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  • Long weekend: Short vacation spots see tourist surge

    1234 Kolkata: From short vacations and overnight picnics to destination weddings, weekend gateways — like Digha and Santiniketan — and resorts within driving distance of the city are witnessing a sudden surge of tourists as they are determined to ...

    25 January 2025 Times of India
    1 killed, 2 injured as bike with 3 hits New Town divider

    123 Kolkata: A young woman working at a Sector V firm was killed and two of her friends suffered multiple injures after the bike they were riding in New Town rammed into a roadside divider during the wee hours ...

    25 January 2025 Times of India
    Partha lawyers in HC, seek health updates

    Kolkata: Former education minister Partha Chatterjee's lawyers moved the special PMLA court on Friday, seeking details on his health. Last week, Chatterjee complained of chest pain and was admitted to SSKM. He was transferred to the ICU on Thursday ...

    25 January 2025 Times of India
    MMCH death: Suvendu goes to guv with memorandum

    Kolkata: Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday took a family member of one of those who was administered RL saline at Midnapore Medical College and Hospital — where a new mother had died on Jan 12 — ...

    25 January 2025 Times of India
    Jaiswal bags six to put Bengal on top

    Kolkata: Pacer Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal picked up six for 46 to put Bengal on top at the end of Day I of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group ‘C' penultimate league match against Haryana at the Bengal Cricket Academy (BCA) ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Injury-hit EB look to bounce back vs Blasters

    Kolkata: By East Bengal FC coach Oscar Bruzon's own admission, his team still wears the look of a hospital ward, but the situation is "slowly getting better." But first-up, take for example the players struck off the roster for ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Purulia tiger may have walked 500 km from Chhattisgarh via Jharkhand’s Palamu

    KOLKATA: The Purulia tiger — the first photographic evidence from the district — may have traversed from Jharkhand’s Palamau Tiger Reserve, located around 400 km away.Officials from both states indicated that while official validation from National Tiger Conservation Authority ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Colour bar lifted, Kolkata’s yellow ‘kings of the road’ set to stay on

    KOLKATA: Yellow taxis are here to stay in Kolkata, but the future may not be Ambassador. State govt has allowed all light commercial vehicles with taxi permits to be painted yellow, in a move aimed at preserving the cultural ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Man in CCTV footage not my son: Father of Saif Ali Khan's ‘attacker’

    KOLKATA: The father of Shariful Fakir, the illegal Bangladeshi immigrant arrested by Mumbai police for allegedly stabbing actor Saif Ali Khan during a burglary attempt at his Bandra home, has claimed that the police have framed his son. "They ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Municipal Corporation's (KMC) top-down approach to spare most flat owners at tilted building

    KOLKATA:KMC may spare the building on Christopher Road that it had decided to demolish on Wednesday. Instead, it is now focusing on the under-construction building next door that may face the hammer.It has also registered an FIR against the ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Bally Bridge shut, cops break railing for alternative route

    12 Kolkata/Howrah: Commuters' inconvenience due to the closure of a lane of Bally Bridge forced police to create an alternative route by breaking a concrete railing next to the Bally Halt station on Thursday morning. Renovation of the Ballyghat-Bally ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Suicide attempt hits metro ops for 1 hour

    Kolkata: Office-goers returning home had a trying time on Thursday as a 59-year-old woman from Vidyasagar Colony jumped in front of a Dakshineswar-bound train entering Kavi Nazrul station of the North-South corridor around 4.30pm. Services were disrupted for nearly ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Weekend closure of Barasat flyover for 20 weeks

    Kolkata: The Barasat flyover between Jessore Road and NH-12 will be shut on Saturdays and Sundays from Jan 25 for the next 20 weeks. On weekdays, two- and four-wheelers—cars, SUVs, autos, cycles bikes—will be allowed though buses and heavy ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    2 Baguiati houses on ‘filled-up pond’ lean onto each other

    Kolkata: Among the multiple tilting structures being reported from different parts of the city were two four-storey houses in Baguiati that were found leaning onto each other. Neighbours alleged both the buildings were constructed by illegally filling up a ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Bought flats with all savings, no money for a new place, say residents, refuse to leave

    1234 Kolkata: Residents of the tilted Pushpanjali Apartment on Christopher Road dug in their heels and refused to vacate their homes despite the KMC's Wednesday evacuation order, given the risk the leaning structure posed. For the residents, it has ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    102 not out: Reader count shrinks but library started by Netaji plods on

