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  • News from West Bengal | 07 Aug, 2025 | ২৩ শ্রাবণ, ১৪৩২
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  • Kolkata weather: High humidity with moderate rain expected

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata is set to experience moderate rainfall and high humidity on August 7, 2025, with ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    Language row: SFI sends ‘Barnaparichay’, ‘Sahaj Path’ to Malviya

    Kolkata: SFI, the students' wing of CPM, on Wednesday sent copies of ‘Barnaparichay' and ‘Sahaj Path' to Bengal BJP's co-in-charge in the state, Amit Malviya, following his comments on Bangla."There is an attempt to incite hatred against the Bengali ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    Aug gets 40 mm more rain than usual in first 6 days; Met spies heavier spells today

    12 Kolkata: While July ended on a high rain note, Aug is off to a bumper beginning. In the first six days of the month, the city has logged 113.9 mm of rainfall against the normal of 73.9 mm ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    Rising cost of cancer treatment driving families to financial ruin, forcing dropouts; experts at Kolkata meet call for affordable cancer care, early detection & insurance

    Cancer treatment costs in India are pushing families into financial distress, with out-of-pocket expenses averaging Rs 3.3 lakh annually, leading to treatment dropouts KOLKATA: The rising cost of cancer treatment is increasingly driving families towards financial ruin, particularly in ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    'Bogus' voters: Mamata Banerjee defies EC action on Bengal poll officials; calls commission BJP’s ‘bonded labourer’

    JHARGRAM/KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday escalated Bengal's direct face-off with the Election Commission, saying she would not act against the four state officers the EC wanted suspended."Two of my officers were suspended with a notice on Tuesday. Under ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Contempt rule can’t take away CJ’s powers’

    Kolkata: Senior counsel Parthasarathi Sengupta, while making his arguments in response to senior counsel Kalyan Banerjee's plea in a recent contempt case before the Calcutta High Court Thursday, submitted that the chief justice of a high court enjoys certain ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    Fear drives a 1,400-km ride, Malda bros back home from Ggn in autos

    12 Malda: Israil and Ashraful had driven their autorickshaws in Gurgaon for years. They never could have imagined that those 3-wheelers would ever have even a 100-km-long run. However, times are such that things so outlandish are turning into ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    Kavi Subhash closure hits Orange Line rider count

    Kolkata: Since the closure of the Blue Line section at the Kavi Subhash station on July 28, the daily ridership of the Orange Line, which shares the terminal station at New Garia, has halved, sources said.The viability of the ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    New CAFE rules on way, automakers speed up flex fuel vehicle devpt

    Kolkata: Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL), Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) and Toyota Kirloskar Motors (TKM) have all stepped on the flex fuel accelerator following minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari's recent remark that ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    New pumping stns to end Kasba, Dhakuria water woes

    12 Kolkata: The civic body will start the construction of two semi-underground reservoirs-cum-booster pumping stations in Ward 91 of Borough X, covering parts of Kasba and Dhakuria. The work will kick off in Dhakuria's Kamala Park area of Sarat ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    Over-exercise leads to kidney injury in 16-year-old, doctors urge caution

    Kolkata: Beware of strenuous physical workouts unless you are accustomed to such a regime. Jumping into intense physical exercise without proper hydration, especially when you are not used to it, can land you in hospital with complications of kidney ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Ekta Daak Aasa Darkar’: Docu revisits the many worlds of broadcaster Pankaj Saha

    Kolkata: One of the greatest challenges in making a documentary about a multi-faceted talent lies in providing essential information without overwhelming the audience with unnecessary details. Dibyendu Porel's 88-minute docufilm ‘Ekta Daak Aasa Darkar', screened at Nandan on Wednesday ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    Hamid’s goal takes East Bengal into Durand Cup quarters

    12 Kolkata: Moroccan newcomer Hamid Ahadad scored on debut as East Bengal FC subdued high-flying Namdhari FC 1-0 at the Salt Lake Stadium on Wednesday, becoming the first team to advance to the quarterfinals of this year's Durand Cup. ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    When will you arrest me, when will you shoot?: Didi challenges ‘Malpua’

