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  • Mamata asks EC to take swift call on TMC, rebel faction

    Kolkata: In a letter to the Election Commission, Trinamool chairperson and ex-CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday sought a swift decision on the status of her party and the rebel faction led by Uluberia MLA Ritabrata Banerjee.A large number of ...

    1 September 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu to hold dengue review meet today

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari is expected to hold a review meeting on dengue and other vector-borne diseases with health officials and commissioners of civic bodies on Tuesday at Swasthya Bhawan.While dengue cases have remained far lower this year ...

    1 September 2026 Times of India
    IIT-Kharagpur student dies in Japan accident

    Kharagpur: A 24-year-old postgraduate student of IIT Kharagpur, Shyam Santosh Agrawal, died in an accident in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan on Sunday.Shyam, a student of the Master of Architecture programme in the department of architecture and regional planning ...

    1 September 2026 Times of India
    Four rights groups urge Modi to seek justice for Bangladesh activists

    Kolkata: Four minority rights groups on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking Centre’s intervention to ensure justice for activists Shahriar Kabir and Rana Dasgupta, economist Abul Barkat, and minority campaigner Chinmay Krishna Das in Bangladesh. They said ...

    1 September 2026 Times of India
    Nepal disaster sounds warning for Darj & Eastern Himalayas on cascading quake-flood risks

    Kolkata: The glacier-collapse flood on the Nepal-Tibet border has put the spotlight back on a threat that is particularly relevant to Darjeeling and the wider Eastern Himalayas: an earthquake, rock or ice avalanche, extreme rain or the sudden failure ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    BJP workers assaulted, robbed by armed gang in Kolkata’s Tiljala

    Kolkata: A group of BJP workers were allegedly assaulted and robbed of Rs 50,000 by an armed gang of nearly 20 miscreants in the Tiljala area late on Wednesday.The incident took place around 11 pm near premises 168 on ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    Fire breaks out at food plaza at Sealdah station in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: A fire broke out at a food plaza at Sealdah railway station in Kolkata on Monday.Firefighters rushed to the spot and began efforts to bring the blaze under control.The fire triggered panic among passengers and railway staff.The cause ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    ‘Relieved to be back but worried about colleague, others stuck there’

    I have travelled to many places but I have never experienced such a terrifying natural disaster. My Nepal trip was meant to be a dream journey to Kailash-Mansarovar.As we set out towards Mansarovar, our driver suddenly turned the vehicle ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    Bangladeshi in cop net for kidney racket

    Kolkata: Bengal Police STF arrested a Bangladeshi national from Baguiati on Saturday night in connection with an alleged international kidney trafficking ring. The suspect, Russell Ahmed, was handed over to Bidhannagar South Police Station for interrogation and legal proceedings.During ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    Last resort: Kin seek cell location, write to China

    Kolkata: Five days after flash floods ravaged parts of Nepal, families of missing Bengal tourists are clutching at every possible lead — a last phone ping, an immigration record, a survivor list, emailing the Chinese govt, or even checking ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    Basirhat couple back home after Nepal nightmare

    Kolkata: A Nepal police warning and a local driver who turned the vehicle around saved 64-year-old retired schoolteacher Anukul Poddar and his wife Reba Ray Poddar, residents of Basirhat, who were about an hour-and-a-half away from the Nepal-China (Tibet) ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    How this street snack landed up at the chef’s table

    Ever since Bengal elections grabbed the nation’s attention, the humble jhal muri has had a field day. It started with a muri wallah in Jhargram, tossing up the spicy mix in a thonga for the Prime Minister. It has ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    Kol Gets 19% Surplus Rain This Month, Seasonal Excess 10% So Far, Says Met

    Kolkata: Amid forecast for more rain over the next two days, Kolkata has already received a monthly rain surplus of around 19% in Aug.Till Sunday, the city has logged 423.3 mm of rain this month and surpassed the normal ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    Kumartuli Artisans Fight Rain, Clay And Labour Hurdles Ahead Of Pujas

    Kolkata: Faced with hurdles of persistent rain, delayed clay supplies and orders, Kumartuli’s idol-makers are working longer hours to complete Ganesh Puja orders. They are also busy crafting idols for Durga Puja.The weather has played the spoilsport at this ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    Free School Street Hotel Had No Valid Fire Safety Cert: FIR

