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  • You’ve played for far too long, PM sounds warning for TMC

    Kolkata: "Bahut khel khel liya hai tumne (you have played for far too long)," PM Narendra Modi said in Bengal on Saturday, snubbing Trinamool's ‘khela hobe' poll cry, and terming the assembly elections a fight to save Bengal's identity.Addressing ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    ‘Robbery’ plaint against app biker

    Kolkata: A Raiganj resident's allegation of being robbed by an app-bike aggregator rider on E M Bypass near Ajay Nagar on April 7 turned out to be a case of a drunken brawl rather than a planned crime, police ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    Fire at biryani outlet, patrons evacuated

    Kolkata: A fire broke out at a popular biryani outlet in the Hatibagan market area on Saturday. Fire officials said the blaze was reported around 3.30pm and originated from the first-floor chimney of the restaurant. "It is unclear how ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    Drugs worth 28L seized at city airport, one arrested

    Kolkata: A smuggler was arrested at Kolkata airport and 800g of hydroponic cannabis worth 28 lakh, hidden inside tea containers, was seized from him. Cops said he came from Bangkok. "Last year, we seized around 417 kg of this ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    Met predicts warm, dry spell ahead

    Kolkata: The city remained warm and humid even as the maximum temperature crawled up to 33.6°C on Saturday. It could rise further and touch 35°C on Sunday, said the Met office. With no system in the region, the mercury ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    Take vote ‘revenge’ for insult to Prez: Shah to tribal groups

    Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday asked tribal communities in the state to use their votes to "take revenge" for the continuous insults directed at President Droupadi Murmu by Trinamool. BJP would elect a "son of the ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    TMC Nandigram pick moves HC to quash FIR

    Kolkata: Trinamool's Nandigram candidate Pabitra Kar has moved Calcutta HC to quash an FIR registered against him on Thursday for alleged assault, intimidation and looting in East Midnapore's Krishnanagar area — the first FIR against any candidate since the ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek flays Kabir on home turf. Don’t fall for AI clips: PM

    Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday warned voters in Murshidabad not to fall for what he called Trinamool's AI-generated disinformation campaign, even as Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee used the purported sting video against Humayun Kabir to ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    SIR a big scam, it’s a ploy to bring BJP to office, says CM

    Kolkata/Keshiary: The entire SIR process and the mass deletion of genuine voters were a "big scam" with the sole intent of "bringing BJP to office" in Bengal, CM Mamata Banerjee said in Keshiary on Saturday.Among the 90.8 lakh deleted ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    Will recognise Sari & Sarna religions: CM

    Kolkata/Jhargram: CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said if Trinamool is voted into office, it will recognise both the Sari and Sarna religions, report Dwaipayan Ghosh and Sujoy Khanra. "Some people are trying to create division among followers of the ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    BSF jawan’s body to reach Malda today

    Malda: The body of Border Security Force (BSF) constable Mithun Mandal, who served in the 170 Battalion and was killed in crossfire between two ethnic groups in Manipur's Ukhrul district on Friday, will reach his village in Bhagjantola under ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    Hawkers take over pedestrian channel in Grand Hotel zone

    Kolkata: After gobbling up Bertram Street and Humayun Place, new hawkers have shifted focus to a portion of Jawaharlal Nehru Road (in front of Oberoi Grand) that has been barricaded by cops for pedestrian movement. The number of hawkers ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    Dev speaks out against cancel culture, hires ‘banned’ actor for directorial debut

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP and actor Dev has spoken out against Tollywood's cancel culture, saying his directorial debut will include actor Anirban Bhattacharya from the previously "banned" list by the Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India. ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    Clubs shift to mix of electric & LPG ovens, tweak menus

    Kolkata: After Covid, LPG shortage was another eye-opener for the heritage as well as new-age social clubs of the city. The majority of the social clubs are now deciding to keep a parallel electronic cooking system along with LPG ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    CM alleges plot to cancel her election nomination

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged that attempts were made to cancel her nomination from Bhowanipore. She claimed that two false affidavits were filed against her. CM Banerjee had filed her nomination on April 8; it was accepted ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    Haalkhata, panjika move to front shelf days ahead of Poila Baisakh

