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  • 63 tourists airlifted off Sikkim’s Chaten, more await evacuation

    Kalimpong: As many as 63 stranded tourists were airlifted from North Sikkim's Chaten in the early hours of Thursday. Not all tourists could be evacuated as the weather deteriorated later. The tourists had been stranded in Lachen since May ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    Film with TMC netas to tell story of Calcutta University official Manisha Mukhopadhyay, who vanished like 'karpoor' in CPM era

    Calcutta University KOLKATA: One of Bengal's enduring "political" mysteries - the 1997 disappearance of a senior Calcutta University official believed to have been close to seniors in the erstwhile Left Front regime - is going to come alive on ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    Ex-chairman of Bidhannagar Municipality passes away

    Kolkata: Biswajiban Majumdar, the former chairman of the erstwhile Bidhannagar Municipality, which has now been upgraded into a municipal corporation, passed away on Thursday. He was 90.Majumdar, who was also a retired college principal, was elected the chairman of ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    JU vandalism: Univ files plaint against guard

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University lodged a police complaint against a security guard on Thursday in connection to the vandalism of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology Students' Union (FETSU) room on Wednesday. JU had lodged an FIR on Wednesday as ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    Fake HC lawyer dupes woman of 3 lakh

    Kolkata: A complaint was filed at Tiljala PS against an individual who allegedly impersonated a high court lawyer and defrauded a Picnic Garden resident of Rs 3 lakh. The accused allegedly forged official court orders, notices, and even judges' ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    Metro seeks 20cr from KMDA for Chingrighata subway

    Kolkata: Metro has asked KMDA to deposit 50% — Rs 20 crore — of the cost of the proposed underpass at Chingrighata. Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL), the implementing agency of the New Garia-Airport corridor, will share half the ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    Medical intervention could’ve saved him: Parents of Vande Bharat victim

    1234 Kolkata: The mother of 57-year-old Dhakuria resident Himadri Bhowmick, who died while travelling on the Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express on Wednesday, has alleged that her son was a victim of negligence on the part of the Railways."If my ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    New cases hit a century in biggest single-day spike in current wave

    Kolkata: Bengal on Thursday logged the highest single-day spike in Covid cases during the current wave, with the state reporting 106 positive cases in the past 24 hours. The total active cases in the state now stand at 538, ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    2016 Leh flight victim’s kin get 30 lakh as compensation

    12 Kolkata: The state consumer disputes redressal commission has awarded Rs 30 lakh as compensation to a family of a passenger who had died in a flight a decade ago.The two-member bench comprising Ajeya Matilal and Nityasundar Trivedi determined ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    HC grants influencer interim bail in hate speech case

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted interim bail to the fourth-year law student of Symbiosis International University in Pune who was arrested for a video that she had posted online that hurt religious sentiments. The court cautioned ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    ‘Cavalier attitude’ in report: Go back to campus, Cal HC tells KMC

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday called out the "casual and cavalier attitude" of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) in submitting a report lacking details on the repairs needed at the La Martiniere schools. KMC was directed to ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    Covid symptoms in this round feel like Omicron during pandemic, say doctors

    Kolkata: Around 30% of Covid patients in some Kolkata hospitals are showing gastrointestinal symptoms, which were prevalent during the spread of the Omicron variant in early 2022. Many elderly patients admitted during the current cycle suffered a quick worsening ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    Cops fail to nab Qadri, may move court for arrest warrant

    Kolkata: Multiple raids by Kolkata and Assam police teams on Rashidi Foundation co-founder Wazahat Khan Qadri's Garden Reach home have drawn a blank. Police are now likely to move court, seeking an arrest warrant against him.Qadri (34) faces multiple ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    CP: Stricter passport check to root out illegal immigrants

    Kolkata: Breaking the syndicates dealing with illegal immigration by identifying the gang heads and double-checking all received ID documents from the source to examine their authenticity were the two reasons behind the changes introduced in passport verification, said Kolkata ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    Factory owner held in Mum for teen’s torture

    Kolkata: Shahenshah, the owner of a jeans manufacturing unit in Maheshtala in South 24 Parganas was arrested from Mumbai by a team of Bengal Police on Thursday for the alleged torture of a teenaged boy, who worked at his ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    Hate-speech: Cal HC judge gets death threats on X after denying bail to influencer

