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  • Gaushala, fish farming, swan cultivation: What's coming up at Kolkata's Lok Bhavan

    KOLKATA: Plans are being finalised to set up a gaushala, or cowshed, inside Kolkata’s Lok Bhavan, formerly known as Raj Bhavan, marking the first such facility within the historic Governor’s residence in the city.Built in 1803 during the Company ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    From landfills to living spaces: Kolkata’s circular economy changemakers

    KOLKATA: In a city where old buildings, markets and memories are constantly being remade, a quiet group of Kolkata changemakers is proving that waste need not be the end of a material’s journey.They are architects, educators, entrepreneurs and recyclers ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta High Court Grants Interim Protection to Atin Ghosh

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted interim protection against coercive action to former TMC MLA Atin Ghosh till Aug 14 in a land scam case.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh is scheduled to hear the matter on Aug 10.The complaint ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Jupiter International Begins Work on ₹3,000 Crore Solar Plant in Nagpur

    Kolkata: Solar cell manufacturer Jupiter International is setting up an ingot-wafer manufacturing plant in Nagpur, with an investment of Rs 3,000 crore. The work has already started, and the plant is likely to be fully operational in phases over ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    KMC to conduct physical survey of Abhishek properties

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation buildings dept will conduct an on-the-spot survey of Shantiniketan, the building on Harish Mukherjee Road that is owned or co-owned by Abhishek Banerjee, his family or company.The decision was taken after a hearing on ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Kavi Subhas station likely to reopen by May 2027

    Kolkata: The Blue Line’s Kavi Subhash station may reopen in April or May 2027, sources said on Monday. Work to rebuild the Dakshineswar-bound platform inside the New Garia station has started. Services to the southern terminal station of the ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    MP cops arrest Kol woman for Rs 6L cyber scam

    Kolkata:Madhya Pradesh Police, with local assistance, arrested a Kolkata-based woman on Saturday night for orchestrating a Rs 6 lakh fraud targeting a retired bank executive.The accused, Afroz Siraj Khan, was apprehended from her hideout in the Anandapur area. Investigators ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Rs 11 lakh lost to solar power dealer frauds

    Kolkata: The Cyber Crime Cell of the Kolkata Police detective dept has launched a comprehensive investigation into a series of online frauds in the city, where fraudsters duped victims of lakhs of rupees under the guise of allocating solar ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Paver blocks give temporary relief to commuters on cratered VIP Rd

    Kolkata: The deep craters that turned VIP Road into a death trap for thousands of commuters are finally getting a temporary fix.After a week of traffic nightmare, the state PWD has begun replacing some of the arterial road’s worst ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Blackmail cuffs on man

    Kolkata: A man Saurav Santra alias Rahul, was arrested by the Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police for allegedly blackmailing a homemaker, creating fake social media profiles using her private photographs and sending her intimate pictures to her husband after she ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Cyber Pronam: Cops reach out to senior citizens with fraud awareness sessions

    Kolkata: With a growing number of cyber frauds where senior citizens are falling prey – a random estimate by Kolkata Police last year found that over 60% of all digital arrest fraud victims were senior citizens – the cops ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Govt nominates new docs to Bengal med council

    Kolkata: The state health department on Monday nominated three doctors to the West Bengal Medical Council, in the BJP govt’s first move to alter the council’s composition. Sources said Pranat Tudu, MLA from Binpur, Kalyan Ashis Mukherjee of BJP’s ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    State starts probe into misuse of home guard resources in KP, Bengal Police

    Kolkata: The state administration has reportedly launched a comprehensive probe through Lalbazar — after appointing independent auditors — into serious allegations regarding the systemic “misuse of human resources”, including the controversial recruitment and deployment of nearly 800 temporary home ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Since July 25, no death certificate being issued in KMC area

    Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has stopped issuing death certificates at crematoriums and burial grounds since Saturday, leaving hundreds of bereaved families without a crucial govt document and with no clarity on when or how it will be issued.The ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    CM’s health scheme comes into effect, families to get Rs 5 lakh coverage

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt on Monday rolled out Mukhya Mantri Swasthya Bima Yojana (MMSBY), a Rs 5-lakh health coverage for each family that CM Suvendu Adhikari promised earlier this month for those who do not qualify for the Centre’s ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Study: Low birth weight, pre-term birth linked to extreme heat stress

