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  • News from West Bengal | 24 Jun, 2025 | ১০ আষাঢ়, ১৪৩২
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  • After engine change, AI Dreamliner’s insurance cover was hiked by Rs 100cr

    123 Kolkata: Air India had enhanced the insurance cover for the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed in Ahmedabad, from Rs 750 crore to Rs 850 crore, during its renewal in April 2025. This came following an engine replacement on ...

    17 June 2025 Times of India
    Traders who lost shops to get 1L, market to be rebuilt, promises CM

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday evening visited the fire-ravaged Orphanganj Market and announced Rs 1 lakh compensation to all traders whose shops were completely gutted and Rs 50,000 to those whose shops were partially damaged.Banerjee also announced that ...

    17 June 2025 Times of India
    Post-midnight blaze guts 700 shops in Kidderpore market

    Kolkata: A devastating fire in the early hours of Monday raged through one of south Kolkata's most congested wholesale markets, leaving at least three-fourths of the 150-year-old Orphanganj Market — located within Kidderpore Market on Orphanganj Road — in ...

    17 June 2025 Times of India
    HC allows Suvendu, another MLA to visit Maheshtala

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday allowed state leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari and another MLA to visit Maheshtala within three days and interact with residents there.The court directed Adhikari to inform the SP, Diamond Harbour Police District, and ...

    17 June 2025 Times of India
    Day after tech glitch, war delays flight at Kol airport

    Kolkata: A day after a technical snag grounded an Air India Express flight, hundreds of passengers at Kolkata airport were left stranded on Monday — this time due to geopolitical turbulence in West Asia. A Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8 ...

    17 June 2025 Times of India
    Cops nab Bhowanipore murderer

    Kolkata: Four days after he murdered a jewellery shop employee in Bhowanipore and injured three others using a sharp weapon following a tiff over a damaged shop signboard, cops on Monday arrested Asheesh Sarkar alias Piklu from south Kolkata. ...

    17 June 2025 Times of India
    4-yr-old injured in accident

    Kolkata: A four-year-old boy, Rudrangsh Sain, was severely injured after he was hit by a private car while trying to cross the road at the Karunamoyee Road-Motilal Gupta Road crossing at Jorapukur on Sunday evening.Sain was first admitted to ...

    17 June 2025 Times of India
    Trans person assaulted in Sodepur

    Kolkata: A transwoman in her mid-30s was allegedly assaulted by her neighbour in Sodepur after she protested against repeated obscene gestures and harassment. The victim, who sustained severe injuries after being beaten up with iron rods, is still undergoing ...

    17 June 2025 Times of India
    KMC focuses on height of buildings in flight path

    12 Kolkata: In the wake of the Ahmedabad tragedy, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) buildings department has alerted the executive engineers in the boroughs to strictly adhere to the building height guidelines sent by Airports Authority of India (AAI). ...

    17 June 2025 Times of India
    Set up in 18th century, bazaar now deals in milk products and spices

    12 Kolkata: The Orphanganj Market in Kidderpore, with its origin dating back to the early 18th century, stands as a significant reminder of colonial Calcutta's social welfare initiatives, particularly concerning the Anglo-Indian community. The present form of the market, ...

    17 June 2025 Times of India
    Didi blames ‘govt of thieves’ for ‘procession of deaths’

    12 Kolkata: "A govt of thieves" was running the country resulting in "the procession of deaths", CM Mamata Banerjee said on Monday alluding to last week's multiple tragedies in Ahmedabad, Uttarakhand and Pune in which nearly 290 people had ...

    17 June 2025 Times of India
    Stricter luggage rules in Darj

    Darjeeling: Tourists visiting Darjeeling may soon have to shell out extra money for their luggage, as the Motor Vehicle Department has started strictly enforcing penalties on luxury vehicles fitted with luggage carriers. The action is being taken under Section ...

    17 June 2025 Times of India
    Kisah Apparels secures Rs 13cr to expand offline & D2C biz

    Kolkata: Kisah Apparels, a Kolkata-based men's celebration and ethnic wear brand, has raised Rs 13 crore in an angel funding round. The company plans to expand its offline presence, scale up direct-to-consumer (D2C) operations and invest in brand building.The ...

