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  • 24_Kol_SS_Dipawali JU

    Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 24_Kol_SS_Dipawali JU Byline: Saibal SenDipawali MitraKolkata: Jadavpur University on Tuesday debarred 3 students for 2 weeks from accessing campus premises, attending classes and appearing for examinations for being involved in the campus violence that led to ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    24_Kol_SS_TMC SIR

    Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 24_Kol_SS_TMC SIR Byline: Saibal SenTNN Kolkata The EC lost control over SIR in Bengal, with the Supreme Court now dictating the terms, Trinamool Congress said on Tuesday, hours after the SC verdict. Party MP Mahua Moitra ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    2502 Mid salboni burishol village no devlopment copy UC

    জঙ্গলমহল পশ্চিম মেদিনীপুর জেলার শালবনী ব্লকের অন্তর্গত কর্ণগড় গ্রামপঞ্চায়েতের বুড়িশোল গ্রাম। এই গ্রামে বসবাস করেন লোধা শবর সম্প্রদায়েরমানুষেরা। এই গ্রামটি মেদিনীপুর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্রের অন্তর্গত হলেও জঙ্গল ঘেরাএকটি গ্রাম। চারিদিকে জঙ্গল আর তার মাঝেই প্রায় ৭০টি বাড়ি এই গ্রামে।দীর্ঘদিন ধরে ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    2502 RETIRED RAILWAY OFFICER DUPED OF RS 48 LAKH IN ‘DIGITAL ARREST’ SCAM IN NAGERBAZAR.

    --- Attachment Content: DIGITAL_ARREST_2026.02.25_15.52.47.txt ---Sanjib Chakraborty Kolkata: A 68-year-old retired railway official from Nagerbazar in Dum Dum lost Rs 48 lakh after falling victim to a “digital arrest” cyber fraud while his daughter is studying cyber law in England. ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    25_Kol_SC_Suman bailey bridge

    Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 25_Kol_SC_Suman bailey bridge Byline: NoneSuman Chakraborti & Mayukh Sengupta New bailey bridge connecting salt lake and VIP road opens for two way vehicular movement from 7am to 10pmKolkata: Following trial runs, the newly set up bailey ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    25_Kol_PM_Brain research

    Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 25_Kol_PM_Brain researchByline: Prithvijit MitraCity researchers create mini brains to study spinocerebellar ataxia type 12 in kolkata marwari communityA team of city neurologists and researchers created ‘mini brains’ out of real human tissues and blood vessels to ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    25_Kol_SL_Srishti Lakhotia Calcutta HC reduced life imprisonment of husband convicted for setting wife on fire

    Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 25_Kol_SL_Srishti Lakhotia Calcutta HC reduced life imprisonment of husband convicted for setting wife on fireByline: Srishti LakhotiaSrishti Lakhotia Kolkata: “Had he not been drunk, he ‘may’ not have committed the murder,” Calcutta High Court observed, reducing ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    25_Kol_SL_Subrata Chattoraj Calcutta HC directed SDO Tamluk to cancel a pradhan obc certificate

    Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 25_Kol_SL_Subrata Chattoraj Calcutta HC directed SDO Tamluk to cancel a pradhan obc certificateByline: Srishti LakhotiaSubrata ChattorajKolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO), Tamluk, to cancel the OBC certificate of the TMC pradhan ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    25_Kol_SL_Subrata Chattoraj Calcutta HC directs cancellation of Pradhan OBC

    Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 25_Kol_SL_Subrata Chattoraj Calcutta HC directs cancellation of Pradhan OBCByline: Srishti LakhotiaSubrata ChattorajKolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO), Tamluk, to cancel the OBC certificate of the TMC pradhan of Iswarpur panchayat, Khukurani ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    25_Kol_TB_Tamaghna_four arrested in 2 crore investment fraud

    Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 25_Kol_TB_Tamaghna_four arrested in 2 crore investment fraud Byline: Tamaghna BanerjeeFour persons were arrested in kolkata investment fraud via fake whatsapp stock group and appKolkata: 4 persons were arrested in connection with a Rs 2.1 crore investment ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    25_Kol_SL_Srishti Lakhotia Calcutta HC increases compensation to an accident victim

    Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 25_Kol_SL_Srishti Lakhotia Calcutta HC increases compensation to an accident victim Byline: Srishti LakhotiaSrishti LakhotiaKolkata: In case of permanent disability, compensation needs to be given not just considering loss of earnings but also “future medical expenses and ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    24_Kol_SY_weather feb 24

    Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 24_Kol_SY_weather feb 24Byline: Sumati YengkhomKolkata temperature dips after rain and rises from wednesday onwardsKolkata: A partially cloudy sky and light to moderate showers across the city dragged the maximum temperature down by 3.7 notches below normal ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    24_Kol_DG_Dwaipayan 6 APK Fraud Gang members from Jamtara arrested

    Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 24_Kol_DG_Dwaipayan 6 APK Fraud Gang members from Jamtara arrested Byline: Dwaipayan GhoshKolkata police arrested six jamtara gang members for siphoning money through malicious apkDwaipayan GhoshKolkata: Kolkata Police’s Cyber Crime Branch arrested 6 men belonging to the ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    24_Kol_UPM_MCCI-kol-24-02

    Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 24_Kol_UPM_MCCI-kol-24-02Byline: Udit Prasanna MukherjiFormer president ram nath kovind calls for greater investment in research innovation and circular economyAntoreep DasKolkata: Greater investment is needed in research and innovation, feels former President of India, Ram Nath Kovind. He ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    24_Kol_DG_Dwaipayan 2 arrested for stealing more than Rs 1 crore cable

    Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 24_Kol_DG_Dwaipayan 2 arrested for stealing more than Rs 1 crore cableByline: Dwaipayan GhoshDwaipayan.GhoshKolkata: The Kolkata Police Anti Burglary Squad, has arrested two men on February 23 in connection with the alleged theft of high-tension power cables ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    24_Kol_KB_tram at 153

    Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 24_Kol_KB_tram at 153Byline: Krishnendu BandopadhyayTram users seek revival of key routes on 153rd anniversaryTram users seek revival of key routes on 153rd anniversaryTram users and transport activists on Monday renewed their demand for the restoration of ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    24_Kol_SS_Dipawali IIT

    Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 24_Kol_SS_Dipawali IIT Byline: Saibal SenDipawali MitraKolkata: IIT Kharagpur will offer a 4-year Bachelor of Science (BS) in artificial intelligence (AI) in Bengali from the 2026 academic session after the institute’s Senate approves it, said Director Suman ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    24_Kol_DG_Dwaipayan Two Maid Thefts

    Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 24_Kol_DG_Dwaipayan Two Maid TheftsByline: Dwaipayan GhoshPolice register theft cases against maid servants in kolkataDwaipayan GhoshKolkata: Police registered 2 theft cases alleging maid servants stole gold ornaments and cash worth about Rs 10 lakh from homes in ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    24_Kol_SS_Rohit No Vote to BJP and TMC

    Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 24_Kol_SS_Rohit No Vote to BJP and TMC Byline: Saibal SenRohit KhannaKolkata: The left trade unions, women’s organisations, tribal outfits and ultra-left organisations—many of whom gave a call for “No Vote To BJP” before the 2021 assembly ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    24_Kol_SS_CM Keralam

    Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 24_Kol_SS_CM Keralam Byline: Saibal SenTNN Kolkata "The BJP-CPM alliance isn't unwritten any more," CM Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday, reacting sharply to the Centre overlooking the Bengal name change proposal while hastening to change Kerala to ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    24_Kol_DG_Dwaipayan Southern Avenue Fire

    Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 24_Kol_DG_Dwaipayan Southern Avenue FireByline: Dwaipayan GhoshFire breaks out in southern avenue high rise causing panic among elderly residentsDwaipayan GhoshKolkata: A fire broke out in a flat on the 8th floor of a 14-storey high-rise in Southern ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    Train pain eases but bus and airfares stay higher than usual

    Kolkata: Train services between Kolkata and North Bengal were restored by Saturday evening after nearly 48 hours of round-the-clock work by around 400 railway officials and workers to repair tracks affected by land subsidence near New Farakka. The restoration ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    RSS journal slams JU, calls for relocation of depts to stop ‘jihadi’ forces

    Kolkata: Days after BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Rahul Sinha called upon the govt to erase “Maoists and Naxals” from Jadavpur University, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s publication, ‘Swastika’, has severely criticised the recent developments at JU and claimed that several departments ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    KMC cracks whip on Dacres Lane eateries

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s food safety teams on Saturday destroyed cooked food and sweets at eateries on Dacres Lane, one of Kolkata’s most cherished food streets, after the items failed to clear the prescribed safety test. Separate teams ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    Vidyasagar bust found dumped at Baruipur park

