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  • No under-river E-W ops today

    Kolkata: Through the public announcement system, passengers at the Esplanade, Mahakaran, Howrah, and Howrah Maidan Metro stations were informed that there would be no service on the East-West Metro's under-river section today and next Sunday due to signal and ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Cops arrest bank staffer, kin for 1.3cr locker theft

    123 Kolkata: An employee of a nationalised bank in charge of a vault at a prime branch on Park Street allegedly emptied ornaments. valued at Rs 1.3 crore, from a customer's locker, purchased an SUV, fitted it with a ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Foresters back on tiger’s trail after fresh pugmarks in Purulia & Jhargram

    Kolkata/Jhargram/Purulia: Two weeks after Odisha tigress Zeenat was captured in Bankura's Gosaindihi village, fresh tiger pugmarks have been spotted in Purulia's Raika Hills — one of Zeenat's hideouts during her 21-day sojourn after she departed Similipal — on Sunday ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Picnic Garden residents move against bus stand

    123 Kolkata: Residents of a housing complex at VIP Bazar in Picnic Garden have written to the police, pleading with them to take action and immediately relocate an illegal bus stand for route 39A/2 on the main road in ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Back to classics: Vintage cars wow enthusiasts at city club

    Kolkata: Around 90 vintage and classic cars adorned the Lake Club grounds on Sunday at the fourth edition of the EIMG Concours d'Elegance organised by Eastern India Motoring Group. The star attractions of the show were nine Rolls Royce ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Foresters back on tiger’s trail after fresh pugmarks

    1234 Kolkata/Jhargram/Purulia: Two weeks after Odisha tigress Zeenat was captured in Bankura's Gosaindihi village, fresh tiger pugmarks have been spotted in Purulia's Raika Hills — one of Zeenat's hideouts during her 21-day sojourn after she departed Similipal — on ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    CP orders security reassessment for mins, MLAs

    Kolkata: Police commissioner Manoj Verma has issued a directive to reassess the security arrangements of public representatives—ministers, MLAs, MPs and councillors. The directive followed recent attacks on Trinamool councillors—a murder in Malda and a murder attempt in Kasba. After ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata metro plans to extend Joka-Esplanade Purple Line to Eden Gardens

    KOLKATA: Metro authorities have proposed extending the Joka-Esplanade Purple Line by another 1.6km to Eden Gardens. This is good news not only for cricket and football lovers but also scores of people who commute daily to workplaces around Strand ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    City to be treated to Bengali classical music fest

    Kolkata: A conference on Bengal's classical music heritage will be organised at Ektara Mancha on the Rabindra Sadan premises from Jan 15 to 17. Among the musical greats to perform will be flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, sitar artistes Ustad ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Encroachments, unkempt green verges, poor roads pet gripes for New Town residents

    Kolkata: Encroachment of roads and pavements, rampant leasing out of guesthouses without any check, poor maintenance of green verges and unkempt undergrowth besides uncleared garbage piles, battered stretches and mosquito menace were some of the grievances aired by New ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Mercury dips below normal to 12.3°C on season’s coldest day in Kolkata

    Kolkata: The city shivered in the winter chill as the minimum temperature plunged below normal to 12.3°C on Saturday, making it the season's coldest day so far. The chill persisted throughout the day. According to the Met department, the ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Zero-emission ferry debuts on Bengal’s Hooghly River

    Kolkata: The first electric ferry on the Hooghly, christened ‘Dheu' (Bengali for waves) with a capacity to carry 150 passengers, is set to sail out on pleasure trips from Millennium Park to Dakshineswar. The launch of the 24m-long vessel, ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Bengal govt bans 10 intravenous fluids in hosps for patient safety

    Kolkata: The state health department on Saturday prohibited the use of 10 intravenous fluids to ensure patient safety. The banned fluids include Ringer Lactate, Ringer Solution, dextrose injection, ofloxacin, and sodium chloride irrigation solution among others. The order was ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    BSF opens fire at B’deshi smugglers, stops infiltration bid

