Kolkata: Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee’s aide Sumit Roy was questioned for another eight hours by CID officers at Bhabani Bhawan on Sunday in connection with a land-related corruption case in Salboni. Roy had been interrogated for nearly 10 hours ...
10 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The state health dept has removed the MSVP of Burdwan Medical College & Hospital (BMCH). An order on Saturday from Swasthya Bhawan not only shunted Tapas Ghosh to MJN Medical College & Hospital, Cooch Behar, but also stripped ...
10 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was keeping regular tabs on policy execution in Bengal.“The PM keeps tabs on developments in the state regularly. He takes updates on policy execution in ...
10 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: In a first in Bengal, 325 people imprisoned during the 1975 Emergency were conferred the Paschimbanga Loktantra Senani Samman by the state govt on Sunday. CM Suvendu Adhikari handed over the honour at a special programme at Nabanna.Loktantra ...
10 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: In a first in Bengal, 325 people imprisoned during the 1975 Emergency were conferred the Paschimbanga Loktantra Senani Samman by the state govt on Sunday. CM Suvendu Adhikari handed over the honour at a special programme at Nabanna.Loktantra ...
10 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee came under attack in Halisahar, North 24 Parganas, on Sunday afternoon while she was visiting the family of a TMC worker who died in police custody late on Friday. Her white SUV was ...
10 August 2026 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Bangladeshi nationals abducted an Indian small tea grower from near the border in Jalpaiguri on Saturday, apparently in retaliation for the BSF’s arrest of a Bangladeshi intruder two days earlier.At least 15 Bangladeshi nationals crossed into Indian territory ...
10 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The appearance of an image of Lord Krishna accompanied by a religious-philosophical message on the official website of the Bengal legislative assembly triggered a political controversy, with Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh questioning whether imagery associated with a particular ...
10 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Following a directive from Nabanna, Lalbazar’s top brass has instructed all divisions to re-examine pending Pocso cases, including those where chargesheets are yet to be filed and those currently under trial. Officers have been asked to take necessary ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Claims and allegations by a section of motorists that E20 fuel is damaging vehicles and reducing mileage dominated a townhall held in Kolkata on Saturday, with car and two-wheeler owners demanding that ethanol-blended petrol be made optional.Around 200 ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur carrying 159 passengers was delayed while approaching Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata after the pilot was reportedly distracted by a laser beam, airport sources said on Sunday.Flight MH-184 ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday announced a monthly pension of Rs 10,000 for 325 people who were jailed for participating in protests during the Emergency.Addressing a programme at the state secretariat, Adhikari said those imprisoned ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: When Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay Nand was the assistant director (outdoor training) at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Police Academy almost 14 years ago, he had sought leave for 40 days and joined IPS officer GUG Sastry from the National ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The state has asked cops to strictly enforce the ban on toto operation on national highways, state highways, and other major roads. In a letter to the DGP on Friday, transport department principal secretary Ravi Inder Singh said ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The health department will summon doctors, interns and staff who were present in the chest medicine department of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital on the intervening night of Aug 8 and 9, 2024, when a female PG ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Eight lawyers from the Bar were sworn in as additional judges in Calcutta High Court on Saturday. They are Justices Aryak Dutt, Atarup Banerjee, Sandip Kumar De, Partha Pratim Roy, Sudip Deb, Anuj Singh, Arjun Ray Mukherjee and ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Police in Barrackpore said on Saturday that they have identified some youths, who were allegedly involved in the assault on the 40-year-old theatre activist, Subhankar Dassharma, near Shyamnagar railway station in North 24-Parganas.Dassharma, a member of theatre group ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A police complaint has been lodged against a BJP functionary from Sarsuna in Behala following allegations of extortion and violence.But despite the submission of the written complaint and accompanying visual evidence, no further action has allegedly been taken ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The