    Kolkata: A bust of social reformer and educationist Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was found dumped in bushes at Vidyasagar Shishu Udyan in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas, on Saturday, prompting allegations of vandalism by local residents.The park is located in ward ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata croaks its way through temp swings after viral surge onslaught

    Kolkata: A persistent throat infection with a lingering, low fever has laid thousands low and croaking in Kolkata over the last week. The infection has triggered a sharp pain in the throat and a voice choke, leaving those affected ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    State grants approval to KMDA’s Subhas Sarobar revamp plan

    Kolkata: The state govt has given the go-ahead to KMDA to build a promenade on the southern and western part of Subhas Sarobar, secure the banks of the waterbody, paint the kerb and pathway on the lake premises and ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    New gallery opens, Cheenapara revival on course with heritage walks, infra boost

    Kolkata: The state govt planned to put the city’s historic Chinese neighbourhoods of Tiretta Bazaar and Tangra on the state’s tourism map by developing walking trails and organising heritage walks around their temples, eateries and other landmarks, additional chief ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    No one like him: Satyajit Ray on Uttam Kumar

    An audio visual presentation, directed by Sandip Ray, was screened at Sisir Mancha on Saturday. Produced by the Ray Society, this presentation used a voiceover of Satyajit Ray, who had paid a glowing tribute to Uttam Kumar after the ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    Cop drive against ‘illegal’ hawkers at New Market

    Kolkata: Police on Saturday carried out an anti-encroachment drive in the New Market area after traders complained that hawkers had taken over pavements and portions of carriageways around the heritage market. The action followed a memorandum submitted to New ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    KMC delimitation: Booth shift tops objection list

    Kolkata: The KMC has received nearly 300 claims and objections from citizens and political parties over the proposed revision of ward boundaries, most objections being related to the shifting of parts or booths from one ward to another, or ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    KC Das dispute reaches NCLT as Bengaluru business faces strain

    Kolkata/Bengaluru: K C Das Pvt Ltd, the Kolkata sweets brand known for helping popularise canned rasogolla, is facing operational difficulties in Bengaluru at a time when a family and corporate governance dispute involving the company is pending before National ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    Spooked by med tourism dip, Kolkata hosps send liaison teams to Bangladesh

    Kolkata: After a sharp dip in medical tourism, spooked hospitals have decided to send teams to Bangladesh over the next few weeks to meet patients and their families and guide them on booking hotels, ensuring that they check into ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    Among Other Things, Police To Keep Eye On Puja Pandal Themes

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police has begun preparations for Durga Puja with officers-in-charge of all police stations being directed to prepare detailed lists of big-ticket pujas, including their themes and pandal layouts, and draw up crowd-flow plans to prevent overcrowding and ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    Dozen Bihar tigresses on shortlist for one Buxa slot

    Kolkata: At least a dozen tigresses at Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve have been shortlisted for possible translocation to Bengal’s Buxa Tiger Reserve, with the final selection process set to begin 15 days before the proposed Oct 2 release date, ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    Some Craters Filled Up, New Ones Appear On Rain-Battered Bypass

    Kolkata: Fresh craters and potholes appeared on several stretches on EM Bypass after the recent spell of rain. Earlier, the 3.5 km stretch between Ruby and Science City was in a bad shape and the big craters were filled ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu announces CM-Shri model schools in every district

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari announced the Bengal govt will set up two CM-Shri model schools, modelled on Centre’s PM-SHRI scheme, in every district and two centres for excellence for sports in north Bengal, at a Teachers’ Day event ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    Bengal launches scholarship for students at top institutions

    Kolkata: Bengal govt on Saturday, on the occasion of Teachers’ Day, launched the Swami Vivekananda Merit Scholarship Scheme (SVMS), which will provide financial assistance to meritorious students from Bengal pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate studies at premier educational institutions in ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    DVC reduces water release, flood situation improves in south Bengal

    Burdwan/Kharagpur/Tarakeswar/Siliguri: With rainfall easing in the upper catchment areas, Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) on Saturday reduced the volume of water discharge from Maithon and Panchet reservoirs, improving the flood situation in East and West Burdwan and Ghatal in West ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    Kin seek govt aid to bring migrant’s body from Kerala