    Kolkata: BSF personnel opened fire at smugglers, preventing infiltration at the India-Bangladesh border on the early hours of Saturday.BSF officials said around 2.10am on Saturday, at the border post Nawada in Malda, a jawan saw the movement of 15-20 ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Jalpaiguri SI accused of raping woman

    Jalpaiguri: A sub-inspector (SI) posted at Jalpaiguri's Rajganj PS has been accused of raping a Siliguri woman at his home on Friday. The survivor lodged a complaint with Siliguri Women PS on Saturday. She also wrote to the Siliguri ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    B’deshi man, 4 daughters arrested

    Kolkata: A man and his four daughters were arrested on Saturday while attempting to return to Bangladesh illegally. The daughters — Asma Mridha, Punni Mridha, Riya Mridha and Aliza Qureshi — had illegally entered India a few years ago ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Traffic OCs told to visit accident spots, prepare report

    Kolkata: There were 13 fatal accidents since Dec, and a worried Lalbazar top brass reiterated that all traffic guard OCs must visit each traffic accident spot and prepare a detailed report to Lalbazar outlining how another similar accident can ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Bike-taxi passenger dies, kin focus on rider’s safety flout

    123 Kolkata: A day after she met with a severe accident on the Dhakuria Bridge while riding an app bike back home at Ganguly Bagan, 27-year-old Sweta Sen, a popular English teacher at MP Birla School, died at a ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Bengal paddlers claim a double

    Kolkata: Bengal paddlers claimed a team ‘double' in the 86th UTT Junior and Youth Nationals in Vadodara on Friday. In a rematch of last edition's final, Bengal prevailed over Tamil Nadu 3-0 in the youth boys' U-19 team final ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Act as a custodian of the planet, not owner: Min

    123 Kolkata: Union culture and tourism minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Saturday said every human being should not act as the "owner" of this planet but as its "custodian"."We have to behave with responsibility. Climate change is a big ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    JU to hold back degrees of 15 ragging accused till court order

    123 Kolkata: Jadavpur University has decided to hold back the results and degrees of the 15 ragging-accused students, who moved Calcutta High Court after the varsity served them show-cause notices in July, until further order from the court. Sources ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Nepal national arrested with illegal SIM box, multiple ID cards at Panitanki

    12 Siliguri: In a joint operation, Sukna Military Intelligence and Kharibari police arrested a Nepalese national and seized an illegal SIM box, Nepal SIM cards, Indian ID card and a router from him. He was held from Panitanki along ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Illegal hawkers, parking push C Kol pedestrians off pavements

    Kolkata: The central business district has become a dangerous zone for pedestrians, with illegal encroachments and parking forcing them to step off the pavements and walk on the roads, risking their lives.On Friday, a minibus rammed four women, all ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    kolkata's traffic turmoil: the nightly nightmare at harish mukherjee road and elgin road crossing

    Kolkata: Cops late on Saturday night prosecuted the cars parked illegally on the wrong side of Harish Mukherjee Road near its crossing with Elgin Road. The crackdown came a day after TOI reported about traffic chaos triggered by double- ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Praise for state’s anti-child marriage drives

    123 Kolkata: Bengal govt's endeavours in combating child marriage received praises from Justice Harish Tandon, judge, Calcutta High Court and executive chairman, state legal services authority during a seminar at the HC on Saturday. He instructed the judicial magistrates ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Land officer files murder attempt plaint against Arabul and son

    123 Kolkata: A fresh complaint of attempt to murder was filed against suspended Trinamool neta and former MLA Arabul Islam and his son Hakimul at Bhangar's Bijoyganj PS on Saturday.Ahsan Molla, the forest and land officer of Bhangar-1, accused ...

