The blast site at the Nilganj police outpost in Barasat Kolkata: A series of powerful explosions rocked the Nilganj police outpost at Barasat in North 24-Parganas on Tuesday morning after a fire reportedly broke out in a stockpile of seized illegal firecrackers stored outside the outpost building, damaging several vehicles parked in front of the…
Kolkata: A woman, in her early 30s, has alleged that she was repeatedly gang-raped after being sedated with sleeping pills at a de-addiction centre in the Daripukur area under Dattapukur PS in Barasat, North 24-Parganas. The allegations have led to the arrest of the owner of the rehabilitation centre on Tuesday, while police are searching…
The top three winners along with the guests at Gyan Manch Kolkata: Despite heavy morning rains on July 17, nearly 400 students gathered at Gyan Manch, Abhinav Bharati High School, for The Times of India NIE Critical Thinking Quiz 2026, organised with Titan Zoop. Designed to test 21st-century skills—such as logical reasoning, media literacy, current…
Kolkata: Engineers have overcome a technical challenge that will pave the way for reconstruction of houses that had collapsed following multiple cave-in incidents at Bowbazar in 2019 and 2022 during the East-West Metro construction.With deep foundation ruled out due to the presence of the twin metro tunnels that lie directly beneath Durga Pituri Lane and…
Kolkata: The anti-burglary unit of the detective department has arrested a 21-year-old youth, Asif Hossain, after gold ornaments and cash were stolen from a house in Ekbalpore.The incident occurred on July 16, when the residents were away. The victim, a newly married Canada resident, was in Kolkata to attend a wedding, and had bought gold…
Manju Poddar with her daughter, Siddhi, who was attacked by a neighbour’s dog in a building in the Jorasanko area Kolkata: A criminal case has been registered at the Jorabagan Police Station against a resident of Kali Krishna Tagore Street in Jorasanko after his pet dog allegedly attacked and severely injured a woman with disabilities…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court’s order of police protection to an interfaith couple in Uluberia notwithstanding, the two decided to go in for a hush-hush wedding—not revealing any detail to the public—to evade further protest or threat by alleged Hindu groups on their special day.Baishali Saha (31) and Akram Khan (34) fell in love in…
Sahidullah Gazi was arrested on Tuesday Kolkata: TMC Hingalganj panchayat samiti president Sahidullah Gazi was arrested on Tuesday, a day after an angry mob dragged him out of the block development office and assaulted him over allegations of taking commissions for releasing welfare scheme funds and extortion.Gazi had to stay confined inside Hingalganj BDO office…
Kolkata: With the Supreme Court restraining states from taking coercive action against NEET protesters, a city court on Tuesday reversed within three hours its jail custody order for all 16 persons arrested for the ruckus at Esplanade during last Friday’s protest march in Kolkata and granted them bail. The contrasting orders by the same court…
Kolkata: Neither one’s voter card nor Aadhaar nor bank account is conclusive proof of Indian citizenship, the Calcutta High Court has said, refusing to interfere in the state’s proceedings regarding a “Murshidabad man” held in a detention centre for being a “Bangladeshi” because of obvious discrepancies.Nasir and his cousin, Suman Molla, were given repeated chances…