    Kolkata: An impoverished family from Diamond Harbour has appealed to district administration and Bengal govt for help to bring home the body of a migrant worker killed in Kerala. Matibul Fakir, a resident of Adaldar Para who moved to ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    Fire at Siliguri pvt hospital sparks panic

    Siliguri: A fire broke out at a prominent private hospital in Siliguri on Saturday evening, sending thick black smoke through a section of the facility and triggering panic among patients, their relatives and hospital staff. There were no casualties.As ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    Malda med college MSVP removed after 89 infant deaths in Aug

    Malda: The health department has removed Prasenjit Bar as medical superintendent-cum-vice principal of Malda Medical College & Hospital after 89 infant and neonatal deaths were recorded at the facility in Aug. Ganesh Chandra Gayen, head of ENT department at ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    DVC reduces water release, flood situation improves in south Bengal

    Burdwan/Kharagpur/Tarakeswar/Siliguri: With rainfall easing in the upper catchment areas, Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) on Saturday reduced the volume of water discharge from Maithon and Panchet reservoirs, improving the flood situation in East and West Burdwan and Ghatal in West ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    Graft panel searches houses of two ex-TMC councillors in DA probe

    Kolkata: A team from the state govt’s Commission on Institutional Corruption on Saturday searched the residences of former Trinamool councillors Jiban Saha and Alokananda Das over alleged disproportionate assets.The searches came two days after the commission, headed by retired ...

    6 September 2026 Times of India
    Darjeeling Mail makes unscheduled halt to deliver milk to infant

    Kolkata: A baby’s hunger made a loco pilot stop at a station out of turn even though the express train was running eight hours late, courtesy a diversion, and was not supposed to make any stop till it reached ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    No trains, steep flight & bus fares: N Bengal travel trauma on Janmashtami weekend

    Kolkata: Train cancellations following track subsidence near New Farakka have triggered a travel crisis during the Janmashtami weekend, sending both air and bus fares to and from North Bengal soaring. Services of two trains, Howrah-Kamakhya Vande Bharat Sleeper Express ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    Ex-militants block Tripura road, seek rehab package

    Agartala: The situation in Tripura’s Baramura Hills turned tense on the second day of a road blockade by former militants demanding a rehabilitation package, posing fresh challenges for police.The protest has stranded many vehicles, disrupting patients, travellers and candidates ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    Tripura blockade delays BSF jawan on way to ailing father

    Agartala: A BSF woman constable missed her flight to Karnataka after she was allegedly stopped at a road bloackade in Tripura while trying to reach her critically ill father, sources said.The jawan, posted along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Dhalai ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    Clear Illegal Stalls Around Parsi Fire Temple: Cal HC tells KMC, KP

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Kolkata Police to immediately remove encroachments around the city’s oldest Parsi fire temple to facilitate its repair and restoration.Justice Arindam Mukherjee issued the order after a report, ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    State suspends teacher, files FIR in school tilak row

    Kolkata: A teacher at an English-medium school was suspended and an FIR was registered against her for asking a student to wipe off a traditional sandalwood mark (chandan tilak), which the boy wore on his forehead, every day before ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    Bengal govt to develop flats, plots for 3,500 families

    Kolkata: West Bengal Housing Board (WBHB) will construct four residential projects in Kolkata and Siliguri and hand over residential plots at Binnaguri in Jalpaiguri over the next few years. The move is expected to benefit around 3,500 families.Announcing this ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    Hoax Bomb Letter In Kol-Gorakhpur Flight Lavatory

    Kolkata: An IndiGo flight from Kolkata to Gorakhpur carrying 185 passengers was grounded at Kolkata airport after its crew member found a bomb threat letter in the aircraft lavatory moments before its take-off. After security checks of the aircraft ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    First book stay, then visit Kol, B’desh tells tourists

    Kolkata: Bangladeshis planning to travel to Kolkata for medical treatment or other purposes have been advised to secure hotel accommodation in advance, following the temporary closure of several residential hotels in the city after a fire on Aug 19.In ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    RG Kar mother demands health secretary Narayan Swaroop Nigam, ex-chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s arrest

    Kolkata: Ratna Debnath, mother of the RG Kar rape-and-murder victim and BJP MLA from Panihati, on Friday demanded the arrest and questioning of former chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who was also the health minister, and state health principal secretary ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    Fire dept tags Abhishek Banerjee’s Camac Street office ‘unsafe’, orders it vacated

