the country. Another store of the same brand at a mall in ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    Residents want permanent solution to waste burning issue in New Town

    123 Kolkata: Debris and other waste, including plastic, is frequently found to be burned along the canal bank road close to Biswa Bangla Convention Centre at Jatragachi in New Town, causing severe air pollution in the area. The fire ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    HRC orders pregnancy tests before prison entry

    12 Kolkata: The West Bengal Human Rights Commission chairperson, Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya, will write to the Bengal govt for mandatory pregnancy tests of women inmates staying in jail and homes during their entry into custody. Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya told ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    Chinese and Indian scholars celebrate 100 years of Tagore’s visit to China

    123 Kolkata: "The Nobel Prize became famous because of Tagore and not the other way around," smiled Yu Longyu of Shenzhen University. The distinguished professor, who was celebrating his 79th birthday, was here along with 10 others as part ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    Man hacks wife to death over ‘affair’, tries to kill self in Bagdah

    12 Kolkata: A man from Bagdah in North 24 Parganas hacked his wife to death with an axe on Sunday after seeing her speaking to someone on a video call, suspecting an extramarital affair. He then called the police ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    Vigil since morning helps police control evening flurry in Kolkata

    123456 Kolkata: With over 60 Ram Navami processions sweeping through the city on Sunday, Kolkata witnessed a day of spirited religious fervour under the watchful eyes of more than 7,000 police personnel. Vigilance from early morning helped police manage ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    Flower trader shot at over ‘business rivalry’ in Gaighata

    123 Kolkata: A 52-year-old flower trader from Thakurnagar was shot and critically injured in a suspected case of business rivalry in North 24-Parganas' Gaighata on Sunday afternoon. The accused, also a flower trader, was arrested.The incident took place near ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    Cornfield blaze causes fire scare at Bypass housing complex

    12 Kolkata: Residents living in a posh residential housing complex on EM Bypass experienced a major scare after a fire broke out in a cornfield next to their complex. The fire was swiftly escalating towards their complex boundary before ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    Plastic guns, maces make debut to skirt court ban

    1234 Kolkata: Along with the defiance of the Calcutta High Court's no-public-display-of-arms order, there was also compliance with plastic maces — and in two cases, toy guns, debuting in Ram Navami rallies in Bengal on Sunday. The toy gun ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    Guv opposes Mamata’s VC recommendations for 17 varsities, informs SC

    12 Kolkata: Governor CV Ananda Bose has informed the Supreme Court in a sealed cover of his opposition to CM Mamata Banerjee's recommendation for vice-chancellors of 17 state-run universities, based on the shortlisted panel of the SC-nominated Justice UU ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    Building legacy of faith, says Suvendu as foundation stone laid of Nandigram Ram temple

    123 Nandigram: Amid loud chants of "Jai Shri Ram" by supporters and devotees, the foundation stone of a Ram temple in Nandigram's Sonachura was laid in the presence of Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday. The event ...

    7 April 2025 Times of India
    KMDA to carbon-wrap fire-hit girders of Durgapur ROB

    12 Kolkata: KMDA will undertake the carbon-wrapping of the girders of the Durgapur ROB, which was damaged in a fire that broke out in a slum below it in Dec last year. Heavy goods vehicles are now barred from ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    6th summons for Arjun, BJP neta sees ‘TMC plot to kill’ him

    12 Kolkata: BJP neta Arjun Singh has been served a fresh notice by Jagaddal police station, directing him to appear with his licensed firearm by 2pm on Saturday. However, the former Barrackpore MP refused to comply. Instead, he alleged: ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    Invasive Small Hive Beetle detected in West Bengal: A new threat to India's honey bee industry

    KOLKATA: A potentially devastating threat to India's honey bee population and apiculture industry has been uncovered by a young scientist from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) Jhikmik Dasgupta recently identified the presence of the invasive Small Hive Beetle ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    Hwh residents appeal for trouble-free festivities

    Howrah: The citizens of Howrah, encompassing both Hindu and Muslim communities, are optimistic about peaceful Ram Navami celebrations on Sunday. Various residents who spoke to TOI expressed confidence in the substantial police presence. Urban Howrah will see approximately 7,000 ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    Scooter-rider dies trying to overtake bus from left

    Kolkata: A senior citizen, riding a scooterette, was crushed under the wheels of a private bus on Strand Road, between Fairlie Place and Clive Row, around 11.30 am on Saturday. Police said Musafir Raja (61), a resident of Shibpur ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    Viral video: Man sells wife’s jewellery to build 'bed cart' but police seize it for traffic violation in West Bengal

