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Jeev, Chawrasia among top golfers to tee off at PGTI Players Championship

KOLKATA: Indian golf legend Jeev Milkha Singh and four-time European Tour winner SSP Chawrasia will be among the top attractions at the TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship beginning on Tuesday.

The Times of India

A library behind Kumar Kushagra’s feat in Ranji Trophy pre-quarters

When Kumar Kushagra broke Javed Miandad’s record at the Ranji Trophy pre-quarterfinals in Kolkata on Sunday, it was not just his father and coach Shashikant who was elated by it. If words could show emotions on their own, then the library of cricket books at his Jamshedpur house would also…

The Times of India

J-K: One terrorist eliminated in Kupwara

One terrorist has been eliminated in an encounter that broke out in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday evening.

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Billows of smoke still emerge from godown where massive fire broke out in Kolkata's Tangra area

Billows of smoke still coming out from a godown where a massive fire broke out on Saturday in Kolkata's Tangra area.

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Warren Hastings’ garden house near Kolkata blooms again

The very fine specimen of colonial architecture has been undergoing a painstaking restoration over the past year

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Green fuel push: No registration fee, road tax for electric, CNG vehicles

Kolkata: The Bengal Budget on Friday gave a fillip to seamless transition to cleaner fuel in the transport sector by encouraging people to buy vehicles powered by electricity and CNG.

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West Bengal: ‘Piped water to all households by 2023’

KOLKATA: Bengal government has decided to develop the water supply network across the urban areas of the state and also committed to cover 100% households with piped water supply by 2023.

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Left for home during Covid, nurses start returning to Kolkata pvt hospitals

KOLKATA: Nurses who had quit private hospitals in Kolkata soon after the pandemic set in two years ago have started returning, much to the relief of hospitals. More than 800 nurses had left their jobs and returned to their states — mostly to the Northeast, Odisha, Kerala and Jharkhand —…

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Dead trees to come alive as art at Victoria in Kolkata

KOLKATA: Victoria Memorial Hall has entered into a collaboration with Kala Bhavana at Visva-Bharati to infuse life into dead trees by transforming them into sculptures that are in sync with the environment.

The Times of India

Poor supply doubles lemon prices

Kolkata: The prices of lemon have more than doubled in a matter of 10 days owing to poor supply from southern states, especially Tamil Nadu, where untimely rain damaged standing crops. With the temperature rising in Bengal, the demand for lemon has spiked, leading to a bigger demand-supply gap.

The Times of India

Kolkata: Govt officer files rape threat plaint

KOLKATA: An author, who is also a government officer, has complained to Kolkata Police and CID on Friday after receiving rape threats for lodging an official complaint against a person who had circulated a meme with her morphed picture and informed his employer about that incident.

The Times of India

Lok Adalat on bus to settle traffic disputes, fines today

KOLKATA: The State Legal Services Authority-West Bengal (SLSAWB) will on Saturday introduce mobile Lok Adalat service, which will help citizens settle traffic disputes and pay traffic fines.

The Times of India

‘Misogyny is everywhere’: Meenu Gaur on making feminist noir

The Indian-British director of Qatil Haseena Ke Naam on what it looks like when privilege is handed to women in film.

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East Bengal, BFC look to finish on a high

SC East Bengal will be looking to end its disappointing journey in the current season of the Indian Super League on a bright note when it meets former champion Bengaluru FC at the Tilak Maidan Stadium on Saturday. Already consigned to the bottom of the standings with just one win…

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Loot & murder of Kolkata gold trader cracked, 3 held in Agra

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (UP ATS), with the help of Kolkata police, arrested three persons from Agra in connection with the loot and murder of a gold trader in Kolkata.

The Times of India

Posta killers held from Agra after Kolkata tip-off

KOLKATA: A joint team from the detective department of Kolkata Police, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (UPATS) and Agra Police arrested three persons from Agra in UP in connection with the robbery and murder of a 61-year-old jeweller who was found dead at his office on Shibtala Street at Posta.

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Kolkata: Book fair returns with 1 lakh visitors on a weekday

KOLKATA: Around a lakh thronged the International Kolkata Book Fair on a weekday which saw a significant number of foreign participants despite a Covid-scarred year.

The Times of India

Lucky to catch last Ukraine flight only 4 hours before Russia invasion: Bengal students

KOLKATA: While hundreds of families in Kolkata and rest of Bengal are spending sleepless nights worrying about the safety of their relatives caught in war-torn Ukraine, there are a few who breathed a sigh of relief after their loved ones returned home on Thursday and Friday. They had flown out…

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After 38 days on ECMO, Kolkata’s rescue man back on streets saving lives

KOLKATA: Covid-19 had pushed him to the wall. But 53-year-old Nitaidas Mukherjee refused to give up. Better known as Kolkata’s rescue man, Mukherjee is now back in action despite the post-Covid health issues that continue to bother him. His associates say he has helped rescue about 500 destitute people from…

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KMC plans mobile courts to rein in city litterbugs

KOLKATA: In an effort to keep city streets free of garbage, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is planning to set up a mobile sanitation court that will be doing the rounds and imposing littering fines on the spot. The mobile court will consist of a senior civic official, inspectors and clerical…

The Times of India

Two held for robbery bid with fake gun in Kolkata

KOLKATA: Two persons allegedly barged into a house on Rotu Sarkar Lane at Jorasanko in central Kolkata, held a young woman and her mother at “gun point” and attempted to rob jewellery and cash on Thursday evening. The accused, Sk Adil Hussain and Md Arman, were arrested from the Park…

The Times of India

Kolkata airport flight count set to soar 20% with 3 new ‘rapid exit taxiways’

KOLKATA: The city airport is ready to kick off a crucial project that will help increase flight operation capacity by 20% and allow seven to eight additional arrivals and departures per hour.

The Times of India

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Scared students from West Bengal make a dash for Polish border

KOLKATA: Young Kolkatans holed up in tube stations and makeshift bunkers across Ukraine are set to undertake a perilous, cross-country journey to safety, braving Russian bombs and missiles, to reach Poland.

The Hindu

Kolkata Thunderbolts enters final

Has the measure of Calicut Heroes in a clinical display

The Times of India

Sr State Handball meet: Nadia bags women’s title, Paschim Bardhaman clinches men's crown

KOLKATA: Nadia district beat Kolkata 5-2 in the women's team final match while Paschim Bardhaman defeated Kolkata 9-8 in the men's team category in the 41th State Handball championship organised by West Bengal State Handball Association.

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