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  • Why is Modi silent on Pakistan minister’s Kol threat, asks Didi

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday questioned PM Narendra Modi's silence on Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif's alleged threat to target Kolkata and demanded the PM's resignation."We do not want enmity with any country. But why does PM Modi ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu raises ‘lack of praise’ for armed forces

    Kolkata: Even as CM Mamata Banerjee questioned PM Narendra Modi's "silence" on Pakistan's threat to strike Kolkata, state leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Monday alleged that she always fell short of praising the role of the Indian armed ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    CU defers semester I exams scheduled after Apr 13

    Kolkata: Calcutta University has postponed its under-graduate first semester examinations scheduled after April 13 because many affiliated colleges have been occupied for the assembly elections, disrupting access to examination venues.The university authorities said the decision was taken after reviewing ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    After TOI report, SC prod on Nandalal kin SIR plea

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Monday requested the SIR appellate tribunal to hear painter Nandalal Bose's maternal grandson Suprabuddha Sen's appeal challenging the deletion of his name from the electoral roll expeditiously.The names of Bose's grandson and granddaughter-in-law Deepa, ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    NSG attire in campaign sparks row

    Uttarpara: Former NSG commando and BJP candidate from Uttarpara, Dipanjan Chakraborty, faced controversy after he campaigned wearing a black attire with NSG written on it.Trinamool raised concerns over whether national security force attire could be used for election campaigning. ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    After 14 deaths last April, greens raise poll-time weather concerns

    Kolkata: As Bengal prepares for the two-phase Assembly elections amid a wider multi-state polling exercise in April 2026, rising climate risks are emerging as a serious concern for voter safety and election management, according to a detailed report prepared ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Doc group docu to feature physician Mani Chhetri

    Kolkata: Tributes have been pouring in for physician Mani Kumar Chhetri, who passed away on Sunday night. A group of doctors is also working on releasing a documentary that features the 106-year-old doctor. Titled ‘Endocrinology in Bengal', the film ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Actor’s death exposes Tollywood fault lines

    Kolkata: Tollywood is split over the role of Magic Moments Motion Pictures in the context of actor Rahul Banerjee's demise while shooting in Talsari. While veteran actor Madhabi Mukhopadhyay is disturbed by the attacks levelled at Leena Gangopadhyay's "insensitivity", ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    HC bail clears deck for Rakesh Singh to contest polls

    Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Monday granted bail to Rakesh Singh, a BJP functionary in jail for five and a half months, for contesting polls for the Kolkata Port assembly seat.The HC accepted Singh's plea, though his son remains ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    No one’s fault, not even Rahul-da’s. It was an accident, says co-actor who saw incident

    Kolkata: A week after actor Rahul Banerjee's death while shooting ‘Bhole Baba Par Karega', the investigation has intensified following the filing of two FIRs and the decision to halt all shooting from Tuesday to demand safety on sets. In ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Behala row: FIR against TMC candidate, 6 party workers held

    Kolkata: An FIR has been registered against Trinamool Congress candidate from Behala West Ratna Chatterjee and several other party workers after the BJP accused her — and her workers — of being involved in a vandalism at their party ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Stuck in traffic snarls, Kol commuters wait on streets as their reps queue outside poll offices

    Kolkata: Commuters across a vast expanse of the city were kept waiting for long stretches on the first working day of the week as their future representatives got busy filing their nominations for the upcoming assembly election.The worst-hit stretches ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Heavyweight nominations: Tension indicates sharpness of contest

    Kolkata: Rival camps of Trinamool and BJP squared off in a charged atmosphere outside Alipore Survey Building on Monday as the heavyweight candidates submitted their nomination papers. The situation looked less like an administrative exercise and more like a ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Ambarish Bhattacharya, Rahul’s co-actor in serial, resigns from production house in protest

    KOLKATA: Actor Ambarish Bhattacharya, who played Rahul Banerjee's father in this serial, has put down his papers from the production company and has decided never to work with Leena Gangopadhyay and Saibal Banerjee’s production house. Bhattacharya, who was also ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal polls: Anxious voters throng EC offices to get on electoral roll

