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  • From ‘nolen gur’ to ‘sitalpati’, 23 more Bengal items bag GI tag, 7 await nod

    Kolkata: Bengal has added another feather to its cap in the field of Geographical Indication (GI) recognition, with 23 more traditional products from the state receiving GI tags.The newly GI-tagged products include ‘jalbhora' sandesh from Chandernagore, ‘monohara' from Janai, ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Bailey Bridge washed away as heavy rain batters Sikkim

    GANGTOK: A Bailey Bridge over the Phee Khola at north Sikkim's Phidang was washed away on Saturday night following heavy rainfall, disrupting road connectivity in the region.According to officials, continuous rain caused the bridge to collapse, cutting off movement ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Beam crushed his leg but shielded him from death in Taratala collapse

    Kolkata: For nearly five agonising hours, 22-year-old Ramprasad Chowdhury lay trapped under tonnes of concrete and steel, fearing each moment could be his last.A massive reinforced concrete beam fell on his right leg and crushed it. But rescuers and ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    1 held in Jorbagan with firearm, cartridges

    Kolkata: A suspected arms trafficker was arrested with an illegal firearm and live ammunition in north Kolkata’s Jorabagan area on Friday evening after police acted on a specific intelligence input about an impending arms deal.The accused, Pradip Sarkar, was ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Miraculous escape after elderly man falls on metro tracks

    Kolkata: An elderly man had a miraculous escape after he lost consciousness and fell onto the metro tracks at Kalighat station around 7.30 am on Saturday.The man, who was waiting on the platform, collapsed and landed on the track ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    KMC plans to make all civic markets encroachment-free

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is set to make all municipal markets hawker-free. The exercise will begin from New Market and will later be implemented in phases across all major markets to make them encroachment-free. The matter was discussed ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Man who duped MP of 56 lakhheld in Assam

    Kolkata: Nearly a year after Rs 56 lakh was siphoned off from Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee's bank account, Kolkata Police's cybercrime wing has arrested the alleged mastermind from Assam. Accused Mukuleswar Reza was arrested from Rangapaniand produced before a ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Chingrighata flyover closure till 8 am tomorrow

    Kolkata: Chingrighata flyover will remain shut till 8 am on Monday for conducting the first phase of Metro's Orange line work from Kavi Subhash to the Airport. The flyover was closed from 8 pm on Friday for segment launching ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Auto driver molests 14-yr-old during ride

    Kolkata: A 14-year-old schoolgirl was allegedly molested by an auto-rickshaw driver in Phoolbagan. Following a complaint by the girl's family, Phoolbagan police registered a criminal case against the auto driver and launched a manhunt to arrest him.The incident took ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    51 ex-councillors huddle as Firhad faces heat over Taratala collapse

    Kolkata: Fifty-one former Trinamool councillors met at a hotel in east Kolkata on Saturday to chalk out their future strategy amid mounting pressure on former mayor Firhad Hakim following the Taratala building collapse.Hakim skipped the meeting, which was chaired ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    CM visits slain BJP worker’s home in Bagnan, assures justice

    Howrah: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday visited the residence of slain BJP worker Prasanta Dey in Howrah’s Bagnan and assured the bereaved family that police were working to solve the case at the earliest. Adhikari also assured that one ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Warehouse Collapse: Rescue Ends, Investigation Begins

    Kolkata: After 72 hours of digging through concrete and mangled steel to retrieve trapped labourers at the collapsed Taratala warehouse, focus shifted from search-and-rescue to investigation on Saturday.The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) withdrew from the site, and the ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Man Kills Wife in Rishra, Dies by Suicide at Metro Station in Kolkata

    Kolkata: A 39-year-old resident of Hooghly’s Rishra allegedly killed his 31-year-old wife at their rented home on Saturday morning, travelled 20km to Kolkata, and died by suicide hours later by jumping in front of a metro train at Belgachhia ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    TMC seeks police nod for July 21 rally, Ritabrata camp says ‘we’ll pay true respect’

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Saturday wrote to Kolkata Police seeking permission for its July 21 Martyrs’ Day programme at Esplanade, prompting the Ritabrata Banerjee camp to also claim that they too intend to hold their July 21 rally at ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Justice for Tamanna our priority, says CM