    1234 Kolkata: Faced with the challenge of a dwindling member strength, the 102-year-old Motilal Ghose Library — with its roots linked to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and a collection of 15,000 books — is battling to survive the odds ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Alipore Museum to exhibit paintings of Gopal Ghose

    123456 Kolkata: It will be a homecoming of sorts for the ‘Wanderer' when a retrospective on the works of Bengal's renowned landscape artist, Gopal Ghose, is inaugurated at the Alipore Museum on Saturday (Jan 25). Born in Kolkata in ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Employee-benefits firm Pluxee eyes expansion in Bengal

    Kolkata: France-based employee benefits company Pluxee, formerly Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services, is all set to expand its business in Bengal. With start-ups and MSMEs mushrooming in the state, the company looks to offer them tailored services.Laure Pourageaud, group ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Eateries dish out slice of freedom history with Netaji’s favourites on his birth anniv

    Kolkata: Eateries and pice hotels in the city, once frequented by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, continue to keep his legacy alive by serving his favourite dishes with a slice of freedom struggle history to people for decades. Not just ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Tapati Gupta, former Presi, CU professor of English, dies at 76

    Kolkata: Tapati Gupta, former professor of English language and literature and wife of renowned Rabindrasangeet singer Swapan Gupta, passed away on Thursday afternoon. She was 76. The couple was widely admired, with Tapati serving as Swapan's eyes while he ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    BSF, BGB meet to resolve border issues

    12 Kolkata/Malda: Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) conducted a sector commander-level coordination meeting on Wednesday at Bangladesh's Sonamasjid border outpost, addressing growing security concerns along the international border. The meeting — held days after a ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Ashoknagar MLA to face party action

    Kolkata: Trinamool will take action against Ashoknagar MLA and North 24 Parganas Zilla Parishad sabhadhipati Narayan Goswami, following allegations of inappropriate behaviour during a recent public event.A viral video showed Goswami making incoherent statements and allegedly directing inappropriate remarks ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Flight schedules go haywire as dense fog cuts visibility to 50 m at city airport

    Kolkata: Dense fog over Kolkata and low visibility at the airport disrupted flight schedules on Thursday. Twelve flights were diverted and 60 delayed."The arrival of 21 flights was delayed and departure of 39 flights was pushed back due to ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    AQI worsens to ‘poor’ across Kol, Met expects warm spell till Sat

    Kolkata: The city woke up to a smoggy Thursday with poor visibility while the overall air quality deteriorated to the ‘poor' category (AQI: 201-300) from the ‘moderate' level (AQI: 101-200). This decline was primarily influenced by unfavourable meteorological conditions. ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar trial: Pics by doc who did postmortem key evidence

    Kolkata: Thirteen photographs clicked by Rina Das, the associate professor of FMT at RG Kar Medical College, on her own while she was conducting postmortem in the RG Kar rape murder case, along with two other experts on Aug ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    We are being framed: Profs

    Kolkata: Two RG Kar doctors on Thursday demanded probe into an anonymous letter that alleged they had leaked question papers during the PGT final year test concluded more than a month ago.A letter to the CM, purportedly by "junior ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Govt suspends collecting forest tourism entry fee after CM prod

    123 Darjeeling/Jalpaiguri: A day after CM Mamata Banerjee criticised forest department for imposing fees on tourists at the entry of national parks, the forest department on Thursday suspended collection of entry fee at the gates of all protected areas, ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Belgharia structure keels over onto neighbouring bldg

    123 Kolkata: A five-storey building in Belgharia has tilted towards an adjacent multi-storey building, triggering panic among locals at ward 6 of Kamarhati Municipality on Thursday. This comes a couple of days after an illegal, under-construction four-storey building leaned ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Occupants vacate tilted building in Bidhannagar

    123 Kolkata: A G+5 building in Narayanpur under Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) ward 3, close to the airport, which is a hostel for the nursing staff of a private hospital, was found to be dangerously tilted, leading to safety ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    WBMC gets new state nominee

    Kolkata: The state health department has nominated Ashim Kumar Sarkar to the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) as the state's representative. This comes weeks after the health department cancelled former TMC MP Santanu Sen's nomination as the state nominee.After ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Roy meets lawyers in jail, may seek state legal aid

    Kolkata: With the CBI and state govt filing their pleas in Calcutta High Court seeking his death penalty, Sanjoy Roy, the RG Kar rape-and-murder convict, has also started consulting lawyers. On Wednesday and Thursday, he met a private lawyer ...