    12 Jhargram/Kolkata: Daring BJP to "shoot her", Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday took aim at the party's Bengal minder Amit Malviya for saying that she should be held accountable under NSA "for inciting linguistic conflict". Malviya's comment had ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    Fake doc in ward: Nursing home’s licence suspended

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) has directed the health officials to suspend the licence of nursing home on Diamond Harbour Road after a person who was not a doctor attended to a pregnant woman, who ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    Hwh locals find abandoned ‘Barsha’ in trash during rain

    Kolkata: On Wednesday morning, amidst heavy rain, a newborn girl was found in a trash bin under Nibedita br-idge in Howrah. The baby, admitted to T L Jaiswal Hospital in a critical condition, has been christened Barsha (Rain) by ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    Fly-by-night duo nabbed at airport

    Kolkata: Five persons were arrested, including two from the airport when they were trying to flee, in connection with multiple cases of financial fraud. Siddharth Doshi and Shiva Kumar Sonkar, both with links to Maharashtra and Rajasthan, were apprehended ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    Govt tourism app with emergency help, puja guide map

    Kolkata: The state tourism department plans to develop a new app, with intuitive navigation menus and SOS features, aimed at helping visitors to Bengal, international and domestic alike. An official said the app was expected to be launched ahead ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    Do not repeat last year’s RG Kar mistake: Cops get CCTV lesson

    1234 Kolkata: Do not repeat last years mistakes: Cops were told on Wednesday as they checked the security preparedness for the Nabanna Abhijan, slated for Aug 9, demanding justice for the RG Kar rape-and-murder victim. A similar march last ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    No action against Mithun till Sept 10: HC

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed that no coercive steps could be taken against BJP neta Mithun Chakraborty until Sept 10 in a case related to the non-payment of dues for work at a hotel project. The court ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    On way home, migrant killed in road crash

    12 Malda: Minsarul Haque, a 22-year-old migrant labourer returning home with his family from Gurgaon, lost his life in a road accident in Chanchal on Tuesday night. The family had decided to return to their home due to the ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    7 held for attack on Suvendu’s convoy in Cooch Behar

    12 Kolkata/Jalpaiguri: Seven people were arrested by Cooch Behar Police on Wednesday in connection with the attack on the convoy of Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari. Sources said the arrested included TMC workers and Trinamool Yuva functionaries. The ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    WBCS officers’ body writes to chief secy

    Kolkata: With the EC asking the state to suspend two WBCS officers, the WBCS (Executive) Officers' Association on Wednesday wrote to the chief secretary, seeking his intervention in the matter. The EC had also requested the chief secretary to ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    B’desh in Tolly defies narrative of discord in film fraternity

    123456 Kolkata: Shooting with Opar Bangla actors and having them for the premieres for their films here—a regular event in the Bengali film industry's calendar—was delayed or suspended after the uprising in Bangladesh last year. But one year later, ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    KMC’s asphalt units can’t keep up with demand for battered roads

    1234 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) roads department is waiting for a dry spell to maximize its production at its hot-mix plants to supply repair material to stretches lying battered and crying for urgent repair. Continuous rain has ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    Samik: TMC hurting workers by pushing them out of Bengal

    Kolkata: As Trinamool stepped up the heat against BJP over torture of Bengali-speaking migrants, state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya claimed that it was TMC that was hurting migrant labourers by pushing them to work outside Bengal."It is Trinamool which ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    Congress urges Haryana guv to protect Bengali speakers

    12 Kolkata: Alarmed by incidents of alleged harassment of Bengali speakers and migrant workers in Haryana, Bengal Congress president Suvankar Sarkar sent a letter to the state's newly appointed governor, Asim Ghosh, on Wednesday, urging him to take steps ...

