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  • Victims’ remains reduced to ashes, DNA profiling now a daunting task

    Kolkata: The forensic team scanning the gutted Pushpanjali Decorators godown for human remains are facing a stiff challenge of sifting through ash and debris to extract bones that can lead to the identity of charred victims. Though 11 charred ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Thailand starts Nipah screening for Kol tourists

    Kolkata: Thailand has introduce thermal screening and mandatory health declarations for passengers arriving from the city. The decision has sent ripples of concern through the travel industry.Thailand, along with Nepal and Taiwan, rolled out Nipah virus screening measures at ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    All-faith meet renews pledge to uphold Preamble

    Kolkata: At a time when divisions often dominate public discourse, people from all faiths came together in Archbishop House at Park Street on the 77th Republic Day to renew their pledge to uphold the values enshrined in the Constitution's ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    JU prof back on campus after EC decision

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University's English HoD,Saswati Halder, resumed her duties on Tuesday, a week after the university's executive council (EC) decided that she "may resume her duties whenever she desires or her leave expires" as the dept HoD. The EC ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    In first four days, book fair registers record 14 lakh visitors, 10% higher sales

    Kolkata: The first four days of the 49th International Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF), which was an extended holiday weekend from Friday to Monday, saw a massive footfall of nearly 14 lakh at the fairground, as per estimates by the ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu questions Amartya Sen's contribution to Bengal, stirs row

    KOLKATA: West Bengal BJP leader of opposition Suvendu Ahikari on Monday questioned Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's "contribution" to the state, igniting a row as the governing TMC and CPM slammed Adhikari.His remarks came days after Sen, who received an ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Fire exposes EKW fill-up, both godowns came up on bheri

    Kolkata: The massive fire that burnt down two godowns in Nazirabad are on an 8-bigha plot that used to be a bheri or fish farm till a decade ago. Not just this, scores of bheris have been filled up ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Revamped Siriti crematorium gets new furnaces, parking lot

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday virtually inaugurated a modernised, revamped Siriti crematorium, the work for which had begun in 2022. According to plans, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation extended cremation facilities to residents of large parts of Tollygunge, ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    60-year-old arrested for minor’s rape in Cooch Behar

    Jalpaiguri: A 60-year-old allegedly raped a minor in Cooch Behar's Mekhliganj. The man had allegedly also threatened the girl of consequences if she spoke to anyone about the assault. The incident came to light on Saturday, two days after ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    3-day Sundarbans bird survey records 168 species, return of endangered vulture

    Kolkata: Birders, conservationists and foresters have managed to sight close to 31,000 birds during the three-day trail under the fourth bird festival in the Indian Sundarbans that ended on Tuesday.Number of species sighted — 168 — is higher than ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    On Republic Day, people queue up to protect voting rights

    Kolkata: When the country celebrated Republic Day on Monday, several voters queued at SIR hearing centres to ensure their voting rights.TOI visited two centres — Matri Shakti Shiksha Kendra under the Kashipur-Belgachia assembly constituency and Kendua Girls' High School ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    At places, queues longer than vote-day lines; electors complain of ‘harassment’

    Kolkata: At several places in Kolkata on Tuesday, hearing queues beat vote-day queues, with many people complaining of long waiting times outside the venues. At many part numbers across assembly constituencies, 150-200 persons were called for hearings by the ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    From hills to beaches, long-weekend vacationers take over tourist spots

    Darjeeling/Bolpur/Digha: Tourists made the most of the first long weekend of the year, heading out in large numbers to hills, beaches and cultural hubs, giving a timely boost to the travel and hospitality sector in Bengal. With Republic Day ...

    27 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal godown fire: 8 dead so far, more feared trapped; TMC minister faces BJP protest at site

    KOLKATA: West Bengal Fire Services minister Sujit Bose on Tuesday said a preliminary investigation into the warehouse fire in South 24 Parganas, which killed eight people, found that the units lacked basic safety measures.Bose, who visited the site where ...