    Kolkata: Prolonged exposure to extreme heat during pregnancy significantly increases the risk of low birth weight, pre-term birth and stillbirth, with women in Bengal among the particularly vulnerable because of the state’s humid subtropical climate, researchers conducting the first ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Man, mom attacked after Behala loud music protest

    Kolkata: A protest against late-night loud music turned violent in the Sanjib Pally area near Behala Chowrasta in the early hours of Sunday. A group of four men assaulted a local resident and attacked his 48-year-old mother after the ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Immigration racket: NIA arrests C’garh man in Durgapur

    Durgapur: A Chhattisgarh man, suspected of being part of an alleged fake passport and illegal immigration racket, was arrested by NIA in Durgapur on Monday.On Monday morning, a six-member NIA team searched houses at New Steel Park and picked ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    ‘My commute was longer, costlier & more exhausting’

    Kolkata’s app-cab reliance came under strain on Monday, as roughly 7,000 cabs and thousands of bikes stayed parked for 12 hours, demanding a fare hike. For commuters who’ve ditched buses, autos and yellow taxis for the tap-and-ride convenience, the ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    15 acres identified for Amul ice-cream factory in north Bengal, says CM, urges migrants to come back

    Jalpaiguri: Urging migrant workers to come back to Bengal and earn their livelihood here, CM Suvendu Adhikari on Monday highlighted several mega projects in the pipeline. Adhikari announced that state govt had identified 15 acres for Amul’s mega ice-cream ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Eggs hurled at TMC’s Kajal Sheikh during ‘Martyrs’ Memorial' visit in Birbhum

    Birbhum: Eggs were hurled at Faizul Haque aka Kajal Sheikh — sabhadhipati of Birbhum zilla parishad and TMC functionary — on Monday while he was at Basapara in Nanoor to pay tribute at ‘Martyrs’ Memorial’. Sheikh was accompanied by ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Arrested man’s clean-up video goes viral

    Kolkata: A video has gone viral on social media showing one of the 16 accused Sk Md Salman Hussain cleaning up Esplanade at the end of the Friday protest, prompting his family to question why someone would hurl bottles ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Hindu group brings Shivling from Tarakeswar, consecrates it within 50 yards of 14th-century Adina Masjid

    Malda: A 3.5-foot stone Shivling was brought from Tarakeswar to a temple merely 50 yards from the 14th-century Adina Masjid in Malda on Monday, attracting controversy, a heavy deployment of police and a crowd of devotees. Members of Hindu ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Truck violates no-entry zone, hits couple in Siliguri

    Siliguri: A speeding truck breached no-entry restrictions imposed for chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s visit to North Bengal and ran over a couple near Uttarkanya on Monday, leaving both seriously injured. The injured were Pradeep Goswami and Lakshmi Goswami of ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Jalpaiguri to get new university: CM

    Jalpaiguri: Jalpaiguri is set to get a university, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced at a party meeting in Maynaguri on Monday. He added that a new MIC (minister in charge) will be inducted into his cabinet from Jalpaiguri shortly.A ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    State govt to honour NEET rank-holders today

    Kolkata: Bengal govt will hold a special felicitation ceremony to honour the state’s top 100 NEET rank-holders on Tuesday. The event is scheduled to begin at 5 pm at Nabanna Sabhaghar. CM Suvendu Adhikari will personally felicitate the students, ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    ‘Let people remain in peace,’ HC says on Suvendu contempt plea against ex-speaker

    Kolkata: “In the changed circumstances... let people remain in peace,” Calcutta High Court observed on Monday saying it was not inclined to proceed with Suvendu Adhikari’s contempt plea against former speaker Biman Banerjee over security provided to MLAs on ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    BJP takes out Tiranga Yatra in Kol, says ‘students being used as shield’

    Kolkata: Following nationwide NEET protests and the resignation of former Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Bengal BJP took out a ‘Tiranga Yatra’ in Kolkata on Monday. The party claimed that the country’s youth and children were being misled and ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek meets speaker, seeks early decision on 20 rebel MPs’ disqualification

