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  • News from West Bengal | 23 Jun, 2025 | ৯ আষাঢ়, ১৪৩২
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  • Kolkata weather update: Warm day with rain showers expected today

    According to AQI.in, this weather data represents the beginning of a significant seasonal shift in Kolkata's climate pattern.Kolkata's weather forecast for June 23, 2025, indicates a warm day with patchy rain, temperatures ranging between 28.2°C to 35.5°C, and 66% ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    'Slapped, abused, molested and dress torn in public': Kolkata journalist fights back; drags molester off bus, hands him to police

    KOLKATA: A woman journalist returning home from work was allegedly slapped, abused, molested, and had her dress torn by a 55-year-old co-passenger in a bus. The accused, Sanjay Basak, a resident of Narayanpur, was seated on a seat reserved ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Lesson in empathy: Bengal govt asks schools to feed stray dogs outside campuses, vaccinate them

    KOLKATA: Bengal's schools will now not only bring fresh, nutritious meals to the plates of students but also fill bellies of stray dogs around the school campuses. State has asked all govt and govt-aided schools to assign a staffer ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Gorkhaland on Renu Subba’s lips at GTA award ceremony

    Darjeeling: With the cause of Gorkha identity on her lips, 87-year-old Renulina Subba, the first Nepali woman MLA from Kalimpong, called on Hill netas to rise above political divisions and unite to realise the long-cherished dream of Subash Ghising ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Docs face diagnosis challenge as viral attacks overlap with season change allergies in Kolkata kids

    Kolkata: With the onset of the monsoon triggering a sudden dip in temperature, a range of viruses was unleashed, causing cough, cold, and fever. However, viral attacks are being overlapped by allergies, especially in children, triggering similar symptoms that ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Luxury carmakers pass on rate cut relief to buyers amid forex pain

    123 Kolkata: The recent RBI interest rate cut has provided the much-needed relief to luxury car buyers, offsetting some of the price hikes that manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, JLR and Volvo have had to make in recent years.Speaking ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Students stuck in Israel hope for early exit

    123456 Kolkata: Students stranded in Israel hoped for an early exit from the country after Iran escalated strikes on Israel following the US bomber jets striking three nuclear facilities in Iran. The first batch of 160 Indians left Jordan ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Drizzle reduces max-min gap to 2°C in Kol

    Kolkata: The gap between the maximum and minimum temperatures narrowed to just two degrees on a cloudy Sunday as the city received sporadic drizzles. While the maximum reached 30.2°C, the minimum was 28.2°C. With the rain set to intensify ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Street dogs poisoned in New Town, 1 dead

    Kolkata: A street dog was found dead, and several others were in critical condition after allegedly being poisoned outside a prominent housing complex and shopping mall in New Town. The incident, which came to light on Friday morning, sparked ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    500 students get lessons in becoming better human beings, take 5 pledges

    12 Kolkata: A workshop was organised at Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House & Cultural Centre to help students become better human beings, following an oath-taking ceremony on Sunday. The programme was organised by the Salt Lake Institute for ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    NKDA launches free 24-hour ambulance service in New Town

    Kolkata: A 24-hour free emergency ambulance service has been introduced by New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) for the residents of New Town. People can avail the services by calling the toll-free NKDA helpline number at 18001037652. The authorities ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Kin, friends worry about Bengal residents stuck in Iran

    123456 Kolkata: A number of residents from Bengal, who were stuck in Iran, started reaching Mashhad after the Indian embassy began evacuating Indians from there. Over the past few days, the Indian embassy officials in Tehran tried to reach ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    ‘Fever survey in Dum Dum dengue death zone reveals no fresh case’

    12 Kolkata: A door-to-door fever survey in the Dum Dum neighbourhood, where a 13-year-old girl, Saroni Banerjee, a class VII student, died due to dengue on Saturday, has not revealed any fresh case, municipality officials said on Sunday.Dum Dum ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Kol geography prof reaches Iran’s Mashhad, registers for evacuation

    Kolkata: Falguni Dey, the geography professor from Kolkata stranded in war-wrecked Iran, managed to reach Mashhad on Saturday midnight after driving 1,500 km through chaotic and desolate roads. On Sunday, he registered himself for evacuation on Mahan Air flights ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Nadia family holds ‘shraddh’ as woman marries outside religion