    24 January 2025 Times of India
    Two more buildings tilt towards each other, KMC orders evacuation and partial demolition

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has issued an express order — under section 411/4 — for immediate demolition of parts of a multi-storied building on Christopher Road that has tilted towards a newly constructed adjacent building, which has ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    S Kol fire kills man in sleep, bedridden mom saved

    123456 Kolkata: A 35-year-old medical representative, Saumya Bhattacharya, died in his sleep, while his bedridden mother was rescued in time after a fire broke out at their Kalighat Road home. Cops said the incident was reported in the early ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    Why did National School of Drama screen a Bengali film's trailer?

    Ram Kamal Mukherjee and Rukmini Mitra at National School of Drama KOLKATA: For a number of decades, Noti Binodini has been a scholarly focus at the National School of Drama (NSD). In the 1990s, a theatrical production was also ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    Curated with care: Tips to help sr citizens plan a second innings

    Kolkata: Amid growing concerns for elderly citizens living alone in the city, ‘Senior Care' ushered in fresh perspectives to discover better ways to live fulfilling lives. The event, organised by Manipal Hospitals, Salt Lake and The Times of India ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    Unicef tracks Remal, health impact of natural disasters

    Kolkata: The Sundarbans is facing severe health challenges as climate change intensifies, triggering extreme weather events. Each disaster leaves behind a trail of illnesses and health crises that affect the region's marginalised communities. Recognising the need for intervention, Unicef ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    Santragachhi records lowest bird count in 5 yrs

    Kolkata: The annual census at Santragachi Jheel conducted last weekend recorded the least number of migratory birds in five years, triggering concerns among naturalists.While the count has been declining over the last few years, the slide in the past ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    HC asks state for bus stand shift timeline

    Kolkata: The HC division be-nch of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Shampa Sarkar directed the state to provide timelines for completion of key projects, including the multi-modal transport hub at Esplanade, the Santragachhi bus stand, and the Bandstand bus ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    Repairs over, E-W to resume underwater run

    Kolkata: No more curtailed services on East-West Metro's under-river section now that crucial civil work in the Esplanade-Sealdah section is over. "After successful run of the maiden train trials through the westbound tunnel on the Sealdah-Esplanade section, Metro Railway ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    ‘Where do we go?’ lament families as power utility snaps supply

    Kolkata: Retired advocate Samar Nandi, 73, cursed himself for the decision to sell his old flat and buy a new apartment at Pushpanjali Residency last year, just because the previous flat did not have a lift and the new ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    Daughter appeals for return of Netaji’s ashes from exile

    Kolkata: On the eve of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's 128th birth anniversary, his daughter, Anita Bose Pfaff, made a plea to bring his mortal remains back from ‘exile'. Netaji's ashes have been lying at Renkoji Temple in Tokyo for ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    RBU EC meet sans govt nod

    Kolkata: Rabindra Bharati University on Wednesday held its executive council (EC) meeting on Wednesday despite receiving a higher education department letter the day before, asking them to cancel it. The higher education council's nominee, Pradipta Mukherjee, submitted a note ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    HC stays proceedings against Naiya for 6 weeks

    123 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday stayed the proceedings against MS trainee Asfaqullah Naiya for six weeks. The next hearing is on Feb 28.But Justice Tirthankar Ghosh didn't close the investigation. He left it open, subject to ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    MMCH doc moves HC, says CID filed charges hastily

    Kolkata: A doctor accused in the saline controversy from West Midnapore approached Calcutta High Court, seeking protection. The doctor, Pallavi Chatterjee, is one of the 12 doctors at Midnapore Medical College and Hospital who were on Jan 16 suspended ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    Condition of 2 new moms at SSKM improves

    Kolkata: The condition of two of the three new mothers, who are receiving treatment at SSKM Hospital, improved significantly. The three, along with two others, fell violently ill after giving birth at Midnapore Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) in ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    Man held in Kol in fake docu case is B’deshi: Cops

    Kolkata: A man arrested on Monday night in Kolkata in connection to forged documents scam in the state has been found to be a Bangladeshi, police said on Wednesday. According to Kolkata Police, hours after they arrested Palash Biswas ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    Promoter held in stripping-suicide case

