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  • 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
    Credit card ‘help call’ traps woman, 3.9L siphoned off

    Kolkata: A New Town resident (35) lost Rs 3.9 lakh in a cyber fraud after a caller, posing as a private bank executive, persuaded her to redeem alleged credit card reward points through a fraudulent website.The DC Block resident, ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    VIP Rd Bailey bridge trial run to continue

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar traffic police will be continuing the ongoing trial run of the newly constructed Bailey bridge, connecting Salt Lake AA Block and VIP Road near Dakshindari, for few more days before it is finally thrown open to ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    From suhur to iftar: Mosques, good Samaritans arrange for ration kits as Ramzan begins today

    Kolkata: The Masjid-e-Nakhoda Markazi Rooyat-e-Halal Committee declared that the first day of Ramzan would be observed on Thursday after the crescent moon was sighted on Wednesday evening,As Muslims across the world begin fasting from dawn to dusk, philanthropic activities ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    Man duped of 1.2L in loan call scam

    Kolkata: A resident of Polenite Mission Para in the Bidhannagar PS area claimed to have been duped of Rs 1.2 lakh after receiving a call from a person, posing as a representative of a finance company, a day after ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    6 lose over 5L in e-challan scam, Haryana man held

    Kolkata: Police urged citizens to check the genuineness of a traffic challan message before making a payment, warning that cybercrooks are sending fake links, similar to the original payment gateway.The detective department cybercrime branch has arrested a Haryana-based businessman, ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    Four students hurt as chemical drum bursts

    Kolkata: Four primary school children suffered severe burn injuries — three of them critically — after a chemical-filled drum exploded in the Ghatakpukur area during the repair of a 7-km road stretch from Ghatakpukur to Madhya Khargachhi.According to sources, ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    Drunk youth stabs ex-Navy officer

    Kolkata: A 60-year-old former Navy officer was stabbed by a 25-year-old inebriated youth at a meat shop off the Kalyani Expressway in Barrackpore after he protested against a drunken brawl at the shop on Wednesday morning. The retired officer ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    Trader loses 53L in loan fraud

    Kolkata: A trader from Burrabazar claimed to have lost Rs 53 lakh in an alleged loan fraud. The Burrabazar PS registered a case of fraud following a court order. The MG Road resident alleged that the accused persons persuaded ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    Jt team busts illegal gun unit in Bihar

    Kolkata: A joint team of the Kolkata Police STF, Bihar Police STF, and Madhusudanpur police in Bihar's Bhagalpur district busted an illegal firearms manufacturing unit operating out of a residential building. Five people were arrested and semi-finished pistols along ...

    19 February 2026 Times of India
    Kol Chinese community ushers in Yr of Horse with prayers & dance

    Kolkata: Kolkata's Chinese community ushered in the Year of the Horse on Tuesday with prayers, lion dances and community gatherings in Tiretta Bazar and Tangra, drawing both locals and curious Kolkatans to the celebrations.Festivities began a week in advance, ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Bengal BJP’s 9 ‘Parivartan Yatras’ to crisscross state, kickoff on March 1

    Mayapur (Nadia): A day ahead of Union home minister Amit Shah's visit to the ISKCON temple in Mayapur, Bengal BJP on Tuesday announced its "Parivartan Yatra" schedule, crisscrossing Bengal's 294 assembly segments.The events will begin on March 1 and ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Kshiti daughter Kasturi joins BJP

    Kolkata: Kasturi Goswami, daughter of former Left Front govt minister Kshiti Goswami, joined BJP on Tuesday along with former National Security Guard commando Dipanjan Chakraborty and retired CRPF officer Biplab Biswas. RSP minister Kshiti passed away in 2019.After Kshiti‘s ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    1st phase of SSC HS teacher counselling on Feb 24-25

    Kolkata: The West Bengal School Service Commission on Tuesday announced that the first phase of counselling for assistant teacher recruitment at the higher secondary level will be held on Feb 24 and 25.Counselling for Anthropology, Home Science, Music and ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Poll panel suspends three Bengal micro-observers