    Kolkata: Multiple X handles have posted death threats to Calcutta High Court's Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee after the judge on Tuesday refused to grant interim bail to a social media influencer in a hate-speech case. The reply threads to ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    Working institution, not a museum: School to KMC

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) heritage conservation department claimed its officials spotted anomalies in the renovations done at the twin La Martiniere Schools, which were in contravention of the established norms on how heritage buildings should be conserved. ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    Moitra weds ex-BJD MP Misra in quiet Berlin ceremony

    123 Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: Trinamool Krishnanagar MP Mahua Moitra tied the knot with former BJD MP Pinaki Misra on May 30 in a quiet ceremony in Berlin. The couple is expected to return to India by the end of June. After ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    Can’t expect PM to start dialogue with Pak gen: Samik

    12 Kolkata: BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday said that while countries across the world were asking them to start a dialogue with Pakistan, the neighbouring state had not left any ground for India to do that. ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    Green move: Maruti sent over 5L vehicles by rail in 2024-2025

    Kolkata: From dispatching just one in 20 cars by rail a decade ago, Maruti Suzuki sent one in four cars to dealers by rail last fiscal. Five years from now, the company plans to dispatch over one in three ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata man dies aboard Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat

    123 Bhubaneswar: A 57-year-old man died after he fell ill on board the Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express on Wednesday. The deceased, Himadri Bhowmick, lived at Dhakuria in south Kolkata.He was travelling to Bhubaneswar on coach number C2 along with ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    7-month-old among 60 fresh Covid-positive patients in state

    12 Kolkata: A seven-month-old baby was among the 60 fresh Covid-positive cases reported in Bengal on Wednesday. The infant, possibly the youngest to get the infection in the state during this current spike, is admitted to Peerless Hospital. Doctors ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    Woman held for duping Salt Lake sr citizen of 32.3L

    123 Kolkata: Police probing a cyber fraud case where a 72-year-old Salt Lake resident lost Rs 32.3 lakh after being duped by a woman claiming to be from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) arrested the accused on ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    Focus on ward weather stns, clean air zones, AC temp as Kol launches climate action plan

    123456 Kolkata: In a defining moment for the city's sustainability goals, mayor Firhad Hakim on Thursday unveiled final draft of Kolkata Climate Action Plan (KCAP), calling it "not just a climate action plan but a survival plan for the ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    Pollutants order changes post Covid pandemic: Cooking, industry emissions on PM2.5 rogue list

    1234 Kolkata: On the occasion of World Environment Day, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) released a comprehensive report revealing how Kolkata's air pollution sources had significantly shifted in the years following Covid-19 pandemic. The analysis, drawing on ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    Cops recover 35L lost by Survey Park doc to digi arrest fraud

    12 Kolkata: Cops have recovered around Rs 35 lakh of a total of Rs 1 crore that was lost by a Survey Park victim last Nov in a digital arrest fraud. The crime was planned and carried out from ...

    6 June 2025 Times of India
    Abhishek Banerjee to skip MEA meet; TMC slams Centre for refusing special session

    Abhishek Banerjee to skip MEA meet; TMC slams Centre for refusing special session NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said he will not be attending the external affairs ministry meeting scheduled on Thursday and will instead write ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    Malda cops help Nepal boy return home

    Malda: A 14-year-old boy from Nepal, missing for 11 days, was reunited with his family on Wednesday, thanks to the efforts of Malda Police. The boy, deaf and speech-impaired, was found on June 2 in Gourhanda village under Chanchal ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    Tortured with iron rods in Gujarat, West Bengal boy fights for life back to home

    Tortured with iron rods in Gujarat, West Bengal boy fights for life back to home KALNA: After a video showing inhuman torture being meted out to a minor in Gujarat's Rajkot went viral, Bengal government has stepped in to ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    Maruti Suzuki now dispatches 1 in 4 cars by rail; targets 1 in 3 by 2030 to cut emissions, fuel use