    27 January 2026 Times of India
    Biker crashes into median divider in New Town, dies

    Kolkata: A 25-year-old biker, Tridib Chowdhury, died on Sunday morning after he lost control of his motorbike and crashed into a median divider on the airport-bound flank of the New Town–Baguiati corridor. The deceased, a resident of Baguiati, suffered ...

    27 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, warm temperatures; lingering pollution concerns

    Kolkata is forecast for a bright, sunny day on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, with comfortable warmth and temperatures ranging from a low of 16.4°C to a high of 29°C, following a "very poor" air quality day on Monday. The ...

    27 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata weather today: Sunny skies, warm temperatures; air quality alert

    Kolkata is set for a bright, dry winter day on Monday, January 26, 2026, featuring abundant sunshine and a significant warm-up by the afternoon. Clear skies are anticipated with no rainfall, and temperatures are expected to rise into the ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘This is how people are being axed from the voters’ list’: Bengal cabinet senior Shashi Panja in SIR hearing queue; TMC IT cell chief also served notice

    KOLKATA: Senior Bengal minister Shashi Panja, one of the most trusted cabinet colleagues of CM Mamata Banerjee and a three-time MLA, had to attend an SIR hearing on Sunday because, she said, her name “was missing in the BLO ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    Four films focus on Bangladesh at Kolkata People’s Film Festival

    KOLKATA: Bangladesh is the subject of at least four out of the 39 films that are being screened at the 12th Kolkata People’s Film Festival, which began on January 23. The festival is taking place amid strained bilateral relations, ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    Woman sustains critical injuries in Park St hit & run

    Kolkata: A 50-year-old woman, Dipannita Mukherjee, sustained critical injuries and is on ventilation after being hit by a speeding car on near Park Street Cemetry early on Saturday. Police said, the driver fled from the scene without offering assistance.CCTV ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    TMC, BJP trade blame after blaze on stage following Biplab speech

    Kolkata: A clash broke out between TMC and BJP workers in Behala's Sakherbazar on Sunday over a political rally, leading to arson, vandalism and traffic disruption on Diamond Harbour Road.According to police, BJP workers were preparing for a rally ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    CM: EC celebrating Voters’ Day while taking away voting rights

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday lashed out at the Election Commission for working as ‘His Master's Voice' and "celebrating" National Voters' Day after "snatching away people's voting rights".Dubbing the EC celebrations as "tragic" and a "farce", Banerjee slammed ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘Intentional’ BLO errors part of plot to defame SIR: BJP netas

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP on Sunday trained guns on "errant booth level officers" for allegedly compromising the SIR process deliberately. On Saturday, BJP netas had criticised EC for being "soft" in handling the situation in the state."People are being harassed ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    BJP ’24 candidate flags risk of mass voter deletions due to SIR

    Kolkata: BJP neta from South 24 Parganas, Abhijit Das, has written to the EC expressing concern that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in its current form may lead to mass disenfranchisement.The SIR process in its current "rigid and unfiltered ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    Man dies of cardiac arrest after son gets SIR notice

    Jalpaiguri: A 57-year-old man died at Tekatuli in Jalpaiguri's Maynagiri after suffering a cardiac arrest on Sunday, with his family blaming anxiety related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls for the death. The deceased, Nibas Sarkar, ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    Trinamool wins co-op polls in Suvendu bastion, rivals clash

    Nandigram: Months ahead of assembly polls in Bengal, Trinamool on Sunday staged a major upset in leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari's bastion in Nandigram-2 block, winning 27 seats in the 45-seat Ranichak Cooperative. This was the party's second ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    India’s crude steel output grows 10%

    Kolkata: India registered 10.4% growth in crude steel production in 2025, according to provisional data released by the World Steel Association.India's crude steel output stood at 164.9 MT in 2025 compared with 149.4 MT in the previous year.The World ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    Villagers slap poll official at SIR hearing in S Dinajpur

    Malda: A micro observer engaged in a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing was assaulted by angry villagers at Kumarganj in South Dinajpur on Saturday and another who tried to intervene was also attacked. The hearing was being held at ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    ISF, TMC clash in Bhangar, one held

