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  • CAA second panel even as 5.5 lakh Matuas queue up for SIR hearings

    Kolkata: The Union home ministry's decision to constitute a second empowered committee for Bengal to fast-track the processing of citizenship requests received under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 comes at a time when nearly 5.5 lakh people from the ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek posts WA ‘order’ on EROs, sparks fresh row

    Kolkata: A WhatsApp instruction posted by Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday — alleging that electoral registration officers (EROs) were no longer able to monitor SIR progress on the ECI portal — has led to a fresh ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    BLO tries to kill self, jumps into the Hooghly from ferry

    Serampore: A booth-level officer (BLO) tried to take his life by jumping into the Hooghly river from a passenger ferry on Saturday morning. The staff on board and workers on a nearby boat acted swiftly to rescue the 54-year-old ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Dying declaration on video convicts Murshidabad man

    Kolkata: A three-minute video capturing a 15-year-old girl's dying declaration proved crucial in convicting a man named Rahul Haldar of her murder, with a Murshidabad court sentencing him to life imprisonment on Friday.In the video recorded by the investigating ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Pratik Ur Rahaman joins TMC to ‘fight BJP’, slams CPM for aligning with communal forces

    Kolkata: Pratik Ur Rahaman, CPM's candidate who had taken on Abhishek Banerjee in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, joined Trinamool on Saturday after a meeting with Banerjee. Explaining his decision, Rahaman said he had stepped out of CPM's "fortress" ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Bengal’s Holong bungalow rebuild to prioritise fire safety

    Kolkata: Bengal is set to restore the historic Holong forest bungalow inside Jaldapara National Park that was destroyed in a fire last year. The forest department has planned a structure combining heritage design with modern fire-safety measures at an ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Take away strays, colleges & hosps write to KMC

    Kolkata: A section of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation health department officials is finding it an uphill task to respond to the requests from the govt-run healthcare and academic institutes for relocation of stray dogs from their campuses. Recently, the ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Fire victims’ kin get body parts after DNA match

    Kolkata: After nearly a month of uncertainty, families of those who lost their lives in the Jan 26 fire at Anandapur godown finally received mortal remains of their loved ones on Saturday. Of the 18 victims identified so far ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Plaque engravers in demand ahead of polls

    Kolkata: Even before the first political banner is unfurled or the first rally is called, a group of men in Lalbazar can already sense the approaching elections. These men belong to a row of cramped, dust-filled workshops just a ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Engage respectfully with opposing views: Tharoor

    Kolkata: The capacity to think critically, to weigh evidence, and to engage respectfully with opposing viewpoints are not academic luxuries. They are democratic necessities because a "society as plural as ours cannot be sustained by uniformity of opinion", Shashi ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    KP to use Nirbhaya funds to increase CCTV count to 10k

    Kolkata: The cops are set to increase its CCTV count to approximately 10,000, with the city poised to receive an additional 6,700 CCTV cameras and 50 ANPR cameras under the Nirbhaya project-II at a cost of Rs 58.2 crore.The ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Glimpses of colonial India at Alipore Museum artwork show

    Kolkata: An exhibition of works by foreign artists who travelled to India between the Uprising of 1857 and the Independence in 1947 will be inaugurated at the Alipore Museum on Feb 28, showcasing a late phase of Orientalist art ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Doctors design low-cost AI cervical cancer detection model to screen samples in 30 secs

    Kolkata: A group of doctors and researchers from 4 institutes in Kolkata conducted a study on an AI-enabled, low-cost cervical cancer screening model designed for rural and resource-constrained settings and found high diagnostic accuracy. This AI model, using Android ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    SCOTUS-POTUS tariff match keeps Bengal exporters on edge

    Kolkata: The exporters from Bengal across all leading sectors are keeping their fingers crossed following the announcement of a 10% universal tariff by US President Donald Trump after the US Supreme Court verdict that his global tariffs were illegal. ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Ceiling chunk falls off in KMC building chief’s room, narrow escape for officer

