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  • Hopeful Bengal BJP picks up ‘devpt’ cues from Budget

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP on Sunday picked up some cues from the Union Budget and expanded these to stress creation of critical infrastructure in Bengal. Durgapur and Dankuni, netas said, will now have immense growth potential.State BJP netas said that ...

    2 February 2026 Times of India
    Budget reinforces push towards Atmanirbhar Bharat: DRDO director

    Kolkata: The Union Budget has reinforced India's push towards Atmanirbhar defence and next-generation military technologies, with continued support for deep-tech research, semiconductor self-reliance and indigenous weapons systems, DRDO director general Binoy Kumar Das said on Sunday.Speaking to reporters after ...

    2 February 2026 Times of India
    It’s a Humpty Dumpty Budget with nothing for Bengal: Didi

    Kolkata: "It's a Humpty Dumpty Budget," CM Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday, adding that the "jugglery of words" and the "sound and fury" in the Union Budget speech could not hide the fact that Bengal received nothing."Funds and subsidies ...

    2 February 2026 Times of India
    Hit by B’desh turmoil, hosps eye place in med hub plans

    Kolkata: The Union budget proposal to set up five regional medical hubs in partnership with the private sector offered hope for Kolkata's health sector, which struggled to cope with the loss of Bangladeshi patients since 2024.The hubs, proposed as ...

    2 February 2026 Times of India
    Earthquake of 4.6 magnitude strikes Andaman and Nicobar Islands

    SRI VIJAYA PURAM: A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Monday at around 3:30 am, the National Center of Seismology (NCS) said.According to the NCS, the tremor occurred at a depth of 10 km, with its ...

    2 February 2026 Times of India
    Madhyamik starts today, schools scramble to arrange invigilators

    Kolkata: As teachers perform duties as booth-level officers (BLOs), schools serving as venues for Madhyamik exams from Monday are struggling to bring in invigilators from neighbouring schools to cover the shortfall.TOI reported earlier that, to address this crunch, district ...

    2 February 2026 Times of India
    Durgapur pins hopes on industry corridor proposal

    Kolkata: Durgapur, the city which has a long industrial history, may benefit from the Budget proposal for development of an integrated East Coast Industrial Corridor, with a well-connected node at the city. This will be part of the Purvodaya ...

    2 February 2026 Times of India
    Budget wait-&-watch for Metro: Green, Orange & Purple Lines get 20 cr more

    Kolkata: The Orange Line (New Garia-Airport corridor) received Rs 705.5 crore, slightly less than the budgetary allocations of Rs 720 crore last year, and the Purple Line (Joka-Esplanade corridor) got a little more — Rs 906 crore against last ...

    2 February 2026 Times of India
    16 years after Didi’s Dankuni-Ludhiana freight corridor, Budget signals Dankuni-Surat connect

    Kolkata: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced a dedicated freight corridor (DFC) linking Dankuni and Surat in Gujarat while delivering her 2026-27 budget speech."After the great success of eastern dedicated freight corridor and western dedicated freight corridor, ...

    2 February 2026 Times of India
    Budget renews revival hope for tariff-hit leather sector

    Kolkata: Manufacturers of leather goods in the city feel that the implementation of the measures announced in the Union Budget on Sunday will "renew hope" for the struggling units that are reeling under high raw material costs and falling ...