    Kolkata: Amid the standoff over the appointment of more than 6,500 central officers as micro-observers for the SIR in Bengal, the EC on Tuesday suspended three micro-observers from their posts for their alleged failure in performing their statutory duties.Two ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Case against Dinda over ‘extortion’ video

    East Midnapore Police lodged a suo motu case after BJP MLA and former India pacer Ashok Dinda alleged cops were extorting money from Moyna fish traders, and issued the MLA a summons, reports Suman Mandal. Cops said Dinda had ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Cabinet nod for more govt posts

    Kolkata: Bengal cabinet on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to the creation of 20% additional posts across various pay levels for different state services. At the meeting, CM Mamata Banerjee said that Bengal didn't have enough SDO-level officers. She also ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    TMC neta arrested over Cong neta’s death in Hwh

    Howrah: A TMC youth neta was arrested after the death of a Congress panchayat neta in Uluberia's Jhamtia on Tuesday. Deceased Srimanta Dolui's family alleged that he was beaten up by accused Sagar Dolui. Locals blocked roads in protest ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Appoint nodal officers to expedite sensitive cases’

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the state to appoint a nodal officer in every district to expedite "sensitive" criminal cases, like crimes against women, Pocso and NDPS.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh made this observation during the hearing of a ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Visa overstay: Six Bangla men arrested from Park St

    Kolkata: Six Bangladeshi nationals were arrested on Sunday for allegedly overstaying their visas after a verification drive at hotels in Park Street led cops to a room occupied by foreign guests whose documents had expired, police said.The arrested men ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Cannot allege rape after living like husband and wife, says Cal HC

    Kolkata: A consensual sexual relationship turning acrimonious does not constitute rape merely because it has not resulted in marriage, Calcutta High Court has held.The HC on Monday quashed a criminal case against a man accused of raping a woman, ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    No organ harvest 6 wks into 2026: 12-yr-old deceased donor’s parents send out appeal

    Kolkata: The story of a 12-year-old deceased organ donor who gifted life to a liver failure patient last year is being harnessed to breathe fresh enthusiasm into Bengal's organ donation movement that is yet to get off the blocks ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Two held for kidnapping B’desh youths

    Two fraudsters including a Bangladeshi national, were arrested in New Town on Monday for allegedly kidnapping two Bangladeshi youths by posing as immigration officers and extorting Rs 3 lakh from their families through a video-call ransom. Police said the ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Shorter shelf life impedes export of Bengal’s GI food products

    Kolkata: Shorter shelf life was the main impediment to the export of some popular GI-tag products from Bengal, a top APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority) official has said. He spoke to TOI after GI Connect ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Cannot allege rape after living like husband and wife, says Cal HC

    Kolkata: A consensual sexual relationship turning acrimonious does not constitute rape merely because it has not resulted in marriage, Calcutta High Court has held.The HC on Monday quashed a criminal case against a man accused of raping a woman, ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    State officials suspended by EC won’t lose jobs, says CM

    Kolkata: The seven AEROs — all state govt officials — suspended by Election Commission will not lose their jobs, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday, taking her govt's confrontation with the poll panel a notch higher. The EC, late ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Hettich eyes expansion in Bengal, east through franchise model

    Kolkata: Hettich, a German-based furniture fittings manufacturer that has operated in India for 25 years in partnership with the Adventz Group, is looking to expand its footprint in tier-2 and -3 markets in Bengal and other parts of eastern ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Eden Realty Grp to invest Rs 5k cr in residential, hospitality projects by 2030

    Kolkata: Eden Realty Group on Tuesday announced an investment of Rs 5,000 crore across residential, commercial and hospitality projects on both sides of the Hooghly by 2030. The projects include a premium riverside residential project in Howrah's Shalimar and ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Global bird count: At 518, Bengal tops India species list; 4th year in a row

    Kolkata: For the fourth year in a row, Bengal has recorded the highest number of species during the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) across 37 states and union territories in the country.The exercise, one of the largest birding events ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Kol film-maker who made YouTube docu on Bangla uprising visits Dhaka for swearing-in

