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  • Two deaths linked to SIR hearings

    Bongaon/Rampurhat: A 50-year-old man, Balai Das, attempted suicide on Friday in Beledanga, Gopalnagar, allegedly out of fear of the SIR hearing on Friday and died at RG Kar Hospital on Saturday, while a 75-year-old retired high school teacher, Kanchan ...

    11 January 2026 Times of India
    AERO resigns, cites ‘discrepancy ploy’

    Kolkata: A block disaster management officer resigned from the post of assistant electoral registration officer (AERO) in the Bagnan assembly constituency in Howrah, citing logical discrepancies as a ‘ploy' to prevent a large number of marginal people from casting ...

    11 January 2026 Times of India
    Concerns over deadline to verify out-of-state certs

    Kolkata: The complex process of document verification after the SIR hearing is posing a challenge to complete the exercise within the timeline, a section of Election Commission (EC) officials said. The commission mandated verification of documents within five working ...

    11 January 2026 Times of India
    Work starts to install key VIP Rd Bailey bridge link

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) has started installing the truss structure of the 42m-long Bailey bridge that is being built to connect Salt Lake with Dakshindari. This is the key load-bearing superstructure of the bridge connecting the ...

    11 January 2026 Times of India
    Correct Cellular Jail ‘bias’, mark Bengal martyrs’ contribution, say researchers

    Kolkata: A research group named after revolutionary, Ullaskar Dutta, demanded that cells at the Cellular Jail in Port Blair be named after 12 revolutionaries from Bengal, who were the first batch of political prisoners there. They were associated with ...

    11 January 2026 Times of India
    Pathashree urban scheme to cover 112 roads in city

    Kolkata: The state govt has launched its flagship programme - ‘Pathashree Urban', which includes the repair, upgradation and construction of roads in urban areas to improve urban connectivity across the state. The state govt accorded an estimated financial outlay ...

    11 January 2026 Times of India
    Polling booth debate: Tension for condos, many fear violation of secrecy, vote sanctity

    Kolkata: The recent decision to consider 69 high-rise residential complexes as polling booths has triggered a cautious debate among residents of the high-rises. Many felt setting up polling booths on their campuses will ease voting pains but they also ...

    11 January 2026 Times of India
    EC appoints 4 more roll observers for Bengal

    Kolkata: The EC has appointed four more special roll observers for SIR exercise in Bengal, taking the total number of observers for the state to 22. Three such officers man the EC control room.Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal said the ...

    11 January 2026 Times of India
    Didi slams ‘arrogance’ as cops drag away MPs

    Kolkata: The manhandling of eight Trinamool Congress MPs — bodily lifted by Delhi cops from a dharna outside Union home minister Amit Shah's residence, bundled into a police van, and taken to Parliament Street Police Station on Friday — ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    Are pesticides stealing farmers’ memories? Alarming signs emerge from West Bengal’s fields

    Is the chemical shield protecting crops quietly damaging the minds of those who grow them? Farmers in West Bengal have been using pesticides to protect their crops after sun up.Pesticides are viewed as an important agricultural tool because of ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    Govt relaxes professors’ pension scheme till June 30

    KOLKATA: The higher education department has granted a relaxation till June 30, allowing universities to sanction retirement benefits and pensions instead of routing them through the DPPG.At a joint press meet on Tuesday, several teachers’ bodies opposed centralising pension ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    Cal HC adjourns hearing to Jan 14 amid chaos, acting CJ rebuffs ED

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday postponed hearings on the petitions filed by Enforcement Directorate and Trinamool Congress on I-PAC searches till Jan 14 citing "enormous disturbance and commotion" in the courtroom. A visibly angry justice Suvra Ghosh ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek slams BJP netas for ‘exploiting, betraying’ Matuas

    Taherpur (Nadia)/Thakurnagar (North 24 Parganas): Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday slammed BJP for "politically exploiting Matuas" and said "those who betrayed them must answer".Banerjee spoke in Taherpur at the same ground where PM Narendra Modi ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    Man held for sending threat mail to guv