    Kolkata: Days ahead of Poila Baisakh next week, traders in the city, especially in north and central Kolkata, have started preparations for the Bengali New Year, reviving rituals that blend commerce—beginning of new account books—with culture.At Baithakkhana, located between ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    Green boost: New Town group starts home nurseries

    Kolkata: Members of Ecologic, a nature lovers' forum in New Town that has planted over 4,000 trees across the township over the past four years, have taken up an initiative to develop nurseries at their homes for different types ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    Median stretch below Maa flyover gets a facelift

    Kolkata: The beautification work of the median stretch below Maa flyover between Chingrighata and Park Circus bridge no. 4 has been completed. Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) that was entrusted with the work last year has set up pocket ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    EC effects 9th transfer in run-up to polls, changes 3 joint CPs, 5 DCPs, 51 others

    Kolkata: In its ninth mass transfer order involving 59 officers, the Election Commission on Saturday transferred Kolkata's joint commissioners (crime, headquarters, and intelligence), along with five DCPs —including DCP (South) — and six OCs. Such mass transfers— 542 officers ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    SIR’s whims: Dead mom on voter list but hubby, son off

    Kolkata: Seventy-seven-year-old Mina Jalal — who was under adjudication for SIR — never came to know in her lifetime that she qualified to be a voter. The voter of Chowringhee Assembly constituency passed away on March 27, days before ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    After SIR axe, voter count shrinks by 37 lakh in 152 constituencies that will go to polls in first phase

    Kolkata: The voter count in the 152 assembly constituencies that will go to polls in the first phase is 37 lakh less than the pre-SIR voter list.In the 16 districts that go to the polls on April 23 — ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    ED quizzes Partha, searches his home

    Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday interrogated former Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee at his Naktala residence and conducted searches there in connection with the school jobs-for-cash scam. Chatterjee was released on bail in Nov last year after he ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    SIR pushes Tricolour man in Howrah off electoral roll

    Kolkata: A man whose family has been making the National Flag since Independence in 1947 has been stripped of his voting rights.Raju Halder, a third-generation Tricolour maker and one of the biggest suppliers of national flags in eastern India, ...

    12 April 2026 Times of India
    Teachers’ recruitment scam: ED raids premises of ex-Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, middleman

    KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday conducted fresh searches against former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee and others as part of a money laundering investigation linked to the alleged teachers’ recruitment scam in the state, officials said.According ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    What if PM Modi still loses?: Arvind Kejriwal alleges 'institutional takeovers, cutting of votes' ahead of West Bengal polls

    NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of “institutional takeover and cutting millions of votes” ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections.In a post on X, Kejriwal ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    HC no to DA rally at Hazra, nod for sit-in

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday denied a rally or any march by the state govt employees organisation, Sangrami Joutha Mancha, agitating for outstanding DA in the Bhawanipore area but allowed them to have a sit-in demonstration at Hazra ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    Voters deleted in SIR anti-nationals, says Dilip in Hindu refugee colony

    Kharagpur: All 90.8 lakh people, whose names have been struck off voter list, were "anti-nationals", former state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh said in Kharagpur on Thursday.BJP's Kharagpur Town candidate Ghosh was campaigning in the Talbagicha area when he remarked: ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    Owaisi dumps Kabir after sting video alleges ‘1,000cr BJP deal’

    Kolkata/Rampurhat: Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM severed its electoral alliance with Humayun Kabir's Aam Janata Unnayan Party on Friday, a day after a purported sting video surfaced showing a person resembling Kabir discussing a Rs 1,000 crore arrangement with BJP in ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    Iran-US conflict squeezes foundry sector

    Kolkata: The Iran-US conflict is beginning to bite India's foundry and castings sector, pushing up raw material prices, logistics costs and working capital stress — particularly for smaller manufacturers.Industry associations including the IFA and FCDA have flagged a sharp ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    Coal India insulating consumers from surging input costs

    Kolkata: Coal India said it is absorbing a sharp rise in input costs instead of passing them on to consumers, shielding coal users from higher prices despite surging expenses on explosives and industrial diesel."Any pass-through of the mounting prices ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    Poll panel rejects TMC Krishnanagar North candidate’s nomination