    New Delhi/Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday met Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla and submitted two letters, urging him to expedite a decision on the party’s petitions to disqualify 20 rebel MPs and to revoke recent ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Jalpaiguri students stop CM’s convoy, raise drug trade issue

    Jalpaiguri: Two school students, Dip Das and Gagan Shakharu, stopped chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s convoy in Paharpur area on Monday to alert him about growing drug trade in the locality. Adhikari was travelling to Jalpesh Temple after a programme ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Police Arrest Two More in Esplanade Protest Violence Case, carry out ‘crime reconstruction’ on barefoot

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police has arrested two more suspects in connection with the violence at Esplanade last Friday after a protest march over the NEET paper leak. The fresh arrests on Sunday night have taken the total number of arrests ...

    28 July 2026 Times of India
    Against violence: Families of accused

    Kolkata: There is no place for vandalism and attack on cops and journalists, said the kin of the arrested who gathered at the Bankshall Court on Sunday and insisted that they will stop providing any support to the accused ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    Cops Arrest Hubby After Woman’s Death

    Dwaipayan.GhoshKOLKATA: The Bidhannagar Police has registered a case of abetment to suicide against a Baguiati resident, following the death of his wife in Krishnapur Purbapara on Wednesday.Victim’s daughter, Baishaki Ghosh of Nimta, has lodged the complaint, alleging domestic violence ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    Pharmacist Killed, Brothers Injured In Knife Attack

    Howrah: A 36-year-old pharmacist, Hasanur Mir, who was working at a private hospital in Andul, was murdered on Sunday in the Bankra Rasikpur area under Domjur police station of Howrah City Police.His brothers, Najimul Mir, 32, and Najrul Mir, ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    NRS takes lead in special therapy for blood cancer

    Kolkata: NRS Medical College has taken the lead in introducing CAR T-Cell (Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell) therapy, an advanced form of cancer treatment, among govt hospitals in eastern India. This therapy is meant for specific blood cancers that have ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    NITI Aayog’s Ashok Lahiri Urges Heavy Industry Boost in Bengal

    Kolkata: The only solution to Bengal’s financial crisis is to set up heavy industries, said NITI Aayog vice-chairperson Ashok Lahiri in Kolkata on Monday. He was speaking at a seminar themed ‘Resurgence of Bengal in the Context of Viksit ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal Left Student Organisations, CJP Demand Release of NEET Protesters

    Kolkata: Condemning the arrests made following the protest march over the alleged NEET paper leak in Kolkata on Friday, Bengal’s left student bodies and the Cockroach Janta Party demanded “all false cases against students and protesters be dropped”.Left student ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    Myntra plans to onboard 400+ Bengal sellers ahead of Durga Puja

    Kolkata: Myntra is planning to onboard 400-plus more sellers from Bengal before Durga Puja. The lifestyle and fashion portal generally witnesses a 50% spike in sales during Pujas. Bedanta Dutta, senior director, marketplace of Myntra, said there was a ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    Tripura CPM set to launch protest against BJP govt from Aug 10

    Agartala: Leader of the opposition and CPM Tripura state secretary Jitendra Chaudhury on Sunday announced that his party would launch statewide agitations, alleging deteriorating law and order, the condition of national highways, unemployment and price rise.Announcing the party’s programme, ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    Undertrial’s death in Tripura jail sparks kin’s inquiry demand

    Agartala: The death of an undertrial prisoner at Tripura’s central correctional home on Sunday sparked demands for an independent inquiry, with the deceased’s family alleging that he was in good health just days before his death.The deceased, Pranab Pal, ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    On debut, anti-gang law faces challenges in court

    Kolkata: The anti-gang law, which allows for a pre-trial auction of properties seized from persons suspected of rioting and vandalism, faced its first legal challenge on Sunday. Following the arrest of 14 individuals, police invoked sections 9 and 15A ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    KMC driver injured in assault over parking dispute, one arrested

    Kolkata: A 26-year-old KMC contractual driver was hospitalized with serious head injuries following a violent assault triggered by a minor parking dispute near an eye clinic in East Santoshpur on Wednesday afternoon. One person has been arrested so far.The ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    Sundarbans To Become Global Eco-Tourism Hub: Minister