    12 January 2025 Times of India
    Fight climate change to stop wildfire: Garcetti, ex-LA mayor

    Kolkata: Eric Garcetti, who was twice elected as the mayor of Los Angeles, said the wildfire back home forced his parents as well as his daughter and grandchildren to be evacuated from their homes."Thankfully, my family is alive and ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Durga Puja most democratic celebration: US ambassador

    1234 Kolkata: Durga Puja was the most democratic celebration of art and spirituality that he ever witnessed, said US ambassador to India Eric Garcetti, who plans to stay on in India till June, well after he steps down from ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Crossing near West Bengal's biggest hospital clogged every evening, thanks to illegal parking at busy eatery

    KOLKATA: About 170 metres from the state's biggest hospital, the crossing of Harish Mukherjee Road and Elgin Road at Bhowanipore turns into a two-lane and sometimes a three-lane parking zone every evening, leaving a single vehicle to squeeze past ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Bangladeshi smugglers launch another deadly attack on BSF in Malda

    MALDA: Bangladeshi smugglers once again attacked the vigilant jawans of BSF South Bengal Frontier in Malda district of West Bengal and tried to smuggle contrabands forcefully. The vigilant and courageous jawans posted at Border Outpost Nawada of 119th Battalion ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    New Town to get 5-storey mkt bldg for 200 hawkers

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has planned to set up a five-storey market complex-cum-community hall on a 20-cottah plot in New Town BG block in Action Area I to rehabilitate the hawkers and street vendors, who ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    State BJP ends at ‘halfway-mark’ in 1-cr membership drive

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP managed to reach the halfway mark of its 1 crore membership target on the last day of its statewide membership drive on Friday. The BJP brass had extended the last day thrice after the party initially ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Fencing along Indo-B’desh border on hold to prevent tension: BSF

    Kolkata/Cooch Behar: Fencing unplugged stretches of the India-Bangladesh border may not resume immediately to avoid tension between the two countries, BSF said on Friday.On Monday, amid growing infiltration concerns, tension flared up between BSF and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Trinamool suspends RS ex-MP Santanu, ex-MLA Arabul

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Friday suspended the party's former Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen and Bhangar ex-MLA Arabul Islam. In a statement, TMC spokesperson Jay Prakash Majumdar did not elaborate on the reasons or suspension timelines.Sen seemed to have a ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Bring back remains from Renkoji: Netaji kin writes to PM

    Kolkata: Netaji's grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose has written to the Prime Minister asking the govt of India to bring back the mortal remains of the hero or issue a notification to announce that the remains at the Renkoji temple ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    BSF prevents illicit Bangla border activity with warning shots

    Kolkata: BSF personnel fired in the air at four different locations along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Bengal to prevent infiltration and cattle smuggling. Two Bangladeshi nationals were arrested while trying to enter India and cattle about to be smuggled ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    In race to buy Akzo Nobel’s India biz, confirms JSW

    Kolkata: JSW Group on Friday confirmed that it was in the race to take over the business of Dutch paints major Akzo Nobel in India. Akzo own brands like Dulux."As far as Akzo is concerned, we are running a ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Paints industry bets on rural demand to fuel growth

    Kolkata: The paints industry is pinning its hopes on rural demand to push growth. Over the last few quarters, the industry has witnessed muted growth following low urban demand, which is likely to continue for some more time. But ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Film on B’desh liberation shown at JU

    Kolkata: The screening of ‘Invincible Bravura' — Abhijit Dasgupta's documentary on Indian Navy's formation of the first ‘Nau Commando' that included eight Bengali escapees from a Pakistani submarine during the Bangladesh liberation war in 1971 — took place at ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    1 woman dead, 4 critical after childbirth; ‘expired saline’, claim kin

    Midnapore: A 22-year-old woman died and four are fighting for their lives after delivering their babies at Midnapore Medical College Hospital on Friday morning. All the deliveries were done by caesarean section on Wednesday. Families of the five women ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    I-T officer loses gold chain to kepmars

    123 Kolkata: A gang of kepmars posing as cops allegedly made off with a gold chain from an income tax officer residing in Kasba by tricking him into believing that removing the chain was "a safety protocol". The incident ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    No E-W under-river ops tomorrow, next Sun

    123 Kolkata: There will be no services on the East-West Metro's under-river section this Sunday and the next because of signal and telecommunication (S&T) tests. Metro Railway announced on Friday that "to conduct interlocking tests for the communication-based train ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    No E-W under-river ops tomorrow, next Sun