    Kolkata: The director general of the buildings department, whose chamber is on the third floor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation headquarters, had a narrow escape when a chunk of concrete from the ceiling fell through the false ceiling and ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Maintain law & order’: SC warns Bengal DGP of ‘serious consequences’

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Friday warned Bengal director general of police (DGP) Peeyush Pandey of "serious consequences" if law and order was not maintained during the SIR of poll rolls.A three-judge bench of Chief Justice of India Surya ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Destination India brings 40 foreign artists’ works to Kolkata’s Alipore Museum

    KOLKATA: An exhibition of works by foreign artists who travelled to India between the Uprising of 1857 and Independence in 1947 will be inaugurated at the Alipore Museum in Kolkata on Feb 28 2026, showcasing a late phase of ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Author Shankar, Kolkata’s chronicler and its window to the world, passes away at 93

    Acclaimed author Mani Shankar Mukherjee, better known as Shankar, the top-selling Bengali author since the 1960s, passed away in a hospital off EM Bypass on Friday. He was 93 and is survived by his daughters Mausumi and Tanaya.The author, ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Bengal agri credit to cross ₹1L cr for first time

    Kolkata: For the first time, agriculture sector credit disbursement in Bengal will cross Rs 1 lakh crore in the current fiscal, said the chief general manager of Nabard, P K Bharadwaj, on Friday on the sidelines of the State ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Bengal seeks Eighth Schedule status for Rajbanshi, Kurmali languages

    Kolkata: Bengal govt has written to the Centre seeking inclusion of Rajbanshi and Kurmali languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution and to recognise Sari Dharam and Sarna Dharam, two religions practised among the state's adivasi populations.The state ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Mamata likely to attend Holi event

    Kolkata: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is likely to be present in a gala ‘Dol Yatra and Holi Milan' event hosted by state govt, in an effort to strengthen the spirit of unity among communities, at Netaji Indoor Stadium on ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Blow for state bid to compromise SIR: BJP

    Kolkata: Junior Union minister Sukanta Majumdar said the Supreme Court's order on Friday was a matter of shame, because it proved Bengal was the only state where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise could not be completed peacefully without ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Seat-share talks complete for 260 constituencies: CPM

    Kolkata: CPM on Friday said seat-sharing talks with its alliance partners were complete for nearly 260 seats, while a decision on the rest would be finalised soon. The Left Front and its alliance partners will contest in all 294 ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Nissan India targets 4x domestic sales with 4-car lineup by FY28

    KOLKATA: Nissan Motor India (NMI) plans to ride an expanded portfolio of four cars by March 2027 to register a four-fold increase in domestic sales and 40% jump in exports a year later. Speaking to TOI during the unveil ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    'I didn't realise it would hit someone': School teacher opens fire at children after ball accidentally hits his door; 1 injured

    MURSHIDABAD: A primary school teacher was arrested after he allegedly fired pellets from a suspected airgun at children who were playing, injuring one child, in Banipur under the Raghunathganj police station area of Murshidabad on Friday. Police confiscated the ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    SC order on judicial officers for SIR a historic victory, says TMC

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Friday said the Supreme Court's order supplanting judicial officers over EC-appointed officers to hear SIR's logical discrepancy cases was a "historic victory".The party also claimed that the apex court order vindicated its persistent claims that logical ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Not Dabgram-Phulbari, Goutam Deb wants to contest polls from Siliguri

    Siliguri: Siliguri mayor Goutam Deb said on Friday that he would want to contest from Siliguri the 2026 assembly polls, and not Dabgram-Phulbari, which sent him to the assembly twice. Reacting to this, Dabgram-Phulbari BJP MLA Sikha Chatterjee said, ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Pakistani spy set to go home after 10-yr sentence

    Kolkata: The Kolkata City Sessions Court sentenced three men guilty of espionage for Pakistan, and involvement in a counterfeit currency operation for 10 years, on Friday. A fourth accused was sentenced to five years of imprisonment.Among the convicted was ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Trader loses 5.5L in month-long e-arrest