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday said “justice for Tamanna Khatun is our priority” and praised the swift police action that led to the arrest of 12 persons in the case in just three days.The class 4 student was ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    5-Member JU Team Visits Site Of Warehouse Collapse

    Kolkata: A five-member Jadavpur University engineering team on Saturday began a technical probe into the Taratala warehouse collapse that killed 17 people, adopting a forensic engineering approach to determine why the under-construction structure failed.The team, drawn from civil engineering, ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    RSS Shakha at Jadavpur University Celebrates Hindu Samrajjyo Dibas

    Kolkata: The RSS Shakha at Jadavpur University, named after Rishi Aurobindo, celebrated ‘Hindu Samrajjyo Dibas’ commemorating the coronation of the Maratha warrior-king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj during their morning drill on Saturday. They hoisted the saffron ‘dhwaj’ for the first ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    BJP MLA Rudranil alleges Rs 1,200 crore kirtan dole scam in Bengal

    Kolkata: BJP MLA Rudranil Ghosh on Saturday alleged widespread corruption in the monthly dole of Rs 4,000 to kirtan singers in the state since 2016. He claimed that among the 5 lakh registered kirtan singers in the state, as ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Couple from Bangladesh held in Tripura

    Agartala: A couple from Bangladesh was taken into custody in South Tripura on Friday night for allegedly entering Indian territory through an unauthorised route and without valid documents.Police reported that Santanu Debnath and his wife, who are from Chattogram ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    3 held Rs 90 lakh investment fraud cases

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar cyber crime police have arrested three people in connection with two separate investment fraud cases involving a total of nearly Rs 90 lakh, officials said on Saturday.Two of the accused were arrested in a case involving a ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Scientists Discover New Wasp Species in Rajarhat, Name It After Narayan Debnath

    Kolkata: A new wasp ('bolta') species discovered in Rajarhat by a team of Kalyani University and Cairo University scientists and research scholars has been named after award-winning cartoonist and creator of 'Batul' and 'Nonte-Phonte', Narayan Debnath.The new species of ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Taratala Collapse: 3 Lives Saved, Two Crushed To Death

    Kolkata: Five men instinctively clasped hands and formed a chain beneath a massive concrete slab moments after an under-construction warehouse in Taratala came crashing down around them. The desperate human chain created just enough space to stop the slab ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Audit Committee To Finalize SOP For High-Rise Building Inspections

    Kolkata: The high level inquiry committee set up by the state govt is finalising a standard operating procedure based on which audit of high-rises and commercial buildings in 12 civic body areas, including Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), will be ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Family Donates Organs, Saves Lives Across Multiple Hospitals

    Kolkata: The family of 72-year-old Kamalendu Chowdhury, who was declared brain dead at Apollo Multispeciality Hospitals, has given a new lease of life and sight to multiple patients through organ donation. Following the family’s consent, a swift final allocation ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    KMC to make all civic mkts encroachment-free

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is set to make all municipal markets hawker-free. The exercise will begin from New Market and will later be implemented in phases across all major markets to make them encroachment-free. The matter was discussed ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Salt Lake stretches cleared of unauthorised stalls

    Kolkata: Illegal stalls, occupying road space and pavements in Salt Lake, have started moving out after instructions from the civic administration. So far, encroachments had reportedly been cleared of two stretches, one of them being the pavement outside the ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Swapan Dasgupta Urges Revival of Calcutta University’s Legacy

    Kolkata: Finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said that the best tribute to Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee will be to restore the glorious tradition of Calcutta University. He requested vice chancellor Ashutosh Ghosh to take small steps in that direction and ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata sees spike in monsoon viruses as temperature fluctuates

    Kolkata: Temperature fluctuations triggered by rains since last Thursday have unleashed the first spate of monsoon viruses. Hundreds across Kolkata have been laid low with fever, severe cough and body ache since last week. With maximum temperature plunging sharply ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Central govt employee dies after fall from Salt Lake office

    Kolkata: A 39-year-old central government employee, Emon Roy, died after falling from the balcony-cum-refuge area of a commercial building in DJ Block, Salt Lake, on Friday evening.Police said Roy, a resident of Graham Road in Regent Park, fell from ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Taki Municipality sends demolition notice to 2 guest houses along Ichhamati