    KOLKATA: "Where is the format to file an appeal to get included in the voter list?" a voter from the Chowringee constituency was seen screaming before EC officials on Sunday afternoon at Jessop Building.The room on the second floor ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal elections: Greens urge parties to manage poll waste

    KOLKATA: In poll season, experts have urged political parties to take care of waste. As per a study by the International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water headed by former JU professor and waste management expert Sadhan Ghosh, ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Rahul Banerjee's death fallout: Tollywood shooting on hold to demand safety on sets

    KOLKATA: In a fallout of actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee's death on the Talsari beach, Tollywood shooting will remain suspended from Tuesday over safety and security concerns for unit members on the sets.An emergency meeting has been called on Tuesday ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal polls: FIR lodged against TMC Behala Paschim candidate Ratna Chattopadhyay over alleged vandalism during campaign

    KOLKATA: An FIR has been registered against Trinamool Congress candidate from the Behala Paschim assembly constituency, Ratna Chattopadhyay, in connection with alleged vandalism in the Parnasree area of south Kolkata, police said on Monday.The case was filed on April ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    CID chief will have to go to TN: EC

    Kolkata: The EC has turned down ADG CID and former Kolkata Police Commissioner Supratim Sarkar's plea for reprieve from being sent to Tamil Nadu as a police observer on medical grounds. The EC order prompted Sarkar to leave for ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal polls 2026: Mamata Banerjee warns against vote split, says ‘TMC win key to safety’

    BEHRAMPORE: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday told voters that they would remain safe if Trinamool is elected back to office and gave a call to prevent splitting of anti-BJP votes.“If you vote for Trina-mool, I will be able ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal assembly elections: Malda incident shows ‘law & order collapse’, says PM Narendra Modi

    KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi focused on the targeting of seven judicial officers in Malda’s Kaliachak last week and held it up as an example of Bengal’s law and order situation while addressing his first rally in Bengal since ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Autos reduce fare on key routes after pressure from unions, public

    Kolkata: Mounting pressure from unions and commuters in the run-up to the state elections has forced auto drivers across several routes in Kolkata to roll back recent fare hikes, despite a sharp increase in fuel costs. Over the past ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    RGK mom’s anti-Mamata diatribe sparks TMC complaint

    Kolkata: The mother of the RG Kar rape and murder victim — now contesting as the BJP candidate from Panihati — has sparked a sharp political controversy after a video surfaced in which she threatens to physically assault CM ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Cardiologist Mani Chettri dies at 106

    Kolkata: One of the city's oldest surviving doctors, renowned cardiologist and Padma Shri awardee Mani Chettri, who practised till he was 100 years old, died late on Sunday. He was 106. Chettri, a former director of health services, was ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    EC clears Swapna Barman to contest polls

    Kolkata: EC on Sunday issued a certificate under Section 9 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, clearing Asian Games gold medallist Swapna Barman to contest the Bengal assembly elections on a Trinamool ticket from Rajganj — a ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    SIR tribunal tells EC to add Cong nominee name to list

    Behrampore/Kolkata: A special tribunal, formed after a Supreme Court directive, directed the Election Commission to add the name of Congress's Farakka candidate, Mahatab Sheikh, to the voter list, overturning a judicial officer's decision to strike his name off the ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Voter deletions spark protests in Hasnabad

    Exclusion of around 700 voters from the post-SIR supplementary list across three booths in Hasnabad triggered protests on Sunday, with hundreds blocking roads and burning tyres on the Kathi-Malancha Road for hours. The deletions affected booth nos. 251, 252 ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    ‘Busy with campaign’: BJP plays down Suvendu absence at PM rally

    Cooch Behar: BJP tried to play down the absence of Suvendu Adhikari on the stage while PM Narendra Modi spoke at Raashmela Maidan in Cooch Behar on Sunday. Bengal BJP brass, including Union minister Sukanta Majumdar and state president ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Candidate choices spark stir within BJP