    Kolkata: A trader from Metiabruz reportedly lost Rs 5.5 lakh in a digital arrest fraud in which scammers allegedly posed as law enforcement officials and kept him under pressure and surveillance for nearly a month, police said.According to the ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Bid to sell minor’s fake video on dark web

    Kolkata: An FIR was registered at Hatishala Police Station on Thursday after an unknown person allegedly created a Facebook account using the photograph of a minor girl, and circulated morphed content, including a video that was to be sold ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Off-season surprise on Kol platter: Fresh hilsa from Myanmar, Diamond Harbour floods mkts

    Kolkata: At a time, which is usually considered off-season for hilsa, Kolkata's fish markets are witnessing an unusual surge in fresh supply. Traditionally, only limited quantities of frozen hilsa are available at this time of the year, often at ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Fires prompt Kol Pol to shop for chemical, biological, nuclear suits

    Kolkata: Recent fires, especially those in godowns, including the Anandapur fire that claimed 25 lives, has led Kolkata Police to realise the importance of its disaster management group to be adequately equipped to fight chemical and biological hazards and ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    A void left behind: Lit world mourns Boipara’s bestseller

    Kolkata: Boipara on Friday mourned the passing of its best-selling author Shankar but hoped his books would continue to remain popular for years to come.Acknowledging that Shakar's absence had created a void in Bengali literature that would be difficult ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    NKDA issues advisory on NT water contamination

    Kolkata: Five days after residents first suspected water contamination at a New Town housing complex — triggering a spate of hospitalisation — more families temporarily moved out on Friday after videos circulating on residents' WhatsApp groups showing insects floating ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Detailed research, pictorial writing made Shankar’s stories tailor-made for films

    Kolkata: Uttam Kumar sat beside Mani Shankar Mukherjee at the first screening of Pinaki Bhushan Mukherjee's 1968 film, ‘Chowringhee'. When the lights came up, Shankar turned to the matinee idol and said his performance was more compelling than the ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Speed bumps and more signals: Cops rejig traffic plan for 26 key crossings

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police brass has identified 26 road stretches and crossings with highest pedestrian volume in a bid to increase average speed of vehicles passing through these spots without compromising pedestrian safety. These spots are on Behala ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    PIL in HC over Centre notice on ‘Vande Mataram’

    Kolkata: A PIL was filed at Calcutta HC on Friday, challenging the Centre's recent notification by which a "full six-stanza" version of ‘Vande Mataram', the National Song, was mandated to be played before the National Anthem at all govt ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    2 professors, 6 students hurt in campus brawl

    Kolkata: Two professors and six students were injured during a brawl between two student groups at the Science-Arts intersection in JU on Friday. Professors Rajyeswar Sinha and Lalit Madhav were injured while trying to mediate. No police case has ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Religious leaders call for equality

    Kolkata: "Our faith traditions compel us to stand beside the marginalised and to question systems that perpetuate inequality," Archbishop Elias Frank said on Friday at a programme by United Interfaith Foundation (India) on World Day of Social Justice.The Archbishop ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Barriers come up on VIP Rd to ease airport traffic flow

    Kolkata: The state Public Works Department (PWD) has installed iron grilles on the sides of the airport-bound flank of VIP Road at different sections from Golaghata to Lake Town, between the service road and the main flank, to fence ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    JU funds crunch shadow over 14 evening courses

    Kolkata: Evening courses run by some departments in arts, science and engineering at Jadavpur University have come under the shadow of a looming funds crunch. A committee formed by the university to look into ways to enhance the university's ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    After a long winter, Feb gives summer vibes, min crosses 19°C

    Kolkata: The wintry vibe from the city has disappeared with the night temperature inching towards 20 degrees and the day temperature crossing the 30-degree mark. Met officials said the dry north westerly wind pace is already in the wane. ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    No covered shoes at State Level Selection Test: SSC

    Kolkata: Examinees of the State Level Selection Test (SLST) will have to take the test wearing slippers or sandals, said the West Bengal Central School Service Commission (WBCSSC) while introducing a set of rules for the written examination for ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Be prepared for supplementary list after Feb 28 final SIR roll

