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  • How JMB terrorist with links to Khagragarh blast recruited a Pocso accused in West Bengal prison

    KOLKATA: When Assam police, with the help of Bengal STF, arrested Minarul Sheikh and Abbas Ali in Murshidabad's Hariharpara police station area last month, local police were left surprised. Abbas had a criminal record - he had served jail ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    BSF refutes media reports on border stretch takeover by Border Guard Bangladesh

    PETRAPOLE: Border Security Force (BSF) has denied as "baseless" Bangladesh media reports that claim the country's border guards have taken over a 5km riverine border stretch in Ranghat village of Bagdah block in North 24 Parganas.A Bangladeshi media channel ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    5 Kol labs detected 30-odd HMPV cases in Nov-Dec 2024, all patients recovered

    Kolkata: Five major Kolkata labs—some of them stand-alone facilities and some hospital-based—diagnosed 30-odd people with human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in Nov and Dec, '24. All the patients—three-four adults and the rest children, some as young as three months old—have recovered. ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    Some schools bring back masks, some issue stay-at-home advice for unwell students

    Kolkata: Masks have made a comeback in some schools in the city after Covid. Concerned about reports of HMPV, some schools have asked their students to come masked, while some others urged the guardians not to send their wards ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    There’s no reason to worry: CM

    Kolkata/Howrah: There was no immediate cause for concern about human metapneumovirus (HMPV), said chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday, allaying fears among people about the virus spread. "There is no reason to worry. If there is indeed a reason ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    HC no to woman’s stay-extension plea after visa expiry

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday refused to interfere when an Algerian woman, who married a Kolkata resident, sought permission to overstay after the expiry of her visa until the marriage registration under the Special Marriage Act was ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    HS council’s workshop for better Eng skills

    Kolkata: West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education on Tuesday held a day-long workshop on English for XI-XII students to improve their proficiency in the language. The workshop was part of the council's pilot project, aimed at honing the ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    Bengal govt woos investors for green hydrogen units

    Kolkata: To promote a circular economy, Bengal govt was wooing investors to set up green hydrogen manufacturing units, state industry and commerce minister Shashi Panja said on Tuesday. She was speaking at the 18th Environment Partnership Summit organised by ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    Bengal labourer trapped in Assam coal mine

    12 Jalpaiguri: A 34-year-old migrant labourer from Falakata is among those trapped in the coal mine in Assam's Umrangso.Sanjit Sarkar, who has worked in various states as a migrant labourer, was employed at the coal mine in Assam.His family ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    Caution public on Banglar Awas funds fraud, DMs told

    Kolkata: Worried about cyber fraudsters targeting beneficiaries of Banglar Awas Yojana, Bengal govt on Tuesday asked district magistrates to be extra cautious and make people aware of deceitful designs.The DMs were instructed to campaign so that poor people do ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    Close shave as two buses collide at Dorina crossing

    Kolkata: An accident involving two buses was reported from the Dorina crossing at Esplanade on Monday night. This affected traffic flow on both Mayo Road and Dufferin Road for over an hour.According to the South Traffic guard, the bus ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    Biker, bus conductor die in accidents

    Kolkata: Two people lost their lives in two separate accidents in the past 48 hours. A 55-year-old bus conductor died near the Dufferin Road-Outram Road crossing next to the Fort William Gate when a biker, riding rashly, hit him ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    Mars to star in two celestial shows this Jan

    Kolkata: This winter, stargazers in Kolkata are in for a celestial treat as Mars makes its closest approach to Earth and reaches opposition with the Sun, presenting a spectacular view of the Red Planet. The phenomenon began on Dec ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    Track buses in real time with revamped ‘Pathadisha’ app

    Kolkata: The Pathadisha app, once lauded for revolutionising public transport navigation in Kolkata, is set for a grand revival by the state. This revamped version, named ‘Track-my-bus', aims to restore its functionality and popularity, allowing commuters to track buses ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    Track buses in real time with revamped ‘Pathadisha’ app

