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  • News from West Bengal | 26 Jun, 2025 | ১১ আষাঢ়, ১৪৩২
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  • 28 Bangladeshis arrested from Dinhata station while trying to return home

    Jalpaiguri: Police arrested 28 Bangladeshi nationals, including eight women and nine minors, from Dinhata railway station early on Friday, intending to cross over into Bangladesh. A preliminary probe revealed that the group was fleeing Haryana, where a recent drive ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    PWD to implement pedestrian safety measures in Kolkata

    123 Kolkata: The Public Works Department (PWD) has agreed to implement comprehensive pedestrian safety measures across several iconic central Kolkata locations following concerns raised by the Kolkata Traffic Police regarding illegal crossovers and pedestrian safety, especially in the Esplanade-Maidan-Babughat ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    City hospitals pad up to guard against infection

    Kolkata: Personal protective equipment, or PPEs, the full-body uniform complete with gloves and mask that doctors and health workers wore during the pandemic to prevent infection spread, have made a return at some private hospitals that now have Covid ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Civic body sets up its first women & childcare facility

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has set up a 450 sqft women and childcare facility on Freeschool Street. Funded by the state govt, the Rs 22 lakh facility will cater exclusively to women requiring urgent nursing spaces. ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Deep depression triggers Kol showers, brace for rainy Friday

    12 Kolkata: A deep depression that crossed over to the land near Sagar Island on Thursday triggered moderate rain in Kolkata. The Alipore weather office recorded 15.5 mm rainfall till Thursday night. Met officials said the system is likely ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Give childcare leave when mom, child need it: Cal HC

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court rapped Calcutta Girls' College for denying to grant child care leave (CCL) of 189 days to an economics assistant professor for looking after her 13-month-old twin daughters. "If the nourishing years of the two ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    You cannot move RERA, consumer court at same time: Realty tribunal

    12 Kolkata: The West Bengal Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (WBREAT) ruled in a case that a complainant cannot simultaneously approach the real estate regulatory authority and the consumer court. "Since the cause of action in the proceedings before a ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Discomfort spike as deep depression moves to B’desh

    123 Kolkata: While spells of rain and a gloomy sky through Thursday kept the city cool, the discomfort level rose on Friday with the city remaining mostly dry. The deep depression that brought rain to the city and other ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Roof cracks: HC orders jt inspection at La Martiniere

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a joint inspection of the heritage buildings of La Martiniere School for Boys on Monday to examine the cracks on the building roof. The building was constructed nearly 200 years ago ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    City debates lungi no-entry to auditorium for theatre show

    12 Kolkata: On Thursday evening, a theatre practitioner was denied entry to GD Birla Sabhagar for watching a play, due to his wearing a lungi. Despite Sanskriti Sagar issuing a statement clarifying that the auditorium has no dress code ...

    31 May 2025 Times of India
    Despite threats, we refused to respond to his questions on Islam: Orphanage members

    123 Bongaon: Thirty-five-year-old Humayun Kabir first asked those present at the Hafizia Kharizia Orphanage Madrasa about their knowledge of Islam. Only when they refused to respond to his "absurd" and "irrelevant" questions and asked him to leave, did he ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Bidhannagar Police arrests taxi driver and tout for scamming American vlogger in Kolkata

    123 Kolkata: Bidhannagar police arrested the taxi driver and the tout who scammed and threatened a popular American vlogger during his trip to a Park Street hotel from Kolkata airport last week. TOI wrote about the ordeal and shared ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Police file charge sheet in Tangra triple murder case

    123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Police submitted a charge sheet in the Sealdah court on Thursday in connection with the murder of three members of the same family in Tangra on Feb 18. The charge sheet was filed 99 days ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Woman harassed during morning workout

    Kolkata: A young mother was allegedly harassed and verbally abused by a group of local miscreants during her morning workout session at Dhankal Maath playground in the Kasba area on Saturday . The victim, a resident of Kasba, reported ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Airport logs into social media to address plaints

    Kolkata: The city airport authorities have put in place a social media monitoring team that tracks complaints lodged by passengers on social media and tries to address the issues at the earliest.On Monday, a passenger flying out of the ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Nazrul’s ‘Lakshan Geet’ translations to be on display

