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  • KMC lifts bar on G+4 construction, high-rise safety-critical work

    Kolkata: In a major relief to owners and developers of buildings up to five storeys (G+4) as well as high-rise projects in the city, KMC on Tuesday remodified a notification issued on Friday and allowed all five-storey structures to ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    RKM Narendrapur administrators meet students, promise corrective measures

    Kolkata: In the wake of the death of Diptangshu Mahato, a class 12 student who had died after swallowing scalding tea at Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, school administrators met current and former students on Sunday, and promised several corrective ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    Stolen jewellery recovered

    Kolkata: New Town cops have recovered gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 10 lakh from a thief, Tajmul Haque, a resident of Rajarhat after he admitted to have stolen the ornaments from a gold shop at Kestopur Mission Bazar. ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    Cops fine buses for route permit violations, illegal parking

    Kolkata: Kolkata Traffic Police has started fining buses that do not complete their permitted routes, especially buses from Howrah that stop early between Esplanade and Sealdah.Police said this causes problems for passengers, who are forced to change buses. It ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    Attendant attacked at petrol pump

    Kolkata: A 26-year-old fuel pump attendant, Subhankar Patra, suffered serious head injuries after he was allegedly assaulted by a customer and two of his associates at a petrol pump in Manicktala on Sunday night. Patra, a resident of Dum ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    Locals foil kidnap bid, rescue girl

    Kolkata: A 10-year-old girl was allegedly targeted in an attempted abduction, after a youth tried to take her away, while her mother was momentarily distracted at Bhyabla railway station on the Sealdah–Hasnabad section on Tuesday afternoon. The man, Biswanath ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    2 pose as cops, steal Rs 2.5L from delivery agent

    Kolkata: A 55-year-old delivery agent, Bechan Jha, was allegedly cheated by two men who pretended to be Kolkata Police officers near Digambar Jain Temple Road in north Kolkata on Monday evening.Jha was carrying Rs 10 lakh to deliver to ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    AI debuts in exam evaluation in Kolkata schools, boosts admin work

    Kolkata: Schools in the city are adopting artificial intelligence to check answer scripts, tabulate results, analyse performance and streamline administrative work.The Newtown School introduced AI-assisted answer-script evaluation for classes 9 and 11 in June. The system, being used for ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    Justice both for rape-murder victim & lynched youth: CM

    Tamaghna Banerjee & Monotosh ChakrabortyKolkata: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday met the family of the 12-year-old rape-murder victim in Baruipur and assured them of swift justice. At the same time, he declared that the 26-year-old man lynched on ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    Howrah health clerk arrested

    Howrah: A National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) health centre clerk in the Howrah Municipal Corporation area was arrested on Tuesday night after women health workers accused him of obscene and inappropriate behaviour.The accused, Loknath Saha, allegedly misbehaved with the ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    2 arrested in cyber fraud gang bust

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police has busted a cyber fraud gang and arrested two key members. Police said the gang used cloned debit cards to withdraw money illegally from several bank accounts.One of the arrested accused, Sarfaraj Ansari, was reportedly found ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    Murshidabad Police bust two fake Aadhaar rackets, arrest two

    Behrampore: Police have busted two fake Aadhaar card rackets in Murshidabad district, four days ahead of chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s scheduled visit.The first raid was conducted at an illegal Aadhaar centre operating under the guise of a cyber cafe ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal rape-murder horror: CM Suvendu Adhikari says mob lynching victim was innocent, seeks police report within 72 hours

    KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday said the man lynched by an angry mob in the aftermath of the Baruipur rape and murder case was innocent.“The youth who was killed in the mob lynching was innocent. ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal invites pvt players for horticulture value chain boost

    Kolkata: The state govt is looking to rope in private players to develop mango, tomato and pineapple clusters across Bengal over the next three years, as it steps up efforts to boost the state’s horticulture sector and strengthen value ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta HC to hear Abhishek’s plea on voice sample case on Friday

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday fixed Friday for the hearing of TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s pleas challenging notices directing him to provide a voice sample in connection with the alleged “DJ remark” case. During the mention, ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    Hang my son if he is guilty: Mom of Baruipur rape-murder accused

