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  • HC upholds RKM decision to deny job over social media posts

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday upheld the Ramakrishna Mission’s decision to deny appointment to an assistant professor recommended by the West Bengal College Service Commission (WBCSC), citing his social media posts against the order, its monks and ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu: Won’t use officers as political workers

    Kolkata: Stressing on the need for a politically neutral administration, CM Suvendu Adhikari assured West Bengal Civil Service officers that his govt would not use the bureaucracy for political purposes.He was speaking at a meeting at Dhana Dhanya auditorium ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu: Won’t use officers as political workers

    Kolkata: Stressing on the need for a politically neutral administration, CM Suvendu Adhikari assured West Bengal Civil Service officers that his govt would not use the bureaucracy for political purposes.He was speaking at a meeting at Dhana Dhanya auditorium ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    24x7 control room to keep tabs on govt hosp services in Bengal

    Kolkata: The integrated control room aimed at improving services in govt hospitals across the state is set to become operational at Swasthya Bhawan from Wednesday. The state health department has deployed a 28-personnel-strong contingent to man the control room ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Police vows to root out drug abuse

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Tuesday held a public awareness programme to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, focusing on drug prevention, rehabilitation and community involvement. The initiative aligned with the global theme of ‘World Drug ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Biz bodies write to FM, seek lower GST on paper, paperboard

    Kolkata: Federation of Corrugated Box Manufacturers of India (FCBM) and Eastern India Corrugated Box Manufacturers’ Association (EICMA), along with Bharat Chamber of Commerce, have submitted representations to Union finance minister and chairperson of GST Council Nirmala Sitharaman, seeking rationalisation ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Demolition drive begins at slum near Shalimar station

    Kolkata: Demolition began on Tuesday at the Shalimar rail slum area in Howrah, known locally as Nepali Basti, as railway authorities and police started the first phase of a major eviction drive outside Shalimar station.The operation was carried out ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Encroachments near Kolkata flyovers on KMC radar

    Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation is getting ready to not just evict encroachers from under the city’s flyovers and bridges but also from pavements alongside them.KMC executive engineers in the respective boroughs are preparing to launch drives to free the ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    JU proposes AI lab, guest house revamp to utilise RUSA 2.0 funds

    Kolkata: Proposals to set up an artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI & ML) lab at Jadavpur University, revamp the university guest house and Gandhi Bhavan, financial help for seminars and support departments to repair buildings and buy equipment ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Man loses Rs 2 lakh at ATM after ‘helpline’ call

    Kolkata: If you find an ATM not dispensing cash, do not call up on the helpline numbers pasted on the kiosk walls or the machine, without checking. You could lose your money with such a call.After a year’s gap, ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Drive carefully, obey rules: School tells carpool owners

    Kolkata: Drive carefully, follow traffic signals, obey all transport department rules and ensure drivers don’t have records of traffic violations: Loreto Day School, Elliot Road, on Tuesday reiterated the safety protocol to car pool owners, a day after one ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Woman ‘poisons’ neighbour’s dog near Garia, faces cop action

    Kolkata: A woman in Atabagan near Garia, in the Bansdroni PS area, has accused her neighbour of abducting and poisoning her dog. The complainant, Monalisa Roy, said the incident happened on Saturday. According to her, her husband took their ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Man arrestedfor 1.6-crore Watgunge cheating case

    Kolkata: Police have arrested, Tauhid Muhammad alias Sunny, the main accused in a cheating and criminal intimidation case worth Rs 1.6 crore that was registered at Watgunge Police Station. The accused was produced before the Alipore Court on Monday, ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    City likely to get very heavy rain on weekend: Met

    Kolkata: The cyclonic circulation over the north Bay of Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh is likely to trigger the formation of a low-pressure area over northwest Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood around Friday. With this system set to revive ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    State’s responsibility to protect life and honour of accused: Calcutta HC on egg attacks

    Kolkata: “When the state takes custody of a person, it is its duty to protect his life and honour,” the Calcutta High Court observed on Tuesday while directing the state to frame guidelines for the transportation of accused persons ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Police Deny Both TMC Factions Martyrs’ Day Rally Nod at Esplanade