    Kolkata: Bipra Das Bose, a cable operator-turned-promoter, accused of assaulting and stripping a homemaker at New Barrackpore, who consequently died by suicide, was arrested on Wednesday. Bose was booked for abetment to suicide. Police said they were looking for ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    Panel tells hosp to pay patient 5L

    Kolkata: West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission has ordered Medica Superspecialty Hospital to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to a patient, who developed complications after a cardiothoracic surgery. A surgical gauge left behind in the operating site ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    Missing elderly woman’s body found in drain

    Howrah: The decomposed body of a 70-year-old woman was found in a drain along Shailen Manna Road near the Dumurjala stadium in Howrah. Alerted by residents, officers from the Chatterjeehat police station recovered the body and sent it for ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    Tribal woman raped, killed in Alipurduar

    Jalpaiguri: A 22-year-old tribal woman was allegedly raped and killed at Dalsinghpara tea estate in Alipurduar's Kalchini on Tuesday. The victim had gone missing on Tuesday afternoon, and was found dead under tea bushes in the garden late in ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    Former Union min Barla may join TMC today in CM’s presence

    Siliguri/Jalpaiguri: Former Union minister John Barla said on Wednesday that he might join Trinamool Congress on Thursday in the presence of chief minister Mamata Banerjee at a programme in Hasimara. Barla was denied a ticket by BJP from Alipurduar ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    CM slams forest dept for BTR entry fees

    12 Jalpaiguri: CM Mamata Banerjee, at an administrative meeting in Alipurduar on Wednesday, slammed the forest department for imposing fees on tourists visiting Jayanti, Rajabhatkhawa and other areas of Buxa Tiger Reserve and ordered the practice to stop. "Many ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    Bengali film to compete in Berlin film fest

    123 Kolkata: Bengali cinema's presence in competitive sections of Cannes, Venice, and Berlin diminished in recent years, with only a few contemporary films premiering at some festivals abroad. However, 2025 might mark a watershed moment. Now, ‘Baksho Bondi', directed ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    Viral outbreak among elderly, kids, planned surgeries fill up city hosps

    Kolkata: A spread of multiple viral infections and a glut of planned surgeries led to a rise in occupancy across Kolkata's private hospitals, with the elderly and children forming the bulk of the patient load. The deluge of patients ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    Youth ransacks law min’s Asansol office

    123 Asansol: A person was detained for vandalising state law minister Moloy Ghatak's office at his Apcar Garden residence in West Burdwan's Asansol around 4.45pm on Wednesday. Ghatak was in Alipurduar with CM Mamata Banerjee when the incident took ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    Nabanna holds BGBS prep meet

    123 Kolkata: A meeting was held at Nabanna on Wednesday to take stock of the situation ahead of BGBS on Feb 5 and 6. The focus areas in the meeting were mining, entertainment, power, education and health business sectors. ...

    23 January 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar hospital case: HC says it'll hear CBI, victim's family, convict before admitting West Bengal govt's death penalty plea

    NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court on Wednesday said that it would hear the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the victim's family, and the convict before deciding whether to admit an appeal filed by the West Bengal government, which ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    MMCH jr docs withdraw cease-work after ‘assurance’

    Midnapore: Junior doctors at Midnapore Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) announced the withdrawal of their cease-work on Tuesday night. They said their move was prompted by assurances from the state authorities that they would look into their appeal for ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    Fire breaks out at Barrackpore mall

    Kolkata: A massive fire broke out at a shopping mall in Barrackpore, located off the busy Ghosh Para Road, on Tuesday afternoon. The blaze affected several sections of the mall, including restaurants, garment stores and a multiplex.People were evacuated ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    Produce case diary of Naiya: HC to state

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the state to produce the case diary of junior doctor Asfaqullah Naiya—who had been slapped with charges of cheating, breach of trust and impersonation—during the next hearing on Wednesday.Police registered an FIR ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    Digha hotels get notice for stale food

    Digha: A food safety department's inspection of hotel kitchens in Digha on Tuesday revealed that despite their swanky appearance, many of the establishments stored "deteriorated food in unsanitary condition". The officials issued legal notices to some of the establishments, ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    Six injured in Dhalai Bridge collision

    Kolkata: Six persons were injured after a goods vehicle rammed into an auto on the Dhalai Bridge in south Kolkata on Thursday. The incident occurred at 9:00 am when a speeding goods vehicle, heading towards Kamalgazi, rammed into an ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    50-year-old woman dies in S Kol accident