    Krishnanagar (Nadia): BJP's decision to field Anupam Biswas from Kalyani and Taraknath Chatterjee from Krishnanagar North sparked protests from party workers through the weekend.In Krishnanagar North — a TMC stronghold since 2016 where BJP has built its vote share ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Malda ADM gets show-cause notice ahead of SC hearing

    Malda: Three days after the Kaliachak incident where judicial officers were gheraoed, and a day before the SC hearing, a Malda ADM was served a show-cause notice by DM Rajanbir Singh Kapur on Sunday.ADM Sheikh Ansar Ahamad was charged ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    3 held for flying drone near CM’s chopper

    Malda: Three youths from Bihar were arrested on Sunday for allegedly flying a drone near the helicopter of chief minister Mamata Banerjee. The trio was detained immediately after the incident on Saturday.The CM was addressing a public meeting at ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Poll panel suspends OC it appointed 6 days ago

    Kolkata: The Election Commission on Sunday suspended Kasba Police Station OC Biswajit Debnath — just six days after appointing him — for omitting criminal Sona Pappu from the pre-poll list of history sheeters and active offenders submitted to the ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Rahul death: FIR against 5 prod house members

    Bhubaneswar: Police in Odisha's Talsari have registered a case against five members of a Tollywood production house, holding them prima facie responsible for actor Rahul Banerjee's death during a TV serial shoot last Sunday. Charges include negligence and misrepresentation ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Experts present mobility charter to parties

    Kolkata: With weeks to go before the assembly polls, a coalition of civil society groups has unveiled an Urban Mobility Charter for Kolkata and other Bengal cities, calling for transport reforms and greater investment in people-centric systems. It urges ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    LPG blues: Star hotels go into gas-induction hybrid mode to keep operations stable

    Kolkata: Though supply of commercial LPG has resumed to some extent, star hotels in the city are working on a two-pronged strategy to stabilise operations. In a hybrid model, the establishments are cooking on electric gadgets but are using ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    12 JU students in hosp after post-fest clash

    Kolkata: At least a dozen Jadavpur University students were injured and admitted to a private hospital on Saturday night after a clash broke out between two groups after the Faculty of Engineering and Technology Students' Union (Fetsu) fest, Sanskriti, ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    1k from Bengal stuck in Sikkim after landslide

    Darjeeling: Around 1,000 tourists from Bengal have been stranded in North Sikkim's Lachen after a landslide damaged a crucial stretch of road near Tarum Chu Bridge. The district administration has suspended all movement along the Chungthang–Lachen route. However, offering ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Light drizzle brings relief, Met office spies more rain

    Kolkata: The season's first scorching spell was broken by cloud cover and an afternoon thunderstorm in Kolkata on Sunday that brought relief from the sweltering heat by pulling the mercury down six notches. While the cloud cover shielded the ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    5-year-old golden retriever undergoes ear endoscopy

    Kolkata: A 5-year-old golden retriever underwent otoendoscopy, an advanced diagnostic procedure in veterinary healthcare, to detect an ear disease that has been affecting the dog since 2024. This was the first time the procedure has been performed in eastern ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Kol Christians mark Easter with prayers for peace and harmony across world

    Kolkata: From candlelit Easter vigils that stretched late into the night to hymn-filled morning masses and afternoon processions through the city's streets, Kolkata marked Easter on Sunday with prayers, celebrations and appeal for peace and harmony.Across churches in central ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Don’t need so many seats, colleges write to CU ahead of new session

    Kolkata: Several colleges affiliated with Calcutta University are considering reducing their undergraduate seats due to a yearly dip in enrolment. Two colleges have already appealed to the university to reduce the number of seats ahead of the fresh admission ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    ‘At 88, I don’t care anymore’: Artist Nandalal Bose’s grandson after SIR strikes his and wife’s names off electoral database

    Kolkata: I am 88 years old and I don't care about what is happening," said Suprabuddha Sen, maternal grandson of artist and painter Nandalal Bose, who illustrated the original manuscript of India's Constitution and designed emblems for prestigious honours, ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    SIR deletion: One ends life, another dies of heart attack