    123 Kolkata: There will be no services on the East-West Metro's under-river section this Sunday and the next because of signal and telecommunication (S&T) tests. Metro Railway announced on Friday that "to conduct interlocking tests for the communication-based train ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Major parts of S Kol to go dry on Jan 18

    123 Kolkata: Major parts of south Kolkata will go dry on January 18 as the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) water supply department will shut down the Garden Reach water treatment plant for necessary maintenance and repair work. Normal supply ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    State sets new speed limits for school, hospital & market zones

    Kolkata: The state has issued a comprehensive notification aimed at reducing road accidents and fatalities across the state. In line with the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety's directives and the state's commitment to reducing road fatalities by 50% ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Amid HMPV buzz, docs warn RSV may be more dangerous for kids

    Kolkata: While Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is being much talked about, doctors are seeing a good number of children requiring hospital care for those affected with RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), another virus that affects children mostly in winter. While the ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    VIP Rd gets rumble strips to curb speeding, accidents

    Kolkata: In the wake of an accident that claimed the life of an app biker earlier this week, rumble strips were installed on VIP Road to stop overtaking and accidents. As of now, rumble strips have been installed on ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Middle-of-road bus halts, blind-side entry of bikes under lens

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police has formed special squads to carry out surprise checks at major bus stops to ensure that passengers can safely alight or board buses without having to deal with traffic in the middle of the ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    KMC: Promoters can’t give home possession sans CC

    123 Kolkata: Armed with a Supreme Court directive and in a bid to ensure that prospective flat buyers don't get cheated by a section of developers and promoters who give possession without obtaining a completion certificate (CC) from KMC, ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Bengal police allows relaxed uniform to pregnant, breastfeeding cops

    Kolkata: Bengal Police on Friday introduced uniform relaxations for members of the force who are pregnant or breastfeeding to ease some "practical issues" posed by their regular uniform during this phase.Women members of the force of all ranks, till ...

    11 January 2025 Times of India
    Blow-hot-blow-cold winter makes it worse for resp disease patients

    123 Kolkata: The mercury fluctuation is causing various ailments, including persistent cough, runny nose, throat congestion, and chest infection among Kolkatans. The minimum temperature dipped nearly three notches on Thursday from that of Wednesday. While the mercury is expected ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    Sr citizen killed, 4 hurt as minibus rams pavement

    Kolkata: A minibus rammed four women, all of them pedestrians and three of them senior citizens, leading to the death of one of them around 11.50 am at the MG Road-Kalakar Street crossing, close to Satyanarayan Park in central ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    Stray dogs being picked up at random: Citizens to KMC

    Kolkata: Last week, Rachana Ghosh had a nightmarish experience when she discovered that her favourite pet dog Bhodu, who lived on the street in her neighbourhood, had gone missing. So distraught was the lawyer who resides in Behala that ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    Preserve HMPV +ve samples for genome sequencing, West Bengal labs told

    KOLKATA: The state health department has informally told pathological laboratories to preserve HMVP positive samples so that those could be sent for genomic sequencing, if required. Health officials reiterated that there was no unusual spike in the number of ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    Port Blair 1st circuit bench to get video-con cabins

    Kolkata: Ten video-conferencing cabins were set up at the Calcutta High Court circuit bench at Port Blair, making it the first circuit bench in the country to be equipped with such a facility. The sound-proof cabins were virtually inaugurated ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar rape-murder verdict on January 18; CBI demands death penalty for accused Sanjay Roy for 'monstrous crime'

    KOLKATA: A trial court is set to deliver the RG Kar rape-murder verdict on Jan 18, more than five months after a 31-year-old junior doctor was violated and brutally killed in the state govt-run medical college and hospital, setting ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    Kol lensmen lose 30L equipment in Bihar theft

    Kolkata: Several pieces of photographic equipment —a mirrorless camera, lens, drone—a laptop, ATM cards, passports and crucial documents, together worth around Rs 30 lakh, were stolen from a guesthouse in Bihar, where wedding photographer Sujay Das, along with colleagues ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    Indian Museum @ 210: Past set to meet present to celebrate institute’s birthday