    Kolkata: Neither faction of Trinamool Congress will be allowed to hold its Martyrs’ Day rally near Victoria House at Esplanade this July 21. Citing prohibitory orders, Kolkata Police on Tuesday denied permission to both camps to use the site, ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Samik’s tough talk against new Tolly confederation

    Kolkata: With former Cine Technicians & Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI) president Swarup Biswas in police custody, Tollywood faces deep uncertainty regarding technician operations. This has been compounded by confusion over the status of Eastern India Motion Pictures & ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    With 350mm rainfall, Kolkata records wettest June in 5 yrs

    Kolkata: With a rain count of a little over 350 mm, this is the wettest June in Kolkata in the last five years. Fuelled by five significant thundershower spells in the past 12 days, the city now has a ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    India’s faunal tally hits 1.05 lakh species; Bengal emerges as no. 2 biodiversity hotspot

    Kolkata: ZSI has added 709 new records to its faunal database over the past year, pushing the nation’s total known faunal diversity to a staggering 1,05,953 species. The breakthrough reinforced India’s position as one of the world’s 17 megadiverse ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    ‘DJ Remark’: Calcutta High Court Refuses Abhishek Banerjee’s Plea Against Voice Sample Collection

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s plea challenging a lower court’s direction of providing his voice sample in connection with the alleged ‘DJ remark’.Banerjee’s counsel had argued in court that the ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Audit panel to review 60 New Town high-rises

    Kolkata: About 60 residential high-rise and commercial buildings that have been constructed in the last three years in New Town have come under the scanner of the govt’s high level audit committee as the verification process of all G+5 ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    VB-G RAM G scheme to roll out in Bengal today, will benefit over 2.5 crore rural workers

    Kolkata: Bengal has notified the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) scheme, which will take effect from July 1 and replace the MGNREGS. The programme aligns with Centre’s Viksit Bharat @2047 vision and is ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal govt introduces biometric attendance in schools

    Kolkata: All govt and state-aided schools will soon get a biometric facial recognition machine for streamlining attendance systems for employees. School education minister Dipak Barman on Tuesday said his department will also hold a rationalisation programme across schools, reallocating ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    NIA arrests ex-TMC MP Aparupa’s husband in 2023 Ram Navami violence

    Rishra: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested Trinamool neta and Rishra councillor Shakir Ali, husband of former two-time Arambagh TMC MP Aparupa Poddar, in connection with a 2023 Ram Navami violence case.An NIA team, comprising six officials ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Tripura court sentences man to life for wife’s murder

    Agartala: A Tripura district and sessions court in Khowai sentenced Pradip Nath Chowdhury, 40, of Gourangatilla under Kalyanpur Police Station to life imprisonment for murdering his wife in 2024, said Tripura Police.Chowdhury was convicted under IPC Section 302 and ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Murshidabad Police Arrest Three AJUP Leaders, Summon MLA Kabir for Questioning

    Behrampore: A day after CM Suvendu Adhikari’s assembly statement promising action against AJUP chairman and Nowda MLA Humayun Kabir, three AJUP workers were arrested in Murshidabad on Tuesday. Police also served notices at Kabir’s Manikyahar residence, directing him to ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Taratala crash: KMC suspends ex-OSD of former mayor Firhad

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Tuesday suspended Kalicharan Banerjee, the former OSD of ex-mayor Firhad Hakim. Banerjee was working as a manager in the MP LAD dept when he was arrested by thr SIT probing the Taratala warehouse ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal Ministers Urge Local Entrepreneurs to Boost State Investment

    Kolkata: Bengal wants investment from homegrown entrepreneurs, and the state govt is ready to help them in these endeavours, finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said on Tuesday. Speaking at a meeting of the Bengal Business Council, Dasgupta and industries, commerce ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal to release 2 officers on central deputation

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt will release IPS officer C Sudhakar and IAS officer Manish Mishra on central deputation.The Centre had wanted the two officers to be placed on central deputation in Mid-March. There were complaints regarding breach of protocol ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal Cong likely to fight civic polls, by-elections alone