    Kolkata: A 68-year-old man, Subrata Dutta Roy, was detained by police for sending governor CV Ananda Bose a "threat mail" that said "will blast you", reports Debashis Konar. Governor Bose received the mail on Thursday night.Security was beefed up ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    'Don't cross limits,you are lucky I haven’t released pen drives yet’: Mamata Banerjee to BJP over 'coal scam'

    KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee walked around 6km with thousands of Trinamool supporters on Friday afternoon, less than 10 hours after lodging two FIRs against “unidentified” Enforcement Directorate officials, accusing them of theft, criminal trespass, criminal intimidation and tampering with ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    Didi walks 6 km to protest ‘theft, trespass’ by ED, lodges 2 FIRs against agency officials

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee walked around 6km with thousands of Trinamool supporters on Friday afternoon, less than 10 hours after lodging two FIRs against "unidentified" Enforcement Directorate officials, accusing them of theft, criminal trespass, criminal intimidation and tampering with ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    EC shortlists 69 high-rises in state for setting up new polling booths

    Kolkata: Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal has forwarded a list of 69 high-rises in the state to serve as new booths in the upcoming Assembly polls. Of these, 10 are from two parliamentary constituencies in Kolkata while another 47 are ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    62-yr-old man dies after SIR hearing in Howrah

    Howrah: A 62-year-old man, Madan Ghosh, died of a cerebral attack after he fainted out of fear following an SIR hearing in Liluah, said police. The Howrah Trinamool Congress and his family alleged that he was harassed about various ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘Had to run around all day without lunch’

    Kolkata: Srabani Roychowdhury (45), a voter who lives near Sinthi More under the Cossipore–Belgachhia Assembly constituency, faced extreme harassment during the hearing process on Thursday.She had requested the hearing due to issues with her father's documents in the last ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    Gangasagar blaze: Over 50 sheds gutted near Kapil Muni Ashram

    Gangasagar: A fire broke out at the Gangasagar Mela in early on Friday and gutted over 50 temporary sheds near the Kapil Muni Ashram. Officials said that no casualties had been reported.Witnesses said the fire broke out between around ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    BJP seeks governor’s intervention, alleges ‘intent to bury truth’

    Kolkata: BJP ratcheted up its offensive against Trinamool on Friday, alleging "file chori" by CM Mamata Banerjee when the ED was probing a case of money laundering, and sought the governor's intervention into the "breakdown of constitutional machinery".Coming a ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    'Repeated pleas for order ignored': Calcutta HC adjourns ED raids hearing due to court chaos; judge walks out amid shouting match

    KOLKATA: Aftershocks of the showdown between Enforcement Directorate (ED) and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over raids on Trinamool-linked political consultancy I-PAC jolted Calcutta high court Friday, prompting Justice Suvra Ghosh to postpone hearing petitions filed by either side ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    Nadda visits CNCI New Town campus, reviews AIIMS progress

    Kalyani: Union health minister JP Nadda visited Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute's (CNCI) campus in New Town and reviewed progress of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Kalyani on Friday.Following his CNCI visit, the Union minister wrote on ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    I-PAC searches: Union home ministry seeks reports from ED, CRPF

    Kolkata: The Union home ministry on Friday sought detailed reports from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on the sequence of events that transpired on Thursday involving ED's searches at the I-PAC office in ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    Why is PK, chief of I-PAC in 2020, left out of probe, asks Trinamool

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Friday alleged that by targeting Pratik Jain, and not Prashant Kishor, the ED had shown whose interests it was serving.Party spokesperson Arup Chakraborty said: "This ED complaint dates back to 2020. Who was at the helm ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    'Why did you come like a thief': Didi walks 6 km to protest 'theft, trespass' by ED; lodges 2 FIRs against agency officials

    KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee walked around 6km with thousands of Trinamool supporters on Friday afternoon, less than 10 hours after lodging two FIRs against "unidentified" Enforcement Directorate officials, accusing them of theft, criminal trespass, criminal intimidation and tampering with ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    OTT and hall releases keep Indo-Bangla cultural ties alive