    Kolkata: Mother of Prabhas Mondal, one of the key accused in the rape-murder of a 12-year-old girl in Baruipur, has demanded the strictest punishment for her son, stating she would have handed him over to police herself.“Hang him or ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    In 3rd cop call, Aroop grilled for 3 hrs in Messi stadium event case

    Kolkata: Hours before Lionel Messi took the field against Egypt, former Bengal sports minister Aroop Biswas appeared before investigators at Bidhannagar South police station on Tuesday for the third round of questioning over alleged irregularities surrounding the Argentine legend’s ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    Madrasa review: Jalpaiguri & Alipurduar DMs submit reports

    361 wordsKolkata: A month after the Bengal govt kicked off its review of all madrasas in the state, the administration has received reports from Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar districts.In the first week of June, the state had directed DMs to ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    Forward Bloc-BJP war of words escalates over ‘goons’ jibe, Netaji legacy

    Kolkata: The All India Forward Bloc on Tuesday hit back at Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya for calling its members “goons,” asserting that ideological opposition should not be labelled as hooliganism. The party urged Bhattacharya to exercise restraint. Author ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    Will launch campaign against illicit liquor shops: Min

    Demanding strict punishment for the culprits in the Baruipur-rape murder case, state urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra said a strict campaign will be launched against illegal liquor shops across the state. “The CM said he will issue ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    ED searches 5 Kol locations in Trinamool a/cs probe, lens on routing of Rs 150 cr

    Kolkata: The ED on Tuesday carried out coordinated searches at five locations across Kolkata as part of its probe into transactions linked to Trinamool Congress’s bank accounts. The central investigating agency has claimed to have detected transactions worth more ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Weather Remains Cool as Cloud Cover, Light Rain Persist

    Kolkata: A partly cloudy sky and traces of rain continued to shield the city from heat and humidity. Met officials has ruled out heavy rain in Kolkata and south Bengal for now even as the city will continue ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    Annapurna Yojana queries dominate 1st ‘Mukho Mukhi’ session

    Kolkata: Queries on Annapurna Yojana dominated the direct phone-based grievance system between citizens and the state urban development and municipal affairs minister that got underway on Tuesday. The programme, called 'Mukho Mukhi', allows people to call minister Agnimitra Paul ...

    8 July 2026 Times of India
    50% govt-aided colleges have biometric attendance: Survey

    Kolkata: A survey conducted by the higher education department across govt and govt-aided colleges to find out how many have installed biometric attendance systems revealed that around 50% of them have already set the system up on their own ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal extends suspension of former CP, 2 others in RG Kar case

    Kolkata: The state govt has extended the suspension of three senior police officers, including former commissioner Vineet Goyal, by another 120 days. The three officers are being investigated for their roles in handling the rape-murder case of a doctor ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Met issues heavy rain alert across N Bengal

    Darjeeling: Tourists planning to visit Darjeeling, Kalimpong and the Dooars over the next few days have been advised to closely monitor weather updates and travel advisories after the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Kolkata, issued a special weather bulletin forecasting ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    SMP Kolkata Sets Single-Day Container Handling Record, Logs 8.4% Growth

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Dock System (KDS) of Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK) set a new single-day container handling record on Monday, moving 3,186 TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units). The port’s previous best of 3,081 TEUs was logged only weeks ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Full ‘Vande Mataram’ to start day at all Tripura madrasas, schools, national anthem to follow

    Agartala: Tripura govt has directed all educational institutions, including madrasas, to begin each school day with the entire ‘Vande Mataram’, followed by the national anthem, Jana Gana Mana, to strengthen national pride and unity.The move follows Ministry of Home ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    'How much were you sold for?' : 'Gaddar', 'Beimaan' chants greet rebel TMC MP Saayoni Ghosh during visit to Baruipur victim's family

    KOLKATA: MP Saayoni Ghosh faced hostile protests and mocking chants when she visited the family of the 12-year-old girl who was allegedly gang-raped and murdered in West Bengal’s Baruipur.Videos circulating on social media showed members of the crowd chanting ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    State cop HQ seeks report on police ‘lapses’ in Baruipur case

