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  • Law college needs at least 122 CCTV cameras: PWD

    Kolkata: The law college in south Kolkata where a student was raped last June, requires at least 122 CCTV cameras for total surveillance of the building, recommended the Public Works Department team. The number may vary after a thorough ...

    24 February 2026 Times of India
    Felani, whom Mamata took to Writers’ seeking justice, dies aged 91

    Santipur/Kolkata: Felani Basak, the mother of a deaf-and-mute rape survivor whom Mamata Banerjee had taken to Writers' Buildings in 1993 to demand justice, passed away at her Fulia home on Monday. She was 91.The then Left Front govt ordered ...

    24 February 2026 Times of India
    Digi Yatra bounces back at airport, flyers breathe easy

    Kolkata: A day after a snag in the Digi Yatra system inconvenienced passengers at the city airport, flyers used the seamless recognition facility without any hitch on Monday. Digi Yatra usage bounced back to around 30%–31% of domestic flyers ...

    24 February 2026 Times of India
    116 more CCTV cams for morning hotspots

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police will strengthen security measures at Kalighat and Lake areas, especially to ensure the safety of morning walkers and pilgrims. The cops will install 116 CCTV cameras at Rs 29 lakh in these two areas. While ...

    24 February 2026 Times of India
    Metro upgrade to solve N-S third rail problem

    Kolkata: The country's oldest Metro is now set for a complete overhaul of its electricity supply system.Metro Railway, which operates the city's rapid transit system, is often hit by power snags along the New Garia–Dakshineswar corridor that runs along ...

    24 February 2026 Times of India
    Police bust cricket betting racket, 1 held

    Kolkata: The cops on Sunday conducted a raid at an office on the second floor of a building at Indian Exchange Place, and arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly running a cricket betting operation. The raid took place during ...

    24 February 2026 Times of India
    Met: Rain may break Kol’s four-month dry streak

    Kolkata: The city is likely to get light to moderate rain on Tuesday, the Met office has predicted. The city will get a rainy day after close to four months if the prediction comes out correct.While warm southerly and ...

    24 February 2026 Times of India
    After TOI report, KMC to slap notice on C Kol parking agency

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Monday decided to issue a show-cause notice to the agency that runs the car parking lot on JL Nehru Road for overcharging and not adhering to parking rules. The decision was taken ...

    24 February 2026 Times of India
    Courts start feeling SIR pinch as judicial officers begin scrutiny work

    Kolkata: At 12.30 pm on Monday, the corridors of the District Civil and Sessions Court in Alipore wore an unusual look. Instead of the steady hum of arguments and courtroom exchanges, groups of lawyers stood clustered outside Additional District ...

    24 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Hold polls based on pre-SIR rolls’

    Kolkata: Civil Society, comprising citizens from various walks of life, on Monday demanded that the forthcoming Assembly elections in Bengal be held on the basis of electoral rolls prepared prior to the SIR 2026.The members of the group alleged ...

    24 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Disclose quantum of money collected for raising objections to SSC answer keys’

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the West Bengal Central School Service Commission (WBCSSC) to disclose amount of money collected from candidates of second State Level School Test (SLST) for objections raised to the preliminary answer keys. Around ...

    24 February 2026 Times of India
    No infra, need paramilitary forces to protect EKW: HC

    Kolkata: Reprimanding the state for inaction in removing 505 unauthorised constructions on East Kolkata Wetland, Calcutta High Court on Monday roped in the Union govt to remove them, while stating, "The state does not have the infrastructure. Now the ...

    24 February 2026 Times of India
    Trial courts face SIR burden that earlier hobbled Bengal schools

    KOLKATA: It is now the turn of the state’s trial courts to face the challenges that Bengal’s schools have navigated over the past three months.Across the state on Sunday, judges in district courts held a series of meetings with ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    Dragged, assaulted, dumped on road: Kolkata woman molested by friend inside moving car; accused arrested after 2km chase

    KOLKATA: A 20-year-old woman was allegedly forced into a car by a friend, molested, assaulted, and then kicked out of the moving vehicle on Diamond Harbour Road in Behala on Saturday night.The 18-year-old friend initially fled the spot after ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    Digi Yatra facial recognition system glitch causes chaos at Kolkata airport, flyers forced to wait in long queues