    Kolkata: Celebrating the completion of Kazi Nazrul Islam's 125th birth anniversary, Jibansmriti Archive will showcase two of his rare manuscripts that trace his foray into writing ‘Lakshan Geet' in Bengali. This is the first time manuscripts of Nazrul's translation ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    HC orders fresh probe by CID in ’23 murder case

    12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court's Jalpaiguri circuit bench recently ordered a fresh probe to "find out the truth" in a 2023 murder case, in which a man was found dead, with 31 injuries, at his workplace in New ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Jobless teachers fail to meet PM & CM, call for Nabanna Abhiyan today

    12 Kolkata: Attempts by state school teachers, who have lost their jobs following an SC order, to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as chief minister Mamata Banerjee failed on Thursday. In the evening, the protesters called for ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Send daily Covid report, Bengal govt asks pvt hosps, labs

    123 Kolkata: Amid the rising cases of Covid in the country, the state health department has issued its first advisory since the pandemic asking all private hospitals and labs to report all positive cases in a particular format on ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    After ‘common worker’ remark, Dilip skips PM meet

    Kolkata: Former Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh skipped PM Narendra Modi's Alipurduar rally on Thursday, sparking speculations in the political circles. Earlier in the day, the veteran neta said: "Netas have their protocol and have to remain with the ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    War of words over Sukanta’s ‘Op Bengal’ remark

    12 Kolkata: Junior Union minister Sukanta Majumdar's "Operation Bengal" comment on Thursday prompted a sharp attack by TMC.Addressing a rally in Alipurduar, Majumdar, also BJP's Bengal president, said party workers will carry out "Operation Bengal". "I can see thousands ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Fake Mexico video being spread as Shamsherganj incident, say cops, warn of action

    12 Kolkata: Bengal Police on Thursday warned about a fake video doing the rounds that used visuals from an old clash in Mexico to pass them off as in incident in Murshidabad's Shamsherganj. The cops also cautioned that specific ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Boipara gets water jitters early, sellers rush to save stocks with sheets & raised platforms

    12 Kolkata: As rain lashed the city on Thursday, well before the official onset of the monsoon season, booksellers in Kolkata's College Street, also known as Boipara, scrambled to protect their stock. Plastic sheets went up like emergency canopies, ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    Design rejig for Purple Line’s IIM-C extn to aid N-S link

    123 Kolkata: The Purple Line Metro extension to IIM-Calcutta is undergoing significant design modifications following the appointment of new consultants, considering the proposed linking of this corridor with the Blue Line (North-South Metro). STUP Consultants, the newly-appointed engineering and ...

    30 May 2025 Times of India
    CU vacation classes to make up for lost time

    Kolkata: A circular issued by Calcutta University, instructing affiliated undergraduate colleges to conduct classes during the summer recess, has taken many college principals by surprise. However, the university authorities have clarified that the move aims at making up for ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Bengal engineer kills parents, drags their bodies through street, attacks 4 at madrassa; mob storms police station to free him

    Locals gather outside Bongaon’s Hafizia Kharizia Orphanage Madrassa KOLKATA/MEMARI: A 35-year-old engineer, a Jadavpur University graduate who earlier worked in Delhi, brutally murdered his elderly parents in their home in Memari, East Burdwan, on Wednesday morning , dragged ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    ID Hosp sets up 2 Covid isolation wards, 7 new cases at 4 facilities

    123 Kolkata: Fresh cases of Covid-19 continued to emerge in Kolkata, with at least seven new cases reported from four hospitals on Wednesday. Health department sources said that while surveillance has increased, two isolation wards have been kept ready ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Traffic cop hurt in biker’s fleeing act in central Kolkata

    Kolkata: A traffic sergeant was badly injured when a motorcyclist crashed through a police checkpoint before fleeing in a bid to avoid inspection in central Kolkata early Saturday morning, police said.Dipak Bairagi of Jorabagan Traffic Guard suffered a fractured ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    PM in Bengal today, 1st visit after Op Sindoor

