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  • Blue Ocean partners with IILM

    Kolkata: In a bid to bridge the skill gap in India's logistics and supply chain sector, Blue Ocean Corporation has partnered with IILM University to launch an NEP-aligned logistics and supply chain skill development programme.Saif Ali Khan Health Update'Request ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    ISI plans to aid more Bengal startups by 2025

    123 Kolkata: The Indian Statistical Institute's Institute of Data Engineering, Analytics and Science Foundation (IDEAS-ISI) is keen on providing financial support and seed capital to Bengal's startups. The institute has already provided financial assistance to five technology startups.Debashis Ghosh, ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    HC issues rule against 21 lawyers

    Kolkata: A rule was issued by Calcutta High Court on Wednesday against 21 lawyers, including presidents and secretaries of Basirhat Bar Associations, for protests on court premises.The additional district judge of Basirhat reported the matter to the district judge ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal: Two policemen injured as undertrial prisoners escape after firing

    NEW DELHI: Two policemen were injured in a shooting by miscreants while escorting an accused to a prison van in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district, officials said. The incident occurred in the Panjipara Kalibari area under Goalpokhar police station ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    15-year-old Kolkata building ‘amnesty’ returns to haunt ‘colony’ belt

    A 15-year-old leeway by KMC allowing unsanctioned three-storey buildings has led to widespread illegal constructions in south Kolkata. Thousands of buildings, especially in the Tollygunge-Jadavpur belt, lack approved plans. Unsafe construction practices, such as building on filled-up ponds, have ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    Emotions run high during tribute to Ustad Zakir Hussain

    123 Kolkata: Most eyes were misty when the 100-minute-long ‘Dha Forever' tribute to Ustad Zakir Hussain — curated by Indrayudh Majumdar from the maestro's 300 hours of footage of his own recitals from 2013 to 2023 at Kolkata's Swara ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    1 held for Kaliachak murder

    12 Malda: One person was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the attack on a Trinamool functionary, his brother and his aide in Kaliachak a day earlier that left one dead. However, the main accused, Jakir Sk, is still ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    Search history of mom’s phone helps RPF find 3 Bihar kids

    123 Burdwan: Thanks to quick thinking of tech-savvy relatives, three Munger minors were found on a train close to Burdwan. The three children fled their homes on Tuesday after which their relatives scanned the Google search history on the ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    Protests in central Kolkata causing jams, look for space in New Town, says HC

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday again broached the issue of designated protest zones in the city, referring to the fact that protests in central Kolkata are causing massive congestion. Hearing a plea by civil society organisation ‘Ratt ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    KMC calls Garden Reach teams to help in Baghajatin demolition

    Kolkata: Around 100 demolition workers from three private agencies, including those who had been involved in pulling down an illegal five-storey building that had collapsed in Garden Reach, were sent to Baghajatin on Wednesday morning to raze the tilted ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    Families in other tilted bldgs keep fingers crossed

    Kolkata: The images of the "uprooted" three-storey apartment in Baghajatin have rekindled fears among residents of other tilted buildings in the city, who have been spending sleepless nights, anxious about a similar fate. Many of these other tilted buildings ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    Scientists use glass tech to take on global warming

    Kolkata: A glass that can block infrared rays without obstructing light and, in turn, reduce heat by 40%: This innovation by Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, India's only glass science institute, will go a long way in fighting ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    Promoter pushed for corrective surgery to sell two flats: Cops

    Kolkata: The police investigation into the Baghajatin incident has led officers to believe that the accused promoter, Subhas Ray, actively pitched and then pushed the residents to agree to the corrective surgery, named hydraulic jacking. His aim was to ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    Baghajatin families paying home loans for homes lost forever

    Kolkata: Anirban Maity, a resident of a second-floor flat of the four-storey Subho Apartment that collapsed at Baghajatin's Vidyasagar Colony on Tuesday, had registered his flat on July 25, 2023. He paid Rs 1,859 as corporation tax on Nov ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    Mall robbery: Accused spotted in area for a week