    7 August 2025 Times of India
    Mamata slams Assam govt as gram pradhan gets NRC notice

    12 Ghatal/Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday questioned how the Assam govt was issuing NRC notices to Bengal residents, her statement coinciding with yet another Cooch Behar resident receiving the same during the day. This time, the recipient is ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Blue Line ACs, ventilation system to undergo 500cr overhaul after 40 years

    12 Kolkata: Metro Railway has decided to pump Rs 500 crore to revamp the four-decades old air-conditioning and ventilation system between Rabindra Sarobar and Belgachhia stations in the North-South or Blue Line. There are 15 underground stations in this ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Phone in pants pocket, laptop on lap may affect sperm count: Calcutta University study

    KOLKATA: A study conducted jointly by Genetics Research Unit, Department of Zoology, Calcutta University, and the Institute of Reproductive Medicine Kolkata has claimed that working long hours with laptops on your lap or keeping cellphones in trouser pockets could ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Rare earths found in Bengal, GSI steps up exploration

    12 Kolkata: Geological Survey of India (GSI) has intensified its search for rare earth elements (REEs) in Bengal, with 10 mineral exploration projects currently underway in Purulia, Bankura and Darjeeling districts.Responding to a question from BJP MP and Bengal ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    EC suspends 4 Bengal officers, asks for FIRs

    12 Kolkata: The Election Commission on Tuesday suspended four Bengal govt officers, including two electoral registration officers (EROs) and two assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs), asking chief secretary Manoj Pant to lodge FIRs against them and start disciplinary proceedings.Prima ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Reopening of shut exit gate, frequent trolley retrieval to end airport chaos

    Kolkata: Reopening an exit gate at the terminal's arrival level, deploying more policemen to regulate traffic, and more frequent retrieval of luggage trolleys to keep the carriageway free — the Bidhannagar Traffic Police and the Kolkata airport have embarked ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    CISCE handbook to make schools more inclusive

    Kolkata: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has released a handbook for school administrators and teachers on inclusive education.The handbook, designed as a practical guide to support educators in implementing inclusive education within the diverse classrooms ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    TMC removes Kalyan, appoints Kakoli as LS chief whip; Satabdi new deputy leader

    12 Kolkata: Trinamool on Tuesday removed Serampore MP Kalyan Banerjee from the post of its chief whip in Lok Sabha, replacing him with Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar. The party also appointed Satabdi Roy as its deputy leader in the LS. ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Calcutta Stock Exchange awaits Sebi decision on voluntary exit

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) is waiting for a formal death sentence from market regulator Sebi. Established in 1908, CSE is the second oldest in India after BSE and one of the oldest stock exchanges in Asia.Union minister ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Sealdah stn laning to keep traffic moving

    Kolkata: The Railways and Kolkata Traffic Police have devised multiple plans to ensure that both pedestrian and vehicular flow around Sealdah railway station, especially those using the southern section, do not get affected once the Metro begins full route ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Riders fume as wait for 2.6km E-W stretch stretches beyond 3 months

    12 Kolkata: The commuter frustration over the inordinate delay in commissioning the 2.6-km stretch of East-West Metro, connecting the two disjointed sections — Sector V-Sealdah and Esplanade-Howrah Maidan — is turning into anger. People are questioning the rationale of ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Can India exist without Bengali? Can the world exist without Bengali?: Didi

    Kamarkundu/Kolkata: "Can India exist without Bengali? Can the world exist without Bengali," roared CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, taking aim at BJP after its Bengal minder Amit Malviya, in a bid to justify Delhi Police's "Bangladeshi language" notice, said ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Man hit by e-rickshaw dies after 10 days on ventilator

    12 Kolkata: A 58-year-old man who was knocked down by a mechanised retrofitted electric rickshaw in Kestopur last month succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday, after 10 days of ventilation support.Dipak Kundu was hit by the rickshaw near his ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Cop dials fake customer care number, loses 53k

    Kolkata: An ASI lost Rs 53,000 to cyber fraudsters after trying to lodge a complaint on a customer care call about a payment discrepancy of his electricity bill on a digital payment app. The ASI, currently posted as a ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Migrant worker dies after touching electrified grille on flooded Hwh road

    Howrah: A migrant worker died by electrocution as he stepped into stagnant water in the Ramrajatala area of Howrah on Tuesday morning. Bijoy Das (40), also known as Nanki, lost his life after he held onto a building's grille, ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Offer apt rehab to acquitted woman’

    1234 Kolkata: It's been 12 years since Aparajita Bose (58), alias Munmun, was acquitted of the murder of her husband but she is still embroiled in a legal battle, seeking rehabilitation from the state. The Calcutta High Court on ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Jr docs, med students get police notice