    123 Kolkata: The Pathadisha app, once lauded for revolutionising public transport navigation in Kolkata, is set for a grand revival by the state. This revamped version, named ‘Track-my-bus', aims to restore its functionality and popularity, allowing commuters to track ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    Kol homes above Rs 10cr and below Rs 50L see robust sale in 2024

    123 Kolkata: The real estate sector in Kolkata witnessed unprecedented growth across the price spectrum, with super luxury properties priced between Rs 20 crore and Rs 50 crore, as well as luxury properties priced between Rs 5 crore and ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    Fresh tiger paw prints seen in Kultali

    Kultali: Fresh tiger paw prints were discovered on Tuesday morning in Kultali's Maipith after residents of Kishorimohanpur reported its presence near the area, which was cordoned off with net fences by the forest department on Monday. Additional steel fencing ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    Dhaka-bound flight stranded in city for 25 hrs

    123 Kolkata: A plane-load of passengers bound for Dhaka from Kuala Lumpur was stranded at Kolkata airport for an entire day after it was diverted to the city due to dense fog over the Bangladesh capital in the early ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    Malda murder: Cops question TMC neta after widow’s claim

    12 Malda: The Malda police on Tuesday questioned English Bazaar Town Trinamool Congress president and former municipality chairperson Narendranath Tiwari in connection with the Jan 2 murder of TMC councillor Dulal Sarkar. His brother Akhilesh Tiwari, a trader, was ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    Road death audit system in govt hosps

    Kolkata: The state health department has laid down the specifics for reporting each road traffic accident (RTA) death. Each govt hospital where an accident victim dies must submit the report in the particular format issued on Tuesday. This is ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    CM lays foundation stones for Rs 214 crore projects in S 24 Parganas

    12 Gangasagar: CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday laid foundation stones for projects worth Rs 214 crore in South 24 Parganas. She inaugurated 30 govt projects and laid the foundation for 19 others,which she said would benefit the lives of ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    ‘Rightly said’, Didi says on Cong neta’s expulsion comment

    Kolkata: "Rightly said." CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday reacted with just two words to Bengal Congress senior Pradip Bhattacharya's statement on Saturday that Congress was still paying for her expulsion from the party.Banerjee landed at Howrah's Dumurjala helipad from ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    Mild quake jolts city early risers, sparks panic in Hills

    Kolkata/Siliguri/Kalimpong: Kolkata experienced mild earthquake tremors on Tuesday morning. Many early risers, people who were preparing to leave for their morning walks, and parents who woke up to get the kids ready for school felt the vibrations. Though mild, ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    Kol’s PM2.5 count improved by 21.5% over 5 years, shows study

    Kolkata: The city has achieved a 21.5% reduction in PM2.5 levels over the past five years, with annual averages improving from 57.1 µg/m³ in 2019 to 44.8 µg/m³ in 2024, according to the report ‘Toward Cleaner Skies: An In-Depth ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    EB rope in Venezuelan attacker

    Kolkata: Emami East Bengal FC on Tuesday announced the signing of Venezuelan international Richard Celis for the remainder of the season. Celis, who can play both as a left-winger and centre-forward, will replace French playmaker Madih Talal, who has ...

    8 January 2025 Times of India
    In 2024, road deaths rose first time since 2016

    Kolkata: The city witnessed 191 deaths in 2024, the commissioner of police, Manoj Verma, said on Monday at Lalbazar. In 2023, the city witnessed 159 deaths. Thus, Kolkata Police registered a 20% jump in fatalities in the previous year ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    ‘Follow violation data for hiring pvt bus drivers’

    123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Police will prepare a detailed data sheet on traffic violations committed by each bus driver. It has proposed that the bus owners and unions consult their integrated traffic violation data, along with criminal antecedent checks, ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    368 more state buses on road to ease travel woes

    123 Kolkata: Prodded by chief minister Mamata Banerjee, the transport department on Monday launched special services from major transit points to big hospitals in the city. A total of 368 extra buses operated on city roads. Senior transport department ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    4-year-old’s journey: From Kharagpur railway platform to New Jersey