father of the Jadavpur University (JU) ragging victim has written to chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Aug 6, seeking an appointment to discuss the status and progress of the ongoing court proceedings. The first-year student died after ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Following urban development & municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul’s instructions to come up with plans to further develop Rabindra Sarobar as a tourist destination, Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is planning to introduce a guided tour programme and ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Following the surprise inspections by urban development & municipal affair minister Agnimitra Paul on Saturday, hawkers were instructed to vacate two spots on Park Street.Paul highlighted the two spots on Park Street, infront of Madhya Shikkha Parishad office ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Two patients who were being treated at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital “went missing” from their beds on Friday. The hospital administration later said both patients had “left” before completing the formal discharge process. The patients are ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal’s 7th Pay Commission will examine an overhaul of the pay structure of state employees, including raising annual increments from the existing 3% to at least 5%, aligning pay levels with those of central staffers and recommending a ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A prosperous Bengal is essential to a resurgent Bharat, state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Saturday, urging young entrepreneurs and home-grown businesses to be the change agents.Speaking at the inaugural conference of the Kolkata chapter of World ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Eggs were served on Saturday with midday meals at 500 state-run schools, where Iskcon-supported Annamrita Foundation provides vegetarian food. The move followed chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s announcement last Saturday that eggs would be supplied separately by self-help groups ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A low-pressure area has formed over the southern part of Bengal and north Odisha which could trigger light to moderate showers in south Bengal. Thunderstorm with lightning and gusty wind is likely at some places in North and ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The state govt will hold a meeting with industry stakeholders on Aug 11 to discuss the proposed new industrial policy before it is placed before a group of ministers (GoM) and subsequently sent to the state cabinet for ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaJalpaiguri: Over 300 families of Jainti, the largest forest village in Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR), have agreed to move out, marking a major step towards tiger reintroduction in the reserve.Jainti has 427 families and an adult population of around ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Nature photography is much more than capturing beautiful images. It is a powerful medium for documenting the natural world, dispelling myths about wildlife, and creating awareness about the urgent need for conservation, internationally acclaimed nature photographer Dhritiman Mukherjee ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: The Future Foundation School celebrated India’s vibrant culinary heritage on Friday through its Sixth Food Fiesta, themed "Festival of India," featuring students from Classes 9 to 12.A key highlight was an inter-school non-fire cooking competition that drew over ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Police on Saturday arrested former Trinamool MLA from Naihati, Sanat Dey, in connection with several allegations, including extortion and post-poll violence. He was arrested from Duttapukur early on Saturday and remanded in police custody for six days after ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Driven by a specific ideology, party workers are at times distanced from Gen Z, state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya admitted on Saturday.Bhattacharya’s comments come two days after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, in an attempt to reach out to ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A 16-year-old girl was rescued from Kolkata’s red-light district of Sonagachi within an hour of police receiving a distress call alleging that she had been “sold” after running away from home with her alleged lover, an officer said ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: While “deviations” can’t be completely wiped out, BJP will have zero tolerance towards indiscipline, said party state president Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday. This comes a day after BJP national general secretary Sunil Bansal held a series of meetings ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: In a surprising twist on Friday night to one of the most high-profile cases involving alleged extortion and threat by people who were considered close to the erstwhile Trinamool Congress regime, make-up artist who had accused the former ...