    Kolkata: The EC will publish the final electoral list on Feb 28, excluding controversial cases where differences of opinion emerged between EROs and micro observers, a senior commission official said on Friday. Judicial officers, as directed by the Supreme ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    BLO dies day after finding name on SIR re-check list

    Malda: A 56-year-old teacher in Malda, working as a booth level officer (BLO) in the ongoing revision of poll rolls, fell ill at his Sujapur home late on Wednesday and died a few hours later. His family alleged that ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    CA student swept away in riverbank collapse

    Howrah: A student of chartered accountancy was swept away into the river as the bank of the Rupnarayan river collapsed. Police reported that he was a resident of Sarsuna, Kolkata. Although locals quickly began searching, the missing young man ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Swami’ Ramakrishna? West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee takes to X after PM Narendra Modi tribute

    KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday urged PM Narendra Modi “not to discover new prefixes and suffixes for the great Bengal Renaissance figures who shaped modern India” hours after the latter remembered “Swami Ramakrishna” on his birth anniversary.“Yet again, ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Rebel BJP Kurseong MLABP Sharma joins Trinamool

    Darjeeling: BJP's Kurseong MLA Bishnu Prasad Sharma, a vocal critic of the saffron party for years while staying within its fold, on Thursday joined Trinamool in the presence of senior state ministers Shashi Panja and Bratya Basu.Sharma said he ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Bengal shuffles 3 IPS officers

    Kolkata: The state govt on Thursday directed Basirhat Police Superintendent Hossain Mehedi Rehman to take charge as the Jangipur SP, while Arish Bilal was appointed Basirhat SP.Bilal was previously posted as the Special Superintendent of the Intelligence Branch. Shaw ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Midnapore student takes board exam hours after mother’s death

    Midnapore: Despite her mother's death hours earlier, an HS examinee appeared for her Sanskrit paper on Thursday before rushing to the morgue where her mother's body was kept. Bilkis Khatun (18) still has two more exams next week. Khatun, ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Texmaco, RVNL ink JV agreement

    Kolkata: Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd and Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) formalised a strategic partnership by signing a joint venture shareholders' agreement on Thursday. RVNL will hold 51%, while Texmaco holds 49%.Saroj Kumar Poddar, chairman of Texmaco, said: ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    CPM’s Rahaman lauds Lakshmir Bhandar

    Kolkata: Pratik Ur Rahaman, CPM state committee member who recently quit his party membership, on Thursday lauded the state govt's "Lakshmir Bhandar" scheme, fuelling speculation about his political future. Rahaman also raised questions about the functioning of CPM state ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Axis MF eyes top-six slot by AUM, 6%-7% mkt share by ’29

    Kolkata: Axis Mutual Fund, floated by Axis Bank, is eyeing a slot in the top six mutual funds by assets under management (AUM). It is already the youngest fund in the top 10.Axis MF MD and CEO Gop Kumar ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Coal mining case: ED issues fresh summons to former Budbud OC

    Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday issued a fresh summons to Manoranjan Mandal, the former officer-in-charge of Budbud Police Station, directing him to appear before the agency in connection with an illegal coal mining case. This marks the third ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    CPM’s Rahaman lauds Lakshmir Bhandar

    Kolkata: Pratik Ur Rahaman, CPM state committee member who recently quit his party membership, on Thursday lauded the state govt's "Lakshmir Bhandar" scheme, fuelling speculation about his political future. Rahaman also raised questions about the functioning of CPM state ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Ayushman Bharat in state when BJP forms govt: Samik

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday said that the Ayushman Bharat scheme will be introduced in the state in the next few months when BJP is voted to office this time and said that the scheme will ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Sr cops visit ESI Hosp zone with road safety message

    Kolkata: Senior traffic police officers on Thursday paid a visit to the accident-prone zone on DH Road near ESI Hospital in Joka and then, to the Behala Chowrasta crossing and had a talk with pedestrians, hawkers, relatives of ESI ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    In memoriam: Presidency physics family donates 20L to honour professor dad