    MIDNAPORE: A child with special needs, who had been abandoned at Kharagpur railway station four years ago when he was just six months old, was formally adopted by a couple in New Jersey, US, on Monday.Joshua and Raven Lieurance ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    Tiger spotted in Kultali

    12 A tiger sighting in Kultali's Srikanta Palli has sparked fear after it was seen dragging a bull carcass into a forest on Sunday. Cops and forest department were informed and a fencing net has been erected. Pug marks ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    App biker killed, IT woman injured in VIP Rd accident, bus ransacked

    123456 Kolkata: A 33-year-old app bike rider was killed and a 28-year-old Sec V employee riding pillion was seriously injured when a private bus hit the motorcycle on VIP Road at the Narayanpur crossing on Monday. The accident sparked ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    Customs man killed in Garden Reach, 1 injured

    Kolkata: A 58-year-old customs officer riding a bike, Chittaranjan Singh, died and his colleague riding pillion, Premnath Routh (52), was injured when their two-wheeler brushed against a truck. The incident was reported around 3.50 pm on Central Garden Reach ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    191 accident deaths in ’24, 20% more than in ’23: City top cop

    Kolkata: City police reported 191 deaths in accidents in 2024, recording a 20% rise in fatalities than that in 2023, when 159 deaths were reported, said police commissioner Manoj Verma on Monday at the launch of the Safe Drive ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    Traffic awareness

    A traffic awareness and sensitisation programme has been organized by Kolkata Traffic Police at Rangers' Club on Tuesday afternoon. The session will be attended by representatives of bus and mini bus unions. Police said the objective was to ensure ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    Govt sets 20-km, 24-hour rules for docs’ pvt practice

    Kolkata: Govt hospital doctors looking at private practice should be within a 20km radius of the govt facility they are posted at and they should also be available at the state facility within a stipulated time—24 hours—if called for ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy gets more space

    Kolkata: The Egyptian mummy, the most prized possession of the Indian Museum, was relocated to a larger space after 35 years. This 4,000-year-old artefact, a top attraction at the Indian Museum is the oldest in the Asia-Pacific region and ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    In Kol, baby was treated in intensive care 2 mths ago

    Kolkata: The last known case of HMPV infection in Bengal, where the patient required intensive care, was two months ago. The five-month-old boy, who had travelled from Mumbai to Kolkata, had to stay in hospital for 10 days in ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    Cold winds return to city, Met predicts slight chill ahead

    123 Kolkata: After surging past 16 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the mercury slipped to 14.2 degrees Celsius on Monday. While the mercury is expected to remain around the same mark on Tuesday, the Met said there is a possibility ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    Metro ops disrupted for over 2 hrs after suicide at Chandni Chowk

    Kolkata: Services on North-South Metro corridor were disrupted for more than two hours on Monday afternoon after a senior citizen jumped in front of a Dakshineswar-bound train at Chandni Chowk station. The man later died of his injuries at ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    5 Indian films at 23rd Dhaka Int’l Film Festival sans directors

    123 Kolkata: The 23rd Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF), which commences on Jan 11, is scheduled to showcase five Indian films. The quintet of Indian productions – ‘Padatik', ‘Beline', ‘Clerk', ‘In The Belly of a Tiger', and ‘Swaha (In ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    Season’s worst fog disruption hits Kolkata airport

    123 Unprecedented fog chaos at Kolkata airport: over 10,000 passengers stranded, 60 flights delayed, and multiple diversions.Subhro Niyogi & Tamaghna BanerjeeKolkata: Kolkata airport experienced the season's worst flight disruption on Monday when thick fog reduced visibility to near zero ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    BSF urges border youths to take up sports

    Kolkata: IG BSF north Bengal Soorya Kant Sharma interacted with local youths and encouraged them to take up sports at a village coordination meeting at Choosepara Border Outpost on Saturday. He distributed sports kits to promote a culture of ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    Sukanta files plaint as photo used in fake loan app ad

    123 Malda: Junior Union minister and state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Monday lodged a police complaint after finding his photograph was being used to advertise a fake loan app promising women an interest-free loan of Rs 4 lakh.The ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    SSC scam: Court frames charges against Bhadra, Partha