    12 Kolkata: A day ahead of his first visit to Bengal after Operation Sindoor, PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday upped the ante in the political battle against Trinamool, saying that while the people of Bengal had appreciated NDA govt's ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Purple Line cost rises 4 times in 15 years

    12 Kolkata: The estimated cost of the Joka-Esplanade Metro corridor, which was initially pegged at Rs 2,600 crore in 2010-11, has risen to Rs 10,360 crore this fiscal. With the project being stuck at Kidderpore, Metro officials fear the ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    TMC fires ‘pol tourism’ salvo, asks where’s Bengal’s money

    12 Kolkata: Saying that PM Narendra Modi's "political statements" were "undesirable", TMC on Wednesday added: "On terrorism we are with Centre, but we will respond to political canards strongly.""These are frog-in-the-well type of political statements which is completely out ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Low pressure likely to transform into depression today, warns Met

    12 Kolkata: The low-pressure system that has formed over the Bay of Bengal is set to transform into a depression by Thursday morning and move towards the Bengal and Odisha coast, triggering heavy rain in the city and other ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Break-in expert caught in 24 hrs after high-value Salt Lake theft

    12 Kolkata: In an instance of prompt resolution of a burglary case, Bidhannagar City Police arrested the culprit within 24 hours of a high-value theft of silverware, jewellery and cash in a college professor's house in Salt Lake's HA ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Task force proposes ban on rooftop sale for biz gains

    12 Kolkata: The state task force, which was constituted after the recent Burrabazar fire, on Wednesday recommended that the Bengal govt and civic bodies across the state, including the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), shouldn't allow the sale of rooftop ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Task force proposes ban on rooftop sale for biz gains

    12 Kolkata: The state task force, which was constituted after the recent Burrabazar fire, on Wednesday recommended that the Bengal govt and civic bodies across the state, including the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), shouldn't allow the sale of rooftop ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    KMC prepares to flush out storm water, state sounds alert for coastal districts

    Kolkata/Digha: In the wake of the heavy rain alert on Thursday, Nabanna has alerted the DMs, particularly those in charge of the coastal districts, to ensure that quick response teams, along with the disaster management groups, are ready to ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Thai govt acts in kirpan row

    Kolkata: The department of religious affairs of Thailand has issued a circular, stating that all establishments, such as hotels, schools, colleges and offices, will admit Sikhs and treat with respect their ‘5K symbols' of kesh (unshorn hair), kanga (comb), ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Cops rescue pets caged in dark rooms in 2 Bypass flats

    Kolkata: The Survey Park Police on Wednesday rescued several dogs and cats from two apartments in high-rises off the EM Bypass based on specific complaints that the apartment residents were mistreating and harming the animals.Police have also started a ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Chingrighata, Bypass bridge to get steel barriers for pedestrians’ safety

    Kolkata: In a bid to prevent risky pedestrian crossovers on the city's highest-speed corridor, the KMDA has started the process of setting up steel barricades on the stretch below Chingrighata and Ambedkar Bridge on EM Bypass following suggestions from ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Actor Judhajit Sarkar’s missing diamond ring, wallet recovered in 4 hours

    Kolkata: A diamond ring and wallet belonging to actor Judhajit Sarkar were recovered within four hours of those being reported missing from an online cab.After Bidhannagar City Police successfully recovered the items, Sarkar, known for portraying villainous roles on ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    BSF thwarts infiltration bids by B’desh nat’ls

    12 Jalpaiguri/Nadia: BSF and local police have intercepted multiple attempts at illegal border crossing in Bengal.On Wednesday, BSF stopped 40 Bangladeshi nationals from crossing the border across three different locations in Cooch Behar. Driven back, the Bangladeshis have camped ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Didi: True religion embraces all, doesn’t drive anyone away

    12 Kolkata: Bengal stands as a symbol of harmony, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday, adding that true religion united people."Your religion belongs to you, but festivals are for everyone. Bengal stands as a symbol of harmony, where temples, ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Fusion CX plans to raise Rs 1,000cr through IPO for expansion and debt repayment