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front (WBJDF) alleged police harassment days before its protests, slated for Aug 8 and 9, coinciding with one year of the RG Kar rape and murder. They said at least six junior doctors ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Heritage walk takes off at Santiniketan

    12 Kolkata: The hour-long guided tour of Visva-Bharati's ashram complex commenced on Sunday with visitors being shown places of importance, like Upasana Griha (glass temple), Ghanta Ghar, Chhatimtala, Santiniketan Bari, Amra Kunja, places where open-air classes are held, and ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Exide reports 24.3% YoY rise in quarterly profit

    Kolkata: Storage battery major Exide Industries reported a 24.3% year-on-year increase in its consolidated net profit to Rs 274.6 crore in the first quarter of this fiscal, backed by close to a 6% year-on-year rise in its revenue. The ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    With no central aid, floods hurting Bengal coffers: CM

    Ghatal/Kolkata: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed that repeated flooding in Bengal was hurting the state's coffers, especially with Centre stopping funds for flood relief and erosion works. The CM was on a visit to flood-affected Arambag and ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Two sisters arrested for hurling racist abuses at Nepali students

    12 Siliguri: Two sisters were arrested by Siliguri Police on Tuesday for intimidating and hurling sexist and racist abuses at four Nepali students. The women, Leela and Ruby Dutta, and the students, were tenants in a two-story apartment in ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Abhishek urges unity within party, attacks BJP during TMC meet

    12 Kolkata: A day after being appointed Trinamool's leader in Lok Sabha, party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee launched a scathing attack on BJP during a virtual meeting with nearly 9,000 party functionaries on Tuesday.Amid preparations for the 2026 ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Adhikari’s convoy attacked in Cooch Behar, vehicle damaged

    Jalpaiguri: Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari's convoy came under attack on Tuesday in Khagrabari, Cooch Behar, where he was headed to attend a protest meeting backed by a Calcutta High Court order. Despite a strong police cordon, several ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Water above and below: KMC faces twin challenges in road-repair race

    1234 Kolkata: KMC engineers, repairing battered roads in the city, are faced with twin challenges: cratered surfaces amid heavy spells of rain and underground leakage of sewage and water pipelines, leading to cave-ins.A civic roads department official pointed out ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Govt evading questions on citizenship IDs: TMC MP

    Kolkata: Trinamool MP Mala Roy on Tuesday accused Centre of hiding behind laws to avoid answering a specific question she had posed in Lok Sabha on identity proofs considered valid citizenship documents in India.To Roy's question on ID proofs, ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Bengal reports 12% GST growth in July 2025

    Kolkata: Bengal reported a 12% year-on-year growth in GST collections in July 2025, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday. In a post on X, she wrote, "Glad to share that West Bengal reported a robust 12 per cent year-on-year ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Roach turbulence hits AI San Francisco-Mum flight

    12 Kolkata: Air India issued an apology on Monday following reports of cockroaches on a long-haul international flight, causing distress to passengers and prompting two to change their seats to avoid the pests. The airline announced it will conduct ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Abhishek named TMC LS face, Kalyan quits as party chief whip

    Abhishek Banerjee (File photo) KOLKATA: Bottled rivalry within Trinamool Congress imploded in spectacular fashion Monday, with the party's Lok Sabha chief whip Kalyan Banerjee resigning after a public bout of name-calling with fellow MP Mahua Moitra that overshadowed the ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    CU replaces governing body nominees at law college

    Kolkata: After the recent rape incident at the law college in Kasba, Calcutta University has replaced two long-standing nominees on the college's governing body. These changes come after an inspection report revealed that two CU nominees failed to challenge ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Japanese scholar dies after 12-day stay at MCH

    12 Kolkata: The 75-year-old Japanese national, Micihihiro Kata, who was receiving medical care at Medical College Hospital Kolkata (MCHK) died on Tuesday morning. In a dilemma as to whom to hand over the his body, the hospital authority has ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    After 15 days in jail, accused sent to cop custody till Aug 8

    Kolkata: An Alipore court on Tuesday sent the law college gang-rape accused to police custody till Aug 8.This is the first time in any lower court in Kolkata that any accused under BNS was sent to cop custody after ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Bengali film industry posers for BJP in language controversy

    Kolkata: Tollywood has joined politicians across party lines who have come in support of CM Mamata Banerjee, who criticised Delhi Police on Sunday over a notice issued to Banga Bhawan in the national capital. The notice sought help to ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Med tourism takes a hit, B’desh patient inflow slides to 10% of what it was a yr ago

    12 Kolkata: It's been a year since Bangladesh went into turmoil, stemming the flow of patients to Kolkata hospitals even as travel restrictions were imposed. The number of patients from the neighbouring country has slid to just 10% of ...