    Kolkata: A city court on Monday framed charges in the cash-for-job case after accused Sujay Krishna Bhadra appeared virtually. The proceedings were earlier delayed as Bhadra was on ventilation after being hospitalised on Dec 31, 2024.Charges were also framed ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    Odisha should send team to rescue tigers that stray into Bengal: Mamata

    12 Gangasagar: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday said Odisha govt should send its team to rescue tigers that had strayed into the state and "not blame Bengal".The CM was referring to tigress Zeenat, who had trekked 300km across three ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    Bidhannagar Mela ends, Central Park gets ready for book fair

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Fair Utsav, organised by the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC), ended on Monday. By Jan 9, the Publishers and Booksellers Guild is expecting to get hold of the fairground to start preparing for the Kolkata International Book ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    Former bank official dies in sleep in early-morning fire

    Kolkata: A 65-year-old woman residing in a three-storey building died in a fire on Monday morning. Baby Mondal, a former employee of a nationalised bank, was asleep when her room was engulfed by fire. Fire fighters suspect the blaze ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    KMC struggles to convince Park Circus traders to shift

    Kolkata: Six months after the KMC formalised its decision to reconstruct the dilapidated Park Circus market at a mayor-in-council meeting, the civic body's market department is struggling to convince most of the traders to temporarily shift to Park Circus ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    Thieves break in as family visits hosp

    Howrah: Thieves emptied a house in Howrah on Sunday evening when its owner was at a hospital in New Town for his mother's cancer treatment. Other family members, too, were at the hospital at the time, and the house ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    Khagragarh accused in STF custody

    Kolkata/Behrampore: On a day when the Assam STF came to Bengal in a bid to take his custody and question him in jail, the Bengal STF moved court on Monday and took a Khagragarh blast accused, Tarikul Islam alias ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    Reaffirming heritage: Armenian Christians celebrate Christmas

    Kolkata: The Armenian community, with less than 200 members in Kolkata, came together on Monday to celebrate Christmas, a tradition steeped in history and faith. The celebrations began in the morning at the Armenian Church of the Holy Nazareth ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    11.9 lakh gap between male and female voter figures on EC list

    Kolkata: The male-female electoral gap in Bengal is now only 11.9 lakh. According to the final data released by the Election Commission on Monday, there are approximately 3.8 crore male voters in Bengal, and 3.7 crore female voters.In the ...

    7 January 2025 Times of India
    4th Kol zone enters poor AQI category

    123 Kolkata: The city woke up to a grey, smog-covered Sunday with visibility drastically reduced, as another monitoring zone — Victoria Memorial — entered the ‘poor' category (AQI: 201-300), joining Ballygunge, Salt Lake, and Fort William. This leaves only ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    Three film projects in three decades: Tinsel world’s abiding interest in Nati Binodini

    KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee's decision to rename Star Theatre as Binodini Theatre highlights Bengali cinema's enduring interest in one of Bengal's pioneering female stage performers. Thirty years ago, Dinen Gupta directed 'Nati Binodini', starring Debosree Ray and Prosenjit ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    Malda murder: Rs 2L for info leading to 2 key conspirators

    Malda: Police on Sunday sought information from the public on the alleged key conspirators behind the Jan 2 murder of Trinamool Congress's Malda vice-president Dulal Sarkar, announcing a Rs 2 lakh reward for any information leading to their arrest. ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    Non-clinical professors in West Bengal medical colleges to take on patient-care duties

    KOLKATA: Professors of non-clinical subjects like anatomy and physiology will now have to shoulder other hospital duties, including tending to patients admitted to state-run medical colleges and hospitals, says a new health department circular issued on Friday.A large pool ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    Calcutta HC advocate takes 'silicone parents' on Sunday spin around town on faux vintage car

    KOLKATA: A Calcutta High Court advocate, who has got life-sized silicone statues of his parents after their death, hired a faux vintage car and took their likenesses for a ride around the city on Sunday afternoon, attracting curious glances ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    Foggy mornings, temp dip on cards