    Kolkata: A city-based film-maker, Soumitra Dastidar, whose YouTube documentary on the Bangladesh uprising is currently unavailable in India because of "an order from the govt related to national security or public order", travelled to Dhaka a day before the ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Couple threatened, assaulted in Park St after drunken brawl

    Kolkata: A 44-year-old man residing at a complex close to Garia station, Swarup Dey, and his 40-year-old wife were reportedly assaulted near the Park Street–Mullickbazar crossing on Sunday after he and his wife became involved in a drunken brawl ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Couple threatened, assaulted in Park St after drunken brawl

    Kolkata: A 44-year-old man residing at a complex close to Garia station, Swarup Dey, and his 40-year-old wife were reportedly assaulted near the Park Street–Mullickbazar crossing on Sunday after he and his wife became involved in a drunken brawl ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Bail for med shop owner held over cough syrup

    Kolkata: A septuagenarian medical shop owner in Howrah was granted bail by Calcutta HC in an NDPS case for allegedly storing 156.8 litres of codeine-mixed cough syrup, stating that the state could not show any ceiling limit for a ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Minimum temp in Kol rises to 17°C

    Kolkata: The minimum temperature surged to the 17° mark on Tuesday in Kolkata. While 17.2° was still 1.5 notches below the normal mark, it was a rise of about one notch from Monday. The Met office predicted stable temperatures ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Loreto College plans to introduce commerce

    Kolkata: The 114-year-old Loreto College planned to introduce commerce in its curriculum, teacher-in-charge Sister Nirmala said during the Foundation Day celebration on Tuesday.Confirming that the college had applied for autonomous status, a move designed to modernise its curriculum and ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    SSKM research unit first in east-NE zone to get excellence tag from Centre

    Kolkata: The state-run IPGMER-SSKM Hospital got another feather in its cap, with its multi-disciplinary research unit (MRU) being recognised as the Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) by the central ministry of health research. A state health department official said ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    HQ relocation debate in Bill flares up at ISI 60th convocation

    Kolkata: Amid controversies over the possible relocation of the Indian Statistical Institute headquarters from Kolkata, following the proposals in the ISI Bill, 2025, the director (officiating) of the institute, Ayanendranath Basu, on Tuesday said centres in other places, such ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    RG Kar victim’s parents’ fresh plea for custodial interrogation of night shift docs, KP officer

    Kolkata: Parents of the PG trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, who was raped and murdered in 2024, on Tuesday demanded custodial interrogation of those who were present with their daughter on night shift at the ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    5 years on, CU holds first senate meet

    Kolkata: Calcutta University on Tuesday held its first senate meeting in five years to discuss the names for the convocation ceremony, scheduled to be held on March 23. Computer scientist Vijay Pandurang Bhatkar's name was proposed for a DSc ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    4k new lights for dimly lit Rajarhat-Gopalpur roads

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is in the process of purchasing 4,060 streetlights and 405 light posts for better illumination in wards 1 to 27 of Rajarhat-Gopalpur, at a cost of Rs 3.9 crore under the state's Green ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Cops to relocate long-distance bus kiosks to unclog airport corridor

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Police commissionerate has decided to relocate multiple long-distance bus counters and pick-up points from Jessore Road to a vacant plot along VIP Road to unclog the traffic-prone airport corridor.The counters are currently located between Airport Gate ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Cops launch chase-&-challan drive to stop illegal parking in front of Grand Arcade

    Kolkata: Not just hawkers, the illegal parking syndicate has goobled up prime pavement space near New Market as well, with two-wheelers, commercial and private vehicles occupying walkways and blocking the right of way for both motorists and pedestrians even ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Kasba abduction: Cops find gaps in girl’s statements

    Kolkata: A day after a 21-year-old girl from Kasba alleged she was kidnapped by five men on Feb 13, serious discrepancies arose regarding the claim made by her and the situation on the ground, based on technical evidence.The development ...

