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  • For 94.5L ‘logical discrepancy’ voters, time in the queue starts next week

    Kolkata: Around 94.5 lakh electors with ‘logical discrepancies' will start getting hearing notices from the Election Commission from Thursday. While the hearing of unmapped voters is underway, the EC on Wednesday released on the BLO App the list of ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    Rlys ex-staffer dies during SIR hearing

    Kolkata: A 63-year-old former railway employee from Naihati passed away after suffering a heart attack while attending her SIR hearing at the Barrackpore Block Office-II on Wednesday. Her family alleged that she was under extreme mental stress after receiving ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    Need exam invigilation SOP, urges JU teachers’ body

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University Teachers' Association (Juta) has urged the university authorities to formulate a policy on invigilation during exams amid the hijab row, which started with two UG 3 English department girls being asked to remove their hijab on ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    14 of 19 Presidency departments opt out of JEE Board entrance tests

    Kolkata: Most of the departments at Presidency University on Wednesday decided to conduct undergraduate admissions on their own. "Fourteen out of 19 departments opted to conduct their own UG admission procedures," said an official at the university after the ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    Experts: Take care of children’s mind, include mental well-being in school curriculum

    Kolkata: Mental health issues should be addressed right from school and that modules on mental well-being should be included in curriculum that could help children focus on communications, work together, share and think out of the box, leading to ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    BLO dies, family blames workload

    Malda: A 48-year-old booth-level officer (BLO) in Malda's Englishbazar died on Wednesday, with her family members alleging that she was under stress due to excessive workload in the ongoing SIR exercise.Shamprita Choudhury Sanyal, a resident of the Phulbari Pakurtala ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    Kargil war veteran goes to hearing with Army certs

    Midnapore: A retired Armyman, who could not get his name enrolled on the 2002 SIR list because of his duty in Kargil, turned up for a hearing with all documents in Midnapore on Wednesday. Anupam Singh, now 48, received ...

    8 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata: ICDMAI 2026 to bring academia and industry together at St. Xavier’s college

    KOLKATA: The tenth edition of the International Conference on Data Management, Analytics and Innovation (ICDMAI 2026) will be held from January 9 to 11 at St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata, with the aim of strengthening engagement between academia and ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Security cells to track bus safety, assess risks

    Kolkata: Strict adherence to vehicle maintenance protocol, timely fitness certification and focused scrutiny of buses fitted with electronic control units that are vulnerable to fire hazards are some of the norms that feature in the nine-point fire and operational ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek uses Hemant’s copter to fly to Birbhum, blames ‘Bangla Birodhis’

    Kolkata: A delay in getting regulatory clearances allegedly held back Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee's helicopter at Behala Flying Club on Tuesday while he was on his way to Birbhum for a public meeting.Banerjee reached the programme nearly ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    EC receives Murugan attack report from DGP

    Kolkata: The Election Commission received an action taken report from DGP Rajeev Kumar on an incident of heckling and attack on a special roll observer in South 24 Parganas. The commission had set a Tuesday deadline for the report.The ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    For SIR, EC using apps made by BJP IT cell: Mamata

    Gangasagar (South 24 Parganas): Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the Election Commission was using mobile applications developed by BJP's IT cell to conduct the SIR exercise in Bengal.Banerjee was speaking to reporters following her 2-day visit ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    BJP deploys Dilip, veteran joins Samik to allay fears in Matua belt

    Kolkata: To address the simmering discontent of the Matua community over disenfranchisement fears, Bengal BJP on Tuesday deputed veteran neta Dilip Ghosh and state president Samik Bhattacharya to campaign at Ranaghat, where Matuas constitute a significant portion of the ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Minor among 5 hurt in freak firing inside bank

    Siliguri: Five people, including two women and a minor, were injured after a security guard's duty firearm allegedly went off accidentally inside a public sector bank at Bidhan Nagar in the Phansidewa block on the outskirts of Siliguri on ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    DGP appt: UPSC asks state to seek clarity from top court, returns panel