    Kolkata: The Indian Museum is set to mark its 210th anniversary with ‘Dialogues Across Time', an art exhibition, where the past will meet the present. Union minister of culture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat will on Jan 11 inaugurate the exhibition ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    Fire at slum on DH Road

    Kolkata: A fire broke out at a slum and auto rickshaw union's office in Joka below a metro viaduct on Diamond Harbour Road on Thursday evening. Two fire tenders brought the blaze under control in half-an-hour.Fire officers confirmed that ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    Traffic cops set up guard rails, new signal in bid to make tram track death zone safer

    123 Kolkata: The Regent Park Traffic Guard converged on the Jubilee Park-Police Estate crossing close to Tollygunge metro station, trying to come up with long- as well as short-term measures to ensure safety for commuters. At that very spot ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    Poor batting lets Bengal down

    Kolkata: Poor batting display saw Bengal lose to Haryana by 72 runs in the pre-quarterfinals and crash out of Vijay Hazare Trophy meet at the Motibaug ground in Vadodara on Thursday.Chasing 299 for victory, none of the Bengal batters ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    Woman escapes abuse, returns to Bolpur with help of Birbhum DLSA, Mum NGO

    Bolpur: A married woman has returned to her hometown with the help of a Mumbai-based NGO and Birbhum District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) in Bolpur after allegedly escaping abuse. The woman has filed a complaint with Bolpur police against ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    ITC Infotech to set up its first global AI hub in city

    Kolkata: ITC Infotech, the wholly owned subsidiary of diversified corporate giant ITC, is setting up its Global AI Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengal.The CoE will act as a central hub for ITC Infotech, through which it will service ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    Bengal STF to move Assam court to question ABT trio

    Kolkata: Bengal STF plans to move Assam court to question at least three members of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) about the role of two former JMB men, believed to have helped the ABT module in Bengal and Assam even ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    Bengal reforms budget document, managing central scheme funds

    Kolkata: Bengal's budget document will exclude mentions of central share in centrally sponsored schemes (CSS). Additional chief secretary (finance) Prabhat Kumar Mishra, by a notification dated Jan 6, has clarified that separate headings for central and state shares in ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    Emami eyes Rs 1k cr revenue, rebrands male grooming range

    Kolkata: After rebranding Fair And Handsome to Smart And Handsome on Thursday, Emami Ltd is eyeing Rs 1,000 crore revenue from the male grooming brand. Before rebranding, Fair And Handsome was a Rs 250-crore brand but had been witnessing ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    India, B’desh border forces hold flag meet amid fencing tension

    Kolkata: A flag meeting took place between IG, South Bengal Frontier of Border Security Force and the regional commander of Border Guards Bangladesh at Petrapole–Benapole border on Thursday, days after a standoff at Malda Baishnabnagar over BSF's attempts to ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    TMC expels arrested Malda neta from party

    Malda: Trinamool on Thursday expelled Narendranath Tiwari, who was arrested on Wednesday for the Jan 2 murder of his TMC colleague, Dulal Sarkar.Malda TMC president and MLA Abdul Rahim Boxi announced Tiwari's expulsion from the party. Trinamool vice-president Jayprakash ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    Police, govt officials under scrutiny in passport scam case

    Kolkata: Even as investigations by Kolkata Police into issuing of passports using fake IDs have begun to take into account the role of govt officials in the entire process, verification officers from several police stations under two divisions of ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    HC refuses to hear Adhir’s plea on DVC water release

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday declined to entertain a petition by former state Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury seeking the court's directions on two allegedly contradictory stances of the state over the release of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    Be safe, maintain peace: CM to Gangasagar pilgrims

    Kolkata: Addressing pilgrims en route to Gangasagar Mela at the Babughat transit camp on Thursday, CM Mamata Banerjee emphasised the significance of safety. She urged the thousands converging in Kolkata to exercise prudence, saying: "Don't do anything that would ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    Safety of women: Citizens’ letter to CM