    Kolkata: The state govt has planned to develop the Sundarbans as the second global eco-adventure and wellness tourism destination after Darjeeling, said tourism minister Shankar Ghosh.He made the announcement at an event on the occasion of World Mangrove Day.The ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Police sends list of bad roads to KMC, seeks urgent repairs

    Kolkata: Spells of rain have damaged stretches of city roads so much that Kolkata Traffic Police has asked civic agencies — especially Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and the state PWD — to repair them. Cops have sent an initial ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    El Nino may return by weekend after cloud band dissipation

    Kolkata: A massive 7,000 km-10,000-km-long ‘rain belt’ stretching from northern India across the Himalayas, China and into South Korea — which has contributed to the current rainy spell in Kolkata and east India — is about to get fragmented ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    Son helps man out of 6-day ‘Del Police’ digital-arrest trap

    Kolkata: A 70-year-old resident of Naktala lost Rs 7 lakh in a digital arrest scam. Kolkata Police launched an investigation to track the culprits and froze the recipient bank accounts. The scam came to light when the senior citizen ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    Museum showcases Rathin Mitra, man who sketched Kol cityscape

    Kolkata: The Indian Museum, Kolkata, on Sunday commemorated the birth centenary of artist and visual chronicler Rathin Mitra (1926-2019) by inaugurating a retrospective exhibition and released a commemorative volume that pays tribute to his contribution in documenting India’s architectural ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu blames ‘foreign-funded Jamatis’ for rally clash

    Kolkata: Foreign-funded “Jamatis”, and not students, may have been behind the attacks on police personnel and journalists during Friday’s demonstration in Esplanade over the alleged NEET paper leak, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Sunday. He clarified that neither Cockroach ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    More metro ops on Blue, Green lines from today

    Kolkata: Services on metro’s Blue and Green lines as well as operation hours will be increased from Monday, on an experimental basis. Blue Line will have 272 trains on weekdays and 158 on Sundays. Green Line will have 236 ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    Cyclone Shelter Logs On To Computer Class In Sundarbans

    Kolkata: A flood relief centre that had given shelter to about a hundred villagers of Sundarbans during cyclones Remal and Dana in 2024 has been transformed into a computer learning school for local children.At a time when the new ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    Twin blows: Viral, seasonal allergic conjunctivitis cases see a surge

    Kolkata: Hundreds across Kolkata have been left with red, swollen and sticky eyes, thanks to a twin outbreak of viral conjunctivitis and seasonal allergic conjunctivitis.Triggered by a swelling of the conjunctiva gland of the eye, it is highly contagious ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    Retail fuel price revision after W Asia stabilises: NITI vice-chief

    Kolkata: Centre would consider revising retail petrol and diesel prices once the West Asia situation stabilises, NITI Aayog vice-chairperson Ashok Lahiri told TOI on the sidelines of an event here on Sunday. He added that the Centre was first ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal govt orders week-long Tiranga campaign from Aug 9

    Kolkata: The state govt has directed all departments, district administrations and civic bodies to organise a week-long series of programmes under the nationwide Har Ghar Tiranga campaign from Aug 9 to 17, culminating in Independence Day celebrations.In a notification, ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    With “heavy heart”, CM remembers Pradhan’s contributions to east, nation

    Kolkata: Former Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s contributions to the country’s education, women empowerment and the rise of eastern India will endure for generations, CM Suvendu Adhikari said “with a heavy heart” in a social media post on Friday ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    Anti-national sloganeers to end up in hospital: Samik

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Sunday launched a blistering attack on those involved in the violence that ensued at the Kolkata rally on Friday, saying that “anti-national forces” were surfacing across the country again and “divisive forces ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    Sreelekha Mitra faces police complaints over Modi caricature at rally

    Kolkata: Actor Sreelekha Mitra is facing fresh legal trouble after multiple police complaints were filed against her for holding an offensive caricature of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a student rally between Sealdah and Esplanade in Kolkata on Friday.BJP ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    Social media presence of accused made cops’ job easier during protest crackdown

    Kolkata: What started on social media as a ‘Gen-Z’ protest, with ‘cockroaches’ forming groups in different cities, also became a tool for cops to identify and arrest alleged disruptors.‘Mafia Boss’ Md Afroz from Metiabruz did not think twice before ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    HC pulls up HMC over demolition delay

    Kolkata: In a 26-year-old case over the demolition of an unauthorised building, the Calcutta High Court on Friday reprimanded the Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC), saying that while other administrations are “actively” using JCBs to demolish illegal structures, HMC has ...

