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  • 3 crore forms distributed in Bengal so far

    Kolkata: The total number of SIR enumeration forms crossed the three-crore mark on Friday. According to an EC official, "Over three crore enumeration forms were distributed in Bengal till 8 pm on Friday." Bengal has 7.6 crore voters.The EC ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    Gabbar bridged gap between commercial and art cinema

    Kolkata: Most fans of ‘Sholay' are aware that had cast in his ‘Shatranj Ke Khiladi' after being overwhelmed by his performance in 's ‘Sholay'. Ray had famously spoken about how had wanted to cast Amjad Khan in ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar ex-dy super put under suspension

    Kolkata: Akhtar Ali, the former deputy superintendent of & Hospital, a vocal critic of his ex-boss Sandip Ghosh on corruption, was put under suspension owing to allegations of corruption against him when he was posted at RG Kar. ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    Sukanta blames TMC after convoy come s under attack in Nabadwip

    Nabadwip: Union minister Sukanta Majumdar's convoy came under attack at Nabadwip in Nadia district on Thursday. Several BJP workers sustained injuries, and vehicles belonging to party supporters were allegedly vandalised. Majumdar accused miscreants backed by the Trinamool Congress of ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Kalyan Banerjee defrauded: Rs 56 lakh siphoned from TMC MP's account; forged KYC used to gain access

    KOLKATA: MP Kalyan Banerjee allegedly fell victim to alleging that around Rs 56 lakh were siphoned from his bank account linked to his tenure as an MLA years ago. According to sources, the bank authorities themselves filed ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Cal HC confirms RG Kar posting for protest doc

    Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed the state appeal against a single-bench order that had directed the govt to deploy senior resident doctor Aniket Mahata in the second of the four vacancies at ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Get, set, art: Take your creative side for a workshop this weekend

    In a city that takes pride in its leisure time, Kolkata’s new wave of tactile workshops is inspiring people to pause and get artsy. From clay to resin, these sessions are replacing cocktails with creative therapy. Blending childhood nostalgia ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Siliguri military camp labourer held for having B’desh & Indian IDs

    Siliguri: Defence personnel of Bengdubi Military Station near Siliguri apprehended one of their civilian labourers for allegedly possessing citizenship of both India and Bangladesh.Accused Nanda Mandal was found to be in possession of a Bangladesh national identity card that ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Sunali’s counsel seeks contempt plea hearing in HC

    Kolkata: The counsel of Sunali Khatun, the Birbhum woman who was deported to Bangladesh in June along with five others including her family, mentioned her case before the Calcutta High Court on Thursday, seeking a hearing on the contempt ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Behrampore man ended life over SIR fears, claim kin

    Behrampore: The family of Tarak Saha, a 50-year-old resident of Gandhi Colony in Behrampore who died by hanging from a tree near Bhagirathi Bridge on Wednesday, alleged that he was driven to suicide due to anxiety over SIR.His wife ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    In Bengal’s border dists, SIR-wary Muslim couples rush to get marriages registered

    Kolkata: Minority-dominated districts in Bengal bordering Bangladesh are now witnessing an unusual trend — married Muslim couples, who read their vows under Islamic law, are rushing to register their marriages under section 16 of Special Marriage Act, 1954.According to ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Bengal makes state song a must at school morning assemblies

    Kolkata: The state on Thursday made it mandatory for state schools to sing the state song, ‘Banglar Mati, Banglar Jal', at morning assemblies. A notification, issued by the state secondary education board to school heads of all upper primary ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Homes and docus lost to erosion, SIR jitters for Malda’s displaced thousands

    Malda: The thousands of villagers living on the banks of the Ganga and Fulohar rivers in Malda's Manikchak and Ratua are spending sleepless nights. They would need their names on the poll rolls after the 2002 special intensive revision ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Abused, assaulted for feeding strays: Picnic Garden woman

    Kolkata: An incident of harassment and attempted assault on a dog lover was reported in the Tiljala area of southeast Kolkata. A local resident, Rose Mary Halder, claims she was subjected to aggressive resistance and verbal abuse for feeding ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    HC to end teachers’ job appeal hearing by Wed