    A 27-year-old man, Nawab Sheikh, from Shambhunagar gained viral fame for creating a mobile bed on wheels, but faced police seizure for violating the Motor Vehicles Act MURSHIDABAD: A 27-year-old man from Shambhunagar in Domkal municipality has shot to ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    'This is not political rally': BJP's Locket Chatterjee claims police stopped Ram Navami rally in Kolkata suburb

    BJP's Locket Chatterjee claimed police unjustly stopped her Ram Navami rally near Keshtopur. In a heated argument, she insisted the procession had the required permissions. NEW DELHI: BJP leader Locket Chatterjee on Sunday claimed that a Ram Navami rally ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    Hindus have become 'second class citizen' in West Bengal under Mamata Banerjee: Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar

    NEW DELHI: Amid Ram Navami celebrations in West Bengal on Sunday, Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar made a scathing statement accusing the Mamata Banerjee-led government of discriminating against Hindus. Addressing the media, Majumdar alleged that Hindus have become "second-class citizens" ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    Metro ready but foot overbridge missing: Kolkata's Beleghata commuters stare at risky road crossing

    KOLKATA: Arjun Das, a resident of Metropolitan on EM Bypass, is happy that the Metro station across the road may finally be operational shortly, as part of the Orange Line’s 4.5 km extension from Ruby. “But I am wondering ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    Teen employee dies in Howrah factory fire

    12 Howrah: A fire broke out at a thermocol manufacturing unit in Alampur, Howrah on Saturday afternoon, claiming the life of a 19-year-old employee. Akash Hazra was the only one trapped inside. The flames spread fast owing amid combustible ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    Call of duty: Jobless staffers in Kolkata back at school to help colleagues amid teacher recruitment scam

    Despite the public embarrassment and distress caused by job losses due to the 2016 recruitment panel's issues, numerous teachers and staff have resumed their duties in Kolkata schools KOLKATA: Unwavering in their responsibility, several teachers and staffers from the ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    IT employee dies in Sec V bus accident

    123456 Kolkata: A 24-year-old woman, working at the Salt Lake IT hub, was run over by a bus after she alighted from another bus at the Webel crossing in Sector V on Saturday morning.Rajani Mahato, a resident of Tangra, ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    Trader ‘pushed into drain’ in Tangra parking fight, dies

    1234 Kolkata: A 48-year-old trader, Arun Gupta, died in an alleged parking dispute in Tangra that turned violent on Saturday afternoon.While Gupta's family claimed he was pushed into a drain after being assaulted, police said they were waiting for ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    24 teams battle it out as country’s oldest open quiz marks its 58th yr

    12 Kolkata: The Eddie Hyde Memorial Open Quiz, country's oldest open quiz, entered its 58th year on Saturday. It was held at the Church of Christ the King, Park Circus parish hall. Organised by the Church of Christ the ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    Mastermind behind 80L ‘digital fraud’ held in Gujarat

    Kolkata: The mastermind behind a digital arrest fraud, in which a Rajarhat man was duped of Rs 80 lakh, was on Saturday arrested by Bidhannagar Police from Surat, Gujarat. Savle Shailesh became the second person to be arrested after ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    Chingrighata height barrier smashed

    12 Kolkata: A cement mixer crashed into the height barrier of the Chingrighata flyover on Friday night and broke it. In CCTV footage, police found that the driver was headed to Sector V. He was arrested. Police said KMDA ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    Teen’s organs give new life to three

    12 Kolkata: The organs of a 15-year-old girl from Khardah gifted life to three end-stage organ failure patients. The heart and two kidneys of the girl were transplanted into three patients on Saturday. On March 28, the teenager was ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    Ram Navami: Flags, toy arrows, puja items drive biz boom in Central Kolkata but traders keep a wary eye on D-day

    1234 Kolkata: Ram Navami gained significant prominence in Kolkata this year, making its presence felt across streets, political discussions, and even markets. The festival, which was traditionally celebrated only in a few pockets on the outskirts of Kolkata until ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    Bengal chief secy takes stock of arrangements for Ram Navami

    Chief secretary Manoj Pant held a meeting with the DMs, SPs, and other senior officials on Saturday regarding the arrangements for Sunday's Ram Navami processions. Pant also took stock of the police arrangements in the sensitive areas, particularly in ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    Doctor loses 2.5 lakh to fake tourism site

    Kolkata: A former SSKM doctor, Sanjay Ghosh, lost Rs 2.5 lakh to fraudsters operating a fake website mimicking Odisha Tourism Development Corporation guesthouse booking platform on Wednesday. When Ghosh clicked on the site, a crook posing as the guesthouse ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    Ram Navami: 29 senior police officers deployed at 10 ‘sensitive’ cop dists in Bengal