    Kolkata: Minati Sen, 58, a resident of Baruajibi area in Hoogly's Rishra gram panchayat, died by suicide on Saturday night, allegedly after she came to know that her name was struck off the voter list following SIR. Her son ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    38 lakh seized during Netaji Nagar naka check

    Kolkata: During heightened election surveillance, police seized unaccounted for cash worth Rs 38 lakh from a car on NSC Bose Road near Netaji Nagar on Saturday night. The vehicle, coming from Alipore, was stopped during a naka check. Officers ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Take care of waste, experts urge netas

    Kolkata: In poll season, experts have urged political parties to take care of waste. As per a study by the International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water headed by former JU professor and waste management expert Sadhan Ghosh, ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal assembly polls 2026: EC suspends 4 cops over Shah roadshow fracas

    KOLKATA: The Election Commission on Saturday suspended four senior Kolkata police officers, including a DCP, and ordered disciplinary proceedings against them for their failure to maintain law and order during a roadshow by Union home minister Amit Shah in ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    BJP looks to Modi Cooch Behar rally today to offset SIR unease

    Jalpaiguri: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address a rally at Cooch Behar's Rash Mela ground on Sunday as BJP seeks to reassure Rajbanshi voters — a community that makes up roughly 30% of north Bengal's electorate — ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Drone in front of Didi’s copter in Malda, 3 detained

    Kolkata/Malda: A mysterious drone appeared in front of CM Mamata Banerjee's helicopter in Malda just as she was heading to Gazole after a rally in Malatipur. Police have detained three people in this connection.Though the detainees claimed they had ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Angry over voter deletions, three villages in East Burdwan ban netas in poll season

    Burdwan: Three villages in East Burdwan have put up banners and flexes barring all political parties and their workers from entering until voters whose names were deleted under the SIR process are restored to the electoral roll.The villages — ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    One seat, two BJP claimants in Maynaguri

    Jalpaiguri: Two candidates turned up to file nominations for the Maynaguri seat on Saturday, both claiming to be BJP's official pick.The confusion stemmed from a last-minute candidate swap. The party had initially fielded sitting MLA Kaushik Roy, then replaced ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Trinamool-CEO war of words over ‘record’ Form 6 submissions

    Kolkata: The Bengal chief electoral officer's (CEO) office posted on X on Saturday that it did not receive Form 6 applications, saying that such "claims being deliberately circulated were completely false".The post rebutted a Trinamool post, which had stated ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal CEO holds review meet in E Midnapore

    East Midnapore: Bengal chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal arrived in East Midnapore on Saturday for a crucial two-day administrative review. After reaching Nimtouri in Tamluk, Agarwal chaired a marathon meeting with senior officials, which included IG (Western Range) Vishal ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    NIA records hostage judicial officer’s statement, gets custody of ‘mastermind’

    Malda/Kolkata: NIA recorded the statement of one of the judicial officers held hostage at the Kaliachak-II BDO office on April 1 and secured two weeks of police custody of main accused Mofakkerul Islam on Saturday. Sources said questioning has ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    BJP neta files as independent

    A BJP vice-president from Ghatal East, Ratan Dalui, filed an independent nomination for the Ghatal seat on Saturday, after the party announced Sheetal Kapat as its official candidate. Dalui accused Kapat of neglecting the constituency, reports Sujoy Khanra.

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Mahindra chairman lauds VIP Road beautification

    Kolkata: Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra on Saturday posted on his X handle regarding the recent development of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) turning a garbage dumpyard on a stretch below Baguiati flyover on VIP Road into a vibrant hangout ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Buns, cakes fly off shelves as bakeries see brisk business for Easter Sunday

    Kolkata: In the run-up to Easter Sunday, the familiar counters of Kolkata's legacy bakeries were doing brisk business on Saturday, as customers queued for hot cross buns, marzipan eggs, Easter cupcakes and chocolate treats that have long been part ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Ruckus at Lake over rituals

    Kolkata: A minor ruckus occurred near gate no 5 of Rabindra Sarobar on Saturday afternoon after a group of Sheetala Puja devotees allegedly tried to forcefully enter the premises with their puja items.The security personnel shut the gate, stating ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    60% raise hands at Malda rally when Mamata asks if they lost voting right