    Kolkata: The UPSC has advised Bengal chief secretary Nandini Chakravorty to approach the Supreme Court and obtain clarification on the appointment of the successor to state's acting DGP Rajeev Kumar, who is set to retire on Jan 31. Citing ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Labelled ‘B’deshis’ and assaulted, 4 Purulia workers return from Chhattisgarh

    Purulia: Four out of eight migrant workers from Purulia, who were allegedly assaulted by members of the Bajrang Dal in Chhattisgarh on Sunday, returned to Purulia on Tuesday. Four others, who are minors, will return soon, Purulia police said ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    HC nixes plea against NIA probe in school deaths case

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed the Bengal govt's appeal against an NIA probe in the Darivit High School case, where two ex-students were killed in an incident of firing and bombing in North Dinajpur's Islampur in Sept ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    8 post-midnight crashes in 10 days, cops blame fog, speeding

    Kolkata: Fog and speeding led to eight accidents, five of them fatal, between midnight and 7 am over the past 10 days.The accidents were reported from Thakurpukur, Haridevpur, Alipore, West Port, Beleghata and Bowbazar. "The weather, which remained foggy, ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    KMC seeks building plan to reconstruct Park Circus mkt

    Kolkata: The KMC market department approached the civic body's building department to draw a design for the ground and first floors of the Park Circus market, waiting to be reconstructed.The market was declared unsafe after a concrete chunk from ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Amartya gets SIR hearing notice, Abhishek slams ‘bid to unmap icons’

    Bolpur/Kolkata: An SIR hearing notice to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen prompted Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday to call the move an affront to Bengal and icons who brought global recognition to India. The EC clarified ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    11-yr-old schoolgirl dies after scooter plunges into pond

    Kolkata: An 11-year-old girl died after the battery-operated scooter that she was travelling on lost balance and plunged into a pond at Sonarpur on Tuesday morning. The accident occurred around 10.30 am near the Didimoni bus stop under Sonarpur ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Rally chokes Hwh bridge, C Kol

    Kolkata: Central Kolkata, the stretch between Howrah Station and Tea Board and later RR Avenue, witnessed slow traffic following 3 political rallies by Adivasis who marched to the centre of the city to place their demands.The United Forum of ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Jalpaiguri cabby ends life over ‘SIR stress’

    Siliguri: A 57-year-old man has allegedly committed suicide at Fulbari in Jalpaiguri district over ‘SIR-related stress'. With this incident, the number of alleged SIR-related deaths in Jalpaiguri district rose to five.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Khatim of Chunabhati ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Bhatpara shooting: 1 more held

    Kolkata: Police arrested one more person on Tuesday in connection with Bhatpara shooting, where bike-borne miscreants opened fire on Sunday afternoon. Police said Babu Sona, a gang leader and the prime accused in the shooting, was arrested from a ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Annapurna Swadisht acquires 75% stake of Andri Agro

    Kolkata: In a bid to expand its product portfolio, Kolkata-based Annapurna Swadisht Limited (ASL) is set to acquire a majority stake in Andri Agro Foods Private Limited (AAFPL) for an estimated Rs 4.5 crore. The total enterprise value of ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Jalpaiguri taxi driver ends life over ‘SIR stress’

    Siliguri: A 57-year-old man has allegedly committed suicide at Fulbari in Jalpaiguri district over ‘SIR-related stress'. With this incident, the number of alleged SIR-related deaths in Jalpaiguri district rose to five.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Khatim of Chunabhati ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    TMC MP moves SC for extension of Bengal SIR deadline

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien filed an application in the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking extension of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) deadline for submitting claims and objections as well as postponement of the publication of final rolls ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘Our own’: Abhishek names Sunali’s newborn son ‘Apon’

    Kolkata: The newborn son of Sunali Khatun was named "Apon" (one's own) by TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday, a day after his birth at Rampurhat Medical College and Hospital.Banerjee said he named the baby at Sunali's ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    UCO Bank celebrated 84th Foundation Day

    Kolkata: UCO Bank celebrated its 84th Foundation Day on Jan 6, 2026. The theme of the celebration was "UCO Go Digital", underscoring the bank's commitment to technology-driven banking, operational efficiency and enhanced customer experience. The programme was graced by ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Before filing FIR, 83-yr-old travelled 50 km from Bansdroni to Canning with confession plea