9 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A section of pvt hospitals and nursing homes in Kolkata is faced with a blood shortage in the wake of restrictions imposed on 11 pvt blood banks earlier this week. While most big ones have their own blood ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A low pressure area brewing over the Bay of Bengal is likely to keep the rainy days going in the next few days. Met officials said while this system will impact parts of Odisha the most, Kolkata and ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Posta Bazaar Merchants’ Association secretary Biswanath Agarwala, who was slapped, harassed and attacked with eggs inside the association office last month, has resigned from his post, saying he was “forced” to step down after the public humiliation. The ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Several developers in Kolkata have started calling back labourers to construction sites after Thursday’s meetings with the chief minister and urban development minister and were assured of 190-odd stalled projects getting a go-ahead to resume work within next ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaJALPAIGURI: A tribal woman was allegedly raped inside a compartment of the moving 15484 Sikkim Mahananda Express, which was bound for Alipurduar Junction, on Thursday night. According to the victim’s husband, the woman was two months pregnant.The woman, who ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaMalda: A 26-year-old man was hacked to death in Malda’s Mothabari on Friday evening. Cops say the slain Nasiruddin Ahmed, alias Nasir, had a criminal background and had been jailed earlier. Nasir’s brother Mohsin claimed a financial dispute led ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaMalda: A schoolteacher was shot dead by two men on a motorcycle in North Dinajpur’s Islampur on Saturday morning. The 55-year-old Najrul Islam, headmaster of Ramgunj Rajavim Primary School and a neta of the TMC teachers’ cell, was on ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Two MPs from Murshidabad met chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday over the removal of loudspeakers from mosques and delays in cases before SIR tribunals.After the meeting at the state secretariat Nabanna, MP Abu Taher Khan alleged that ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaJalpaiguri: The state govt has intensified liaison with BSF after intelligence inputs indicated an increase in the activities of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in districts along the India-Bangladesh border, senior officials said.While state police brass are holding weekly coordination meetings ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Members of Paschimbanga Visvavidyalaya Karmachari Sangh (PVKS), JU unit, performed a ‘yajna’ at the portico of the university’s administrative building, Aurobindo Bhavan, demanding removal of acting registrar Selim Box Mandal and acting finance officer Shiladitya Chatterjee and for ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The latest delimitation exercise in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) area has triggered one of the biggest reworkings of the city’s civic map, with the number of wards set to rise from 144 to 209. The addition of 65 ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 40-year-old theatre activist, identified as Subhankar Dassharma, has alleged that he was assaulted near Shyamnagar railway station in North 24 Parganas by some men last month.The victim lodged an FIR at Noapara Police Station on Friday. In ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A criminal case has been registered against a Bansdroni resident for posting allegedly offensive and hate comments on Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath.Debojyoti Majumdar, co-convener of BJP Swasthya Pariseva Cell, lodged a complaint against Ankit Sharma, referred to ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A middle-aged man attempted suicide at Rabindra Sarobar Metro station, leading to the disruption of Blue Line services between Maidan and Shahid Khudiram from 7.57 pm to 9.02 pm. Truncated truncated operations ran between Maidan and Dakshineswar.“Normal services ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Assistant teachers from the 2016 SLST panel, whose jobs were terminated following a Supreme Court ruling, held a protest march on Friday from Sealdah to the Gandhi statue at Esplanade. As the court-granted extension of their jobs nears ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: About 50 census workers on Friday staged a demonstration outside KMC headquarters, demanding “on-duty” status during their field assignments and payment for the jobs. They also demanded electronic devices, along with the expense for Internet. Swapan Mondal, general ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Cops have issued a traffic advisory announcing major road closures, parking restrictions, and vehicular diversions across central Kolkata on Monday in connection with the state’s planned ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ rally that will be attended by CM Suvendu Adhikari. ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The state health department on Friday asked all private hospitals in Kolkata to be ready to admit patients under Ayushman Bharat from Aug 16. While most hospitals have been empanelled under the scheme and trained their staff in ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Bengal govt has urged science and technology researchers across universities in the state to write the abstracts of their theses in Bengali. The ones that may be of interest to international audience will be translated into English.“A ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday visited actor and BJP’s national executive committee member Mithun Chakraborty at a private hospital off EM Bypass, where he underwent a surgery. During his 10-minute visit, the CM also had a talk ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaThe Centre plans to install a memorial statue for Partition victims on the premises of Sealdah station.The Indian Railways had allotted on the premises of the station for the statue, said Union culture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who was ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday dismissed TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh’s plea seeking a judicial review of him not being allegedly allowed to participate in assembly proceedings. Ghosh’s grievance, as submitted before Justice Krishna Rao, was that the LoP ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The 11 blood centres directed to stop “outside voluntary blood donation (VBD) camps” by Swasthya Bhawan over an “ongoing investigation” were permitted to continue their “in-house collection of blood”, the state told Calcutta High Court on Friday after ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaAsansol: Union minister of state for labour and employment Shobha Karandlaje, in a written statement to Rajya Sabha MP and Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya, said a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Employee’s State Insurance Corporation ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: To attract more foreign tourists, Bengal govt is talking to stakeholders in both India and abroad. On Thursday, tourism minister Shankar Ghosh met representatives of an Australia-based company interested in setting up hotels in coastal regions of the ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: PM Narendra Modi on Friday helped break the ice among NCPI ranks as he met 19 party MPs, including three from Murshidabad who skipped two NDA meetings, over breakfast. Ghatal MP Dev was the only NCPI MP absent ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: State govt’s industrial incentives would be linked to employment generation and not to the quantum of investment, Bengal commerce and industry minister Tapas Roy reiterated on Friday.Roy was speaking at ‘Uttoron 2026’ – a business conclave organised by ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed its primary charge sheet against 11 individuals — including two BJP workers who joined the party in 2020 — in connection with the fatal shooting of Chandranath Rath, a personal ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Starting Saturday, the Bengal govt will begin serving eggs in mid-day meals at schools to supplement the Iskcon veg meals. Self-Help Groups (SHGs) have been asked to provide the eggs.Following an internal meeting on Friday, it was decided ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari has urged people, irrespective of their caste, creed, religion or political affiliation, to join the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ rally on Aug 10. On Friday, Adhikari launched the campaign from his Bhowanipore constituency, walking from Alipore ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A substantial deposit of rare earth minerals, including caesium, lithium and rubidium, has been found in Jhalda-II block of Purulia, Centre has informed Parliament.In a written reply to a question by BJP Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya, Union ...
