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  • 2016 SSC teachers take sign-off classes

    Kolkata: Teachers from the 2016 panel across state schools conducted their final classes before the start of the third summative or annual tests from Monday, following the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education's (WBBSE) order. Teachers and staff from ...

    1 December 2025 Times of India
    Dengue cases spike in Kol, dip in BMC areas

    Kolkata: With the temperature fluctuating, dengue cases in Kolkata are registering a spurt. According to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) health department, the city recorded 122 more dengue cases in a week (till Nov 23) compared to its previous ...

    1 December 2025 Times of India
    From first-timers to veterans, TOI Natun Para 10K Marathon brings New Town alive

    Kolkata: The Times of India, in association with Bidhannagar City Police, organised the TOI Natun Para 10k Marathon at New Town on Sunday, which saw an enthusiastic crowd of participants. The starting point of the marathon was the Biswa ...

    1 December 2025 Times of India
    Beyond duty, cops don grease paint, take up pen to pursue their passions

    Kolkata: They are donning the police uniform to perfection. One of them handled anti-terror operations at the KP STF and the riots at Behala following a fatal accident with equal ease while another was attacked during the vandalism at ...

    1 December 2025 Times of India
    Bangladeshi feature, short fiction screened at film festival in city

    Kolkata: Bangladesh's Oscar entry at the 98th Academy awards – Leesa Gazi's ‘Barir Naam Shahana' (‘A House Named Shahana') - was screened at a festival organized by Swayam in collaboration with the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) ...

    1 December 2025 Times of India
    Cross-check data for dead voters: Spl roll observer in Falta

    Kolkata: Bengal's special roll observer, Subrata Gupta, and election roll observer for South 24 Parganas and Kolkata South, C Murugan, made their first stop after taking charge at Falta, South 24 Parganas, where the BJP alleged that dead voters ...

    1 December 2025 Times of India
    Forms collected but not returned: BLOs at wit’s end

    Kolkata: Even as the Election Commission of India (ECI) extended the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) schedule by a week, booth level officers (BLOs) across Bengal say a new crisis is compounding their workload — a growing number of voters ...

    1 December 2025 Times of India
    In 27 days, claims of 41 SIR-linked deaths as panic, confusion shift from voters to BLOs

    Kolkata: Booth level officers (BLOs) and voters reacted with relief, anger, and renewed anxiety on Sunday after the Election Commission of India (ECI) extended the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls by a week — a move the ...

    1 December 2025 Times of India
    A journey of care: Vintage cars, young smiles and Kolkata’s heart on the road

    KOLKATA: Kolkata-based NGO serving underprivileged and HIV-affected children for over four decades, is opening a 100-bedded hospital for marginalized children requiring long-term care. As part of the lead-up to this hospital’s opening and in pre-observation of World AIDS Day, ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, moderate humidity; AQI remains poor

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata residents awoke on Saturday, November 30, to a sunny morning with clear skies. The ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    Two minors’ parents held for child marriage

    Kolkata: The parents of two teenagers, who were married off two months ago, were arrested from the port area on Saturday. The new bride and groom have been sent to shelter homes. The incident came to light following an ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    Changes cosmetic, say ISI alumni after revised draft bill

    Kolkata: The ministry of statistics and programme implementation released a ‘revised draft' of the Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2025, on Friday night as part of its "pre-legislative consultative process". While the ministry attempted to further elaborate on the structure ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    New Town locals plant 1k saplings for 4th yr in a row

    Kolkata: Members of a New Town-based nature lovers' forum, achieved the milestone of planting yet another 1,000 trees in New Town in a year on Saturday. This marks the fourth consecutive year of planting 1,000 trees by the forum ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    Minister, too, gets ‘digital arrest’ call, cops urge citizens to be vigilant

    Kolkata: Even a minister was not spared a digital arrest threat.State minister of disaster management Javed Ahmed Khan received a call from someone who claimed to be from the Mumbai cybercrime wing. When Khan, also the Kasba MLA, told ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    City’s oldest agiary not lost to fire, believers call it a miracle