    123 Kolkata: Parts of the city may go behind a veil of fog early on Monday, even as the Met office predicted a temperature drop towards the end of the week. While Kolkata recorded a minimum temperature of 16.2°C ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    Onus on cops to upload cyber plaints on nat’l portal

    123 Kolkata: The Lalbazar has made it mandatory for all police stations and cyber cells to upload cyber complaints on behalf of the complainants on the ‘National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal' for the quickest possible resolution. Lalbazar stated that ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    Mom takes on mission to save girl trafficked 6 yrs ago, NGOs rescue duo from Aligarh

    Kolkata: A 17-year-old girl, trafficked six years ago at the age of 11 from the outskirts of the IT hub of Rajarhat and sold to a family in UP's Aligarh, would never have had the chance to be free ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    Repairs start 2 months after Salt Lake accident death

    1234 Kolkata: The New Year began with positive changes at the Salt Lake site where a Class II student had died two months ago in an accident due to factors like uneven roads, rash driving, and a bad decision ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    City sees spike in autism after Covid-19 pandemic: Experts

    123 Kolkata: The number of children and adults diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) increased substantially in the past few years. Experts believe greater awareness among parents and schools led to the spike. According to the National Institute of ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    Nipha plans 3 units in Bengal over 12 months

    Kolkata: Nipha, a city-based engineering and manufacturing company, is planning two greenfield projects in Dankuni and Chandernagore as well as a brownfield project in Falta within the next one year in order to expand its operations in Bengal.Executive director ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    Teacher headcount starts in state schools

    Kolkata: Ahead of the next Supreme Court hearing on 26,000 teaching posts, which is slated for Tuesday, the state education department has initiated a comprehensive data collection. This includes gathering information on the teacher-student ratio and the status of ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    Veteran Cong neta: We’re still paying for expelling Mamata

    Kolkata: Congress was still paying for Mamata Baner-jee's expulsion from the party, said Bengal Congress senior Pradip Bhattacharya on Saturday. Bhattacharya added that while then Pradesh Congress chief Somen Mitra is often blamed for Banerjee's expulsion, Mitra's hand was ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    Madhyamik portal to open again for 24 hrs on Jan 6

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) is giving a final chance for students to enrol for the Madhyamik examination, which is slated in Feb. This year, the board made this process online, and the portal was ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    Sex pest dad’s friends threaten girl in court

    Kolkata: A 15-year-old girl who got her stepfather arrested for allegedly sexually abusing her and pursued legal action, was allegedly threatened with dire consequences by her father's associates on court premises. The incident was captured on CCTV camera, leading ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    KMRC completes 7-storey-deep egress shaft in collapse zone

    Kolkata: The East-West Metro project has achieved yet another milestone and has moved forward towards its full run. The 22m-deep passenger egress shaft at Bowbazar's Durga Pituri Lane is now structurally complete. Soon, the entire open space, which is ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    ‘Darkness is dissipating’: Wives flooded with relief as 95 fishermen begin voyage home

    123 Kakdwip (South 24-Parganas): A relieved smile brightened Brihaspati Maity's face as she finished her phone call with her husband Nilu. Brihaspati has been able to speak to Nilu as many as five times in the last two days. ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    After CM prod, more state bus services in Bengal

    Kolkata: After a prod from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and amid growing demands to improve public transportation, the Kolkata transport department has planned a significant augmentation of bus services, including more buses, increased trip frequencies, and introduction of new ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    Salt Lake roads and trees tangled in cable mess, motorists at risk

    123 Kolkata: Overhead cables dangling across Salt Lake has continued to be a common sight in the township, even as the adjacent New Town could get rid of the menace, locals complained. ‘What Sector V or New Town could ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    Lack of machine & workers delay Maa repairs

    Kolkata: Repairs of the Bypass-bound flank of Maa, scheduled to start from 10 pm on Sunday, were delayed as the machine and special labourers needed for the work could not be arranged till late in the night. According to ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    AI-enabled cameras, QR wristbands: Sagar Mela goes hi-tech this year

    12 Gangasagar: Gangasagar Mela, starting Jan 9, is set to take its most technologically advanced form this year. AI-enabled cameras and drones, QR code-enabled wristbands, a real-time movement tracking system for vehicles and launches or vessels entering Sagar Island, ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    1 more cop in Bengal under scanner in passport scam case

    Kolkata: Days after a former passport verification officer, sub-inspector (SI) Abdul Hai (61) was arrested for his alleged connection with the passport forgery racket, investigators on Sunday indicated that the former might have been helped by a second cop. ...