    Kolkata: City-based Fusion CX Limited — a customer experience (CX) service provider delivering high-end and integrated CX services across multiple channels, including voice, email, chat, social media, and messaging — plans to raise Rs 1,000 crore through an IPO ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    KMC, NKDA log 131 WhatsApp plaints on first day of special ‘report-garbage’ drive

    Kolkata: On the first day of a weeklong special cleanliness drive, the KMC control room on Wednesday received 91 WhatsApp messages from across the city, urging the civic body to clean up accumulated waste in various neighbourhoods. According to ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    ITC shares fall 3.1% after BAT sells 2.5% stake

    123 Kolkata: ITC shares fell by 3.1% on Wednesday and closed around Rs 420 following a block deal by British American Tobacco (BAT). BAT sold a 2.5% stake (31.3 crore shares) — slightly higher than its initial plan of ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Posting change of RG Kar protesters a step back: Docs

    123456 Kolkata: The progress in the medical education system, achieved by making the system transparent and clean, was being marred by the controversy over the last-minute changes in the bond posting of three senior resident doctors, felt many in ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Break-in expert caught in 24 hrs after high-value Salt Lake theft

    Kolkata: In an instance of prompt resolution to a burglary case, Bidhannagar City Police arrested the culprit within 24 hours of a high-value theft of silverware, jewellery and cash in a college professor's house in Salt Lake's HA block.Prabir ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    B’desh man, who entered India over a yr ago, arrested

    Howrah: Police on Monday night arrested a Bangladeshi citizen, who reportedly crossed over into India illegally around 15 months ago. Faruk Sheikh (36), a resident of Mouli village in Narail district in Bangladesh, had paid a Bangladeshi facilitator, Sajjadul ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    1,000 need transplants, 14 organ donations: Doctors seek new policy after 2024 alarm in Bengal

    Image used is for representational purposes only KOLKATA: The gap between patients waiting for organ transplant and the number of donations taking place remains abysmally wide in Bengal despite increased awareness of deceased organ donation and transplant surgeries. Close ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    It is owner’s duty to ensure pet causes no harm to others: Calcutta HC

    Calcutta high court KOLKATA: It is a pet owner’s duty to ensure that his/her pets do not harm others, Calcutta High Court has said in a recent order, turning down a man’s plea to quash a criminal case ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    After SC axe on over 24k school jobs, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee launches biggest recruitment drive with 44,203 posts

    Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday rolled out the roadmap for filling up the 24,203 school positions left empty after Calcutta high court’s and Supreme Court’s SSC rulings and also announced the creation of 20,000 extra jobs ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Bike-taxi rider molests teacher, snatches chain

    Kolkata: A central Kolkata college teacher was allegedky molested and robbed by a bike taxi driver during her morning commute. The accused has been arrested and booked for theft and outraging the modesty of a woman under BNS. The ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Swasthya Bhavan bomb hoax for 2nd day

    123 Kolkata: Swasthya Bhavan in Sector V was embroiled in a bomb scare for the second consecutive day on Tuesday after a bomb threat was received via email, prompting a renewed security cover by Bidhannagar Police.The latest email, sent ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    ‘Liaise with jail admin, track terror suspects’ visitors’

    Kolkata: Both Kolkata Police and Bengal Police have issued directives to all police stations and specialised units to liaise with the jail administration and intensify monitoring of individuals visiting imprisoned militants. This follows the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    ‘Local guardian’ Mamata visits Tejashwi’s newborn son in hosp

    123 Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee met Tejashwi Yadav and his family at a private hospital in the city as the RJD neta and his wife Rajshree welcomed their second child, a baby boy, on Tuesday morning. With a beaming ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Salt Lake rickshaw workshops help rig speed, put you at risk

    123 Kolkata: In the back alleys of Baguiati, Kaikhali, and Barasat, an unexpected transport revolution is quietly gaining momentum. Local mechanics are transforming cycle rickshaws into swift, battery-operated vehicles. These retrofitted rickshaws are now zipping through Salt Lake, Sector ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    TMC MPs write to Modi, demand special Parl session on Op Sindoor