    18 February 2026 Times of India
    Global bird count: At 518, state tops India species list

    Kolkata: For the fourth year in a row, Bengal has recorded the highest number of species during the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) across 37 states and union territories in the country.The exercise, one of the largest birding events ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    Let there be light: KMC, TCS tie up for smart fix

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has tied-up with a Tata Group firm to develop a digitised and centralised error-free smart city street lighting system.According to the KMC lighting department member, mayor-in-council Sandip Ranjan Bakshi, the civic body roped ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    CPM’s Pratik Ur Rahaman resigns citing differences

    Kolkata: CPM state committee member Pratik Ur Rahaman gave up his party membership because he was finding it difficult to "align with the views and strategies" of the district and state leadership, he said in a letter on Sunday. ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    15 stray dogs found dead in Bongaon, poisoning suspected

    Kolkata: At least 15 stray dogs including their puppies were found dead along the roadside adjacent to a poultry farm in the Natungram area of Bongaon in North 24 Parganas on Monday. Another 10 dogs were found in a ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: Love comes with a ‘sky-high’ price

    An anniversary surprise turned into a viral wallet drama in Germany after a man’s $2,000 setup flew away, quite literally! In an attempt to surprise his girlfriend, he tied a string of cash to a giant box of balloons ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘I was sold 30 yrs ago, have no past to prove’: Paperless Sonagachhi residents in SIR queue

    Kolkata: I was sold 30 years ago—how can I show the papers?The exasperated comment by a 36-year-old sex worker summed up the mood in Kolkata's largest red-light area when several residents of Sonagachhi, who had no papers to show ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    Axe on 7 AEROs for ‘dereliction of SIR duty, misconduct’

    New Delhi: In an unprecedented step, the Election Commission has suspended seven assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs) engaged in the SIR exercise in Bengal over "serious misconduct, dereliction of duty and misuse of statutory powers".The commission also directed the ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    CBSE class 10 & 12 and ICSE exams begin today

    Kolkata: With multiple changes in the examination system, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) class 10 and XII and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) class 10 board exam (ICSE) are starting from Tuesday.In ICSE, ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    Shah likely to be in Bengal on Wed, attend event at Mayapur temple

    Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah is scheduled to arrive in Bengal on Wednesday and visit Mayapur. The visit confirmation came following Shah's meeting with state leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari in Delhi.At Mayapur's ISKCON temple, Shah is likely ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    No coercive action against accused in Mahua FIR, says HC

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed that no coercive step be taken against Rishi Bagree, who was accused by Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra of allegedly circulating "derogatory" and "sexually suggestive" content on social media, while directing a reply ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    No tie-up with CPM, ISF, Kabir to lead AIMIM, ‘small parties’ in 182 seats

    Kolkata: Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir on Monday signalled the end of his alliance talks with CPM and ISF and claimed he will lead an alliance that would have AIMIM and six to seven smaller parties, to contest 182 assembly ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    No coercive action against accused in Mahua FIR, says HC

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed that no coercive step be taken against Rishi Bagree, who was accused by Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra of allegedly circulating "derogatory" and "sexually suggestive" content on social media, while directing a reply ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    Murshidabad leads, Kurseong last in Yuva Sathi applications on 1st 2 days

    Kolkata: With 1.6 lakh registrations out of around 12 lakh across the state till Monday, Murshidabad is leading the Bengal districts in Yuva Sathi applications. Kalimpong, with 3,700 applications, sits at the bottom of the list.Purulia, Bankura, South 24 ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    No-vacancy at hotels as weddings, cricket, biz meets keep Kol’s hospitality space overbooked

    Kolkata: Rooms in most star-rated hotels in city are sold out for the next 20 days thanks to the T20 World Cup frenzy, back-to-back wedding dates and business conferences. Kolkata is hosting several World Cup matches while the wedding ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    Bike-borne snatchers flee with man’s phone