    Kolkata: The state fire department on Friday declared the sixth and seventh floors of 9 Camac Street, which house Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s office, “unsafe from a fire and life-safety point of view” and ordered that they ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    In a first, Cal HC orders CBI probe in digital arrest case

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court has for the first time ordered a CBI probe into a digital arrest complaint, lodged by a retired Air Force officer who was allegedly duped of Rs 1.7 crore by men posing as Telecom Regulatory ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    N-S Line: Smoke Billows From Metro Train

    Kolkata: A Metro train on the Blue Line or the North-South corridor suddenly came to a halt at Belgachhia station as passengers complained of having detected smoke in a coach on Friday afternoon.Eyewitnesses said the fire scare occurred around ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    State govt set to appoint Mithun as cultural adviser

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said the state govt will soon appoint Mithun Chakraborty as the official cultural adviser. He announced this during the foundation stone laying ceremony for the ambitious three-part Uttam Kumar Film Centre at New Town ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    3 ‘B’deshi smugglers’ arrested in Swarupnagar

    Kolkata: Three alleged Bangladeshi smugglers were arrested on Thursday for allegedly assaulting a BSF jawan who tried to prevent a jewellery smuggling attempt at Doharkanda in North 24 Parganas’ Swarupnagar.According to sources, several people had gathered in the India-Bangladesh ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    Beyond Beijing & Shanghai, Nanjing & Changsha emerge as China’s new tourist hotspots

    China is actively promoting Nanjing and Changsha as international tourist destinations, positioning the two historically rich cities as compelling alternatives to traditional hotspots like Beijing and Shanghai.Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province in eastern China and one of China’s Four ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu reviews south Bengal flood situation, details rescue & relief ops

    Kolkata/Midnapore: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday took stock of the flood situation in south Bengal districts and said there was no need to panic as the administration was evacuating vulnerable people and arranging relief supplies across inundated areas. ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    3 bonded labourers rescued from Alipurduar unit

    Kolkata: Three bonded labourers, including a 50-year-old man brought from over 700km away in Sundarbans, were rescued from a cold storage facility in Alipurduar during a joint operation by police, district administration and labour department officials.Acting on specific information, ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    Teacher survives chest injuries after car accident

    Kolkata: In what medical professionals are describing as a miraculous survival, a 27-year-old schoolteacher from Salt Lake has stepped out of hospital after a 3-week battle for her life. Sandwiched between a lamppost and the bonnet of an errant ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    EC members urge restoration of academic activities

    Kolkata: Members of the Jadavpur University executive council (EC) raised concern over the external and internal provocations that are being carried out and urged that normal academic and administrative activities should be restored immediately.JU held an EC meeting virtually ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    Fear of sexual harassment not enough for complaint under POSH Act: Cal HC

    Kolkata: Apprehension of sexual harassment ‘in future’ cannot lead to a complaint under POSH Act, Calcutta High Court held on Aug 31, upholding the setting aside of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) report against a DSP by a CID contractual ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    N Bengal train ops paralysed for second day over repeated track subsidence

    Malda: Train services between Kolkata and north Bengal remained severely disrupted for the second straight day on Friday following repeated track subsidence caused by continuous heavy rainfall between New Farakka and Tildanga stations in Malda division.Rainwater seeped into the ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    ‘Where India Feels Different’ branding in Rs 500 cr state tourism push

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday unveiled a new logo along with a fresh brand identity and announced a Rs 500-crore push for tourism infrastructure as part of the state’s ambitious plan for further development of tourism.The new ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    Nationalist Students’ Front makes its debut on JU walls

    Kolkata: Right-wing students’ body — Nationalist Students’ Front — made debut on JU walls on Friday with anti-communist and nationalist slogans to send out a message they too “own” the campus walls as much as the leftist students do.Around ...

    5 September 2026 Times of India
    State bus conductors will have to wear body cams: Transport minister

    Kolkata: Conductors on buses run by all state transport undertakings (STUs) in West Bengal will have to wear body cameras, with the transport dept planning to use video footage to verify complaints of misconduct, particularly those involving women passengers.The ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    Celluloid prints of ‘Nayak’, ‘Harano Sur’ to be screened for Uttam centenary

    Kolkata: It’s beendecades since viewers have had the chance to watch Uttam Kumar-starrers, Ajoy Kar’s ‘Harano Sur’ (1957) and Satyajit Ray’s 'Nayak’ (1966), projected from their original physical prints. As a groundbreaking initiative for the Mahanayak’s centenary, the state ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    Beans, roasts and coffee brews: Swap venti chugs for fun cupping sessions