    123 Nagorik Chetona, a civil society collective with citizens from different walks of life, sent an email to CM Mamata Banerjee and other govt officials demanding long-term policy for safety of women. The demands include establishment of internal complaints ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    ZSI team discovers new pangolin species in Arunachal

    123 Kolkata: Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) scientists have discovered a pangolin species — the Indo-Burmese pangolin (Manis indoburmanica) — in Arunachal Pradesh. Diverging from the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) approximately 3.4 million years ago, the species is believed ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    ER takes digital leap with smart tickets

    123 Kolkata: Eastern Railway (ER) has transformed purchasing tickets into a streamlined, tech-driven experience. Over the past few months since ER introduced automatic ticket vending machines (ATVMs) and the unreserved ticketing system (UTS) on cell phones, it has ushered ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar corruption: CBI records statements of witnesses from med procurement panel

    123 Kolkata: The CBI, which has already filed the charge sheet in connection with the alleged financial corruption at R G Kar Medical College, has named 116 witnesses. The agency started recording statements of other witnesses who were part ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    Mastermind among 11 held in nationwide digital arrest scam

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police have arrested 11 individuals involved in a nationwide crackdown against digital arrest scam, claiming to have solved over 930 complaints across the country. Among the latest to be arrested is the mastermind, Chirag Kapoor, also ...

    10 January 2025 Times of India
    After 2 months, 4 E-W rakes from Hwh go to Salt Lake for upkeep

    Kolkata: The four rakes running on the East-West Metro's under-river section for nearly two months were finally taken to the Salt Lake depot for maintenance. Four other spruced-up ones were brought in for operation on the Esplanade-Howrah Maidan stretch, ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    No divorce sans proof to back ‘breakdown of marriage’ claim: Calcutta HC

    The Calcutta High Court has ruled that simply claiming an irretrievable breakdown of marriage without proof is not a valid ground for divorce. KOLKATA: Merely insisting on an "irretrievable breakdown of marriage", but being unable to prove what led ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    BSF puts up fencing along unfenced border stretches

    12 Petrapole: Considering the current relation between Indian and Bangladesh, officers of the Border Security Forces (BSF) said they were in the process of putting up permanent and temporary fences along the 400km-odd unfenced portion of the international border ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp celebrates old boy’s ISRO elevation

    Kolkata: IIT-Kharagpur celebrated the appointment of alumnus V Narayanan as the next chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and the secretary of the department of space. The officials and teachers remembered the rocket-and-spacecraft propulsion expert's last visit to ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    JMB terrorist used 'crowd-funding' to help Ansarullah Bangla Team get Indian documents, safe passage

    KOLKATA: Alleged Jamaat-Ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorist Tarikul Islam alias Suman - currently at Murshidabad Correctional Home for his involvement in the 2014 Khagragarh blast - came up with the idea of "crowd-funding" to ensure that members of Ansarullah Bangla ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    Shami in line to make CT squad

    Kolkata: Missing the bus for the Border-Gavaskar series Down Under, Mohammed Shami will be keen to make the India squad for the upcoming Champions Trophy. The pacer, who was sidelined for almost a year after the 2023 ODI World ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    Yatri Sathi, other app-cab platforms ease commute in Asansol, Durgapur

    12 Kolkata/Durgapur: Multiple app-cab aggregators have started operations in the twin cities of Durgapur and Asansol, offering much-needed relief to residents who were dependent on autos, totos, a handful of buses, and car rental companies charging exorbitant rates. Since ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    Max temp dips below normal, Met predicts min dip today

    Kolkata: While the minimum temperature in Kolkata stayed above normal on Wednesday, the maximum temperature slipped over three notches from that of Tuesday. The Met office predicted a drop in the minimum temperature from Thursday.A steady inflow of cold ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    Club encroachments eat into Vivekananda Park green space

    Kolkata: The civic body, after taking over Vivekananda Park's upkeep from Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority, has discovered that chunks of the park have been encroached upon. Currently, the lion's share of the 43-bigha park is being used by eight ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    Sandakphu snow revives hope for increase in tourist footfall