    Krishnanagar (Nadia): The Election Commission has rejected the nomination of Trinamool candidate Abhinav Bhattacharya from Krishnanagar North — the first such rejection involving a recognised party's candidate in the 2026 Bengal assembly elections.The EC invoked Section 9A of the ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    Shah reiterates permanent political solution for Darj in poll manifesto

    Darjeeling: The long-debated demand for a "permanent political solution" to the Darjeeling hills issue returned to the forefront ahead of the Bengal Assembly elections on Friday, with BJP reiterating the promise in its manifesto.First highlighted in the party's 2019 ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    SUCI wants all SIR enrollees in voter list

    Kolkata: SUCI state secretary Chandidas Bhattacharya on Friday demanded that everyone who filled enumeration forms during the SIR process be included in the voter list, warning that removing millions — a majority of them women — would make the ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal polls 2026: All deleted voters will be restored if TMC wins, says Abhishek Banerjee

    KOLKATA: Abhishek Banerjee, general secretary of the All India Trinamool Congress, on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Election Commission of India over alleged removal of names from voter lists, asserting that all ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    Mamata flays BJP’s fish ‘lies’, slams its silence on ‘attacks on meat, fish shops’

    Kolkata/Swarupnagar: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday tore into BJP's fish "lies", saying Bengal "eats up what it produces", and questioned the saffron party's silence on "targeting of meat and fish shops" if it was such a big fan ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    Hiraan mentions Anindita as ‘separated’ wife

    Kolkata: "Legally married; currently separated" — that's what actor and Kharagpur Town MLA Hiranmoy Chattopadhyay (Hiraan) has declared in his nomination affidavit while mentioning the name of Anindita Chattopadhyay as his spouse.Earlier, Anindita filed an FIR accusing Hiraan of ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    Female poll officials to check women in purdah at polling stations: EC

    Kolkata: Female poll officials will have to compulsorily check and identify women in purdah at polling stations and mark them on the electoral roll before allowing them inside booths to cast their votes: This is one of the instructions ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    74-year-old woman loses 1 cr over 32 days in Kol’s longest digi-arrest

    Kolkata: A 74-year-old resident of Palm Avenue in the Karaya area has fallen victim to the city's longest "digital arrest" fraud, with scammers holding her under "virtual custody" for 32 days and allegedly defrauding her of over Rs 1 ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    ‘Lock up criminals 72 hrs before polls’

    Kolkata: The Election Commission on Friday directed police across districts to take preventive action against potential troublemakers ahead of polls. The instruction came during a video conference with CPs and SPs, attended by police observers. The EC ordered to ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    3 arrested with 27 kg ganja

    Kolkata: The detective department narcotics cell on Friday arrested three persons, including a woman, with 27.5 kg ganja during a raid on the Maidan. The contraband is valued at Rs 13.7 lakh in the grey market. The arrested, Jaideb ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    Park Street cops bust loan racket, arrest 6

    Kolkata: Park Street Police Station cops, with the help of the detective department, busted a fake loan racket, believed to be worth crores of rupees, following a raid on a fake call centre on Wednesday and arrested six people. ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    No-poll work undertaking for shifted cops

    Kolkata: The Bengal Police, following an EC directive, has ordered the transfer of 81 inspectors and 19 sub-inspectors. All transferred personnel were told to ensure their unit in-charges, CPs or SPs gave an undertaking, pledging they wouldn't take poll ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    Did anyone get Rs 15L in bank a/c promised earlier? Didi takes swipe after Shah’s promises for Bengal

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Friday dubbed BJP's Sankalp Patra for Bengal a "copycat" manifesto and alleged that the saffron party never delivers on its promises.At a rally in Basirhat, CM Mamata Banerjee asked how many people had received Rs 15 ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    BJP promises UCC, cash for women, jobless & farmers

    Kolkata: BJP will introduce a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Bengal within six months of being voted to office, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Friday.He also said a BJP govt would provide a monthly assistance of Rs ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    Include us in manifesto, hike allowance, boost infra, disabled voters tell netas