    While caffeine can give you a quick adrenaline rush, enjoying coffee seems to be an experience worth slowing down for. Across the city, guided tastings and brewing workshops are drawing crowds who are loving the slow burn over the ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    ACB Busts Old Extortion Syndicate, Exposes UPI-Based Racket Involving Cops Across Kolkata Region

    Kolkata: The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has published an “elaborate corruption flowchart” that lays bare an organised decade-old extortion syndicate that was operational from the Dankuni truck terminal, involving multiple cops from traffic guards spread across Kolkata, Bidhannagar, Baruipur and ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    KMC mulls action against eatery

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation food safety team wants proper action against the owners of Big Boss, a Chinese restaurant in Tangra, for violating food safety standards. According to a KMC official who participated in the inspection of the ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    Civic team reaches star hotel kitchens

    Kolkata: As part of a food safety drive, the KMC health dept has inspected several star hotel properties in the past two days. The KMC team of food inspectors on Wednesday visited two well-known star hotels on EM Bypass. ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    Tram revival plan on PPP model: Aussie, Belarus cos show interest

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt is planning to revive and modernise Kolkata’s tram services through a public-private partnership (PPP), with companies from Australia and Belarus expressing interest in participating in the project.“We will float tenders seeking expressions of interest (EOI) ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    Govt won’t engage in politics in Tollywood, says chief minister as film industry honours Mahanayak

    Kolkata: Setting aside differences, the cinematic universe of Bengal united on Thursday morning at Tollygunge to honour the birth centenary of the Mahanayak, as several prominent figures, who were earlier associated with the Trinamool, shared the stage and celebrations. ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    KMC Starts Repair Of Mominpore Road After CP Steps In

    Kolkata: With commuters facing inconvenience on the battered roads on Majerhat-Mominpore-Ekbalpore stretch — often caught in traffic jams — the top brass of Kolkata Police stepped in. A team of senior traffic cops, led by commissioner of police, Ajay ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    High Fever, Immune Reaction: Hosps Start Getting Serious Dengue Cases

    Kolkata: After a long period when the dengue cases remained lower than last year’s count around the same time of the year, the city hospitals have started getting dengue patients, requiring hospitalisation. The first cases of dengue admission this ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata developers turn focus on premium housing as costs rise

    Kolkata: The city’s residential market is seeing a clear shift in developer strategy with new supply moving decisively towards premium and luxury housing.The trend mirrors the national pattern, where rising land, construction and financing costs are reshaping project feasibility, ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    Fake call centre busted, owner, 39 others arrested

    Kolkata: Police on Wednesday busted a fake call centre in Kasba and arrested 40 people for defrauding people on the pretext of installing 5G mobile towers and also using reputable firms’ names to convince people to invest in fake ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    14 masked men ransack Abhishek’s Camac Street office at dawn, 6 held

    Kolkata: Fourteen masked men stormed the seventh-floor Trinamool Congress office at 9 Camac Street at 4.30 am on Thursday, vandalising computers, CCTV monitors and glass panels before fleeing with files containing documents.Six men, all residents of Howrah, have been ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    1,000 Vidya Bharati schools in Bengal within a year: CM

    Kolkata: Every district, municipality and panchayat in the state should host a school by Vidya Bharati, the education wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Thursday and set a target of establishing at least 1,000 ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    CM to invite PM, HM to attend mega Mahalaya ceremony at Eden

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt will invite PM Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah to attend a mega event at Eden Gardens on Mahalaya (Oct 10), which will ring in Durga Puja festivity.The govt is aiming for a ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    Swine Flu Numbers Spike In Last 7 Days, Many Seek Hospitalisation

    Kolkata: Cases of swine flu (H1N1) have seen a sharp spurt in Kolkata over the last week, with symptoms often getting severe. Several private city hospitals have many swine patients admitted.Scores have tested positive for the virus. Swine flu ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    Didi warns of Delhi march, dharna if ‘atrocities’ continue in Bengal

    Kolkata: Trinamool chairperson and ex-CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday condemned the alleged vandalism at the party’s Camac Street office and warned of staging a dharna outside residences of BJP netas in Delhi if such “atrocities” continued in Bengal.“Even though ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    Centre clears Rs 2,077cr four-laning of Siliguri Corridor

