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  • Bongaon TMC councillors’ houses attacked after no-confidence motion against removed chief

    Kolkata: Houses of six Trinamool Congress councillors of Bongaon Municipality have been targeted in a string of attacks since Wednesday night, with miscreants firing gunshots, hurling crude bombs, and vandalising property across multiple wards.The attacks come close on the ...

    21 November 2025 Times of India
    EgyptAir eyes Kol, woos Tolly with discounts, offers

    Kolkata: Egypt's national carrier, EgyptAir, is wooing Tollywood with discounted fares and promises to facilitate permission to shoot at scenic and historic locations. EgyptAir country manager Amr Aly and sales manager Rajat Chadha are also promoting the Grand Museum ...

    21 November 2025 Times of India
    Dues cleared, indie film to release today

    Kolkata: The controversy resolved, ‘The Academy of Fine Arts', made without the members of Federation of Cine Technicians of Eastern India (FCTWEI) is set to be released in theatres on Friday. The film's release demonstrates that a watchdog can ...

    21 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC faction feud during Satabdi visit

    Suri: A scuffle broke out on Thursday in Gangte village near Suri, Birbhum, during a visit by Trinamool Congress MP Satabdi Roy.The incident occurred at a camp organized by TMC members to discuss the SIR exercise. The altercation allegedly ...

    21 November 2025 Times of India
    Coast Guard intercepts B’deshi vessel, 28 fishers held

    Kolkata: The Coast Guard on Thursday intercepted a Bangladeshi fishing boat inside India's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Bay of Bengal, and apprehended 28 of its crew members. Coast Guard officers boarded the vessel to find that the ...

    21 November 2025 Times of India
    Purple Line Saturday services from this wk

    Kolkata: Metro services will now be available on the Purple Line on Saturdays as well. Also there will be 16 additional services on the Green Line on Saturdays, taking the count to 202 trains in each direction with the ...

    21 November 2025 Times of India
    Suicide hits Blue Line ops for an hour

    Kolkata: Blue Line services were disrupted for nearly an hour on Thursday when a man, aged about 62, died by suicide at Netaji (Kudhghat) station around 3.10 pm. Metro operations between Shahid Khudiram and Maidan were halted till 4.05 ...

    21 November 2025 Times of India
    S Korean tourist loses $850 at Mirza Ghalib St hotel

    Kolkata: An unidentified individual reportedly stole $850, Rs 75,400, from a South Korean national, Sungho Jang, while he was asleep in his hotel room in central Kolkata.The incident took place between 4 am and 8 am on Nov 18 ...

    21 November 2025 Times of India
    Ex attacks woman with chopper, flees

    Kolkata: A 23-year-old woman from Karaya was allegedly attacked by her former boyfriend, a 35-year-old resident of Park Street, with a chopper at Kalighat on Nov 18 when she refused to rekindle their relationship. They had broken up when ...

    21 November 2025 Times of India
    Fresh probe into cruelty to horse

    Kolkata: The Chief Judicial Magistrate Calcutta has ordered a fresh investigation into the charges of negligence and cruelty against the owner of an emaciated horse in the Maidan. Vets had said the horse was starving. An animal rights group ...

    21 November 2025 Times of India
    School promotes mindful eating on Children’s Day

    Kolkata: On Nov 14, Children's Day, South Point celebrates its pupils, wishing them a bright future. Traditionally, chocolates are distributed, but this year, the school made a health-conscious change.In response to warnings from medical experts and the CBSE about ...

    21 November 2025 Times of India
    KMC plans eco-friendly stray dog shelter home near Dhapa

    Kolkata: A Kolkata Municipal Corporation delegation on Thursday visited Dhapa Square Miles, an area located close to the Dhapa dumping ground, with the intention of setting up a shelter home for the city's stray dogs. At a preliminary stage, ...

    21 November 2025 Times of India
    Life term for man who killed nephew in 2024

    Kolkata: A Barasat court on Thursday sentenced a 48-year-old man, Enjar Nabi, to imprisonment until death for murdering his 11-year-old nephew, Fardeen Nabi, in 2024 — a crime that later fuelled widespread mob attacks across Bengal after the accused ...