    Kolkata: A 41-year-old man fell a victim to snatching on Strand Road on Saturday evening. Burrabazar cops registered a case after the victim, Krishnadeo Ray, resident of Nilganj Road in Agarpara, made a statement to cops. Ray alleged that ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    Orange Line work: Wary of airport snarls, cops offer alternative route

    Kolkata: Days after rejecting a traffic diversion plan — to facilitate construction of the final 135m of the Orange Line — around Kolkata airport, Bidhannagar City Police has proposed an alternative route to revive the project and ease congestion.Officers, ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    Will shift CISF out of Tangra school by April 30: State to HC

    Kolkata: The state will find alternative accommodation for CISF personnel brought in after the RG Kar rape-murder, who are currently housed at Tangra's Pei May Chinese High School, by April 30, state counsel told the Calcutta High Court on ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    48 hrs after deadline, 1L voters with Banglar Bari docus face deletion

    Kolkata: Forty-eight hours after SIR hearings ended in Bengal, the EC on Monday clarified that the financial assistance sanction letters under the Centre's PMAY-G and IAY, and the state govt's Banglar Bari schemes, will not be considered as SIR ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    300 at New Town complex down with diarrhoea amid contamination fears

    Kolkata: More than 300 residents of Shukhobrishti housing complex's E Block in New Town have reportedly been down with acute diarrhoea the past three weeks, leading to hospitalisation of some, with families blaming the facility management for poor upkeep ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    ED charge sheet against Damani

    Kolkata: The ED had earlier last week filed a charge sheet in the alleged embezzlement case against Krishna Damani, secretary of the board of trustees of South Point High School. The ED, an officer said, found links of funds ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    51-yr-old falls off Behala building, dies

    Kolkata: A 51-year-old man, Nayandip Lai, died on Monday after falling from the roof of his G+3 residential building on Becharam Chatterjee Road in Behala under Panrasree PS around noon, police said. He was rushed to Vidyasagar State General ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    Bengal boy ranks 17th in JEE Mains 1

    Kolkata: The National Testing Agency on Monday published the JEE Mains Session 1 results. Among the top 43 candidates, Kuntal Choudhury from Bengal secured the 17th position with an NTA score of 99.9984908.The Session 1 exam was held from ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    Bumper potato harvest sparks distress sales fears, no sign of farm-retail gap narrowing

    Kolkata: An unprecedented bumper potato harvest in Bengal, powered by exceptionally favourable weather and high yields, has sparked fears of large-scale distress sales and mounting financial stress across the supply chain.The record production notwithstanding, the benefits are apparently bypassing ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    ZSI discovers new hexapod species in eastern Himalayas

    Kolkata: In a significant achievement for Indian taxonomy, scientists at the Zoological Survey of India discovered a new species of Diplura, a primitive, wingless group of soil-dwelling hexapods, in the eastern Himalayas.The newly described species, Lepidocampa sikkimensis, marked the ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    300-yr-old Achipur temple restored before Chinese NY

    Kolkata: Ahead of the Chinese New Year, the Chinese community in Kolkata has restored the historic temple in Achipur, on the outskirts of the city, bringing to life the over 300-year-old structure that lay dilapidated for several years.On Feb ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    KP may move HC to oppose bail to 9 in Kankulia case

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police is considering to move to Calcutta High Court to seek bail cancellation of nine accused in connection with the Kankulia violence of Feb 1, officers said on Sunday. Police said they plan to file a petition ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    Two more die in accident near Joka ESI stretch

    Kolkata: Two people died around 11.10 pm on Sunday near the Joka Metro Station gate, about 150 m from ESI Hospital, when a vehicle rammed into the bike that they were riding on. The victims, Anjan Sadukhan (30) and ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    2 get 8 years in jail for 2021 attack on morning walkers

    Kolkata: Two snatchers — Md Imran alias Totla, 33, and Sk Sameer Hossain alias Saboo, 33 — were awarded eight years' jail term for injuring three morning walkers and snatching mobile phones and cash from them on July 14, ...