    Kolkata: West Bengal Pradesh Congress is likely to contest the forthcoming municipal polls and the three by-elections alone, the party’s national general secretary (organisation), K C Venugopal, said in Kolkata on Tuesday.Winding up his 2-day visit that focused on ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Ward boy tries removing IV line, clips baby’s finger at Malda hosp

    Malda: A 3-month-old’s finger was clipped at Chanchal Super Specialty Hospital while a ward boy, instead of a nurse, tried to remove the child’s IV line. A police complaint was filed against the ward boy and he was suspended.On ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    WBJEE counselling from today

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) in Kolkata is scheduled to begin counselling forBTech courses in engineering, technology and architecture across 95 govt and govt-aided colleges from Tuesday. The portal will remain live for the first ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Illegal pre-paid booth at airport shuts down after 9-mth stand-off

    An illegal car-rental kiosk masquerading as a “Prepaid Cab – City & Outstation” counter outside Kolkata airport has finally been shut down, nearly nine months after airport authorities ordered it to cease operations. The closure marks the end of ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    7-day notice for decades-old business hits hawkers hard

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s notice asking people to remove encroachments from under flyovers and bridges within seven days has led to fear and demands for rehabilitation among hawkers and shopkeepers who have lived and worked there for decades.The ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    NIA files charge sheet against 11 in JMB-linked terror conspiracy

    Kolkata: The NIA has filed a charge sheet against 11 people over an alleged terror conspiracy linked to Imam Mahmuder Kafila (IMK), described as an offshoot of the banned Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), aimed at expanding operations in Bengal ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta High Court Admits Atin Ghosh Anticipatory Bail Plea

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday admitted former TMC MLA Atin Ghosh’s anticipatory bail plea in an alleged land-grabbing case. It is likely to be heard this week. An FIR, based on the complaint of a Salt Lake hotelier, ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Hearing on TMC Fund Freeze

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday declined an urgent hearing sought by Trinamool over freezing of party funds in three bank accounts. The matter may be heard Thursday.Senior advocate Kishore Datta, for the Mamata Banerjee-led faction, requested urgency ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Rebel TMC MLAs 'cross-vote', abstain during passage of bills

    Kolkata: From "cross-voting" to abstaining, rebel Trinamool MLAs on Monday repeatedly floundered on the assembly floor during the passage of four bills - the first to be introduced by the BJP govt in Bengal.In the first half, after the ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Coal India plans to invest Rs 1,900 cr in R&D by FY 2030

    Kolkata: Coal India has intensified its research and development initiatives as India’s energy landscape shifts, planning to invest about Rs 1,900 crore by FY 2030.The push accelerated in FY 2024-25 with the launch of the National Centre for Coal ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Robotics enter classrooms, Kolkata schools upgrade labs for AI-driven courses

    Kolkata: The debut of a robot in a city school on Monday emphasised the growing trend of aggressively integrating AI and robotics into classroom teaching. Aiming to provide students with vital hands-on experience, several other schools in the city ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    At 42.8 cr, Kol Artist’s Work Sells At 15 Times More Than Estimate

    Kolkata: The Fisherman’ (1979), the work of Kolkata artist Ganesh Pyne, sold for Rs 42.8 crore, about 15 times more than its estimate, registering a massive 100% surge over its previous record made at London. It was auctioned on ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Massive blaze at Bengal's Haldia Petrochem pipeline leaves several injured; Haldia-Howrah train services disrupted

    HALDIA: A major fire broke out early Tuesday morning in a pipeline at Haldia Petrochemical Complex.Several workers present at the site suffered serious burn injuries and are currently undergoing treatment at Haldia Sub-Divisional Hospital.Since the location is near the ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Petition challenges move to link welfare benefits to SIR

    Kolkata: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Calcutta High Court, challenging the stoppage of ration and Annapurna Bhandar for persons excluded by Special Intensive Revision (SIR) conducted before the Assembly elections.The matter has been filed ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Arrests allay NRS fears but night security still a concern