    Kolkata: The probe into the snatching outside a mall at Beckbagan Row on Monday, in which Rs 12 lakh was looted from a cash collection agent and his gunman, has revealed that the accused planned the incident for several ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    TMC isn’t anyone’s fiefdom, all bound by discipline: Abhishek

    123 Kolkata: Trinamool was not anyone's fiefdom and everyone was bound by party discipline, TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Wednesday. Like office conflicts between colleagues, Banerjee added, there could be differences of opinion in a "big party" ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    Trinamool tries to find common ground on artists

    123 Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday defended his stance on the issue of artists' boycotts, saying, "As far as I know, Mamata Banerjee, she does not believe in boycotts or violence."Speaking to reporters, Banerjee ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    ‘Will back BJP’s strongest opponent’: MP on AAP support

    Kolkata: Explaining Trinamool's rationale for backing AAP for the Delhi assembly polls, TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Wednesday: "If defeating BJP is our collective aim, why weaken the party which is the strongest to take them on ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    Goat and dog deaths in Purulia not caused by tiger: Officials

    12 Purulia: Four goat carcasses were discovered in a forest in Gangamanna, Purulia, near the Jharkhand border on Tuesday night. On Wednesday morning, two dogs were found killed near Birudih, in the same district and approximately seven kilometres away.However, ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    Cops shot, undertrial escapes from prison van

    123 Malda: Two police personnel were shot as the prisoner they were escorting fled from the van in North Dinajpur on Wednesday. The prisoner, a murder accused, was being taken to jail from an Islampur court when the attack ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    Over 1cr pilgrims take holy dip in Gangasagar, many still waiting

    123 Gangasagar: Over a crore pilgrims took the holy dip in Gangasagar by 3 pm on Wednesday, the state govt said. Many people are still waiting at Chemaguri, Benuban, Kachuberia, and Lot-Eight to head towards the Sagar, and it ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    Asiatic Society turns 242, displays manuscript paintings

    123 Kolkata: The Asiatic Society, established on Jan 15, 1784, by William Jones in Calcutta and home to over 50,000 ancient manuscripts, unveiled an exhibition featuring vibrant paintings embedded in these priceless documents. The showcase aims to ignite interest ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    CID questions principal, senior docs for med college death

    Midnapore: CID on Wednesday questioned Midnapore Medical College and Hospital principal Mausumi Nandy regarding the death of the new mom. CID officers also questioned several senior doctors who were scheduled to be on duty when the surgery and death ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    Lifted down: Ovens to toys, TVs to idols

    12345 Kolkata: When the KMC team began the demolition work early on Wednesday, the brief to them was clear: pull down the building as safely as possible and make every possible attempt to try and retrieve whatever they could ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    Anatomy of a correction surgery to straighten building gone wrong

    Kolkata: A day after the tilting of a four-storey building near Baghajatin, structural engineers blamed the unscientific and crude methods employed by the Haryana-based firm. They called for immediate curbs on such non-engineering rectification attempts to prevent a recurrence ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    We are suffering for no fault of ours, say neighbours

    Kolkata: Tuesday night was unlike any other for the displaced neighbours of Vidyasagar Colony in Baghajatin. The tilting of Subho Apartment on Tuesday afternoon threw the entire neighbourhood into chaos, forcing several families to leave their homes in a ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    Locker theft: Cops recover items worth 11 cr

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police detective department made recoveries worth around Rs 11 crore in connection with the ongoing bank locker probe. A bank employee, in charge of lockers at the Park Street branch of a bank, had cleaned out ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    55 feet of carriageway now open for use on Bertram Street

    Kolkata: In a major anti-encroachment drive, cops from New Market police station on Wednesday reclaimed Bertram Street, which was gradually being taken over by a growing number of hawkers. On an action-packed day, a large group of cops conducted ...

