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1 week ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Sarthak Ganguly |Mayukh Sengupta |Tamaghna Banerjee
TrendingKolkata: A fire broke out at a hologram manufacturing factory in Salt Lake Sector V on Friday, scaring techies and locals alike. This incident was particularly alarming as it followed closely on the heels of a devastating blaze at a Burrabazar hotel. Friday's fire started around 2 pm at Holoflex Limited, a company specialising in security holograms for Aadhaar cards, voter cards, RuPay payment cards, and other brands, besides labels. It is located at CN Block in Sector V.
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3 weeks ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Mayukh Sengupta |Tamaghna Banerjee
NewsCity Newskolkata NewsSalt lake burglary leaves residents shocked as burglars flee with cash and valuablesTrendingKolkata: A daring burglary took place at a Salt Lake address in the early hours of Thursday when a group of men broke open the lock of a ground floor office of a two-storeyed home and stole cash and other items worth close to 50 lakhs. The house belongs to an NRI elderly woman who rented out the ground floor to a private firm that runs a dealership of eggs from the building.
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3 weeks ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Mayukh Sengupta |Tamaghna Banerjee
Kolkata: Former Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Friday began a new chapter in his personal life as he tied the knot with his party colleague, Rinku Majumdar (47), in a modest ceremony at his New Town home. The event grabbed the attention of political circles and the public alike. A day before he turned 60, Ghosh—known for his fiery speeches and unyielding political stance—completed the wedding ceremony in the presence of close relatives and friends.
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1 month ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Tamaghna Banerjee |Mayukh Sengupta
TrendingKolkata: A trusted caregiver appointed to care for an elderly and ailing resident at a housing complex in Baguiati was arrested for allegedly stealing gold ornaments and cash worth approximately Rs 4 lakh from the family she was working for over the last two and a half years. The accused, Lalita Giri, a resident of Indira Nagar in North 24 Parganas' Sodepur, was employed as a caregiver by the Roy family to look after an 82-year-old woman since the end of 2022.
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1 month ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Tamaghna Banerjee |Mayukh Sengupta
TrendingKolkata: Bidhannagar Police are considering legal provisions to conduct a psychoanalysis of the 33-year-old man who was arrested for allegedly killing his mother at their flat in Rajarhat Vedic Village on Friday. He has been under judicial custody since then. Soumik Majumdar, who was arrested for killing his mother, Debjani (58), following a heated exchange of words, was described as a man of unsound mind by his neighbours and relatives alike.
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1 month ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Mayukh Sengupta |Tamaghna Banerjee
Kolkata: Commuters and transport operators across Kolkata are breathing a sigh of relief as a 300-metre stretch of VIP Road, long plagued by traffic bottlenecks due to Metro construction work, finally reopened for public use. The thoroughfare, a key arterial route connecting the northern suburbs to central Kolkata, was partially encroached upon by Metro authorities for nearly two years, severely disrupting passenger vehicular movement.
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1 month ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Mayukh Sengupta |Tamaghna Banerjee
Kolkata: A 33-year-old man — under treatment for depression and mental issues — was arrested on Friday morning for allegedly killing his mother at their flat in Rajarhat Vedic Village. The man allegedly confessed before the cops that he had stabbed his mother, spent the night with her lifeless body and then informed others about it. The gruesome nature of the crime has left residents of Greentech City in Vedic Village shocked and horrified.
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1 month ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Mayukh Sengupta |Tamaghna Banerjee
Kolkata: We are already in pain, and now the police are trying to portray us as criminals, alleging we attacked them first, said Amit Ranjan Bhuniya, a physical science teacher from Kultali in South 24 Parganas, who was kicked on the chest by a sub-inspector of Kasba PS during Wednesday's protest at the DI office. He spoke on Friday, minutes after Kolkata Police top brass blamed the teachers for Wednesday's trouble. "What could have been our motive? What did we gain from it?
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1 month ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Mayukh Sengupta |Poulami Roy Banerjee |Tamaghna Banerjee
NewsCity Newskolkata NewsDay after Kasba cop kick, jobless teachers lay siege near SSC officeTrendingKolkata: The "kickgate" episode ignited strong emotions with jobless teachers launching a two-pronged protest on Thursday. While one group camped outside the SSC office in Salt Lake on a relay hunger strike, another group took out a mass rally from Sealdah to Esplanade. Outside the SSC office, over 50 protestors set up camp.
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1 month ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Tamaghna Banerjee |Mayukh Sengupta
Kolkata: The debate over pet safety and responsibilities at housing complexes has surfaced again in Kolkata following an incident last week where a pet pitbull — a dog banned by the central govt — allegedly bit and scratched a four-year-old girl at a gated complex in Rajarhat, leaving the child with grievous injuries on her neck and legs. The incident occurred at Urban Greens complex on Rajarhat Main Road on April 4.