    Kolkata: People with disabilities from different parts of the city demanded their inclusion in political manifestos so that the new govt, to be formed next month, drew up policies for their welfare.During a panel discussion organised by an NGO, ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    Brother-in-law drugs, rapes & traffics woman

    Kolkata: The city cops have launched a probe and a two-state manhunt, into an alleged case of gang rape by drugging and subsequent human trafficking involving a 26-year-old woman, who was allegedly lured by her own brother-in-law and his ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    Ban on 12 Tolly actors, directors remains in place even after 72-hour deadline ends

    Kolkata: Seventy-two hours have passed since actor-MP Dev set the deadline for lifting the ban on 12 Tollywood actors and directors. This was done after industry stakeholders announced a non-cooperation against the production house of Rahul Banerjee-starrer ‘Bhole Baba ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    Kol set for China film fest, language day events

    Kolkata: After 10 years, the Chinese film festival is set to return to Kolkata. And it will be followed by another event that will debut in the city — the International Chinese Language Day celebration. Both will be organised ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    After LPG crisis, many Kol auto owners want to switch to electric

    Kolkata: A sharp spike in auto LPG prices following the West Asia conflict has triggered a shift among auto operators, with many abandoning gas-powered vehicles in favour of electric alternatives. Scrapyard operators estimate that nearly 97% of autos being ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    Passport: . Domicile certificate: . What more do we need, ask angry voters left out of electoral roll

    Kolkata: Electors who could not make it to the electoral roll even after submission of passports and domicile certificates are bewildered about what else they need to produce to convince the tribunal about their authenticity as legitimate voters.Even after ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    NUJS team helps deleted voters file fresh appeals

    Kolkata: The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS) has come forward to offer free legal help to those whose names have been deleted or are still under adjudication.The Legal Aid Society of the university, comprising three professors ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    Beleghata man deleted from Bengal roll finds himself in Bihar

    Kolkata: Krishnendu Mukherjee, 44, a Trinamool Congress booth-level agent from Beliaghata, found that his name was deleted from the final electoral roll and added to the Bihar voter list. He is now seeking legal advice to resolve the issue.His ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    3 govt docs from Murshidabad under SIR axe but mom can vote

    Kolkata: For three siblings, all of whom are working as govt medical officers, Thursday was a hectic day. They were busy filing online appeals to the tribunal to have their names enrolled in the electoral rolls. During the SIR ...

    11 April 2026 Times of India
    ‘CBSE class 12 examiners to check papers on Sundays’

    Kolkata: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has directed examiners, evaluating class 12 board answer scripts, to treat Sundays as working days, revising its earlier notice that Sundays and holidays would remain non-working during the assessment period.In a ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal polls: TMC goons harassed RG Kar victim's mother while filing nomination for Panihati constituency, says Smriti Irani

    PANIHATI: Union Minister Smriti Irani strongly criticised the Trinamool Congress, alleging that Ratna Debnath, mother of the RG Kar rape victim, was harassed while filing her nomination for the Panihati assembly constituency. Speaking to ANI, Irani called Ratna a ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    Rs 3,000 direct benefit, women job quota, Singur revival: Amit Shah unveils BJP’s Bengal Sankalp Patra

    KOLKATA: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said that if the BJP forms the government in West Bengal, it will provide Rs 3,000 to women by directly transferring the amount into their bank accounts. He also promised employment ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    'Even snake can be trusted, but not BJP': Mamata Banerjee attacks BJP at poll rally; says vote for TMC to keep Bengal safe

    KOLKATA: At an election rally in Tentulia, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee launched a sharp attack on the BJP, saying, “Even a snake can be trusted, but not BJP.”Addressing the gathering, Banerjee added, “I am ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    Where ruin and melody coexist: Performances from the frontlines of war zones

    Over the years, musicians have found a way to call for peace through their melodies. In cities reduced to rubble, music has often arrived not as performance, but as interruption – cutting through dust, silence and the aftershock of ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    PM Narendra Modi makes fish overtures, says BJP will ensure adequate supply in Bengal