    Krishnaganj (Nadia): A Nadia family on Saturday conducted their daughter's "last rites", declaring her "dead" after she married a Muslim man. They held a symbolic Hindu "shraddh" and invited neighbours and relatives for a meal to mark the occasion.The ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata director brings Bangladesh July uprising to the screen

    Kolkata: A Kolkata filmmaker, Soumitra Dastidar, has made a documentary on Bangladesh's July uprising. The 44-minute-long film has pieced together interviews of various stakeholders, including the daughter of Bangladesh's wartime leader and first prime minister, Tajuddin Ahmad, and Dhaka ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    PCB identifies air pollution hotspots in Kol and beyond

    Kolkata: Drawing from long-term data collected through its extensive sensor-based and automatic real-time air quality monitoring network, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) identified several air pollution hotspots across the state. These findings, based on annual average concentrations ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Baguiati cops slap cruelty FIR on puppy killer

    12 Kolkata: An FIR under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act was registered at Baguiati PS after the driver of a sedan allegedly ran over and killed a puppy in front of the police station on Saturday afternoon.According ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Car theft racket: Kol cops make third arrest in Bihar

    Kolkata: City cops, probing an inter-state car theft racket that used a fake driver recruitment platform to steal vehicles, arrested another man from Bihar — the third such arrest — on Saturday. The arrests were made during raids across ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Behala promoter, aides lynch Rajasthan trader

    123456 Kolkata: A trader from Rajasthan was lynched and his relative was left severely injured on the roadside in Behala Bakultala following allegations of the duo selling fake gold jewellery to a local gold shop owner. Probing into the ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Fire rages on in Barasat factory for over 24 hrs

    123 Kolkata: The massive blaze that broke out at a chemical and diaper manufacturing warehouse in Barasat's Bamunmura area off Taki Road on Saturday evening continued to rage son Sunday. More than 50 fire engines remained deployed, working round-the-clock ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    AI in business, data analytics, wetland conservation debut as UG courses

    Kolkata: Colleges and universities have introduced innovative courses and unique combinations for students to enhance their skills across various fields. With industry demands evolving rapidly, several institutions are embracing future-ready programs in data analytics, artificial intelligence in business, enterprise ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    TMC asks if protest doc is a British national

    Kolkata: TMC on Saturday questioned whether Rajat Shubhra Banerjee was a British national and staying in Kolkata with an OCI card.This came on a day when Bengal BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said that "to the best of my knowledge, ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Hosps follow transparency bill, start displaying rates

    Kolkata: Several private hospitals in Kolkata plan to display their charges, including package rates, on LCD screens. Others are altering their displays to include additional information, mandated by a bill placed at the state assembly earlier this week. Association ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    ‘Veena’ guides candidates through UG form fill-up, subject selection

    Kolkata: Veena, the new chatbot on the centralised admission portal for undergraduate admissions had interacted with more than 7,236 users and answered 19,844 questions over four days till Saturday evening, showed higher education department data. From helping applicants with ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Warm, humid day with high chance of rain expected

    The data referenced in this weather report comes from AQI.in.Kolkata residents can expect a warm and humid day on June 22, 2025, with temperatures reaching 35.6°C and an 89% chance of rain. The city will experience patchy rainfall throughout ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Helmetless biker dies in S Kol accident

    Kolkata: A helmetless biker, Sumit Prasad (25), died and one of his pillion riders, Sailesh Giri (23), was severely injured after he lost control and the vehicle skidded on D L Khan Road near the entrance of Dhono Dhanyo ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Crude bomb kills 2 in Birbhum village, locals blame turf war

    Suri: Two people died and three were injured in a crude bomb blast in Hatia village of Birbhum's Labhpur on Saturday. Police said the deceased, Sk Shabir and Sk Alamgir, had criminal antecedents and the injured had fled the ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Bidhannagar cops go for 4-sec red-amber gap