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court will close its hearing on the appeal, challenging the cancellation of 36,000 primary teachers' appointments at state-run schools as part of the cash-for-job scam, by Nov 12.Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty said in an open court ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    2015 land boundary pact to be honoured in SIR: EC

    Jalpaiguri: The 2015 Indo-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement, which details the enclaves exchanged by the two countries and the population exchange, will be considered a valid document for former Cooch Behar enclave-dwellers during SIR. A detailed list of enclave-dwellers who ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Won’t fill form until everyone in Bengal fills theirs: Mamata

    Kolkata: CM on Thursday asserted that she would not fill up SIR enumeration forms before other residents of the state. Confirming that a BLO turned up at her official residence-cum-office at Kalighat and gave the enumeration forms, Banerjee ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    SIR nothing but a ruse for backdoor NRC, says TMC MP

    Kolkata: Trinamool's Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale claimed on Thursday that the special intensive revision (SIR) of poll rolls was an attempt to snatch away opposition votes and that not accepting as citizenship proof was a step towards ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Uphill task, tight deadline: BLOs feel SIR duty heat

    Kolkata: With barely a month to complete a massive voter verification exercise, thousands of booth level officers (BLOs) across Kolkata and the districts are battling gruelling schedules, personal hardships and mounting fatigue as they race to finish the first ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Smoke envelops central biz dist after blaze, sparks panic

    Kolkata: A major fire erupted in central Kolkata on Thursday morning, lingering for several hours and causing widespread anxiety among local traders and residents. Though none was seriously injured, losses might run into several lakhs, claimed sources.The blaze broke ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    CPM’s ‘Bangla Bachao Jatra’ from Nov 29 to cover Darjeeling to N 24 Pgns

    Kolkata: The Left Front on Thursday announced a fortnight-long "Bangla Bachao Jatra" (Save Bengal Rally) to stop "vote chori" and protect the "rights of the voter", beginning on Nov 29. The rally will cover the stretch from Darjeeling in ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Law college under rape cloud fills up 84% UG seats in first round

    Kolkata: The rule overhaul following the rape on a campus of a law college seems to have had its desired outcome. The new set of norms convinced freshers of a conducive atmosphere at the institute as 96 out of ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Online stays off, adds to voters’ worries

    Kolkata: Three days after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) got underway in Bengal, voters were still unable to access the forms online till 11 pm on Thursday. Worse, the chief electoral officer of West Bengal said he did not ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    JU asks 8 ragging-accused boys to vacate Main Hostel block

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University officials have asked eight students, whom the university probe committee found guilty of ragging a first-year boy in 2023 that led to his death, to vacate the A2 Block of the Main Hostel at the earliest. ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    ‘Porobashi’ resonates with SIR worry

    Kolkata: A Bengali and Kokborok feature film, now meant as a tribute to all those worried over Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bengal, is competing in the Indian Language section of the 31st Kolkata International ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    HC to EC: Explain how 2025 & 2002 rolls being linked

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed to explain how it was linking the draft 2025 electoral rolls in Bengal with the 2002 rolls. A division bench, hearing a PIL, asked the EC to submit a short affidavit ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Suvendu files RTI with KMC over ‘fake’ birth certs

    Kolkata: The Bengal BJP, which earlier flagged the misuse of birth certificates to the , on Thursday filed an RTI with the Kolkata Municipal Corporation seeking details of the birth certificates issued in the past 1 month. The BJP ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Error-free entry: Tense seniors wait for kin to return to Kol

    Kolkata: For many elderly citizens in Kolkata, the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has become a source of sleepless nights and mounting anxiety. With booth level officers (BLOs) knocking on doors for in-person verification, a wave ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Bizman lured by woman on wedding site, duped of 1 cr in crypto scam

    Kolkata: A 30-year-old businessman from Baguiati lost nearly Rs 1 crore in a cryptocurrency investment scam after being lured by a woman he met on a matrimonial website. The victim, a resident of VIP Road, lodged a complaint with ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Man found hanging in Lake flat