    Kolkata: Tension broke out at Kantadanga in Bhangar on Sunday morning, with ISF accusing TMC workers vandalising and hurling bombs at the home of an ISF neta. Trinamool, however, denied all allegations. Police said no complaint has been filed ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    At BLO’s home over son’s SIR notice, 65-year-old dies of cardiac arrest

    Jalpaiguri: A 65-year-old man, Rahaman Bastadar, died of cardiac arrest at the house of a booth-level officer (BLO) at Pardubi GP in Cooch Behar's Mathabhanga on Saturday, where he had gone after his son was served a Special Intensive ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    11 from Bengal feature on list of Padma awardees

    Kolkata: Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee, tabla maestro Pt Kumar Bose and santoor player Pt Tarun Bhattacharya will be among 11 recipients of Padma Shri from Bengal, the Centre announced on the eve of Republic Day. However, no name from the ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    10L visitors in first 3 days: Book fair sets new opening record

    Kolkata: The 49th International Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF) continued to break all previous footfall records till now, with another close to four lakh visitors thronging the fair on Sunday, said officials of the Publishers and Booksellers Guild, making it ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    3-month partial weekend shutdown for Setu

    Kolkata: The 16-hour Vidyasagar Setu shutdown was executed on Sunday, with traffic resuming on both ends at 9 pm. "Key cable replacement was carried out as planned," said a cop.However, expect Vidyasagar Setu to be partially shut on multiple ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    24 hours after EC deadline, only 2 Kol booths get ‘logical discrepancy’ & ‘unmapped’ lists

    Kolkata: The wait to see the ‘logical discrepancy' list grew longer on Sunday — a day after Election Commission's deadline — with only a couple of ward offices in Alipore and Deshbandhu School in north Kolkata displaying it. Few ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    IIT changes PhD rules to make scholars future-ready

    Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur has introduced "progressive and student-friendly" PhD reforms to make research scholars future-ready and minimise "uncertainty in career".From rolling PhD advertisements, enabling year-round entry aligned with research readiness, flexibility in eligibility criteria, and freedom to choose coursework ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    RG Kar-probe cops to get R-Day honours

    Kolkata: Two senior police officers in the rank of commissioner and joint director from two separate units belonging to the state and the central cadres, who had supervised the RG Kar rape-murder probe last year, will be awarded for ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    Patty seller, thrashed at Gita event for peddling non-veg, back in Kolkata but skips ‘unsafe areas’

    Kolkata: Sk Riyajul, who had to leave Kolkata more than a month ago following assaults on him for selling “non-veg” puffs during a mass Gita recital in the Maidan, has returned to Kolkata, driven by desperation to earn a ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Twin black leopards in a frame: Cams click rare moment in Kurseong

    Kolkata: In a rare moment, two melanistic leopards have been clicked by a camera trap in N Bengal's Kurseong forest division. Foresters claimed this will probably be the first time anywhere in the Indian wild that two black leopards ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    67-year-old widow stands in queue with marriage cert

    Kolkata: On Sunday afternoon, 67-year-old widow Basabi Chakraborty stood in an SIR hearing queue with her Sept 1983 marriage certificate to show proof of her marriage to poet Bhaskar Chakraborty, with poet Joy Goswami listed as one of the ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Harass plaint against bro-in-law

    Kolkata: A woman from Metiabruz has finally lodged a police complaint, accusing her sister's husband of sexually harassing her and forcing her into physical relations on multiple occasions in the past two decades. Following the complaint lodged at the ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata weather forecast: Sunny skies, warm temperatures; lingering air pollution

    Kolkata residents on Sunday, January 25, 2026, are experiencing a sunny day with warm afternoons, despite yesterday's air quality registering in the "Severe" category. This persistent pollution is attributed to dry air, light winds, and an absence of rain, ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Shopowner shot on way to mosque in West Burdwan

    Hirapur: An unidentified bike-borne assailant shot dead a 45-year-old shopowner on his way to offer prayers at a nearby mosque in Karim Dangal in West Burdwan's Hirapur on Saturday morning. The deceased has been identified as Md Sarfuddin, the ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Centre-appointed interlocutor’s Darj visit draws mixed response