    The Taki Municipality has issued demolition notices to two multi-storey guest houses, Taki City Guest House and Disha Riverside Hotel, built illegally on the banks of the Ichhamati, directing the facilities to complying with a directive from the Calcutta ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata metro services get briefly disrupted after suicide attempt at Kalighat station

    KOLKATA: Metro services on Kolkata's Blue Line were briefly disrupted on Saturday morning after a person allegedly attempted suicide by jumping onto the tracks at Kalighat station, news agency PTI reported.The incident took place around 7.20am, following which metro ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Int’l airline to return from July 1, connect Kol with Bangkok after 11-week gap

    Kolkata: VietJet Thailand is set to fly into the city again on July 1, some 11 weeks after it had withdrawn the Kolkata-Bangkok flight citing rising fuel costs in the wake of the war in Iran.The airline will resume ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Biz Revival Hope For Mini Bangla Post Tourist Visa Move

    Kolkata: Indian envoy to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi’s announcement that India will resume issuing tourist visas to Bangladeshi citizens has brought relief to businesses in Kolkata’s Mini Bangladesh, where hotels, restaurants and shops have struggled since the suspension began nearly ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Vidyasagar Setu Closed From 6am To 6pm Tomorrow

    Kolkata: Vidyasagar Setu will be closed for 12 hours from 6am to 6pm on Sunday for the Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC) to undertake the ongoing repair and rehabilitation work including replacement of the stay and holding down cables ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    3-Language Rule: Clarification By Minister A Relief For CBSE Students

    Kolkata: CBSE-affiliated schools in and around the city that offer foreign languages to the students heaved a sigh of relief after a clarification on the circular on its foreign language policy was issued.The Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Ex-councillor booked for 2021 post-poll attack

    Kolkata: A criminal case has been registered against former councillor Shantiranjan Kundu, based on a complaint by a homemaker, over five years after an alleged attack on her. The woman alleged post-poll violence, physical assault and outrage of modesty ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Lucky escape: Daughter’s pleas kept man away from disaster site

    Kolkata: A family disagreement turned into a life-saving decision for 35-year-old metal casting worker Dharmendra Chowdhury of Jagaddal in North 24-Parganas, who narrowly escaped becoming a victim of the Taratala warehouse roof collapse after deciding not to take up ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Taratala tragedy: Sliced off left thumb, copper bracelet help kin identify bodies

    Kolkata: A partly sliced off left thumb and a copper bracelet helped families identify two workers who died in the Taratala warehouse collapse. Their bodies were kept at SSKM Hospital's morgue on Friday.The two workers were Suman Karmakar (37) ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Ex-councillor quits TMC, cites Taratala, Garden Reach

    Kolkata: Citing the Garden Reach and Taratala disasters, former KMC councillor of ward 48 Biswarup Dey quits Trinamool Congress, hours after attending the workers' conference, organised for the North Kolkata party workers, under the banner "we are not traitors" ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Luck runs out for teen in hosp who used cellphone to get out of debris

    Kolkata: A 19-year-old worker, who called his family for help while he was trapped under the debris of the collapsed warehouse in Taratala, has died. The death toll in the accident has now risen to 16.Mannu Kumar, a migrant ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal to bring tough laws on love jihad, conversion: CM

    Kolkata: Bengal govt will not only implement Uniform Civil Code (UCC) but also bring tough laws on land jihad, love jihad and forcible conversions, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday, adding, “Keep the faith. Please allow us some ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Taratala warehouse collapse toll rises to 16, rescue team battles to reach basement

    Kolkata: The toll in the Taratala warehouse collapse rose to 16 on Friday after three more bodies were pulled out of the debris, the last around 1.10 am, and two injured workers died at SSKM Hospital on Thursday night ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    G+4 buildings out of audit ambit but state adds Kolkata fringe areas

    Kolkata: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari on Friday widened the ambit of the special audit of building plans and the construction pause at private high-rise and commercial projects to include more municipalities around Kolkata, but clarified that residential buildings up ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    State plans to revive trams, extend network to Salt Lake, New Town

    Kolkata: In a push for clean urban mobility, the state has engaged RITES (Rail India Technical and Economic Service) to prepare a blueprint for the revival of trams in the city. The initiative aims at modernising and restoring Asia-Pacific’s ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Rs 1 crore extortion plaint against ex-councillor