    Siliguri: Sandakphu, the highest point in Bengal, received the year's first snowfall, the season's third, on Wednesday. It received up to two inches of snowfall. This area usually receives snowfall from Dec to Feb. The snowfall has brought hopes ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    Crackdown on bike racing, masking of number plates

    Kolkata: Lalbazar has ordered a crackdown on racing bikers who often cover the number plates of their motorcycles to evade prosecution.Kolkata Police and Bidhannagar Police have formed special teams for the drive. Check-nakas are also being set up across ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    After 2-day hide-&-seek, Kultali tiger returns to forest

    Kolkata: The tiger that entered Kultali Moipith's Kishorimohanpur village under South 24 Pgns forest division on Monday and later shifted to North Jagaddal on Tuesday, returned to the forest late last night.DFO Nisha Goswami said it has returned to ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    Cops seize 2 bikes with modified silencers in Park Circus, fine riders

    Kolkata: The Park Circus Traffic Guard has seized two motorcycles in Beniapukur and Karaya and fined the owners for modifying the bikes' silencers and riding down the roads with a blasting noise. While one of the riders was charged ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    Bengal India’s ‘cultural capital’, says CM, hails edu achievements

    Kolkata: Calling Bengal the cultural capital of the country, CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hailed Bengal's achievements across different fields — from education to culture and sports. Speaking at the conclusion of Students' Week celebrations in the city, the ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    HC nod for BJP rally to Alipore today

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted permission to the Bengal BJP to hold a rally from Rabindra Sadan metro station to National Library from noon to 3 pm on Thursday.Justice Jay Sengupta gave the permission but capped the ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    Cops to grill passport verification officials to unearth scam trail

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police special investigation team (SIT) probing the passport scam has sent letters to five passport offices in Bengal to question verification and granting officers there. These officers had allegedly vetted the applications of 73 passports, which ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    Bizman abducted for 1 cr, rescued

    Kolkata: The state regional vice-president of a Kolkata-based MSME (micro, small, and medium enterprises) company, Amitava Bose (52), was abducted by a gang of six for a ransom of Rs 1 crore on Sunday. But cops from the Duttapukur ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    HC orders police security for S’khali rape survivor

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed police to provide security to a gang-rape survivor in a case registered at Sandeshkhali police station in May 2024. The state was directed to submit a report on Jan 13.The case was ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    1 lakh served in 7 days under health project launched by Abhishek

    123 Kolkata: Sebaashray, the pet healthcare project launched by Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee, has served more than 1 lakh patients in seven days, the Trinamool general secretary shared on Wednesday."I am thrilled to announce that SEBAASHRAY successfully served ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    TMC functionary arrested for Jan 2 murder of Malda neta

    12 Malda/Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress leader was arrested on Wednesday for the Jan 2 murder of his party colleague, Dulal Sarkar, in Malda. Accused Narendranath Tiwari, the party's English Bazar Town president and the Malda Hindi cell chief, allegedly ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    Jan 5 not my real birthday, says Didi

    Kolkata: Three days after she was wished on her birthday, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that Jan 5 was not the day she was born but just a random date that her father had put in the school ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    Maha Oct rain turns onions into tear-jerker across Kol markets

    1234 Kolkata: The aftermath of Oct rain in Nashik, Maharashtra, made a significant impact on onion prices across Kolkata, with retail markets witnessing steep fluctuations this Jan. The blending of rain-damaged onions with good-quality produce has caused a headache ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    Release of crop damages has begun: CM

    123 Kolkata: Bengal had started releasing Rs 350 crore as assistance to 9 lakh farmers whose crops were damaged due to adverse weather conditions, said CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday.The CM posted on X: "I am very happy to ...

    9 January 2025 Times of India
    Stop using your child as pawn: Calcutta HC to woman fighting divorce battle

    KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday told a woman, fighting an acrimonious divorce battle, to "stop using your child as a pawn", saying it would otherwise grant custody to her estranged husband, for the sake of the child's well-being.The ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
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