    12 Kolkata: Bengal Police has tightened security across the state to ensure peaceful Ram Navami celebrations, with strict measures in place to prevent any unrest. Leaves of cops have been cancelled till April 9. As many as 29 IPS ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    Teen dies in N Kol ‘insecure’ bldg collapse

    Kolkata: A 17-year-old girl and a resident of Durga Charan Street in north Kolkata died after a balcony of the top floor of a G+3 residential building collapsed on Friday night. The deceased, who was standing on the balcony, ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    Affected teachers, staff return to schools

    123 Kolkata: Unwavering in their responsibility, several teachers and staff from the 2016 recruitment panel returned to school, setting aside their despair on humanitarian grounds.Many of them said that their respective schools would face trouble during this exam season, ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    14,000 cops to guard 65 Ram Navami rallies in Kolkata, urban Howrah

    Kolkata: More than 7,000 Kolkata Police personnel — led by 50 senior officers — will focus on managing 59 Ram Navami rallies across the city on Sunday. Each rally is expected to draw in more than 200-500 devotees. Six ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    Schools merge classes, rope in locals for daily ops to tide over crisis

    Kolkata: Schools are merging sections and planning to take several other measures to manage the manpower crunch after the Supreme Court verdict, which resulted in the loss of jobs for 25,752 teachers and non-teaching staff.While some schools may rope ...

    6 April 2025 Times of India
    22-year-old IT employee dies after being run over by bus in Kolkata

    A 24-year-old IT employee, Rajani Mahato, was killed by a bus while crossing a road in Salt Lake's Sector V after disembarking from another bus. KOLKATA: A 22-year-old woman, employed at the Salt Lake IT hub, was run over ...

    5 April 2025 Times of India
    CRS may inspect E-W Metro’s Esp-Sealdah section on April 14

    Kolkata: The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) may inspect the East-West Metro's upcoming Esplanade-Sealdah section on April 14, according to sources. Before that, the state fire safety department may inspect the stretch on April 8, they added. A fire ...

    5 April 2025 Times of India
    3 in a row: Ankita Adhikary, Babita Sarkar, Anamika Roy lose the same job amid teacher recruitment scam

    Anamika Roy, Ankita Adhikary and Babita Sarkar JALPAIGURI: Anamika Roy had fought tooth-and-nail against the system to get her name enrolled as a teacher. A job that she deserved had been given twice to two different persons earlier, and ...

    5 April 2025 Times of India
    Cloud cover pulls mercury below normal but wait for rain continues

    12 Kolkata: Overcast skies brought much-needed relief to Kolkata on Thursday as temperatures dipped below the seasonal average. The city recorded a maximum temperature of 33.2°C on Friday, which is 1.4°C below normal, thanks to a trough line that ...

    5 April 2025 Times of India
    10% tax hike every 5 yrs comes into effect

    Kolkata: Following a bill passed in the state legislative assembly last year, the state govt has put the five-yearly 10% property tax hike into effect from April 1 as an interim measure until a new assessment list of properties ...

    5 April 2025 Times of India
    No-relief-from-hawker-raj signal in mayor-town vending panel row

    Kolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim on Friday questioned the efficacy of the Town Vending Committee in streamlining unauthorised hawking across the city, especially in major hawking hubs, including New Market. Hakim also questioned the role of cops in controlling rampant ...

    5 April 2025 Times of India
    Calcutta HC Bar association responds to CJ plea, to attend ceremony

    Kolkata: Following a plea by Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court TS Sivagnanam to the three lawyers' bodies to attend Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma's swearing-in ceremony, the Bar Association and Incorporated Law Society on Friday agreed to retract the ...

    5 April 2025 Times of India
    In funds crunch time, universities rely on CSR support for infrastructure revamp

    1234 Kolkata: Amid acute fund crunch, universities are reliant on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds of govt and private companies for ramping up their facilities and infrastructures.For instance, a 3,000 sq. ft unit operation laboratory of the chemical engineering ...

    5 April 2025 Times of India
    Second innings calling: Three more ‘retired’ aircraft roll out of airport on jumbo trucks

    Kolkata: Following a fresh auction, three more aircraft have rolled out of the airport on 18-wheeled jumbo trucks, embarking on a journey to north Indian cities. They are all set to be turned into restaurants, film shooting sets, installations ...