    123 Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Traffic Police will be using a uniform four-second gap to switch from the yellow to the red signal, unless there is an emergency or VIP movement in the area. DC (Traffic Bidhannagar) Nima Norbu Bhutia ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    4 days after monsoon onset, Dum Dum registers Kolkata’s first dengue death

    1234 Kolkata: A 13-year-old girl from Dum Dum succumbed to dengue on Saturday morning. It is the first reported death due to the vector-borne disease in the city this monsoon, which officially arrived in Kolkata on June 17.The deceased, ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Edu dept seeks report on CU hostel beam fall

    123 Kolkata: The state higher education department has requested a report from Calcutta University after a wooden slab from the ceiling fell on an empty bed at the CU ladies' hostel in Beadon Row early on Friday morning. Higher ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Child rights body sends notice to Malviya for ‘divulging’ minor victim’s identity

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) has sent a show-cause notice to BJP neta Amit Malviya on Friday for divulging the identity of a deceased Baruipur minor. Malviya was asked to reply within three ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Cops send civic bodies list of 446 ‘dangerous spots’

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police has identified 464 spots in the city that need immediate attention to prevent accidents and traffic issues. The repair work needs to be completed before the monsoon sets in completely, the Kolkata Police ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Kol cops arrest 3 Zimbabwean nat’ls from Mohali for cyber fraud

    Kolkata: After a dramatic cross-country chase between cyber fraudsters from Africa and Kolkata Police, three Zimbabwean nationals were arrested from Mohali in Punjab for allegedly orchestrating a sophisticated cyber fraud that duped a senior pharmaceutical company official of over ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    TMC slams Sukanta’s ‘Sonagachhi slur’ on policing, FIR filed

    123 Kolkata: An FIR was filed on Saturday against Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar for his derogatory remarks, where he was seen telling police that they have "reduced policing to the levels of Sonagachhi sex workers", even as Trinamool ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    After repeated blazes, green corridor on cards for fire engines

    123 Kolkata: The state fire and emergency services department, in consultation with Kolkata Police and Bengal Police, is setting up green corridors for fire tenders in Kolkata with an eye on faster response in Kolkata and its adjacent police ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Sr citizen under ‘digi arrest’ loses 3.4 cr

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police arrested two individuals, Kundan Mishra (33) and Debjani Nag Biswas (52), from north Bengal on Friday for extorting Rs 3.4 crore from a 72-year-old man from Golpark, threatening him with "digital arrest". The accused posed ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Jr doctor found dead in Barasat

    Kolkata: The decomposed body of a 26-year-old junior doctor, Debjit Ghosh, was recovered from a flat at Barasat Police Housing Complex in North 24-Parganas on Saturday.Ghosh was the son of a driver attached to the Barasat District Police. His ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Two dead in factory gas leak, owner held

    12 Kolkata: Owner of a factory in Kamarhati's Salpatabagan area, Aloke Biswas, was arrested on Saturday after two workers died in a suspected toxic gas leak there on Friday. United Electrochem Industry is located under ward 28 of Kamarhati ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Flood fears in state as DVC breaches water release limit; 2 swept away in Ghatal

    123 Kolkata: Two people drowned in flood water in West Midnapore's Ghatal over the past two days. This comes amid increased concerns about potential flooding in multiple south Bengal districts. Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) released 71,000 cusecs of water ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Less than 100 days to go, Kumartuli readies Durga idols for foreign shores

    12 Kolkata: The festive fervour of Durga Puja may still be a little over three months away, but the idol makers' enclave in Kumartuli is already abuzz with activity. The artisans are racing against time, giving finishing touches to ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Bengal students to board Jordan bus to flee Israel

    12 Kolkata: As the Israel-Iran conflict enters the ninth day with no signs of a climbdown, sleepless and fear-stricken students from Bengal stuck in different cities of Israel are counting the days for their evacuation. While the process is ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Homeward bound: City prof starts 1.5k km journey to Mashhad to escape from Iran

    12 Kolkata: It is a race against time for geography professor Falguni Dey to travel from Astara to Mashhad, through the war-ravaged Iran, where India has already started an evacuation operation. It'll be a 1,500 km, 22-hour long journey ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    BJP man’s body found hanging, family cries ‘murder’