    Kolkata: Call it divine intervention or simply a miracle. A nearly two-century-old fire temple, the city's oldest, survived a devastating inferno that consumed over 100 shops surrounding the structure on Ezra Street in central Kolkata.The agiary, or fire temple ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC to EC: BLOs under pressure, don’t rush SIR

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Saturday said the EC was putting pressure on booth-level officers (BLOs) and called on the poll panel to "allow BLOs to work".Speaking to reporters in Delhi, TMC RS leader Derek O' Brien said, "BLOs are ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    A320 software update leads to flight delays

    Kolkata: Multiple A320 aircraft operated by IndiGo Airlines and Air India underwent mandatory software checks and updates on Friday, leading to departure delays of 30-60 minutes at Kolkata airport but there were no cancellations or major disruptions. In all, ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    96.5% of 6.7cr Bengal voters mapped to 2002 SIR till now

    Kolkata: The number of Bengal voters who could not be mapped to the 2002 Special Intensive Revision (SIR) list has shrunk further to 3.5% from 4.3% three days ago. Till Saturday, 6.7 crore voter enumeration forms have been collected ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    From Rs 50cr in a year to Rs 100cr in 6 months: Jagannath temple boosts Digha’s biz revenues

    Kolkata/Digha: The economy of seaside town Digha has boomed since the inauguration of the Jagannath temple in April-end with businesses recording revenues of over Rs 100 crore in a little over six months, compared with Rs 50-60 crore in ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    Woman alleges assault, molest inside moving car

    Kolkata: A 28-year-old woman has filed a police complaint alleging physical assault and molestation inside a moving car for close to an hour after being forced into the vehicle while she was waiting for a bus near Ambedkar Setu ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    Drunk trucker tries to run over cop, arrested

    Kolkata: A traffic police sergeant had a narrow escape as a drunk truck driver reportedly tried to run him over on Diamond Harbour Road at Pathakpara in Behala on Thursday night, after being flagged down.The incident took place around ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    Expedite Basanti Highway street light installation: Cops

    JCP (crime & traffic) Rupesh Kumar has urged the PWD (electrical) to expedite the installation of street lights along Basanti Highway, a move that will improve visibility on the stretch and reduce crimes and the risk of accidents. Kumar ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC to EC: BLOs under pressure, don’t rush SIR

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Saturday said it was the EC that was putting pressure on booth-level officers (BLOs) 24 hours after the poll panel claimed it had asked the party to "allow BLOs to work".Speaking to reporters in Delhi, ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    Bengal guv renames Raj Bhavan as Lok Bhavan, implements central directive

    Kolkata: Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday implemented a central govt directive and renamed the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata to Lok Bhavan.The neo-classical building — constructed between 1799 and 1803 that houses 60 rooms covering 84,000 sqft and ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    10 days this month had below-normal temperatures, stage set for further dip

    Kolkata: The city remained chillier than usual this Nov, with the minimum temperature staying below the normal mark on as many as 10 days. The city also recorded the third coldest Nov days since 2017, with the minimum temperature ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    School celebrates 170th anniv, plans college, new campus

    Kolkata: Calcutta Girls' High School, founded in 1856 under the patronage of Lord Canning, the then Governor General of India, marked the 170th year of its journey in empowering women with education at an event held at Prinsep Memorial ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    Parties, imams & RWAs in final SIR weekend push before Dec 4 deadline

    Kolkata: With the Dec 4 deadline for submitting Special Intensive Revision (SIR) enumeration forms approaching, neighbourhoods across Kolkata saw a steep rise in activity over the final weekend. Booth level officers (BLOs), political workers, religious leaders, and residents' associations ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    World looking beyond US, China to hedge against contingencies: EAM

    Kolkata: External affairs minister (EAM) S Jaishankar said on Saturday that the world was looking beyond the US and China to other countries and blocs for trade and energy as they try to hedge against contingencies.Calling the US the ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    90-yr-old dad dies in hosp as HC hears daughter plea to meet him one last time