    KOLKATA: PM Narendra Modi, in an attempt to counter Trinamool’s portrayal of BJP as “an anti-non-veg party” in a state that loves its maachh-bhaat, accused Trinamool on Thursday of being unable to provide adequate fish to its people, prompting ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    Trinamool video shows 'Kabir-like man' seeking ' Rs 1000 cr from BJP'; Watch

    KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress on Thursday released a video in which a man resembling Aam Janata Unnayan Party founder Humayun Kabir, who was with Bengal’s governing party till he was suspended last year, is heard seeking Rs 1,000 crore from ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    ‘Yes SIR’, ‘No SIR’: How voter roll revision is driving Bengal’s poll

    The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has emerged as the most dominant and contentious issue in the 2026 Bengal assembly polls, eclipsing traditional campaign themes such as welfare politics, industrial stagnation, corruption, and identity.SIR in the state ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    EC’s concessions to BJP are deletions for Bengal, says Didi

    KOLKATA: They had given an ultimatum to Trinamool. A tweet was made from the Commission’s handle in this regard. Many greetings. The reason is, Trinamool is the only one that can fight against BJP. I wish you well,” she said.

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    RG Kar mother files papers, says women’s safety a priority

    Kolkata: The mother of the RG Kar rape-and-murder victim, now a BJP candidate, once again used her saree to convey a powerful message — this time wearing one inscribed with ‘Shaktirupena Sangsthita' (embodiment of strength) — as she filed ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    Another production house under lens after actor alleges sexual exploitation

    Kolkata: Another production house in Kolkata, Tent Cinema, has come under the scanner after an actor lodged a complaint with the National Commission for Women on Thursday, alleging sexual exploitation by its head. The house, which has created popular ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    Presi admission: Panel set up for 7 depts’ tests

    Kolkata: Seven departments at Presidency University— chemistry, statistics, life sciences, economics, astrophysics, history and political science — which will hold entrance tests from this academic session to admit undergraduate students, have started planning. An official said, "To ensure a ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    CU panel names UG course certs

    Kolkata: Undergraduate students pursuing three-year multidisciplinary courses may receive a certificate, titled ‘Graduation with Two Cores and One Minor'. A committee, formed by Calcutta University, on Thursday determined the names of the four certificates to be awarded to students ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    Artistes take to streets against grant cancellation, ‘pol schooling’ suggestion

    Kolkata: Performing artistes of Bengal, including Soumitra Mitra, Sima Mukhopadhyay, Dulal Lahiri, Arup Ray and Sanjib Sarkar, took out a rally on Thursday, condemning the Centre's suspension and cancellation of a large number of Performing Artists Grants without citing ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    Admin quashes ‘EPIC must for Darj check-in’ rumour

    Darjeeling: Administration has dismissed rumours in Darjeeling that tourists must show voter IDs while checking into hotels, urging visitors to rely only on official information.Hotel associations said no such directive exists and that guests can check in with any ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal tourists evacuated from landslide-hit Lachen

    Darjeeling: Over 1,300 tourists, most from Bengal, and 84 local residents, who were stranded in North Sikkim's Lachen after a landslide damaged a key stretch of road near Tarum Chu Bridge, were evacuated by the Army's Trishakti Corps under ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    68-yr-old man dies in tribunal line

    Ranaghat (Nadia): A 68-year-old man died on Thursday after falling ill while standing in line at the SDO office in Ranaghat, waiting to file an appeal for an SIR tribunal hearing.Jibankrishna Biswas, a resident of Nadia's Bagula, had gone ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata residential sales buck national trend with 5% growth in Q1

    Kolkata: The city's residential market held its ground in the first quarter of 2026, registering a 5% increase in sales even as overall housing sales across India's eight leading markets declined 4%. Kolkata recorded 4,043 units sold in Q1 ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    FIR against TMC Nandigram nominee for loot, assault

    Kolkata/Tamluk: Police registered an FIR against Trinamool candidate Pabitra Kar on Thursday for alleged assault, intimidation and looting in Nandigram's Krishnanagar area — the first such case against any candidate since the model code came into effect. Kar could ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    Fight pol battle but show courtesy: CM in rally next door