    21 November 2025 Times of India
    69 more CISF personnel to handle winter rush at airport

    Kolkata: With the peak winter travel rush underway, security at Kolkata airport was bolstered with the induction of 69 additional CISF personnel this week, raising the total deployment to 2,102 officers. Sources said another 100 CISF personnel are expected ...

    21 November 2025 Times of India
    BLO found hanging, husband blames SIR stress, files FIR

    JALPAIGURI: A 48-year-old ICDS worker, appointed as a booth level officer (BLO) in New Glencoe tea estate in Jalpaiguri's Malbazar, was found hanging near her home in the tea estate on Wednesday, prompting her family to allege that Shanti ...

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

    Kolkata, November 20, 2025, begins with a bright and sunny morning, featuring clear skies and a comfortable temperature range of 18.6°C to 29.3°C. This pleasant weather is expected to continue throughout the day and into the coming week, offering ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    ISI Society rejects Centre’s draft bill at gen body meet

    Kolkata: Withdrawal of the draft ISI Bill 2025 was the unequivocal demand at the annual general meeting of Indian Statistical Institute Society on Tuesday, the first meeting conducted since the bill was proposed for the institute. The society, the ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    4 JU boys debarred after ‘slut-shaming’

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University debarred four engineering fourth-year students from the campus following a complaint of verbal abuse and slut-shaming lodged by at least 10 students on Wednesday. JU security guards escorted the four out of the campus in the ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    From Jan ’26, vax must for pet dogs entering Darj

    Darjeeling: Tourists visiting Darjeeling with their pets are required to carry, and present, a valid vaccination card for their pet dogs to ensure smooth entry into the Hills. The Darjeeling civic body is also preparing to implement strict penalties ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    ‘1,500 B’deshis home through Hakimpur since rollout of SIR’

    Kolkata: At least 1,500 Bangladeshi nationals illegally residing in India have crossed over to Bangladesh from a single border outpost in North 24 Parganas in the last 15 days, BSF sources said on Wednesday, report The revelation comes amid ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    In major move against poaching, ZSI develops hair-based ID for all Indian mongoose species

    Kolkata: In a major breakthrough, the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has developed the country's first comprehensive hair-based identification system for all six Indian mongoose species. The tool is expected to significantly strengthen law enforcement efforts against the illegal ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    ‘1,500 B’deshis home through Hakimpur since rollout of SIR’

    Kolkata: At least 1,500 Bangladeshi nationals illegally residing in India have crossed over to Bangladesh from a single border outpost in North 24 Parganas in the last 15 days, BSF sources said on Wednesday, report Tamaghna Banerjee & Sanjib ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    Bangladesh patient count in Kol on rise, but hosps wary of chaos post-Hasina verdict

    Kolkata: Hospitals in Kolkata have seen a significant rise in the footfall of Bangladeshis since Oct, around 15 months after violent anti-Hasina protests almost led to a halt in the arrival of patients from across the border.Officials at private ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    Excise tweak may fetch Bengal over Rs 600cr more revenue: BAI

    Kolkata: Bengal may get Rs 600 crore to Rs 700 crore additional revenue following the recent excise tax restructuring that comes into effect from Dec 1, according to Brewers Association of India (BAI), the representative body of all leading ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    Mercury dips, mosquito menace grows at airport

    Kolkata: The security hold areas (SHA) in both the domestic and international wings of Kolkata airport—zones that are supposed to be foolproof and tightly controlled—are grappling with an unexpected breach. A surge in mosquito infestation inside the terminal amid ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    After coughing up 1.3cr, couple go to ED, learn they were duped

    Kolkata: A 76-year-old Dum Dum resident and his wife were allegedly terrorised for months with threats of arrest, lookout notices, and a fabricated money-laundering probe before being coerced into transferring Rs 1.3 crore to fraudsters posing as Enforcement Directorate ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    Man held for Lake Avenue robbery bid found dead in jail

    Kolkata: A prison inmate, Sandeep Das (29), was found hanging from a tree at the Presidency correctional home on Wednesday morning, raising questions about the circumstances leading to his death. Cops and prison authorities are investigating whether it was ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    No SC relief for RG Kar protest doctors