    Kolkata: Separate inquiries by both police and fire department have now officially established the suspicion of the state administration that hotel Shikha Inn on Free School Street, where a fire broke out on Aug 19, had been operating illegally ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    Gang of 30 vandalises Dum Dum hotel, threatens manager, attacks staff & guests

    Kolkata: A group of assailants allegedly vandalised a bar-cum-hotel and assaulted its manager, employees and guests near the junction of Belgharia Expressway and Kalyani Expressway in Dum Dum on Sunday.The hotel authorities alleged that the attack was carried out ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    Tenants lock up cops after tiff with property owners, 4 arrested

    Kolkata: Four individuals, including a woman, were arrested on Thursday afternoon after allegedly assaulting, verbally abusing, and unlawfully confining a police officer and his associate during an investigation into an illegal construction site in Bhowanipore.The incident occurred around 2.30 ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    After whitewash, JU students give ‘reclaim the wall’ call

    Kolkata: Students at Jadavpur University on Sunday called for the campus walls to be reclaimed in response to a drive by the authorities to whitewash “offensive” graffiti on the campus, launched the day before following an ultimatum from CM ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    Police look for teacher missing for 3 days

    Kolkata: A 46-year-old man, who was a teacher at a coaching centre in the Vidyadanga area, has been missing since Friday. The missing person’s wife, an administrative employee at a premier cancer institute in New Town, lodged a police ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    Cops suspended for extortion

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police headquarters at Lalbazar has suspended two Kolkata Police personnel and relieved a civic volunteer for allegedly extorting money from commercial goods vehicles in Bhangar. The disciplinary action was taken against sergeant Nurul Islam Molla and constable ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    Jhargram student rape sparks protests, accused auto driver in cop net

    Jhargram: The alleged rape of a Class 7 student in Jhargram’s Belpahari on Aug 23 triggered protests on Sunday, with tribal organisations blocking the Shilda-Bankura State Highway 5 at Aethala junction with placards and burning tyres.The blockade began around ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    AI image row ends in gunfire: N Kol goon shoots bro-in-law at point-blank range

    Kolkata: Khargosh alias Amit Sonkar, who shot into the news for attempted extortion in central Kolkata ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, is on the police radar again.This time, he allegedly targeted his 32-year-old brother-in-law, Santosh Chawdhary, a ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    ‘If even 2% people think BJP is a replica of TMC, 90% voters will shift’: RSS mag sounds caution

    Kolkata: The real challenge for BJP in Bengal is not the rise of any opposition party but answering questions raised by people, said RSS’s Bengali weekly ‘Swastika’ in its latest issue. As in its last couple of issues, the ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    KP summons Derek over Camac Street confrontation

    Kolkata: A day after summoning Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, Kolkata Police on Sunday served notice on Rajya Sabha member Derek O’Brien to appear for questioning at Shakespeare Sarani police station at noon on Monday.Police officers visited O’Brien’s ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    My political ideology should not hurt others’ sentiments, says JU VC

    InterviewJU VC Chiranjib Bhattacharjee fielded a few questions from TOI on recent campus developmentsQ Which graffiti did the university remove?We received multiple complaints regarding certain graffiti, which we reviewed and discussed internally. The artwork that was highly objectionable, and ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    Row over NRS patient’s wrong surgery claim

    Kolkata: Controversy has erupted at NRS Medical College and Hospital after a patient alleged that his appendix was removed while he was admitted for gallbladder stone removal surgery. The patient said he has already submitted a complaint to the ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    WBJEEB Rolls Back Decentralised Counselling Rule, Allows All Rank-Holders to Participate in Admissions

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) has rolled back its decentralised counselling notification, allowing all rank-holders, including those who participated in the e-counselling process, to participate in the decentralised admission as well.A notice by the WBJEEB ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    Nehru statue uprooted in Durgapur, Cong issues 24-hr ultimatum

    Durgapur: A political controversy erupted in West Burdwan’s Durgapur after a statue of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was allegedly uprooted and dumped in a nearby jungle.A Zone Harshavardhan area in West Burdwan districtThe incident, which took place on ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    Campus vandalism: JU probe panel issues public notice seeking evidence

    Kolkata: The Jadavpur University inquiry commission that has been formed to probe the Aug 19 and Aug 20 clashes and vandalism has issued a public notice inviting statements along with video footage and photographs from anyone who has the ...