    KOLKATA: Hundreds of flyers were forced to stand in serpentine queues at the Kolkata airport on Sunday as the Digi Yatra facial recognition system suffered a prolonged glitch, slowing entry and security checks throughout the morning and in the ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    Jumbo in legal limbo over Bengal return dies in Bihar

    Kolkata: Suman, a young female elephant formerly belonging to Nataraj Circus and one of three elephants involved in long-pending proceedings before the Calcutta High Court over their alleged illegal transfer from Bengal to Bihar, died recently."Publicly available footage from ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    BSF inspector held for smuggling 3kg brown sugar

    Siliguri: A BSF inspector was arrested by Darjeeling cops for allegedly smuggling brown sugar worth crores of rupees from Bihar to Siliguri, during a naka check at Phansidewa on Sunday. The accused was identified as Alok Kumar Ravikar, a ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    Youth Congress shirtless stir poor judgment: Babul

    Kolkata: Criticising Youth Congress's shirtless protests at the AI Impact Summit in Delhi, Bengal IT minister Babul Supriyo on Sunday posted on X, "Political differences can be fought relentlessly but never at the expense of the nation's honour and ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    Bengal STF busts OTP scam ‘linked to Pak’s ISI’, arrests two

    Kolkata: Two men have been arrested in Murshidabad by Bengal Police's STF for allegedly transmitting OTPs linked to Indian SIM cards to Pakistan, enabling remote activation for suspected espionage and cybercrime activities. The duo's terror links are now under ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    Man stabbed for ‘speaking Bengali’ in Madhya Pradesh

    MALDA: A Malda man was stabbed in Madhya Pradesh, with his family alleging he was targeted for speaking Bengali. Syed Sk (37), a resident of Paharpur village , had been working as a cloth vendor in MP's Sagar for ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Joy Maa Kali’: PM’s letter signals BJP’s Bengal poll rebrand

    Kolkata: "Joy Maa Kali" —Prime Minister Narendra Modi's letter sent out to Bengal voters ahead of assembly polls begins with this greeting, marking a deliberate shift in BJP's political messaging as the party attempts to shed its "outsider" tag ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    Former India footballer Dipendu rejoins TMC

    Kolkata: Former India footballer and former Basirhat South MLA returned to Trinamool on Sunday. Biswas, a former TMC member, had joined BJP ahead of the 2021 assembly polls, but resigned shortly.Along with Biswas, Basirhat I block Congress president Kader ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Bombs hurled’ at MLA’s convoy in Bhangar

    Kolkata: Bullets were fired at and bombs allegedly hurled at Canning East MLA and Trinamool's Bhangar observer Saokat Molla's convoy on Saturday night, damaging a vehicle trailing his SUV. Molla blamed ISF while the latter claimed that TMC had ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    Cricket fans hope India’s first Super 8 game no-show a minor blip

    Kolkata: The stage was set for a replay of the 2024 T20 World Cup final. The battle lines were drawn and Team India had seemed unstoppable. But it turned out to be a rare off day for the Men ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    Come, park your car in heart of city. Rates: Negotiable

    Kolkata: Motorists must pay Rs 50 an hour to get a space in a car parking lot on JL Nehru Road (Chowringhee), where the official rate is Rs 10 an hour. In the absence of continuous vigil, car parking ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    Now, coliform found in another New Town hsg complex water, no case of illness so far

    Kolkata: After suspected water contamination at Sukhobrishti Housing Complex last week, another residential complex in New Town reported the presence of coliform bacteria in its water sample. Residents of One 10 Housing, located in Action Area 1 near Aquatica ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    Suicide hits Blue Line ops for 30 mins

    Kolkata: Blue Line (North-South metro) services were hit for half an hour on Sunday after a youth died by suicide at Tollygunge (Mahanayak Uttam Kumar) metro station.Sources said the youth, aged around 25 years, jumped before the approaching train ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    State appoints doctors, nurse for HC creche

