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  • Child, 3 others injured in parking clash

    Kolkata: Four people , including a four-year-old child, were injured as a clash broke out over illegal parking outside a barber shop on Bijoy Bose Road in Kalighat on Monday night. Police said the altercation started around 9.45 pm, ...

    28 May 2026 Times of India
    Trinamool netas in quit mode, KMC turns into a lame duck

    Kolkata: The spate of resignations by Trinamool office-bearers rocked the KMC on Wednesday, when Borough XII chairman Sushanta Ghosh resigned and party spokesperson and councillor Arup Chakraborty stepped down from his post of a KMC accounts committee member.Barasat MP ...

    28 May 2026 Times of India
    Kol breathes easy as max, min temp, humidity drop ahead of wet spell

    Kolkata: Ahead of the thunderstorm forecast for Kolkata, the mercury as well as the humidity started descending from Wednesday. While Kolkata waits for its share of rain, areas like Lake Town and Salt Lake got a spell in the ...

    28 May 2026 Times of India
    Razing notice: House owners attend hearing

    Kolkata: Residents of Beleghata and Tiljala, who have received civic demolition notices for their homes of a decade, on Wednesday queued up at the KMC for a hearing before the special hearing officer. The Beleghata properties were promoted or ...

    28 May 2026 Times of India
    School, parents resolve ‘penalty’ row

    Kolkata: A stand-off between some parents and St Lawrence School authorities was resolved after cops stepped in on Wednesday. The parents accused the school of withholding ICSE report cards on Wednesday until students paid for alleged damage to property ...

    28 May 2026 Times of India
    CM’s meet with Shah deferred, state cabinet may still get expansion in 1st week of June

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari's scheduled meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah has been deferred, with the latter on a two-day Gujarat visit starting Thursday. Sources said Adhikari was scheduled to reach New Delhi on Thursday night to discuss ...

    28 May 2026 Times of India
    At Hakimpur border, queue of B’deshis gets longer as 3 more holding centres open

    Swarupnagar: The queue of Bangladeshis looking to return to their homeland has been steadily increasing at the Bithari-Hakimpur border checkpost in North 24 Parganas, with dozens adding to the numbers even on Wednesday. Such has been the rush that ...

    28 May 2026 Times of India
    Sacks with Rs 2.2 cr unearthed in field near TMC neta’s farmhouse

    Kolkata: A day after the arrest of Baduria Municipality chairman Dipankar Bhattacharya, police unearthed a huge cache of cash, amounting to Rs 2 crore 24 lakh, buried in a jute field adjacent to his farmhouse at Batuldanga in North ...

    28 May 2026 Times of India
    Thief steals jewellery through window

    Kolkata: A handcrafted pouch containing gold and silver ornaments was stolen through a window in a Gulshan Colony home in Anandapur on Tuesday. Shabina Khatoon (32) and her family were asleep and had kept a bag — containing things ...

    28 May 2026 Times of India
    STF arrests ex-junior min from Puri hotel

    Bhubaneswar/Kolkata: Bengal Special Task Force (STF) on Wednesday arrested Trinamool Congress Bishnupur MLA Dilip Mondal from Puri in Odisha in connection with cases registered against him for allegedly threatening BJP workers at a rally earlier this month.Mondal was the ...

    28 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari claims non-Indians received benefits under TMC govt’s ‘Lakshmir Bhandar’ scheme

    KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday claimed that around 30 lakh beneficiaries of the ‘Lakshmir Bhandar’ scheme — a financial assistance programme for women launched by the previous TMC government — were ineligible, alleging that they ...

    28 May 2026 Times of India
    CMO posting for Kalighat INSAS cop

    Dwaipayan GhoshKolkata: Inspector Gautam Das, who was removed from the post of Kalighat OC on May 2 and suspended for posting a now-deleted photograph of himself in uniform on social media aiming an INSAS assault rifle, will now be ...

    28 May 2026 Times of India
    Police question teachers in bansdroni school negligence case

    Kolkata: Police on Wednesday said they had completed the questioning of all three teachers— the principal, a science teacher and a managing committee member—who were mentioned in an FIR of negligence, registered after the death of a class 3 ...

    28 May 2026 Times of India
    Dignified, kept to himself but man with a warm heart, recall Anik Dutta’s neighbours

    Kolkata: Shocked neighbours of Hindustan Park and Dover Lane remember filmmaker Anik Dutta as a dignified and quiet man who kept to himself but who was warm-hearted. Dutta and his wife Sandhi used to live in a duplex in ...