    Kolkata: Chandan Sarker, owner of a construction firm, has lodged a complaint at the Survey Park PS against Tarak Chakraborty, former councillor and a former KMC borough chairman, accusing him of Rs 1 crore extortion, death threats and property ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Decriminalisation of public life needed for growth of biz in Bengal: Swapan Dasgupta

    Kolkata: Decriminalisation of public life was necessary in Bengal for the growth of business, said finance minister Swapan Dasgupta on Friday. Speaking on the need for a govt that would enable business, Dasgupta said, “Apart from sops, we need ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Man Allegedly Abuses 11-Year-Old Boy in Joynagar, Police Search Ongoing

    Kolkata: An 11-year-old boy in Joynagar was allegedly abused by a local man after a minor accident during play.The boy was playing with friends after school when a stick in his hand accidentally hit a passerby, Tapan Haldar. Haldar ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    L&T plans Rs 4,500 crore investment, data centre in Bengal

    Kolkata: Larsen & Toubro (L&T) plans to invest more than Rs 4,500 crore in Bengal over the next few years, with chairman S N Subrahmanyan expected to meet CM Suvendu Adhikari next month to discuss a series of investment ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal UCC implementation to follow U’khand, Guj, Assam process: CM

    Kolkata: Bengal will follow the procedure adopted in Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Assam for implementation of the Uniform Civil Code where retired judges headed committees that sought public and stakeholder feedback, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday, adding that the ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata birders seek rethink on Rabindra Sarobar fee plan

    Kolkata: A proposal to introduce an entry fee at Rabindra Sarobar after 10am has unsettled Kolkata’s birding community, with members of Biodiversity of Rabindra Sarobar (BoRS) planning to approach urban development minister Agnimitra Paul and KMDA to seek a ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    BJP-backed publishers’ body to contest Guild’s monopoly at Kolkata Book Fair

    Kolkata: The Bengal BJP is planning to challenge the “dominating presence” of the Publishers and Booksellers Guild at the International Kolkata Book Fair and promote alternative organisations of publishers and stakeholders as the mega event enters its 50th year ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Now, attempt-to-murder FIR against Aroop Biswas

    Dwaipayan.GhoshKolkata: Former minister Aroop Biswas has been named in a fresh FIR over an alleged attempt on a lawyer’s life inside the Alipore court complex. The FIR was registered at Alipore Police Station under BNS sections 109 (attempt to ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Cong to observe 21 July at Shahid Minar

    Kolkata: Bengal Pradesh Congress will observe Martyr’s Day on July 21 at Kolkata’s Shahid Minar ground and demand the reopening of the case files of the 1993 police firing that killed 13 Congress workers. State Congress president Subhankar Sarkar ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Teach youth meaning behind Vande Mataram: Governor Ravi

    Kolkata: Governor R N Ravi, the chancellor of Jadavpur University, stressed the need to acquaint the current generation with the legacy of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and the profound meaning behind Vande Mataram on the author’s birth anniversary on Friday. ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Producers and films return to shoot in Bengal, Wins State Backing

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari met actor-producer Anupam Kher on Friday and pledged full support for his upcoming co-production, 'Shuru Theke Shuru’, which is set in Kolkata. Kher’s return to Bengali film production — his first since Rituparno Ghosh’s 'Bariwali’ ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    6 Flats In 1 Complex: Cops Nab Bizman Who Took Land On Lease After 10-Hour Hunt

    Kolkata: The sole proprietor of Behera Brothers, Shambhunath Behera, the firm that owned the collapsed warehouse at Taratala, was arrested in the early hours of Thursday after police spent nearly 10 hours combing a residential complex on James Long ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Doctors Work Round The Clock To Treat 19 Taratala Collapse Victims

    Kolkata: Doctors across multiple specialties at IPGMER-SSKM’s Trauma Care Centre are working round the clock to treat the 19 injured rescued from the Taratala collapse site, even as one of the critically injured patients died on Thursday morning.The hospital ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    12-km cloud column brings 84.6 mm rain, lightnings carpet-bomb Kolkata, mercury plunges by 6°C