    Kolkata: A 90-plus-year-old Kolkata businessman passed away at a city hospital on Saturday afternoon even as the Calcutta High Court was in the middle of hearing a case filed by his daughter, alleging that she was not being allowed ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    Actor couple claims assault for feeding strays in Kasba

    Kolkata: An actor couple was allegedly attacked while they were feeding stray dogs at Rajdanga in Kasba on Friday night. The residents of the area, however, denied any assault. Sayantani Mallick and her husband Indranil, along with their assistant ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    Food trail rediscovers Awadhi, Bengali and German flavours that survived ‘taste’ of time

    Kolkata: Around 50 people traversed through Kidderpore, Ekbalpore, and Mominpore on Saturday evening to explore the culinary landscape of the area and promote the rich socio-cultural diversity to foster harmony between communities.The walk, ‘Biryani and Beyond', organised by Know ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    Survivors’ tales: Lost jaws, tongues fail to dampen spirit

    Kolkata: A special meet organised by a city hospital on Saturday brought together around 20 cancer survivors to share personal stories and raise awareness about oral cancer. They said timely medical intervention, emotional resilience and family support were critical ...

    30 November 2025 Times of India
    A solo act that confronts shame & celebrates body positivity

    Jyoti Dogra’s Maas delivered a hard-hitting evening of theatre, using stark minimalism to hold a mirror to the audience. The performance opened with a single pool of light and Dogra in red, completely still. Over the next ninety minutes, ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, pleasant temperatures; AQI remains poor

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordinglyKolkata residents are greeted today, November 29, 2025, with a sunny and pleasant start to ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata shocker: TMC leader Debabrata Mondal, once accused in Bally green crusader’s murder, shot at on same spot 14 years later

    HOWRAH: Fourteen years after green crusader Tapan Dutta was shot dead in Bally, his follower-turned-alleged co-conspirator was shot at from a close range - almost on the same spot - around 10.30 pm on Thursday.Debabrata Mondal, Sanpui-Basukati panchayat head ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    SSC aspirants’ teaching-experience marks: HC to hear petitioners, respondents on Mon

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday addressed petitions challenging the constitutionality of the West Bengal Central Service Commission, Rules, 2025, which have allotted 10 marks for prior teaching experience of candidates for recruitment to the posts of assistant ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    Kol air better than some cities’ but not ‘good’: Study

    Kolkata: A decade-long analysis of air quality index (AQI) trends across India's major cities has delivered a stark message: no major Indian city, including Kolkata, met safe air-quality standards at any point between 2015 and Nov 2025. The comprehensive ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    Brown butterflies take over city, experts cite prolonged rain as cause

    Kolkata: If you think you're spotting too many brown butterflies this Nov, you are not alone. Armies of tiny, leaf-like fliers — each weighing a few milligram and spanning barely 2.5 to 3 inch — have taken over balconies, ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    East India’s 1st bone bank set to debut in Kolkata today

    Kolkata: For the first time in eastern India, a hospital is set to flag off its own ‘bone bank' on Saturday. This facility at a private hospital in south Kolkata will allow harvesting of bones from cadavers and their ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    Dona Ganguly goes to cops, calls out trolls over ‘personal attacks’

    Kolkata: Classical dancer Dona Ganguly, wife of former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly, lodged aN FIR claiming that her performance at the recent film festival was criticised using derogatory comments that were "personal"."I am writing to formally lodge a ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    55-yr-old BLO dies in Murshidabad, family blames SIR ‘stress’

    Behrampore/Kolkata: Alleged strain over the Election Commission's special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal flared on Friday after a 55-year-old booth-level officer (BLO) died in Murshidabad, while two more fell seriously ill in South 24 Parganas.Zakir Hossain ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    EC boxes in Bengal with 11 roll observers after Trinamool takes SIR plaint to Delhi

    Kolkata: Amid its escalating standoff with Trinamool Congress, the Election Commission on Friday appointed Subrata Gupta, a retired Bengal-cadre IAS officer, as a Special Roll Observer in Bengal during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. The officer, who retired ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    Racing bus claims life of 15-yr-old boy cycling to school on BT Road