    6 January 2025 Times of India
    Guv gives nod to prosecute Partha

    Kolkata: CBI has received the approval of governor CV Ananda Bose for prosecuting former education minister Partha Chatterjee in the school recruitment scam case. The agency submitted a copy of the approval received on Dec 31 with the special ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    Two more arrested for Malda TMC leader’s murder

    Malda: Two more youths were arrested in connection with the murder of Trinamool's English Bazar councillor Dulal Sarkar, who was shot dead by four men on Thursday.Abhijeet Ghosh and Amit Rajak, both residents of English Bazaar, were held late ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    BSF, BGB unite to help B’deshi woman bid final farewell to bro

    123 Bagdah (North 24-Parganas): Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) helped a woman from across the border fulfil her wish to bid the final farewell to her brother, who died in Bagdah on Friday. This comes ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    Min temp up, may rise further today; chill may be missing for 2-3 days: Met

    123 Kolkata: The city remained partly cloudy on Saturday even as the minimum temperature jumped a degree to 14.4°C. It could jump further by a couple of degrees and touch 16°C on Sunday, said the Met office, which predicted ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    Whale, rescued from Kakdwip on Thursday, found dead in Sagar

    123 Kolkata: Over 48 hours after a 16-foot Bryde's whale was rescued from a creek near Kakdwip and released in the Bay of Bengal, carcass of a whale washed ashore Sumatinagar ferry ghat near Sagar Islands on Sunday morning.Whilst ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    Weather vagaries, pollution spike leave Kolkata with a lingering cough

    123 Kolkata: Thousands struck by cough and cold infections across Kolkata have been left with a lingering cough that refuses to go despite medication. Bronchiolitis or ‘patchy pneumonia', an existing allergy, or rhinitis could be the reasons, say doctors. ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    AI-powered chatbot, HTML cause lists for blind persons at Cal HC in new year

    123 Kolkata: The country's oldest court is set to integrate an AI chatbot into its official website in 2025, after taking initial steps towards including technology in the justice delivery system by starting live-streaming of court proceedings in 2023.A ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    Dhaka-bound flights land in Kol

    123 Kolkata: In recent months, flight operations between India and Bangladesh were affected due to strained relations between the two countries, with visa issues impacting travel. However, on Sunday morning, Kolkata hosted four additional flights bound for Bangladesh as ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    NIA arrests prime suspect in BJP neta murder case

    Kolkata: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Mohan Mondal, a prime suspect in the abduction and murder of BJP Moyna booth president Bijoy Krishna Bhunia, in Pune on Thursday. Mondal, who was on the run with non-bailable warrants against ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    95 fishermen to return from Bangladesh jail today

    Kolkata: The 95 fishermen from Kakdwip, lodged in a Bangladesh jail for intruding into the neighbouring country's waters, will likely reach India on Sunday. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will felicitate them at Ganga Sagar Island on Monday."The family members ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar case: Sanjay Roy's lawyer questions crime scene, claims no signs of struggle in PGT doctor's murder

    In a Sealdah district court hearing, the defense lawyer for Sanjay Roy, the accused in the rape and murder of a PGT doctor, questioned the crime scene and presented forensic evidence suggesting a lack of struggle. KOLKATA: The lawyer ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    12am-4am curbs on BB Ganguly St stretch till Thurs

    Kolkata: A section of B B Ganguly Street was closed to traffic on Sunday midnight to allow KMRC to check if there are voids along the twin East-West Metro tunnels. The ground stability tests in this particular section of ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    JU alumnus’s widow pledges 1.7cr for engg lab upgrade