    Darjeeling: In the backdrop of strong protests by the Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee against his appointment, the visit of Centre-appointed interlocutor Pankaj Kumar Singh's maiden visit to Darjeeling on Saturday triggered mixed response from Hills parties.Trinamool ally Bharatiya Gorkha ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Village mourns jawan killed in J&K accident

    Kharagpur: Samiran Singh, 28, a soldier in the 169th battalion of the Indian Army, was supposed to come home to Kuchladari village in Jhargram's Sankrail on Saturday. Instead, all that reached were his mortal remains wrapped in the tricolour. ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Rail blockade in Burdwan over SIR ‘harassment’

    Burdwan: A group of locals blocked railway lines at Burdwan station on Saturday protesting alleged harassment in the course of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls in Bengal. Train services were disrupted for some time as protesters ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    What is EC trying to hide, asks Abhishek, announces protest

    Kolkata: Trinamool will take to the streets on Sunday, also National Voters' Day, protesting the "hurried and unplanned" SIR in Bengal that has led to "the deaths of 126 people, including booth-level officers".TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee questioned ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    State BJP questions EC’s ‘soft handling’

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP, unhappy with the Election Commission's "soft handling" of the situation in the state, has urged the poll panel to show some "action". The party, which has asked CEC Gyanesh Kumar to visit Bengal to understand the ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    BJP candidate in Maha faces voter roll controversy in Bengal

    Suri/Kolkata: Online yoga teacher Ujjwala Appa Burungale, a voter from Dubrajpur in Birbhum along with her husband, has decided to contest the zilla parishad elections from Maharashtra as a BJP candidate. The couple has been served hearing notices as ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Kargil war veteran gets SIR hearing call

    Kharagpur: A Kargil war veteran and confidential assistant to the West Midnapore DM has been summoned for an SIR hearing at the Midnapore Sadar BDO office on Jan 29.Arun Kumar Ditya said he would take his Army pension documents, ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    From Winners to RAF woman unit, ‘nari shakti’ to take centre stage on Jan 26

    Kolkata: The 50-minute-long Republic Day parade at Red Road, scheduled to kick off around 10.30 am, will feature a combination of defence and Kolkata Police personnel.However, what will stand out this year is witnessing one of the highest contingents ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Thailand emerges as top overseas destination for long weekend vacay

    Bangkok/Kolkata: With more direct international flights than to several domestic sectors, Thailand has emerged as the most preferred overseas destination for travellers from Kolkata during the five-day Republic Day weekend. Tourism surveys show that many opted for quick, visa-hassle-free ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    4th bird fest kicks off in Sundarbans

    Kolkata: The fourth Sundarbans Bird Festival kicked off on Friday. The inaugural and orientation session of bird festival was held at Sajnekhali Beat complex."Six teams have started their journey to record avian species and number of bird occurrences in ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Return tickets return to Metro after 15-yr hiatus

    Kolkata: Kolkata Metro Railway reintroduced the same-day return ticket facility after a 15-year hiatus, with the service resuming on an experimental basis from Friday across all corridors. SS Kannan, CPRO, Metro Railway, said on Saturday, "Since Friday, we have ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Sodepur flyover set to reopen on Jan 28

    Kolkata: The Sodepur flyover, connecting BT Road, Kalyani Expressway and Jessore Road, is set to reopen for vehicular traffic on the morning of Jan 28 after remaining closed for several days for urgent repair work. The reopening is expected ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Nitin Nabin to visit Bengal on Tue

    Kolkata: BJP's newly appointed national president Nitin Nabin's first state visit will be Bengal.According to the schedule received, his two-day visit will be in Asansol-Durgapur from Tuesday, Jan 27, where he will have extensive deliberations with party netas and ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Sukanta woos Cong’s North Dinajpur veteran to join BJP

    Kolkata: After Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya, Union minister and BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar has reached out to netas of opposition parties in the state in a bid to woo them into joining the saffron party. Majumdar called upon ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    'Passengers should be free to choose': TMC, BJP in war of words over veg-only Vande sleeper menu