    28 May 2026 Times of India
    Parents protest St Lawrence School fines

    Sudipto.DasKolkata: A standoff between a section of parents and St Lawrence School authorities was resolved after police stepped in on Wednesday. Parents had accused the school of withholding students’ report cards until they paid for alleged damages.A section of ...

    28 May 2026 Times of India
    Airport gets cleaner, work gets smoother after union pressure eases

    Kolkata: Cleanliness at the city airport has seen a sharp, visible turnaround over the past fortnight, with washrooms at the terminal’s departure level no longer marked by the stink and stains that had become routine complaints.Passengers travelling through Kolkata ...

    28 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Old’ BJP vs ‘new’ BJP: Kolkata police start probe after threat plaints

    KOLKATA: Around 50 grassroots political workers from Behala and Anandapur approached Kolkata Police to resolve a post-election "identity crisis" following which cops moved the judiciary to launch a probe, aimed at determining who legally constituted the "real BJP" functionaries ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    CM: Annapurna Yojana application forms to be available from today

    Kolkata: The process for implementing the state's new Annapurna Yojana would begin on Wednesday, with application forms being set to be released both online and offline, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced on Tuesday.After an administrative review meeting in Kalyani, ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    What are Bengal’s new ‘holding centres’? How Suvendu Adhikari govt plans mass deportation of illegal immigrants

    KOLKATA: “Jaldi jaldi bhago nahi toh jo karna hai sarkar karega.” With this blunt warning, West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari has made it clear that his government is won't be walking back on its stance of illegal immigrants ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar steps down from all party posts amid leadership discontent

    KOLKATA: Lok Sabha MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar resigned from all organisational posts of the Trinamool Congress on Wednesday, days after publicly expressing her disappointment with the party leadership.Her decision came a day after she attended chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    Justice protest at Bansdroni school after class 3 boy’s death

    Kolkata: Even as police on Tuesday said a case of negligence was initiated at the Netaji Nagar Police Station following the death of a class 3 boy at a private school in Bansdroni, a large number students and their ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    No supply crisis, summer demand met: CIL

    Kolkata: Coal India Limited (CIL) has sought to allay concerns over coal shortages despite a sharp rise in daily consumption by thermal power plants, saying 168 million tonnes (MT) of coal is available in the system to meet peak ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    Absconding TMC MLA Dilip Mondal held from Puri hotel in BJP threat case

    KOLKATA: TMC MLA Dilip Mondal, who had been absconding in connection with cases related to alleged intimidation and threats against BJP workers during the recently-concluded West Bengal elections, was arrested from a hotel in Odisha’s Puri on Wednesday.Mondal, the ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘AYUSH to be split from health dept’

    The Bengal govt will separate AYUSH from the health department. "A senior official will be in charge of AYUSH," CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Tuesday. After a meeting in Kalyani, Adhikari said AYUSH and the sports department would observe ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    Parking contractor, aide injured in Shalimar station chopper attack

    Howrah: A parking-zone contractor and his staffers were attacked with choppers at Shalimar station on Sunday night after allegedly refusing an extortion demand of Rs 50,000. The assault, which took place at the parking area, was captured on CCTV ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    Fires at paint godown, phone repair shops

    Kolkata: Two fires were reported on Tuesday, one on the city's fringes and another in central Kolkata.Panic gripped Ramchandrapur in Narendrapur around 8 am when a fire broke out at a paint godown. A large stock of paints and ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    Heads start rolling on hospital campuses, MCH MSVP first to go

    Kolkata: The state health department has transferred the MSVP of Medical College and Hospital Kolkata (MCHK), Anjan Adhikari, to Raiganj Govt Medical College & Hospital, where he has been sent as a professor of pharmacology.General surgery professor at MCH ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    In new roster, State notifies 7% OBC reservation

    Kolkata: In a notification issued by the state's labour department on Tuesday, a new 100-point roster for govt jobs has been announced. At the same time, the notification mentions 7% OBC reservation.This new guideline mentions reservation of SC, ST, ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    DHR relief ride for Hill students soon

    Darjeeling: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) will soon introduce special train rides for school students between Ghum and Darjeeling following a request from the civil administration, amid worsening traffic congestion and acute vehicle shortages during the peak tourist season.The ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    Mothabari: 15 in NIA net; arrest tally now 65