    Kolkata: A 15-year-old boy lost his life in an accident at CIT crossing on BT Road while on his way to school on Friday. Aranya Chakraborty, son of a Cossipore Gun and Shell factory employee, was a class 9 ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    Got WA advice from bank? Check before you invest

    Kolkata: Have you received any WhatsApp advice on investment from your bank? Check before you put your money.The Kolkata Police has warned potential investors of multiple fake WhatsApp channels run in the name of SBI seeking investments and providing ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    HC gives state 7 more days to file report on border fencing

    Kolkata: Calcutta HC on Friday gave the state seven more days to file a report on the steps taken for fencing work along the India-Bangladesh border. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    At street stir, teachers, students call for political support against ISI bill

    Kolkata: Faculty, staff, and students of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) on Friday created a human chain, followed by a rally around the campus, and a street corner at Dunlop crossing, to demand withdrawal of the draft ISI bill. While ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    Newly-wed couple harassed, assaulted at biryani joint

    Kolkata: A 23-year-old woman and her husband were allegedly harassed and assaulted by a group of men, just a few days after getting married, at a popular biryani eatery in Picnic Garden on Wednesday. According to the cops, the ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    AICTE chairman to be chief guest at JU convocation

    Kolkata: Chairman of All India Council for Technical Education T G Sitharam will be the chief guest at Jadavpur University's annual convocation on Dec 24."Five names — Nobel Laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, former ISRO chairman S Somanath, DRDO chairman ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    Iraqi poet advocates for peace and focuses on resilience against terrorism

    Kolkata: Iraqi poet and intellectual Ali Al-Shalah visited the Kolkata International Foundation for Arts, Literature and Culture on Thursday and said poetry, culture, art and theatres can help counter the growing hatred and fundamentalism across the world by building ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    Samik: Bengal different, CEC should stop lecturing

    Kolkata: In an unprecedented attack, Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Friday said chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar should stop lecturing from Delhi and instead come to Kolkata to monitor SIR. "Bengal is not like other states. If ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata keeps date with Bay of Bengal giants, peeps into life & arms inside Navy warships

    Kolkata: Excited school children, marine engineering students, and curious families flocked to Kidderpore Dock on Friday morning as the Indian Navy opened two frontline 90-metre-plus warships — INS Khanjar and INS Kora — for public visits as part of ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    Not only CU students but also profs grapple with too-few-classes problem

    Kolkata: Merely 30-35 days of classes every undergraduate semester have turned out to be too little a time not only for Calcutta University-affiliated college students to prepare for their exams but also for professors, who have been struggling to ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    Bengal student credit card sanctions cross 1 lakh: CM

    Kolkata: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Friday that the sanctioned number of cases under the state govt's student credit card scheme has crossed 1 lakh. "Happy to share that under our Student Credit Card Scheme, the number ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    Matua body to march on Dec 1 to voice SIR concerns

    Kolkata: The All India Matua Mahasangha (AIMM), which recently held a hunger strike demanding unconditional citizenship, will hold a protest march on Dec 1 to express its concerns over the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls, it ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    Madhyamik cert demand spikes in SIR season

    Kolkata: Amid the special intensive revision (SIR) worries, the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) is witnessing a sudden surge in applications for correction and duplicate certificates. TOI visited the WBBSE Park Street office and found that several ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    6.6 cr forms digitised, 15.5L dead voters found

    Kolkata: With the SIR exercise entering the last lap, the EC has identified 15.5 lakh deceased electors in Bengal, which is 2.3% of 6.6 crore enumeration forms digitized till 12 noon on Friday. BLOs have also so far identified ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    ‘Security breach’ fast-tracks stateCEO’s address shift

    Kolkata: The Bengal chief electoral office will move to a new address in the SIR season. The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) building on Strand Road is likely to be the EC's new address. This was in the pipeline ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    App trauma continues, slows down digitisation

    Kolkata: The glitch on BLO App continued on Friday, hampering digitisation of SIR forms in its last leg. The BLOs have a Dec-4 deadline to complete the work. They complained that their work slowed down since Wednesday afternoon when ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    150 to 500: KMC raises daily chatbot quota for birth-death cert applications

    Kolkata: From next week, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will raise its daily quota of applications through a chatbot (8335999111) for birth and death certificates to cater to the needs of citizens who might need to appear before a ...