    KOLKATA: A war of words has broken out between Trinamool and BJP over the unavailability of non-vegetarian food on the country's first ever Vande Bharat sleeper train which began its first commercial run from Howrah to Kamakhya on Friday.Accusing ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal govt celebrates girl child every day, says Didi

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt celebrates the girl child every day of the year, said CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday, on the occasion of National Girl Child Day, adding that her govt has pledged to provide girls an environment where ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    TMC, BJP in war of words over veg-only Vande sleeper menu

    Kolkata: A war of words has broken out between Trinamool and BJP over the unavailability of non-vegetarian food on the country's first ever Vande Bharat sleeper train which began its first commercial run from Howrah to Kamakhya on Friday.Accusing ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Drones, 2.3k cops & watch towers to turn Red Road into a fortress for R-Day parade

    Kolkata: The city will be wrapped in a security blanket in the run-up to the Republic Day celebrations this Monday, marking one of the highest deployments since Durga Puja, even higher than Christmas. With the situation on the Indo-Bangladesh ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Only demand, no supply: No receipt relief despite SC order

    Kolkata: Many electors who turned up for a hearing on Saturday demanded receipts after submitting documents, but the EC officials turned their request down, citing "no instruction" from electoral registration officers (EROs). To placate the voters, some officials signed ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal CEO office to shift to SCI building on Strand Rd in a week

    Kolkata: The office of the Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) is likely to be shifted from the Balmer Lawrie premises on Netaji Subhas Bose Road to the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) building on Strand Road, about half a ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    New Town senior citizen loses 90 lakh in digi-arrest fraud

    Kolkata: A 70-year-old resident of SP Sukhobristi in New Town was allegedly cheated of Rs 89.8 lakh in a digital-arrest fraud in which the accused used a forged Supreme Court order, linked the victim to an infamous nationwide money ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Biker crushed under truck on Bypass; woman dies after being hit by bike

    Kolkata: Two persons died in two accidents in the city, while a third person was stated to be in a serious condition.The first accident took place on EM Bypass near Goutam's Dhaba around 10.20 pm on Friday, when a ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    5 involved in APK file scam held

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police cyber cell arrested five youths on Friday from a flat in Bikramgarh and a complex in Maheshtala for operating a pan-India network involved in investment fraud and malicious APK "click and lose" financial scams. The ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Temp see-saw unleashes viruses, leads to cough-and-cold flare-up

    Kolkata: A cough and cold outbreak has left thousands of Kolkatans with a sore throat, choked voice and fever, caused by a fresh spate of viruses unleashed by temperature fluctuations over the past week. With the minimum temperature fluctuating ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Setu to be shut from 5 am to 9 pm today

    Kolkata: Vidyasagar Setu will remain closed to all vehicular traffic for 16 hours on Sunday, the second consecutive Sunday that the bridge will stay shut.This time, the closure on both flanks would be effective between 5 am and 9 ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    State okays 28cr to repair 76 roads in Bally, Belur, Liluah

    Howrah: More than 3,50,000 residents may finally hope for a better quality of commute as around 76 roads in Bally, Belur and Liluah are set to be reconstructed before the elections at a cost of around Rs 28 crore. ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Tolly girl abducted by ‘orchestra group’ rescued from Bihar

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police rescued a minor girl from Tollygunge, who was abducted to Champaran in Bihar, and arrested a woman, described as "a leader of an orchestra group". The accused are part of a trafficking gang that targets girls ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Winter windfall for city eateries as Jan footfall smashes last yr’s record

    Kolkata: With the chill continuing, Kolkatans have been eating out like never before. The lingering party season led restaurants and bars to line up food festivals and offers on beverages for an extended festive weekend that began with Saraswati ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, warm temperatures; air quality alert

    Kolkata is set for a bright, warm winter day on Saturday, January 24, 2026, with clear skies and afternoon temperatures reaching 28.9°C, while mornings and evenings remain cool near 15.1°C. Despite the pleasant weather, yesterday's air quality was in ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Book fair day 2 footfall clocks 3.5L as metro kiosk eases rush, aides commute