    KOLKATA: From dispatching just one in 20 cars by rail a decade ago, India's largest carmaker sent one in four cars to dealers by rail last fiscal year. Five years from now, the company plans to dispatch over one ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    TMC MP Mahua Moitra marries former BJD MP Pinaki Misra in Germany

    NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has tied the knot with senior Biju Janata Dal leader (BJD) Pinaki Misra in a private ceremony held in Germany.A senior TMC leader confirmed to TOI that Moitra and Misra got married ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    'Party lacks direction': Sankar Malakar quits Congress, joins TMC in Darjeeling

    'Party lacks direction': Sankar Malakar quits Congress, joins TMC in Darjeeling KOLKATA: Two-term Matigara-Naxalbari MLA and Congress veteran Sankar Malakar defected to Trinamool on Wednesday, saying that CM Mamata Banerjee-led TMC was the only party in Bengal fighting BJP's ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    BSF jawan dragged across border by Bangladeshi criminals; returns after flag meet

    BERHAMPORE: A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was forcibly dragged into Bangladesh by a group of Bangladeshi nationals while he was questioning them near the Chandni Chowk border outpost in Suti Police Station area at the Malda-Murshidabad border on ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    Eng-Beng-physics worry prompts ‘cluster’ schools

    123 Kolkata: The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education is set to introduce a cluster model for schools to address teacher shortage in the higher secondary section. The council conducted a survey of all subjects being taught in ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    Restoration of New Market clock tower may start in a fortnight

    Kolkata: A report detailing the scope of work for the restoration of the New Market clock tower was submitted to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) by restoration architect Anjan Mitra on Wednesday. The document will form the basis of ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata police get careful, put dogs through battery of 18 medical tests before induction into force

    KOLKATA: In a bid to strengthen its K9 unit, Kolkata Police has launched a recruitment drive and has also announced a stringent medical testing protocol for potential canine sleuths.The new line of requirements, issued last week, specifies as many ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    Mixed report card for Bengal environment

    Kolkata: Bengal received mixed results in a nationwide assessment of states' performance on environment, sustainability, agriculture, public health, and infrastructure, according to State of India's Environment in Figures 2025, released by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    Fraud busted as painter blocks a/c after 1.7cr credited to it

    Kolkata: A Jamtara-style cyber fraud racket, in which unsuspecting residents' bank accounts were being used to launder crores of ill-gotten money, was busted at Nimta in north Dum Dum on Wednesday. Six people, including a dismissed bank employee, were ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    KMC drive to clear garbage, stagnant water

    Kolkata: In the wake of intermittent rain, KMC has decided to undertake a drive to clear garbage and stagnant water from abandoned plots and buildings so that they do not turn into breeding grounds for mosquitoes and lead to ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    Rain impact: Movement of vehicles curbed on NH-10

    12 Kalimpong: Traffic movement for heavy vehicles was restricted on NH-10 starting Wednesday due to poor road conditions in several stretches of the highway. The worst-affected areas include Likhuvir (towards Siliguri) and parts of Kirnay and Melli (towards Sikkim ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    Hawker pushback drive to begin anew after Eid

    12 Kolkata: A Town-Vending Committee meeting held at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation headquarters on Wednesday decided to conduct drives to keep carriageways free in and around New Market after Eid. A fortnight ago, TVC members advocated a continuous drive ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    Lone rake pulls Purple Line ops, normal services from today

    123 Kolkata: The currently operational curtailed services of the Joka-Esplanade Metro are likely to continue to face challenges unless new rakes are added immediately. An official, however, said late on Wednesday that normal services would be available from Thursday. ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    ‘Muktijoddha’-to-‘associate’ shift upsets Bangla veterans

    12 Kolkata: Bangladesh govt's ordinance, which has redefined the ‘Freedom Fighter' status for those involved with the 1971 Liberation War, has sharp reactions from both sides of the border. The National Freedom Fighters Council (Amendment) Ordinance-2025 on Tuesday amended ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    More rain on horizon but relief may be brief: Met

    12 Kolkata: An intense downpour late on Tuesday night dragged the mercury down significantly, with both the maximum and minimum temperatures plunging below the normal mark. The Met office has not ruled out more spells until Thursday before the ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    Cong Darj veteran Sankar Malakar joins TMC