    29 November 2025 Times of India
    Bandhan to sell NPAs, written-off portfolios worth Rs 7k cr

    Kolkata: Bandhan Bank will sell off its non-performing assets and written-off portfolios worth nearly Rs 7,000 crore through asset reconstruction companies after a bidding.In a stock exchange filing, the bank said its board of directors had considered and approved ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Bengal govt effects key transfers in top police posts in several dists

    Kolkata: In a significant reshuffle ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, the West Bengal govt on Thursday transferred 14 superintendents of police (SP) and 26 additional SPs across the state. The govt made key changes in several crucial districts, ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Motovolt Mobility partners with logistics providers to offer last mile delivery solutions in major cities

    KOLKATA: Kolkata-headquartered electric two-wheeler company Motovolt Mobility has tied up with third-party logistics providers Greendrive, Shadowfax, and Loadshare to provide last-mile delivery solutions in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Delhi. The company that was founded in 2019 has over 2,500 electric ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata-based Genovation's made-in-India AI solution gains global attention with major clients

    KOLKATA: A Kolkata-based deep-tech start-up that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to solve complex organisational challenges has deployed its AI platform for the analysis of manufacturing processes in the aerospace, defence, and automotive industries. Its client list includes ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Schoolboy killed after bus hits bicycle in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: A 14-year-old boy cycling to school was killed after being hit by a speeding private bus in the city's Kashipur area on Friday morning, triggering tension and anger among residents, police said.The victim has been identified as Aranya ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    SIR ‘hurry’ to blame for suicides & deaths: CPM

    Kolkata: CPM on Thursday alleged that there was an attempt to disenfranchise people through the special intensive revision (SIR). The "hurriedly conducted" revision process had resulted in stress, suicides and deaths, it added."Election Commission took the decision to conduct ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Eastern india emerges as a major hub for CSR investments driven by industrial growth and hyper-localization

    KOLKATA: Eastern India is rapidly emerging as a focal point for corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, drawing significant attention and investment from major industries. This region, rich in minerals and industrial potential, is becoming a magnet for CSR initiatives, ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    HC extends interim protection for Arjun Singh

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday extended the interim protection against coercive measures by police to former BJP MPArjun Singh till Dec 15. Justice Jay Sengupta fixed the next hearing on the matter on Dec 12.The state initiated a ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Faster passport for elderly, new parents, digi-vault users at Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) in Kolkata’s Anandapur

    Kolkata: Senior citizens, parents with infants, and applicants who share documents via DigiLocker can now expect significantly faster service at the Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) in Anandapur, thanks to a series of measures introduced by the Regional Passport Office.The ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Shorter exam rota, more class hours, proposes CU syndicate

    Kolkata: A shorter examination schedule and more class hours for undergraduate courses at Calcutta University: This was one of the proposals made at the university's first syndicate meeting, chaired by the new permanent VC, Ashutosh Ghosh, on Thursday. The ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Repeat cough-cold bouts send Kol to sick bay

    Kolkata: A recurrent bout of cough and cold has laid hundreds low across Kolkata, with many suffering a repeat attack within a week of recovery. Temperature fluctuations are likely to have increased the viral load in the air, causing ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Higher education meet at VB today

    Santiniketan: Directors, vice-chancellors and principals of around 377 higher education institutes from the eastern and northeastern zone of the country will participate in a conference — VIKAS 2025 — at Visva-Bharati on Friday. The zonal conference, to be held ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Sukanta faces ‘go back’ slogans in Diamond Harbour

    Kolkata: BJP senior and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar faced "go back" slogans on Thursday when his convoy was halted in Diamond Harbour. Some of the agitators who tried to stop Majumdar were wearing saffron scarves and shouting "Jai Shri ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Doctor saves flyer mid-air