    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it could not pass "blanket orders", protecting doctors involved in the RG Kar protests.A bench of Justice M M Sundresh and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma said any order passed would amount ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    4 arrested from Hyd, Guj for e-arrest fraud

    Kolkata: The city cops have arrested four persons from Hyderabad, and Upleta and Rajkot in Gujarat for being involved in multiple digital arrest frauds pegged at above Rs 4 crore.In the first arrest, Kolkata Police arrested three individuals — ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    Wife shot at in Howrah condo, man arrested

    Howrah: A 35-year-old woman sustained a bullet injury inside her 16th-floor flat in a housing complex at Shibpur in Howrah on Wednesday morning. A bullet pierced through the neck of Poonam Yadav, who was admitted to a private hospital ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    Shops reopen four days after Ezra Street fire

    Kolkata: Several shops and markets on Ezra Street were allowed to reopen on Wednesday, four days after a fire gutted multiple premises in the commercial area. While traders at 27 Ezra Street and 32 Ezra Street received clearance from ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    UP gangster used fake docus to work as app-biker

    Kolkata: UP gangster, Md Sohrab, who is wanted in 20 cases of murder, attempt to murder and robbery, allegedly carried forged documents claiming to be a resident of Topsia to become an app-biker for the past five months. "Sohrab ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    Marked dead in voter list, woman files plaint

    Midnapore: An elderly woman in West Midnapore's Keshiari has lodged a complaint saying she was marked dead in the 2025 voter list and thus did not get to fill her special intensive revision (SIR) enumeration form. Sabitri Singh discovered ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    RPSG Ventures buys 40% stake in FSP Design

    Kolkata: RPSG Ventures, part of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, said it will acquire a 40% stake in FSP Design Private Ltd, the company behind the luxury fashion label Falguni Shane Peacock.According to the company, the stake will be purchased ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    Bengal student dies in Odisha college, family seeks probe

    Midnapore: The family of a second-year nursing student from Kharagpur, who died under mysterious circumstances at a private nursing college in Bhubaneswar, has demanded an enquiry.Family members of Mohammad Azimuddin from Sajoal in Kharagpur said the 21-year-old had come ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    Stray-feeding zones to debut in Kol next month

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is set to demarcate 487 feeding zones for stray dogs across the city's 16 boroughs following a Calcutta High Court order. Deputy mayor Atin Ghosh said on Wednesday that the demarcation work will ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    Man kills self over second wife-sons’ age gap in docus

    Kolkata: A 57-year-old man died by suicide by consuming pesticide on Wednesday at Baduria's Jadurtati in North 24 Parganas after it surfaced that the age difference between his second wife and the sons he had with his first wife ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    Kalyan invokes sections used by Bose to file plaint against guv

    Kolkata: A day after Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose lodged a complaint against Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee, the latter lodged a counter-complaint at the same police station, accusing Bose of "endangering the sovereignty, unity, and integrity of India"."This is ...

    20 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata shocker: Woman receives bullet injury in Howrah housing complex; husband detained

    KOLKATA: A woman received a bullet injury on Wednesday at an upscale residential complex in Howrah's Shibpur area, police said.A woman identified as Poonam Yadav was injured after a bullet grazed her neck inside a residential complex near Shibpur ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Ahmedabad researcher eyes manufacturing base in Taiwan and Singapore for NeuroPause technology

    Ahmedabad-based researcher and Co-Founder of NeuroPause Lab PVT LTD, Saurabh Patel, plans to establish manufacturing bases in Taiwan and Singapore for his breakthrough innovation, NeuroPause 0.33, the Pause Technology designed to improve balance and motion efficiency in both humans ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    28 people have died since SIR began: Mamata Banerjee; West Bengal CM terms it 'inhuman' pressure on field workers

    KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday voiced concern over the death of a Booth Level Officer (BLO) in Jalpaiguri's Mal block, alleging that the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has imposed "inhuman" pressure ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    500 Bangladeshis fleeing West Bengal stranded near Zero Line

    KOLKATA: Several hundred Bangladeshi nationals - men, women and children - were intercepted by BSF at Hakimpur check post near Swarupnagar, in North 24 Parganas, on Monday morning. They were allegedly attempting to cross the border to return home ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Guv files plaint against Kalyan, MP says ‘allegations mindless’