    Malda: NIA made 15 arrests on Monday in connection with the Mothabari incident of April 1, when judicial officers engaged in SIR work were gheraoed for over eight hours.In a statement issued Tuesday, NIA said the arrests were made ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    Mamata stands by hawkers, slams BJP govt for ‘oppression’ & demolition

    Kolkata: Trinamool chairperson and former Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday extended her "sympathy" towards hawkers and street vendors even as she strongly criticised the state govt over alleged eviction drives.In a social media post to mark International Hawkers ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    TMC worker’s son dies, kin say ‘murdered by BJP men’

    Kalyani: The 24-year-old son of a former Trinamool panchayat pradhan was allegedly beaten in Nadia's Gayeshpur last week and he succumbed to his injuries four days later on Sunday, triggering claims of post-poll violence.The deceased was identified as Papai ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    No extension of HC shield for Jahangir

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court's vacation bench on Tuesday refused to extend the interim protection in five FIRs granted to TMC strongman Jahangir Khan. Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee referred the matter to a regular bench.Earlier, the TMC candidate for Falta ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    An unfinished port project, an unbuilt wall & the slow erasure of three Hooghly islands

    Kolkata: The engineers who drew up a river-training scheme for the lower Hooghly in 1981 — to keep the approach to Haldia port navigable for large cargo vessels — knew that part of their plan would intensify erosion along ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    EPFO issues arrest warrant against Darj tea estate director

    Darjeeling: The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has issued a warrant of arrest against Saurav Garg, director of M/s Longview Tea Estate in Pankhabari, Kurseong, over alleged non-payment of provident fund dues amounting to Rs 7.30 crore.The warrant, issued ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    7 more Bangla nat’ls sent to Murshidabad holding centre

    Jalangi/Baruipur/Palashipara: A day after holding centres for illegal foreigners — including Bangladeshis and Rohingya immigrants — debuted in Murshidabad and Malda, seven more suspected Bangladeshi detainees were sent to the former on Tuesday, taking the total number of inmates ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    Civic body chief held, Rs 80 lakh cash, 4k tarpaulin sheets seized

    Kolkata: Baduria Municipality chairman Dipankar Bhattacharya was arrested on Tuesday after police recovered about Rs 80 lakh in cash and around 4,000 tarpaulin sheets allegedly meant for disaster relief from a godown at his residence in Punra, in North ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    ZSI unveils India’s first large-scale DNA barcode library for cockroaches

    Kolkata: In a major breakthrough for Indian biodiversity research, scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have developed the country's first and largest DNA barcode reference library for cockroaches, uncovering several undocumented and endemic lineages found nowhere else ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    Complaint filed against Mamata Banerjee in Siliguri over alleged remarks on Sanatana Dharma

    KOLKATA: A complaint has been lodged against former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee at the Cyber Thana in Siliguri by a lawyer over her alleged statement related to Sanatana Dharma, officials said on Tuesday.According to news agency ANI, ...

    27 May 2026 Times of India
    Prosenjit, Forum named in Tolly ‘cartel’ case

    Kolkata: Actors Prosenjit Chatterjee and Shantilal Mukherjee have been named in a case filed before the Competition Commission of India by the producer of ‘Kone Dekha Alo' (KDA). The complaint also names office-bearers of the Artists' Forum, represented by ...

    26 May 2026 Times of India
    Murder accused BDO held for drunk driving

    Kolkata: Prashanta Burman, the BDO accused of kidnapping and murdering a 45-year-old Salt Lake gold trader last year was detained by Bidhannagar police in a drink-and-drive case on Monday night.Burman, who was denied protection by the Supreme Court in ...

    26 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal at epicentre of PM pollution, Sundarbans under threat: 25-year study

    Kolkata: A 25-year satellite study has revealed that southern Bengal and Bihar have become the epicentres of particulate matter (PM) pollution across the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP). The research warns that elevated carbon pollution has expanded to the entire state, ...

    26 May 2026 Times of India
    3 workers injured as lift snaps during maintenance at Kolkata airport

    KOLKATA: At least three workers were injured after a lift under maintenance snapped and fell at Kolkata airport on Tuesday, officials said. The incident occurred while maintenance work was being carried out on Lift 34 at the airport. Kolkata ...