    31 August 2026 Times of India
    Auto driver held as RBU student jumps off to escape molestation

    Kolkata: A 23-year-old postgraduate student of Rabindra Bharati University (RBU) jumped out of a moving auto-rickshaw to escape an alleged molestation by its driver at Nimta in North Dum Dum on Friday night.According to police sources, the woman was ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    Dinner, drinks & dance. No hashtag required

    You book a table for dinner, but eventually find yourself on your feet, dancing to live music. Elsewhere, dessert comes with a fashion show, while the bar transforms into a stage for stand-up. Book readings, salsa performances, jam sessions, ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    Trapped In Elevator, 9 Saved At Liluah Rly Stn

    Howrah: After being trapped in an elevator for about 40 minutes at Liluah railway station, nine passengers were rescued by personnel of Belur GRP, RPF and two technical staffers.On hearing the screams of the passengers on Friday, the rescue ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    Tragedy beyond scale, say tour group staffers back home

    Kolkata: The three employees of tour agency Chalo Jaai Travel Club who rushed to Kathmandu a day after the flash floods returned home on Friday, shaken by the scale of the tragedy and the grim realisation that finding the ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    Litter fine, night parking fee, plastic ban from Sept 1

    Kolkata: The state urban development & municipal affairs dept is gearing up to impose fines for littering and spitting on the road, night parking charge for parking cars on the sides of roads and introduce vending machines in markets ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    City may receive sporadic showers on Mon, Tues: Met

    Kolkata: Light to moderate rain is likely across south Bengal with possibility of heavy rain at one or two places in South 24 Parganas on Sunday under the impact of a low-pressure, said Met office. East and West Midnapore, ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    22 Salt Lake road stretches to undergo repairs, paver blocks to replace damaged top layer

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started road repair work across Bidhannagar, as the authorities have identified 22 road stretches in Salt Lake where the existing damaged bituminous asphalt layer will be replaced with concrete paver blocks.A total ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    Smartphones, router, storage devices seized from Aftab Ansari’s cell at Presidency Correctional Home

    Kolkata: Three smartphones, Wi-Fi equipment, multiple storage devices and Rs 31,000 in cash were sized from the high-security Presidency Correctional Home’s Cell No. 14, occupied by life convict Aftab Ahmed Ansari, the mastermind behind the 2002 terror attack on ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    Basirhat home set to welcome back couple who cheated death

    Kolkata: For retired schoolteachers Anukul Poddar and wife Reba Ray Poddar, the ordeal is finally nearing an end. After narrowly escaping the devastating disaster in Nepal, the Basirhat couple boarded a train for home from Raxaul on Saturday morning, ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    JU whitewashes graffiti on campus after CM ultimatum

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University’s general maintenance wing spent six hours on Saturday morning “cleansing” the campus of “offensive” graffiti, less than 24 hours after CM Suvendu Adhikari’s “It is either them or us, only one will remain” ultimatum.Among the wall ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    Biker killed in Thakurpukur accident

    Kolkata: A resident of Rasapunja in Joka was killed when an unidentified vehicle hit his motorcycle on Bakrahat Road in Thakurpukur around Saturday midnight.Koushik Ghosh was returning home from work when the vehicle rammed into his bike near the ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    Departed, not arrived: Hopes fade for 37 others from Bengal in Nepal

    Kolkata: They know when their parents, friends and relatives left Nepal. They do not know if they ever reached China. Families of 32 tourists from Bengal missing after Wednesday’s flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border are searching for one ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    Owner asks TMC to vacate Camac Street office

    Kolkata: The owner of the Trinamool Congress Camac Street office used by MP Abhishek Banerjee has demanded the party vacate the premises immediately, issuing legal notices on Aug 24 and 25 alleging illegal occupation. The development comes at a ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    Gamer ‘grandson’, friend murder bizman in Malda after he rejects demand for cash