    Kolkata: The body of a 42-year-old man, Subhasish Chakraborty, was discovered in his apartment at Ahana Apartments in the Lake area on Wednesday evening after neighbours reported a strong odour coming from Chakraborty's flat. On Thursday, cops said the ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Snatchers strike in Tangra eatery zone

    Kolkata: A case of phone snatching was reported near the Chinese Kali Temple in Tangra on Monday evening. The incident occurred around 7 pm when the victim, Md Sadique Anwar (37) from Topsia Road, was returning home from work.Sources ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Breaking barriers: Encouraging older child adoption in Bengal

    KOLKATA: Bengal has one of the highest rates of child adoption in the country but couples continue to be reluctant to adopt children who are six years or older.Functionaries of Atmaja, an association for adoptive parents that was formed ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    FIR after cutting down of 2 trees

    Kolkata: A dispute over a couple of mango trees escalated into a legal battle in the Sakuntala Park area, as residents Pradip Sarkar and Dilip Sarkar lodged a formal complaint against their neighbours and some timber merchants for cutting ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    HIV+ murder convict gets bail after 14 years in jail

    Kolkata: A man convicted of murder was released on bail by the Calcutta High Court on Thursday as he suffers from HIV and was incarcerated for more than 14 years with his suspension-of-sentence appeal pending.The division bench of justices ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Biker snatches gold chain on Kailash Bose St

    Kolkata: A man was reportedly robbed of his gold chain by a bike-borne assailant in the Amherst Street area on Wednesday. The incident occurred around 11.30 pm on Kailash Bose Street, an otherwise typically bustling area that had quieted ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Cops caution college students on ‘dangers of metaverse’

    Kolkata: The dangers of the cyber world are not limited to financial losses or threat to reputation. It also leaves a mark on one's mind that can have a lasting impact. The cyber cell units of Kolkata Police are ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    EC seeks report on ‘attack on BLOs’

    Kolkata: The on Wednesday sought reports on alleged attacks on BLOs in the state. Chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal said, "We have sought a report from the EROs (electoral registration officers) in this regard."On Wednesday, a controversy erupted ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Residents of former enclaves refuse SIR forms, wait for EC clarification

    Jalpaiguri: Residents of former Bangladeshi enclaves in Cooch Behar district, who are now Indian citizens, refused to accept enumeration forms for the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls on Tuesday, demanding a clarification on the criteria applicable ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Women farmers felicitated

    Kolkata: Five women farmers were felicitated with the Best Farmer Award along with an entrepreneur from Sundarbans during a recent interaction between farmers and scientists held at the West Bengal Veterinary Council of India, West Bengal University of Animal ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Army officer dies after liposuction

    Kolkata: A retired army officer, Major (Retd) Kalyan Bose, has filed a police complaint on Tuesday alleging medical negligence by a private hospital and a private skin care clinic in Salt Lake, holding them responsible for the death of ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Conductor pushes man off moving bus, arrested

    Kolkata: A bus conductor, Vishnu Sahu, allegedly pushed a passenger, Md Aziz, off a moving bus following a fare dispute on Monday near Beckbagan. Aziz was injured and needed medical attention.Sahu was later arrested from his Howrah residence.According to ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Bhangar man dies by suicide, wife blames ‘SIR anxiety’

    Kolkata: The family of a Bhangar resident, whose body was found hanging at his home on Wednesday morning, has alleged that he died by suicide after being "extremely worried" about SIR. The deceased was identified as 35-year-old Shafiul Gazi. ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    CM’s Kalighat office accepts SIR forms for her, family members

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee's Kalighat office on Wednesday accepted enumeration forms for her and her family members from a booth level officer (BLO) who reached their 30B Harish Chatterjee Street home at 10.30 am as part of the ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Search called off for primate missing at Kolkata airport

    Kolkata: Forest and airport officials have almost given up the search for a juvenile black-shanked douc after the lapse of 60 hours since it jumped out of a passenger's bag and disappeared in the international arrival lounge at Kolkata ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    SIR discomfort: BJP MLA to move court over CAA provision