    Goghat (Hooghly): The body of a BJP mandal minority cell president was found hanging in his Goghat home on Saturday, with his hands tied. Sheikh Bakibullah's family alleged murder, and BJP workers protested at the local police station, demanding ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Close shave for 13 anglers as trawler sinks

    Namkhana: A fishing trawler capsized about 30km off Jambudwip on Saturday morning. While all 13 fishermen on the boat fell into the sea, they were rescued by other trawlers.FV Sakila had set out from Namkhana's Fraserganj early on Saturday. ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Chem factory in Barasat catches fire, 80 families moved to safety

    123456 Kolkata: A massive fire broke out at a warehouse complex storing paints and diapers in Barasat's Bamunmora on Saturday evening, forcing 80 families to evacuate and causing significant disruption to local traffic.The blaze, which began around 7.30 pm, ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Digha Jagannath Mandir prasad reaches 400 S Kol homes as rollout starts in city

    123456 Kolkata: When ward 70 councillor Ashim Bose reached Satyajit Ray's Bishop Lefroy Road residence with the prasad of Digha's Jagannath temple, director Sandip Ray and his wife Lalita Ray both came to the main door to receive the ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Lens on car dealer for selling SUV with loan

    Kolkata: A local Bidhannagar car dealership is under investigation for allegedly selling a vehicle with undisclosed loan obligations, leading to its seizure by Barrackpore Police earlier this month. The incident came to light when cops from Baranagar Police contacted ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Cop, cvici vol removed from duty for ‘extortion’

    Kolkata: A constable and a civic volunteer with the port division of Kolkata Police have been removed from duty following viral videos showing them allegedly extorting money from motorists in the West Port PS area.The constable from West Port ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    KP, J’khand cops bust Bokaro illegal arms unit

    Kolkata: Kolkata and Jharkhand cops, in a joint operation, busted an improvised firearms manufacturing unit in Bokaro in the early hours of Saturday. The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police, Jharkhand Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and Gandhinagar Police, raided ...

    22 June 2025 Times of India
    Coromandel and Dhauli expresses to be back in Hwh station

    Kolkata: Coromandel Express will be back at Howrah station from Aug 25, besides theShalimar-Puri Dhauli Express, South-Eastern Railway (SER) officials said on Friday. Terminals for these trains were shifted to Shalimar from Howrah three years back to decongest Howrah ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    TMC, BJP spar over Bengal foundation day

    Kolkata: Trinamool and BJP clashed on Friday over Bengal foundation day.Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar alleged that police tried to stop a two-wheeler rally led by him from reaching Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's residence on Elgin Road. TMC criticised ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    TMC, BJP spar over Bengal foundation day

    Kolkata: Trinamool and BJP clashed on Friday over Bengal foundation day.Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar alleged that police tried to stop a two-wheeler rally led by him from reaching Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's residence on Elgin Road. TMC criticised ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Warm, humid day with chance of rain

    Representational Image The weather data referenced in this report has been sourced from AQI.in, providing detailed insights into Kolkata's upcoming weather conditions and rainfall patterns.Kolkata residents face warm and humid conditions on June 21, 2025, with temperatures reaching 34°C ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    5-year-old’s parents in Kolkata lose 12.5L in school admission scam

    Kolkata: The parents of a five-year-old child from the Port area in Kolkata lost Rs 12.5 lakh as they fell victim to a primary school admission scam. The fraudsters had promised them of facilitating their child's admission to a ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    5 from Kolkata family on pilgrimage to Iraq & Iran stuck in Najaf

    12 Kolkata: At a modest home tucked in a Ripon Street lane, Nuzhat Zehra spends her days in prayer and anxiety. Her elder brother, Tanvir Hussain, elder sister, Noor Zehra, and Tanvir's family have been stranded in Najaf, Iraq, ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    No reply from Azerbaijan, Kol prof heads to Armenia

    12 Kolkata: After waiting for four days for the migration code from the Azerbaijan authorities, Falguni Dey, the geography professor from Kolkata who travelled 1,000 km from Tehran to reach Astara, will now have to head towards Armenia, where ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    HC stays state relief for Group-C & D jobless school staff