    17 June 2025 Times of India
    Abhishek raises 5 questions on Pahalgam attack, slams Centre’s ‘silence’

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee launched a scathing attack on the Centre on Monday over its alleged silence on the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that left 26, including three tourists from Bengal, dead. In a ...

    17 June 2025 Times of India
    Fitness freaks tweak workout routines

    Kolkata: The scorching weather and soaring humidity has forced fitness enthusiasts across the city to make significant changes to their routines to stay safe from the heat while staying active. From parks in Salt Lake and New Town to ...

    17 June 2025 Times of India
    No swimming at Sarobar pool for at least a week

    123 Kolkata: The public swimming pool at Rabindra Sarobar, where a 16-year-old accidentally drowned on Sunday, will remain shut for at least a week until the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) and police come up with a standard operating ...

    17 June 2025 Times of India
    Monsoon expected in city by tomorrow

    1234 Kolkata: With a cloud column from the Bay of Bengal already hovering over the Kolkata sky, the wait for the monsoon could end in a day or two. The southwest monsoon, riding on the cyclonic circulation, is expected ...

    17 June 2025 Times of India
    Cal HC to hear stay plea on new OBC list today

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court will decide on Tuesday whether to stay the state executive order that includes 140 subgroups, of which 80 are Muslims, in the new OBC list. The earlier list, struck down by the HC to a ...

    17 June 2025 Times of India
    Bengal couple who went to Maha for work pushed into B’desh

    Kolkata: A young couple from Bengal's North 24 Parganas who had gone to Maharashtra for work was picked up by police on suspicion of being illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and handed over to Border Security Force (BSF), who then ...

    17 June 2025 Times of India
    No way out right now: Amid Israel-Iran standoff, Kolkata professor in Tehran faces funds crunch worry

    KOLKATA: Stranded in Tehran, south Kolkata's Women's Christian College geography professor Falguni Dey spent sleepless nights at a hotel, with missiles and drones flying in the skies. With an internet outage for over 24 hours since Saturday evening, Dey ...

    16 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather update: Expect rain with high humidity today

    According to AQI.in, this weather data represents the beginning of a significant seasonal shift in Kolkata's climate pattern.Kolkata is set to experience moderate rainfall on June 16, 2025, with temperatures ranging between 27.6°C and 34.6°C and humidity at 68%. ...

    16 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata UG portal will help if you pick subjects 'on impulse'; step-by-step course selection aims to reduce errors

    KOLKATA: Undergraduate applicants using the Centralised Admission Portal (CAP) for the 2025 admission cycle will have to follow a phased approach to course selection - a shift from the previous year's system. According to a recent directive from the ...

    16 June 2025 Times of India
    Cyclonic circulations likely to usher in monsoon in Kolkata within 3 days, says Met; coastal Bengal braces for heavy rain

    (Photo credit: Subhojyoti Kanjilal/TNN) Two cyclonic circulations are poised to bring showers to Bengal's coastal districts starting Monday, with widespread rain expected across south Bengal and Kolkata from Tuesday KOLKATA: Two cyclonic circulations are set to bring showers to ...

    16 June 2025 Times of India
    16-year-old boy goes for swim at Lake with two friends, drowns

    123456 Kolkata: A 16-year-old boy, who had gone for a swim at the public pool at Rabindra Sarobar, drowned on Sunday morning. While it was not clear whether Shivam Kumar Singh, a resident of Ballygunge, knew how to swim ...

    16 June 2025 Times of India
    Five G+6 towers on AAI radar again after Gujarat tragedy

    1234 Kolkata: The Ahmedabad plane crash has again prompted the Kolkata airport authorities to raise concerns about unauthorised structures in high-rises as threats to flights moving in and out of the city. They have turned their focus on a ...

    16 June 2025 Times of India
    No dip in air-travel numbers after crash, industry relieved

    Kolkata: The aviation industry stakeholders in Kolkata are relieved that despite the tragic Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, which claimed more than 270 lives, there was no dip in air travel numbers. Flyers' footfall at Kolkata airport showed ...

    16 June 2025 Times of India
    3 on bike snatch morning walker’s gold chain, 1 held

    12 Kolkata: Cops claimed to have nabbed one of three bike-borne snatchers, Md Shamim, who had robbed a 76-year-old morning walker in Salt Lake of her gold chain and left her with a bleeding neck last week. The snatchers ...