    Kolkata: After Trinamool, a Bengal BJP neta is now set to move court on the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls issue, albeit on different grounds.BJP's Haringhata MLA Asim Sarkar plans to move court sometime next week seeking ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC fields fewer BLAs than rivals, floods wards with party workers to shadow BLOs, help voters

    Kolkata: , the party with fewer registered block level agents (BLAs) than BJP and CPM, is heavily outnumbering them and Congress when it comes to on-ground presence of party workers helping voters negotiate the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) maze ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata sees worst Oct in 8 years as AQI deteriorates sharply this festive season

    Kolkata: Kolkata's Oct air quality has worsened over the years, with experts fearing a troubling winter ahead. The city's all-out fireworks revelry this festive season has left a toxic imprint on the atmosphere, making Oct 2025 one of the ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Not in our name: KP joins cops from Del, Mum & Lucknow, reaches out to citizens on digital arrest

    n In Oct, a 39-year-old resident of Nabin Sarkar Lane was targeted by individuals posing as officers from Mumbai's Colaba police station who falsely implicated her in a money laundering case linked to Naresh Goyal, the founder of Jet ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Row over bird death at vet clinic, one held

    Kolkata: A man lodged a police complaint against the owner of a veterinary clinic near Mudiali for "medical negligence" that allegedly led to the death of a blue macaw two days ago, and for molesting the complainant's associate when ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    2 posing as cops assault and rob duo, arrested

    Kolkata: Cops arrested two men for their alleged involvement in a fake gold deal that led to a violent robbery at a Bypass store, where the accused posed as police personnel to threaten the victim.The case was registered on ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Mamata Bala-led Matua faction starts hunger strike

    Kolkata: With turf war getting intensified in the Matua heartland of Bengal amid SIR — especially after a split in the BJP-led faction of the All India Matua Mahasangha (AIMM) — the Trinamool-backed faction, led by MP Mamata Bala ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    GCI, GCLI launch joint brand campaign

    Kolkata: Generali Central Insurance (GCI) and Generali Central Life Insurance (GCLI) on Monday launched their first brand campaign, "Here Now", to introduce their unified brand identity and vision. This joint campaign follows the rebranding of the businesses after the ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Cops, BSF jawans clash over seized drugs

    Chapra (Nadia): Cops clashed with BSF personnel in Nadia on Tuesday over the seizure of banned cough syrup Phensedyl. At least three policemen were injured in the incident, and one BSF jawan was briefly detained, sources said. The jawan ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    2003 list to be reference for ‘missing’ Kulpi, North 24 Pgns booths

    Kolkata: The Election Commission has recognised the 2003 voter list as the reference point for the ongoing SIR exercise for 187 booths under the Kulpi assembly segment and in a few booths in North 24 Parganas, as those booths ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Migrants’ absence is parents’ worry as SIR knocks on doors

    n Eighty-year-old Manju Mukherjee, who lives alone in her two-bedroom Salt Lake flat, is anxious as her daughter, who now lives in Singapore, cannot return to India for at least two months. She is unsure whether her daughter can ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Alipore Museum to unveil photo exhibition on climate & conflict

    Kolkata: The Alipore Museum is set to unveil a photographic exhibition, ‘A Winter Summer', featuring the evocative works of renowned photographer Sohrab Hura. This exhibition, organised in collaboration with Experimenter Gallery, marks the India debut of Hura's two seminal ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    DH Rd, Alipore roads to undergo ‘plastic surgery’

    Kolkata: Instead of patchworks, the KMC roads department has taken up a thorough repair of a major stretch of DH Road (from Majerhat Bridge to Kidderpore) with plastic hot mix. Apart from DH Road, the civic body will repair ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port wins Maritime Excellence Award

    Kolkata: Kolkata's Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port has won the Maritime Excellence Award in the "heritage" category on Oct 30 at India Maritime Week 2025. Chairperson of the port, Rathendra Raman, received the award from Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal, and ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Surge in respiratory diseases as pollution takes a toll on Kol lungs

    Kolkata: Respiratory diseases are now arguably the most common form of illness in Kolkata, according to a section of doctors. Kolkata's polluted air is aggravating lung ailments and shortening life expectancy by a considerable period, say pulmonologists and general ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Schools rewrite routines as teachers leave for BLO duty amid exams

    Kolkata: With many teachers at state schools being assigned electoral roll enumeration duties as BLOs, several city schools have had to make alternative arrangements to conduct Madhyamik selection tests. While some have declared alternate day-offs for junior sections, others ...