    Kolkata: The state police headquarters has started a probe into the allegations of lapses by police while investigating the rape and murder of the Baruipur minor.CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Monday that accountability would extend to the police if ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Now, check NH-10 disruptions on app

    Darjeeling: With frequent landslides, traffic jams and sudden closures on National Highway-10 during monsoon, the Kalimpong District Police on Monday launched an app, ‘NH10 Status’, for commuters and tourists to get real-time updates on the crucial route linking Siliguri ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Teen hacked to death after football match dispute in Bengal's Baruipur

    KOLKATA: A football match turned tragic in Baruipur on Monday evening when a 17-year-old boy was allegedly hacked to death following a dispute over the game’s result.The deceased, identified as Prasenjit Biswas, was attacked with a sharp weapon by ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Baruipur minor rape-murder: Mamata leads Kalighat candlelight march, oppn netas meet victim's kin

    KOLKATA: With cops putting up guardrails around Kalighat, former CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday joined a candlelight march near her residence to protest the rape-murder of a minor in Baruipur.Earlier during the day, a Trinamool delegation met the victim's ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    PETA appeals to CM for horse carriage ban

    Kolkata: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India (PETA India) has sent an urgent appeal to the West Bengal chief minister, urging the govt to replace horse-drawn tourist carriages used for joyrides around Kolkata’s Maidan and Victoria Memorial ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    ‘TMC group’ barges in, threatens Garia woman

    Kolkata: A 65-year-old woman was allegedly confined to her house and threatened in Sarat Pally, Garia, by a group of armed men said to be linked to Trinamool. According to a complaint filed by her son, Snehayan Sarkar, a ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    'Stuffed in sack, dumped in pond alive': Autopsy reveals how Baruipur girl was gang-raped, brutalised to death; 3 held

    KOLKATA: The 12-year-old schoolgirl whose body was recovered from a local pond in Baruipur on Sunday was sexually abused, brutally tortured, packed into a sack and hurled into the water body when she was still alive, the autopsy report ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Hwh locals move HC over waterlogging woes

    Kolkata: Residents of Howrah Panchanantala in ward 19 of Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) have moved the Calcutta High Court over severe waterlogging that has affected thousands of families for years.People living in Satkari Chatterjee Lane, Nilmani Mallick Lane and ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Club in dock for harassing mom, autistic child

    Kolkata: A 39-year-old homemaker, mother to a nine -year-old autistic child, has alleged that she has been subjected to constant stalking, verbal abuse and threats by a neighbour and his associates every time she tries to take her child ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Bad roads in added areas: KP notice for KMC, PWD

    Kolkata: Kolkata Traffic Police is asking civic agencies, mainly KMC and PWD, to repair severely damaged roads in added areas of the city before Durga Puja.Police say work has started in some places, but several stretches in the Port ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Cops to ensure safe passage for Kumartuli clay trucks

    Kolkata: Senior police officers in Bengal have stepped in to solve a major problem affecting the state’s biggest festival, Durga Puja. They have ordered all police stations to ensure that trucks carrying clay to Kumartuli are not stopped or ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    State schools stare at manpower crunch as teachers roped in for census duty

    Kolkata: Govt-run high and higher secondary schools across the state are facing a “fresh manpower crunch” after the appointment of headmasters/headmistress and teachers as census enumerators and supervisors, according to school authorities. The heads of these govt schools and ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Behala residents clash with delivery hub staff, 3 injured

    Kolkata: A clash broke out in Behala on Saturday evening between local residents and workers of a quick-commerce delivery hub, which reportedly left three persons injured.Residents said delivery vehicles were blocking a road and causing disturbance. Animesh Jana, who ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    7-yr-old Bangla girl born without ears gets implant at city hospital

    Kolkata: A seven-year-old girl from Bangladesh, born without her outer ears and ear canal, underwent a ‘bone conduction implant’ procedure at a city pvt hospital that will let her hear. The complicated procedure involves fitting a magnetic device inside ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    CM Suvendu Adhikari donates Rs 25L for Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s school, Mitra Institution, promises inclusion in central schemes