    16 June 2025 Times of India
    Patients with comorbidity push up Covid admission numbers

    Kolkata: The number of Covid patients admitted due to their comorbidities rather than the virus has been increasing at several private hospitals in Kolkata, forcing at least two of them to extend their isolation units. Since a majority of ...

    16 June 2025 Times of India
    From churches to temples & gurdwaras, city prays for crash victims

    Kolkata: Churches across Kolkata offered prayers and tributes to the victims of the tragic Ahmedabad plane crash that occurred on Thursday. Several Durga Puja organisers also offered prayers and tributes during Khuti Puja, the formal ritual marking the start ...

    16 June 2025 Times of India
    Lake regulars raise questions on absence of lifeguard at pool, lack of maintenance

    Kolkata: Sixteen-year-old Shivam Kumar Singh's drowning at the public swimming pool at Rabindra Sarobar raised several questions about the safety and maintenance of the water body."Poor maintenance, absence of a lifeguard, no check on whether people entering the pool ...

    16 June 2025 Times of India
    3 Bengal residents pushed into Bangladesh by BSF, repatriated

    12 Kolkata/Jalpaiguri: Three Bengal residents, who were among five held by Mumbai Police and pushed into Bangladesh by BSF, were repatriated to India on Sunday after the Bengal govt flagged the incident to Centre. The two others remain in ...

    16 June 2025 Times of India
    Sikh body files FIR against Sukanta for hurling slipper

    Kolkata: An FIR was lodged against junior Union minister and Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar at Kalighat police station on Saturday for allegedly hurling a slipper at a Sikh man during a protest on June 12 over the Maheshtala ...

    16 June 2025 Times of India
    GST revenue in Bengal jumps to 9.5% from 5% last fiscal

    123 Kolkata: Revenue growth through GST in Bengal has jumped to 9.5% this year from about 5% last fiscal.Shravan Kumar, chief commissioner of central goods and services and central excise, Kolkata zone, said this while addressing a conference — ...

    16 June 2025 Times of India
    ‘Retired’ DHR coach turns cinema hall

    1234 Darjeeling: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) has converted two of its decommissioned toy train coaches into a cinema hall at Kurseong station, offering film buffs a "heritage experience on the tracks" during the three-day DHRUMA film festival in ...

    16 June 2025 Times of India
    3 dead, 2 injured in bike accidents

    Kolkata: Two pillion riders and one biker died in separate accidents, while two others were critically injured over the past 72 hours. The accidents prompted cops to announce a special two-wheeler safety drive.A biker died after a collision between ...

    16 June 2025 Times of India
    BMC takes up pilot project using plastic mixed bitumen for road repairs in Salt Lake

    123 Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken up a pilot project of laying plastic mix bituminous for road repairs in Salt Lake. Work started from Salt Lake CA block falling in BMC ward 39.Civic officials said this ...

    16 June 2025 Times of India
    Stunned and shocked by series of disasters: Mamata

    123 Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the recent disasters "in railways, civil aviation, and now on roadways too" had left her "stunned and shocked".In a post on X, the CM said: "Today's bridge collapse on the Indrayani ...

    16 June 2025 Times of India
    BSF constable guns down senior after argument in Murshidabad

    Behrampore: A BSF constable fatally shot his senior following a heated argument at their camp in Murshidabad's Dhuliyan municipality on Saturday night.Around 10.30pm, constable Shubham Kumar Mishra fired 13 rounds from his service rifle at head constable Ratan Singh ...

    16 June 2025 Times of India
    Salt Lake man loses 35L in hotel book scam

    Kolkata: A Salt Lake resident reportedly lost Rs 35 lakh in a cyber fraud while attempting to get a refund for a double payment he made to book a hotel in Puri. Sanat Kumar Bhaumik lodged a complaint at ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay hospitalised after feeling uneasy, condition stable

    BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay, a former Calcutta High Court judge, was hospitalized in New Delhi on Saturday after reporting uneasiness. The 63-year-old is currently receiving treatment in the Critical Care Unit and is being closely monitored by a team ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    City colleges take to social media to hold on to flock in admission season

    Kolkata: Several colleges in the city are taking to various social media platforms to promote different activities and facilities of the institutions. They aim to attract good students in undergraduate courses and stop seats from going vacant.The centralised admission ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    IIT death: Cops summon boy’s friend in suicide probe