    6 August 2025 Times of India
    Is Tollywood normalising open discussions on period pain?

    KOLKATA: Debates over open discussions of menstrual issues have recently swept through Tollywood. The portrayal of period pain in ‘Dear Maa’ marks the first time a Tollywood film has addressed menstrual concerns such as cramps, while also emphasizing the ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    CM picks Abhishek to replace ailing Sudip as party LS leader

    12 Kolkata: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee chose Abhishek Banerjee to replace ailing veteran MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay as the party's Lok Sabha leader on Monday.The decision came at a 15-minute hybrid meeting between the CM and 41 party MPs, which ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Fewer gates lead to longer queues at new terminal stn

    12 Kolkata: The Blue Line's new terminal station, Shahid Khudiram, is facing trouble in dispersing passengers due to a shortage of automatic fare collection (AFC) gates. The staffers at the metro station are grappling with long queues caused by ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari's convoy attacked in Cooch Behar: Vehicle damaged, black flags shown; BJP calls it ‘planned’, TMC terms it ‘drama’

    NEW DELHI: The convoy of West Bengal leader of the opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, was allegedly attacked by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers in Cooch Behar. The TMC dismissed the allegations as a “well-scripted drama.” Adhikari had traveled to the northern ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    HC rejects Shahjahan’s plea against CBI probe into 2019 murders

    Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected an appeal by former TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan against a single bench order on June 30, ordering a CBI investigation into the murder of three BJP workers ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata office market sees growth in Grade A assets, PBDs

    Kolkata: More than half of Kolkata's burgeoning office stock has been classified as Grade A, according to a report by property consultancy Knight Frank India (KFI) in its report "A Billion Sq Ft and Counting – India Office Supply ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar anniv, I-Day set to keep cops on toes

    12 Kolkata/Howrah: Kolkata Police is implementing extensive security measures ahead of Independence Day celebrations. One of the biggest concerns is a planned protest march to Nabanna by the West Bengal Students' Union on Aug 9, marking the anniversary of ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Durand Cup: Colaco at the double again as Bagan brush aside BSF

    12 Kolkata: Liston Colaco produced another game-changing performance as Mohun Bagan SG welcomed their Spanish coach Jose Molina back to the dugout with a 4-0 demolition of BSF in their Durand Cup clash at the Kishore Bharati Stadium on ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Bangladeshis on wrong side of change find a home in Epar Bangla

    Kolkata: A year back, Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury, former education minister of the Bangladesh, was attending hundreds of distress calls from Awami League (AL) leaders and workers in Dhaka.They were yearning for help as Dhaka was reeling from violence. As ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    DMK, Cong back TMC, slam Del cops for calling Bengali ‘B’deshi’

    Kolkata: DMK, Congress, CPIML Liberation and even BJP's Tripura ally Tipra Motha joined TMC on Monday to protest against the Delhi Police notice that called Bengali a "Bangladeshi language", and criticised BJP's Amit Malviya for saying "Bengali is not ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Fearing torture and arrest, migrants from NCR hire buses to return home

    12 Malda: Two buses with about 100 migrant workers from the National Capital Region returned to South Dinajpur's Buniadpur on Monday after traversing a distance of more than 1,500 km over two days. The passengers, who had arranged the ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Potholed E M Bypass stretches take toll on tech hub commute

    1234 Kolkata: The ride to the IT hubs in Salt Lake Sector V and New Town on Monday was less agonizing than it had been in the past week. But the traffic still crawled through stretches of cratered road ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Night showers wash away KMC’s daytime repair works