    Malda: A 60-year-old man was found dead at his home in Englishbazar, allegedly killed by a relative and his friend after he refused to give them money for online gaming.Arnab Sen’s throat was slit and his body wrapped in ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    Online licence renewals sans check turn residential bldgs into hotels

    Kolkata: It is official. A majority of the hotels and guest houses KMC buildings department officials have surveyed since the devastating fire at a Free School Street hotel have flouted the building norms and converted the residential buildings into ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    BJP acts against neta for locking up Entally PS

    Kolkata: BJP’s north Kolkata functionary Sudeep Ram, who had allegedly locked Entally Police Station on the night of Independence Day, has been suspended temporarily after he failed to give a satisfactory answer within seven days to justify his act. ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    Bengal govt sets up RG Kar commission under Karnataka HC ex-CJ

    Kolkata: Former Karnataka HC chief justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee has been tasked with heading the RG Kar commission, which will include former medical education director Debashish Bhattacharya, forensic and toxicology expert Tapas Basu, and MLAs Rajesh Kumar (a former ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    Jadavpur University Removes Graffiti Amid Stunned Silence

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University (JU), the hotbed of protests, responded with stunned silence after the clean-up operation of graffiti on Saturday. Students and teachers were alerted of the clean-up but their cautious response or lack of it was a reflection ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    State to promote religious-heritage tourism along riverbank, link Babughat with Mayapur

    Kolkata: The state govt plans to deploy two passenger hybrid-electric ferries on the Hooghly, connecting Babughat in Kolkata with Mayapur, in an effort to promote river, religious and heritage tourism.Announcing the initiative on Saturday, tourism minister Sankar Ghosh said ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    Little-known general maintenance section tasked with removing graffiti

    Kolkata: A little-known but one of the important administrative sections of Jadavpur University (JU), the general maintenance office, shot into prominence after being given the charge of whitewashing the graffiti from the walls of the campus. The office with ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    Bengal’s Harinchhora among 1,400 species on the move

    Kolkata: A familiar butterfly species across Bengal and much of the Indian subcontinent — the tawny coster — has emerged as a striking example of how butterfly ranges are changing in a warming world. It’s one among the 1,758 ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    Ex-mantri’s death painful, but corruption crackdown will go on: Suvendu

    Rampurhat/Kolkata: Former minister Asish Banerjee’s death by suicide was painful but state govt’s crackdown on corruption would continue, CM Suvendu Adhikari said after visiting the former Trinamool neta’s home in Birbhum’s Rampurhat on Saturday.Elaborating on the crackdown against corruption ...

    30 August 2026 Times of India
    Man found dead on bus at Babughat terminus

    Kolkata: A 35-year-old man, Sumit Maity from Gosaba, was found dead inside a Jharkhand-Kolkata bus, parked at the Babughat terminus, early on Friday. He was taken to SSKM Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival. The body has ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    ‘Buxa ready for pilot tiger release, but prey recovery, village relocation key to long-term success’

    You were associated with the Panna tiger reintroduction programme. What are the biggest lessons that you believe are applicable to Buxa?It is important to create inviolate space to recover and sustain tigers. Panna had lost tigers largely due to ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Low Pressure Over Bay To Bring More Rain Till Sun: Met

    Kolkata: Cloud formation caused by a cyclonic circulation over North Bay of Bengal and adjoining West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts triggered intense showers on Friday evening. The Met office has predicted the creation of a low pressure area by ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Fake priest dupes woman of Rs 3 lakh, gold over 3 years

    Kolkata: A 27-year-old woman, a resident of an apartment in east Behala’s Muchipara area, alleged a self-styled priest and his associates duped her of cash and gold over three years on the pretext of conducting rituals to ward off ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Case filed against Mamata Banerjee over violation of Calcutta high court order

    KOLKATA: A case has been registered against former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and organisers of the West Bengal Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (WBTMCP) over an alleged violation of a Calcutta high court order during the organisation’s foundation day ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    No End To Fear & Worry: Nepalese In Kolkata Wait For Calls From Homeland

    Kolkata: Nepalese people living in the city are worried about their kin and friends in their homeland that has been struck by flash floods along the Nepal-China border on Aug 26.The Nepalese diaspora is praying for the safety of ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Flood Of Bad News, Cancellations Spook Tourism Sector