    Kolkata / Kharagpur: The police from Kharagpur Town Station have summoned the girl from Delhi, with whom third-year civil engineering student Mohammed Asif Qamar was on a video call moments before his death, for questioning. The 22-year-old student was ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    BJP worker attacks party booth prez in MLA’s house

    12 Kolkata: A BJP booth president was attacked with a sharp weapon allegedly by a fellow party member inside the residence of party legislator Swapan Majumdar in Bongaon on Saturday afternoon. The victim, Ramprasad Sikdar, sustained serious injuries and ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    HS topper, farmer’s son lead Bengal charge in NEET

    12 Kolkata: Higher Secondary topper Rupayan Pal bagged the 20th position on the NEET-UG merit list, which was published on Saturday. Kolkata boy, Rachit Sinha Choudhuri, ranked 16th in the all-India entrance test to medical schools, becoming the NEET ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    Pilots, experts grapple with Guj crash videos

    123 Kolkata: Veteran pilots, who told TOI about the possibility of inadvertently switching off the second live engine in the Air India Dreamliner in the event of the stalling of the first engine during take-off, have identified another error ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    Tiger enters Kultali’s Deulbari, 3rd time in 20 days

    Kultali: For the third time in 20 days, a tiger has entered Kultali's Deulbari area, causing panic among residents after pugmarks were spotted in the area on Saturday morning.The forest department was informed after which two ADFOs and 40 ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    2 held for assaulting civic volunteer in Howrah

    Kolkata: Two people were arrested after they allegedly assaulted a civic volunteer in Howrah. Howrah District Rural Police made the arrests after a video of the incident went viral.Moidul Islam Layek and Moshiar Rahman Mallik have been accused of ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    ‘Will break all records’: Trinamool starts prep for last July 21 rally before ’26 polls

    Kolkata: Turnout at Trinamool's July 21 Martyrs' Day rally, the last before the 2026 Bengal assembly elections, will break all previous records, the party said on Saturday while releasing posters for the event. This came after a preparatory meet ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    Cal HC contempt rule against judicial secy

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court has issued a contempt rule against the state judicial secretary for not releasing a prisoner for over a year, violating a court order on April 18, 2024.Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya held that a "prima facie contempt ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    Indo-Pak tension impact: 2 flights from North America make re-fuelling pitstops at Kol airport

    12 Kolkata: Two Air India flights—one from San Francisco to Mumbai and the other from Vancouver to Delhi—are making a refuelling pit stop at the Kolkata airport as the aircraft have to take a rerout amid the ban on ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    ‘Stick to your brief’: Trinamool gets tough with Anubrata

    12 Kolkata: "Do not increase the party's unease, stick to your responsibilities and speak less" was the Trinamool leadership's message to Birbhum's warring netas Anubrata Mondal and Kajal Sheikh on Saturday, making it clear that the party's patience was ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    Hostel wrecked, hosp duty saves doc from Bengal

    1234 Kolkata: Call of duty on Thursday afternoon saved the life of Akash Karan, a third-year senior resident plastic surgeon at Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad. The young doctor from Bengal was at the OT at the time of the ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    TMC ignores Sudip ‘requirement’ remark

    Kolkata: Trinamool Kolkata North MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay on Saturday said that he would convene the party's north Kolkata core committee meeting "whenever (he felt) it was required". Reacting to this, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said, "I cannot speak on ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    Kol prof stuck in war-torn Tehran hotel after calling off Mt Damavand expedition

    1234 Kolkata: A Kolkata-based Geography professor, who went to climb Mount Damavand in Iran, got stranded in Tehran a day before his scheduled departure after Israel launched attacks on Iran. The Indian Embassy in Tehran has meanwhile issued an ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    Auckland jute mill shuts down

    123 Kolkata: Over 3,500 workers of the Auckland jute mill in Bhatpara-Jagaddal, North 24-Parganas, were rendered jobless following suspension of work at the factory. The indefinite shutdown was declared on Saturday after the production manager of the mill was ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    All 10 Kolkata Police divisions to have cybercrime police stations

    123 Kolkata: As cybercrimes and cyber threats surge across the city, Kolkata Police has begun planning "out-of-the-box" strategies to counter the menace. Besides rapidly modernizing itself and creating avenues to train more policemen with sophisticated modes of investigation, Lalbazar ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    Couple assaulted at city nightclub

    123 Kolkata: A couple from Baguiati was allegedly attacked at a nightclub inside a five-star hotel in south Kolkata early on Friday morning, leading to a police investigation and increased surveillance at nightclubs across the city.The incident occurred around ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    Pvt bus debut for track-your-bus app

    123 Kolkata: While only a few buses on route 223 are presently being tracked on the "Where Is My Bus App", an entire fleet of 106 buses plying on three routes – 45, 45A, and 45B – can be ...