    Kolkata: Tall, dark cumulonimbus clouds (CB) exploded on Kolkata on Thursday, triggering the heaviest 24-hour rain this June in the city. Alipore recorded 84.6 mm of rain. While the downpour forced the mercury to plunge by around six degrees ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    NIA files chargesheet against 11 terror accused

    Agartala: The NIA has filed a chargesheet against 11 individuals accused of involvement in terrorism and an anti-national conspiracy tied to a faction of the outlawed JMB. Among them, Nasimuddin has been identified as the suspected leader of IMK’s ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Tripura hosts Northeast Growth Lab Roadshow to encourage startups

    Agartala: Aiming to empower entrepreneurs and foster sustainable growth for startups in the region, the Tripura IT department hosted the Northeast Growth Lab Roadshow here, an initiative aimed at enhancing the local startup ecosystem through innovation, mentorship and investment ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Agartala flat blast claims first victim; CM orders high-level probe into gas leak

    Agartala: The tragic explosion at a flat in the Ramnagar locality here on Thursday claimed its first victim on Friday, as Shubhrajit Choudhury, who sustained critical injuries in the blast, succumbed during treatment at Gobind Ballabh Pant (GBP) Hospital.Shubhrajit ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal to tweak law to recover violence, property damage costs

    Kolkata: The Bengal assembly is set to amend the West Bengal Maintenance of Public Order Act, 1972, to empower the administration to recover compensation from people involved in violence and damage to public or private property, including those accused ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata warehouse collapse death toll rises to 14

    KOLKATA: The death toll in the collapse of an under-construction warehouse in Kolkata's Taratala area has risen to 14, with 19 others injured, as rescue teams continued to search through the debris on Friday.The warehouse, located off Hyde Road, ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Autocracy and arrogance not part of BJP’s ideology: Suvendu & Samik

    Kolkata: Autocracy and arrogance are not part of BJP’s ideology, and Bengal’s history has never accepted them, CM Suvendu Adhikari and Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Thursday.At an event to mark the day when Emergency was declared ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Signals go on blink mode, cops deploy manual control

    Kolkata: Even as rains caused a major headache to Kolkata traffic cops vehicular movement remained a major headache even deep in to the evening after multiple signals malfunctioned – including those that had been malfunctioning since last Tuesday.Among those ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    State to set up 200-member elite emergency response team

    Kolkata: The state govt on Thursday announced the setting up of a 200-member, highly skilled, elite team for quick response to an emergency, like the Taratala tragedy. “The rescue operation at Taratala is continuing. Keeping the need for emergency ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    The importance of being Asgar: Dead contractor opens a can of worms

    Kolkata: Long before rescuers recovered his body from beneath tonnes of twisted steel and concrete at Taratala, Asgar Hussain had emerged as one of the central figures in the warehouse collapse in Taratala.To some, he was a contractor. To ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Work stops at 700 sites across city; developers, contractors worried as daily loss pegged at Rs 25 cr

    Kolkata: Construction activity came to a standstill at nearly 700 sites across the city on Thursday after the govt issued a stop-work notice following the warehouse collapse and deaths near Taratala.The real estate industry spent an anxious day, hoping ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu blames Trinamool’s ‘sins’ for Taratala warehouse collapse, ex-mayor’s OSD arrested

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday blamed the previous Trinamool Congress dispensation for the collapse of the under-construction warehouse in Taratala, telling off the party, “This is the result of the sins you committed.”Holding a copy of the sanctioned ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Warehouse collapse toll rises to 11, rescuers race to bring out those trapped

    Kolkata: The death toll in Wednesday’s collapse of an under-construction warehouse in Taratala rose to 11 after five more bodies were pulled out of the rubble and one critically injured person died in hospital on Thursday. Rescuers feared the ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal govt likely to introduce UCC bill in assembly on Monday

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt is likely to introduce a bill on Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the Assembly on Monday. The Assembly’s Business Advisory Committee, chaired by Speaker Rathindra Bose, decided to email the draft UCC Bill to all ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    One-hour downpour: Water floods roads, enters houses & hospitals

    Kolkata: Over 100 mm rain in less than one-and-a-half hours on Thursday afternoon inundated thoroughfares across the city uprooting trees and crippling traffic system. Storm water entered major hospitals such as SSKM, RG Kar Medical College, Belle Vue Clinic ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    CM exemption for emergency, relief projects