    5 April 2025 Times of India
    Waqf protest hits central Kol traffic for 2 hours

    Kolkata: Around 2,000 protesters attached to different minority organisations gathered at Park Circus on Friday afternoon to demonstrate against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill that was passed in Parliament on Thursday night. The protest led to the shutting down of ...

    5 April 2025 Times of India
    ZSI study uses DNA barcoding to address N Bengal river blindness threat

    Kolkata: A breakthrough study by the diptera division of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) identified a hidden public health threat in the North Bengal hills — river blindness, a parasitic disease spread by blood-sucking black flies that thrive ...

    5 April 2025 Times of India
    Canning teacher tries to end life

    Kolkata: A teacher in Canning, who has lost his job following the Supreme Court SSC verdict on Thursday, attempted to die by suicide after writing a suicide note. She had consumed sleeping pills and is currently in intensive care ...

    5 April 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal School Service Commission seeks clarification on Supreme Court order for teacher recruitment.

    123 Kolkata: Asked by the Bengal govt to immediately implement the Supreme Court order and roll out a fresh recruitment process, the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Friday said they are likely to file a plea in ...

    5 April 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Police strengthens drink-driving enforcement with new contactless breathalyzers

    Kolkata: Lalbazar is set to strengthen its campaign against drink-driving by asking even local police stations to carry out checks on motorists and bikers at night. According to police sources, the headquarters is equipping local police stations with contactless ...

    5 April 2025 Times of India
    Santaldih tops CEA’s thermal power rankings; top 4 all from Bengal

    12 Kolkata: The Santaldih Thermal Power Station, run by the West Bengal Power Development Corporation, has been adjudged the best power plant in the country by the Central Electricity Authority. This was posted on X by CM Mamata Banerjee ...

    5 April 2025 Times of India
    SSC: Parties voice support for teachers who lost their jobs

    123 Kolkata: After a day of blame game, political parties in Bengal voiced their support on Friday for the 26,000-odd teachers who had lost their jobs following Thursday's Supreme Court order on the SSC case. TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh ...

    5 April 2025 Times of India
    Higher Secondary system, schools plunge into chaos a day after Supreme Court’s SSC verdict

    123 Kolkata: Evaluation of answer sheets in the higher secondary is likely to be impacted as more than 7,000 examiners have been disqualified. They are among the 25,752 individuals who lost their jobs following the Supreme Court verdict on ...

    5 April 2025 Times of India
    Chaos in schools a day after SC order

    123456 Kolkata: A Durgapur school headmaster turned up at school early on Friday to not only open the gates but also to ring the school bell. A Nadia headmaster called up a retired Group D staffer to help ring ...

    5 April 2025 Times of India
    Striped hyena clicked in Naxalbari ‘1st in N Bengal’

    12 Jalpaiguri/Kolkata: A striped hyena, considered ‘near threatened' on IUCN Red List, has reportedly been clicked for the "first time" in north Bengal.The forest department, though, is yet to officially confirm it. Native to the Indian subcontinent, they are ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    Food, fun and adda: Board Exams Done? Time to binge with buddies

    Pics: Anindya Saha and iStock; location courtesy: 8th Day Cafe & Bakery, Southern Avenue With board exams over, students are making the most of leisure time before the next academic session begins. Kolkata’s eateries are seeing a rise in ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    The Kolkata debut of Jahan-e-Khusrau is homecoming for me, says Muzaffar Ali

    Muzaffar Ali with wife Meera Ali; All praises for the city’s ‘artistic audience’, Muzaffar Ali says that the Kolkata edition of the festival could make for ‘the best of all Jahan-e-Khusrau put togetherPic: Ajay Kumar Gautam Muzaffar Ali ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    HC blasts Tollywood federation

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers Eastern India to refrain from interfering with Bidula Bhattacharjee and 14 other directors' right to profession and ruled that the non-production of a "unique ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    Anwar Shah parking row: Cars vandalized

    Kolkata: An argument that broke out over parking a car in the ‘common space' of the flat's garage led to the alleged vandalism of three cars in the residential complex off Prince Anwar Shah Road in the early hours ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    HC to hear Howrah rally route plea today

    Howrah: An organisation has moved the Calcutta High Court seeking clarity on Ram Navami procession routes in Howrah.Anjani Putra Sena approached the high court following disputes over the route, which, according to state counsel, conflict with Vishwa Hindu Parishad's ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    Teacher recruitment scam: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee must resign, she will go to jail, says BJP

    NEW DELHI: The BJP on Friday demanded that West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee resign in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's verdict upholding the Calcutta High Court's ruling that nullified the appointments of around 26,000 educators and non-teaching ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    SC verdict: How can I be happy, asks Bengal teacher spared by courts on 'humanitarian grounds'