    Kolkata: A flood of distressing visuals and reports from Nepal has begun spooking travellers from Bengal, with tourists cancelling or reworking holiday plans even as travel agents worry that the fallout from the devastating flash floods could extend into ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta High Court allows urgent plea for SIR protest

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted permission to a citizens’ group, ‘Sangram Ganamancha’ to file an urgent petition for demonstration against SIR on Sept 2. The matter will be heard on Monday. The matter was mentioned before ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Doubtful readings prompt Kolkata Police to clean, recalibrate breathalysers

    Kolkata: Delays in updating software and non-calibration of breathalysers have reportedly been throwing up questionable readings during the anti-drink driving checks at night, prompting police to clean, re-adjust and update software on 200 devices. Police said they were trying ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Youth on Pocso bail intimidates survivor, arrested

    Kolkata: A special Pocso court at Bichar Bhavan on Thursday remanded a youth, Mohammad Adil, in judicial custody till Sept 9 after he allegedly violated his bail conditions, visited a Jorasanko locality he was not permitted to and harassed ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek Banerjee, Derek O'Brien Among Those Named in Camac Street Clash FIRs, 13 arrested

    Kolkata: Three FIRs have been filed over the unrest linked to the removal of a billboard from Trinamool national general secretary and Abhishek Banerjee’s office on Camac Street. A total of 13 people have been arrested. All have been ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    37 from Bengal yet to be traced, 2 rescued tourists to return today: CM

    Kolkata: Thirty-seven tourists from Bengal are missing in Nepal while two who were stranded near the disaster zone have been rescued and will be among the first to reach Kolkata on Saturday, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday.“A ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    ONGC starts commercial crude production at Ashoknagar field, sends 1,200L to refinery

    Kolkata: Commercial production of crude oil at the ONGC field in Ashoknagar’s Baigachhi, North 24 Parganas, began on Friday.The first consignment of around 1,200 litres of crude left the oilfield for the Haldia refinery in a tanker after a ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    After 2025 close shave, 2026 trip runs into disaster

    Kolkata: As staffers of Chalo Jaai Travel Club spent a second day seeking information on the 32 missing team members, including tour manager Jayanta Sanyal, the travel firm’s founder and owner, Dibyojyoti Basu, recalled how the group to Kailash-Mansarovar ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Every call sparks hope, every alert triggers dread for kin

    Kolkata: Every unknown call has become a flicker of hope and every news alert a fresh trigger of dread for families in Kolkata waiting for word from relatives still untraceable in Nepal, more than 1,000 km away, as a ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Setback? Three of four Kol travel agency team members return after no headway in search ops

    Kolkata: Three of the four men from Chalo Jaai Travel Club who had air-dashed to Kathmandu after the flash flood returned on Friday as chances of any meaningful participation in the search, rescue and recovery operations in the disaster ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Tour firm office becomes epicentre of worries as families turn up for news

    Kolkata: Chalo Jaai Travel Club, the agency that had taken 32 tourists from Kolkata and other parts of Bengal to Nepal, kept its office on Ho Chi Minh Sarani open through the night. Anxious family members of the tourists, ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Murshidabad couple killed in mud house collapse

    Behrampore: An elderly couple died and a relative was injured when their two-storey mud house collapsed in Sekhpara village in Murshidabad’s Bharatpur area on Friday afternoon following heavy rain.Syed Farhan Alam, 64, and his wife Jahanara Begum, 60, were ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Gajoldoba to Salt Lake, Bengal lines up 17 acres for hospitality investments

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt is looking to attract fresh investments in the hospitality sector by offering nearly 17 acres of land across key tourism destinations, including Gajoldoba, Jharkhali, Siliguri and Salt Lake, to prospective investors.The state tourism dept held ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Imphal alibi: HC dismisses case against jawan

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday discharged soldier Arun Prasad from a proceeding in Uttarpara after finding that he was on duty in Imphal when his neighbour alleged that he and his brother assaulted him in 2023. The judge ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    KMDA to ready SOP for yr-round Sarobar maintenance

    Kolkata: Following instructions from the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) will prepare a model standard operating procedure (SOP) incorporating suggestions and recommendations of the expert committee for year-round maintenance and cleanliness of Rabindra Sarobar ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata office stock grows 6% to 24.4 mn sq ft in H1 2026