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday announced a four-week suspension of all construction projects in Kolkata and adjoining municipal areas, barring emergency and relief-related work, to facilitate a safety audit of under-construction buildings. The suspension will cover all ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    HC defers Abhishek aide’s bail plea in land scam case

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday adjourned the anticipatory bail hearing of Sumit Roy, personal assistant to Trinamool national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee, in connection with an alleged land scam case. The court directed Roy to ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘Copy-paste’ SIT report: HC pulls up CBI over RG Kar probe

    Kolkata: Expressing dissatisfaction with the CBI’s progress in probing the alleged “larger conspiracy” behind the RG Kar rape and murder, Calcutta HC on Thursday described a report filed by the agency’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) as a “copy-paste” of ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal likely to get Rs 4,000cr ADB, KEXIM loans for industrial corridors

    Kolkata: Bengal is likely to get nearly $425 million (over Rs 4,000 crore) from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) to build infrastructure and create a conducive ecosystem for industrialisation, officials said.The Industrial ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal appoints Krishna Gupta as new SEC

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt has appointed senior IAS officer Krishna Gupta as the new state election commissioner (SEC), the post lying vacant since last Sept after Rajiva Sinha retired.According to a govt notification, Dr Gupta, currently serving as additional ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Brazil show reignites Kol Selecao fans’ WC dreams

    Kolkata: Brazil fans rejoiced as the ‘Selecaos’ got back to their vintage Samba rhythm with an emphatic 3-0 win over Scotland in their final group match. Vinicius Junior joined the scoring race with Messi, Halaand and Mbappe, scoring twice ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Victoria hawkers assaulted, extorted over union dispute

    Dwaipayan.GhoshKolkata: A dozen men allegedly assaulted and extorted street vendors outside Victoria Memorial’s North Gate in an attempt to force them to join a political hawkers’ union, triggering fear among traders in the high-security tourism zone.According to a complaint ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Ex-councillor booked in 2015 incident

    Dwaipayan.GhoshKolkata: Survey Park police has registered a criminal case against former KMC councillor and Borough XI chairman Tarak Chakraborty over allegations linked to incidents dating back to polling day on April 18, 2015.Based on a complaint filed on Tuesday ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Land grab FIR names ex-councillor

    Kolkata: A fresh FIR has been filed against former ward 35 councillor Asutosh Das and 16 associates for allegedly running an organised land-grab operation in Beleghata. Based on landowner Tarun Biswas’s complaint, Beleghata police booked the accused for trespass, ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Police Face Challenge Identifying Victims in Warehouse Collapse

    Kolkata: The absence of any attendance register or worker records at the under-construction warehouse that collapsed at Transport Depot Road, Taratala, on Wednesday has made it difficult for the investigators to ascertain how many labourers might still be trapped ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Kakoli meets CM, seeks MPLAD support

    Kolkata: Barasat MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, who is one of the key members of the rebel bloc of MPs, has on Thursday met CM Suvendu Adhikari at Nabanna.According to sources, Kakoli said that the MPs needed more cooperation of ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    All in the family: one dead, one still trapped, one critically injured and 3 hospitalised

    Kolkata: The collapse of an under-construction warehouse in Taratala on Wednesday morning buried dozens of workers under concrete, steel and twisted iron. For one family from Bihar’s Munger, it also destroyed the fragile source of income that had drawn ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Messi statue to be reinstalled at Eco Park, says minister

    Kolkata: The 70-foot Lionel Messi statue, dismantled and removed from its pedestal in Lake Town on VIP Road over safety concerns, will be reinstalled at Eco Park in New Town, Bidhannagar MLA and health minister Sharadwat Mukherjee said after ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Police Face Challenge Identifying Victims in Warehouse Collapse

    Kolkata: The absence of any attendance register or worker records at the under-construction warehouse that collapsed at Transport Depot Road, Taratala, on Wednesday has made it difficult for the investigators to ascertain how many labourers might still be trapped ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Warehouse Collapse: 11 Dead, 19 Rescued in Taratala Tragedy

    Kolkata: Family members and relatives of the Taratala warehouse collapse victims at SSKM swung between hope and grief on Thursday. While Some were relieved to learn that their loved ones survived, others were devastated after hearing that their relatives ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Locals risk lives to pull workers from rubble

    Kolkata: Residents and office-goers near Transport Depot Road were the first to rush to the rescue of the labourers trapped under the debris after an under-construction godown collapsed on Wednesday.Rohan Roy, who works at a nearby firm, stepped out ...