    15 June 2025 Times of India
    Peerless forays into real estate with green building project

    Kolkata: Peerless General Finance and Investment Co Ltd (PGFI) has finally ventured into the real estate segment through a green building in New Town Action Area I.The construction of the mixed-use realty project, Trayam, which will include residential and ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    RBI rate relief to luxury car buyers but exchange rate concerns remain, says Mercedes-Benz India

    KOLKATA: The recent RBI interest rate reduction provided much-needed relief to luxury car buyers. Some of the price hikes that carmakers were forced to implement in recent years were offset by the rate cut, which helped maintain relatively stable ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    Tollygunge doc recounts his tryst with tragedy

    1234 Kolkata: When surgery PGT doctor Biplab Pal and his colleagues at Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad stepped out of their hostel — barely 500m from the hostel on which the Air India 787-8 Dreamliner crashed — to join duty ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Warm day with chance of rain and humidity

    These weather predictions are based on data from AQI.in, indicating a week characterized by fluctuating temperatures and increased rainfall patterns across Kolkata.Kolkata residents can expect a warm and moderately humid day on June 14, 2025, with temperatures ranging between ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    'Viswash effect': Demand for emergency exit seats soars after Ahmedabad plan crash survivor's escape; passengers want to book 'only 11A’

    KOLKATA: Call it the 'Viswash effect'. Demand and inquiries for seats near emergency exits on flights have increased across carriers. These seats, with extra legroom, cost more, and are in demand following the miraculous escape of Viswashkumar Ramesh. The ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    Dreamliner crash shadow over IATA meet in Kolkata

    12 Kolkata: Air transport, airline and travel agent officials in Kolkata attending a workshop on Friday wore black armbands and observed a minute's silence to pay respect to the crash victims.The workshop was held jointly by the International Air ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    Rooftop restos: Task force to form SOP for fire safety

    Kolkata: The state task force constituted to frame rules to ensure fire safety at restaurants, including rooftop establishments, is set to prepare an SOP and send it to the state for approval. Task force members will meet at the ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    OBC block cleared, revised lists out

    Kolkata: The state govt has published the revised OBC lists in a gazette notification, clearing the legal bottlenecks for the school and college admission process.Jadavpur University arts faculty admission committee held a meeting on Friday, where it was decided ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    Counsellors allay concerns as crash reignites fear of flying

    123 Kolkata: The horrific images of the Ahmedabad crash have left a section of city flyers shaky and unsure about taking a flight. Many scheduled to fly over the next month sought help from psychiatrists and psychologists to overcome ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    Former CM’s kin fly to Guj for last rites, community prays for lost lives

    1234 Kolkata: Umed Rupani, elder brother of former Guajarat chief minister Vijay Rupani, who died in the plane crash on Thursday, left Kolkata with his wife, Daksha, on Friday a 2pm flight to Ahmedabad to attend his youngest brother's ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    Dual-engine failure or human error? Pilots on edge over cause

    Kolkata: Experienced pilots, awaiting investigation results of the Air India Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad, suggest two possible causes: an extremely rare simultaneous engine failure or incorrect cockpit response during an emergency, after eliminating other scenarios."What is clear from the ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    Jitters under flight path: Residents near airport ill at ease after crash

    12 For the past 36 hours, Ruma Pal has followed every bit of news on the Ahmedabad plane crash. Each time, she shivered with fear, imagining the fate of the passengers and the hostel inmates. Her house at ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    RIP: Places of worship remember the dead

    1234 Kolkata: People from different faiths came together in Kolkata to express grief and solidarity following the tragic crash of an Air India 171 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner in Ahmedabad, which occurred shortly after take-off on Thursday and claimed 274 ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    Viswash effect: Demand up for emergency exit seats