    1234 Kolkata: A 50-year-old woman died and her 54-year-old husband was severely injured when the couple, returning on a bicycle, was hit by a minibus on Tuesday night near the Parnasree area in Behala. Cops said the couple was ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    SUCI rally in central Kol seeks ‘justice’ for RG Kar victim

    Kolkata: After political parties spoke out against the RG Kar conviction, a rally was held in central Kolkata against it on Tuesday.SUCI's rally, which started from Hedua and went to Esplanade through College Street and SN Banerjee Road, clogged ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    Youth killed on Hwh-bound train in Bihar

    12 Howrah: A youth was shot to death in an unreserved compartment of Howrah-bound Down Gaya Express on Tuesday, reports Rupak Banerjee. The deceased, Dharmendra Sahu, was from Laxmi Sarai in Bihar. He was on his way to Howrah.Railway ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    Trial court verdict debunks 6 RG Kar theories

    1234 Multiple allegations and theories related to the rape-murder of the PGT doctor came up during the RG Kar trial. Judge Anirban Das, in his 172-page judgment, cited those and tried to debunk them with reasons.Theory 1: The victim ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    Bally bridge to be shut for 100 hrs for repairs

    Howrah: The Howrah Police have issued a notification announcing the closure of the Dakshineswar-Ballyghat flank of Bally Bridge for 100 hours between Jan 23 and 27. The Ballyghat-Bally Halt Road under the bridge will also be shut for 100 ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    ‘Yes,’ said Sanjay to his pic on CCTV clip, implicated himself

    Kolkata: Rape-murder convict Sanjay Roy said "I can't say" as many as 56 times in reply to the prosecution's 104 questions during trial. Ironically, he said "yes" to a critical question — whether he was the person in the ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    1st E-W rake runs under Bowbazar collapse zone

    123 Kolkata: The first East-West Metro train rolled through the disaster-hit westbound tunnel from Sealdah to Esplanade via the Bowbazar cave-in zone on Tuesday. With Metro Railway GM P Uday Kumar Reddy, who is also chairman of Kolkata Metro ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    Will stand by family: Jr docs

    12 Junior doctors who spearheaded the movement for justice have vowed to continue rallying behind the parents of their colleague. They said they would support parents of the 31-year-old PGT in whatever step they take after the Sealdah court ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    Parents to also appeal against life sentence

    123 Kolkata: The family of the RG Kar Medical College victim, dissatisfied with the verdict of the Sessions Court on Monday, will move the Calcutta High Court demanding death penalty for Sanjay Roy. The family, however, awaits an order ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    Councillor’s widow joins CM on dais

    Malda: In a significant departure from protocol, the widow of murdered Trinamool functionary Dulal ‘Babla' Sarkar was given special prominence at a govt function in Malda where CM Mamata Banerjee inaugurated various projects and handed over cheques and certificates ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    Burglary at retired scientist’s Salt Lake home

    123 Kolkata: Burglars broke into the locked house of a retired scientist from the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) in Salt Lake BD Block last week. They decamped with electronics and other items worth several lakhs from his ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    3rd Sundarbans bird fest to start today

    Kolkata: The third edition of Sundarbans Bird Festival will kick off on Wednesday.The five-day event, that will continue till Jan 26, will cover the entire Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve area, including the tiger reserve and South 24 Parganas forest division, ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    CBI to review verdict, probe larger conspiracy

    Kolkata: The CBI will decide on the next course of action after it reviews the Sessions Court judgment, agency sources said on Tuesday. While the CBI prayed for the death penalty for Sanjay Roy, the prime accused in the ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    Yet another bus-bike accident kills woman on way to school with daughter, leaves husband injured

    Kolkata: A 29-year-old homemaker travelling with her husband and four-year-old daughter on a bike to drop the child at school died after a bus hit the two-wheeler from behind near Jadavpur 8B bus stand on Tuesday. Debashree Naskar Mondal's ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    Cal HC verdict debunks 6 RG Kar theories

    123 Multiple allegations and theories related to the rape-murder of the PGT doctor came up during the RG Kar trial. Judge Anirban Das, in his 172-page judgment, cited those and tried to debunk them with reasons.Theory 1: The victim ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    Woman dies by suicide after goons strip her over plot sale

    Kolkata: A 27-year-old homemaker, a mother of two, hung herself on Tuesday after being publicly assaulted and stripped by a promoter's goons on Monday evening. The gang was allegedly pressurising the family to sell their 1.5 cottah plot in ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    Where is my mom? Everyone else is here: 4-year-old asks family after returning home