    16 January 2025 Times of India
    Stunt biker turns poster boy for KP drive

    Kolkata: A student, who transitioned from being a stunt biker influencer on social media to becoming the poster boy of Kolkata Traffic Police, has realised that being on the right side of the law always pays. The Kolkata Police ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    Advancing AI frontier: The 9th International Conference on Data Management, Analytics and Innovation in Kolkata

    (L-R) Prof Kanad Basu and Prof Saptarshi Goswami two chairs of the conference at the pre-event conference Kolkata is abuzz with excitement over Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Deep Learning, and Data Science as the city gears up for the ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    ‘Foundation failure of bldg on water body led to tilting’

    123 Kolkata: Construction of the building without a strong foundation on a plot that was reclaimed after filling up a pond was responsible for its tilt. "The building collapsed due to foundation and soil failure," civic engineers and structural ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    Salt Lake bike thieves caught

    Kolkata: Police busted a bike theft gang in Salt Lake with the arrest of three accused on Monday. The three had stolen a bike from CE Block in Salt Lake on Jan 11, but while they were fleeing, the ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    Judge suspends online appearance of lawyers

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court Judge Tirthankar Ghosh on Tuesday suspended the appearance of advocates over video conferencing in his court due to lack of decorum and "ill behaviour" of advocates.During a proceeding, the advocate representing the respondent appeared online ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    New Town police station IC ‘closed’, govt tells HC

    Kolkata: The New Town police station inspector-in-charge was "closed" till further orders by the Bidhannagar police commissionerate, the state told Calcutta High Court on Tuesday.This development followed Justice Tirthankar Ghosh's directive to the state on Dec 12, 2024, to ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    A day after mishap, school installs safety net around assembly zone

    Kolkata: After two class IX students of Nava Nalanda School were injured by a glass panel crashing onto them from a fifth floor classroom, the school started revamping its safety measures by installing a net around the place where ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    Finolex eyes Rs 1,000 cr revenue from Bengal market

    Kolkata: Finolex Cables, the Pune-based manufacturer of electrical and telecommunication cables, is eyeing Rs 1,000 crore revenue from Bengal market in the next three years.The company, which diversified its product basket by entering new electrical segments like fans, switches, ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    At Rs 1,900cr, 780-cottah BSNL plot sale set to be Kol’s biggest real-estate deal

    Kolkata: A 780-cottah property of the state-owned BSNL, with a developable area of around 630 cottahs, is set to go on sale for Rs 1,900 crore, potentially becoming the largest real-estate deal in Kolkata.The plot at a prime location ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    Illegal four-storey bldg keels over during ‘corrective work’

    Kolkata: An illegal four-storey residential apartment in Baghajatin Vidyasagar Colony, south Kolkata, which was built 11 years ago and which started tilting gradually four years ago, keeled over onto a neighbouring one-storey building at 3.05pm on Tuesday while efforts ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    All Kolkata AQI stations except one slips into ‘poor’ category

    Kolkata: The city witnessed persistently poor air quality on Tuesday, as pollution levels remained in the "poor" AQI category (201-300) across most monitoring stations, underscoring the city's ongoing environmental challenges. The situation was exacerbated by meteorological conditions, with vertical ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    Women account for half of Bengal BJP’s 50L membership

    Kolkata: With BJP's membership figure crossing 50 lakh in Bengal, the party's women member base has reached an all-time high. Riding on the surge in women's participation, with almost half of its members women, BJP on Tuesday claimed it ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    City celebrates Pongal, Magh Bihu with gusto

    Kolkata: The city witnessed a wide array of festivities on Tuesday to welcome the harvest season. People from the city's Tamil community celebrated the harvest festival Pongal in a grand way. The celebration will continue for four days, and ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    ED questions witnesses in SSC case

    Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday started questioning key witnesses in the SSC job-for-cash case in an "in camera proceeding". The court had earlier allowed the anonymity of the three "vulnerable wi-tnesses" to be maintained. ED will question the witnesses ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    Mamata meets Sikkim ex-CM Chamling

    123 Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee held a meeting with former Sikkim chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling at Nabanna on Tuesday. Banerjee later posted on social media that the meeting was political in nature.Banerjee wrote: "Today at Nabanna, I had ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    Bldg few metres away ‘goes missing’ in no time, neighbours vacate their houses to move to safety