    Kolkata: A creche to accommodate children of Calcutta High Court (HC) staff, lawyers and litigants is expected to become operational soon. In the latest development, the state health dept has issued an order to depute two doctors and one ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    Protest rage: SRFTI students pull films out of Mum fest

    Kolkata: An SRFTI Dalit student's Malayalam short film, ‘Da'lit Kids', was removed from the Animela Animation Film Festival line-up a day before its Mumbai screening, after the ministry of information & broadcasting reportedly denied the usual student-film exemption without ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    Water supply boost to benefit 1L residents in 11 Salt Lake blocks from next month

    Kolkata: Close to one lakh residents from 11 blocks and three housing estates in Salt Lake, including Karunamoyee Housing, will get upgraded water supply services from the next month.The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to introduce three of ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    Sandakphu receives season’s first snowfall after 10 months

    Darjeeling: After a gap of 10 months, Sandakphu, the highest point in the state, witnessed the season's first snowfall on Saturday evening. Though the snowfall lasted briefly and did not accumulate, it brought excitement among tourists and renewed optimism ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    Climate change contributed to high winter AQI in city

    Kolkata: The city's winter air turned toxic as a Climate Trends study flagged meteorology and climate change as key pollution drivers. Even as Delhi and Patna grab headlines for choking smog, a new multi-city analysis by environmental think tank ...

    23 February 2026 Times of India
    Swimming coach gets life for ’15 attack on minor, robbery

    Kolkata: A Sealdah court on Saturday sentenced swimming instructor Sandeep Sahu to life imprisonment for attempting to murder a minor and committing robbery in 2015 in Chitpur. The sentence was pronounced a day after the court convicted him on ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Yoga training leaves 3-yr-old girl disabled

    Howrah: A former coaching staff of the Bengal yoga team, Kartik Patra, was accused of forcing a three-and-a-half-year-old girl to perform difficult yoga exercises, leaving her disabled, said cops.The girl's mother filed a complaint against Patra at Jagatballavpur PS ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Logged off from app, BLOs in a new flap over queries from anxious voters

    Kolkata: BLOs are in a new flap. About a week elapsed since they logged off from the BLO App, they are still facing questions from electors anxious about whether their names will remain on electoral roll.Scrutiny of documents is ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    After BNP win, artists hope for Chhayanaut return, ready to give music another chance

    Kolkata: Indian musicians want to rebuild ties with Bangladesh under Tarique Rahman's leadership and are willing to return to perform there. This comes after the Bangladesh PM recently said his govt believes that the State belongs to all citizens, ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Kol lux housing accelerates, super luxury sales soften

    Kolkata: Kolkata's luxury (Rs 5-10 crore) and ultra-luxury (Rs 10 crore-plus) residential markets showed a clear divergence in Calendar Year 2025, with luxury accelerating on both supply and absorption, while ultra-luxury softened sharply on sales despite price appreciation, a ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Teacher dupes man of 58L with lure of job, edu seat for kids

    Kolkata: The Anandapur Police registered a case after a man from Bankura alleged he was duped of Rs 58.5 lakh by a private tutor—also a teacher of Harinavi school—on the pretext of securing a govt job for his son ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Day after voter list release, central boots to be on ground in Bengal

    KOLKATA: The Centre will be sending 480 companies — about 35,000 personnel — to Bengal for area domination and confidence-building measures even before the 2026 assembly polls are announced. Half of them will arrive on March 1, the day ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Man loses 90k after card-swap at Jadavpur ATM

    Kolkata: A 69-year-old senior citizen from Survey Park lost about Rs 89,960 from his public bank account in an alleged ATM fraud last month. The victim lodged a complaint with Survey Park Police Station on Friday. According to cops, ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Con poses as NKDA chairman to obtain info from employee

    Kolkata: A senior employee of New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) might have fallen prey to online CEO fraud. The complaint was submitted from NKDA's office address under the jurisdiction of Techno City police station. A case was lodged ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta HC cancels leave till march 9 for judicial officers on SIR work; 173 picked to dispose of 45L

    KOLKATA: Tasked with adjudicating about 45 lakh disputed SIR cases, Calcutta High Court administration on Saturday cancelled the leaves of all senior district judges till March 9. Around 23 district judges and 150 senior judges will dispose of the ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Authenticity or caricature: Bengali cinema’s love–hate relationship with dialects