    Kolkata: The Raj Bhavan on Tuesday filed a written complaint against Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee at Hare Street police station accusing him of multiple penal offences, including endangering "sovereignty, unity, and integrity of India." Banerjee immediately threatened to lodge ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, comfortable 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 accordingly.Kolkata residents can anticipate a sunny and pleasant day on November 19, 2025, with temperatures ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    IIT-Kharagpur opens applications for Young Innovators’ Program 2025–26

    KOLKATA: IIT Kharagpur has begun accepting applications for the first round of its Young Innovators’ Program (YIP) for the academic year 2025–26. The event is aimed at inculcating scientific temper, creativity, and problem-solving acumen among school students of Classes ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Spot eyed for CEO’s new office inspected

    Kolkata: Deputy election commissioner Gyanesh Bharti on Tuesday visited an office space in the Shipping Corporation of India building in Kolkata. He was accompanied by CEO Manoj Agarwal. The Bengal CEO's office has long been trying to have a ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    For whom the phones ring: BLOs struggle to fend off barrage of calls round the clock

    A 35-year-old BLO from Jadavpur received more than 140 calls on her personal mobile phone, but only half of them were related to voter queries. The rest were prank calls. Another young BLO in Amherst Street is receiving blank ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Trees hacked illegally, KMC stops Theatre Rd park’s ‘beautification’

    Kolkata: The KMC has issued a show-cause notice to the private agency engaged to ‘beautify' a public park after TOI reported that large, full-grown trees were hacked inside the park without permission. The action was taken after KMC parks ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    BJP, CPM & Cong slam Hasina’s death penalty, call it ‘denial of natural justice’

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP, state Congress and CPM, despite their differences on multiple issues, have in one voice criticized former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's "trial in absentia" at the International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka. While the parties did not ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Purple Line Esplanade stn hits Bidhan Mkt hawker brick wall

    Kolkata: Work on Joka-Esplanade Metro has come to a halt with BC Roy Market hawkers refusing to shift to a newly built temporary location. The old structure, popularly known as Maidan Market or Bidhan Market, has to be demolished ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    3 months after nod, Sundarbans 2nd largest tiger reserve only on paper

    Kolkata: With the Supreme Court, in a judgment on Monday, ordering states to demarcate core and buffer areas in the tiger reserves within six months, the Bengal forest dept officials said they were awaiting a copy of the judgment ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    1st kid taken away, child-lifter suffered a miscarriage too

    Kolkata: Sabina Bibi (41), also known as Shyama Mondal, was arrested from Nibandua village in Bhangar for allegedly kidnapping six-month-old Mohit Molla from the BC Roy Hospital at Beleghata on Monday. The accused was produced before a local court ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    SSC starts verification for HS teachers’ posts

    Kolkata: The state School Service Commission on Tuesday started the verification process for assistant teachers for classes XI-XII, who had recently appeared for the recruitment exams after losing their jobs following an SC order in April. The exercise was ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Five Kalyani houses first to get piped gas in state

    Kolkata: Piped natural gas reached the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) area last week, with Bengal Gas Company Limited commencing PNG supply to households in Kalyani.The pipeline has to travel another 50 km to reach Baranagar, located on the ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Hostel shift order: IIT scholars cry ‘mental despair’

    Kolkata: Forty-one IIT research scholars, who are boarders of Vikram Sarabhai Residential Complex-2 (VRSC-2), were asked to shift to B R Ambedkar Hall of Residence (BRH) at the earliest. This prompted them to write to the dean of student ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Portal to open today for TET teachers’ applications

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Board of Primary Education is set to start recruitment across state-aided primary schools after eight years. The online portal will open on Wednesday to receive applications from TET-qualified candidates. The exercise, meant to fill 13,421 ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Coast Guard intercepts trawler, 24 B’deshis held

    Kolkata: Indian Coast Guard intercepted another Bangladeshi fishing trawler in the Sundarbans on Monday night and detained 24 Bangladeshi nationals on board. With this, the total number of Bangladeshi fishermen arrested for trespassing illegally into Indian maritime boundaries in ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Job scam: ED quizzes Bengal fire minister’s daughter