    Kolkata: Mitra Institution, Bhowanipore, a century-old school, will receive Rs 25 lakh for renovation.Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced the grant during his visit to the school, Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s alma mater, on Monday to pay tribute to the leader ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Focus on vernacular

    Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday recounted Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s resolve to spread education through vernacular languages. .“It is now time to fulfil Mookerjee’s interest in local languages. I am sure Bengal will achieve that under Suvendu ji’s ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    203 Behala residents file FIR, sign plea to free up pavement

    Kolkata: A group of 203 residents of Bangasree Pally on Upen Banerjee Road in Parnasree has lodged a police complaint and signed a mass petition, launching a campaign against illegal parking and unauthorized roadside structures in their neighbourhood. In ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Syama in, Singur out of syllabus: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari signals after anniversary celebration

    Kolkata: The life of Syama Prasad Mookerjee should be included in Bengal’s syllabus and the Singur movement removed from it, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said at a programme to mark the 125th birth anniversary of the founder of Bharatiya ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Autopsy shows Baruipur girl gang-raped, brutalised; 3 held

    Stuffed In Sack, Dumped In Pond When Still AliveKolkata: The 12-year-old schoolgirl whose body was recovered from a local pond in Baruipur on Sunday was sexually abused, brutally tortured, packed into a sack and hurled into the waterbody when ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Refugees to get citizenship under CAAsoon, infiltrators to be driven out: Shah

    Kolkata: The Centre would soon complete granting citizenship to refugees under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) but infiltrators would be driven out, said Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday, reiterating his pledge to fulfil the election manifesto promises. ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Minister’s ‘Mukho Mukhi’ to debut today

    Kolkata: The direct citizen-minister interaction platform, ‘Mukho Mukhi’, which state urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul had earlier announced, will be launched on Tuesday.Citizens can directly call up Paul on the toll free number, 1800 2035123, if ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal rape-murder horror: Girl out to buy birthday gift walked with accused; chilling CCTV video surfaces

    KOLKATA: A grainy 13-second CCTV clip has emerged as the last known visual of an unsuspecting 11-year-old girl who had stepped out to buy a birthday gift for a friend in West Bengal's Baruipur, hours before she was allegedly ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Nadia family wages long 2-yr battle for pension as man with disabilities declared dead

    Krishnaganj (Nadia): A Nadia man with “100% disability” has been receiving disability pension for over two years due to an alleged clerical error in which he was marked dead in govt records. Elections have come and gone, and the ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Cops use drones to bust child sex racket, rescue 39 minors

    Kolkata: Police in North Dinajpur’s Islampur used drones and monitored digital footprints in a three-day operation to bust a commercial sex racket and rescue 39 minor girls, including an 11-year-old, on Monday. Six alleged traffickers were arrested and charged ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Samik heat on Locket bro over Kamarhati civic chief election

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Monday demanded a report on the overnight installation of a new chairman at Kamarhati municipality, warning that any effort to change a municipal or panchayat board without party sanction could invite disciplinary ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Mamata joins candlelight march in Kalighat, TMC, CPM, Cong & SUCI teams meet victim’s family

    Kolkata: With cops putting up guardrails around Kalighat, former CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday joined a candlelight march near her residence to protest the rape-murder of a minor in Baruipur.Earlier during the day, a Trinamool delegation met the victim’s ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Will seek capital punishment in Baruipur rape-murder case, says CM; likely to meet family today

    Kolkata: Assuring that the Bengal govt will seek capital punishment for all accused in the Baruipur rape-murder case, CM Suvendu Adhikari, who is likely to meet the bereaved family on Tuesday, said the mob violence had a communal angle ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Suicide due to dowry-related torture not rare, says HC; reduces husband’s sentence

    Kolkata: Suicide due to dowry-related torture is “not very rare or uncommon”, the Calcutta High Court observed on Monday while reducing a man’s life sentence to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment in connection with the 2014 deaths by suicide of ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Business Conclave: Tripura targets Rs 1L cr investments; Scindia to attend

    Agartala: Tripura is eyeing investment proposals worth Rs 1 lakh crore at the two-day Destination Tripura Business Conclave-2026, starting July 9. The event expects over 500 delegates.Chief minister Dr Manik Saha said Union DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia will participate. ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    EC announces bypolls for 3 Bengal RS seats, BJP likely to win all

    Kolkata: The EC on Monday announced bypolls to three Rajya Sabha seats from Bengal, setting July 24 as the polling date. This comes following the resignation of three former Trinamool members -- Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Sushmita Dev and Prakash ...