    27 July 2026 Times of India
    Families stare at legal abyss after police pick-ups

    Kolkata: Kolkata: Families in several Kolkata neighbourhoods spent an anxious Saturday trying to trace relatives after police picked up multiple men in connection with Friday’s protest rally over the alleged NEET paper leak. Till late Saturday night, police arrested ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Effective steps to rid New Market area of encroachments soon: Minister Agnimitra Paul

    Kolkata: Effective steps would be taken to clear encroachments from carriageways in and around New Market, said state urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul during an unannounced visit to Lindsay Street on Saturday.Expressing her dismay over the ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Police arrest 3 more over NEET protest violence, total arrests reach 14

    KOLKATA: Three more people were arrested on Sunday in connection with the violence during a protest over the NEET paper leak held here two days ago, taking the total number of arrests to 14.The latest arrests were made after ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal start-up policy soon after industry policy: Swapan

    Kolkata: Bengal govt is working on a start-up policy which will be announced after the govt introduces its new industry policy, state finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said on Sunday. Dasgupta was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    NEET protest: Anti-gang law debuts in West Bengal with 7 FIRs against rallyists; 11 arrested after CM says ‘goons’ infiltrated rally

    KOLKATA: Bengal’s stringent, new anti-gang law made its debut on Saturday, with the administration using it to register seven FIRs at Hare Street and Entally Police Stations as it doubled down on Friday’s protest march in the city against ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Raids start in Kolkata a few hours after rally

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police launched a sweeping overnight crackdown across the city and arrested 11 people in connection with the assault on journalists and cops during Friday's protest. The cops have identified at least 70 men they believe were "outsiders" ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Faith in docs, support & care saw us through: Cancer survivors

    Kolkata: Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI), New Town, organised an interactive meet of cancer survivors, patients and caregivers on Saturday, where doctors and recovered patients stressed early detection, timely treatment, positivity and family support in fighting the disease.The event ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    HC’s Interim protection against eviction at Belgharia stn

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Saturday granted interim protection from eviction to alleged occupiers of railway land at Belgharia station till Aug 31.As the eviction drive was supposed to take place at 11 pm on Saturday, an urgent hearing ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Armed Bikers Shoot At Gold Trader, Flee With Cash And Jewellery

    Howrah: A 42-year-old gold trader, Pallav Saha, was shot in the leg and hand and robbed of cash and jewellery near Patihal bus stand under Jagatballavpur police station in Howrah, police said.The incident triggered protests by the locals on ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Ex-Driver Booked For Leaking Morphed Pics Of Employer’s Wife

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police has booked a former driver for alleged sextortion, voyeurism, and criminal intimidation after he allegedly morphed and circulated photographs of his employer’s wife, a resident of Kestopur, to her family members and friends.The accused has been ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Govt suspends five cops for ‘excesses’ during Trinamool regime

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced the suspension of five police personnel, including IPS officer Koteswar Rao, for “misusing” powers and “hurting faith” of people in different incidents during the previous govt.The suspended police officers are linked ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Lakshmi smiles on Kumartuli as orders for Ganpati idols pour in on Ulto Rath

    Kolkata: The return journey of Lord Jagannath’s chariot, or Ulto Rath, is considered an auspicious occasion, and on Friday it brought an early festive cheer to Kumartuli as Ganesh idol orders began pouring in, raising hopes of a busier ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Anti-gang law debuts in Bengal with 7 FIRs against rallyists

    Kolkata: Bengal’s stringent, new anti-gang law made its debut on Saturday, with the administration using it to register seven FIRs at Hare Street and Entally Police Stations as it doubled down on Friday’s protest march in the city against ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    CPM condemns attacks on journalists

    Kolkata: CPM on Saturday distanced itself from attacks on journalists at the rally organised in Kolkata on Friday. “Left student groups were not involved in attacks on mediapersons,” CPM functionary Sujan Chakraborty said.He added that Left groups instead had ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Two Arrested From Haryana In Digital Arrest Scam