    KOLKATA: For decades, formal dialogue in Bengali cinema has been dominated by the colloquial Rarhi dialect of Nadia and Kolkata. The observance of International Mother Language Day on February 21 provided an apt occasion for many in Tollywood to ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    At CP meet with senior citizens, focus on fin frauds, ‘digi-arrest’

    Kolkata: Commissioner of Kolkata Police Supratim Sarkar said four out of five cases of cybercrimes in which the victims faced high losses, involved senior citizens.Sarkar addressed several senior citizens, all residents of Beleghata-Kankurgachhi-Tangra, at Subhas Sarobar on Saturday in ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    KMC gives cheques to Dhapa farmers

    Kolkata: KMC reached the final stage of distributing cheques to Dhapa farmers for acquiring 73 hectares of land that will be used for setting up a sanitary landfill facility. Besides, the KMC solid waste dept will set up several ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Mother dies after delivery, kin allege negligence

    Kharagpur: A family has filed a complaint at Kotwali police station alleging medical negligence in the death of a 32-year-old woman at Midnapore Medical College Hospital on Friday.Monika Karan Gorai (32), from Purunabera under Keshpur police station, was admitted ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Mamata confers Bangabibhushan award on BJP MP Ananta Maharaj

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday presented the Bengal govt's Bangabibhushan award to BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Ananta Maharaj for his efforts towards the socio-economic development of the Rajbanshi community.Maharaj, whom BJP sent to the Upper House from Bengal ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Primary school teacher held for shooting at kids

    Murshidabad: A primary school teacher was arrested after he allegedly fired pellets from an airgun at children playing near his house, injuring one child, in Banipur under Raghunathganj police station on Friday.The arrested teacher was identified as Samir Kumar ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    CAA second panel even as 5.5 lakh Matuas queue up for SIR hearings

    Kolkata: The Union home ministry's decision to constitute a second empowered committee for Bengal to fast-track the processing of citizenship requests received under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 comes at a time when nearly 5.5 lakh people from the ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek posts WA ‘order’ on EROs, sparks fresh row

    Kolkata: A WhatsApp instruction posted by Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday — alleging that electoral registration officers (EROs) were no longer able to monitor SIR progress on the ECI portal — has led to a fresh ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    BLO tries to kill self, jumps into the Hooghly from ferry

    Serampore: A booth-level officer (BLO) tried to take his life by jumping into the Hooghly river from a passenger ferry on Saturday morning. The staff on board and workers on a nearby boat acted swiftly to rescue the 54-year-old ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Dying declaration on video convicts Murshidabad man

    Kolkata: A three-minute video capturing a 15-year-old girl's dying declaration proved crucial in convicting a man named Rahul Haldar of her murder, with a Murshidabad court sentencing him to life imprisonment on Friday.In the video recorded by the investigating ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Pratik Ur Rahaman joins TMC to ‘fight BJP’, slams CPM for aligning with communal forces

    Kolkata: Pratik Ur Rahaman, CPM's candidate who had taken on Abhishek Banerjee in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, joined Trinamool on Saturday after a meeting with Banerjee. Explaining his decision, Rahaman said he had stepped out of CPM's "fortress" ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Bengal’s Holong bungalow rebuild to prioritise fire safety

    Kolkata: Bengal is set to restore the historic Holong forest bungalow inside Jaldapara National Park that was destroyed in a fire last year. The forest department has planned a structure combining heritage design with modern fire-safety measures at an ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Take away strays, colleges & hosps write to KMC

    Kolkata: A section of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation health department officials is finding it an uphill task to respond to the requests from the govt-run healthcare and academic institutes for relocation of stray dogs from their campuses. Recently, the ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Fire victims’ kin get body parts after DNA match

    Kolkata: After nearly a month of uncertainty, families of those who lost their lives in the Jan 26 fire at Anandapur godown finally received mortal remains of their loved ones on Saturday. Of the 18 victims identified so far ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Plaque engravers in demand ahead of polls