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday stayed till Sept 26 the state's interim relief for Group C and Group D employees of state-run schools who lost their jobs following a Supreme Court order on April 3.The state had announced ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    Log on to portal: Embassy to students stuck in Israel

    Kolkata: A day after India announced Operation Sindhu to evacuate Indian nationals from Israel, a number of students from Bengal have started registering themselves with the Indian embassy for evacuation.Nilabja Roychowdhury, a research scholar with the Azrieli Faculty of ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    Sanctions on hold for bldgs taller than G+8 within 20 km of airport: Hakim

    123 Kolkata: Buildings taller than G+8 will not be sanctioned by KMC and all municipalities that sanction building plans within a 20 km radius of the airport till the Airports Authority of India (AAI) clears the air about a ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    Bidhannagar cops make body cams, CCTV must for passport verification

    Kolkata: Aimed at enhancing transparency and security in the passport verification process, Bidhannagar City Police has made it mandatory for all passport verifications to be conducted under camera surveillance — either through body cams during home visits or CCTV ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    KMC to slice off 5ft-plus pavements to keep hawkers away, says mayor

    1234 Kolkata: The KMC has decided to slice off the width of city's pavements to stop illegal hawkers from setting up stalls on the footpath. Reacting to a complaint of encroachment of pavements around Northern Park, mayor Firhad Hakim ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    SRFTI set to start Master’s course this session, UG from next year

    Kolkata: With SRFTI becoming a ‘deemed university', queries about its graduation and post-graduation admissions have been pouring in. The institute announced that the post-graduation courses would begin from this academic session and those taking admission this year would get ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    1,358 fire audits in state since April

    Kolkata: The fire department has conducted 778 audits in the state in April and May, and served notices on 212 establishments for anomalies in safety and compliance measures."A total of 580 fire audits have been conducted so far this ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    ‘Santosh Mitra Sq puja query for visitors’ safety’

    Kolkata: Police on Friday said the queries on Santosh Mitra Square Durga Puja —its organisers include BJP's Sajal Ghosh—were aimed at ensuring safety for all visitors. DCP (central) Indira Mukherjee said, "The Muchipara OC sent a letter on May ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    Gang thrashes man on theft suspicion

    Kolkata: A 36-year-old man, Sikander Azam, was severely thrashed by a neighbourhood tough, Rocky, and his aides, who suspected him of stealing a mobile. The incident took place on Kustia Road in Karaya on Wednesday. Azam was assaulted so ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    JU admission portal opens with 7% OBC reservation

    12 Kolkata: Jadavpur University opened its admission portal for arts and science undergraduate courses on Friday with 7% seats reserved for OBC candidates. Students can submit their applications till July 3. While the entrance tests for science subjects, except ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    Hold meet to discuss CCTVs: HC tells JU

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed Jadavpur University's pro-VC to convene an executive council meeting to discuss the installation of CCTVs and other related matters within four weeks.In an affidavit, the university disclosed to the division bench of ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    CM Mamata Banerjee takes stock of Bengal’s flood situation

    Kolkata: Amid increasing water level in several districts, CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday took stock of the situation from chief secretary Manoj Pant and DMs of south Bengal districts. She advised the DMs to evacuate people, if needed. She ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    Phone theft leads to 5L scam

    Kolkata: A Rajarhat resident, Sumit Jaiswal, fell victim to a cellphone theft that resulted in unauthorised online purchases totalling Rs 4.9 lakh from his accounts. Jaiswal's phone was stolen on May 7 and the thief unlocked the device to ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    Digital boards to display fair prices in New Town mkts

    12 Kolkata: To inform consumers and buyers of the govt regulated fair price of essential items, the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has started installing digital display boards at the markets in New Town to highlight fair prices ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    State plans 4 new IT parks, 3 of them in north Bengal

    123 Kolkata: Bengal govt has planned to set up four new IT parks, of which three are in north Bengal and the other in Hooghly's Chinsurah. The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) has started work for the IT park in ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    Man hides past divorces, loses current plea in HC

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court has set aside the divorce decree granted to a man 5 years ago on the basis of cruelty and desertion, as he hid his prior two divorces from the wife.The couple married in in ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    Monsoon brings viral, skin, gastro diseases