    Kolkata: Kolkata’s occupied office stock rose to 24.4 million sq ft in H1 2026, from 22.3 million sq ft in H1 2025, marking a 6% year-on-year expansion and adding about 2.1 million sq ft of occupied space, according to ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Will hit the streets against BJP’s ‘eggs and bricks’, Mamata tells TMCP rally

    Dwaipayan.Ghosh@timesofindia.comKolkata: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday ripped into “high-voltage virus” BJP, saying she wanted to see “how many eggs and bricks they have in stock” and asserting that BJP workers will prove to be the party’s undoing and ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Kol docs remove seed lodged in Andamans woman’s airway

    Kolkata: What began with eating a jamun turned into a potentially life-threatening emergency for a visually impaired woman in her 70s from the Andaman & Nicobar. She choked while eating the fruit and was rushed by her family to ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Home, job arranged for Free School Street pavement dweller, says Agnimitra

    Kolkata: Housing and a job have been arranged for Sita Devi, the homeless woman on Free School Street off Park Street whom minister Agnimitra Paul had admonished days ago for heating milk on the pavement, the minister said on ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta HC upholds metro shop evictions at Tollygunge

    Kolkata: Years of running a shop on railway premises after a licence expires do not give a business the right to continue occupying it, Calcutta High Court held while refusing to interfere with Metro Railway’s 2024 order evicting three ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata home registrations rebound 50% in July after election-led slowdown

    Kolkata: Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA) witnessed a sharp rebound in home registrations in July 2026 after two slack months, as registration activity recovered from the temporary dip seen during the state election period. According to Knight Frank India, 5,516 ...

    29 August 2026 Times of India
    'Students forced Delhi zamindars to bow': Abhishek Banerjee takes dig at Centre over CJP protest

    KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Friday launched a veiled attack on the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, saying students had compelled the "Delhi zamindars" to bow before the power of the youth.Addressing a rally organised to ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    BJP used EC to 'hijack' elections, SIR to 'loot votes': TMC chief Mamata Banerjee

    KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused the BJP of using the Election Commission to "hijack" the last Assembly elections and alleged that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was being used to "loot votes" by ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    Simple threads to thoughtfully curated hampersKolkata leans towards a more personalised Raksha Bandhan

    From rakhis that double as keepsake bracelets to personalised gifting options, markets in Kolkata have plenty to choose from this Raksha Bandhan. Alongside the festive threads, curated hampers are also emerging as a big part of the celebration, with ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    ‘Show Bhabanipur CCTV, sing 4 stanzas of Vande Mataram’: TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee to CM Suvendu

    KOLKATA: During the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) Foundation Day programme held on Cathedral Road in Kolkata on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee on Friday challenged CM Suvendu Adhikari to make CCTV footage of the Bhawanipur ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    RBI polymer note pilot excites numismatists, Kolkata notaphilist showcases global polymer banknote collection

    KOLKATA: India’s proposed move to introduce polymer currency notes from the next financial year has stirred excitement among collectors and currency enthusiasts, with Kolkata-based notaphilist Deb Kumar Paul showcasing a rare collection of polymer banknotes from all countries that ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    Techie, One Of Few Youngsters On Trip, Out Of Reach Since Wednesday

    Kolkata: A software engineer from Sonarpur’s Baikunthapur has gone missing during a trip to Nepal, leaving her family worried.Lopamudra Kundu, who works with Infosys, had travelled to Nepal with 32 other tourists. Their tour was organised by Chalo Jai ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    Nepal flash flood: Families of 33 from Bengal pray for a miracle

    KOLKATA: The terrifying visuals of the flash flood in Nepal have left families of the 33 Bengal travellers caught in the disaster zone in a state of shock and praying for a miracle.There has been no contact with the ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    Scuffles, stairway showdown at Abhishek office as cops, KMC move to remove ‘illegal’ billboard

    Kolkata: High drama unfolded on Thursday afternoon as a joint team of KMC officials and police arrived at the Camac Street office of Trinamool Congress national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee to remove a billboard bearing ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    City Travel Office Turns Into Waiting Room, Unanswered Calls Fuel Anxiety