    Kolkata: Even before the first political banner is unfurled or the first rally is called, a group of men in Lalbazar can already sense the approaching elections. These men belong to a row of cramped, dust-filled workshops just a ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Engage respectfully with opposing views: Tharoor

    Kolkata: The capacity to think critically, to weigh evidence, and to engage respectfully with opposing viewpoints are not academic luxuries. They are democratic necessities because a "society as plural as ours cannot be sustained by uniformity of opinion", Shashi ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    KP to use Nirbhaya funds to increase CCTV count to 10k

    Kolkata: The cops are set to increase its CCTV count to approximately 10,000, with the city poised to receive an additional 6,700 CCTV cameras and 50 ANPR cameras under the Nirbhaya project-II at a cost of Rs 58.2 crore.The ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Glimpses of colonial India at Alipore Museum artwork show

    Kolkata: An exhibition of works by foreign artists who travelled to India between the Uprising of 1857 and the Independence in 1947 will be inaugurated at the Alipore Museum on Feb 28, showcasing a late phase of Orientalist art ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Doctors design low-cost AI cervical cancer detection model to screen samples in 30 secs

    Kolkata: A group of doctors and researchers from 4 institutes in Kolkata conducted a study on an AI-enabled, low-cost cervical cancer screening model designed for rural and resource-constrained settings and found high diagnostic accuracy. This AI model, using Android ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    SCOTUS-POTUS tariff match keeps Bengal exporters on edge

    Kolkata: The exporters from Bengal across all leading sectors are keeping their fingers crossed following the announcement of a 10% universal tariff by US President Donald Trump after the US Supreme Court verdict that his global tariffs were illegal. ...

    22 February 2026 Times of India
    Ceiling chunk falls off in KMC building chief’s room, narrow escape for officer

    Kolkata: The director general of the buildings department, whose chamber is on the third floor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation headquarters, had a narrow escape when a chunk of concrete from the ceiling fell through the false ceiling and ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Maintain law & order’: SC warns Bengal DGP of ‘serious consequences’

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Friday warned Bengal director general of police (DGP) Peeyush Pandey of "serious consequences" if law and order was not maintained during the SIR of poll rolls.A three-judge bench of Chief Justice of India Surya ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Destination India brings 40 foreign artists’ works to Kolkata’s Alipore Museum

    KOLKATA: An exhibition of works by foreign artists who travelled to India between the Uprising of 1857 and Independence in 1947 will be inaugurated at the Alipore Museum in Kolkata on Feb 28 2026, showcasing a late phase of ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Author Shankar, Kolkata’s chronicler and its window to the world, passes away at 93

    Acclaimed author Mani Shankar Mukherjee, better known as Shankar, the top-selling Bengali author since the 1960s, passed away in a hospital off EM Bypass on Friday. He was 93 and is survived by his daughters Mausumi and Tanaya.The author, ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Bengal agri credit to cross ₹1L cr for first time

    Kolkata: For the first time, agriculture sector credit disbursement in Bengal will cross Rs 1 lakh crore in the current fiscal, said the chief general manager of Nabard, P K Bharadwaj, on Friday on the sidelines of the State ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Bengal seeks Eighth Schedule status for Rajbanshi, Kurmali languages

    Kolkata: Bengal govt has written to the Centre seeking inclusion of Rajbanshi and Kurmali languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution and to recognise Sari Dharam and Sarna Dharam, two religions practised among the state's adivasi populations.The state ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Mamata likely to attend Holi event

    Kolkata: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is likely to be present in a gala ‘Dol Yatra and Holi Milan' event hosted by state govt, in an effort to strengthen the spirit of unity among communities, at Netaji Indoor Stadium on ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Blow for state bid to compromise SIR: BJP

    Kolkata: Junior Union minister Sukanta Majumdar said the Supreme Court's order on Friday was a matter of shame, because it proved Bengal was the only state where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise could not be completed peacefully without ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Seat-share talks complete for 260 constituencies: CPM

    Kolkata: CPM on Friday said seat-sharing talks with its alliance partners were complete for nearly 260 seats, while a decision on the rest would be finalised soon. The Left Front and its alliance partners will contest in all 294 ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Nissan India targets 4x domestic sales with 4-car lineup by FY28