    Kolkata: The arrest of four men accused of harassing junior doctors at NRS Medical College has brought a sense of security back to the campus, even though the accused, residents of neighbouring Convent Road, were released on bail.Women doctors ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    KMC assurance revives Kol PNG expansion plan

    Kolkata: Bengal Gas Co Ltd (BGCL) is set to submit a detailed plan to KMC, seeking permission to lay piped natural gas (PNG) pipelines across nine stretches in the city in the first phase, following an assurance from the ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Commercial crude oil extraction in Ashoknagar to start in July

    Kolkata: Ashoknagar in North 24 Parganas is poised to emerge as Bengal’s newest energy hub, with commercial crude oil production expected to begin in July at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) Baigachhi project in Ashoknagar.The Ashoknagar oilfield is ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Kol Bucks India Trend, Sees Growth In Real Estate Sales

    Kolkata: Kolkata emerged as one of the few resilient housing markets in April-June 2026, reporting annual sales growth at a time when most major cities saw demand weakening. Across the top seven cities, housing sales fell to about 90,715 ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Why night search by cops at Abhishek home, Cal HC asks state

    Kolkata: “Why was the search operation conducted in the dead of night?” Calcutta High Court on Monday quizzed the state on the search and seizure operation conducted by West Midnapore Police at Trinamool general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s residence on ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Man re-arrested, wife held for murder

    Kolkata: Police re-arrested a man, Mohammad Nehaluddin, and arrested his wife, Neha Parvin, on murder charge in Beniapukur on Monday, hours after the man returned home on bail to meet his two-month old child. Nehaluddin had been jailed previously ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Three students injured in pool car crash

    Kolkata: At least three students were injured – one of them seriously – after the pool car they were travelling in was hit by a private car near the J&N Island, next to the Red Road-Outram Road-Dufferin Road Crossing. ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Panel headed by retired SC judge to formulate Bengal UCC bill

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt will prepare its draft bill on a uniform civil code (UCC) based on the recommendations of a five-member committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari told the assembly ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal Assembly Passes Bills for Tougher Action on Organised Crime

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari promised a “goon-free Bengal” and vowed to make “rioters homeless” while introducing a bill on preventive detention and another on confiscation of properties of accused in the Assembly on Monday.He assured the House that ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Opposition to ISI draft bill takes centre stage on Mahalanobis anniv

    Kolkata: The issue of the ISI draft bill, that has generated much debate over the autonomy of the institution, weighed heavily at an event organised to mark the birth anniversary of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, founder of Indian Statistical Institute. ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Waterlogging, high tide inundate S Kol pockets

    Kolkata: Another thunderstorm lashed Kolkata on Monday afternoon, leaving several pockets in the southern part of the city under water. This was the fifth significant thunderstorm to strike the city in the past 11 days. The Met office has ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal’s 'anti-goonda bill' cleared: Who can be detained, what properties can be seized and why it matters

    KOLKATA: The West Bengal Assembly on Monday passed the West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill, 2026, paving the way for stricter action against organised anti-social activities, including provisions for preventive detention, property seizure and the ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Govt sends 3-page SOP form to builders for construction audit

    Kolkata: The state govt on Monday issued an SOP to all builders, asking them to fill out a three-page application form with details of project sanction, permit number and key personnel involved in the project.Major developers in Kolkata welcomed ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Fund freeze: HC asks TMC to send notices to bank, cops

    Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Monday directed TMC to give notice to bank and police authorities in connection with freezing of the political party’s funds. The case may be taken up for hearing on Tuesday.Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta High Court Refuses to Quash FIR Against CM Suvendu Adhikari, extends interim protection

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to quash an FIR against CM Suvendu Adhikari in connection with a 2024 Kolaghat case during his tenure as the leader of the opposition, but extended his interim protection until Sept ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu seeks Canadian investment for Kalyani airport project

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari sought Canadian investment for the proposed second airport near Kalyani, announced in the recent state budget, during a meeting with Canadian High Commissioner Chris Cooter at Nabanna on Monday.Cooter told TOI the meeting covered a ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    SIT seizes mobiles, docus at ex-OSD’s house, asks KMC officials to join probe