    Kolkata/Malda: Nearly 60% of the crowd raised their hands when CM Mamata Banerjee asked a rally in Malda's Enayetpur on Saturday how many people had been struck off the voters' list following SIR. The random sampling set the campaign ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Two TMC workers held for ‘voter intimidation’

    Kolkata/Behrampore: Police arrested two Trinamool workers in separate incidents in Canning and Berhampore for allegedly publicly threatening voters. In Canning, Hafizul Molla — pradhan of Deuli-I gram panchayat and a senior Trinamool figure in Canning East — was arrested ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    BJP releases list for 5 more seats

    Kolkata: BJP on Saturday released a fresh list of five candidates for key constituencies in and around Kolkata, while replacing three earlier nominees ahead of the Bengal assembly elections on April 23 and 29, reports Debashis Konar.Shankar Sikdar has ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Green starts bowling at KKR nets

    Kolkata: In a major relief to Kolkata Knight Riders team management, Cameron Green was seen bowling at the nets during the team's practice session at the Eden Gardens on Saturday. The lanky Australian all-rounder bowled three overs at his ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Adhir faces off with TMC supporters on home turf

    Behrampore: Tension gripped Behrampore on Saturday morning after Congress and Trinamool supporters clashed during campaigning near Battala in ward 19, in presence of senior Congress neta Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.Sources said TMC supporters were on a door-to-door campaign in the ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Save-vote ordeal: Electors desperately seek out govt officials to file appeal in tribunal

    Kolkata: The rush at govt offices continued on Saturday as voters sought to file appeals to get their name back on the electoral roll but many were turned away and asked to return with documents they had already submitted ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Lakhs set to lose vote as tribunal offices fail to get off the ground

    Kolkata: Lakhs in Bengal face loss of voting rights as tribunal system remained non-functional till Saturday. Monday is the last day for adjudication for voters of the 152 seats that are going to poll in the first phase.For the ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Max at 36.1°C but cloudy days, thunderstorm on Met radar

    Kolkata: Kolkata continued to be scorched on Saturday, with the maximum temperature hitting 36.1°C — the highest recorded so far this season — even as the Met office predicted cloudy days ahead, with chances of thunderstorms striking the city ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Spare people from fare shock, cops urge autos

    Kolkata: Auto unions have been advised by cops to decide on fares by this weekend and ensure that the passengers are duly informed of the same before boarding.The cops have clarified that those charging extra — beyond what has ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    EC removes official caught with BJP election materials

    Kolkata: The Election Commission on Saturday removed a sector assistant from his post and show-caused him after Trinamool Congress cited a video — in which he is seen preparing BJP campaign materials — and filed a complaint, demanding strict ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Keep at least 40% buses running on each route, appeal unions

    Kolkata: In an appeal addressed to the state transport department, bus unions have asked for immediate measures to be taken to ensure that at least 30%-40% of buses on each route continue operations even if the rest are withdrawn ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Feb 20 JU violence: EC nod to student punishment

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University's executive council (EC) on Saturday approved the external fact-finding committee's report recommending punishment for at least five to six students who were involved in the campus violence, in which two professors were assaulted. The violence took ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Bitumen crisis: Road repairs hit a roadblock

    Kolkata: If you find the neighbourhood roads dug up and crying for repair for over a week, you may need to wait for some more days. With the civic body's hot-mix plants remaining shut for non-availability of bitumen, the ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    41-year-old North-South Metro set to undergo track overhaul

    Kolkata: After 41 years, the city's lifeline, the North-South Metro, will undergo significant track overhaul. Metro Railway has invited tenders for a "thorough rail renewal" valued at Rs 4.2 cr for 9.1 track km of the Blue Line between ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Focus on knowledge, creativity, team work: IIM Cal chairperson

    Kolkata: IIM Calcutta board of governors chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar has asked graduating students to focus on higher-order skills such as judgment, creativity, deep domain knowledge, ability to work in teams and ethical reasoning, as many of the works ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal elections: EC clears 52 lakh adjudication cases