    Kolkata: Bakul Deb Chowdhury (83), a resident of Niva Park in Bansdroni, had informed her son and daughter-in-law, who are settled in London, in Dec that she was on an errand. She said she wanted to make her maid ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Fraudsters use Sebi, RBI logos to dupe citizens into investing online

    Kolkata: Multiple cases have been reported where fraudsters used the names — and logos — of market regulator Sebi and RBI to dupe Kolkatans into investing online. Kolkata Police has now warned citizens not to blindly believe anything forwarded ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Left prof bodies oppose govt pension plan

    Kolkata: The Left university teachers' wings, including JUTA, CUTA, and RBUTA, on Tuesday opposed a state pension proposal that would provide 75% of the total pension as "provisional" while the remaining 25% would be paid by the respective university ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    At 10.2°C, Kol records lowest min in 13 yrs; max too hits season’s lowest

    Kolkata: The city got chillier, with the mercury plummeting to 10.2°C — Jan's coldest in 13 years in the city — on Tuesday. The maximum temperature, at 18°C, was also the season's lowest. You can expect more such days ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Wind inflow cleans air, helps airport beat fog

    Kolkata: A steady north-westerly breeze improved Kolkata's ambient air quality on Tuesday, countering the adverse effects of falling temperatures and thermal inversion that typically trap pollutants close to the ground during winter.While the mercury continued its downward slide, the ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Van rams truck in dense fog, 2 dead

    Howrah: Two people died and two others were injured, one critically, after a pickup van loaded with chickens crashed into the back of a stationary truck on NH-16 on Tuesday morning, police said. The accident, which police suspected was ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Take AI help in teaching but stay cautious, experts tell school heads

    Kolkata: A special session on the second day of the 103rd annual conference of the Association of Heads of Anglo-Indian Schools on Tuesday focused on an AI-enabled curriculum to make classroom teaching more interactive and learning more enjoyable, while ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Schools tweak timings as mercury dips

    Kolkata: Calcutta Boys' School and St Augustine's Day School, Shyamnagar, have decided to reschedule school hours to spare students the bitter early morning cold. Several other schools are also considering measures that is likely to be announced in the ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Purple Line takes a step ahead as TBM Durga tunnels past RCTC

    Kolkata: Tunnelling for the city's Purple Line has crossed a milestone at the Royal Calcutta Turf Club (RCTC), part of the sprawling Kolkata Race Course founded in 1847.The Race Course has been a part of the city's history for ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Many IndiGo flyers yet to get back horror-wk refunds

    Kolkata: More than a month passed since IndiGo's operational fiasco led to mass flight cancellations, but several frustrated passengers are yet to get refunds. While the airline insists the payments were released, travellers who booked through third-party platforms say ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Rising air pollution pushes up hay fever cases in city

    Kolkata: The rising air pollution has led to an increase in the number of patients suffering from allergic rhinitis. Also known as hay fever, it is a condition of nasal inflammation triggered by allergens like pollen and dust mites, ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    EC to govt staff: Delete name if it’s there in more than one AC

    Kolkata: The Election Commission asked all state govt employees to submit a declaration that their names are not in the electoral roll of more than 1 assembly constituency. On Tuesday, govt officials from different depts started receiving the declaration ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Relief for over 41 lakh electors as ‘logical discrepancy’ number dips

    Kolkata: The EC has granted a waiver to more than 41.5 lakh voters with minor discrepancies in electoral records.Around 1.3 crore voters in Bengal had SIR enumeration forms with "logical discrepancies" due to a small age difference with their ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Former MP of Jaynagar gets hearing notice

    Kolkata: Among those who are being summoned for hearings during the ongoing SIR process in Bengal is a former parliamentarian. Ex-Lok Sabha MP Tarun Mandal, who also served the central govt as a medical officer, appeared for the hearing ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Water drones with GPS to aid rescue ops in Gangasagar

    Gangasagar (South 24 Parganas): The South 24 Parganas district administration will deploy a remote-controlled lifebuoy, also known as a water drone, at Gangasagar 2026 as part of rescue operations. The Sagar Mela starts on Thursday.A water drone is a ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Lava BDO, kin join ‘unmapped’ line

    Darjeeling: At a time when block development officers (BDOs) are entrusted with supervising the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, a rare development was witnessed as the serving BDO of Lava block in Kalimpong district, Bharati Chik Baraik, was seen ...