    12 Kolkata: While monsoon has provided relief from the heat, it has brought with it a host of diseases, ranging from skin and viral infections to gastrointestinal issues, as well as vector-borne and water-borne ailments. According to doctors, the ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    Employees steal gold worth 1.6cr

    Kolkata: The co-owner of a jewellery firm, Nimesh Kumar Sugandh, filed a complaint at the Girish Park Police Station against two of his employees for stealing gold ornaments worth Rs 1.6 crore through systematic manipulation of computer records. The ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    Man visits cop stn in khaki to impress GF

    Kolkata: A 20-year-old man, Diptendu Bag, impersonating a Bengal Police inspector was arrested on Friday at Entally Police Station. Bag, a resident of Malirdhar in the Canning area, entered the Entally police station around 10.15 am wearing a police ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    9 returning from wedding die as SUV, truck collide in Purulia

    Purulia: Nine people returning from a wedding were killed on the Dhanbad-Jamshedpur stretch of NH18 on Friday morning when their vehicle collided with a truck. All the victims, including two brothers, were from Jharkhand.The nine had taken an SUV ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    Sukanta writes to LS Speaker claiming ‘threat to life’

    Kolkata: Union minister Sukanta Majumdar on Friday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla claiming "grave breach of privilege" and a "threat to life" after his convoy was allegedly attacked in the Budge Budge area in Bengal's South 24 ...

    21 June 2025 Times of India
    Dhunseri to invest Rs 1k cr in Panagarh for 2 production lines

    Kolkata: Dhunseri Group will invest Rs 1,000 crore in Panagarh, through Dhunseri Polyfilms. Group chairman CK Dhanuka said the company was planning to set up at least two more lines in Panagarh: its first BOPET (Biaxially Oriented Polyethylene Terephthalate) ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal accident: 9 dead in car-truck collision in Purulia; victims were returning from wedding

    NEW DELHI: Nine people lost their lives in a road accident on Friday morning after a head-on collision between a car and a truck on National Highway 18 in West Bengal’s Purulia district, police confirmed.The incident occurred around 6:30am ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    'What a Shame!': Video shows Bengal Schoolchildren using umbrellas in class under leaking roof; BJP shares clip, slams TMC govt

    Amit Malviya, the BJP IT cell chief, has criticized the West Bengal government, led by Mamata Banerjee, for alleged "criminal neglect" in the education sector. This criticism follows reports of schoolchildren in Hooghly district being forced to attend classes ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    25 loco pilots from ER and SER set to steer city Metro from July

    123 Kolkata: Metro Railway, which was reeling under an acute staff shortage, especially drivers, will be getting around 25 new motormen July onwards. Even as new lines are being added, motormen were borrowed from North-South Metro, which was already ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Humid conditions with rain expected

    The data for this weather report comes from AQI.in.Kolkata's weather forecast for June 20, 2025, indicates a typical monsoon day with temperatures ranging between 26.5°C and 33.2°C, accompanied by patchy rainfall and 72% humidity. The city will experience steady ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    Tea trade disrupted: Iran-Israel war halts exports; Kolkata shipments pile up

    KOLKATA: The Iran-Israel conflict has brought to a standstill all tea exports to Iran, the second-largest recipient of Indian tea after Russia. Consignments that have already left the city for Iran are now piled up at Mumbai’s Nhava-Sheva port. ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp, JU better global ranks, CU sees slight dip

    Kolkata: IIT-Kharagpur, Jadavpur University and Calcutta University are the only three institutes from Bengal that have made it to QS World Ranking 2026. While IIT-Kharagpur and JU improved their rank, CU's position saw a dip. The list this year ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    BJP MP airlifted to Delhi AIIMS

    12 Kolkata: BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay, diagnosed with acute pancreatitis with gastrointestinal sepsis, was on Thursday transferred to AIIMS Delhi as his condition remained critical. The 63-year-old former Calcutta High Court judge had been under treatment at a private ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    Tech snags delay 2 flights to Northeast from Kolkata