    26 May 2026 Times of India
    Not outsiders, JU campus dogs to get collars, shelter homes

    KOLKATA: Dogs residing on Jadavpur University (JU) campus will soon get collars with the university name written on them so that they can be distinguished from the strays that enter the campus from outside. At least two or three ...

    26 May 2026 Times of India
    Goat, sheep prices soar by up to 75% as cattle supply dries up ahead of Eid

    Kolkata: Goat prices in Kolkata have surged sharply ahead of Eid-uz-Zuha on May 28 as increased demand and limited supply have reshaped livestock markets across the city following renewed enforcement of cattle slaughter regulations in the state. Traders at ...

    26 May 2026 Times of India
    Transport unions clamour for fare hike, write to CM

    Kolkata: A severe public transport crisis has gripped Kolkata as private bus operators massively cut services or pulled fleets off the roads entirely. Driven to the brink by diesel prices hovering near Rs 100 per litre, transport operators, app-cab ...

    26 May 2026 Times of India
    Eating out to get dearer, restaurants set to hike menu prices by 5%-10% from June

    Kolkata: Several restaurants across Kolkata are set to raise menu prices by around 5%-10% from June. The hike has been prompted by the sharp rise in commercial LPG price along with a rise in prices of food ingredients, including ...

    26 May 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu to meet Shah on Thu over cabinet expansion

    Kolkata: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari is likely to meet Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday during his second visit to New Delhi after his swearing-in. Adhikari is likely to discuss the full expansion of the cabinet during the ...

    26 May 2026 Times of India
    EC appoints Neelam Meena as new Bengal CEO

    Kolkata: The Election Commission on Monday appointed senior IAS officer Neelam Meena as the new chief electoral officer (CEO) of West Bengal, succeeding Manoj Agarwal, who was recently elevated to the post of chief secretary.Meena is the second woman ...

    26 May 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu meets RG Kar mom, Samik reaches out to Kamduni protest face

    Kolkata: Panihati MLA Ratna Debnath, mother of the RG Kar rape-murder victim, met CM Suvendu Adhikari at Nabanna on Monday, while BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya told Mousumi Koyal, the face of the Kamduni protests, that he would arranging ...

    26 May 2026 Times of India
    CM orders austerity as state reviews expenses

    Kolkata: Bengal govt has ordered a comprehensive review of state expenditure, with CM Suvendu Adhikari directing officials to implement austerity measures and submit reports by June 7, sources said.The CM expressed concerns over state's treasury expenditure and pending electricity ...

    26 May 2026 Times of India
    Holding centres debut in Malda, Murshidabad, already house 12

    Malda/Behampore: Forty-eight hours after the Bengal govt asked all 23 district magistrates to set up ‘holding centres' where illegal foreigners — including Bangladeshis and Rohingya immigrants — staying in the state are to be housed before being deported, two ...

    26 May 2026 Times of India
    Baranagar-Barrackpore metro, stuck for 16 yrs, sees light at end of tunnel

    Kolkata: A proposed metro line between Baranagar and Barrackpore stuck for nearly 16 years got a fresh push on Monday after Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL), the implementing agency for the corridor, met civic officials at Kolkata Municipal Corporation ...

    26 May 2026 Times of India
    Anmol eyes urban expansion

    Kolkata: City-based Anmol Industries Ltd, the fourth largest manufacturer in the country's biscuits and bakery industry, is focusing on urban markets to raise its turnover in the next few years from the existing Rs 2,000 crore. Currently, Bengal market ...

    26 May 2026 Times of India
    Wave of civic resignations hits TMC strongholds

    Kolkata/Contai: Mass resignations are causing civic bodies to collapse across Bengal, including in Trinamool strongholds, exposing growing organisational strain within the party.On Monday, North Barrackpore municipality was pushed to the brink after 16 councillors tendered their resignations. The churn ...

    26 May 2026 Times of India
    Fuel prices hiked a fourth time, Rs 8/lt costlier in 11 days in city

    New Delhi: Petrol prices touched Rs 113.47 and diesel Rs 99.82 per litre in Kolkata after state-owned oil companies effected the fourth hike in retail fuel rates in 11 days, raising petrol prices by another Rs 2.86 and diesel ...

    26 May 2026 Times of India
    Land hurdle cleared for Hasimara civil airport

    Jalpaiguri: Four years after the Centre sanctioned a civil airport at Hasimara under the UDAN scheme, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari has cleared land acquisition to facilitate civilian flight operations from Hasimara Airport.The Airports Authority of India requires 37.74 acres ...