    12 Kolkata: Call it the ‘Viswash effect'. Demand and inquiries for seats near emergency exits on flights have increased across carriers. These seats, with extra legroom, cost more, and are in demand following the miraculous escape of Viswashkumar Ramesh. ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    Admission goal: First-year UG classes to start on Aug 1

    Kolkata: The centralised admission portal for undergraduate admission, set to be launched by education minister Bratya Basu on Tuesday, will start functioning from Wednesday, June 18, said a higher education department notification on Friday. First-year UG classes, at institutes ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    Lord Jagannath windfall for buses on Digha route

    Kolkata: There is a rush to visit the Lord Jagannath Temple in Digha, and the North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) is enjoying every bit of it. The NBSTC claimed to have sold tickets worth around Rs 20 lakh ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    Govt introduces new auto, bus routes in city

    Kolkata: The state govt has notified six additional auto-rickshaw routes under the jurisdiction of the Kolkata Regional Transport Authority (RTA), with immediate effect.Permits were sanctioned for the following routes: Durganagar station to Majerhat (34 permits), Gorurhat to Gorabazar via ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    TMC issues final warning to Kabir

    123 Kolkata: Trinamool Congress legislative party's disciplinary committee issued a final warning on Friday to Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir, directing him to cease making statements that bring disrepute to the party.The MLA was called to meet parliamentary affairs minister ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    15 tea gardens reopen in Darjeeling, Alipurduar

    Kolkata: Fifteen tea gardens that had become non-operational in Darjeeling and Alipurduar have reopened since Jan this year following implementation of the state govt's SOP for short-term settlement of closed or abandoned gardens. This benefited a total of 14,484 ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    6.8L women under Lakshmir Bhandar getting pension

    123 Kolkata: More than 6.8 lakh women who had crossed the age of 60 were now receiving old age pensions under Bengal govt's Lakshmir Bhandar scheme, state minister for women, child development and social welfare Shashi Panja informed the ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    Afternoon murder shocker in Bhowanipore

    12 Kolkata: A 35-year-old jewellery store manager was fatally stabbed in broad daylight following a road rage incident on Beninandan Street in Bhowanipore, which falls under Kalighat police station, on Friday afternoon. The victim, Soumen Ghara, was originally from ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    Teachers’ delegation meets speaker, submits demands

    Kolkata: A five-member delegation of protesting teachers met speaker Biman Banerjee for around 10 minutes in the state assembly on Friday and submitted their demands.They sought a discussion in the assembly on their recruitment, to which the speaker said ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    Minorities commission amendment bill passed in assembly

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Minorities Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was passed in the assembly on Friday, allowing the panel to have two vice-chairpersons for better and more effective functioning. State finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya, who placed the bill in ...

    14 June 2025 Times of India
    Are you helping illegal constructions, HC asks civic body

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday questioned KMC's intent to act against an illegal construction on Sarat Bose Road. The municipal commissioner was directed to file a report disclosing the reason for "supporting" such unauthorised construction.Justice Amrita Sinha on ...

    13 June 2025 Times of India
    Course correction at JU to clear engg ‘backlog’ mess

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University is set to introduce a restructured curriculum for its undergraduate engineering courses from this academic session, offering major and minor degrees and a mandatory six-month internship in the last semester. The reforms are aimed at enhancing ...

    13 June 2025 Times of India
    Poila Baisakh ’26 date for Hwh Bridge dynamic light, audio

    Kolkata: Dynamic lighting will illuminate Howrah Bridge by Poila Baisakh next year, a KoPT official said on Thursday, two days after the port authorities signed an MoU with Coal India Ltd for the project. Along with the lights will ...

    13 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Weather Update: Warm, humid day with high chance of rain on June 13, 2025

    Representational Image These weather conditions are verified by data from AQI.in.Kolkata residents can expect a warm and humid day on June 13, 2025, with temperatures ranging from 28.4°C to 36.9°C and an 88% chance of scattered rainfall. The partly ...

    13 June 2025 Times of India
    CM, Abhishek express shock, anguish after accident

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee expressed shock on Thursday as news started trickling in about the Ahmedabad plane crash. In a post on X, chief minister Banerjee wrote, "Stunned and profoundly shocked to know of the most tragic Air ...