    7 July 2026 Times of India
    Spot fine, bike seizure on cop list after helmet protest

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police top brass has asked traffic guards not to let their guard down while acting against illegal parking, non-wearing of helmets and those violating traffic norms. Traffic cops have been asked to use the present SOP and ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    'Was alive when thrown into pond': Bengal girl's autopsy reveals bite marks across body, head smashed with heavy object

    KOLKATA: An 11-year-old girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in West Bengal's Baruipur was thrown into a pond while still alive, a preliminary post-mortem report has revealed, days after her body was found stuffed in a sack in ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    More CAP admissions: CM

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday said that in the first phase admissions, through the Centralised Admission Portal 2026–27 for UG courses in Bengal, had 3,08,793 admissions, up from 2,57,429 in 2025–26.The CM said, “It is very encouraging that ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    1 lynched, Baruipur on boil after ‘rape’ and murder of 12-year-old

    Kolkata: The body of a 12-year-old schoolgirl, who was allegedly raped before being killed, was found in a pond near Surjapur Haat in Baruipur on Sunday morning. Protests by locals snowballed into large-scale arson and violence, with the mob ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    Boneless chicken, eggs, fruits: Kolkata Police plans specialised menu for dog squad

    Kolkata: From tracking explosives at VVIP events to pulling long hours of surveillance under a scorching sun at the Eden Gardens during international matches, the Kolkata Police dog squad remains one of the force’s most hardworking units. To ensure ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    Cops nab Mini Firoz, aide on way out of state

    Kolkata: The Anti-Rowdy Squad (ARS) of Kolkata Police’s detective department has arrested history-sheeter, Mohammad Firoz Khan (38) alias Mini Firoz, and his associate Mohammad Sajid (30), after intercepting their car at the Dankuni toll plaza on Sunday. The duo ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    Huge police force near Mamata home

    Trinamool on Sunday alleged that Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee are being “forcibly confined” in their Kalighat home by cops to prevent them from meeting the parents of the Baruipur victim. Trinamool MPs Derek O’Brien and Mahua Moitra shared ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    Bay system turns into depression, rain likely till today

    Kolkata: The first big weather system formed over Bay of Bengal during this monsoon assumed the status of a depression on Sunday. While this system will cross the land through Odisha neighbouring coastal Bengal Met officials said parts of ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    From red to blue to saffron, buses’ changing colours map Bengal’s changing politics

    Kolkata: The city’s fleet of govt buses, which wore red during the Left Front regime and switched to blue-and-white after Trinamool Congress came to office, is now turning saffron with BJP at the helm.The shift in the colour code ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    KP clerk under scanner after Rs 51L embezzled via fake bills

    Kolkata: A senior clerk working at the Kolkata Police East Division’s DCP office has allegedly embezzled over Rs 51 lakh from government funds in the past four years. Accused Pulakendu Ghosh, an upper division assistant (UDA), allegedly stole the ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    IIT Kharagpur Launches Substance-Abuse SOP To Ease Student Distress

    Kolkata: In a move designed to prioritise student safety and prevent substance abuse, IIT Kharagpur is introducing a help-seeking policy where any student who seeks medical assistance in good faith — whether for themselves or a peer — will ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    Syama Prasad Mookerjee Statue Pedestal Vandalized in Kolkata, One Arrested

    Kolkata: Tension gripped north Kolkata’s Sukeas Street area after the pedestal of a newly installed statue of Syama Prasad Mookerjee was found vandalized in the wee hours of Sunday.The incident, which took place ahead of Mookerjee’s 125th birth anniversary ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    From opposing Partition to teaching ‘lathi khela’, veterans recall the Syama they knew

    Kolkata: Krishnadas Das, a 105-year-old retired policeman who was posted with the Constituent Assembly security in Delhi in 1946-47, can still recall Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s towering presence at the House and his frustration with the efforts to divide the ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    Focus on genetic testing to pre-empt fetal disorders