    KOLKATA: The EC published the eighth supplementary list and said it has disposed of around 52 lakh cases under adjudication, expressing hope that the process would be completed within the next few days in line with Calcutta High Court ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal CS, home secy meet HC registrar gen

    Bengal chief secretary Dushyant Nariala and home secretary Sanghamitra Ghosh met the registrar general of Calcutta High Court on Friday to discuss security arrangements for judicial officers engaged in the SIR exercise in Bengal. The meeting was held after ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Astrologer in Mimi row joins BJP in Habra

    Kolkata: Tanay Shastri, an astrologer who had made headlines after a confrontation with actor and former TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty at an event he organised, joined BJP in Habra in Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. Shastri was arrested on ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    NIA flies in IG to lead Kaliachak violence probe

    Malda/Kolkata: NIA flew its IG Sonia Singh to Kolkata on Friday to lead a 24-member inter-state team probing the April 1 violence in Malda. PH Maheshnarain, DIG of the agency's Kolkata unit, reached Kaliachak the same day to begin ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    HC allows CPM’s Tudu to file papers

    Kolkata: Calcutta HC on Friday allowed CPM's Sonamoni Tudu to file her nomination from Manbazar, reports Srishti Lakhotia. Tudu — a member of the Santhal community who has a tribal certificate from her native Jharkhand doesn't have one in ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Why 15, Shah can stay in Bengal for 365 days, says Mamata

    Kolkata/Malda: Union home minister Amit Shah can stay in Bengal for 365 days instead of 15 days as he proclaimed, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Friday. "It won't help him, though. The more people see his face, the fewer ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    BJP mantris meet Ananta Maharaj in Modi rally run-up

    Cooch Behar/Kolkata: Ahead of PM Narendra Modi's April 5 rally at the Rash Mela grounds in Cooch Behar, two senior Union Cabinet ministers, Bhupender Yadav and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, met Greater Cooch Behar neta and BJP's Rajya Sabha member ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal CID nabs Malda gherao prime accused from Bagdogra

    Malda/Bagdogra: Moffakkerul Islam, 43, prime instigator of the Malda violence during which seven judicial officers were held hostage for nine hours, was nabbed by Bengal CID outside Bagdogra airport on Friday morning minutes before he was to board a ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Leg tag decodes journey: Critically endangered bird on Bengal beach flew 8,000km from Russia

    Kolkata: A spoon-billed sandpiper that was sighted recently on the Patibunia beach near Bakkhali may have travelled close to 8,000km from the Chukotka region in Russia, where it was tagged on July 6 last year, according to researchers working ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    CRPF man found dead

    A 43-year-old CRPF jawan on election security duty died of a gunshot wound under mysterious circumstances in East Midnapore's Ramnagar on Friday morning, reports Suman Mandal. The deceased Birendra Singh was a resident of Haryana and belonged to the ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    CID, not EC-apptd cops, caught Malda violence accused: CM

    Kolkata/Malda: CM Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that Bengal CID, an agency "still under her control", took "decisive action" to arrest the main accused in the Malda Mothabari protest incident.Advocate Moffakkerul Islam, a former All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Trinamool, BJP in war of words over political links of Malda ‘mastermind’

    Kolkata: The arrest of Mofakkerul Islam — an AIMIM candidate in the 2021 polls — for allegedly masterminding the Kaliachak violence set off a sharp political confrontation between Trinamool and BJP on Friday.Trinamool, in a post on X, named ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Repair work starts to fix battered roads inside Salt Lake blocks

    Kolkata: Repair work has begun on some of the worst-damaged internal roads across Salt Lake blocks.On Friday, a nearly 100-metre stretch from the market to the canal-side road in AE Block — long in a dilapidated condition — was ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    HC gives job back to hosp sanitation worker

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed reinstatement of a ‘safai karamchari' in a hospital, who got the job on compassionate ground five years after his father's death, observing "minor age difference" when providing appointment for sanitation worker's post ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata sizzles at 36°C, storm relief ahead, assures Met