    Kolkata: A doctor travelling on an IndiGo flight from Jaipur to Kolkata on Wednesday revived a passenger who appeared to have lost consciousness mid-air. The patient was handed to the airport medical team after landing. An airline official said ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Warships for public viewing

    Kolkata: Two of Indian Navy's most potent warships with guided-missile corvettes—INS Khanjar and INS Kora—will be open for public viewing for visitors with Indian photo IDs at Kidderpore Dock Berth 11 (Gate No. 3) between Friday and Sunday. Students ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    1 dead in Malda clash over tilling rights

    183 wordsMalda: A violent clash erupted at a kangaroo court in Kaliachak on Thursday morning, resulting in the death of one individual and leaving six seriously injured.The conflict originated from a dispute between two groups of villagers from Rajnagar ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Vikram Solar to set up 5 GW Vallam plant in TN

    Kolkata: Vikram Solar has announced the commissioning of its state-of-the-art Vallam manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu, adding 5 GW of advanced module production capacity. The company now commands a total manufacturing capacity of 9.5 GWCMD Gyanesh Chaudhary said, "This ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Kol director’s feature debut on influencers to compete at Red Sea film festival

    Kolkata: Kolkata director Priyankar Patra's first feature film, which takes a socio-economic look at the struggling days of influencers and the personal cost they have to pay, will be screened at the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival, in ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    53 holidays for Bengal govt staff in 2026, up by 4 from this year

    Kolkata: Bengal govt employees will enjoy a few more holidays in 2026 than this year. While 2025 has 49 holidays, next year's count is 53, including at least two that are community-specific.The Durga Puja holidays will stretch 12 days, ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Only 4.3% of 6 crore state voters not mapped to 2002 SIR rolls

    Kolkata: In the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal, only 4.3% voters could not be mapped till now to the 2002 SIR roll of the state or SIR list of any other state or Union ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    With Isro’s help, this year’s Gangasagar Mela set for major tech upgrade

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt will seek Isro's technical assistance during the 2026 Gangasagar Mela, it was decided at a meeting of officials on Thursday. The fair this year will feature five specialised lighting systems, including fog lights imported from ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata airport: Tech aid for runway’s north end to ease landing amid fog

    Kolkata: As the city braces for winter, flights approaching Kolkata airport from either side—Madhyamgram or New Town—will now be able to land smoothly even amid reduced visibility caused by fog. On Thursday, the airport updated its navigational aids on ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Luggage row: Recalibrate weigh scales, airlines told

    Kolkata: Kolkata airport authorities have asked airlines to recalibrate the weigh scales they use to check the weight of passengers' carry-on luggage to ensure accurate measurement.The message follows a complaint by a flyer of harassment by an airline ground ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Illegal gun goes off in Kasba para, 20-yr-old hurt, friend held

    Kolkata: A 20-year-old resident of Bosepukur Prantik Pally in Kasba was reportedly shot in an arm around 11.30 pm on Wednesday night. The victim was admitted to Ruby General Hospital with a bullet injury in his left hand, said ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Upload all waqf data by Centre’s Dec 5 deadline, Bengal govt tells DMs

    Kolkata: Bengal govt on Thursday asked all district magistrates to stick to Centre's Dec 5 deadline to upload all 82,000 waqf properties across 8,000 waqf estates on the UMEED portal.Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has opposed the amended ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC ‘war rooms’ in city to speed up SIR job by BLAs

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Thursday activated full-scale "war rooms" across the city to speed up booth level agents' uploading of SIR data on the party's Didir Doot app over the next one week.On Thursday, mayor Firhad Hakim visited war ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Auto updates, server issues slow down BLO app, hit SIR data upload

    Kolkata: With 83% digitisation over on Thursday, BLOs across Bengal complained that the BLO app was not working properly as the digitisation reached its last mile. From auto-updates that were slowing down the app to server issues that were ...

    28 November 2025 Times of India
    Hosp told to refund waste disposal, laundry charges

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission on Wednesday asked a private hospital to refund the charges for laundry and biomedical waste disposal to a patient. The commission not only told the hospital to delete the two heads ...