8 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Nine people were injured and property worth around Rs 10 lakh was damaged after employees of two manufacturing units clashed over vehicle parking inside Kasba Industrial Estate (Phase III) on Tuesday. Anandapur police registered FIRs after both sides ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaAgartala: Election Commission will start Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tripura starting Sept 5.Chief electoral officer (CEO) Brijesh Pandey said it will involve identifying and eliminating duplicate voters, as well as entries involving individuals who have ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A young woman who allegedly attempted suicide at her Behala home on Sunday, was rescued by her father and police and admitted to hospital.During questioning, she alleged she had endured nearly 29 months of repeated sexual assault, forced ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 34-year-old woman fought off a toto driver who allegedly tried to molest her, photographed him on her cellphone and escaped before alerting police, leading to the accused’s arrest within an hour on Wednesday evening.The incident occurred near ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A mentally challenged man climbed a lamp post on Tala Bridge and created a tense situation after demanding a meeting with chief minister Suvendu Adhikari.The incident took place around 5.30pm on Tuesday when the man walked towards an ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Friday refused an urgent hearing to Sumit Roy, personal assistant to TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, in connection with four FIRs registered against him at different police stations in West Bengal.Roy's lawyer Trideep Pais ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has removed the view cutter that had obstructed the picturesque view of Elliot Park from the Chowringhee side (JL Nehru Road). The KMC parks department carried out the work after chief minister Suvendu ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaHowrah: A seven-year-old girl was found hanging at her home in Salap Tentultala under Domjur Police Station on Thursday evening, triggering allegations from her maternal family that her father murdered her.The deceased, Ekta Mondal, a class 1 student, was ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Police on Thursday halted land-filling and construction activity at a water body in Nayabad, a day after a TOI report highlighted allegations that the ecologically sensitive East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW) was being reclaimed by land sharks for suspected ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The crackdown on blood banks flouting norms continued in the city with the health department starting a probe into six more blood banks. Sources cited allegations of multiple irregularities, including selling of blood and plasma to neighbouring states ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Despite Kolkata receiving only a couple of light rain spells on Thursday, the cloud cover over the city sky forced the mercury to slip below 30 degrees after a gap of 10 days. While Alipore had recorded only ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Police have launched an investigation following allegations that a 30-year-old woman, who was staying in north Kolkata, was lured with the false promise of employment in Tamil Nadu, abducted, and illegally trafficked across the international border into Bangladesh.The ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The school education department has introduced a plan to provide eggs to children twice a week. A meeting in this regard was conducted on Wednesday with local self-help groups (SHGs).At the meeting, the SHGs were asked to procure ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Computer instructors across govt-aided schools have demanded job security, an issue they have been fighting for decades. Following a press meet on Monday, they raised concerns and demanded that the govt take steps to ensure their job security.The ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The transport department will conduct a passenger count study along with feasibility reports to boost the ailing public transport system across Behala.Transport minister Arjun Singh on Wednesday said it was being attempted to allot more govt buses to ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Work is likely to resume at around 570 high-rise projects in and around Kolkata, where construction has been suspended since a building collapse in Taratala one-and-a-half months ago, around Independence Day, sources in the govt said after two ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal govt has reconstituted the West Bengal Commission for Backward Classes, appointing retired Calcutta High Court judge Justice Ranjit Kumar Bagas its chairman.According to a notification issued by the Backward Classes Welfare department, retired IAS officers Naveen Prakash ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal govt will hand over land parcels to at least 25 industries within a month, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced on Thursday, adding that a land-purchase policy for industries with single-window clearance for investments will be launched soon. ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 35-year-old accountant from Charu Market in south Kolkata was allegedly attacked in a road rage incident on Wednesday evening near Exide crossing.The victim, Ajay Khemka, a resident of Deodar Rahman Road, filed a complaint with Bhowanipore police. ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Gold, silver and diamond ornaments worth over Rs 1.5 crore, allegedly smuggled into Kolkata, were seized by Airport police, who arrested a Rajasthan man while he was allegedly attempting to take the consignment out of the airport premises.Police ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: In the wake of complaints over alleged extortion, BJP national general secretary Sunil Bansal on Thursday held a meeting with party MLAs and district functionaries, asking them to ensure zero tolerance against such “aberrations”. Bengal BJP president Samik ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A BJP functionary has been accused of demanding Rs 25,000 from an alleged ganja (cannabis) dealer in New Barrackpore in exchange of allowing the illegal drug trade to continue.The allegation surfaced after an audio clip, purportedly featuring BJP ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The state has renamed its flagship rural housing scheme ‘Banglar Bari’ – introduced by the previous Trinamool govt – as ‘Paschim Banga Awas’. CM Suvendu Adhikari said the change was intended to recall the contribution of Syama Prasad ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: “Don’t get influenced by the previous investigation,” Calcutta High Court on Thursday told the CBI, reiterating the need to reinvestigate the RG Kar rape and murder case from the night of the incident until the victim’s cremation.The division ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Jadavpur University VC Chiranjib Bhattacharjee has written to higher education minister and the dept on the urgent need to convene the executive council (EC) meeting to clear key academic and administrative backlogs and prevent a deadlock-like situation at ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s plea seeking protection in multiple FIRs, deferring it to Aug 11. There are 16 FIRs pending against Banerjee, the state submitted.Interim protection granted to Banerjee ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A day after filing charge sheet against former MLA Sabyasachi Dutta, Bidhannagar Police on Thursday submitted a 150-page charge sheet against former Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation councillor Debraj Chakraborty over allegations including extortion and operating a syndicate network.Debraj, husband ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Among 40 regional parties in the country reviewed by Association for Democratic Reforms, an organisation that promotes transparency in elections, Trinamool Congress received the second highest donations of Rs 191 crore from corporates or business houses during 2023-24 ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Sixty guest lecturers staged a protest at Sanskrit College and University against being removed without any prior notice.One protesting teacher said, “We have been working here for the past couple of years, and our contracts were due for ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: As part of the noise norm drives statewide, 5,299 loudspeakers have been removed, 4,203 of them from mosques and 1,096 from temples, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Thursday making it clear that the drives will continue.Speaking to reporters, ...
7 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The rich yet largely undocumented landscapes of Garhpanchokot in Purulia will become the centre of a unique biodiversity documentation initiative as Naturemates Nature Club hosts the 3rd Biodiversity Meet from Sept 11 to Sept 13. The event aims ...
6 August 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Emami Agrotech Limited (EAL), the branded foods arm of the Rs 30,000-crore Emami Group, is entering India’s snack market. EAL has launched a new brand, WeMe, to tap into the high-margin snacking segment, estimated at Rs 1 lakh ...
6 August 2026 Times of IndiaHave you noticed how a simple conversation about coffee can turn into a highly political, complex and polarising debate? Something that will test your understanding of geopolitics, environmental stress, economics, even gut health and cholesterol.There was a time when ...
6 August 2026 Times of IndiaAt a super chic cafe somewhere in Bandra, we walked in for a late-ish breakfast and stayed until late lunch. I was tempted to blame it on tardy service, but a quick glance around revealed that every other table ...
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