    Kolkata: The maximum temperature in Kolkata touched 36°C on Friday — 1.4 degrees above normal. High humidity made conditions particularly oppressive, making it the hottest day of the year so far. Met office said temperatures are likely to ease ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Millennium Park shut for CEO office security

    Kolkata: Access to the Millennium Park on the Hooghly riverfront in Kolkata was closed indefinitely by police on Friday afternoon, citing security reasons, with the chief electoral officer's office located opposite the park at the Shipping Corporation of India ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Most prominent CU colleges want to keep subject mark parameter

    Kolkata: A debate has started within Calcutta University over a proposal to standardise undergraduate admissions by using only the "best-of-four" marks, instead of also considering subject-specific scores as many colleges now do.The issue surfaced at a meeting on Thursday ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    EC clears 52 L adjudication applications

    Kolkata: The EC published the eighth supplementary list and said it has disposed of around 52 lakh cases under adjudication, expressing hope that the process would be completed within the next few days in line with Calcutta High Court ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Gas cos reshuffle, shun ‘slow’ LPG distributors for faster delivery

    Kolkata: In a bid to cut down on delivery delays and ease consumer frustration, oil marketing companies (OMC)s, led by Indian Oil Corporation, have begun redistributing domestic LPG bookings from slower distributors to more efficient ones, without requiring customers ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Code trouble continues, LPG delivery becomes headache

    Kolkata: LPG consumers continue to face trouble during the delivery of cylinders, mostly because the delivery authentication codes (DAC) are not reaching them or are getting delayed, thanks to a glitch. This, despite oil marketing companies repeatedly assuring that ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    2 stab man near auto stand in Sealdah

    Kolkata: Entally Police Station registered a case after a Palta resident, Saikat Adhikary (43), was reportedly stabbed near the auto stand at Sealdah station on Thursday evening, abused and threatened with dire consequences. In his complaint, Adhikary said he ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Woman with burns rescued

    Kolkata: A young woman, found with severe burns, was rescued from the Maidan area on Friday afternoon.Cops from Maidan Police Station said her identity was yet to be established and that she had not been in a position to ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Tolly director-writer goes missing after bank errand

    Kolkata: Film-maker and screenwriter Utsav Mukherjee has been reported missing since Thursday after he left his south Kolkata home for a bank errand in Nimta. The 46-year-old director, known for collaborating with director Anik Datta on films, such as ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    In poll season, ED goes after Trinamool seniors

    Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate, which is probing an alleged land grab case in Kolkata, has again on Friday questioned Trinamool's Rashbehari candidate Debasish Kumar. The agency has also sent summons to Trinamool's Bidhannagar candidate Sujit Bose and Madhyamgram candidate ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Offline appeal offices closed all over, deadline worry for SIR-deleted voters

    Kolkata: Many people flocked to govt offices to file their tribunal appeals in offline mode on Friday, only to be told that it was a "govt holiday" and that officials were "busy with other tasks pertaining to the upcoming ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Appeal office shut, deaf-mute man ‘denied’ vote by SIR files plea online

    Kolkata: Deaf and mute youth Sanu Hela, whose name was struck off the electoral roll in south Kolkata, filed his appeal for tribunal hearing on Friday. The 23-year-old from Charu Chandra Avenue is praying that the tribunal appellate authority ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Kalighat fracas: 2 DCPs show-caused, FIR by EC

    Kolkata: After the FIR against two KMC councillors for the April 1 Form 6 stand-off at the EC office, the latter has lodged a fresh FIR for the April 2 face-off between Trinamool and BJP workers at Kalighat, with ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    'Hey DM, where is CID?’: Viral video shows ex-AIMIM candidate Mofakrul Islam daring officials during Malda hostage drama

    KOLKATA/MALDA: The Bengal police on Friday arrested former AIMIM candidate and lawyer Mofakrul Islam from Bagdogra airport in Siliguri in connection with the violence and hostage situation occurred in Malda district.Mofakrul Islam was allegedly trying to board a flight ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
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