    123 Kolkata: Two-term Matigara-Naxalbari MLA and Congress veteran Sankar Malakar defected to Trinamool on Wednesday, saying that CM Mamata Banerjee-led TMC was the only party in Bengal fighting BJP's communal politics. Malakar, who headed Congress in Darjeeling for 20 ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    Vacation rush to tourist hot spots in south India

    Kolkata: As temperatures soar across India, tourists are increasingly turning to hill stations in south India for their summer getaways. Popular destinations like Munnar, Ooty and Kodaikanal have emerged as popular destinations for holidayers from Kolkata. Also in demand ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    Bengal woman summits tallest peak in Oceania

    12 Kolkata: Arpita Patra, a resident of Midnapore and a Bengaluru IISC faculty member, summitted Mt Wilhelm, the tallest peak in Oceania, last week on Thursday. She has already climbed three of the seven volcanic summits, including Mt Giluwe, ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    State to take care of expenses of Kalna boy tortured in Guj

    12 Kalna: After a video showing inhuman torture being meted out to a minor in Gujarat's Rajkot went viral, Bengal govt has stepped in to take care of the medical and legal expenses of the 10-year-old Kalna boy purportedly ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    Another US-based semicon co to set up project in Bengal

    Kolkata: After GlobalFoundries (GF), another US-based semiconductor company — Santech Global Inc — has expressed its interest in setting up a project in Bengal, the state govt said after US Consul General Kathy Giles-Diaz met Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    Cal HC bats for more centres of excellence for rare diseases in state

    Kolkata: Persons suffering from rare diseases should be treated as a "class of themselves", the Calcutta High Court observed while suggesting the state increase the monthly stipend from Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000.The division bench of Chief Justice TS ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    New drivers flee with cars to Lucknow, Gaya

    12 Kolkata: Be careful before handing over your car to a driver based on some random online searches. Cops insist that if possible, hire the driver from a reputed agency and ensure you have enough documents ready.At least two ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    Man molests women in pool, held

    123 Kolkata: A young woman and her sister-in-law swimming in the rooftop pool of their housing complex in Rajarhat were allegedly molested in the water by a man who was visiting the home of another complex resident. The man, ...

    5 June 2025 Times of India
    Schools focus on awareness, hygiene to curb virus spread

    12 Kolkata: As state schools reopened after the summer vacation on Monday, institute heads implemented precautionary and hygiene measures against the fresh Covid surge to prevent the spread of infections while ensuring students did not panic. Even CISCE and ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    KMC, NKDA get 900 plaints in week-long ‘report-garbage’ drive

    12 Kolkata: An overwhelming response marked KMC's and NKDA's week-long special cleanliness drive across the city and New Town, respectively, which ended on Tuesday. According to a KMC solid waste management department official, the civic body control room received ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    North Sikkim landslides: 113 tourists rescued, 30 airlifted; search efforts continue for 6 missing individuals

    NEW DELHI: The Army successfully rescued 113 stranded tourists from North Sikkim, with 30 individuals evacuated by helicopter after a massive landslide isolated Lachen village, according to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) statement.Military personnel are conducting rescue operations whilst ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    Four more HC cases come in way of SSC teacher appointments

    Kolkata: Four petitions have been filed in the Calcutta High Court, challenging the new May 29 teacher recruitment rules, 2025, for filling up 44,203 vacancies in the teaching posts in state-run schools. The petitions also challenge the monthly interim ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    KMC panel reviews La Martiniere bldg restoration plans

    Kolkata: The Heritage Conservation Committee of KMC met on Tuesday to deliberate on the application for repair and renovation it received from La Martiniere School. They aimed to prepare a report based on the condition of the heritage buildings ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    ‘Can’t hurt sentiments under freedom of speech’: No Calcutta HC relief yet for Instagram influencer Sharmishta Panoli

    KOLKATA: Freedom of speech and expression did not mean one could hurt the sentiments of others, a Calcutta High Court vacation said on Tuesday while hearing a plea for interim bail moved by a South Kolkata woman arrested by ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    Sharmishta Panoli row: Wazahat Khan Qadri, who filed plaint against Instagram influencer ‘untraceable’; FIR registered for insulting posts on Hindu deities