    17 February 2026 Times of India
    Banglar Yuva Sathi scheme: Over 2 lakh youth apply for Rs 1,500 monthly allowance on Day 1

    KOLKATA: About 2 lakh citizens flocked to 294 camps across Bengal on Sunday to apply for the Rs-1,500 Yuva Sathi payout for 21-to-40-year-old Class-X pass-outs without work. Registration for the monthly allowance started on Sunday.At camp after camp, queues ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    In 72 days, tree ambulance removes nails, plastic sheets from 110 trunks

    Kolkata: During the last 72 days since it was launched on Dec 5, KMC's tree ambulance service removed nails from 110 trees across Kolkata. This included eight century-old trees near the winter garments market at Wellington Square, where, after ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    Oil lamp lit for Shivratri sparks fire at Tollygunge apartment

    Kolkata: An oil lamp lit on the occasion of Shivratri sparked a fire inside an empty fifth-floor apartment at Diamond City South in Tollygunge on Sunday morning, triggering panic across multiple floors of the high-rise before firefighters brought the ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    SSKM cancer-care hub may be up & running from March end

    Kolkata: The Cancer Care Hub (CCH) at IPGMER & SSKM Hospital is set to take off at the new building by the end of March or the beginning of April, with radiation oncology services. Officials hope to get all ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    1-mth slaughter ban in Sikkim from Wed

    Darjeeling: The annual animal slaughter and fish import ban in Sikkim during key Buddhist holy observances in 2026–27 will now extend to 55 days, officials said on Sunday.This year, the primary phase of the ban will be observed from ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    long with Shivaratri greetings, CM lists govt’s temple efforts

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday extended greetings to Bengal on Maha Shivaratri, highlighting her govt's 15-year record of renovating and developing religious sites across communities to maintain religious harmony.Paying tribute to Lord Shiva in an X post, the ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    Youth’s claims of attack on train found untrue: Cops

    Kharagpur: A 24-year-old Beldanga resident was handed over to his family after his sensational claims that two men had pushed him off a moving train near West Midnapore's Bakhrabad station were found to be inconsistent. The youth, his family ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    BJP calls Yuva Sathi ‘dole for votes’, starts Modi rally prep

    Kolkata: BJP on Sunday called the state govt's Yuva Sathi scheme "dole in exchange for votes" even as the party's Bengal unit started preparations for PM Narendra Modi's March rally at Brigade Parade Grounds. The unit has been tasked ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    Student ‘dies by suicide’ in Durgapur med college hostel

    Durgapur: A second-year student was found dead in his hostel at a Durgapur medical college on Saturday night. The deceased, 22-year-old Lavanya Pratap from Patna, was found hanging from the ceiling by his neck in his hostel room at ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    Didi dials Tarique; Bengal sweets, flowers reach BNP chief in B’desh

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee, who had earlier congratulated Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Tarique Rahman on his poll victory, sent sweets and flowers to him on Saturday. The package also contained a note for Rahman.The Dhaka Tribune reported that ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    Blaze guts train compartment in Katwa, sabotage suspected

    East Burdwan: A massive fire gutted an empty compartment of the Katwa-Azimganj passenger train at platform number two of Katwa railway station around 4.45am on Sunday.Railways formed a five-member inquiry committee headed by additional divisional railway manager (ADRM) Uday ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    4 bohurupi fraudsters from Anand arrested

    Kolkata: Four men from Gujarat's Anand district were arrested for allegedly posing as bohurupis resembling Hindu gods and stealing wallets and mobile phones from unsuspecting pedestrians across the city, police said on Saturday.The accused — Anil Ramju Salat, Dhiru ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    Scrutiny starts for 42k Form 7 applications

    Kolkata: EC officials are now scrutinising more than 42,000 Form 7 applications submitted across Bengal seeking the exclusion of names from electoral rolls, as the hearings for the same concluded. These 42,000-plus forms were submitted after the draft roll ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    Man loses 1.9L in credit card fraud

    Kolkata: A 53-year-old Rajarhat resident has alleged nearly Rs 2 lakh was fraudulently debited using his SBI credit card through two unauthorised transactions in favour of an online shopping retailer. A case has been registered at Bidhannagar Cyber Crime ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    PM 2.5, PM 10 improve over 4 years: Survey