    Kolkata: Posters across the city promoting the OTT release of ‘Joto Kando Kolkatatei', starring Bangladeshi actor Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed, and Bangladeshi actor Jaya Ahsan's Jan 1 social media reveal of the poster for Soukarya Ghosal's ‘OCD' highlight the continued ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘No fruitful purpose after 17.5-year delay in assault case’: HC releases 2 after 1-month jail

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday reduced the sentence of two men, convicted in an assault case of 2008, considering it had already been 17-and-a-half years and sending them to a correctional home would serve "no fruitful purpose". ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    Bumper yield keeps veggie prices low but biting cold hits some crops

    Kolkata: With bumper local harvest amid favourable weather, markets across Kolkata and adjoining areas are brimming with fresh winter vegetables at affordable prices, bringing relief to consumers from rising food costs elsewhere. In retail markets, most vegetables are being ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    After holidays, biz family returns to burgled home

    Kolkata: The home of a businessman, who had been away on a vacation to Kerala with his wife and one-year-old daughter, was burgled with Rs 2.5 lakh cash, jewellery, branded watches, branded sunglasses and even their three passports being ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    As temp dips, city elderlies vax up for pneumonia, winter ailments

    Kolkata: Hospitals in Kolkata have seen a sharp rise in vaccinations for pneumonia and influenza, especially among senior citizens, who are vulnerable to infections at this time of the year. Even as the minimum temperature slid to 10°C, number ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    A farmer’s son, Jalpaiguri engg student bags 1cr job

    Jalpaiguri: A farmer's son, studying in the fourth year in information technology department at Jalpaiguri Govt Engineering College, has landed an annual package of Rs 1 crore, a pay packet that till now only Jadavpur University students would receive ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    Knife attack, ‘gun threat’ in Karaya road rage cases

    Kolkata: Two incidents of road rage were reported from Karaya area over 48 hours.Around 4 am on Thursday, a youth, Md Salman (24), a resident of Pearl Road, alleged his neighbour, Md Sharar Ali alias Manne (28), confronted him ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    Man held from Guj in 2cr loan fraud case

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police's detective department has arrested a man from Gujarat for obtaining a loan of Rs 2 crore by submitting forged documents, including fabricated ID papers and property deeds, in the name of a 75-year-old woman from ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    Case against house owner after roof collapse death

    Kolkata: Police registered a case against the owner of a three-storey residential house on Samsul Huda Road in the Lohapool area in Park Circus after chunks of concrete collapsed early on Monday, leading to the death of a senior ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    Power snag at Sec V stn hits metro services on Green Line

    Kolkata: A power trip at the Green Line's Sector V station, the terminal station on the metro corridor, around 2 pm on Friday disrupted services, causing inconvenience to commuters. Services resumed around 5 pm. The power snag subsequently delayed ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal IT minister reviews progress of LTI Mindtree project

    KOLKATA: Bengal's IT minister Babul Supriyo on Thursday visited the LTI Mindtree project at Bengal Silicon Valley (BSV) in New Town to review the progress of construction and assess the overall development of the state’s flagship IT hub.The minister ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    For 450-odd I-PAC staff, it’s back to work after manic Thursday

    Kolkata: Hours of tension written on the faces of 450-odd employees on Thursday turned to relief barely less than 24 hours later, as the eleventh-floor office of I-PAC, located at the Godrej Waterside in Sector V — in the ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    ED seeks CBI probe against CM, DGP, Kol Police commissioner for evidence theft

    Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate on Friday urged Calcutta High Court to order a CBI probe against Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, state DGP Rajeev Kumar and Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Varma among others for "theft of digital and other evidence, wrongful ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    ED must return confidential pol, electoral roll data: TMC in court

    Kolkata: Raising concern over violation of ‘Right to Privacy', Trinamool, in its petition demanded that ED should return ‘confidential and sensitive' documents seized during searches, which, according to it, included electronic documents such as ‘confidential political data relating to ...