    Sharmishtha Panoli (File photo) KOLKATA/GUWAHATI: Wazahat Khan Qadri, the man whose FIR led to the arrest of a 22-year-old Instagram influencer and fourth-year law student of a Pune-based university for allegedly hurting religious sentiments in an Instagram video, is ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    Police launch app for transparent passport check, fraud detection

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police introduced a new mobile application, ‘Passport Seva Police,' to enhance transparency in passport verification processes and combat document fraud. The app also allows applicants to be updated about the status of their application. The app, ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    New Tajpur port tender in mths; JSW, DP World may bid

    Kolkata: The new tender for the Tajpur deep sea port would be floated in a few months and JSW, DP World and Port of Singapore may be interested in the project, sources said on Tuesday.This comes after the Bengal ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    Overlapping symptoms make Cov diagnosis difficult without tests

    Kolkata: The overriding symptoms of Covid during the current surge were a low-grade, persistent fever, along with a mild cough, which could be deceptive, warned doctors. While it made a vast majority ignore the symptoms and take over-the-counter medicines, ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    Accused of mobile theft, 14-year-old hanged upside down, administered electric shock

    Kolkata/Malda: A 14-year-old boy, who worked at a jeans factory in Maheshtala, South 24-Parganas, was reportedly hanged upside down, administered electric shock and thrashed apparently for stealing a mobile. But his father said Samsad Ali's fault was he had ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    Caught during traffic drive, helmetless motorcyclist runs over sergeant’s foot

    123456 Kolkata: A helmetless biker, hailed down during a rule-violation check on CIT Road on Monday, tried to reverse and speed away and ran over a police sergeant's foot. The sergeant, Malay Singha Mahapatra from Park Circus Traffic Guard, ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    Body found near planetarium

    Kolkata: A 25-year-old man was found dead near Birla Planetarium on Monday night. A passer-by found Sabbir Laskar from Usthi, South 24 Parganas, lying on the pavement around 11 pm. He was taken to SSKM Hospital, where he was ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    Woman seeks bail for live-in partner she charged with abuse of minor daughter

    Kolkata: In a bizarre turn of events, a Salt Lake-based entrepreneur, who lodged a complaint against her live-in partner for allegedly abusing her minor daughter leading to his arrest under Pocso charges, pleaded for his bail in Calcutta High ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    Freedom of speech does not mean one can hurt others’ sentiments, says Calcutta HC

    12 Kolkata: Freedom of speech and expression did not mean one could hurt the sentiments of others, a Calcutta High Court vacation said on Tuesday while hearing a plea for interim bail moved by a South Kolkata woman arrested ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    Season’s 1st Covid death in state is 43-yr-old with comorbidities

    12 Kolkata: Bengal saw its first Covid-related death this year, after a 43-year-old woman passed away at a south Kolkata hospital on Tuesday. The deceased had heart and kidney ailments, said sources. This was among the five Covid deaths ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    Police remove hawkers from Brabourne Road church gate

    12 Kolkata: Kolkata Traffic Police—led by the local cops and Howrah Bridge Traffic Guard—on Tuesday launched a drive to remove all forms of encroachments from the main gate of Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary on Brabourne Road.The move ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    16 Bangladeshis held in Dinhata while trying to cross over

    Jalpaiguri: Dinhata Police on Tuesday arrested 16 Bangladeshi nationals while they were attempting to cross over to Bangladesh. This comes within four days of the same police station arresting 28 Bangladeshis in a similar operation.Early on Tuesday, Dinhata cops ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    CM pays surprise visit finance dept at Nabanna

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, made an unannounced visit to the finance department on the 12th floor at Nabanna on Tuesday, rather than proceeding directly to her office on the 14th floor. The purpose of her visit was to ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    Post-Cov traffic speed up a little, thanks to influx of 2-wheelers, autos

    123 Kolkata: A comprehensive speed-mapping study revealed a modest rise in Kolkata's vehicular speed from 2020 to 2025, primarily due to the rise in two-wheelers. While peripheral corridors such as VIP Road and Diamond Harbour Road saw significant improvements, ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Police arrests six for operating fake call centre