    27 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather today: Sunny skies, pleasant temps, lingering pollution concerns

    On November 27, 2025, Kolkata is experiencing a sunny day with clear skies and a pleasant morning breeze, with temperatures expected to reach a maximum of 28.6°C. This pleasant weather occurs despite yesterday's air quality being categorized as 'poor' ...

    27 November 2025 Times of India
    Bengal cops flag fake video, warn against spreading misinformation

    Kolkata: Bengal Police has issued a warning against circulation of a fake online video amid the ongoing SIR in the state. The video falsely claims to show illegal immigrants leaving Bengal en masse, but cops said it actually depicted ...

    27 November 2025 Times of India
    Premium, lux real-estate market on upward climb

    Kolkata: In Kolkata, the demand for larger units, particularly 3 BHK and 4 BHK configurations, continues to rise. Sales of 4 BHK units grew by 160% and that of 3 BHK units grew by 226% in the past three ...

    27 November 2025 Times of India
    Indian Museum heritage exhibition a living archive of Kol’s memory

    Kolkata: A special exhibition has transformed Indian Museum into a living archive of Kolkata's memory. "Breathing with History", unveiled this week, is an expansive exhibition featuring rare books, artefacts, photographs, textiles, craft traditions, archaeological finds, scientific instruments, and cultural ...

    27 November 2025 Times of India
    ‘May cancel your bail’: Partha draws court ire as he skips job scam hearing

    Kolkata: A special PMLA court on Wednesday warned former Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee that his bail could be cancelled if he failed to attend hearings. Chatterjee, who got bail a fortnight ago, attracted the court's ire after he ...

    27 November 2025 Times of India
    Applying for new voter ID? Keep these papers ready next month

    Kolkata: For the first time, the Election Commission (EC) has mandated new voter applicants to furnish Annexure IV, a declaration form similar to Annexure III, the SIR form, along with Form 6 for inclusion of their names in the ...

    27 November 2025 Times of India
    SIR bid to bring NRC, pushing people to brink of death: CM

    Kolkata: People were on the verge of death, because of "CAA and SIR", Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee alleged on Wednesday. She went on to add that questions were being raised on citizenship and voting rights only because there was ...

    27 November 2025 Times of India
    720g baby becomes tiniest to undergo cardiac procedure

    Kolkata: A premature newborn girl, weighing only 720 g, underwent a cardiac procedure—that is usually considered for babies only after they have attained at least 5 kg weight—on the eighth day after birth. The minimally-invasive procedure was done to ...

    27 November 2025 Times of India
    Bengal ranks 2nd in India in drawing foreign tourists

    Kolkata: Bengal has emerged as the second most favourite destination, after Maharashtra, for international tourists visiting India, figures released by the Union tourism ministry in the India Tourism Data Compendium 2025 revealed.In domestic travel, the state ranked seventh behind ...

    27 November 2025 Times of India
    Airport takes steps to speed up bag check ahead of winter rush

    Kolkata: Ahead of the winter rush, Kolkata airport is implementing multiple steps to streamline flyer movement through the terminal, with an emphasis on faster screening of bags to reduce wait time during security checks.While the Central Industrial Security Force ...

    27 November 2025 Times of India
    5-day correction window to help worried BLOs tide over edit-button problems

    Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) is set to offer a five-day 'correction window' to Booth Level Officers (BLOs) even as the ‘edit' option in the BLO app — removed four days ago — remains unavailable.The handful of BLOs who ...

    27 November 2025 Times of India
    JU delays ICC poll to elect PhD scholars’ rep

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University on Wednesday rescheduled the election for internal complaints committee (ICC), to find a PhD scholars' representative for the panel, from Nov 27 to Dec 2 for "logistical problems". The ICC handles sexual harassment complaints and other ...

    27 November 2025 Times of India
    CU principals back in syndicate after VC shift

    Kolkata: Siuli Sarkar, principal of Lady Brabourne College, and Sunanda Goenka, principal of Jogesh Chandra Choudhuri Law College, who had resigned from Calcutta University's syndicate, its highest decision-making body, are set to return to it. They on Thursday will ...

    27 November 2025 Times of India
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