    7 January 2026 Times of India
    Protests, ‘go back’ slogans greet Kabir

    Kolkata: Suspended Trinamool MLA Humayun Kabir was forced to beat a retreat from the Brigade Parade Ground on Monday afternoon after facing protests while inspecting the venue for a Janata Unnayan Party (JUP) rally.The protesters, who identified themselves as ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    BJP neta ‘sorry’ for ‘lock up women’ remark

    Daspur: A day after asking men to lock their wives up to prevent them from voting for Trinamool, BJP Midnapore neta Kalipada Sengupta apologised for his statements on Monday. Sengupta said that he worshipped Maa Durga and would never ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    In Burdwan, Yunus’s in-laws have ‘only one dua’: Indo-Bangla ties must heal

    At Lashkardighi — a small town in Bengal that’s home to Md Yunus’s in-laws — residents anxiously follow developments in Dhaka and Delhi amid strain in India-Bangladesh ties. Proud memories of his post-Nobel visit linger, but any mention of ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    Room heater, geyser, woollens: As temp stays south, Kol shops for warmth

    Kolkata: The biting cold has pushed up demand for heaters, geysers and warm clothing, sending retailers scrambling for more stock to cope with the unexpected rush.Unlike typical winters in the city, when mornings and nights are cold but daytime ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    BJP lines up Bengal doc outreach on Thu

    Kolkata: In an effort to reach out to healthcare professionals in Kolkata, BJP's national president and Union health minister J P Nadda will meet doctors in the city on Thursday. Nearly 800 doctors are likely to attend the interactive ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    Travel blues: Metro ops hit on 1st Mon of new year

    Kolkata: Commuters woke up to a metro disruption on the first Monday of the New Year, as a snag hit operations for an hour from 7.38 am.Students and office workers required to travel the length of the city (from ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    CM lays foundation stone of Rs 1,670cr Gangasagar Setu project

    Gangasagar: CM Mamata Banerjee laid the foundation stone of the Rs 1,670-crore worth, 4.8 km-long Gangasagar Setu project at Sagar Islands on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, the CM took a swipe at the BJP-led Union govt, claiming they ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    Unkindest cut: Help loots Bansdroni home after 20 years of service

    Kolkata: An 83-year-old woman, Bakul Deb Chowdhury, from Niva Park in Bansdroni, filed a complaint alleging theft of cash and valuable items from her residence, naming her long-time domestic help as the suspected person responsible for the theft. Bakul's ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    Will take SIR torment to SC, plead personally if needed, says CM

    Gangasagar/Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday threatened to take the issue of people's harassment during SIR exercise to the Supreme Court and, if needed, personally plead on voters' behalf."We must fight it out. We are also seeking legal help. ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    Dead voter walk on ramp: BLO responsible, EROs tell EC

    Kolkata: In a report to the EC, electoral registration officers (EROs) have admitted that of the three ‘dead' voters presented by TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday, two had been marked "dead" by BLOs "unintentionally", but one ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    Sunali, dumped in B’desh when pregnant and brought back after 6 months, gives birth to son

    Kolkata/Rampurhat: Sunali Khatun, the Birbhum woman now in the middle of a Supreme Court battle after being dumped in Bangladesh for being "an illegal Bangladeshi immigrant", gave birth to a son on Monday at Rampurhat Medical College.The 26-year-old and ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘Hardships rare’: Suvendu defends EC, counters CM’s charges

    Kolkata: In a letter to the Election Commission (EC), BJP neta and leader of opposition in the Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Monday refuted the charges CM Mamata Banerjee had levelled against the poll body and alleged that the ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    SIR breaks barrier, celebs queue up for hearing with others

    Kolkata: The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal has broken the celeb-versus-janata barrier.Celebrities who have got a hearing notice as part of the SIR will now have to stand in queues alongside ordinary citizens. Among ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    Queues grow despite uncertainty over domicile cert as SIR proof