    Kolkata: The Cyber Police Station on Tuesday arrested six persons for allegedly operating an illegal call centre that targeted US residents through various tech support scams.The arrests were made between 4 am and 4:35 am at a ground floor ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    SNB, Entally among 4 sites to get KMC EV charging stns

    123 Kolkata: In a bid to curb air pollution by promoting electric vehicles, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to set up four more EV charging stations. Currently, the KMC electrical department runs three such charging stations. According to ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    ‘Dereliction of duty not criminal offence’

    123 Kolkata: A post office peon, who was arrested in connection with the issuance of 29 passports against 10 Aadhaar cards, was granted bail by the Calcutta High Court on the grounds that his delivering the passports to an ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    Sabuj Mancha on plastic pollution threat to rivers

    12 Kolkata: Physical surveys conducted across districts of Bengal by Sabuj Mancha reveal that riverbeds in the region are choked with plastic waste, putting freshwater aquatic biodiversity under severe existential threat. If these riverbeds continue on this trajectory, they ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    ‘Centralised admission portal set to go live in 2 weeks’

    1234 Kolkata: State education minister Bratya Basu on Tuesday hinted that the centralised admission portal (CAP) will go live earlier than last year. While private and minority colleges have opened their UG admission portals, state-aided colleges and varsities are ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    KMDA revamps civic infra & amenities at Sarobar Lake

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is enhancing the civic infrastructure and other amenities of Rabindra Sarobar Lake. The authorities are laying trunks (bullah piling) on the sides of the entire waterbody to protect the banks of the ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    City cyclists urge CM to lift ban on cycling

    12 Kolkata: Cyclists in Kolkata rallied behind chief minister Mamata Banerjee, hailing her visionary Sabuj Sathi scheme that distributed over 1.15 crore bicycles to girl students across Bengal. In a heartfelt open letter, cycling enthusiasts and advocacy groups appealed ...

    4 June 2025 Times of India
    Docu features Vidyasagar Colony residents’ collective fight for neighbourhood tamarind tree

    123456 KOLKATA: A first-of-its-kind collective in the city, formed to protect a gigantic tamarind tree planted by freedom fighter Parul Mukherjee and almost brought down by builders, has come up with a documentary called ‘Jilipibalar Bondhura'. To create awareness ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    NDRF team flies to North Sikkim for rescue ops after landslide buries army post

    Representative AI image GANGTOK: A 23-member NDRF contingent departed from Gangtok to Chhaten in North Sikkim on Tuesday to conduct search and rescue operations for six soldiers who went missing after a landslide struck an army installation, according to ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata man who filed FIR against Instagram influencer Sharmishta Panoli now faces 7 complaints for ‘communal posts’

    KOLKATA: Wazahat Khan Qadri, whose FIR prompted Kolkata police to arrest a law student and influencer from Gurugram for allegedly hurting religious sentiments, is himself accused of regularly making communal and inflammatory posts on social media, and now faces ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    2023 Madhyamik topper comes first among girls with 16th rank in JEE(A)

    KOLKATA: A Madhyamik topper in 2023, Katwa's Devdutta Majhi has come out on top among girls in this year's JEE (Advanced), securing an overall rank of 16 with 312 marks. The Katwa Durgadasi Chaudhurani Girls' High School student, who ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal to table caste survey in assembly, lists 140 sub-groups for 17% OBC quota benefits

    Image used is for representational purposes only KOLKATA: West Bengal govt will table an OBC survey that has identified a total of 140 sub-groups under this category during the monsoon session of assembly, beginning June 9. The state ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    Influencer Sharmistha Panoli’s health worsens in jail; lawyer Md Samimuddin alleges denial of basic rights

    Influencer Sharmistha Panoli’s health worsens in jail; lawyer Md Samimuddi alleges denial of basic rights KOLKATA: Social media influencer Sharmistha Panoli's lawyer, Md Samimuddin, reports her deteriorating health conditions at Alipore Women's Correctional Home following her arrest on May ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    Adriyan, a new shooting star on the rise