    5 November 2025 Times of India
    Kol flat registrations soar 32% in 9 months, highest since 2019

    Kolkata: The real estate market in the city witnessed a remarkable surge in activity, with apartment registrations soaring by 32% year-on-year during the first nine months of 2025. A total of 46,742 apartments were registered in the Kolkata Metropolitan ...

    5 November 2025 Times of India
    Two orders unite as one Congregation in historic merger

    Kolkata: The Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM-Loreto) and the Congregation of Jesus (CJ) united in Spain on Tuesday, following a ceremony held in Loyola. The two branches of Mary Ward's legacy are now legally and religiously united, ...

    5 November 2025 Times of India
    Why SIR in a hurry before polls only in oppn states, asks CM

    Kolkata: Chief minister on Tuesday questioned why Election Commission has rolled out special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in three of the four poll-bound states, leaving out the only one where BJP is at the helm."Can you ...

    5 November 2025 Times of India
    Salt Lake gold trader’s body found, BDO under cloud

    Kolkata/Jalpaiguri: Family members of a Salt Lake-based gold merchant, whose mutilated body was found in a canal near Rajarhat last week, have lodged a complaint of abduction and murder against a north Bengal Block Development Officer (BDO). Police said ...

    5 November 2025 Times of India
    ‘Third front’: Subrata launches new faction, names Suvendu chief adviser

    Kolkata: The BJP-backed faction of the All India Matua Mahasangha (AIMM) split vertically on Tuesday after Subrata Thakur, the Gaighata MLA and a prominent face of the community, launched a new organization under the same banner and having the ...

    5 November 2025 Times of India
    VHP withdraws petition on Jagannath temple in HC

    Kolkata: Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Tuesday withdrew the PIL petition it had filed in Calcutta High Court challenging the public funding of the new Jagannath temple in Digha and its ‘dham' tag.The VHP counsel withdrew the petition after ...

    5 November 2025 Times of India
    Forest, airport officials search 2.5 mn sq ft, 1.6k acres for pint-size primate

    Kolkata: A rare baby langur, measuring barely 18 inches, leapt out of a handbag in the arrival lounge of Kolkata airport's international wing in the early hours of Monday. It continued to remain elusive even as staff from the ...

    5 November 2025 Times of India
    Min temp dips below normal after more than a fortnight but winter is not yet here

    Kolkata: The minimum temperature in Kolkata slipped below the normal mark on Tuesday after more than a fortnight. While Tuesday's 21.4°C was only 0.8 notches below the normal mark, this is the lowest minimum in months. The Met office, ...

    5 November 2025 Times of India
    ‘Will they delete names?’: Mamata Banerjee leads Kolkata rally against EC's ‘silent rigging’; citizens voice confusion, demand clarity over SIR

    KOLKATA: As chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee led a rally through the heart of Kolkata on Tuesday, accusing the Election Commission of conducting a "silent, invisible rigging" through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ...

    5 November 2025 Times of India
    80,000-odd BLOs hand out 18L forms on day 1 of Bengal SIR

    Kolkata: Bengal's first special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 23 years started on Tuesday with more than 80,000 booth level officers (BLOs) distributing 18 lakh enumeration forms on day 1.Bengal has over 7.6 crore voters, all of ...

    5 November 2025 Times of India
    Families blame anxiety over SIR as Bengal sees two more suicides

    Howrah/Murshidabad: Two men died by suicide in Bengal on Tuesday, with their families alleging that anxiety over SIR was the cause of their distress. In Howrah's Uluberia, 28-year-old Jahir Maal was found hanging at his home, while in Murshidabad's ...

    5 November 2025 Times of India
    Mathabhanga villagers block highway over missing names

    Jalpaiguri: Protesting the implementation of SIR in their village, some residents of Dangkopa village in Cooch Behar's Mathabhanga staged a road blockade on the Mathabhanga–Maynaguri state highway on Tuesday. They demanded every voter in the village be declared valid.The ...