    Kolkata: Despite the EC-state govt standoff over the validity of domicile certificates for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing, hundreds of voters who received the SIR hearing notice continued to queue at the KMC headquarters to get one.CM Mamata ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    5 injured in 2 road rage incidents

    Kolkata: Five persons, including an elderly woman and a couple, were assaulted in two separate road rage incidents in north Kolkata's Sinthee and Nimtala areas over the past two days, prompting police to appeal on Facebook for calm and ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    4 brothers, 3 of them state & defence docs, get SIR call

    Kolkata: Four brothers, including two state health department doctors and one who served the Indian Army as a doctor, have received SIR hearing notices. While all said they will appear for the hearing on Tuesday, they alleged that this ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    500 students celebrate art & science at inter-school fest

    Kolkata: More than 500 students from 12 city schools participated at the 23rd edition of South Point School's annual inter-school festival, Ullas 2025–2026, on its premises recently. The festival was inaugurated by Rajeeb Chakraborty, the internationally-acclaimed sarod player, educationist, ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    Kol gold loot: ‘Hired UP robber’ who fled to Dubai arrested

    Kolkata: In last year's Rs 3 crore gold heist at Sinthee in north Kolkata, the anti-robbery unit of the Lalbazar detective department arrested Abbas Raja, described by police as a ‘hired robber' from Uttar Pradesh (UP), after he returned ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    Declare ‘very poor’ AQI as public health emergency: PIL

    Kolkata: A PIL has been filed at the Calcutta High Court, seeking authority to recognise the recurrent ‘very poor' air quality index (AQI) as a "public health emergency". The PIL will be heard on Jan 19.Filed by practising advocate ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    Chilly nor’westerly pulls max, min temps below normal mark

    Kolkata: The city woke up to yet another chilly day as both the day and night temperatures slipped further down the Celsius scale on Monday. At 18.4 degrees Celsius, the maximum temperature in Kolkata was 6.7 notches below the ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    GTA plans to revive a tourism hub near Darj

    Darjeeling: The GTA is preparing to revive Jamuni, a scenic but long-neglected tourist destination about 15 km from Darjeeling, by inviting private investors to breathe new life into the area and position it as a sustainable tourism hub. Once ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    Five in cop net for Bhatpara shooting

    Kolkata: Five persons were arrested on Monday in connection with a shooting at the Rail Quarters complex in Bhatpara, where bike-borne miscreants opened fire on Sunday afternoon, triggering panic among residents. Police suspect that a turf war stemming from ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    Molestation, assault horror for couple out on night drive

    Kolkata: A 28-year-old youth from Banipur in Habra, out on a drive with his fiancée in his private car on Sunday night, was allegedly assaulted by a group of drunk youths on Jessore Road. When their vehicle was caught ...

    6 January 2026 Times of India
    Emotional connect drives community led conservation of Murshidabad heritage havelis

    KOLKATA: Sandip Nowlakha, vice-president of Murshidabad Heritage Development Society (MHDS) and founder-president Atulniya Virasat Manyata Sansthan (AVMS), who spearheaded the movement to revive 3 centuries old heritage havelis in Jiaganj-Azimganj in Murshidabad, pointed out that a key ingredient for ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    Pneumonia, COPD cases rise at pvt hosps

    Kolkata: Pneumonia and COPD cases have risen sharply across the city's private hospitals, many of which have remained fully occupied for the past 7 days. Some hospitals reported a 5-10% mortality rate among pneumonia patients, most with pre-existing lung ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    Prof Shyamapada Patra memorial lecture: Remembering a respected teacher and guide

    KOLKATA: On a cold winter afternoon, reminiscences of one man spread warmth around the seminar hall at the electrical engineering department of Jadavpur University. The occasion was the Prof Shyamapada Patra Memorial Lecture, organised by the Jadavpur Electrical Engineers’ ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata shivers as maximum dips below 20°C for third time in a week

    Kolkata: Persistent fog and a steady cold wind kept the city shivering through the day, with the maximum temperature dipping to 19.2°C on Sunday. Dense fog narrowed the gap between the day's maximum and minimum temperatures to 4.3°C. This ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    Two duped of 50L in investment frauds