    Kolkata: Prenatal genetic diagnosis was one of the key focus areas during the two-day annual meeting of fetal medicine specialists in Kolkata. Experts said prenatal genetic testing, which can detect chromosomal abnormalities and inherited conditions in a developing foetus, ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    State to review rejected Annapurna applications by July 10

    Kolkata: Bengal govt will finish verifying all rejected Annapurna Yojana applications and digitise all offline applications by July 10. As many as 27.83 lakh Annapurna Yojana applications have been provisionally rejected. This was decided at a high-level meeting on ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek FIR

    Legal troubles have deepened for Abhishek Banerjee over the ‘Sebashray’ and ‘Sebashray 2’ health camps, with a second FIR registered at Bishnupur Police Station after an earlier case at Diamond Harbour. Based on 16 complaints, the FIR names Banerjee ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    Aroop summoned again

    Bidhannagar South police have issued a fresh summons to former minister Aroop Biswas, directing him to appear on Tuesday in the probe into alleged chaos and ticket irregularities during Lionel Messi’s visit. Biswas, questioned earlier after securing interim court ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    Absentee panchayat chiefs to face brickbats, says Dilip, stirs row

    Kharagpur: State panchayat minister Dilip Ghosh said on Sunday that panchayat representatives remaining absent from duties would be pelted with bricks if they continue to remain inactive, triggering a controversy.“I will be forced to do everything in my capacity ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    From alma mater Presidency to college named after Syama Prasad, institutes plan fitting tribute to founding father

    Kolkata: From the educational institutions where Syama Prasad Mookerjee studied to the institutes where he worked, all are buzzing with preparations to mark his 125th birth anniversary on Monday. Calcutta University has decided to digitise all the convocation addresses ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    Debraj probe: SIT tracks money trail

    Kolkata: The SIT probing the extortion case against arrested Trinamool functionary Debraj Chakraborty is widening its investigation to trace the alleged money trail and determine whether the funds remained within a local syndicate or were routed to more influential ...

    6 July 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata braces for thunderstorm as heavy rain predicted across south Bengal

    Kolkata: The city could be lashed by a thunderstorm with lightning and gusty winds reaching 40-50 km/hour on Sunday. Heavy to very heavy rain and thunderstorms have been predicted across several districts of south Bengal on Sunday, including North ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    RKM Hostels Empty Out As Students Leave For Home

    Kolkata: Students in classes V to X at Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya returned home on Saturday after the residential school announced it would shut down from July 5 for an indefinite period. The closure follows allegations of negligence regarding ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    After Cabo Verde scare, fans from Kolkata ready to cheer Messi from the stands

    Kolkata: After watching an edge-of-the-seat thriller in the early hours of Saturday as unheralded Cabo Verde pushed holders Argentina to the very limit, a mightily relieved group from Kolkata will set off for the US on Monday to root ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    'Out to buy birthday gift': 11-year-old girl raped and murdered; body found stuffed in sack in West Bengal

    BARUIPUR: An 11-year-old girl who had gone missing a day earlier was found dead in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Sunday, police said. The body was recovered from the Surjyapur Haat area in Baruipur on Sunday morning, ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Finance Leaders Showcase Bengal’s Rise And Promise As Global Hub At Career Event

    Kolkata: As many as 13 senior finance leaders, speaking at an event on Saturday, shattered the conventional wisdom that institutional-scale finance careers require moving to cities like Mumbai, highlighting instead that Bengal’s financial ecosystem spent three decades quietly reinventing ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    Amit Shah to lay foundation for India’s tallest Mookerjee statue at Eco Park

    Kolkata: The grand 125 ft statue of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the tallest in the country, will come up at Eco Park in New Town. Union home minister Amit Shah is scheduled to lay its foundation stone on Monday.The monumental ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    Fillip to Bharat Net rollout in state

    Kolkata: Implementation of the Centre’s Bharat Net project in West Bengal has gathered significant momentum over the past month after the state govt granted free ‘Right of Way’ (RoW) permission to the implementing agency, BSNL. The waiver has removed ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    Will collect 3x cost for damage to public property: Bengal CM