    5 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC MLAs get fake ED, CBI threat calls

    Kolkata: Three Trinamool Congress MLAs have alleged receiving calls from scammers posing as ED or CBI officers and threatening them with arrest. On Tuesday, Gosaba MLA Subrata Mondal, Baruipur East MLA Bibhas Sardar and Sonarpur North MLA Firdousi Begum ...

    5 November 2025 Times of India
    Windfall for printing shops in SIR season as 12 owners at Hazra mkt bag orders worth 1.1 crore

    Kolkata: Around 60-70 workers at the 12 printing shops at Khirode Ghosh Market near Hazra crossing have been working non-stop through the night, printing SIR enumeration forms. They are up to their elbow with the work as the owners ...

    5 November 2025 Times of India
    Hudco signs MoUs of Rs 1L cr to boost port infra devpt

    Kolkata: Hudco has signed MoUs worth over Rs 1 lakh crore to boost India's port infrastructure development. Under these, it will fund six port projects.Hudco signed the MoUs with Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam Port Authority, Paradip Port ...

    5 November 2025 Times of India
    Suvendu harps on CAA as he tries to dispel SIR fear among Matuas

    Kolkata: Matuas are well-protected and don't have to worry about the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, leader of opposition in the Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari said on Tuesday. Addressing a rally in Sodepur, Adhikari also said ...

    5 November 2025 Times of India
    Seepage disrupts metro services

    Kolkata: On an afternoon when commuters badly needed their transportation lifeline to help them travel across the city, which was clogged with rallies, Metro services on the Blue (North-South) Line came to a halt on Tuesday due to water ...

    5 November 2025 Times of India
    Search ops at airport after 1 of 2 smuggled primates escapes

    Kolkata: One of the two rare, critically-endangered primates that were being smuggled into the city from Bangkok escaped from the custody of customs officials at NSCBI Airport early on Monday.Endemic to eastern Cambodia and southern Vietnam, black-shanked doucs fetch ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    'Trinamool flows like blood through my veins': Mamata Banerjee's ex-minister Sovan Chatterjee returns to TMC after 6-year stint with BJP

    KOLKATA: Former West Bengal minister Sovan Chatterjee formally returned to on Monday, seven years after he had quit the party and subsequently joined . The former Kolkata mayor, who was appointed as the chairperson of NKDA (New Town ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    India ‘most attractive investment destination’ due to its democracy: Om Birla

    Kolkata: Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla on Monday said that, barring a few periods, democracy in India had always been strong and ensured more citizens participate in the process. He said that democracy had made the country the most ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    Kin and neighbours blame ‘SIR panic’ after twin deaths

    Egra/Dankuni: Two heart attack deaths have triggered a row with family of one and neighbours of another alleging that they were triggered by anxiety over SIR.Businessman Sheikh Sirajuddin died on Sunday in Kantabani village in East Midnapore allegedly after ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    Sovan, Baishakhi return to TMC, will ‘strengthen Didi’s mission’

    Kolkata: Former Kolkata minister Sovan Chatterjee had a "ghar wapsi" moment on Monday as he made a formal return to Trinamool. The former Bengal minister, who was appointed as the chairperson of NKDA on Oct 30, said: "Trinamool flows ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    Hindus from Bangladesh, now Indian citizens, in SIR fear grip

    Kolkata: Hindus who came from Bangladesh seem to be the group most worried about the special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bengal. Several suicides and attempted suicides following the announcement of the SIR rollout have been ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    Ex-BF shoots woman out on morning walk in Barisha

    Kolkata: A 42-year-old homemaker and mother of a teenage son, was shot around a kilometre from Behala Chowrasta around 6.20 am on Monday. She was on her usual morning walk close to her residence at Kalipada Mukherjee Road in ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    Siliguri roars for local girl Richa, who helped India lift Cup

    Siliguri: The entire country has been celebrating India's victory since Sunday but the decibel level has certainly been higher in Siliguri, the north Bengal town that has seen the struggle of local girl Richa Ghosh, the only World Cup-winning ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    Women, men reclaim night streets after Blue win in Navi Mumbai