    Kolkata: Cops are probing two online investment fraud complaints from Anandapur and Hastings, in which victims reportedly lost around Rs 50 lakh through WhatsApp groups, social media advertisements and trading applications.In Anandapur, a resident of Urbana told police he ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    Bizman loses 12L in timber venture scam

    Kolkata: A businessman operating from Hari Ram Goenka Street filed a case at Posta Police Station on Sunday, alleging a scam involving impersonation of senior govt officers and cheating in connection with an investment for a purported timber business, ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    AQI yet to recover after NY’s fireworks

    Kolkata: Even 72 hours after the New Year's fireworks revelry, the city's air quality continues to remain a cause for concern, with pollution levels showing a slow and uneven recovery. Monitoring data on Sunday revealed that several air quality ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    Bike gang opens fire in Bhatpara

    Kolkata: A group of six miscreants, who were on two motorbikes, opened fire several rounds inside the Bhatpara Rail Quarters complex on Sunday afternoon. Police are looking for the accused but no one has been arrested yet.Several police from ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘Candid’ Dilip silent after slamming BJP colleagues

    Kolkata: Former Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh has chosen to maintain silence following his press conference on Thursday, with party sources saying the top brass in Delhi has asked him to avoid making candid remarks for the time being.Ghosh ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘Patriarchal barbarism’: TMC on BJP neta’s ‘lock up wives’ remark

    Daspur/Kolkata: Men in Bengal should put their wives — beneficiaries of Lakshmir Bhandar scheme — under lock and key to stop them from voting for Trinamool. This was Bengal BJP state committee member Kalipada Sengupta's call from a public ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    Cash-on-table video ‘featuring TMC neta’ sparks row in Barasat

    Kolkata: A video showing bundles of cash laid out on a table with a Trinamool neta and a businessman sitting around it has triggered a political storm at Barasat in North 24 Parganas. The video, whose authenticity could not ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    Furry friends walk the ramp with their humans at city carnival

    Kolkata: It was a fun-filled day out for 4-legged ‘athletes' that raced, jumped, hunted food and walked on a beauty ramp at a Garden Reach playground on Sunday. A group of 40 students came together to organise the Garden ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    Fix glitches or halt arbitrary SIR: Didi in 4th letter to CEC

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee shot off a four-page letter to chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday calling upon him to either "rectify glitches" or halt the "unplanned, arbitrary and ad-hoc" Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bengal's electoral ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    HUBBY NAME ERROR: 75-YR-OLD WIDOW HAS TO GET AFFIDAVIT

    Kolkata: A 75-year-old woman, who had voted from Rashbehari constituency in the last state Assembly and Lok Sabha elections, was upset that she had to appear for a SIR hearing on Sunday at a school due to a discrepancy ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    Pocso cuffs on man for sexual assault on 3-yr-old

    Kolkata: A three-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted on Saturday evening near the rail bridge at Chaul Patty in Beleghata, police said. The child, who lives with her family in a settlement close to the railway tracks, was admitted ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    Heartbroken: Driven by break-ins, swimmer Bula Chowdhury mulls selling ‘dream home’ in Hooghly

    Kolkata: Shattered by the repeated break-ins at her Hindmotor house in Hooghly — the one she would often dub as her ‘dream home' — ace swimmer, Bula Chowdhury, wants to sell it now. Though she is known for her ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    CM to lay foundation for Gangasagar Setu today

    Gangasagar (South 24 Parganas): The much-anticipated Gangasagar Setu project is set to be launched with chief minister Mamata Banerjee scheduled to visit Gangasagar on Monday and lay the foundation of the bridge. The structure will not only improve connectivity ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    KMC readies water boost for BBD Bag office zone, Burrabazar belt

    Kolkata: Residents and traders of China Bazar, Brabourne Road, Netaji Subhas Road, Strand Road, Bonfield Lane and Chura Market may hope to get rid of the water crisis next summer. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) water supply department is ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    Bose Inst, Hyd hosp show way to treat fungal blindness