    Will collect 3x cost for damage to public property: CMKolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday said the state will crack down on those who damage public property by realising three times the amount to compensate the loss.Speaking at a ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    E20 gives 4% lower mileage but safe for engines: Experts

    Kolkata: Indian Oil Dealers’ Forum secretary Kushal Bajoria on Saturday said E20 fuel, a blend of 20% ethanol and 80% petrol, gives around 3%-4% lower mileage than regular petrol, while advising motorists to keep fuel tanks reasonably full to ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    Swasthya Sathi continues as hosps on verge of Ayushman Bharat rollout

    Kolkata: Even as hospitals wait for final instructions from the govt on the rollout of Ayushman Bharat, Swasthya Sathi patients continue to stream in and their bills are still getting approved across most private hospitals in Kolkata. Some have, ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    Flyer Yet To Get Back Bags 5 Days After Trip

    Kolkata: Lake Gardens resident Utpal Roy, who was travelling on SpiceJet flight SG 161 from Srinagar to Jammu on June 30, has complained to the civil aviation ministry that his checked-in baggage did not arrive at Jammu and has ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    SIT probes civic racket behind illegal construction In EKW

    Kolkata: KMC buildings department will tally sanctioned plans with on-ground structures along the city’s eastern edge as a special investigation team (SIT), formed after the Taratala warehouse collapse, probes an alleged civic racket that enabled illegal construction and change ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    Restored Mrinal Sen’s ‘Oka Oorie Katha’ premieres at Karlovy Vary film fest

    Kolkata: Mrinal Sen’s ‘Oka Oorie Katha’, an adaptation of Munshi Premchand’s ‘Kafan’, restored in 4K by NFDC-NFAI under the National Film Heritage Mission, had its world premiere at the 70th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Saturday. Sen’s powerful ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    Court extends cop custody of 6 Taratala accused till July 8

    Kolkata: All six accused - including former Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Kalicharan Banerjee – were remanded to police custody till July 8 in connection with the collapse of an under-construction warehouse at Taratala that ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    Mohammad Ali Park puja changes name to Mahabali Park

    Kolkata: Six-time BJP councillor and former deputy mayor Meena Devi Purohit has called for renaming central Kolkata’s Mohammad Ali Park as Mahabali Park.. The park has been the venue for a famous Durga Puja for over half a century.Hoardings ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    TMC office row: Rebels cite Firhad sign, Didi hits back

    Kolkata: The rebel MLAs’ attempt to “take control” of the Trinamool party office at Metropolitan off the EM Bypass took a dramatic turn on Saturday, with rebel MLA Akhruzzaman claiming that former Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim — now in ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    Married thrice? Refused vax? Not eligible for govt dole: Bengal CM

    Kolkata: People who have married more than twice or have refused to vaccinate their children or have dropped out of govt schools to enrol in “certain religious educational institutions” or are non-citizens will not be eligible for any of ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    Ex-min Chandrima quits party posts, meets rebels

    Kolkata: Former Bengal finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya, among Mamata Banerjee’s closest aides, shot off a letter to Didi on Saturday resigning from all party posts, including state president and authorised signatory, and immediately went to the Bengal assembly and ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    Taratala crash: Eye on disaster response system revamp, CM announces Rs 200cr for rescue tools

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced Rs 200 crore to acquire modern rescue equipment, aimed at a major overhaul of the govt’s disaster response system. He also unveiled a plan to recruit and train around 200 personnel, ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    After desertions, Didi formally takes over as TMC state chief

    Kolkata: Former CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday formally took over the presidentship of the beleaguered party after one-time confidante Chandrima Bhattacharya, whom she appointed state president barely a month ago, quit all party posts.Banerjee, in a 28-minute address on ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
    Lawyer, HAM operators to reunite hearing-impaired missing Bihar teen with kin

    Kolkata: An 18-year-old hearing- and speech-impaired boy from Bihar, who was missing for nearly 14 months, is finally set to return home after a remarkable chain of events involving a lawyer, the police, a voluntary organisation and HAM radio ...

    5 July 2026 Times of India
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