    10 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘Obstruction by CM’, cries agency, moves Calcutta HC

    KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted permission to Enforcement Directorate to file a case alleging “obstruction” caused by chief minister Mamata Banerjee during its searches relating to a 2020 coal-scam case. Amongst the six premises searched in Bengal ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    'You respect us, we respect you': Mamata Banerjee's 1st reaction to detention of TMC MP's in Delhi; drag us on road, will drag you back, says West Bengal CM

    KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Friday strongly condemned the detention of her party’s MPs during a protest outside the Union Home Ministry, calling the action an assault on democracy and a ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    'Unmanageable crowd': Calcutta HC adjourns ED plea seeking FIR against Mamata Banerjee; hearing likely Jan 14

    KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Friday adjourned the hearing on the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) plea seeking registration of an FIR against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, citing large-scale commotion in the courtroom. The matter is now likely ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Mamata Banerjee hits the streets: West Bengal CM leads Kolkata rally against ED raids on I-PAC

    KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee led a protest rally in Kolkata on Friday against the Enforcement Directorate (ED), a day after the central agency conducted raids at the office of political consultancy ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    New food-history series debuts at Kolkata’s Rosary Cathedral

    The first edition of Eating with Bengal, a culinary-history series by Amar Khamar, was held at the Rosary Cathedral in Kolkata, focusing on the Portuguese influence on Bengali food traditions. The event brought together food, history and architecture through ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Police arrest man who sent 'death threat' to West Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose

    KOLKATA: Police have arrested a man for allegedly sending a death threat to West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose, officials said on Friday.The accused was picked up from the Salt Lake area near Kolkata late on Thursday and ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Audit officers’ body seeks separate pay rules, cadre review

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Audit & Accounts Service Officers' Association has urged chief minister Mamata Banerjee to strengthen the West Bengal Audit & Accounts Service (WBA&AS) cadre to improve the state's financial discipline. It requested the enhancement of existing ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    'Amit Shah is nasty, naughty’: Mamata Banerjee says ED snatched our poll strategy, targets Union home minister; how raids on I-PAC office spiral into chaos

    KOLKATA: The ED on Thursday conducted searches at political consultancy firm I-PAC’s office in Salt Lake and its director’s Loudon Street home in connection with a five-year-old case, prompting CM Mamata Banerjee to call it political vendetta and “a ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal Silicon Valley sees Rs 2,500cr investment push

    Kolkata: State IT and electronics minister Babul Supriyo on Thursday reviewed the progress of the Bengal Silicon Valley Tech Hub at New Town and inspected LTI Mindtree's upcoming project. He said three tech firms, including LTI Mindtree (formerly L&T ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata tops institutional real estate investment growth in 2025

    Kolkata: The South City deal with Blackstone by a consortium pushed Kolkata's growth in institutional investment by 400% in 2025 as compared to 2024, the highest in the country. According to a study by Colliers India, Kolkata was followed ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Nadda laments Bengal’s rejection of Ayushman scheme

    Kolkata: Union health minister and BJP national president J P Nadda, who met doctors in Kolkata on Thursday, lamented that the state had rejected the Centre's Ayushman Bharat scheme. "I don't want to play politics. But I am sorry ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    ED action first proof BJP losing in Bengal: Akhilesh

    Kolkata: The opposition on Thursday cried foul over ED's actions in Kolkata after the central agency searched I-PAC's office in connection with an ongoing investigation. While Samajwadi Party neta Akhilesh Yadav said BJP was losing badly in Bengal, CPM ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Didi to hit streets today over ED ‘theft, loot’ at ‘democracy-killer’ BJP’s behest

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee is set to hit the streets on Friday afternoon, leading a protest march from Jadavpur 8B bus stand to Hazra Crossing, a day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at the Salt Lake office ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    CM’s visit to I-PAC chief’s home interference: Suvendu

    Kolkata: Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari called CM Mamata Banerjee's visit to I-PAC chief Pratik Jain's Loudon Street home during an Enforcement Directorate (ED) search on Thursday "unethical, unconstitutional and direct interference in the central agency's work"."I feel ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    CBI gets HC nod to challenge SIT probe in Suvendu cases

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file an appeal against a single judge's order directing the formation of a joint special investigation team (SIT) with the state police to probe ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Only TMC can defeat BJP, Abhishek tells migrant workers at Malda rally

    Malda/Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday said only Trinamool was capable of taking on BJP and defeating it out of all political parties in the country."Out of 1,500 political parties in the country, only Trinamool ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    2 more held in 1.8cr digital arrest case