    Kolkata: The second day of the 49th International Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF) continued to draw more book lovers from all across the city, with around 3.5 lakh footfall recorded at the fair on Saturday, said an official of the ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Jagadis Bose Nat’l Talent Search scholarships for 400 students

    Kolkata: Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search (JBNSTS) held its 66th annual awards ceremony on Saturday at the Derozio Hall, Presidency University, where it awarded as many as 400 students from a pool of more than 15,000 aspirants from ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Red Road accident an hr before Republic Day rehearsal reignites 2016 horror fears

    Kolkata: A "speeding" sedan reportedly rammed into a guardrail at the J&K Crossing near Kolkata's Red Road on Saturday morning, even as the parade contingents just started reporting for the Republic Day parade final rehearsals. This brought back memories ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Final Madhyamik enrolment between Jan 27 & 28

    The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education is giving a final chance to students to enrol for the Madhyamik exam, which is scheduled to start from Feb 2. In a notice on Saturday, it stated that eligible candidates who ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘Entrepreneurship’ new ISC subject from this year

    Kolkata: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) introduced ‘entrepreneurship' as a new subject at the ISC (Classes XI–XII) level, the council announced in a circular on Friday. The notice also stated that the subject ‘commerce' has ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Boy visits schools as I-T officer, detained

    Kolkata: A 17-year-old boy was detained by police on Saturday for impersonating an Income Tax officer and visiting schools in Ashoknagar in North 24 Parganas with cars fitted with blue beacons and accompanied by bodyguards, allegedly to impress friends.The ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Saraswati Puja lunch, patriotic events mark togetherness at housing complexes

    Kolkata: From condominiums in New Town and on EM Bypass to co-operative societies in south and north Kolkata, housing complexes kicked off the year's festival calendar with vibrant Saraswati Puja celebrations on Friday.At South City, residents had been on ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    University on cards on Asutosh College campus after elections

    Kolkata: The three colleges on the Asutosh College campus—Asutosh, Syamaprasad and Jogamaya Devi—might soon become part of a new university, hinted chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday during her visit to her alma mater, Jogamaya Devi College, on Saraswati ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘Unofficial’: Argentine envoy in city, skirts Messi controversy

    Kolkata: Messi's tour to India was an unofficial trip and the Argentine govt had nothing to do with it, said Argentine ambassador Mariano Agustin Caucino on Thursday, when asked about the mayhem that broke out during the football star's ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    Didi: If Netaji were alive, even he would’ve been called for hearing

    Kolkata: "Today, if Subhas Chandra Bose were alive, even he would have been called for a (SIR) hearing, citing a logical discrepancy. He would be asked whether he is an Indian," CM Mamata Banerjee said on Friday during Netaji ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu visits Netaji Bhawan, skips Red Rd birth anniv ceremony

    Kolkata: Bengal's leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday, in a break from the past, skipped Red Road and instead went to Netaji Bhawan to pay tribute to Subhas Chandra Bose on his birth anniversary. Adhikari was shown around ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    Man saves tree after ‘geologist’ sets trash on fire near roots

    Kolkata: A potentially dangerous act of environmental negligence was averted on Suren Sarkar Street near Subhas Sarobar on Wednesday, thanks to the timely intervention of a vigilant local. A man, who recently shifted to the locality and claimed to ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    Narohari saves the day for Bengal

    Kolkata: Super-sub Narohari Shrestha's late strike saw Bengal edge past a spirited Uttarakhand 1-0 in a Santosh Trophy Group A match at the Dhakuakhana Football Stadium in Assam on Friday. This was Bengal's second win in as many matches ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal pacers destroy Services

    Kolkata: Bengal are smelling an outright victory after their pacers reduced Services to 126 for eight, still 393 runs behind the hosts' total of 519, on Day II of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group ‘C' match at the Bengal ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    Rush to fish out B’deshi vessel to avert fly ash spill in Muriganga

    Kolkata: Amid growing concerns over fly ash pollution, authorities have intensified efforts to recover Bangladeshi barge MV Tamjeed Nasir, which sank on a sandbar in the Muriganga river. The vessel carried a large consignment of fly ash when it ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    Despite EC order, no FIR against MLA Manirul over vandalism, hate speech