    Kolkata: Two men from Haryana were arrested by Kolkata Police for allegedly defrauding an elderly Kolkata woman of Rs 3.7 crore in a digital arrest scam by posing as police officers two years ago.The accused, identified as Deepak Tewatia ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    KMC, BMC take up urgent patchwork as rain washes away top layer, lays bare potholes

    Kolkata: The civic authorities have started conducting urgent road patchwork as spells of rain have damaged several roads across Kolkata and Salt Lake. KMC roads department has also roped in a mobile road repair van for repair of parts ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Zero FIR leads to cheating case against former Trinamool spokesperson over alleged MBBS admission fraud

    Kolkata: Acting on a Zero FIR registered by Shyampur PS in Howrah, Kolkata Police's Chitpur police station registered a case against former Trinamool Congress spokesperson Riju Dutta, alleging he cheated a retired doctor of Rs 25 lakh in 2014 ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal targets 18% revenue growth this fiscal, says finance minister

    Kolkata: Bengal is aiming for a revenue growth of 18% by the end of the current fiscal. State finance minister Swapan Dasgupta on Saturday said that an increased tax net and larger compliance will boost the state’s revenue.During discussions ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu moots new assembly building, says planning should begin now

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday mooted a proposal to develop a new assembly building to accommodate more MLAs, saying more space would be needed if delimitation took place and the present building was a heritage one.A new assembly ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Pradhan’s resignation a win but bigger fight ahead over edu reforms

    Kolkata: Those who rallied on Friday demanding Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation were elated after learning that he stepped down in the wake of mounting pressure from student-youth movements across the country. But they said the victory was ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Kunal, 13 others arrested after HC denies permission for TMC student wing rally

    Kolkata: Minutes after the Calcutta High Court on Saturday refused permission for a Trinamool Chhatra Parishad rally — observing that the situation was “not normal” due to widespread student protests and that permitting a political student wing’s rally “may ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal clears bill to limit panchayat pradhans’ financial powers

    Kolkata: The state assembly on Saturday passed the West Bengal Panchayat (Second Amendment) Bill, 2026, which aims to curtail the direct signing authority of gram panchayat pradhans in financial matters.State panchayat minister Dilip Ghosh said the bill would empower ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Mosque row rekindles in Malda over worship plan

    Malda: The mandir-masjid controversy has resurfaced in Malda, this time around the 14th century Adina Mosque, with the Hindu Suraksha Samity vowing to worship Lord Adinath, identified with Shiva, at the site on Monday as part of its campaign ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Sukanta backs law amendments to prevent exam leaks

    Kolkata: Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday said that govt is ready to amend laws to prevent question paper leak as “no law is foolproof” and can be amended to plug gaps. BJP lawmakers in ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    CM tells MLAs to ‘cleanse’ Annapurna list in 10 days

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday asked BJP MLAs to “cleanse” the list of Annapurna Yojana beneficiaries in the next 10 days and expressed concern over controversies that have surfaced over the list. An Annapurna Yojana beneficiary receives Rs ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal inflated Amphan relief claim by ₹32,000 cr, says CAG report

    Kolkata: The previous govt in Bengal inflated demand for central assistance by around Rs 32,000 crore by overstating the damage caused by super cyclone Amphan in May 2020, a CAG report said. This was among 28 CAG reports that ...

    26 July 2026 Times of India
    Dilip’s song ‘Jhalmuri’ launched

    Kolkata: Bengal minister and BJP neta Dilip Ghosh’s song ‘Jhalmuri’ was launched at an event at Eco Park in New Town on Saturday. Written and composed by Lokesh Giri and his wife Rimashree, clips of the song recording session ...

    25 July 2026 Times of India
    Mamata Banerjee in fresh row after purported video shows her pushing woman cop

    KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday courted fresh political controversy after a video purportedly showing her pushing an on-duty woman police officer during a face-off with Kolkata Police went viral on social media.The sources, however, ...

    25 July 2026 Times of India
    Lawyers rally at Calcutta High Court

    Kolkata: Some 100 lawyers came together at Calcutta High Court on Friday in support of students protesting at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, and against issues like eviction of hawkers, among others. The protest started from the main building of the ...