    Kolkata: Scientists from the Bose Institute, Kolkata, and the LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, identified a novel antimicrobial peptide that could transform the treatment of drug-resistant fungal infections of the cornea, a leading cause of blindness in South Asia. ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    Youth attacked in NT bike parking row

    Kolkata: A complaint has been filed at Technocity Police Station alleging that a youth was assaulted and suffered head injuries requiring stitches following a dispute over bike parking outside Rosedale Mall in New Town on Jan 3. Miasuddin Gazi ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    HIDCO official files plaint against ‘fake website’ selling Alipore Museum e-tickets

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police Station on Sunday registered a case after a WBHIDCO official reported a suspected fake website allegedly allowing unauthorised ticket bookings for Alipore Museum, also known as Independence Museum, and mimicking the official portal. According ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    In new year, cops launch drive to sort out parking, road infra issues in central biz dist

    Kolkata: The city traffic police began the new year by demarcating illegal parking lots at Dalhousie and finalising spots that require median railings to stop jaywalking and accidents. The final inspection was carried out on Wednesday.The broad plan was ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    Electoral roll call: 70-year-old ailing voter travels from Birati to Shyampukur

    Kolkata: Arati Basak (70) was seen getting out of a yellow taxi with her son, daughter-in-law, and grandsons to appear for a hearing at Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya on Sunday afternoon. Arati has several age-related ailments, including arthritis. She could ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    1.7 lakh new voters apply amid SIR distress

    Kolkata: Bengal CEO's office received over 1.7 lakh new applications for inclusion of new names since Dec 16, an official said. He said that most of these were online applications for inclusion through Form 6.Number of Bengal voters, ahead ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    Family in hearing line: 18-month-old to 70-year-old

    Kolkata: Taniya Dey, in her early 30s, was called for a hearing on Sunday at Sailendra Sirkar Vidyalaya. Her family members, from her son aged one and a half years, her 70-year-old father, mother and husband, were also seen ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    Man goes from hosp to hearing, dies 2 days later

    Kolkata: A 68-year-old man from Jaynagar in South 24 Parganas died on Jan 2, within 48 hours of attending an SIR hearing while on oxygen support, his family claimed. The deceased, Najitul Mollah, a resident of Uttar Thakurer Chak ...

    5 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal worker dies in Goa cop custody, family cries murder

    Kolkata: The mysterious death of a 36-year-old migrant worker from Basirhat in North 24 Parganas while in police custody in Goa triggered allegations of murder, with his family demanding an immediate and impartial probe against jail and police officials.The ...

    4 January 2026 Times of India
    ED submits charge sheet in Rs 145-cr illegal sand mining case

    Kolkata: The ED on Saturday submitted a charge sheet at the special CBI court in connection with illegal sand mining in Bengal, pegging the total financial irregularities at nearly Rs 145 crore.The charge sheet named 14 companies and 4 ...

    4 January 2026 Times of India
    Tea board to lay down SOP to curb illegal imports soon

    Kolkata: Tea Board of India is set to roll out a standard operating procedure (SOP) within the next two weeks to curb the influx of unauthorised tea from Nepal and other countries, a practice that has been hurting the ...

    4 January 2026 Times of India
    Egra civic body chief arrested in multi-crore land scam case

    Egra: The chairman of Egra Municipality in East Midnapore, Swapan Nayek, was arrested on Friday night in connection with a multi-crore govt land scam. Nayek, who recently made headlines by openly defying the Trinamool Congress leadership, has been remanded ...

    4 January 2026 Times of India
    'Take care of yourself, your Ma': Kolkata cabby ensures drunk passenger reaches home safely on Christmas-eve; says it was 'basic humanity' - watch

    KOLKATA: A city cabby’s helping hand to a woman, who was returning home after a Christmas-eve party, has done what four years of reels could not achieve.Munna Ajij Mollick, who besides driving a cab on Kolkata’s streets also makes ...

    4 January 2026 Times of India
    Attack on poll official: EC seeks report

    Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) has asked the DGP to submit an action-taken report by 5pm on Jan 6 over the attack on the roll observer for South 24-Parganas, C Murugan, on Dec 30. The EC directed the DGP ...

    4 January 2026 Times of India
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