    12345 Kolkata: Bimala Saha was washing utensils in the courtyard outside her house after finishing her lunch when she felt something move behind her, accompanied by a deafening thud. She turned back to find that the tall building only ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    Student held for faking ACP’s FB profile

    Kolkata: A college student from Habra has been arrested from Howrah for defrauding people by creating a fake Facebook account of Bidhannagar detective department ACP Samabriti Chakraborty and asking for money from people on the ACP's friend list. The ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    ‘High oxytocin doses one of the reasons for mom death’

    Kolkata/Midnapore: A five-and-a-half-page report submitted to the health department by the 13-member probe committee, formed to investigate the death of a woman at Midnapore Medical College and Hospital following a C-section delivery, indicated that high doses of oxytocin were ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    Daylight robbery: Bikers snatch 12L in front of Park Circus mall

    Kolkata: Two men on a motorcycle snatched away Rs 12 lakh from a cash collection employee outside a premium shopping mall in Park Circus on Monday afternoon and rode away in a flash. The cash collector was accompanied by ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    CID questions 7 doctors, 4 nurses

    123 Kolkata/Midnapore: A CID team on Tuesday questioned seven doctors and four nurses posted at Midnapore Medical College in connection with the death of a woman — three others are in a critical condition — following the delivery of ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    SOP flouted: Walking on crowded road with cash, no gun with ‘gunman’

    123 Kolkata: A preliminary investigation of the Rs 12-lakh snatching outside Quest Mall revealed violation of multiple norms of cash collection SOP by a private agency's employees, who were targeted and robbed on Monday afternoon. Both police and private ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    Burglars empty out New Alipore bizman’s house

    Kolkata: A businessman's three-storied house in New Alipore was emptied out by thieves who gained access by prying open a grille protecting a window AC.Everything, from jewellery to LED TV, sound system, microwave oven, LPG cylinders, utensils, geysers, refrigerator ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    Police drive at Sealdah stn after app cab fracas

    123 Kolkata: Lalbazar and Sealdah Traffic Guard have started a probe into the fracas outside the Sealdah station, involving three passengers and an app caby on Jan 11. A drive has also been launched to ensure cabs enter the ...

    15 January 2025 Times of India
    DIY decorations to fragrances: Home decor tips for Lohri

    Lohri is a festival that symbolises warmth, gratitude, and the joy of togetherness, marking the transition to longer days and the celebration of nature's bounty. Anjaleka Kripalani, founder of Angie Homes says, “One can bring the ambiance of the ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    2 TMC workers injured in shootout in West Bengal's Malda

    NEW DELHI: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and a party worker were shot at in West Bengal's Malda district on Tuesday, according to police. The shooting occurred less than two weeks after the murder of a TMC councillor in ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Cops quiz 4 students over IIT-Kgp suicide

    123 Kharagpur/Kolkata: Police on Monday questioned four IIT Kharagpur students, including hostel office-bearers, in connection with the death of a third-year electrical engineering student.Shaon Malik (21) was found hanging from the iron grille of his hostel windows by his ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    KMRC seeks 4-day complete East-West closure from January 30 for rake tests

    KOLKATA: The East-West Metro may be completely shut for four days from Jan 30 to Feb 2 to enable dynamic rake tests. This follows the closure on two Sundays (Jan 12 and 19) for interlocking the operational sections with ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Kasba murder attempt: Main accused close aide of Bihar don

    123 Kolkata: Mohammad Adil Hossain, the main conspirator behind the attack on councillor Sushanta Ghosh who was arrested at airport on Sunday, is the right-hand man of Bihar don Pappu Chowdhury, said cops. He reportedly finalised the plan to ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Sealdah-Dankuni 4-day rail block

    123 Kolkata: There will be no local train services in the Sealdah-Dankuni section for four days from Jan 23 for work to replace the 95-year-old steel girder ROB linking Eastern Railway's Ballyghat and Ballyhalt. Some long-distance trains will be ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Take leaves responsibly, IIEST tells professors