    Kolkata: Without directly referring to the RG Kar incident, chief minister Mamata Banerjee, during her first political campaign where the victim's family stays, sent out a subtle message asking everyone to "maintain boundaries" and show "courtesy" to each other."No ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    ‘Spirited’ birthday bash at Behala bldg ends in bash-up

    Kolkata: A joyous birthday celebration at a residential flat in Behala's Parnasree area turned into a midnight nightmare for a local family following a bitter confrontation with neighbours.Police have registered a case against three individuals after a woman alleged ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    CBI can question RG Kar convict again: HC

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday observed that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) can re-interrogate RG Kar rape-and-murder convict Sanjay Roy, in connection with a case filed by the victim's parents flagging questions on the probe — the ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata set to enter hot and humid phase from today, no rain for next few days: Met

    Kolkata: While thunderstorms between Wednesday night and Thursday morning pulled the mercury way below the normal mark, brace for hotter days ahead from Friday. The city is set to enter a hot and humid phase when the mercury will ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    Tally 1.1 crore after 3rd digital arrest case in just 24 hours

    Kolkata: A 69-year-old Picnic Garden resident was duped of Rs 23.7 lakh in a digital arrest fraud where the conmen impersonated federal investigators. This was the third major incident reported to Kolkata Police in 24 hours, a period during ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    After week of nor’westers, KMC gets ready to tackle monsoon in N Kol waterlogging belt

    Kolkata: Pre-monsoon nor'westers have pushed the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to fast-track its preparedness in north Kolkata's chronic waterlogging belt, with the under-construction drainage pumping station at Hrishikesh Park set to become partly operational by early June.The sewerage and ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    Kaliganj AJUP pick 3rd contestant to get tribunal clearance

    Kolkata: A day ahead of the last date for filing nominations, Aam Janata Unnayan Party (JUP) candidate Kechhabuddin Sekh from Nadia's Kaliganj constituency got clearance from the appellate tribunal on April 8, making him the third case where names ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    Both her parents voters, but Sunali still fights ‘B’deshi’ tag

    Kolkata: Sunali Khatun's mother Jyotsna Bibi, initially under adjudication, has finally found her name in the voter list. Sunali's father Bhodu Sheikh had been cleared in the Dec 2025 SIR draft list.On Thursday, Sunali broke into angry tears when ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    Out on bail, BJP candidate with 56 criminal cases files papers for Port

    Kolkata: Arrested in the Vidyasagar statue vandalism case, BJP leader Rakesh Singh filed his nomination on Thursday — the final day for submissions — for the Kolkata Port constituency while carrying a portrait of Vidyasagar.The Bengal govt had previously ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    Shyampukur, Chowringhee, Entally top Kol deletion list

    Kolkata: In Kolkata, for voters who were placed under adjudication, Shyampukur saw the highest deletion with 87%, followed by Chowringhee at 73.3%. Ballygunge with 74%, followed by Bhowanipore (72.5%), topped inclusion list.The EC on Thursday released the assembly-wise addition ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    Saradha scam accused Sudipto Sen to walk out of jail

    Kolkata: The alleged mastermind of Saradha scam, Sudipto Sen was granted bail in the last two pending cases on Tuesday by the Calcutta High Court after he spent 13 years in jail. The HC observed: "To deny bail now, ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal elections 2026: Deleted voters grill Dilip even as BJP sticks to ‘infiltrator’ pitch

    KOLKATA/KHARAGPUR: BJP's Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday said names of some genuine voters had indeed been deleted during the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls after he ran into a group of women who asked him why their names were ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    Nandalal family members get back voting right

    Kolkata: A special bench of appellate tribunal directed the EC to reinstate the name of the maternal grandson of artist Nandalal Bose, Suprabuddha Sen, 88, and his wife, 82, in the electoral rolls, following the SC order. A senior ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    72-year-old retd schoolteacher, presiding officer 10 times over, falls foul of SIR

    Kolkata: A 72-year-old retired schoolteacher with 37 years of service, including five years as teacher-in-charge, has been deleted from the electoral roll, despite submitting valid documents. Sk Asraful Haque, a Khanakul voter, was also presiding officer for at least ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    97-year-old, a 1947 refugee who has voted in every election, loses her right to SIR

    Kolkata: Subarna Bala Poddar, a 97-year-old refugee who has voted in every election since becoming eligible, has had her name deleted following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).Subarna Bala was born in Abdullahpur, in what was then undivided Bengal, and ...