    Kolkata: ED on Tuesday questioned Bengal fire services minister Sujit bose's daughter Mohini Bose in connection with alleged irregularities in municipal recruitment, an official said. Mohini arrived at ED's Salt Lake office around noon, accompanied by her legal counsel.ED ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    North Bengal small tea growers seek Kenya-style devpt authority

    Jalpaiguri: Small tea growers in north Bengal sought a tea development authority to be set up on the lines of the Kenyan model during a workshop in Jalpaiguri on Tuesday. They have also demanded designated factories and command areas ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    SIR fear: 500+ B’deshis detained while trying to return home

    Kolkata: Several hundred Bangladeshi nationals — including minors — were intercepted by BSF at the Hakimpur check post near Swarupnagar in North 24 Parganas on Monday morning. They were allegedly attempting to cross the border to return home amid ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Kol trails other dists in digitisation of SIR forms, EC appoints more assistant BLOs

    Kolkata: Kolkata is lagging far behind other Bengal districts in digitisation of filled Special Intensive Revision (SIR) enumeration forms collected from voters, prompting the Election Commission to appoint more assistant block level officers (BLOs) on Tuesday to speed up ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    NDITA redevelops garden stretch near Chingrighata

    Kolkata: A garden along the eastern drainage channel side stretch off Salt Lake Bypass near Chingrighata that was earlier damaged due to metro construction work is being restored. The Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) is doing the restoration and ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    New photo rule becomes another sore point for BLOs

    Kolkata: The BLOs engaged in the ongoing SIR process have alleged mounting confusion, stress, and operational burden after the Election Commission (EC) issued a fresh directive, which has mandated them to visit voters' homes and click photographs through a ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Science City climate change gallery ‘best in the world’

    Kolkata: The ‘On The Edge?' gallery on climate change at Science City, Kolkata, was declared the best exposition on sustainability in the world at an award function held in Dubai on Saturday.The 10,000 sq ft gallery, with interactive exhibits ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    46 from indie film industry demand fairness, equality

    Kolkata: Two independent films by SRFTI students—one an alumnus and the other awaiting his diploma—are at the heart of a pan-Indian controversy. Kanu Behl's award-winning ‘Agra' on Monday received limited screens, prompting 46 prominent voices from India's indie film ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    UP serial killer driving app cab in Kol arrested from Ripon Street

    Kolkata: A serial killer and most wanted gangster from UP with 20 cases of rape, attempt to murder, and robbery — one who jumped parole in June earlier this year after being released from Tihar Jail — was arrested ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    ER’s 4th AC Sealdah-Kalyani local train from Monday

    Kolkata: Eastern Railway's Sealdah division is all set to introduce its fourth AC local service. The new AC EMU will be commissioned on Monday, operating between Sealdah and Kalyani. Another AC service (Sealdah-Krishnagore), now running six days a week, ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Ezra Street fire: Kol cops lodge FIR

    Kolkata: Three days after a massive fire engulfed Ezra Street, the Kolkata Police have lodged an FIR in this regard.The fire, which broke out on Nov 15 around 5.30 am, had spread rapidly across the densely packed shops, primarily ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    EC to look into online list-hard copy mismatch

    Kolkata: For the electors whose names do not appear in the online SIR roll of 2002 but are mentioned in the hard copy of the same list collected from the DM office, the EC will take measures for the ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    ‘Tainted’ on asst prof hiring panel, medics slam health board

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Health Recruitment Board (WBHRB) has not replaced the "tainted" or "accused" faculties interviewing candidates to fill approximately 621 posts of assistant professors across state-run medical colleges. This decision comes despite a controversy that arose after ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata airport slips 11 ranks in service quality

    Kolkata: Kolkata airport recorded its steepest fall in the past one year in the global Airport Service Quality (ASQ) rankings, slipping 11 spots to 70 in the July-Sept cycle from 59 in the previous quarter. This marked the airport's ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    World's best gallery on climate and sustainability at Science City, wins global award