    Kolkata: An email from the IIEST authority on Jan 8 has urged faculty members to plan their leaves at least seven working days in advance. It also advised making alternative arrangements for classes in case of out-station visits and ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Atanu back in India squad

    Kolkata: Atanu Das made a comeback to India's recurve archery squad after missing out on Paris Olympics by finishing among top four in the selection trials that concluded at SAI Eastern Regional Centre here on Monday. The four-day-long open ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Parapet chunk falls off bldg, injures one

    Kolkata: At least one person was injured when a portion of the parapet collapsed from the SAIL building located on JL Nehru Road on Sunday night. The victim, Ritesh Pandey (32), was admitted to Nightingale Hospital. Three vehicles parked ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Harvest festivities: City set to celebrate Pongal, Magh Bihu

    Kolkata: The city has geared up for Pongal and Magh Bihu celebrations that will witness the bonding of various communities on Tuesday. The Tamil community in the city is also set to celebrate Pongal, their harvest festival. K Radhakrishnan, ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    More ticket counters at rly stations for Gangasagar Mela

    Kolkata: Eastern Railway's Sealdah division has put in place extensive arrangements, particularly at Namkhana and Kakdwip stations, to ensure the convenience and safety of the pilgrims travelling to Gangasagar. Three additional ticket counters have been set up at Namkhana ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Himadri Chem OKs Rs 120cr capex for new products at Singur facility

    Kolkata: Himadri Speciality Chemical's board on Monday approved a new capex of Rs 120 crore for manufacturing new products at its Singur facility. The investment will be funded through internal accruals.CMD and CEO Anurag Choudhary said the company reported ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Garment traders’ meet focuses on kidswear

    Kolkata: The 57th garment buyers and sellers meet, organised at Science City grounds by the West Bengal Garment Manufacturers and Dealers Association (WBGMDA), is focusing on kidswear this time. According to association members, kidswear market in Bengal grew to ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Speed checks intensified on Maa, 24 bikes procuted daily

    Kolkata: Speed checks for two-wheelers on Maa flyover have been strengthened following Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Verma's fresh instructions to Lalbazar and the traffic guard this weekend, after the night curbs on two-wheelers were removed on the direction of ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    School window comes crashing down from 5th floor, 2 Nava Nalanda students injured

    Kolkata: Two Class 9 students at south Kolkata's Nava Nalanda School were injured on Monday morning — one of them seriously — after a portion of a sliding glass window from a fifth-floor classroom came crashing down on them ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    OCs told to ensure no encroachment of govt land

    Kolkata: Police commissioner Manoj Verma has instructed all OCs, supervisory ACs of police stations, and divisional DCs to ensure there is no encroachment of govt land. The order stated that necessary coordination with authorities of civil administration, like KMC ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Security staff at MAKAUT assault 1st-yr student

    Kalyani: Security personnel at MAKAUT allegedly assaulted a hostel student on Sunday night, resulting in his losing consciousness and a 5-hour-long protest at the Haringhata campus.Reports suggest the attack stemmed from the first-year MTech student being spotted with a ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    New mom death: Probe veers towards human error

    123 Kolkata/Midnapore: The preliminary report on the death of a young mother at Midnapore Medical College & Hospital (MMCH), following a C-section delivery, points towards human error rather than Ringer's Lactate (RL), although the role of the IV fluid ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Fencing work at centre of B’desh row began in Apr ’24

    123 Kolkata: In the backdrop of the standoff between BSF and BGB at the Malda border that has now snowballed into a diplomatic rift, TOI has learnt that the fencing work began in April 2024. Things remained uneventful for ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    BSF jawan fires in self-defence after attack by smugglers

    Kolkata: A BSF jawan fired in self-defence after a group of alleged Bangladeshi smugglers attacked him at Buraburi in Mathabhanga-1 of Cooch Behar district late on Saturday. The smugglers were trying to cut through the border fence.While Bangladeshi media ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Met predicts temp rise

    The mercury hovered around 14.2°C on Monday and the Met office expects it to go up a bit by Tuesday — to around 15°C. A western disturbance is causing the mercury to rise, and a dip below the normal ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Newborn admitted to SNCU