    Kolkata: New Jersey-based couple and senior alumni of the 1973 physics batch of Presidency College (now a university), Tapan and Arupa Ganguly, donated Rs 20 lakh to ramp up the infrastructure and support academic programmes at the school of ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    HC: Three minutes too little time to commit ‘cold-blooded’ murder

    Kolkata: Three minutes were not enough to cool down the nerves to commit a premeditated murder, the Calcutta High Court held on Wednesday, reducing a charge of murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder for three persons—two bothers ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Scottish Church turns focus on mental health

    Kolkata: After the mysterious death of a third-year Political Science student in the hostel of Scottish Church College last month, the college has decided to introduce counselling sessions for students' mental well-being and provide timely guidance to them. This ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Uphill task: EC has 48 hrs to clear 55L cases before Feb 21 deadline

    Kolkata: About 55 lakh cases, including the documents of 30 lakh-odd electors that were sent to EROs/AEROs for reverification, are yet to be disposed of though merely 48 hours are left to the EC SIR deadline. According to the ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Racing bus on BT Rd kills cyclist, injures 4

    Kolkata: Agarpara resident Samir Ranjan Das (45), riding a cycle on BT Road, was crushed under the wheels of a Barrackpore-bound private bus as it raced with another one of the same route. Four persons were injured in the ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Full marks for out-of-syllabus questions in HS maths exam’

    Kolkata: The first year of the Higher Secondary examination under the semester system proved challenging for maths examinees as questions carrying 10 marks were found to be out of the syllabus. After receiving complaints from students, parents, and teachers, ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    SC hearing today

    A Supreme Court bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M Pancholi is scheduled to hear seven SIR-related matters in Bengal on Friday. The EC has recently disallowed Banglar Bari and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Car speeds in, crushes guard against wall in Alipore hsg

    Kolkata: A 51-year-old security guard trying to open the gate at a Alipore complex was crushed against the wall of the guard room on Thursday morning after the building owner's car abruptly sped up instead of slowing down. The ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Man loses 2L within hour of losing phone

    Kolkata: A 43-year-old man from Baruipur alleged that Rs 2 lakh was siphoned from his public bank account an hour after his cellphone was stolen near Sealdah on Feb 13. Kolkata Police has registered a case of theft and ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Water only for toilet & flush, NT complex residents start leaving

    Kolkata: Several residents of Sukhobrishti complex's E Block are leaving their homes and temporarily moving elsewhere as the ordeal continued at the New Town complex even after water supply was restored on Thursday, but its usage was limited only ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Man held for stalking woman

    Kolkata: A man was arrested after a young homemaker in Lake Town alleged that he was stalking her and even attempted to film her through a window while she was changing at home on Feb 17 around 9.30 pm. ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    PWD to visit law college

    Kolkata: The Public Works Department (PWD) will visit the law college in south Kolkata to assess how many CCTV cameras need to be installed on the campus, where a first-year student was raped in June last year.The college currently ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Spiderman’ scales 3 floors to burgle flat

    Kolkata: A thief scaled the exterior of a high-rise in south Kolkata's New Alipore, all the way to the third floor, and stole a bag containing cash and jewellery worth several lakhs from a fourth-floor apartment. This prompted police ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Children at receiving end of climate change: Experts

    Kolkata: From environmental pollution, rising temperatures, increasing incidents of extreme climate events, changes in rainfall patterns, and biodiversity loss, climate change is taking a toll on children's health. While climate change impacts the health of all, cutting across age ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Esplanade bus terminus shift starts, boost for Purple Line

    Kolkata: The bus stand at Esplanade has finally started being shifted, making way for the Purple Line metro station. The stand became operational on Thursday but a few buses are yet to use the terminus. The upcoming station will ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Build road through green verge to ease congestion near airport, suggest police

    Kolkata: In a fresh push to ease chronic congestion around the city airport, the Bidhannagar City Police Commissionerate has proposed a key road rejig, seeking dismantling of a green verge to create a dedicated entry lane for vehicles approaching ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Shah conveys PM’s ‘Hare Krishna’ message, lauds Matua reformers