    KOLKATA: The 'On The Edge?' gallery on climate change at Science City, Kolkata, was declared the best exposition on sustainability in the world at an award function held in Dubai on Saturday.The 10,000 sq ft gallery, with interactive exhibits ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Indian Karatekas shine on global stage: AIBSKA team wins big at JSKA World Championship in Japan

    KOLKATA: The Indian National Team of the All India Budo Shoto Kan Karate Association (AIBSKA) delivered a spectacular performance at the JSKA World Karate Championship 2025, held in Japan from November 1 to 3, competing against elite martial artists ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Coast Guard intercepts 2 B’deshi trawlers, 55 fishermen arrested

    Kolkata: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has intercepted two Bangladeshi trawlers and detained 55 fishermen for illegally crossing the Indian maritime boundary. They were handed over to the Fraserganj Coast Police Station in South 24 Parganas and were later ...

    18 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 accordingly.Kolkata is experiencing a sunny and pleasant morning on November 18, 2025, with temperatures expected ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Spooked by SIR, man returns home after 28 years to claim voter status

    KOLKATA: Bengal's special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls just produced an act of desperation with a strangely redemptive ending.Jagabandhu Mondal, missing for 28 years and long given up for dead by his family, returned to his native Bagdah ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Bengal governor Bose leads dramatic search at Raj Bhavan after TMC MP’s ‘arms stockpile’ claim; mulls leagal action against Kalyan Banerjee

    KOLKATA: Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose on Monday led a team of security personnel and sniffer dogs in a "search operation" at Raj Bhavan following allegations by Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee that "arms and ammunition were stacked within ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Experts discuss gene-edited rice and it's impact on biodiversity and human health at Presidency Univ seminar

    KOLKATA: Eminent academics, scientists, policy makers and civil society participated in a one-day symposium on ‘Gene-edited rice in India: Impact on Food, Environment and Society’ on Monday at P. C. Mahalanobis Auditorium, Presidency University, to discuss the potential of ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Taxi driver held for hit-&-run death

    Kolkata: A taxi driver, Suresh Shaw, has been arrested for hitting a homeless man while making a high-speed turn from Lenin Sarani towards College Street and then dumping his body near Raja Subodh Mullick Square at Wellington on Saturday ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    STF seizes 5 crore from SUV, two arrested

    Kolkata: During a naka check near Baguiati, Bengal Special Task Force and cops from Narayanpur Police Station, recovered Rs 5 crore from an SUV and arrested two individuals on Sunday. Primary investigations reveal that the money was being transported ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Blackstone-backed REIT eyes Diamond Plaza mall buyout

    Kolkata: Nexus Select Trust, backed by New York-based global asset management company Blackstone, is in an advanced stage of negotiating with the Diamond Group to buy the Diamond Plaza mall in Dum Dum. This comes after the real estate ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    No nod to fell park trees, say forest dept and KMC

    Kolkata: No formal permission appears to have been granted by the forest department to fell trees at McPherson Square, also called Maharana Pratap Udyan, a public park at the intersection of Theatre Road and Loudon Street.Three days after TOI ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Kol-born industrialist to lead S’pore biz body

    Kolkata: The Singapore govt has chosen Kolkata-born NRI industrialist Prasoon Mukherjee to lead Singapore Enterprise Centre (SEC) India, which has been set up by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) to boost trade, investment and industrial relations between India and ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Will we be able to return? Anxiety peaks among Bangla tourists in city

    Kolkata: There was palpable tension along the Petrapole-Benapole border following the execution order of former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina. Bangladesh nationals attempting to reach their homes amid reports of violence raging across Bangladesh looked afraid and unsure about the ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    In letter to PM, Didi ‘rejects’ Centre’s Gorkha envoy move

    Darjeeling: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to PM Narendra Modi, "rejecting" the Centre's "shocking, unilateral, arbitrary and wholly unconstitutional" decision to appoint former deputy national security adviser Pankaj Kumar Singh as an interlocutor for Gorkha issues in the ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Taxis go missing, prompt cabbies to sleep inside cars

    Kolkata: Taxi drivers in Bhowanipur are spending the nights inside the parked cabs to prevent them from getting stolen. The move was prompted by theft of two yellow taxis from Chakraberia Road (South) on Sunday while their owners were ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Six-month-old boy abducted from BC Roy Hosp, reunited with mom after 8-hour hunt