    12 Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday said that while it supports the Centre's global outreach against terrorism, any govt's foremost responsibility is "to be accountable to its own people." Party MPs, who gathered in the central hall of ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    State has to secure our jobs, we can’t write exams again: Teachers

    12 Kolkata: State school teachers, who have lost their jobs following a Supreme Court order in April, insisted they would not appear for exams again to get their jobs back. But they did not close the door on further ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Low pressure forms, Met expects heavy rain in S Bengal this week

    12 Kolkata: With the predicted low-pressure forming on time, the Met office is expecting further advancement of the southwest monsoon towards Bengal. While the monsoon's arm is expected to reach North Bengal by Friday, Met officials are keeping a ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Kol cops order 18 new sirens for police stations

    12 Kolkata: Weeks after the Union home ministry directed the states to be war-ready by carrying out emergency drills, where sirens were to play a vital part, Kolkata Police has decided to set up sirens — similar to ones ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Op Sindoor threat: Minor caught near Cuttack

    Kolkata: Diamond Harbour cops apprehended a minor who allegedly threatened and abused a woman online after she praised Operation Sindoor on social media. The minor was caught near Cuttack, Odisha.The suspect allegedly created a fake account to harass the ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    RVNL sets ball rolling for Chingrighata underpass

    123 Kolkata: RVNL has started preparing the detailed project report for the three-way underpass at Chingrighata after it got a nod from the KMC. Police had told RVNL traffic blocks at Chingrighata for two weekend nights to bridge the ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Coastal areas stock up on essentials, prepare flood centres & call fishermen back from sea

    Digha & Sagar Island: Local authorities have initiated emergency preparedness measures across coastal regions of Bengal as meteorological forecasts predict heavy rainfall and possible cyclonic conditions in the coming days. In Digha, East Midnapore, the district administration issued early ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Echoes of Tagore in Hills of Hunan: A journey through China’s new village dream

    Changsha (Hunan province, China): "I shall consider myself fortunate if, through this visit, China comes nearer to India and India to China – for no political or commercial purpose, but for disinterested human love and for nothing else," Asia's ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    CMPDI files DRHP for IPO as CIL plans to offload 10% stake

    Kolkata: Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI) — the engineering, design, and exploration arm of Coal India — will be the first subsidiary of the Maharatna coal giant to be listed. CMPDI filed a DRHP (Draft Red Herring ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    BJP MP: Pak trying to use Bangladesh as launchpad for terror

    Kolkata: BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya, who addressed the Indian diaspora in France on Monday, alleged that Pakistan is trying to use Bangladesh "as a launchpad for terrorism." Bhattacharya, in his six-minute speech in Paris said that the ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Fight against terror must unite us all: Abhishek in S’pore

    Kolkata: A multi-party delegation, including Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, reached Singapore on Tuesday after visits to Japan and South Korea. This is part of a diplomatic mission to convey India's views on terrorism emanating from Pakistan.Upon arrival, ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Docs remove board pin stuck in 12-year-old boy’s lungs for 5 days

    123 Kolkata: Doctors at Medical College Hospital Kolkata (MCHK) removed a board pin from the bronchus, or lungs, of a 12-year-old boy. Since the foreign object was stuck for about five days, it also caused a wound inside. The ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    TMC names late MLA’s daughter candidate for Kaliganj bypolls

    123 Kaliganj (Nadia): Trinamool on Tuesday named 38-year-old Alifa Ahmed its candidate for the Kaliganj bypolls scheduled on June 19. Alifa is the daughter of Nasiruddin Ahamed, the Kaliganj MLA whose death necessitated the bypolls.Alifa used to work as ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    State BJP gears up for Modi rally, awaits Shah visit confirmation

    123 Kolkata: While PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit north Bengal on Thursday, Union home minister Amit Shah's visit to the state two days later is yet to be confirmed. State BJP leaders expect the two visits to ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Restos fumble for rooftop proof, KMC asks to return with papers

    123 Kolkata: Hearings for three rooftop restaurants at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) remained inconclusive as none of them could present the documents demanded by the civic authorities to support their claims of running businesses with 'licenses'. The KMC-constituted ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    4 more Covid patients in state hosps takes tally to 14