    The newborn boy (in pic) of Mamoni Ruidas, who died at MMCH, was admitted to the SNCU on Monday after he fell ill at home. While the newborns of the three women admitted at SSKM are doing fine, the ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Jharkhand tiger: Conflict concerns in Jangalmahal ahead of traditional festivals

    123456 Kolkata/Jhargram: With Makar Sankranti on Tuesday and the Akhan Jatra — another traditional festival — the next day, the forest department has heightened surveillance in the Jangalmahal, where a tiger is now roaming, to prevent any man-animal conflict. ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Pilgrims drive biz boom in Kolkata on way to Gangasagar

    Kolkata: With the arrival of Gangasagar pilgrims from different parts of the country, Kolkata — a crucial transit point and logistical hub — gets a substantial economic boost around Makar Shankrati (Jan 14) every year. Pilgrims stop in Kolkata ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Bhangra, bonfire warm up hearts on Lohri

    1234 Kolkata: From parties in clubs to family celebrations indoors, members of the Punjabi community living in Kolkata observed the Lohri festival with folk dances, traditional rituals, food, and beverages on Monday. Regardless of communities, some housing complexes across ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    New mom death: 2 PILs filed in Cal HC

    Two PILs were filed before the Calcutta High Court over the death of a woman at a govt-run hospital after alleged administration of expired intravenous fluid. Both will be heard on Thursday by the division bench of Chief Justice ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    Woman ‘shot’ by hubby after tiff over Bengali movie

    123456 Kolkata: A woman in her early 30s was allegedly shot by her husband from his licensed revolver at their home in Naihati, North 24 Parganas, late on Sunday after an argument over watching a Bengali movie in a ...

    14 January 2025 Times of India
    2 students injured after glass panel collapses in Kolkata school building

    KOLKATA: Two students sustained injuries on Monday morning after a portion of a glass panel from the fourth floor of a school building in South Kolkata fell.The school administration reported that one injured pupil received first aid and was ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    State to restore 7 jumbo corridors in north Bengal

    Kolkata: Within days of CM Mamata Banerjee expressing concern over rising man-elephant conflict in Bengal, a meeting was convened by senior forest officials on Friday to assess and expedite the process of restoring elephant corridors in the state.The forest ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    NY fest turns Norwegian producer out after racist remark: Bengali director

    Kolkata: A Bengali director, Anirban Dutta — whose film ‘Nocturnes' was nominated for Cinema Eye awards in sound, cinematography and music categories — has reported an alleged incident of racism involving a Norwegian producer at the event held in ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    With diminishing interest & increasing cost of materials, kite-makers toil to make a profit

    Kolkata: As Makar Sankranti approaches, the sky above Kolkata transforms into a canvas of vibrant colours and patterns. Behind this colourful spectacle lies the labour of the city's kite makers. For them, this season is about survival and hope.While ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Burglars strike at doc’s locked Salt Lake house, loot cash & jewellery worth lakhs

    Kolkata: Burglars broke into an empty two-storeyed house at HB Block in Salt Lake, ransacked multiple rooms and wardrobes, and decamped with cash and jewellery worth several lakhs in the early hours of Sunday.Cops said the house belonged to ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Malda girl’s mutilated body found in Farakka

    Malda: The mutilated body of a 20-year-old Malda girl, who studied engineering in Jharkhand's Dumka, was found by the Ganga in Farakka on Sunday, a week after she went missing.Father Debcharan Bhagat claimed an unknown caller contacted him on ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Parents find IIT-Kgp student hanging in campus hostel room

    Kharagpur: A 21-year-old student of IIT Kharagpur — described as "academically gifted" by the institute — died of suspected suicide in his hostel room on campus. Shaon Malik's parents, south Kolkata residents who drove down to meet him on ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    B’luru traffic beats Kol’s on speed in photo finish but city roads safer

    Kolkata: Bengaluru traffic beat Kolkata's in average speed by a sliver in 2024, but thanks to the eastern metropolis's slower traffic — the most sluggish of all big Indian cities and the second slowest in the world — it ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    STF seizes drugs worth 1 crore

    Kolkata: The Bengal STF recovered cocaine worth Rs 1 crore that was headed for Kolkata and Siliguri pubs. Cops said Sartaz Alam (42) was arrested from Siliguri on Saturday.