    13 June 2025 Times of India
    Cops arrest 41, seize bomb raw materials

    1234 Kolkata: Forty-one people were arrested and a large amount of explosives were seized on Thursday, a day after the Maheshtala violence, in which 15 cops were injured, 10 from Kolkata Police and the rest from Bengal Police.While police ...

    13 June 2025 Times of India
    At ground zero, public glare on 16-sq-ft stall that sparked clash

    12 Kolkata: A one-ft-tall tulsi sapling, planted at the site of a 16-sq-ft fruit stall, barely metres from the Rabindranagar Police Station, was at the root of the violence at Santoshpur-Akra in Maheshtala that continued for over six hours ...

    13 June 2025 Times of India
    Gujaratis hold prayer meet for crash victims

    123 Kolkata: The death and devastation played in loop on TV and social media left several Kolkata homes shocked and anxious on Thursday.Rishabh Kothari, Hindustan Club president and ex-MCCI president, was shattered. Among the victims were his close family ...

    13 June 2025 Times of India
    45-minute evacuation drive took 1,100 students from clash zone to safety

    12 Kolkata: As frenzied crowds went on the rampage outside the Rabindra Nagar Police Station and later, near the Akra Fatak market on Wednesday, Bengal as well as Kolkata Police had to keep in mind that more than 1,100 ...

    13 June 2025 Times of India
    Safety most important during Digha rath: CM

    12 Kolkata: The safety and security of people arriving in Digha for the Rath Yatra should be of paramount importance, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said at a meeting on the marquee event scheduled for June 27. To prevent a ...

    13 June 2025 Times of India
    Booked your hotspot yet? Cocktails & conversations get a makeover

    Be it a weekday or a weekend, Kolkata doesn’t just go out—it charts a course. Think: a 7 PM cocktail booking, 10 PM dinner elsewhere. The slow adda has evolved into a sharp shuffle through speakeasies and specialty bars. ...

    13 June 2025 Times of India
    Sex racket kingpin claims being framed

    123456 Howrah: Shweta Khan, the Bankra adult film racket kingpin, was remanded to eight days in police custody by a Howrah court. Khan alleged that she was being framed by the Sodepur girl and claimed it was the girl ...

    13 June 2025 Times of India
    Tagore house attack: Urge B’desh to deliver justice, Didi writes to Modi

    12 Kolkata: Reacting sharply to the vandalism of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's ancestral home in Bangladesh's Sirajganj, CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote to PM Narendra Modi, urging him to take up the matter with Bangladesh and urge the ...

    13 June 2025 Times of India
    Cops: Killer was known to victim

    12 Kolkata: A day after Namita Paul (76) was found murdered inside her Sealdah residence on Wednesday evening, cops said that the murder was most likely committed by someone known to the victim."Paul was found lying in the first ...

    13 June 2025 Times of India
    Traffic diversion for 3-hour daily Vidyasagar Setu closure till Sunday

    Kolkata: The Vidyasagar Setu will undergo temporary closures for three hours between 4.30 am and 7.30 am from Friday till Sunday to undergo essential repairs. Officials have advised commuters to use the alternative Howrah Bridge-Foreshore Road route. The Hooghly ...

    13 June 2025 Times of India
    Cal HC’s trans person passport poser

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the passport authority to apprise on the status of a passport application of a transwoman on June 18. The transwoman applied for the passport in 2023.Anuprabha Das Majumder applied for a ...

    13 June 2025 Times of India
    Two-week breather for Jayanth house

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered an interim stay on the proposed demolition of an illegal four-storey building owned by Kamarhati Trinamool leader Jayanth Singh on Pratap Rudra Lane of Ariadaha. Justice Kausik Chanda stayed the proposed ...

    13 June 2025 Times of India
    Doc files stalk plaint against ex-schoolmate

    Kolkata: A 36-year-old Salt Lake doctor filed a formal complaint against her former schoolmate for alleged cyberstalking, harassment and issuing rape-and-death threats. She highlighted at length how the digital harassment affected her peace of mind for so many years.The ...

    13 June 2025 Times of India
    Guj ex-CM’s kin in Kol mourn tragedy

    Kolkata: Umed Rupani (76), elder brother of former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani (68), was left shattered by a phone call from a relative in Gujarat that informed him of Air India's Ahmedabad-London flight crash, an hour after the ...

    13 June 2025 Times of India
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