    123 Kolkata: The number of Covid-19 positive patients getting admitted to the hospital is gradually picking up. With fresh reports of four patients being treated for Covid surfacing on Tuesday, the number of admitted Covid-19 patients in Bengal now ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Faces of RG Kar protest get bond postings away from city

    123456 Kolkata: The posting of three senior resident (SR) doctors, who were prominent faces of RG Kar movement, has triggered a controversy, with a large section of the medical community terming it a ‘witch-hunt'. The three SRs also said ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Summer releases vacation more fun for kids

    123456 Kolkata: This May, children's cinema has become a talking point in Bengal. The latest instalment in the ‘Eken' franchise — Joydeep Mukherjee's ‘The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika' — has seen back-to-back houseful shows at both single screens and ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Covid cases rise in Kolkata as 2 more test positive across age groups

    Representative image KOLKATA: Two more people tested positive for Covid in Kolkata on Monday - a 65-year-old woman and a 9-month-old child - indicating a spread across age groups. A 15-year-old boy tested positive at a private hospital on ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    B’desh actor Badhon latest to be branded RAW agent, falls foul of anti-India squad

    Kolkata: Bangladeshi actor Azmeri Haque Badhon is the latest celebrity to be accused of being a RAW agent in her country. Badhon's Sunday Facebook post, which offered a scathing commentary on how quickly public perception, and sometimes diplomatic scrutiny, ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Snake you keep won’t bite only your neighbour: Abhishek warns Pakistan

    123 Kolkata: Warning Pakistan about harbouring terrorism within its borders, TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday said, "Breeding a snake in your backyard and expecting it to bite only your neighbour is the last thing one should ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Mixed bag, say protesting teachers after edu dept meet

    12 Kolkata: The SSC teachers' protest saw its first signs of resolution on Monday as the principal secretary of the education department, Binod Kumar, met six representatives of the state school teachers, who had lost their jobs following a ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Route 39 buses hit the road, run into double parking hurdle

    123 Kolkata: After a two-day complete suspension of services, buses on routes 39 and 39A/2 resumed operations on Monday following a meeting between local politicians, councillors, and the bus and auto operators of the affected areas. The decision comes ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    CAB chief, wife survive boat capsize in Puri

    123 Bhubaneswar: A leisurely boat ride nearly turned into a death trap for Cricket Association of Bengal president Snehasish Ganguly and his wife Arpita, when the vessel capsized in the rough sea near Puri's Light House beach.The couple, along ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Grandparents say yes, Tangra boy won’t have to live in shelter

    12 Kolkata: The 14-year-old boy from Tangra, whose uncle and father murdered their wives and the boy's cousin in Feb, will now live with his cousin's grandparents.Parents-in-law of Prasun Dey, the younger of the two brothers who confessed to ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Demolition of old domestic terminal only after Haj

    123 Kolkata: The dismantling of Kolkata airport's former domestic terminal, inactive since 2013 following the launch of the new integrated terminal, will commence after Haj flights conclude this July. The demolition, including the air traffic surveillance building, is essential ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Heavy shower, day-long drizzle, clouds bring max down to 31.3°C

    123 Kolkata: The city was drenched by a spell of heavy rain for almost two hours on Monday morning as the southwest monsoon advanced towards north Bengal and the north Bay of Bengal. While the Met office issued a ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    ‘Was thrashed while stealing’: Patuli cops register thief’s FIR

    12 Kolkata: A thief, Tapas Mondal (38), who was caught stealing in a Patuli home around 6:30 am on Sunday, and thrashed by the house owner, locals before he was arrested, has now lodged a counter-complaint against unidentified people. ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Civic bodies get ready to tackle waterlogging

    12 Kolkata: Civic bodies in Kolkata, Salt Lake and New Town are bracing for heavy rain and keeping teams ready to flush out excess storm water to prevent waterlogging.KMC has instructed engineers at major drainage pumping stations, including Palmerbazar, ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    PM 2.5 in 2024-25 winter Kolkata’s best since 2019