    123456 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has been making the most of the dry period during the day to repair broken stretches on key thoroughfares but the rain at night is washing away the patchworks in several areas.Though ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Anti-Bengal DVC’s ‘flood mgmt’ drowning state: Mamata

    Kolkata: Criticising DVC for allegedly discharging 11 times the volume of water it had released last year, CM Mamata Banerjee called Bengal's floods "man-made catastrophe". She claimed that the volume of water released was 30 times more than that ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Rush for repairs after Ballygunge Circular Rd cave-in

    12 Kolkata: A portion of Ballygunge Circular Road near the Ballygunge Military Camp caved in during the late-night rain on Sunday. The gaping hole was cordoned off on Monday morning, and repairs began around noon.According to a KMC roads ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Mohammedan SC at bottom with fifth straight loss

    Kolkata: Merely a couple of seasons ago, Mohammedan SC were looking a whole different beast, having emerged as the team to beat in local league in the post-Covid times with a hat-trick of Calcutta Football League titles.That period of ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Shuttle buses make travel to Shahid Khudiram easier

    12 Kolkata: The West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC) started shuttle bus services between Kavi Subhash station and Shahid Khudiram from Monday, providing passengers a much-needed alternative to autos during peak office hours. The tickets of the shuttle service on ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    1.2 cr investment frauds in 48 hrs

    Kolkata: Six Kolkata residents lost more than Rs 1 crore to online frauds this weekend, said cops. Rahul Kumar Poddar from Narayanpur, was defrauded of Rs 10 lakh after being added to a WhatsApp investment group. Suraj Yadav, a ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Nandakumar well repair plea before 250th hanging anniv

    Kolkata: The site at Hastings, where Maharaja Nandakumar was hanged on Aug 5, 1775, lies in complete neglect, with a crumbling well lost to time, a disappearing boundary wall, homeless people usurping the place and civic apathy.Ahead of the ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Del cops are right, there’s no language called Bengali: Malviya

    Kolkata: There is no language called ‘Bengali', said BJP's Bengal minder Amit Malviya on Monday. Leading Bengal BJP's efforts to defend Delhi Police's choice of words in its notice seeking translators for "Bangladeshi national language", Malviya posted on X, ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Bengal BJP netas talk poll roll revision with Shah, Nadda

    Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah and the party's national president J P Nadda on Monday met key party workers from Bengal and those in-charge of the state. Bengal BJP netas indicated that revision of the voters' list was ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    4.5 lakh register for ‘Amader Para Amader Samadhan’

    Kolkata: Chief secretary Manoj Pant on Monday said over 4.5 lakh people have registered at various camps under the ‘Amader Para Amader Samadhan' programme so far. The initiative, launched by the state govt on Aug 2, is aimed at ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Electrosteel expects growth with Bengal’s new incentive policy

    Kolkata: Electrosteel Castings, a water infrastructure and pipeline solutions provider, is optimistic that state govt's new incentive policy will be industry-friendly. The CM Mamata Banerjee-led govt earlier scrapped the previous policy, prompting some companies to move court.The Kolkata-based company ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Nation needs your service: HC tells teachers on poll duty plea

    12 Kolkata: "The nation requires your service," the Calcutta High Court told primary school teachers on Monday, refusing to interfere with an Election Commission order assigning teachers as booth level officers (BLOs) for poll-related work.The HC said teachers may ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Court bars Suvendu from defaming Abhishek

    12 Kolkata: An Alipore court on Monday ordered BJP's Suvendu Adhikari to not make defamatory statements against Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee till Aug 19. The court also asked Adhikari to appear in court on Aug 19 and ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Adani meets CM at Nabanna, discusses ‘future projects’

    12 Kolkata: Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani called on Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna on Monday, and the two had a meeting that went on for over 40 minutes. Sources indicated that they discussed future projects in the ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Pahalgam victim’s daughter’s first day in college an emotional one: Mother

    12 Kolkata: Subhangi Guha, who lost her father, Samir Guha, in the terrorist attack at Baisaran Valley in Pahalgam on April 22, lit a lamp to formally start the induction event at the Loreto College where she has taken ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    City stays cloudy, rain may intensify from tomorrow

    12 Kolkata: Kolkata remained cloudy on Monday following multiple spells of overnight showers. While more light to moderate rain was predicted in the city and south Bengal over the next 24 hours, the showers may intensify from Wednesday due ...