    Kolkata: Despite an Election Commission directive, the Murshidabad district administration hasn't lodged an FIR against Farakka Trinamool MLA Manirul Islam for vandalism at a BDO office and hate speech against the Commission, till Friday evening. The EC had directed ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    Stop hearings, lodge FIRs in case of violence: EC to officials

    Kolkata: EC has asked DMs and DEOs to adjourn Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearings sine die and lodge FIRs "immediately" in case violence at venues where hearings are underway, adding that delay in lodging FIRs would draw "adverse inference".The ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengali? Yes, SIR. Brahmin? Yes, SIR. Go, fall in line

    Kolkata: The Mukherjees, Banerjees and Chatterjees are filling up "logical discrepancy" lines at hearing centres across Bengal as the Election Commission software demands to know why their families had "different surnames" a generation or two ago — Mukhopadhyay for ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    ED chief meets officials who carried out I-PAC searches

    Kolkata: ED chief Rahul Navin, who had arrived in Kolkata on Thursday night, held a high-level meeting with senior officials of the central agency, including those who were involved in searches at the office of political consultancy firm I-PAC ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    Unmapped & logical discrepancy list to be out today, SIR hearing queues set to get longer

    Kolkata: The EC is set to publish a list of all voters who are unmapped or have logical discrepancies on Saturday. The SIR queues are likely to be longer because this list is likely to include around 1.5 cr ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    1st day, 1st show: Crowd takes over book fair with record 2.5L footfall

    Kolkata: The first day of the 49th International Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF) witnessed a record-breaking footfall of around 2.5 lakh, setting a landmark opening turnout, as estimated by the event's organisers, the Publishers and Booksellers Guild. As the fair ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    Visitors in wheelchairs face uneven ramp & gate rail accessibility hurdles

    Kolkata: Smooth access to the book stalls at the ongoing International Kolkata Book Fair remained a challenge for persons with disabilities, especially for the visitors in wheelchairs. This has been claimed by the members of the Wheelchair Users Association. ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    1 dead, 2 hurt as car hits scooter, climbs pavement in Ultadanga

    Kolkata: A man was killed, two persons were injured, and a child managed to escape unhurt when a private car mounted the pavement on CIT Road in front of Manicktala Housing Estate near the DVC building on Friday morning, ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    28-year-old TN man found dead in Kasba hotel

    Kolkata: A 28-year-old man, Anupam Chowdhury from Tamil Nadu, was found unconscious in a first-floor room of a three-storey hotel in Kasba. He was declared brought dead at CNMCH.Police said the hotel authorities informed them that the victim was ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    Cops thrashed in bid to save man out on bail, bike vandalised

    Kolkata: Cops from Metiabruz Police Station were attacked by an 80-strong mob in the Metiabruz area on Thursday, and an officer's bike was vandalised, when they went to rescue a murder accused out on bail. The incident took place ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    Quack held under Pocso charges

    Howrah: Samsul Molla (46), an alleged quack, was arrested under the Pocso Act on Thursday night in Bankra, Howrah, for allegedly sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl in his chamber, police said.An officer from Howrah City Police said the girl, ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    Kol collector acquires rare INA cap badge

    Kolkata: Eight decades after it was commissioned for the officers of the Indian National Army, a "cap badge" of the Azad Hind Fauj travelled from Australia to join the collection of Kolkata-based Netaji memorabilia collector Prithwish Dasgupta. Apart from ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    Wife files FIR after seeing Hiraan’s ‘2nd wedding’ pics

    Kolkata: BJP MLA and Bengali film actor Hiraan Chatterjee's wife, Anindita, filed an FIR accusing him of mental and physical cruelty, and of entering into a second marriage without obtaining a divorce. Cops said they have started a probe ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
    Investment scam: Youth duped of 11.3L

    Kolkata: A 23-year-old Hooghly resident was allegedly cheated of Rs 11.3 lakh in an investment scam on social media and Telegram channels, police said on Friday. Avijit Pandit told cops the fraud began on Nov 9 last year, when ...

    24 January 2026 Times of India
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