    10 April 2026 Times of India
    At Bangladesh border, a fight for next chapter

    KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: Baharampur’s political weight cannot be understood without its past. Established in 1757 following the Battle of Plassey, the town became one of the earliest administrative and military bases of the East India Company in India. Over time, ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    Chhobiwala to be screened for free as tribute to Rahul Arunoday Banerjee

    Rahul Arunday Banerjee’s untimely death is still being mourned by the Bengali film industry. Makers of one of his last theatrical projects, Chhobiwala have announced a special non-commercial initiative to honour the late actor’s memory, amidst the atmosphere of ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal polls: Mamata Banerjee marches to file nomination, says will go to Supreme Court again over SIR

    KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday led a 400-metre march from her home to Alipore Survey Building, accompanied by about 4,000 Trinamool Congress supporters, and filed her nomination for Bhowanipore assembly seat with four proposers from four different ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    NIA doesn’t seek custody, Mofakkerul to be in jail till Apr 17

    Malda: Advocate Mofakkerul Islam, the alleged mastermind of the Mothabari violence, was sent to judicial custody by the chief judicial magistrate of Malda on Wednesday after the NIA, which has taken over the probe, did not seek his custody. ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal elections 2026: ‘Fire doesn’t choose home it burns,’ Mamata warns BJP

    KOLKATA/ARAMBAGH: Mamata Banerjee drew a direct parallel between the SIR voter deletions in Bengal and the NRC exercise in Assam, saying at an election rally in Hooghly's Arambagh on Wednesday that BJP had failed to learn from that experience."In ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    TMC, BJP lodge flurry of complaints

    Kolkata/Delhi: Trinamool and BJP have filed a flurry of complaints with the EC alleging MCC violations and partisan behaviour. TMC lodged a complaint against Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal, alleging he met with BJP netas in Nandigram on April 5.Citing ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    Don’t deploy civic volunteers for poll duty: EC

    Kolkata: Election Commission in a letter to Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal on Wednesday, again directed that no civic volunteers or Green Police be deployed for election-related duties.The directive also prohibited the personnel from wearing the uniform three days prior ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    Triumph targets 1 lakh sub-400 cc bike sales in 15 months

    Kolkata: Triumph Motorcycles India is targeting sales figure of 1 lakh for sub-400 cc bikes manufactured in India in 15 months. It sold the first 1 lakh units in 30 months.Triumph is the largest UK-owned motorcycle manufacturer, with the ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    Aroop Biswas files nomination, eyes 5th win in Tollygunge

    Kolkata: Four-time MLA and Trinamool heavyweight Aroop Biswas on Wednesday filed his nomination for the Tollygunge assembly constituency, with a rally to the Alipore Treasury Building.A key face of south Kolkata politics, Biswas was the last among the city's ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    Unkindest cut: Struck off electoral roll but assigned poll duty by EC for West Bengal elections 2026

    KOLKATA: Senior executive magistrate Md Erfan Habib, 41, is currently on election duty in Bengal. Serving as the deputy district election officer (DDEO) of Birbhum, he oversees the accuracy of the electoral roll and provides administrative direction to electoral ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    India may beat RBI growth forecast: EAC-PM chair

    Kolkata: India may exceed RBI's GDP growth projection for 2026-27, the chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, S Mahendra Dev, said on Wednesday. Speaking at an interactive session with members of the Bharat Chamber of ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    No Muslim candidate in BJP Bengal list

    Kolkata: BJP has not fielded a single Muslim candidate in the Bengal assembly polls despite having a base of nearly two lakh members from the community in the state, even in seats where it previously fielded Muslim candidates, such ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    Bihar minor caught with arms, ammo on Strand Rd

    Kolkata: The Special Task Force of Kolkata Police nabbed a 17-year-old from Bihar on Wednesday, seizing a cache of at least five finished firearms, 13 unfinished ones, and 40 rounds of ammunition. The operation took place near a public ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
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