    KOLKATA: Nissan Motor India (NMI) plans to ride an expanded portfolio of four cars by March 2027 to register a four-fold increase in domestic sales and 40% jump in exports a year later. Speaking to TOI during the unveil ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    'I didn't realise it would hit someone': School teacher opens fire at children after ball accidentally hits his door; 1 injured

    MURSHIDABAD: A primary school teacher was arrested after he allegedly fired pellets from a suspected airgun at children who were playing, injuring one child, in Banipur under the Raghunathganj police station area of Murshidabad on Friday. Police confiscated the ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    SC order on judicial officers for SIR a historic victory, says TMC

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Friday said the Supreme Court's order supplanting judicial officers over EC-appointed officers to hear SIR's logical discrepancy cases was a "historic victory".The party also claimed that the apex court order vindicated its persistent claims that logical ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Not Dabgram-Phulbari, Goutam Deb wants to contest polls from Siliguri

    Siliguri: Siliguri mayor Goutam Deb said on Friday that he would want to contest from Siliguri the 2026 assembly polls, and not Dabgram-Phulbari, which sent him to the assembly twice. Reacting to this, Dabgram-Phulbari BJP MLA Sikha Chatterjee said, ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Pakistani spy set to go home after 10-yr sentence

    Kolkata: The Kolkata City Sessions Court sentenced three men guilty of espionage for Pakistan, and involvement in a counterfeit currency operation for 10 years, on Friday. A fourth accused was sentenced to five years of imprisonment.Among the convicted was ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Trader loses 5.5L in month-long e-arrest

    Kolkata: A trader from Metiabruz reportedly lost Rs 5.5 lakh in a digital arrest fraud in which scammers allegedly posed as law enforcement officials and kept him under pressure and surveillance for nearly a month, police said.According to the ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Bid to sell minor’s fake video on dark web

    Kolkata: An FIR was registered at Hatishala Police Station on Thursday after an unknown person allegedly created a Facebook account using the photograph of a minor girl, and circulated morphed content, including a video that was to be sold ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Off-season surprise on Kol platter: Fresh hilsa from Myanmar, Diamond Harbour floods mkts

    Kolkata: At a time, which is usually considered off-season for hilsa, Kolkata's fish markets are witnessing an unusual surge in fresh supply. Traditionally, only limited quantities of frozen hilsa are available at this time of the year, often at ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Fires prompt Kol Pol to shop for chemical, biological, nuclear suits

    Kolkata: Recent fires, especially those in godowns, including the Anandapur fire that claimed 25 lives, has led Kolkata Police to realise the importance of its disaster management group to be adequately equipped to fight chemical and biological hazards and ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    A void left behind: Lit world mourns Boipara’s bestseller

    Kolkata: Boipara on Friday mourned the passing of its best-selling author Shankar but hoped his books would continue to remain popular for years to come.Acknowledging that Shakar's absence had created a void in Bengali literature that would be difficult ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    NKDA issues advisory on NT water contamination

    Kolkata: Five days after residents first suspected water contamination at a New Town housing complex — triggering a spate of hospitalisation — more families temporarily moved out on Friday after videos circulating on residents' WhatsApp groups showing insects floating ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Detailed research, pictorial writing made Shankar’s stories tailor-made for films

    Kolkata: Uttam Kumar sat beside Mani Shankar Mukherjee at the first screening of Pinaki Bhushan Mukherjee's 1968 film, ‘Chowringhee'. When the lights came up, Shankar turned to the matinee idol and said his performance was more compelling than the ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Speed bumps and more signals: Cops rejig traffic plan for 26 key crossings

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police brass has identified 26 road stretches and crossings with highest pedestrian volume in a bid to increase average speed of vehicles passing through these spots without compromising pedestrian safety. These spots are on Behala ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    PIL in HC over Centre notice on ‘Vande Mataram’

    Kolkata: A PIL was filed at Calcutta HC on Friday, challenging the Centre's recent notification by which a "full six-stanza" version of ‘Vande Mataram', the National Song, was mandated to be played before the National Anthem at all govt ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    2 professors, 6 students hurt in campus brawl