    Kolkata: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Taratala warehouse collapse has recovered two mobile phones and several documents during a raid at the Shibpur residence of Kalicharan Banerjee on Sunday. Banerjee served as the officer on special duty ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    BJP won’t interfere in govt, control cultural fronts: Samik

    Kolkata: BJP will work in coordination with the state govt but won’t interfere in administrative functions nor will it exercise external control over cultural fronts, said the party’s state unit president Samik Bhattacharya on Monday.Speaking at a meeting of ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    SIT asks 5 KMC officials to join probe

    Kolkata: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Taratala warehouse collapse has recovered two mobile phones and several documents during a raid at the Shibpur residence of Kalicharan Banerjee on Sunday. Banerjee served as the officer on special duty ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘Can’t march down Kol streets with tape in hand’: CM slams Trinamool over July 21 ‘recce’, cops file FIR against 3 netas

    Kolkata: Barely hours after CM Suvendu Adhikari chose the floor of the Assembly on Monday to warn Trinamool “Mamata Banerjee-loyalists” against “marching down Kolkata’s streets with a measuring tape in hand without permission,” Hare Street PS lodged an FIR ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘Enough is enough’: Suvendu slams Humayun over ‘reckless’ remarks

    Kolkata: “Enough is enough, it’s time to teach such people a lesson,” roared CM Suvendu Adhikari in the assembly on Monday referring to AJUP chief Humayun Kabir, adding that he would not allow the Nowda MLA to make “reckless ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Will remain loyal to Iskcon, Radharamn says in open letter

    Kolkata: A day after his “removal” from the posts of Iskcon Kolkata vice-president and spokesperson, Radharamn Das issued an open letter on Monday, saying he accepts the organisation’s authority and had no intention of fighting it, forming a separate ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal clears OBC quota bills for 66 communities, nixes TMC-era expansion

    Kolkata: The Bengal assembly on Monday passed two amendment bills aimed at overhauling the legal framework governing reservations for OBCs, specifying 66 communities (54 Hindu and 12 Muslim communities) outside the SC and ST categories will be eligible for ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Too late for my family, but new laws will keep others safe: Lynch victims’ kin

    Kolkata: The state assembly on Monday passed the WB Public Safety & Control of Antisocial Activities Bill 2026 and the WB Maintenance of Public Order (Amendment) Bill 2026, with the families of several victims of political violence watching from ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Constable arrested for molesting college student in West Midnapore

    Midnapore: A police constable was arrested on Sunday evening for allegedly assaulting and molesting a college student while she was returning home from a computer class in the Khirai area of West Midnapore district. The incident has triggered widespread ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Union finance minister, CMs of dozen states to attend Kol’s 1st GST Council meet on July 16-17

    Kolkata: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and chief ministers of at least a dozen states are likely to attend the GST Council meeting in Kolkata, proposed to be held on July 16-17. CM Suvendu Adhikari, state finance minister Swapan ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Tripura court grants police custody for 8 Bangladeshi nationals

    Agartala: A local court sent eight Bangladeshi nationals, apprehended on Sunday evening for allegedly entering the state illegally and attempting to depart from Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, to police custody on Monday.The police reported that the operation was initiated ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Tripura issues 18 Letters of Intent at pineapple festival

    Agartala: Tripura govt issued 18 letters of intent worth about Rs 11 crore at the Buyer-Seller Meet during the three-day Tripura Queen Pineapple Global Festival 2026 in Delhi.Agriculture minister Ratan Lal Nath said the festival’s second day drew policymakers, ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata rower becomes first Indian to win Open Men's Double Sculls Gold at Grand Moscow Regatta

    National rower Sanglap Bose, who is based in Kolkata, became the first Indian to win the Open Men's Double Sculls event at the 65th Grand Moscow Regatta, held in Moscow from June 3 to 9, 2026. Competing at one ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Former councillor Shams Iqbal arrested in Kolkata in Rs 70 lakh extortion case