    Kolkata: After an eight hour hunt, which involved the analysis of 26 CCTV cameras, police on Monday recovered a six-month-old child who was abducted from BC Roy Hospital at Beleghata where his mother had brought him for treatment.The woman ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Sandakphu to Prinsep: Pentathlon wraps up after 13-day, 512-km journey

    Kolkata: The gruelling biennial endurance event, Pentathlon, organised by Sea Explorers' Institute (SEI), involving trekking, rafting, kayaking, rowing, and sailing, got underway at Sandakphu on Nov 5 and concluded at Prinsep Ghat in Kolkata on Monday.Unlike the last edition ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    No forensic nod, Ezra St traders wait to return

    Kolkata: On Monday afternoon, a forensic team visited Ezra Street and collected samples from the markets that were gutted on Saturday. They examined electrical cables, charred wooden panels, and debris of gutted commercial materials to identify the cause of ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    HC stays arrest warrant against TMC’s Abhishek

    Bhopal/Jabalpur: The MP high court on Monday stayed the execution of an arrest warrant issued against Abhishek Banerjee, Party (TMC) leader for his appearance before a special court in Bhopal.The warrant arose from a libel suit filed by ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Late pregnancy, IVF, stress behind spike in preterm births, say docs

    Kolkata: Premature births in Kolkata have risen to around 11%-12% of all live births from close to 9% in 2018-19, according to a study by researchers affiliated to London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, in collaboration with WHO ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    100-day work yet to restart: Workers’ body may move HC

    Kolkata: Paschim Banga Khet Mazdoor Samity is likely to move a contempt petition before Calcutta High Court seeking implementation of the court's order directing the Centre to implement MGNREGS in Bengal from Aug 1.The organisation, represented by senior advocate ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    28 years on, runaway man returns home to get name back on SIR list

    Kolkata: On a winter morning 28 years ago Jagabandhu Mondal, then 27, had left his house in Bagdah, North 24 Parganas, and simply vanished. He had left behind his wife and two young children aged just two and three. ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Mamata Bala collapses mins before ending SIR protest fast

    Kolkata: Thirteen days into her hunger strike demanding unconditional citizenship for all Matua people amid the special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls, Trinamool MP and All Matua Mahasangha (AIMM) Sanghadhipati Mamata Bala Thakur collapsed on the dais on ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Guv leads ‘arms & ammo’ search at Raj Bhavan, Kalyan slams ‘child’s play’

    Kolkata: Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose on Monday led a team of security personnel and sniffer dogs in a "search operation" at Raj Bhavan following allegations by Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee that "arms and ammunition were stacked within ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    2 from Bengal pedal 4,249 km from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in 17 days

    Kolkata: Braving harsh terrains, unpredictable weather conditions, and mechanical challenges, two cyclists from Bengal—an engineering student and a chartered accountant—pedalled 4,249 km to travel from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in 17 days. On Sunday, they completed the cycle expedition—titled as ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    In letter to PM, Didi ‘rejects’ Centre’s Gorkha envoy move

    Darjeeling: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to PM Narendra Modi, "rejecting" the Centre's "shocking, unilateral, arbitrary and wholly unconstitutional" decision to appoint former deputy national security adviser Pankaj Kumar Singh as an interlocutor for Gorkha issues in the ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Awami netas in exile plan stir in Bangla

    Kolkata: As the verdict against former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina was announced by the International Crimes Tribunal, sentencing her to death for "being found guilty of crimes against humanity", Awami League's central committee leaders met at a location in ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    EC lens on duplicate voters, BLOs may come knocking again to click photos

    Kolkata: Whether one has provided their photographs or not, the BLOs can come knocking at home again, this time to take your photographs on mobile camera. These photographs will be scanned by the EC, which will use AI-based software ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    ‘SIR anxiety’ claims two more lives

    Kolkata: Another death linked to "SIR-related panic" was reported from South Dum Dum on Monday.According to police, the deceased has been identified as Baidyanath Hazra. His body was found hanging from a tree in his neighbourhood on Monday afternoon. ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
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