    25 June 2026 Times of India
    Calling rebel MPs traitors undermines democratic discourse: Kakoli

    Kolkata: Responding to Trinamool Krishnanagar MP Mahua Moitra’s repeated barbs, rebel MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Wednesday said that calling the dissident MPs "traitors” is deeply offensive and “undermines democratic discourse”. In a Facebook post, Ghosh Dastidar said, “Disagreement, ...

    25 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata godown tragedy: 11 dead, 30 rescued after 21-hour operation; owner, engineer among 5 held

    KOLKATA: The death toll in the Kolkata warehouse collapse rose to 11 on Thursday as rescue teams, aided by the Army’s advanced ground-penetrating radar (GPR) system, continued intensive search operations nearly 21 hours after the incident.Five more people were ...

    25 June 2026 Times of India
    Training workshop for Sundarbans communities in culinary skills for sustainable tourism

    Kolkata: A community culinary excellence initiative — a two day transformative capacity-building workshop — was implemented at BaghBon ,the Multipurpose Community Resource Centre of a city-based NGO in the Sundarbans to equip communities residing in the forest-fringe villages of ...

    25 June 2026 Times of India
    Koi andar hain? 7 agencies, 400 rescuers work through day to trace survivors after warehouse shed collapses in Kolkata

    Kolkata: Koi andar hain? (Is anyone there? ). The desperate call from workers rang out through the mangled remains of an under-construction warehouse on Transport Depot Road in Taratala on Wednesday as rescuers cut through twisted steel and shattered ...

    25 June 2026 Times of India
    72k sqft port land leased to warehousing co for 30 years

    Kolkata: The under-construction structure, which collapsed on Transport Depot Road near Taratala on Wednesday, was coming up on a plot, leased by Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, to Behera Brothers for a warehouse and cold storage facility.Sanjoy Kumar Mukherjee, ...

    25 June 2026 Times of India
    A tribute to India’s musical diversity

    A stellar line-up of musicians came together at Netaji Indoor Stadium on Sunday as musical duo Sourendro and Soumyojit marked World Music Day with a concert celebrating India's independent music scene. Inspired by folk traditions from across the country, ...

    25 June 2026 Times of India
    Relief For Some, Tragedy Continues For Others As Anxious Relatives Wait For Info On Trapped Workers

    Kolkata: “Father said he was alive and then his phone got switched off,” said the daughter of missing labourer Azgar Hossain before breaking down in tears at the Taratala warehouse collapse site. She was seen moving helplessly from one ...

    25 June 2026 Times of India
    Trinamool Congress Rebels Claim Party HQ Shift in EC Documents

    Kolkata: In documents submitted the office of the Bengal CEO on Tuesday, Trinamool rebel MLAs, who claim their camp to be the “real Trinamool” have informed the Election Commission that the party’s central office is located on Rajdanga Road, ...

    25 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘Stepped out to fetch iron bars, saw entire warehouse collapse behind me’

    Kolkata: Two minutes saved Faruque Mondal from getting buried under tonnes of concrete and steel on Wednesday.Mondal, 30, a labourer from Basanti in the Sundarbans, had just stepped out of the under-construction warehouse in Taratala with fellow worker Vijay ...

    25 June 2026 Times of India
    Police: No permission for new Muharram procession

    Kolkata: No permission would be granted for any new Muharram procession, said Kolkata Police as it issued a set of strict security and logistical guidelines ahead of Muharram on Friday.For the first time, Lalbazar clarified that only traditional Muharram ...

    25 June 2026 Times of India
    HC orders 3 Bangla youths’ deportation amid ‘pushback’

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the deportation of three Bangladeshi nationals, who had so far served 1.9 out of their three years of sentence in a Bengal prison, pointing out they could be deported amid the ...

    25 June 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta High Court’s Rs 9.5 lakh fee refund order to private dental college

    Kolkata: Return a fee of Rs 9,50,000 to the student, who sought to leave the college as she found the institute did not have “proper educational facilities”, six days after taking admission, the Calcutta High Court directed a private ...

    25 June 2026 Times of India
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