    26 May 2026 Times of India
    Land hurdle cleared for Hasimara civil airport

    Jalpaiguri: Four years after the Centre sanctioned a civil airport at Hasimara under the UDAN scheme, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari has cleared land acquisition to facilitate civilian flight operations from Hasimara Airport.The Airports Authority of India requires 37.74 acres ...

    26 May 2026 Times of India
    Deadlier than heart attack, aortic dissection often goes undiagnosed, experts warn

    Kolkata: Aortic dissection — a potentially fatal condition in which the inner wall of the aorta, the body's main artery, ruptures — causes a significant number of deaths in Bengal but remains one of the most underdiagnosed and delayed-to-treat ...

    25 May 2026 Times of India
    Payloaders strike bldgs linked to TMC councillor, Sona Pappu

    Kolkata: The KMC on Sunday launched a massive drive to demolish illegal buildings ‘linked' to Trinamool councillor Faiz Ahmed Khan, real-estate promoters, Beleghata strongman Raju Naskar and Kasba strongman Sona Pappu (now in ED custody). According to a buildings ...

    25 May 2026 Times of India
    TMC comes 4th, CPM 2nd as BJP wrests Falta by 1 lakh-plus votes

    KOLKATA/FALTA: CPM came in a distant second - but a second, nevertheless - in the first election to an assembly seat after BJP's victory in the recent state poll. Debangshu Panda of BJP - for the record - won ...

    25 May 2026 Times of India
    Need staff urgently: SOS to govt from Kolkata CP

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay Nand has sent an SOS to the state home and hill affairs department, headed by chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, flagging serious security concerns and stating that the force is facing an acute shortage of ...

    25 May 2026 Times of India
    Third fuel-price hike in 10 days prompts commute change in city

    Kolkata: The third consecutive hike in petrol and diesel prices in 10 days is forcing many car owners to consider switching over to public transport for daily commute. Many people who drove to their workplaces in their own cars ...

    25 May 2026 Times of India
    Phase II: Viaduct gap bridged at Chingrighata

    Kolkata: The Orange Line overcame its most difficult hurdle and managed to bridge the 62m viaduct gap atop the busy Chingrighata crossing early on Sunday.Making full use of the continuous day-night block since Friday night, RVNL was able to ...

    25 May 2026 Times of India
    Councillor gets cop summons over stir

    Kolkata: MMiC and ward 81 councillor in KMC Baiswanor Chattopadhyay has been summoned by the New Market Police Station in connection with a protest held against the locking of the historic KMC Council Chamber. Sources claimed the incident happened ...

    25 May 2026 Times of India
    From solar flares to existential queries: A journey through cosmos

    Kolkata: In a thought-provoking session that blurred the lines between science and philosophy, a renowned astrophysicist and former director of MP Birla Planetarium, Dr Debiprosad Duari invited students to confront the possibility that human existence is a product of ...

    25 May 2026 Times of India
    Councillor suicide: Cops probe ‘banner provocation’

    Kolkata: According to the preliminary postmortem report, cops on Sunday said South Dum Dum Municipality Trinamool councillor Sanjay Das died by suicide. However, cops are probing if there was provocation or external involvement.Police have also launched an inquiry into ...

    25 May 2026 Times of India
    Extortion cuffs on TMC panchayat pradhan

    Kolkata: A Trinamool panchayat pradhan from Jangra was arrested on Sunday by Bidhannagar cops on charges of extortion. Rita Gayen, pradhan of Jangra-Hatiara-2 Gram Panchayat under Rajarhat block, allegedly approved the construction of several buildings on wetlands and govt ...

    25 May 2026 Times of India
    Khilafat agrees, Red Rd Eid namaz shifts to Brigade this year

    Kolkata: City's largest Eid-uz-Zuha congregation will shift from its traditional Red Road venue to the Brigade Parade Grounds this year. It was decided following a series of meetings between Kolkata Police and the organisers over crowd management and traffic ...

    25 May 2026 Times of India
    Borough chief faces murder-bid charges

    Kolkata: Long-time councillor from Behala and Borough 16 chairman of KMC Sudip Polley is facing attempt-to-murder charges from police. Polley, the ward 123 councillor, had allegedly demanded Rs 5 lakh from a trader and assaulted him with an intention ...