    Kolkata: As the clock ticked past midnight on Sunday, the city streets came alive with honking cars, waving Tricolours, and joyous chants of ‘India, India!' as Kolkata reclaimed night when India's women lifted the cricket World Cup for the ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    Assault on cops at Dum Dum Park

    Kolkata: A civic police volunteer and a constable of Lake Town police station were injured on Sunday night when they attempted to stop a group of about 25 bikers riding dangerously and using modified silencers on their motorcycles, police ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    22 yards calling: More girls dream to blaze the trail

    Kolkata: The roar of victory from India's women's cricket team has echoed far beyond the stadium, stirring a wave of excitement among young girls in Kolkata. Many of them are now dreaming of picking up bats and balls themselves. ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    SSC releases list of 3,512 ‘tainted’ staff

    Kolkata: The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Monday released a list of 3,512 ‘tainted' non-teaching staff members who will not be able to participate in the fresh recruitment for staff in state-aided schools across Bengal for classes ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    HC allows BJP to hold rallies at Sodepur and Burdwan

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday allowed BJP to hold two rallies — one at Sodepur on Tuesday, and the other at Burdwan on Wednesday. Justice Kaushik Chanda, however, imposed some restrictions on both rallies.Advocate general Kishore Datta pleaded ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    CM forms panel to celebrate 150 years of Vande Mataram

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, during a cabinet meeting on Monday, formed a special committee to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram — the national song of India, composed by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1875 and a source ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    SPML Infra aims to surpass Rs 1k cr revenue by end of fiscal

    Kolkata: City-based SPML Infra hopes to cross the Rs 1,000-crore mark in revenue by the end of this fiscal. Last fiscal, the company posted a revenue of Rs 780 crore. SPML, which is now entering manufacturing through an energy ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    State allots land to Captain Industries and Ultratech Cement in Jhargram

    Kolkata: State govt has decided to allot 149.6 acres of land to Captain Industries and Ultratech Cement on a freehold basis in Jhargram. State finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya said on Monday that the decision was taken at a meeting ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    Visits to ‘BJP’s CAA camps’ may ‘end up at detention centres’, says Abhishek

    Kolkata: Sharpening its SIR attack on BJP a day before BLOs start the enumeration process, Trinamool national general secretary on Monday said going "to CAA camps" would mean "ending up at detention centres, just like in Assam".BJP has ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    Brothers attacked in Chitpore

    Kolkata: Two brothers, who tried to protest against loud music being played right beside their residence by a garment factory owner, were allegedly physically assaulted and intimidated by six men at Cossipore Road-Lock Gate Road in north Kolkata around ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    Assailant mental health patient, ex-minister withdraws complaint

    Kolkata: Hours after police detained a 33-year-old man, , for allegedly punching and shoving former state minister and Habra MLA Jyotipriya Mullick at his Salt Lake home on Sunday evening, all charges against him were dropped when his family ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    Filling key JU posts a priority, says VC after taking charge

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University welcomed its permanent VC on Monday after two and a half years. After taking charge on Monday, Chiranjib Bhattacharjee said one of his foremost priorities is to fill the significant vacancies in the university, which include ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC moves EC over SIR ‘discrepancies’

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Monday moved the , raising objections over discrepancies in the electoral roll revision process in South 24 Parganas' Kulpi. The party alleged that electoral rolls from 2003 were being used as reference instead of the legally ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    In times of SIR, Kolkata celebrates Ritwik Ghatak’s centenary, revisits films by chronicler of Partition trauma

    Kolkata: What would , the chronicler of Partition trauma, have made of SIR? Ghatak's centenary is being celebrated at a time when Bengal is rocked by fears of mass disenfranchisement under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Many, who have ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    80k BLOs, 659 helpdesks & loads of anxiety: Bengal set for month-long SIR rollout today

    Kolkata: With 80,681 BLOs and an additional 14,000 BLOs in reserve, along with 659 helpdesks, the EC will roll out its all-critical month-long doorstep verification of voters on Tuesday. The EC is also dispatching a central team from Delhi, ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
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