    Mayapur/Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday lauded the contribution of Matua community icons Harichand Thakur and Guruchand Thakur, while addressing a gathering at Mayapur. He also highlighted the contribution of the Matua community in taking society forward."Harichand ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    School event celebrates knowledge, culture and all-round excellence

    Kolkata: East Point School came alive with colour, creativity, and celebration as it hosted Eastopia 2025, a two-day extravaganza that showcased talent and teamwork. The programme started with a traditional lamp-lighting ceremony led by chairperson Anil Singh, principal Arindam ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    RG Kar cadaver bone grafting, 1st in E India, gives new life to 31-year-old

    Kolkata: A 31-year-old daily wage earner who sustained a distal femur bone fracture around 3 years ago is looking forward to getting his gait back after undergoing a procedure called an osteochondral allograft. The procedure, involving transplanting of a ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Kol last among 7 cities in apartment space rise’

    Kolkata: Average apartment sizes across India's top 7 cities expanded 17% in 2 years, from 1,420 sq ft in 2023 to about 1,656 sq ft in 2025, as homebuyers increasingly gravitated towards larger 3-4BHK layouts, dedicated study spaces, and ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    After Mimi spat, stars, managers focus on ‘macha’ shows and laws that guide them

    Kolkata: All eyes are on ‘macha' shows after organiser Tanay Shastri, facing a harassment case, sent a legal notice threatening a defamation suit against actress and former Trinamool MP Mimi Chakraborty and publicly disclosed the honorarium he claimed she ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Heritage walk tickets only from Rabindra Bhavana’

    Kolkata: Visva Bharati clarified on Thursday that heritage walk tickets are exclusively issued from its Rabindra Bhavana counter after a "canard" spread that a black market for the tickets developed, where tickets were sold at highly inflated prices. VB ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    State issues appointment letters to 8 VCs

    Kolkata: Almost a year after the Supreme Court cleared appointment of permanent VCs for 8 state universities, the higher education dept issued their appointment letters on Thursday.The process was stalled as approval for Diamond Harbour Women's University and Panchanan ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek slams poll panel, shares official’s ‘WhatsApp directives’ to micro-observers

    Kolkata: Sharing screenshots of purported WhatsApp chats, Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday attacked the Election Commission, alleging that poll officials were openly flouting Supreme Court directives by continuing to issue instructions over the messaging app during ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    After 5 months in jail, CAA application leads to release of B’deshi woman who came to Bengal when she was a baby

    Jalpaiguri: Last year on Aug 24, 19-year-old Jabarani Sarkar was arrested by Cooch Behar police for being an illegal Bangladeshi immigrant. Friday last, the Calcutta High Court granted her bail after police confirmed they had wrapped up the probe ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    Despite Biman request, Pratik likely to skip key CPM meet

    Kolkata: CPM state committee member Pratik Ur Rahaman, who sought the party's permission to be relieved from primary membership, is not likely to attend the state committee meeting starting Thursday, reports Rohit Khanna. On Tuesday, Left Front chairman Biman ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    UN food & culture heritage tag for Bengal’s aromatic rice

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday tweeted that the United Nations has recognised Bengal's famed Gobindbhog, Tulaipanji and Kanakchur aromatic rice as food and culture heritage.Earlier, Unesco, an arm of the UN, had recognised Durga Puja of Kolkata ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    In a first, Bengal won’t send a Left or Congress face to Rajya Sabha

    Kolkata: With EC announcing elections for five Rajya Sabha seats in Bengal on March 16, the state will, for the first time, not send a single Congress or Left member to the upper house.With Congress and CPM drawing a ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    Phone low on battery? 'Look under your seat,' says Kolkata airport as new chairs to get USB ports

    KOLKATA: The city airport this year is set to upgrade the three-seater chairs in the terminal building with ones that will have built-in USB ports to enable flyers to charge their cell phones before a flight.The decision will help ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    Kabir’s wife gets notice over ‘encroachment’