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police arrested two more people in connection with a cyber fraud case in which a Netaji Nagar resident was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.8 crore through a "digital arrest" scam, officers said.The accused, identified as Debtanu Sarkar ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Dad can meet son at Eco Park every Saturday: HC in visitation rights row

    Kolkata: The company of both parents is necessary for the healthy upbringing of a child, the Calcutta High Court stated on Tuesday while allowing a father to visit his 6-year-old son, who is suffering from autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    ED inside, TMC workers, public lay siege to search venues

    Kolkata: The predictable weekday afternoon rhythm of the Sector V neighbourhood around Godrej Waterside —of tech firm employees stepping out for lunch, app cabs queueing up and guards waving ID cards through glass gates—was abruptly disrupted on Thursday as ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Is this the ED's work? Searches at I-PAC office & director's home; West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee follows with DGP, CP in tow

    KOLKATA: The ED on Thursday conducted searches at political consultancy firm I-PAC's office in Salt Lake and its director's Loudon Street home in connection with a five-year-old case, prompting CM Mamata Banerjee to call it political vendetta and "a ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Interior design market grows by over 5,000 crore in 20 years

    Kolkata: The interior design market in Kolkata has grown from Rs 583 crore in 2005 to Rs 1,299 crore by 2015. In 2025, the sector's revenues in Kolkata are estimated at nearly Rs 6,500 crore, reflecting not only higher ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Cancer patient lynched on theft doubt

    Howrah: A 30-year-old cancer patient, Sk Allauddin, was allegedly beaten to death on charges of mobile theft on Thursday near Andul Road in Bharpara, under Sankrail Police Station limits in Howrah, police sources said.Allauddin of Panchpara was allegedly caught ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    'Will blast him': West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose gets death threat; heavy security deployed

    KOLKATA: Security was stepped up at Kolkata’s Lok Bhavan late on Thursday after West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose received a threatening email warning that he would be attacked, officials said.According to a statement from the Governor’s office, the ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Wellington fire guts 50 stalls, freezes woollens biz

    Kolkata: Fire engulfed a portion of the woollens market at Wellington Square, gutting at least 50 stalls of woollens on Thursday around 4.40 pm. Traders from Bhutan, Nepal, Darjeeling, Shimla, and other places had been selling woollens in the ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Burglary at sr citizen’s north Kolkata home

    Kolkata: The north Kolkata residence of a senior citizen, Ila Banerjee, was allegedly looted after unknown miscreants broke into the premises at Vidyasagar Street and decamped with cash, jewellery, coins, household goods, and other belongings worth lakhs. Banerjee lodged ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Physical hearing exemption for govt workers, migrants, NRIs

    Kolkata: The EC on Thursday issued directives exempting several categories of voters who are outside the state, including govt and PSU employees, migrant workers, military and paramilitary personnel, students, patients undergoing treatment elsewhere, and NRIs, from personally attending SIR ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    EC gets 5 lakh applications for new voters in state till Jan 4

    Kolkata: A little over 5 lakh applications were submitted to enrol names on the voters' list in the state till Jan 4, which included 3 lakh applications after the publication of the draft SIR list in Bengal on Dec ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Now, ex-CP of Kolkata Police gets SIR notice over discrepancies

    Kolkata: The Election Commission has sent an SIR notice to former Kolkata Police commissioner Prasun Mukherjee and his son Ranajit over voters' list discrepancies. This came after high-profile figures like Amartya Sen received similar notices.Describing the situation as "bad", ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    38-year-old man waiting in hearing queue collapses, dies of heart attack

    Kolkata: A 38-year-old man, Ramzan Ali, a resident of Badu in Madhyamgram, died of a heart attack on Thursday morning after standing in a long queue for a hearing related to corrections under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Deja vu: 2019 memories return to Loudon Street

    Kolkata: Two high-profile raids by central agencies, Kolkata Police teams taking guard outside and the chief minister arriving on the spot — strikingly similar scenes played out at two nearby addresses on Loudon Street, seven years apart. Residents of ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Man loses 80K in e-shopping scam

