MURSHIDABAD: At least three people, including two school students, were killed and several others were injured after a train collided with a school van at a level crossing in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Friday, officials said.Visuals from the accident site showed the school van crushed after the collision, with more than 100 people gathered…
Kolkata: ITC Hotels has acquired a 100% equity stake in Ahmedabad-based GHK Hospitality and Infrastructures, which owns Welcomhotel Ahmedabad, for the enterprise value of Rs 155 crore. The hotel is currently operated by ITC under an operating services agreement. The acquisition is expected to be consummated within the current quarter.The 130-room upper-upscale business hotel has…
Kolkata: The city’s Purple Line has achieved a milestone with the Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) allowing trains to run on the advanced CBTC signalling mode. This will pave the way for improved train operations on the 8.3-km elevated stretch. The Purple Line, currently running every 21 minutes, can increase the frequencies to 8-10 minutes.The…
Calcutta High Court HIGH COURT,KOLKATA. Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the vice-chancellor of the West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS) to explain by July 30 why 30 BSc nursing students were barred from appearing in their first-semester examinations despite a court order permitting them to do so. The court also came…
Kolkata: As Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin prepares for her Kolkata visit, the city’s literary community is revisiting the shadows of 2007, when she was forced to leave amid intense communal protests. The discourse reveals complex layers; while many authors are criticising her long-standing exile, even former antagonists are setting aside past grievances to welcome her,…
Kolkata: A week after public access to the 136-year-old Gouripur Jame Masjid inside the Kolkata airport was suspended over security concerns, the Bankra mosque committee on Thursday called for a peaceful protest after Friday prayers, even as the airport authorities maintained that the restriction would continue until further orders.Addressing a press conference, former minister and…
The alleged abuse took place between May last year until March this year Kolkata: The Alipore court has asked Farman Ansari, son of former Trinamool councillor Rehmat Ansari, to appear before a court in Mumbai by July 28 and seek legal relief after he was arrested by a Mumbai police team under Pocso Act for…
Kolkata: In a medical achievement that challenges conventional timelines for congenital heart interventions, a multidisciplinary team at a pvt hospital in Kolkata has successfully performed a complex, definitive corrective surgery on a seven-year-old girl born with reversed major blood vessels. The milestone procedure effectively concludes a multi-year, multi-stage medical journey for the young patient, Swastika,…
This initiative aligns with the Union Budget 2026–27 Kolkata: Digital content creator labs will soon be introduced in state-run schools, aiming to train one lakh students annually over the next five years. The dept of school education has sought details from affiliated schools regarding their existing computer lab infrastructure.The dept sent a Google Form to…
After a brief spell of rain, Kolkata skyline witnessed a rainbow around 5 pm. The weather phenomena was visible across the city —— TOI Kolkata: The city received a couple of spells of moderate rain even as the city remained under cloud cover under the impact of a well-marked low-pressure area over northwest Bay of…