    KOLKATA: Former councillor Shams Iqbal was arrested on Monday in connection with a Rs 70 lakh extortion case registered in 2023, police said, clarifying that the arrest is not related to the recent Taratala warehouse collapse that claimed 16 ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    SIT raids ex-mayor OSD’s properties in warehouse collapse probe

    Dwaipayan.Ghosh & Saikat RayKolkata: Barely three days after Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s former Mayor Firhad Hakim’s then Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Kalicharan Banerjee was arrested in connection with the Taratala warehouse collapse incident where 16 persons have lost their ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Dad kills 2 kids, son kills dad in 2 Tripura dists

    Agartala: Two alleged familial killings in separate locations of Tripura in the last 24 hours left the state reeling and raised concern over the destructive effects of alcohol abuse and domestic violence.In Dhalai district, 34-year-old Lalchuanawma Bru allegedly killed ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    TMC man arrested from underground storeroom in Bagnan BJP neta murder case

    Howrah: Within six hours of CM Suvendu Adhikari’s message that “no one will be spared”, the joint forces of the state CID and Howrah Rural Police arrested the right-hand man of the prime suspect in the murder of Bagnan ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Woman loses iPhone near Nandan

    Kolkata: Two men on a motorcycle reportedly snatched an iPhone 17 from a 40-year-old woman on AJC Bose Road. The complainant, Manika Barman, a resident of Motilal Gupta Road, was standing on the footpath opposite the Maidan Police Station ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Man loses 34.5 L in ‘money mule’ scam

    Kolkata: Baguiati police have launched a probe into an alleged financial fraud in which a man was duped of Rs 34.5 lakh under the pretext of securing a business loan. According to the complaint, the victim, who was facing ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Man files plaint against two for assault, 50k extortion in Gariahat

    Kolkata: Gariahat police have registered an FIR on charges of extortion, assault and criminal intimidation following a complaint by a site in-charge of a construction firm, who alleged that two men, Chiku Manna and Uttam Mondal, and their associates ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Govt to retain welfare schemes but will probe beneficiaries

    Kolkata: The BJP govt in Bengal has decided to retain the social welfare schemes introduced during the previous Trinamool regime but plans a comprehensive review of beneficiaries to eliminate irregularities and ensure that benefits reach only deserving individuals, officials ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    After midday meal egg row, Bengal eyes Odisha model

    Kolkata: The Bengal school education department is looking at the Odisha model of paying an additional amount to schools to buy eggs for midday meals if they choose to, in order to bypass the ongoing controversy.The state administration had ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Four Men Arrested for Harassing Woman Doctors on NRS Campus in Kolkata

    Kolkata: Four men were arrested on Saturday for allegedly taunting and making vulgar comments at several woman doctors and forcing them to see obscene videos on the NRS Medical College and Hospital campus on the nights of June 23 ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Amid supply crunch, egg price surges past 8/piece

    Kolkata: Retail egg prices have shattered previous records, crossing Rs 8 per piece to pinch household budgets across the region. A standard loose egg is currently retailing between Rs 8.50 and Rs 9 in neighborhood markets, while a 30 ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    No-lawyer clause in Bengal draft bill to curb gang crime

    Kolkata: The Bengal bill seeking to allow 12 months’ preventive detention of potential violators, which is likely to be tabled in the assembly on Monday, includes a clause that seeks to prevent detainees from engaging lawyers to argue against ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Rail Authorities Demolish Hundreds of Illegal Stalls at Park Circus

    Kolkata: A large-scale eviction and demolition drive was carried out at Park Circus rail station area on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday as encroachments were cleared and hundreds of unauthorised shops and makeshift structures were demolished with ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    SIR call, quick errand save 2 at Taratala collapse site

    Kolkata: Two survivors of the Taratala warehouse collapse, 55-year-old Leela Devi — saved by the SIR queue — and Pradyut Munda — saved by a few minutes by stepping outside to get water and biscuits for his wife — ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Municipal Corporation Orders Removal of Illegal Shops Under Flyovers

    Kolkata: Following state govt directives, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is gearing up to remove illegal encroachments and shops below flyovers across the city. The authorities on Saturday issued notices to unauthorised hawkers and occupants to remove their shops ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    CM endorses oil flow ease, relief for big hospitals, farm sector, food supply