    Kolkata: A city resident filed a police complaint alleging he was cheated of Rs 80,000 through an online marketplace transaction in which an unknown caller impersonated a buyer and used multiple UPI IDs to obtain repeated transfers on the ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Cops assign fixed routes for app-shuttle buses

    Kolkata: The app-based office-time shuttle services — popular among commuters to New Town and Sector V — have been assigned specific routes, Kolkata police officers said. Cops said the "confusion" over not using the AJC Bose Road Flyover and ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    On rewind mode, Didi dons street-fighter image

    Kolkata: The street fighter in CM Mamata Banerjee, which always held her in good stead, was evident on Thursday as she walked into I-PAC chief Pratik Jain's Loudon Street home and stepped out after a seven-minute stay, with a ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Pocket protests rock Kol as TMC takes over streets

    Kolkata: Even as ED continued its searches at the I-PAC office in Sector V and the firm's director's residence on Loudon Street on Thursday, Trinamool supporters took out rallies in different parts of the city, protesting against the central ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Mercury rises but still below normal

    Kolkata: Despite a slight rise, both the day and night temperatures stayed below the normal mark in Kolkata on Thursday. Apart from moderate fog in the morning, the sky remained clear for most of the day. Even as the ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    I-PAC, TMC in HC against ED, agency also moves court

    Kolkata: The I-PAC and Trinamool Congress dragged the ED to Calcutta High Court, questioning its searches. Multiple complaints were also submitted to cops.Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) on Thursday approached the Calcutta High Court, ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    Six-year partnership, 100% strike rate: The firm in the eye of a political storm

    Kolkata: It was a July afternoon back in 2019 when CM Mamata Banerjee had a 2-hour meeting with poll strategist Prasant Kishor, the then I-PAC face, and party MP Abhishek Banerjee. Pushed to the backfoot after the 2019 Lok ...

    9 January 2026 Times of India
    930 digi-arrests: No bail for accused

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday refused to quash the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case against Yogesh Dua, who was linked to 930 ‘digital arrest' fraud cases, stating that ED was able to explain the 3-day delay ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    ED raids IPAC chief Prateek Jain’s home; West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee targets Amit Shah

    KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches at 15 locations across the country in connection with a fake government job scam allegedly run by an organised gang that duped people by promising jobs, officials said. Amid the ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    EC officials deliver SIR notice to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen — know why?

    SANTINIKETAN: The age gap between Nobel laureate Amartya Sen and his late mother, Amita Sen, is around 19-and-a-half years. But on Wednesday, an SIR hearing notice reached his Santiniketan house, Pratichi, because the EC found that the age difference ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal emerges as frontrunner in green job potential with policy action needed for renewable energy growth

    KOLKATA: Bengal has emerged as eastern India’s frontrunner in green job potential, according to the latest report by iFOREST, an environmental think tank. The report highlights the state as a key beneficiary of India’s clean energy transition, provided it ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘Tears won’t go in vain’: Abhishek to workers who were jailed in Maha

    Itahar/Malda/Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday met two migrant workers from Balurghat in South Dinajpur who were arrested in Maharashtra on suspicion of being Bangladeshis and kept in a jail there for seven months.Banerjee was accompanied ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    BJP’s Suvendu extols CPM’s Buddha’s virtues on N’gram ‘shaheed diwas’

    Nandigram: Leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari, who was part of the Nandigram anti-land acquisition movement in 2007 against the Left Front govt, lauded former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee as "everyone's neta" while paying homage to the martyrs of ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    Broken idols: Malviya posts, cops rubbish religious angle

    Kolkata: Shantipur Police lodged an FIR against two persons for allegedly vandalising an idol workshop in Matal Garh area on Tuesday. Police said the incident stemmed from a personal rivalry between two families.The incident came to light after BJP ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata: Seniors protest public drinking, thrashed near Girish Park station; 3 injured

    KOLKATA: Three senior citizens were allegedly assaulted near Girish Park metro station a day after Christmas, after they protested against public drinking and indecent behaviour in front of metro passengers, particularly women. Two of the injured were taken to ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal names census director