    25 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal exchequer in sorry state, will fulfil promises in phases: Suvendu in Nandigram

    Nandigram/Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday pointed to Bengal's poor fiscal health and said state govt would fulfil its promise in phases as it worked to revive the economy after "49 years of Left and TMC misgovernance"."The condition of ...

    25 May 2026 Times of India
    Flag meet as BGB stops BSF land-marking at Teen Bigha

    Jalpaiguri: A commander-level flag meeting between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was held at Teen Bigha on Saturday to address a dispute over border fencing in Mekhliganj block of Cooch Behar. The meeting followed ...

    25 May 2026 Times of India
    Kakoli quits as TMC’s Barasat dist prez, takes swipe at I-PAC

    Kolkata: TMC Barasat MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar resigned from the post of the party's Barasat organisational district president on Sunday. In a letter addressed to state party president Subrata Bakshi, she stated that she was stepping down taking moral ...

    25 May 2026 Times of India
    Min’s tiger relocation talk kindles BTR hope

    Jalpaiguri: Nine years after the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and Global Tiger Forum (GTF) proposed relocating tigers to Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR), the talks of the plan have been revived by Centre.Speaking at an event in New Delhi ...

    25 May 2026 Times of India
    Didi upset over ‘football-man’ demolition

    Kolkata: Speaking on the removal of the ‘football-man' with a Biswa Bangla logo in front of Salt Lake stadium, former CM Mamata Banerjee said, "I feel very bad. I created that logo with the help of an artist and ...

    25 May 2026 Times of India
    KMC birth certs issued during SIR faces new govt scrutiny

    Kolkata: With the new state health department deciding to investigate the birth certificates issued during SIR exercise, officials at the KMC birth certificate wing are working overtime to scrutinise all the documents that applicants had submitted to obtain birth ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    Battle of brains: 112 teams vie for top spot at city’s heritage quiz

    Kolkata: City quizzers were in for an invigorating session at the 56th Neil O'Brien's DI Open Quiz 2026 at the Dalhousie Institute on Saturday.The second oldest quiz in the country held in the memory of legendary quiz master Neil ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal begins rollout of PM Vishwakarma scheme for artisans

    Kolkata: The state govt has initiated the process of implementing the Centre's PM Vishwakarma Yojana in Bengal, aimed at improving the socio-economic condition of traditional artisans and craftspeople. The move comes days after chief minister Suvendu Adhikari alleged that ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Will be replaced with famous footballer’: Why Mamata Banerjee-conceptualised football sculpture outside Salt Lake Stadium fell to razing drive

    KOLKATA: In a late-night operation that marked another visible change in the city, the giant football-themed installation outside the Salt Lake Stadium — a sculpture conceptualised by former chief minister Mamata Banerjee — was partially dismantled between Saturday midnight ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    EIMPA president goes to police station

    Kolkata: The first woman president of the Eastern India Motion Pictures Association got entangled in a dispute after allegations and counter-allegations reached the police station. Actor-producer Piyaa Ssengupta, who became the EIMPA president on Dec 11, 2018, went to ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    Ayushman Bharat launch in Bengal from July, says CM Suvendu Adhikari

    KOLKATA: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced the rollout of Centre’s flagship health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat in Bengal from July with more than 6 crore residents who were previously enrolled in the state’s Swasthya Sathi programme within ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    Bakrid holiday cut to one day in Bengal

    KOLKATA: Bengal’s new BJP govt has slashed a two-day holiday for Eid-ud-Zoha or Bakrid announced by the previous TMC administration to one day. In a notification issued Saturday, the BJP govt announced the Bakrid holiday would be observed on ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    JEE today: Radio-frequency detectors to check cheating

    Kolkata: More than 1.2 lakh candidates are set to appear for the West Bengal Joint Entrance examination across 267 centres on Sunday. The exam opens doors for admission into engineering, technology, pharmacy and architecture courses across various universities and ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    Trinamool councillor Sanjay Das found hanging at Kolkata home

    KOLKATA: Cops on Saturday recovered the body of South Dum Dum Municipality Trinamool councillor Sanjay Das (49) from his home, with preliminary probe pointing to suicide.It was not immediately known whether the death was in any way linked to ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    Orange Line: RVNL to build another road along Salt Lake Bypass