    Kolkata: In a major relief for the healthcare sector, food supply chain and farmers, the state govt has intervened to ease the recently imposed restrictions on purchasing diesel in containers. The state has directed oil marketing companies to fully ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Slain N Kol BJP man’s brother in assault row

    Kolkata: Biswajit Sarkar, whose brother Abhijit Sarkar was allegedly killed during the 2021 post-poll violence, has once again found himself at the centre of controversy after fresh allegations of assault, criminal trespass and the forcible occupation of a factory.According ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Extortion FIR against Partha

    Kolkata: The Thakurpukur police has registered an FIR against former cabinet minister Partha Chatterjee, former Trinamool councillor Ghanasree Bag, Tilak Bhattacharjee and Sudip Ghosh on charges of assault, extortion and criminal intimidation over an alleged 2020 incident involving a ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Phoolbagan Police Arrest Two for Abducting Businessman at Gunpoint

    Kolkata: Phoolbagan cops have arrested two men, Mohammad Ali Molla and Asraful Molla, for allegedly abducting and robbing an import-export businessman at gunpoint by posing as CID officers. The incident occurred two days ago when the victim, a resident ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Audit to start today; govt asks builders to take care of workers

    Kolkata: The audit of under-construction high-rise buildings in Kolkata, Salt Lake, New Town, Dum Dum, Joka, Howrah and other areas will start on Monday, Kolkata Municipal Corporation administrator Smita Pandey and Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay Nand told Credai functionaries ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    ISKCON Kol vice-prez Radharamn ‘relieved of all responsibilities’

    Kolkata: Iskcon Kolkata vice-president and spokesperson Radharamn Das took to X on Sunday to announce that he had been “relieved of all responsibilities within ISKCON and has been directed not to represent or speak on behalf of Iskcon before ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Mamata loyalists accuse rebels of running ‘parallel organisation’, fire 4 complaints

    Kolkata: The Trinamool bloc loyal to Mamata Banerjee filed four fresh police complaints on Sunday against the rebel faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee, accusing the breakaway group of illegally using the party’s name, symbol and designations to mislead workers.The ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Ex-councillor linked to wetland grab: Cops

    Dwaipayan.GhoshKolkata: Former ward 104 councillor and ex-borough XI chairman Tarakeswar Chakraborty illegally filled multiple public water bodies and protected wetlands in east Kolkata for commercial construction, police told the court.Seeking his custody, investigators alleged he misused his official position ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Ex-borough chairman Tarakeswar Chakraborty sent to cop custody till July 7

    Kolkata: Former KMC councillor of Ward 104 Tarakeswar Chakraborty was on Saturday remanded in police custody till July 7.Chakraborty, who is also the former chairman of Borough XI, was arrested later on Friday in connection with two FIRs registered ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Swarup Biswas custody extended till June 30

    Kolkata: A city court on Saturday extended the police custody of Trinamool functionary Swarup Biswas till June 30. He was arrested in an alleged case of financial irregularity of Rs 23 lakh, registered at the Regent Park Police Station.Investigators ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Poll campaign remark in focus as Samik Bhattacharya and Anupam Kher share a chuckle over actor’s baldness

    Kolkata: An election-time comment on Anupam Kher’s baldness recaptured netizens’ attention on Sunday as a video of the actor’s conversation with state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya went viral.Present in Kolkata for the launch of his film, Kher met Bhattacharya ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal to flag concerns at Kol GST Council meet: Swapan

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt will air its concerns and put forward its suggestions at the GST Council Meeting in Kolkata scheduled in the second week of July, state finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said on Sunday, speaking on the sidelines ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    CAP admission: Edu minister blames ‘unplanned’ UG seat hike for vacancies

    Kolkata: The previous govt increased the number of undergraduate seats in colleges in an unplanned way, which led to the problem of vacant seats every year, claimed higher education minister Jagannath Chattopadhyay. “Every year around 6 lakh to 6.5 ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
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