    Kolkata: Rashmi Kamal, a 2006-batch IAS officer, has been posted as the director of census in Bengal. She was previously serving as secretary of Paschimanchal department. The appontment comes as the Union home ministry gears up for the upcoming ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    Mayor meets industrialists, celebs in outreach drive

    Kolkata: Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim met leading industrialists of the state and celebrities over the last two days as part of an outreach programme of the state govt. The minister met RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group chairman Sanjiv Goenka, Ambuja Neotia ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    Cops go for standard face covers for undertrials, new SOP to be formed

    Kolkata: From towels, pillow covers, handkerchiefs and even curtains, police used every fabric they could lay their hands on to cover the faces of suspects of crimes while presenting them in court, especially for grievous crimes or cases that ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    7 satellites, Isro network to cover Sagar Mela crowd

    Kolkata: The South 24 Parganas district administration will use Isro-developed NaviC Technology to track and monitor crowds during Gangasagar Mela, which will start on Thursday evening. The Isro navigation tech, with Indian constellation consisting of seven satellites and a ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    Biker dies in Bypass accident

    Kolkata: A biker died on Tuesday around 9.20 am on the EM Bypass at Beleghata, close to Techno India Dama Hospital. The victim, Saptarshi Bakshi (45) was a resident of Mall Road in Dum Dum. Cops said the bike ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata: Unable to move, ailing hippo stuck in zoo pool for 2 weeks; vets hopeful of recovery

    KOLKATA: A hippopotamus at the Alipore zoo, unable to move probably because of a neurological disease or a leg injury, has stayed put in a pool of water in its enclosure for the past fortnight and refused to leave ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata office leasing hits decade high as housing remains affordable

    Kolkata: Kolkata's office market recorded its strongest performance in over a decade in 2025. Annual leasing volumes surged 69% year-on-year (YoY) to 2.3 million sq ft, crossing the 2 million mark for the first time. Momentum persisted in the ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    Sports min’s football faux pas at ISL event sparks row

    Kolkata: What was meant to be a routine announcement on the return of the Indian Super League (ISL) took an unexpected turn on Tuesday after Union sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya stumbled over the names of two of Indian football's ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    Flyer sick, Vietnam Airlines plane makes emergency landing in Kol

    Kolkata: A Vietnam Airlines flight from Frankfurt to Hanoi made a priority landing at Kolkata airport on Tuesday night after a foreign passenger on board suffered a brain haemorrhage, prompting the crew to declare a medical emergency and divert ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    Dinda, Dilip find no place in state BJP panel

    Kolkata: Ahead of the assembly elections in Bengal, state BJP carried out a major reshuffle on Wednesday, forging a mix between veterans and newcomers and striking a balance between organisational responsibilities and electoral leadership.The party brass also tried to ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    BJP’s many voices: While Suvendu says ‘no Matua name will be deleted’, Shantanu urges Prez to stop disenfranchisement

    Kolkata: On a day leader of opposition in Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari tried to allay fears in the Matua heartland of Bongaon, his party colleague and junior Union minister Shantanu Thakur, with representatives of the BJP-led faction of All ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta HC upholds CAPF no to candidate for arm tattoo

    KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court, in a Jan 2 ruling, upheld a Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) order rejecting a candidate for sporting a tattoo in his right forearm.While innocuous tattoos on left inner forearm are permitted in the CAPF, ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    50% of Xavier’s UG commerce students to exit after 6th sem

    Kolkata: Around 50% of UG commerce students at St Xavier's College (Autonomous) will opt for the exit option after the sixth semester in 2026, a recent survey has found. The institution will allow UG students in its four-year programme ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    EC officials deliver SIR notice to Amartya home

    Santiniketan: The age gap between Nobel laureate Amartya Sen and his late mother, Amita Sen, is around 19-and-a-half years. But on Wednesday, an SIR hearing notice reached his Santiniketan house, Pratichi, because the EC found that the age difference ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    Lingering chill makes Kol adjust to a different lifestyle

    Kolkata: A prolonged cold spell over the past few weeks has forced Kolkatans to alter their daily routines, reshaping lifestyles in a city more accustomed to humidity than chill.From delayed morning walks and longer stops at cafes, from layered-clothes ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
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