    Soma Das, a cancer survivor, is the sole teacher exempted from job termination among 25,753 affected by the Supreme Court's decision to scrap appointments KOLKATA: Under normal circumstances, Soma Das would have been happy and relieved after the Supreme ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    Protests erupt in Kolkata against Waqf Amendment Bill

    KOLKATA: Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Kolkata on Friday to voice their opposition to the recently passed Waqf Amendment Bill, which has sparked heated debate across the country. The protests followed the Friday namaz as people ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘Doomed for life’: Untainted but sacked West Bengal teachers worry about fresh hiring tests, repaying loans

    Teachers react to the apex court’s decision in Kolkata on Thursday KOLKATA: Every morning for the past six years, Saikat Ghosh woke up before dawn in Bengal's Chandernagore, packed his lunch, and set off on a long journey by ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    Police hit the ground, meet Ram Navami rally organisers

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police and several dozen organisers have hit the ground to increase coordination in the final countdown to the Ram Navami celebrations this Sunday. The administration is leaving no stone unturned to ensure the festival remains peaceful.The local ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    Maa traffic hit after car rams lamp post, keels over

    Kolkata: An accident on Maa flyover, near Science City, slowed traffic from about 20 minutes around 11 am on Thursday. According to cops, the driver of a four-wheeler lost concentration and crashed into a lamp post while travelling on ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    Kol halls look for Poila Baisakh succour after tepid Eid weekend

    12 Kolkata: Eid, which traditionally generates substantial revenue at Bengal's box office, has presented a dismally low commercial performance without any Bengali movie releases this time. The solitary Hindi film, too, failed to garner the anticipated enthusiasm amongst viewers. ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    Artist in cuffs for 2024 ‘armed rebellion’ graffiti in Jadavpur

    Kolkata: More than five months after graffiti on SC Mullick Road called for an "armed rebellion", the police arrested the artist, Chayan Sen (40), residing in Burtolla. The accused was also charged under the newly introduced stringent BNS section ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    Two arrested for duping medical aspirants, forging documents

    Kolkata: The city cops have arrested two persons from Murshidabad for being part of an organized gang that duped students by promising admission to top medical colleges in India. The arrests were carried out after a two-year probe, the ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    Row as BSF shoots Indian man dead in Dinhata

    12 Jalpaiguri: An Indian man was shot dead by the BSF on the India-Bangladesh border at Gitaldaha in Cooch Behar's Dinhata on Thursday, sparking a row as locals and a state minister claimed he was only roaming around the ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    HC directs Suvendu to file affidavit on Mothabari visit

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed state leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari to file a supplementary affidavit on Friday, indicating which parts of the troubled Mothabari in Malda he wanted to visit.The direction came in response to ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    Will nullify waqf bill once a new govt comes in office: Mamata

    Kolkata: BJP brought the waqf bill to divide the country and once a "new govt was formed", it would bring amendments to nullify it, said Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill was passed by the ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    Bengal parties train guns at each other after SSC ruling

    Kolkata: Following the Supreme Court verdict cancelling the 2016 appointment of school staff in Bengal, a fierce war of words ensued among the political parties in the state. All parties, however, showed sympathy towards those who lost their jobs ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    Another 1,500 cabs may ply between Siliguri and Gangtok

    12 Siliguri: As the tourist season gains momentum in the region, both Sikkim and Bengal govts are keen to increase the number of vehicles operating between Siliguri and Gangtok, expanding the fleet from 3,000 to 4,500. There are also ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    Summer vacation of state schools from April 30

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Thursday that West Bengal schools will begin their summer vacation earlier than usual, starting from April 30, due to unprecedented heat conditions in the region. Speaking to reporters at Nabanna, the state's ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    Summer vacation of state schools from April 30

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Thursday that West Bengal schools will begin their summer vacation earlier than usual, starting from April 30, due to unprecedented heat conditions in the region. Speaking to reporters at Nabanna, the state's ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    Summer vacation of state schools from April 30

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Thursday that West Bengal schools will begin their summer vacation earlier than usual, starting from April 30, due to unprecedented heat conditions in the region. Speaking to reporters at Nabanna, the state's ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
    Parking relief for KKR fans turns into despair after home team’s loss to Hyd

    Kolkata: Cricket fans driving to Eden Gardens on Thursday could park their cars with ease as the Army and Kolkata Police resolved the parking stalemate a day before the match. However, the early relief turned into despair by the ...

    4 April 2025 Times of India
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