    Kolkata: The city's air quality improved modestly between 2022 and 2025, with the city-wide average PM2.5 level falling from 50 µg/m³ to 45 µg/m³ and PM10 declining from 102 µg/m³ to 89 µg/m³, according to CAAQMS data analysed by ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    Reprieve after 9 years: HC acquits man of rape-murder

    Kolkata: After being sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017 for the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl, an East Midnapore man was acquitted by the Calcutta High Court on Feb 5, after the prosecution failed to establish that ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    Demand for lux residential projects grows in city, south Kolkata leads with 58% share

    Kolkata: Kolkata's premium residential market (Rs 1.9 crore to Rs 5 crore), as cited in the 2025 NKlusive report, is moving into a higher-velocity phase—more projects, more units, faster absorption—while prices remain steady and rational, signalling a demand-led expansion ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    Met predicts rise in mid-week temp

    Kolkata: The mercury in Kolkata continued to hover slightly below the normal mark even as it was the second fortnight of Feb. The Met office predicts no change in the weather in the next three to four days, but ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    Salt Lake mkt upgrade nod in BMC budget

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation has doubled its allocation in its budget proposal for repair and maintenance of the community block markets across Salt Lake. The authorities, in its budget proposal, has allocated Rs 2 crore for repair and ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    In a first, 2 from state win Ramanujan prize

    Kolkata: Two Bengal academics, Sipra Mukherjee and Mrinmoy Pramanick, won the A K Ramanujan Prize for translating the works of Dalit woman poet Kalyani Thakur Charal into English. They also became the first Bengalis to win the honour awarded ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    Walkathon focus on cancer & thalassaemia awareness

    Kolkata: The BDM International Alumni Association, in collaboration with Rotary Club of Calcutta Endeavour, organised Walkathon 2026, to spread awareness on thalassaemia and cervical cancer recently. The walkathon had commenced from Ruby General Hospital at 7 am on Feb ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    A different line: After SIR trauma, eager faces dot Yuva Sathi queues

    Kolkata: From engineering students to gig workers and job seekers and from poor to well-to-do households, youths from sharply different economic backgrounds stood shoulder to shoulder to claim the promised Rs 1,500 monthly unemployment allowance, registrations for which opened ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    From neighbourhood clubs and pubs in Kol to Colombo stands, fans ride on Blue wave as India thrash Pakistan in no-handshake T20 clash

    Kolkata: As Hardik Pandya castled Usman Tariq, Kolkata burst into a wild celebration with crackers, Tricolours and victory processions to mark yet another victory against the arch-rivals in a T20 WC match that was nearly called off and had ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    SIR queues end, micro-observers check docus uploaded by BLOs

    Kolkata: After completing the hearing for the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal, micro-observers are now scrutinising the electors' enumeration forms and documents uploaded by BLOs and AEROs, and marking their observations in cases that do ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    Trinamool’s vaunted machinery dress-rehearses for poll season

    Kolkata: Across the city on Sunday, Yuva Sathi camps doubled up as a test run for what Trinamool's much-vaunted poll machinery would deliver during elections. What began as enrolment drives for the state's Yuva Sathi scheme, party seniors said, ...

    16 February 2026 Times of India
    Focus on art, feminism at Goethe-Institut exhibition

    Kolkata: An international multidisciplinary exhibition titled ‘Empowerment: Art and Feminisms in Kolkata' explores feminist artistic practices and their role in addressing contemporary global challenges through photographs, video installation, lithograph, neon, multimedia installation, animation, virtual reality, drawings, and performance art ...

    15 February 2026 Times of India
    Panchayat samiti chief quits over ‘leaked audio’

    Contai: A political storm erupted in East Midnapore's Contai after an audio clip — allegedly featuring a woman panchayat pradhan recounting an ordeal of molestation — went viral. The scandal has forced Bikas Bez, the president of the Kanthi-III ...

    15 February 2026 Times of India
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