    Kolkata: RVNL will have to build another road for a couple of traffic diversions while concrete decks are placed between some of the piers standing on the eastern side of the Chingrighata crossing.An inspection was conducted on Friday by ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    Three language policy at secondary level adds to CBSE’s students worries

    Kolkata: The Central Board of Secondary Education's (CBSE) recent mandate requiring a third language at the secondary level has triggered concern among parents, students and school administrators, particularly over mid-session implementation and the impact on those who have been ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    Honoured: US secy of state Rubio after Missionaries of Charity visit

    Kolkata: US secretary of state Marco Rubio began his maiden India visit with a brief but symbolic stop in Kolkata on Saturday, spending nearly three hours in the city. Rubio, accompanied by his wife Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio and US ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    Beach-ball size tumour removed from Taltala woman

    Kolkata: A 40-year-old woman, Sahazadi Khatoon, from Taltala underwent a six-hour surgery at NRS Medical College after doctors removed an abdominal tumour the size of a beachball. A biopsy revealed the mass as Myxoid Liposarcoma, a rare malignant cancer. ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    Payloader razes ‘TMC party office’, owner gets back land

    Kolkata: A Trinamool party office, which was allegedly painted saffron after the BJP's win in the Assembly election, was demolished with a payloader on Debendra Chandra Dey Street near Tangra on Saturday. The demolition came after the owner of ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    JU scores a 1st: Website shows new political ground reality

    Kolkata: The website of Jadavpur University (JU) website has become the first among the state's prominent universities to reflect the new political reality on the ground. A poster of Kreeda Bharati, a sports organisation founded by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    Four injured in 2 bike accidents

    Kolkata: Four bikers were injured in two separate accidents in the city between Friday night and Saturday morning. All of them wore helmets and escaped fatal injuries. Rajesh Jindal (55) of Golabari in Howrah was hit by a mini ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    You are no more above law, Agnimitra tells Abhishek

    Kolkata: A day after Trinamool general secretary Abhishek Banerjee threw an open challenge for anyone to prove he violated KMC building rules, state municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul said it was incumbent on him to reply to the notices ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    Swastika visits Gariahat PS to answer cop queries

    Kolkata: Actor Swastika Mukherjee appeared at the Gariahat Police Station on Saturday and was questioned for nearly an hour, days after an FIR was registered against her and actor Parambrata Chattopadhyay over an alleged post-poll violence-related social media post ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    CM announces 4 new medical colleges, 3 of them in north Bengal

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced four new medical colleges for Bengal, taking the state's total to around 30. The new colleges will come up in Alipurduar, Kalimpong, South Dinajpur and West Burdwan. Bengal currently has 26 state-run ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    Govt seeks vacancy report from admin depts by June 3

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt has started the process to fill up vacant posts and asked all administrative departments to submit a detailed vacancy report by June 3. The move is aimed at strengthening the administrative machinery and improving public ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal mulls new hiring policy as Suvendu vows to end graft

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt is planning to bring in a new recruitment policy during the assembly's budget session and introduce a comprehensive overhaul of the state's hiring process to eliminate corruption.CM Suvendu Adhikari said the policy will be transparent ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    State govt dissolves Contai municipality

    Kolkata: The state govt has dissolved the Contai Municipality board to end a prolonged administrative stalemate and ensure uninterrupted civic services. Contai SDO Pratik Ashok Dumal has been appointed administrator until a new board is formed. The notification reached ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    Pabitra Kar, wife quit politics after Nandigram election loss

    Nandigram: Pabitra Kar, the Trinamool candidate from Nandigram who had switched from BJP to contest against Suvendu Adhikari, has announced his exit from active politics following his defeat in the assembly elections.Kar and his wife, Shiuli Kar, on Friday ...

    24 May 2026 Times of India
    Arrested RG Kar principal Sandip’s para waits for ‘payloader action’ on his house

    Kolkata: Neighbours of Sandip Ghosh, former RG Kar principal, await a payloader to arrive at Beleghata's Badan Roy Lane and pull down "unauthorised constructions" at his house, Balaji Nivas. Ghosh is now in judicial custody following his arrest on ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    Complaint filed against actor Soham Chakraborty over film deal dispute

    KOLKATA: After actor and former TMC MLA Soham Chakraborty lodged a complaint against producer Tarun Das on Wednesday, Das filed a counter complaint in Balurghat on Friday. Both complaints were made after a dispute over a film signing amount ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
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