    Siliguri: Centre has approved Rs 2,077 crore for four-laning the 31-km Bagdogra-Panitanki-Kharibari-Galgalia stretch of NH-327 in Darjeeling district, aimed at strengthening connectivity through the strategically important Siliguri Corridor and to the India-Nepal border, Union road transport and highways minister ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    Track subsidence near Farakka halts north Bengal-bound trains for hours

    Malda: Hundreds of passengers were left stranded as north Bengal-bound trains were delayed for hours or cancelled on Thursday following track subsidence near Farakka in Murshidabad.The subsidence occurred between Tildanga and New Farakka stations early Thursday, damaging the up ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta High Court Orders State to Pay Rs 5 Lakh for Eye Surgery Negligence

    Kolkata: “Right to life and livelihood includes right to live with dignity and enjoy good health; state liable for hospital’s action,” Calcutta High Court on Wednesday held, granting Rs 5 lakh compensation — payable by the state — to ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata sees relief after heavy rain; light showers forecast

    Kolkata: After two days of torrential rain, the city breathed easy on Thursday with few spells of light to moderate rain. The Met office said that while Kolkata will continue to get light, moderate rain in the next few ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    Panihati municipality ex-chairman arrested from Bengaluru

    Kolkata: A special team of Bengal Police arrested ex-Panihati Municipality chairman Somnath Dey in Bengaluru in the early hours of Thursday for his alleged role in the hurried cremation of the RG Kar rape-murder victim and the alleged destruction ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    HC interim protection for Sreelekha

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court granted actor Sreelekha Mitra interim protection till Dec 24, provided she cooperates with the probe, after observing that a cartoon on Prime Minister Narendra Modi carried by her during Gen-Z protests in Kolkata “shocks the ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    Sizzling nights make Aug 2026 India’s warmest on record

    Kolkata: India experienced its warmest Aug in 2026 since nationwide record-keeping began in 1901, driven by unprecedented nighttime heat as both mean and minimum temperatures scaled new highs. For Bengal, the clearest signal unfolded after dark: East and Northeast ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    State to issue show-cause notices to 450 BEd colleges

    Kolkata: Bengal govt will send show-cause notices to over 450 BEd colleges across the state that have failed to “pass” the inspection conducted by the higher education department. If these colleges fail to provide a satisfactory response within a ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    FIR against Mahua for ‘incitement’

    Kolkata: Police have registered an FIR against Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra under non-bailable sections for allegedly inciting communal discord and summoned her to appear before the Diamond Harbour Cyber Crime Police Station at 11:00 am on Saturday.The FIR was ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    JU students use Vajpayee quote in reclaim re-run

    Kolkata: Students at Jadavpur University on Thursday “reclaimed” the campus walls by painting stencils and writing slogans after a KMC drive to whitewash “objectionable” graffiti early Wednesday.Students identifying themselves as “rashtravadi students of JU” put up banners featuring Atal ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    No ‘Kashmir Maange Azadi’ slogans in Bengal: CM

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday reiterated that the state govt would not tolerate graffiti or slogans calling for Kashmir’s independence or those that do not speak in favour of the nation.“This is the land of Netaji and ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    Bengal BJP plans month-long outreach to mark 25 yrs of Modi in public life

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP is preparing a month-long outreach programme to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi completing 25 years in public life, with the party planning to reach out to people, down to every booth and household, with the message ...

    4 September 2026 Times of India
    ‘Want pumpkin with poppy seeds’: Youth’s request from atop 270ft tower sets off 8-hr rescue op in Siliguri

    Siliguri: ‘Posto diye kumro bhaja chai’ — a request for pumpkin fried with poppy seeds delivered from the top of a 270-ft BSNL tower — set off an eight-hour rescue operation in Siliguri on Wednesday night, ending just before ...

    3 September 2026 Times of India
    BJP, Motha netas to meet in Delhi over VC poll alliance

    Agartala: Ahead of the Village Committee (VC) elections in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC), senior BJP and TIPRA Motha netas are scheduled to meet in New Delhi on Friday to break the deadlock over a possible alliance ...

    3 September 2026 Times of India
    'Govt aid would stop': Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari warns schools over Vande Mataram compliance

    KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday warned schools that financial aid and other government support would be stopped if the mandatory singing of the full version of Vande Mataram during school prayers was not strictly followed.Addressing ...

    3 September 2026 Times of India
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