    Kolkata: This winter brought a breath of relatively cleaner air to Kolkata, with the city recording its best particulate pollution levels since 2019. Data from a six-year analysis by West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) painted a picture of ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Drainage quick-fix for inundated road that leads to Kolkata airport

    Kolkata: Passengers headed to Kolkata airport faced challenges navigating waterlogged stretches on VIP Road near Kaikhali, Chinar Park, Haldirams, and outside the airport terminal during a spell of heavy rain on Sunday morning. However, unlike previous years, the water ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    5 arrested in Bankura for ‘unauthorised’ data collection

    Bankura: Five people were arrested in Bankura on Monday over allegations of "unauthorised" data collection. The arrests came hours after Trinamool alerted its party workers, in a circular, about a "conspiracy" involving door-to-door collection of personal information.Arati Modak, Shikha ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Khagragarh case: NIA summonses to Cong functionary & e-rickshaw driver

    12 Behrampore: More than a decade after its probe into the 2014 Khagragarh blast case, NIA on Monday sent summonses to a Congress functionary and a toto driver, both from Murshidabad, asking them to appear before the central investigating ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Private hosps step up screening, isolation measures amid concerns over new variants

    Kolkata: Private hospitals across Kolkata have started stepping up Covid screening and preventive measures as two new Covid variants were traced in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Doctors in Kolkata have advised caution following an alert from WHO, as ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    ‘No leniency on fire norms at KMC rooftop hearings today’

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) committee, established to review three rooftop restaurants, is expected to maintain a strict stand during Tuesday's hearings at the KMC headquarters, aligning with Nabanna's stance against providing unwarranted concessions.A KMC representative emphasised ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Biker killed in pile-up, 2 others die in N Kol, Chowbaga accidents

    12 Kolkata: Three were killed and several others injured in three accidents between Sunday evening and Monday afternoon.A multi-vehicle pile-up near the Tea Board of India office in central Kolkata around 1am on Monday led to the death of ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Youth held at Kolkata's Esplanade bus stand with 120 cartridges

    The accused, Ramakrishna Majhi, hails from Ketugram KOLKATA: A youth carrying 120 cartridges in a rucksack was arrested by the Kolkata Police Special Task Force (STF) at Esplanade crossing on Sunday. Police said Ramkrishna Majhi, a resident of Ketugram, ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Fire audit at 250 Sec V bldgs soon, lens on parking, encroachment hurdles

    1234 Kolkata: After New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) started inspecting all commercial establishments in New Town, Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) has also decided to conduct an intensive fire safety audit of all buildings located in Sector V.Officials ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Durand Cup to champion North-East football with five-state host plan

    Asia’s oldest football tournament, the Durand Cup, will be back with its 134th Edition and for the first time in its storied history, be hosted in as many as five states with Manipur’s capital Imphal, making a comeback after ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Bengal’s Goyna bori finds a place in NY, thanks to chef Vikas Khanna

    @vikaskhannagroup Indian chef and author Vikas Khanna turned the spotlight on Bengal this week, showcasing the intricate art of Goyna bori at his multi-award winning New York restaurant. In a recent reel shared on social media, Khanna paid tribute ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    7 new Covid cases in Kolkata push Bengal's active case tally to 10

    Representational image KOLKATA: Kolkata has recorded at least seven Covid-19 cases in the past week. Six patients, admitted at a hospital off Bypass, are receiving treatment for Covid as well as other existing health conditions. On Sunday, TOI ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Youth held at Esplanade bus stand with 120 cartridges

    1234 Kolkata: A youth carrying 120 cartridges in a rucksack was arrested by the Kolkata Police Special Task Force (STF) at Esplanade crossing on Sunday. Police said Ramkrishna Majhi, a resident of Ketugram, was nabbed by cops in plainclothes ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    CBI arrests Murshidabad medical college doctor in Rs 10 lakh bribery case

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    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Met spies low pressure, Kolkata may receive season's first pre-monsoon showers by next week

    KOLKATA: Kolkata could get the season's first pre-monsoon showers by mid-week next. The Met office is keeping close tabs on a low-pressure area brewing over the Bay of Bengal, which may also have a bearing on the monsoon onset ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
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