    Kolkata: Adriyan Karmakar was seven when his father Joydeep missed an Olympic medal narrowly by finishing fourth at the London Games in 2012. Having watched that event on television, the youngster grew up with a legacy to carry forward.Last ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    ‘Chair lift’ for elderly, disabled at Kolkata’s Behala Police Station

    12 Kolkata: In a bid to provide relief to the elderly and the disabled complainants, the Kolkata Police will install a ‘chair lift' at the Behala Police Station. Lalbazar has floated tenders in this regards. The cops stated that ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata: Parking mafia tipped off before civic body-cop raid

    12 Kolkata: A high-level inspection of many car parking zones in and around Burrabazar to probe complaints of alleged fleecing of motorists by the attendants turned futile on Monday. The inspection team, led by member, Mayor-in-Council overseeing the KMC ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    Kol remains hot, humid with max at 37°C & real-feel 46°C

    12 Kolkata: The city remained warm and humid even as the maximum temperature climbed to 37°C on a scorching Monday. With warm westerly winds flowing into the region, the mercury will continue to hover around the 36-37°C mark for ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    Hotel blaze brings guests out on Lansdowne Road in dead of night

    1234 Kolkata: A fire on the fourth floor of Mangalam hotel on Sarat Bose Road early on Monday forced all 48 guests to evacuate in the dead of night. The blaze raked up memories of the hotel fire at ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    15-year-old boy critical with Covid & typhoid gets well, goes home

    Kolkata: Amidst reports of a few Covid-19 related deaths across the country, no such deaths were reported from Bengal during this current spike. In fact, a 15-year-old boy who had a double infection of Covid-19 and typhoid was discharged ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    Visva-Bharati to start Sun guided walks in Santiniketan heritage zone

    123 Kolkata: Visva-Bharati (VB) is set to introduce Sunday guided walking tours of the core heritage zone — the Ashrama area of Santiniketan — for tourists, probably from July. The Ashrama complex, which accommodates tourist attractions like the Upasana ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    Contractor buried and plastered in wall, aunt held in Malda

    Malda: Malda Police on Monday recovered the body of a 31-year-old labour contractor, who was buried and plastered in a wall of a house in South Dinajpur's Tapan. Police were led to the home by the victim's aunt, Moumita ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    Aban Thakur’s ‘Abas’ in Bolpur bites the dust

    Santiniketan: The Bolpur municipality on Monday ordered an immediate stop to the ongoing demolition of ‘Abas', which is linked to memories of Abanindranath Tagore, a painter and nephew of Rabindranath Tagore. A large part of the house was demolished ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    Insta row: Man who filed plaint faces cases for hurting religious sentiments

    Kolkata: Wazahat Khan Qadri, whose FIR led to the arrest of an influencer and Symbiosis law student for allegedly hurting religious sentiments in an Instagram video, now faces seven complaints against him for hurting religious sentiments with his social ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    Teachers back in school but stir to go on

    Kolkata: Teachers protesting near the education department in Salt Lake returned to their classrooms on Monday following the summer vacation, temporarily halting their protest. However, the stir will continue, they said. Sahani Naznin, an English teacher at Baruipur Girls ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    Green rule flout: NGT tells PCB to fine HMC

    Kolkata: The NGT directed the WBPCB to impose a penalty on Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) under the Environment Protection Act, 1986. It also instructed the board to assess environmental compensation for continued violation of environmental laws within two months.The ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    Over 1.6k tourists rescued, parts of N Sikkim still out of bounds

    Kalimpong: At least 1,678 tourists were evacuated from Lachung and Chungthang in north Sikkim and sent to Gangtok after a series of landslides cut off road access to the region. The evacuation began around 7 am on Monday, with ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    Back at work after Delhi ‘call’, says Bengal guv

    Kolkata: Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday said he was a "little bothered" over speculations about him being replaced at Raj Bhavan, but "responsible quarters in Delhi" advised him to ignore them.In an interview with PTI, Bose said: ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
    Guard averts rail accident near Bagnan

    12 Bagnan: A major accident was averted when the alert guard of a Howrah–Kharagpur local spotted a large concrete slab lying dangerously close to the tracks as the train was passing through through Naopala village in Bagnan around 12.15 ...

    3 June 2025 Times of India
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