    5 August 2025 Times of India
    Two injured in Park Street parking fracas

    Kolkata: A security guard and the supervisor of a commercial building located on Park Street were injured in a parking brawl on Friday afternoon. Cops have registered an FIR against six persons. The incident happened at Poddar Point, 113 ...

    4 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata-bound Air India Express flight returns to Bengaluru following tech snag

    NEW DELHI: A Kolkata-bound Air India Express flight made a precautionary return to Bengaluru on Sunday evening after a technical snag, according to news agency PTI. Flight IX2718, operated with an Airbus A320, remained airborne for over two hours ...

    4 August 2025 Times of India
    Yohan Poonawalla ushers in a new era of business excellence in India

    In a remarkable display of entrepreneurial prowess, Yohan Poonawalla, Chairman of the prestigious Poonawalla Group, is setting new benchmarks for business leadership in India. His vision transcends traditional corporate boundaries, merging the realms of innovation, sustainability, and wellness to ...

    4 August 2025 Times of India
    Bogus voters: EC gives nod to FIRs against 2 electoral officers

    12 Kolkata: The Election Commission has given the nod to FIRs against two electoral registration officers (EROs) in Bengal for anomalies in the voters' list, a senior poll panel official said on Sunday. The two officers shared their passwords ...

    4 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘They’ll take us to Bangladesh’: Kolkata man hangs self over 'NRC-SIR' anxiety; cops say he panicked during Operation Sindoor too

    KOLKATA: A 63-year-old Bansdroni resident, who had crossed over to Bengal from Bangladesh in 1972 with his parents, was found hanging at his home on Sunday morning, prompting his family to allege that "extreme anxiety" over NRC and SIR ...

    4 August 2025 Times of India
    New Town to get green boost with 25k flower & fruit trees

    12 Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) is set to undertake a mass drive to plant and maintain around 25,000 trees across New Town. Different flower and fruit-bearing with an average height of 15 feet will be ...

    4 August 2025 Times of India
    EC: No Bengal party appealed against rolls before ’24 LS polls

    12 Kolkata: The Election Commission on Sunday said no political party in Bengal had formally appealed against the final voter list published ahead of the 2024 LS election.In a move with little precedence and coinciding with the buzz on ...

    4 August 2025 Times of India
    Too harsh to jail man for 6 months 23 years after his crime, rules Cal HC

    12 Kolkata: It would be harsh to jail a man for six months 23 years after the crime, and 19 years after his conviction, the Calcutta High Court held on Thursday. The court was hearing the revisional appeal of ...

    4 August 2025 Times of India
    CM to address MPs as TMC raises protest pitch

    12 Kolkata: With Trinamool stepping up its attack on the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and harassment of Bengali-speaking migrants back home, CM Mamata Banerjee will speak to her MPs virtually on Monday to outline TMC's strategy ...

    4 August 2025 Times of India
    Bengal BJP MPs to meet Shah today, to discuss migrant issue, RG Kar case

    Kolkata: With Bengali migrants, RG Kar case and SIR on their discussion agenda, Bengal BJP MPs are set to meet Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday.While Trinamool, the Left Front and Congress have been stepping up pressure over ...

    4 August 2025 Times of India
    With Rs 1k crore biz dip in 1 year; Kolkata's 'mini Bangladesh' counts its losses on 1st upheaval anniversary

    Closed businesses mark a deserted Marquis Street on Sunday KOLKATA: Even a year ago, Kolkata's 'mini Bangladesh' was a tiny but vibrant pocket of the city's food, hospitality and forex ecosystem. However, when Bangladesh was hit by political upheaval ...

    4 August 2025 Times of India
    Teen’s documentary on 2020 Delhi riots tells stories of compassion at Kolkata event

    12 Kolkata: A US-based documentarian of Indian origin, Zara Bharadwaj—who was barely 12 years old during the 2020 Delhi riots—had witnessed both scenes of humanity as well as brutality during the conflict. She was living in Delhi back then.She ...

    4 August 2025 Times of India
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