    Kolkata: The widow of a Jadavpur University mechanical engineering alumnus, Himendu Chaudhuri, pledged Rs 1.7 crore ($200,000) to modernise a measurement lab at the department that will go a long way in offering upgraded research facilities for undergraduate students. ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    350 workers toil for 65 days to reclaim 21k sqm land at Sagar

    1234 Kolkata: Around 350 workers are now rushing against time to fill 63,000 cubic metres of earth and reclaim land at Sagar Island before chief minister Mamata Banerjee's visits to the island on Jan 6 ahead of the Gangasagar ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    Nirendranath’s centenary celebrations draw to an end

    Kolkata: The birth centenary celebration of author Nirendranath Chakravarty (1924-2018) concluded at Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi on Saturday evening, when writers, researchers and book lovers paid their tribute to the ‘Kolkatar Jishu' poet.An elaborate discussion was held on Nirendranath and ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    Woman dials 100 after abuse on bus

    Kolkata: Cops intercepted a Santragachhi-bound bus near Vidyasagar Setu and detained a Patna resident after one of his co-passenger, a Salt Lake IT firm employee, dialled 100 around 11 pm on Friday and complained that the accused behaved inappropriately ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    Former Kolkata Police SI held for role in fake passport racket

    Kolkata: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case in which passports were issued to Bangladeshi nationals using Indian documents on Friday night arrested a just-retired sub-inspector of Kolkata Police. The former cop was found to have a direct ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    Surprise raid catches New Market hawkers unawares

    123 Kolkata: Cops from New Market police station conducted a surprise drive and removed hawkers from Bertram Street who were encroaching on the carriageways, flouting the hawking rules set by the Town Vending Committee (TVC). The surprise drive left ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    TMC min-BJP MP spat turns traffic-stopper on Setu

    Kolkata: Vidyasagar Setu on Friday night was the scene of a heated exchange between state's IT minister Babul Supriyo and BJP's Tamluk MP Abhijit Ganguly, leading to a 20-minute-long traffic snarl. Following this incident, Supriyo filed a GD with ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    Crooks pawn gold to dodge police

    Kolkata: Cops have uncovered a growing trend in and around Kolkata where chain snatchers and thieves are pawning stolen jewellery using fabricated stories about family emergencies to evade detection. The accused are not selling them off as jewellers have ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    Commuters livid over closure of bus routes, short-termination

    Kolkata: The public-private partnership model, which allows private players to run state-owned buses, has drawn the commuter's ire barely six months into its operations that is now plagued by short termination of routes and the closure of two popular ...

    5 January 2025 Times of India
    Mutual transfer site opens after 2 years

    Kolkata: The state govt's Utsashree portal has finally opened for mutual transfer of teachers and educational staff after staying shut for more than two years. The govt on Dec 31 issued a directive, saying that except for mutual transfers, ...

    4 January 2025 Times of India
    New year’s 4th day sees first organ donation

    123 Kolkata: In death, a teenager promised life to five. In the first deceased organ donation in 2025, Dipak Kumar Yadav gave hope to the five who were battling organ failure. The heart, lungs, liver, and two kidneys of ...

    4 January 2025 Times of India
    HC orders KMC to demolish illegal structures at 8 addresses by Feb 28

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to demolish several illegal constructions spread across eight addresses housing a few hundred residents.KMC, with assistance from the Special Task Force of Kolkata Police, was asked ...

    4 January 2025 Times of India
    TMC's Dulal Sarkar murder: 5 arrested in attack on Mamata Banerjee's close associate

    Representative image NEW DELHI: Police have arrested five people in connection with the murder of Malda English Bazar Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillor Dulal Sarkar, who was shot dead by assailants in Malda district on Thursday morning. Sarkar, a close ...

    4 January 2025 Times of India
    India monitoring reports of HMPV spread in China, no cause for panic: Health ministry

    Indian health agencies and doctors are monitoring reports of a new variant of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China. KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: Indian health management agencies and doctors are keeping a wary eye on reports of yet another virus spread in ...

    4 January 2025 Times of India
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