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Gangasagar sees record turnout of 25L before holy dip

    12 Gangasagar: Around 25 lakh people have been to Gangasagar this time well ahead of the auspicious dip, which will start at 6.58am on Jan 14 and last for 24 hours.According to state officials, many devotees have headed for ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Murder bid on Kasba councillor: Main accused held at Kol airport

    Kolkata: One of the main accused in the murder attempt on Trinamool councillor Sushanta Ghosh was nabbed at Kolkata airport when he returned from Abu Dhabi. Ever since the attempt in Nov, the accused, Md Adil Hussein (44), was ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Ex-band member of Fossils found hanging

    123 Kolkata: Chandramouli Biswas, a popular bassist associated with bands like Fossils, Golok, and Zombie Cage Control, was found hanging at his rented home on Indian Mirror Street near Wellington in central Kolkata on Sunday evening.Biswas (48), is survived ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Metro explores options for E-W signal tests

    Kolkata: Metro is exploring all possibilities for the integrated signalling tests, officials said on Sunday. TOI reported on Friday about Metro Railway's dilemma regarding East-West Metro's implementing agency KMRC's request for a total six-week closure — starting Feb 8 ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Cattle thief lynched in East Burdwan

    123 Memari: A suspected cattle thief was lynched in Merua village in East Burdwan district's Memari on Saturday night.Locals had organised night patrols due to increasing incidents of cattle theft. Late on Saturday, four persons were spotted attempting to ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Probe begins as 12 don’t get Kanyashree benefits

    Malda: Police have begun an investigation after complaints that 12 students of Enayetpur High School, who filled in relevant forms in 2020-21, have not received their Kanyashree benefits. Under the scheme, girls, after turning 18, have to fill in ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    13 fines, 17 warnings for illegal parking along S Kol dhaba road

    123 Kolkata: In its late night crackdown on Saturday, cops from Bhowanipore traffic guard swooped down on at least 30 motorists who had parked their cars illegally on Harish Mukherjee Road after 10 pm. While the cops prosecuted 13 ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    10 thieves pose as BSNL workers to steal cables, nabbed

    Kolkata: Ten members of a gang of cable thieves from Bihar, who posed as BSNL maintenance workers to steal underground cables in Kolkata's Haridevpur area, were arrested by the South West Division (Behala) police on Sunday morning. They were ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Woman files FIR against partner over cat death in Kolkata

    Kolkata: After a woman filed an FIR against her live-in partner — suspecting his involvement in the death of her per cat — cops facilitated a post-mortem of the animal.The woman, a resident of Netaji Nagar in south Kolkata, ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    BSF thwarts infiltration, smuggling attempts in Nadia, N 24 Parganas

    Kolkata: BSF jawans posted at two India-Bangladesh border areas thwarted infiltration as well as drug and cattle smuggling attempts on Saturday night.According to BSF, all boat nakas were alerted on receipt of information about a likely drug smuggling bid ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    Funds crunch, ‘invisible power’ delayed Swamiji’s memorial

    123 It took 22 years to build a memorial on the cremation spot of Swami Vivekananda who passed away in Belur Math on July 4, 1902. Although the delay was largely because of a funds crunch created by a ...

    13 January 2025 Times of India
    14 more metro services between Noapara & New Garia from Mon

    Kolkata: Metro is adding 14 more services on the North-South (Blue) Line between Noapara and New Garia (Kavi Subhas). Faced with huge crowd pressure along the North-South Metro ever since frequencies were increased to allow most trains to start ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Hat-trick of gold for Ankur

    Kolkata: Ankur Bhattacharjee continued to make waves as the Bengal youngster clinched a hat-trick of gold medals in the junior and youth national table tennis meet that concluded at the SAMA Indoor Sports Complex in Vadodara on Saturday.After leading ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
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