    Kolkata: Two professors and six students were injured during a brawl between two student groups at the Science-Arts intersection in JU on Friday. Professors Rajyeswar Sinha and Lalit Madhav were injured while trying to mediate. No police case has ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Religious leaders call for equality

    Kolkata: "Our faith traditions compel us to stand beside the marginalised and to question systems that perpetuate inequality," Archbishop Elias Frank said on Friday at a programme by United Interfaith Foundation (India) on World Day of Social Justice.The Archbishop ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Barriers come up on VIP Rd to ease airport traffic flow

    Kolkata: The state Public Works Department (PWD) has installed iron grilles on the sides of the airport-bound flank of VIP Road at different sections from Golaghata to Lake Town, between the service road and the main flank, to fence ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    JU funds crunch shadow over 14 evening courses

    Kolkata: Evening courses run by some departments in arts, science and engineering at Jadavpur University have come under the shadow of a looming funds crunch. A committee formed by the university to look into ways to enhance the university's ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    After a long winter, Feb gives summer vibes, min crosses 19°C

    Kolkata: The wintry vibe from the city has disappeared with the night temperature inching towards 20 degrees and the day temperature crossing the 30-degree mark. Met officials said the dry north westerly wind pace is already in the wane. ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    No covered shoes at State Level Selection Test: SSC

    Kolkata: Examinees of the State Level Selection Test (SLST) will have to take the test wearing slippers or sandals, said the West Bengal Central School Service Commission (WBCSSC) while introducing a set of rules for the written examination for ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    Be prepared for supplementary list after Feb 28 final SIR roll

    Kolkata: The EC will publish the final electoral list on Feb 28, excluding controversial cases where differences of opinion emerged between EROs and micro observers, a senior commission official said on Friday. Judicial officers, as directed by the Supreme ...

    21 February 2026 Times of India
    BLO dies day after finding name on SIR re-check list

    Malda: A 56-year-old teacher in Malda, working as a booth level officer (BLO) in the ongoing revision of poll rolls, fell ill at his Sujapur home late on Wednesday and died a few hours later. His family alleged that ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    CA student swept away in riverbank collapse

    Howrah: A student of chartered accountancy was swept away into the river as the bank of the Rupnarayan river collapsed. Police reported that he was a resident of Sarsuna, Kolkata. Although locals quickly began searching, the missing young man ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Swami’ Ramakrishna? West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee takes to X after PM Narendra Modi tribute

    KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday urged PM Narendra Modi “not to discover new prefixes and suffixes for the great Bengal Renaissance figures who shaped modern India” hours after the latter remembered “Swami Ramakrishna” on his birth anniversary.“Yet again, ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Rebel BJP Kurseong MLABP Sharma joins Trinamool

    Darjeeling: BJP's Kurseong MLA Bishnu Prasad Sharma, a vocal critic of the saffron party for years while staying within its fold, on Thursday joined Trinamool in the presence of senior state ministers Shashi Panja and Bratya Basu.Sharma said he ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Bengal shuffles 3 IPS officers

    Kolkata: The state govt on Thursday directed Basirhat Police Superintendent Hossain Mehedi Rehman to take charge as the Jangipur SP, while Arish Bilal was appointed Basirhat SP.Bilal was previously posted as the Special Superintendent of the Intelligence Branch. Shaw ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Midnapore student takes board exam hours after mother’s death

    Midnapore: Despite her mother's death hours earlier, an HS examinee appeared for her Sanskrit paper on Thursday before rushing to the morgue where her mother's body was kept. Bilkis Khatun (18) still has two more exams next week. Khatun, ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    Texmaco, RVNL ink JV agreement

    Kolkata: Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd and Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) formalised a strategic partnership by signing a joint venture shareholders' agreement on Thursday. RVNL will hold 51%, while Texmaco holds 49%.Saroj Kumar Poddar, chairman of Texmaco, said: ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
    CPM’s Rahaman lauds Lakshmir Bhandar

    Kolkata: Pratik Ur Rahaman, CPM state committee member who recently quit his party membership, on Thursday lauded the state govt's "Lakshmir Bhandar" scheme, fuelling speculation about his political future. Rahaman also raised questions about the functioning of CPM state ...

    20 February 2026 Times of India
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