Kolkata: Even 48 hours after the deadline set for submitting a draft report on the findings of the ongoing delimitation survey for Kolkata, no report was submitted at KMC till Tuesday evening.According to a KMC official, though discussions and reviews started on the preliminary findings of the survey on Monday, no report was tabled till…
Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Tuesday appointed 16 borough-level officials as registrars and gave them the authority to issue birth and death certificates. The move came days after sub-registrars posted at crematoriums were stopped from issuing death certificates.The decision was taken on the same day TOI reported that death certificates were not issued since…
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…