    12 Kolkata: Two IndiGo flights from Kolkata to Northeast were delayed following technical snags on Thursday. IndiGo flight 6E 487, carrying 155 passengers, from Kolkata to Silchar returned to the ramp on Thursday morning following a technical snag in ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    Bengal ranks third among foreign tourists’ fave Indian destinations

    12 Kolkata: Bengal has emerged as one of India's top tourism hotspots for foreign travellers, clocking a record 32 lakh international tourist arrivals in 2023–24 — the third highest in the country after Maharashtra and Gujarat, Bengal's tourism minister ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    Protesters throw slippers at Sukanta over NREGA dues

    12 Kolkata: Protesters demanding unpaid wages for MGNREGA work confronted Bengal BJP president and junior Union minister Sukanta Majumdar while he was in Budge Budge's Haldarpara on Thursday to meet an injured party worker. The protesters jostled with Majumdar's ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    Families from north 24 parganas remain stranded in conflict hit iran and seek urgent government intervention

    1234 Kolkata: What began as a spiritual pilgrimage and an academic pursuit have turned into a nightmare for a number of families in North 24-Parganas. As many as 11 tourists from Deganga and three students from Swarupnagar and Basirhat ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    Kol prof hopes for Azerbaijan border miracle, gets ready for Armenia route

    1234 Kolkata: Facing uncertainty over the permission to enter Azerbaijan, Falguni Dey, the geography professor from Kolkata now stuck in Iran, might head towards the Nurduz-Agarak border in Iran and try to cross the border from the Armenian side. ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    Speaker expunges oppn remarks, says ‘hear replies before walkouts’

    Kolkata: "When you ask questions, hear out the replies," speaker Biman Banerjee on Thursday told BJP legislators staging a walkout before allowing state finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya to respond to discussions on the West Bengal Sales Tax (Settlement of ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    Kol, Bidhannagar cops crack down on bikes without silencers

    123456 Kolkata: Police in Kolkata and Bidhannagar have launched a special crackdown on motorcycles fitted with illegally modified silencers that generate excessive noise, following a surge in complaints from residents over sound pollution.The joint drive, underway since early June, ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    Navy officer in Israel for training stuck in Tel Aviv hotel

    Bolpur: An officer of the Indian Navy, who is in Israel for training, is now stranded in the war-torn country. While Aritra Sinha is at a hotel in Tel Aviv, his family members are worried about his return.A resident ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    Author Prafulla Roy passes away at 91

    Kolkata: Author Prafulla Roy, aged 91, passed away on Thursday at a south Kolkata nursing home. Roy, who shot to fame with his celebrated novel, ‘Purba Parbati', in the 1950s and authored more than 150 books, was a winner ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    EC refutes TMC charge over webcasting contract to Guj firm

    Kolkata: The Election Commission on Thursday dismissed Trinamool's allegations of partisanship in offering a contract for webcasting to a Gujarat-based firm. Bengal CEO Manoj Kumar Agarwal said all norms were followed and there was no irregularity in the process.Agarwal ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    BJP challenges Bengal speaker’s notification on central forces

    Kolkata: BJP's leader of opposition in the Bengal assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, and its chief whip, Shankar Ghosh, have challenged the notification issued by assembly speaker Biman Banerjee preventing BJP MLAs from entering assembly premises accompanied by central forces in ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    Fly back via Jordan: Embassy to students stranded in Israel

    123456 Kolkata: The news that the Indian govt is likely to start operating rescue flights for the evacuees from Israel soon has come as a breather for Bengal students stranded in the war-torn country. The Indian embassy in Israel ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    Given 25 options, candidates take 5 on an avg on UG admission portal

    12 Kolkata: Every undergraduate candidate is opting for four to five options, including subjects and colleges, from 25 available choices at 460-odd institutes in Bengal, shows data from Centralised Admission Portal in the first two days. The portal, ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
    Koneenica flags stroller concern at Kolkata airport

    Kolkata: Bengali TV and film actor Koneenica Banerjee sparked a crucial conversation about airport accessibility after experiencing a frustrating delay in receiving her six-year-old daughter's stroller at the Kolkata airport on Wednesday. The actor, who recently underwent spinal surgery, ...

    20 June 2025 Times of India
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