    123 Kolkata: Four-year-old Ankita Mondal looked questioningly towards her aunt, Anjana Ganguly. "Everyone is here. All my friends are here. They are playing with me. I did not have to go to school. My grandmother and other relatives are ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    Unfair: Kol LGBTQIA+ community’s take on Trump’s ‘two-gender’ announcement

    Kolkata: The LGBTQIA+ community in Kolkata has expressed anguish and sadness at president Donald Trump's announcement that only two genders — male and female — will be officially recognised by the United States govt. The announcement has stirred conversations ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    10 of 16 fatal accidents in Jan involved 2-wheelers

    Kolkata: So far this month, the city has witnessed 16 accidental deaths, and around 10 of them involved two-wheelers. Since Tuesday night, two fatal accidents that were reported involved two-wheelers. The police said at least five accidents involved buses."While ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    Clean chit to 6 docs who reached crime scene first

    Kolkata: For the six doctors, who had discovered the body of the RG Kar rape-murder victim, grappled with constant questioning from multiple investigating agencies and were subjected to polygraph tests, the judgment by Sealdah Sessions Court judge Anirban Das ...

    22 January 2025 Times of India
    Judge highlights hospital lapses, says it seems Sandip Ghosh wanted to suppress something

    Kolkata: "I condemn such attitude of the RG Kar hospital authorities," the Sealdah trial court Judge Anirban Das concluded in his 172-page order after highlighting the hospital authorities' lapses at multiple levels. Former principal Sandip Ghosh's name appeared 12 ...

    21 January 2025 Times of India
    Victim’s neighboursvow to cancel all celebrations till ‘SC sentences Roy to death’

    Kolkata: Neighbours of the RG Kar rape-murder victim, a 31-year-old second-year PGT doctor from Sodepur, expressed profound disappointment on Monday following the sentencing of Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment. Outraged by the verdict and critical of the CBI's investigation, ...

    21 January 2025 Times of India
    Case closed but no sense of closure for us: Reclaim Night protesters

    Kolkata: Thousands of protesters, who had taken to streets after the RG Kar crime, said they would not get a closure till the other perpetrators were brought to justice. "We expect the judiciary to keep this case under active ...

    21 January 2025 Times of India
    Elderly care, endowments in memory of alumni on 208th Presi Founder’s Day

    Kolkata: An initiative to provide care for elderly parents of alumni, who stay alone, was launched by the Presidency Alumni Association on Monday, marking the institute's 208th Founder's Day. This year, the association also introduced an award, a scholarship ...

    21 January 2025 Times of India
    Plaint against nursing home after youth dies

    Kolkata: Alleging medical negligence, the family members of a 21-year-old patient — Akshay Mondal of Burul, who had died while undergoing treatment at a private nursing home in Behala on Saturday — created chaos outside the healthcare facility recently ...

    21 January 2025 Times of India
    Fly ash on vessel not from BTPS

    Bandel Thermal Power Station (BTPS) has clarified that the the fly ash on the Bangladeshi barge was not from its plant. The operation of the jetty and vessel movement in the river are solely regulated by Inland Waterways Authority ...

    21 January 2025 Times of India
    No foul play detected in cricketer death so far: Cops

    Kolkata: A day after the mysterious death of a budding 17-year-old cricketer, Deb Ghosh, from Hasnabad at SSKM Hospital, cops said they had not spotted any foul play in the case so far. The probe is being done by ...

    21 January 2025 Times of India
    62-yr-old gets 20 yrs’ RI for sexually harassing 5-yr-old

    Kolkata: A Barasat Pocso court sentenced a 62-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually harassing a five-year-old child while she came to his Salt Lake home to take tuition from his daughter. The man was also ...

    21 January 2025 Times of India
    ‘May need five-six days to salvage barge from river’

    123 Kolkata: With rescue operations underway, the retrieval of the submerged Bangladeshi barge — A D Basiruddin Kaji — carrying fly ash is expected to take five to six more days, raising fresh concerns about the navigability of the ...

    21 January 2025 Times of India
    Focus on use of recycled glass in atomic research, spacecraft

    123 Kolkata: The city-based Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI) garnered global attention with its pioneering work in recycling glass waste into precision glass that can be used for high-end applications in aerospace, atomic research, spacecraft, among others. ...

    21 January 2025 Times of India
    Rail completers FLS for laying of Rangpo-Gangtok tracks

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