    25 July 2026 Times of India
    For many Kolkata students, NEET protest marks 1st street stir

    Kolkata: For many young students, Friday’s protest was their first experience of taking to the streets. Samuel Lee (19) and Karine Jane (19), both second-year students of Scottish Church College, called it their “first brush with protest on the ...

    25 July 2026 Times of India
    Parents, veterans become allies, walk with the youth

    Kolkata: A German Language professor, Supriyo Saha, took the morning train from Bolpur to Howrah with his wife and son to join the NEET protest “at any cost”. Being a teacher, Saha felt it was his “duty” to “encourage” ...

    25 July 2026 Times of India
    Manipur man joins Kolkata protest

    Kolkata: Richard Khumallambam, an Imphal resident who has been living in Kolkata for 20 years and runs a business, was distraught over the police brutality meted out to the students in Delhi. On Friday, he participated in the protest ...

    25 July 2026 Times of India
    CM: State To Get Uttam Kumar Film Centre

    Kolkata: A new film centre, named after Uttam Kumar, will be launched, CM Suvendu Adikhari said on Friday. The Uttam Mancha in Bhowanipore will also be renovated and modernised, the CM said.The CM made this announcement at an event ...

    25 July 2026 Times of India
    Rs 200 Fine For Spitting, Rs 400 For Public Urination From Sept 1

    Kolkata: The state govt on Thursday unveiled an urban cleanliness and civic management roadmap, announcing a series of penalties and enforcement measures aimed at improving sanitation, waste management and traffic discipline across the urban areas.Presenting the urban development and ...

    25 July 2026 Times of India
    84 Teams From 58 Schools Debate Over Nat’l Security

    Kolkata: Young legal minds, representing 84 teams from 58 schools from different parts of the country, gathered in Kolkata on Friday to participate in the fifth edition of National Inter-School Moot Court Competition.The competition offered students a platform to ...

    25 July 2026 Times of India
    From Insta to WA: How rally that bore stamp of youth organised itself

    Kolkata: Friday’s protest rally stood out for the way demonstrators used social media, particularly Instagram and WhatsApp, to mobilise support, circulate information and share dos and don’ts to keep the gathering peaceful. Pop culture, too, became part of the ...

    25 July 2026 Times of India
    CM: State To Get Uttam Kumar Film Centre

    Kolkata: A new film centre, named after Uttam Kumar, will be launched, CM Suvendu Adikhari said on Friday. The Uttam Mancha in Bhowanipore will also be renovated and modernised, the CM said.The CM made this announcement at an event ...

    25 July 2026 Times of India
    State Forms Panel To Review Syllabus

    Kolkata: The state education department has formed a syllabus-cum-curriculum committee to review the curriculum at primary, secondary, and higher secondary levels at schools and align them with the National Education Policy 2020 standards and introduce advanced teaching practices.The matter ...

    25 July 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata NEET paper leak protest: Left student groups clash with police; traffic disrupted at Dorina Crossing

    KOLKATA: Tension erupted in central Kolkata on Friday after Left student organisations clashed with police during a protest over the alleged NEET paper leak, with police using batons and firing tear gas shells to disperse the protesters after the ...

    25 July 2026 Times of India
    Reconstructed Syllabus Committee To Review School Curriculum

    Kolkata: The West Bengal govt will review the curriculum at primary, secondary, and higher secondary levels to align it with the national, National Education Policy 2020, standards and introduce advanced teaching practices. In this regard, the education department has ...

    25 July 2026 Times of India
    Zero tolerance for graft: CM cites action against 2 MV inspectors

    Kolkata: Two motor vehicle inspectors have been suspended and the Anti-Corruption Bureau asked to initiate a criminal inquiry after they allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 22,000 from a truck driver with valid documents at the Rampur checkpost in ...

    25 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal govt transfers authority to register births, deaths from panchayat pradhans to govt officials

    Kolkata: The authority to register births and deaths in Bengal has been transferred from panchayat pradhans and municipal chairpersons or executive officers to govt officials, the state govt said in a notification.In an X post, CM Suvendu Adhikari said: ...

    25 July 2026 Times of India
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