    Behrampore: Murshidabad Police on Wednesday served a legal notice to Meera Sultana — wife of Bharatpur MLA and JUP chairman Humayun Kabir — for allegedly owning a house built on a wetland. According to the notice, Kabir's three-storey house ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    Record 1 lakh vehicles registered in Kolkata in 2025, worry over road congestion

    KOLKATA: The city recorded its highest surge in vehicle registrations in 2025, taking the total registered vehicle count to 23,66,267. The new figures underscore an accelerating shift towards private mobility in the metropolis.The city’s 2025 registration figure — 1,09,807 ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    BJP office, worker’s home attacked; 6 hurt

    Kolkata: Tensions flared in North 24 Parganas on Wednesday following separate attacks on a BJP office in Minakhan and a party worker's residence in Barasat. The violence left at least six injured and several vehicles damaged. The BJP has ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    Jumbo feat: Villagers, foresters join hands to pull out elephant calf from a 20-ft well

    Midnapore: Long before dawn broke over the red-soil fields of Musna village, a mother stood guard beside a dark, silent well — calling out into the night for her fallen child. Little did she know that these calls would ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    Pneumonia cases choke city hosps despite retreating cold spell and rising mercury

    Kolkata: Even though winter is on its way out and the mercury is crawling up, several city hospitals are still choked with a steady stream of pneumonia patients. Doctors say the spurt was triggered by temperature fluctuations, but the ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    Super-check flags anomalies, 27L documents sent back for scrutiny

    Kolkata: The ‘super-checks' of SIR applications by micro-observers have thrown up anomalies in 27 lakh voters. Their documents have been sent to EROs/AEROs for reverification, a senior EC official said on Wednesday. All these cases were flagged by the ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    Step against EROs, AEROs for not uploading docus

    Kolkata: The EROs/AEROs, who were responsible for not uploading the hearing documents of 1.1 lakh voters by the Feb 14 deadline, will be showcaused, a senior EC official said on Wednesday."We asked the DEOs to send a detailed report ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    Port to spend 118cr on bascule bridge revamp

    Kolkata: Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK) launched a major renovation of the bascule bridge at the Kolkata Dock System to ensure safer, faster and more efficient cargo movement. This vital infrastructure project, valued at Rs 117.5 crore, will ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    Coliform bacteria found in NT complex reservoir

    Kolkata: High levels of coliform bacteria were detected in the internal water reservoir system of E Block at the Shukhobrishti housing complex in New Town. Residents believe that stored contaminated water triggered a wave of illness that left more ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Bengal will have its fish & meat,’ says Samik Bhattacharya after TMC attack on Bihar ‘ban’

    KOLKATA: After Trinamool's attack over an alleged "BJP's fish-meat ban", Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Tuesday asserted that people in the state "will eat whatever they want to eat", adding that the party would only oppose the open ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    Max breaches 30°C mark after 3 months, may touch 31°C by Sat

    Kolkata: The maximum temperature in Kolkata crossed the 30°C mark on Wednesday after close to three months. At 30.4°C, the day temperature was 0.4 notches above normal. The last time Kolkata recorded 30°C was on Nov 19, before the ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    Ex-India cricket captains’ appeal touches Kol chord

    Kolkata: An appeal by former captains has struck an emotional chord with die-hard cricket fans in Kolkata, many of whom are batting for Imran Khan in prison. Across social media, they are expressing anxiety about his health and calling ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    Cricket, poll duty force Kolkata Mounted Police out of nat’l equestrian championship

    Kolkata: The death of a Kolkata Mounted Police horse and the injury to two others at the end of an India-South Africa match — during the 50-over cricket World Cup in 2023 — did not stop the 186-year-old Kolkata ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    After 5 deaths in Feb, cops order ESI hosp gate switch, U-turn bar, convex mirrors

    Kolkata: Switching the entry and exit gates of ESI Hospital in Joka, shutting the U-turn in front, putting up pedestrian barricades and installing convex mirrors, rumble strips and retro-reflective ‘go slow' boards are some of the measures that the ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
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