    Kolkata: For the families of 32 Bengal travellers caught in Nepal’s flash-flood disaster, the Ho Chi Minh Sarani office of Cholo Jai Travel Club has become a centre of hope, anxiety and frantic rescue efforts. The Kolkata-based travel agency, ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    Nepal Consulate Helps State Look For Tourists

    Kolkata: Consulate general of Nepal in Kolkata has been coordinating with the state govt to track and share data of hundreds of missing foreign nationals, including pilgrims and tourists from Bengal, following the devastating flash floods along the Tibet-Nepal ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    Family prays for return of Shiva devotee trekker

    Kolkata: A retired Railways employee from Behala, who was a self-proclaimed Shiv devotee and had a dream to undertake the Mansarovar yatra, features on the list of those missing in Nepal since the disaster. His family is unable to ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    Tour operator, control rooms not able to answer our queries: N 24 Pgns tourists’ kin

    Kolkata: Communication has been lost with several tourists from North 24 Parganas following the disaster in Nepal, triggering growing anxiety among their families.A 66-year-old woman from Barasat, Sushmita Bhattacharya, has been missing since Wednesday after reportedly being swept away ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    Lost touch 12 hours before disaster: Patuli family

    Kolkata: For Rupama Pal, the sound of her mobile phone ringing has become a source of both hope and dread.Since her father, Amarnath Pal (61), a former govt employee, became untraceable during his trip to Nepal, she has remained ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    Bolt from the blue jolts Mansarovar dream

    Durgapur: Debashis Banerjee and his wife, Sanghmitra Banerjee, residents of Bengal Ambuja in Durgapur’s City Centre area, West Burdwan district, have remained untraceable since travelling to Nepal on Aug 21 for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through a private tour ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    Social media video sparks hope, but confusion persists over Kolkata tourist missing in Nepal

    Kolkata/Burdwan: A casual scroll through social media brought a glimmer of hope to a sleepless family on Thursday morning when a video showing a woman being rescued by volunteers in Nepal appeared to resemble one of the 35 tourists ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    ‘No news of mom since she reached Nepal-Tibet border’

    Kolkata: The family of 66-year-old Kasba resident Sushmita Bhattacharya has been anxiously waiting for news after losing contact with her during the flash floods in Nepal. She too was in the group of 32 tourists who had gone with ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    New Town couple, who saved money for 2 yrs for trip, now missing

    Kolkata: A retired bank employee from New Town and his wife, who saved up for two years and skipped their annual trip last year to fund their much-cherished Kailash Mansarovar trip, have been untraceable since Wednesday after flash floods ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    ‘Come back’: Suvendu appeals to Bengal techies working in other states

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday appealed to Bengal’s information technology professionals working in other states to return as the newly elected govt has already started creating necessary infrastructure for the IT industry. The CM was speaking at the ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    HC refuses interim order on TMC plea to unfreeze Rs 804cr in 4 Indian Bank a/cs

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday refused to pass an interim order allowing Trinamool’s Mamata Banerjee faction to operate four additional Indian Bank accounts with Rs 804 crore in funds frozen by Bengal police’s cyber department over allegations of ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    TIPRA Motha MLAs Skip Party Meet, Attend Tripura CM Strategy Session

    Agartala: BJP ally TIPRA Motha suffered a setback in Tripura after forest minister Animesh Debbarma and MLA Chitta Debbarma opted out of a party meeting and dinner organised by party chief Pradyot Kishore Debbarma on Wednesday, and instead attended ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    TMC Jalpaiguri civic chief voted out after Ritabrata meet

    Jalpaiguri: Jalpaiguri Municipality chairman Saikat Chatterjee resigned on Thursday after losing a no-confidence motion brought against him by councillors from his own party. Saikat has been facing criticism within his board since he met rebel Trinamool neta Ritabrata Banerjee ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
    Adani Group interested in multiple Bengal projects, says Suvendu

    Kolkata: Adani Group has expressed interest in several projects in Bengal, including the greenfield airport at Kalyani, CM Suvendu Adhikari said at a TV9 Bangla event on Thursday. The CM said Karan Adani, managing director, Adani Ports & SEZ ...

    28 August 2026 Times of India
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