    2 February 2026 Times of India
    'It's a Humpty-Dumpty budget': Ahead assembly polls, CM Mamata Banerjee slams Union Budget 2026–27

    KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday criticised the Centre, calling the Union Budget 2026–27, “anti-women, anti-farmer, anti-education” and claiming that it has “nothing on offer for Bengal”, as political sparring intensified ahead of the state’s upcoming ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    NIA starts Beldanga probe, state govt replaces dist SP

    Beldanga (Murshidabad): Coinciding with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) taking over the probe in the Jan 16-17 Beldanga violence, the Bengal govt on Saturday transferred Murshidabad police superintendent Kumar Sunny Raj and replaced him with Dhritiman Sarkar. Raj will ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata warehouse fire: Tragedy result of TMC’s corruption, says Amit Shah; Mamata govt reminds BJP of Goa nightclub blaze, Indore water tragedy

    KOLKATA: The Nazirabad fire tragedy was not an accident but a result of Trinamool’s corruption, Union home minister Amit Shah alleged on Saturday during a workers’ meeting in Barrackpore. Later, speaking in Siliguri, Shah said if voted to office ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    Indian Museum to unveil ‘beyond the land’ exhibition on 212th foundation day

    KOLKATA: Indian Museum pieced together a rare exhibition from its enviable reserve collection for the first time in its history as a tribute to India’s deep civilisational relationship with water to mark its 212th foundation day on February 2. ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    Thieves target walkers, cars in south and central Kol

    Kolkata: Incidents of thefts and snatching targeting walkers and cars have been reported from south and central Kolkata. A 46-year-old techie from Behala, employed with an MNC, claimed his bag containing gadgets and his employee identity card, were missing ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    Wrong meat: Park St waiter arrested

    Kolkata: A waiter at a Park Street restaurant was arrested on Saturday after an influencer from the television industry, who was dining there with his friends on Friday night, alleged he was served a steak of a meat different ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    Health sector eyes lower GST and tech expansion

    Kolkata: More funds for tertiary hospitals, lower GST, incentives for rural health care workers, and expansion of technologies like AI to reach more patients were some of the expectations of the Kolkata and Bengal health sector ahead of the ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    Kalighat film wins Grand Prix at int’l docu festival

    Kolkata: Bipuljit Basu's ‘Redlight to Limelight' has won the Grand Prix Award in the international competition at FIPADOC – Festival International du Documentaire in France, a recognition he values as deeply as the disappointment he feels over CBFC norms ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    TMC reminds BJP of Goa nightclub blaze, Indore water deaths

    KOLKATA: If home minister Amit Shah blames CM Mamata Banerjee for the fire tragedy in Anandapur, then PM Nar-endra Modi is equally responsible for the Goa nightclub blaze a month ago, Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata godown fire tragedy no accident, TMC responsible: Union home minister Amit Shah

    KOLKATA/SILIGURI: The Nazirabad fire tragedy was not an accident but a result of Trinamool’s corruption, Union home minister Amit Shah alleged on Saturday during a workers’ meeting in Barrackpore. Later, speaking in Siliguri, Shah said if voted to office ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    CM Mamata Banerjee writes to CEC again over micro-observers in Bengal

    KOLKATA: Two days before her meeting with chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday shot off another letter to Kumar — her 6th since the Nov 4 SIR rollout — questioning EC’s intent in saddling Bengal ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    City school showcases athletic prowess, teamwork

    Kolkata: Army Public School Barrackpore celebrated its annual sports day, themed ‘Inclusive India – We are the Champs', for classes 9-12 on Dec 26.Renowned archer and Arjuna Awardee Dola Banerjee was the chief guest at the event.Brigadier Ashish Hooda, ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    Bus-bike crash kills 3 of family in East Midnapore

    Haldia: Three members of a family died and four others were critically injured in a motorcycle-bike collision on the Balughata-Chaitanyapur state highway in East Midnapore on Saturday morning. The deceased have been identified as Arup Mondal (52), his wife ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    Voters queue up in courts for affidavits to fix electoral roll name mismatches

    Kolkata: Thousands of people who were asked to report for hearings by the Election Commission for logical discrepancies in SIR forms they filled in earlier made a beeline for the courts to get corrections made through affidavits. Most of ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    FIR over ‘objections’ filed against 3 electors in Behala

    Kolkata: A day after a BJP leader from south Kolkata was arrested by cops and later granted bail, Kolkata Police filed another FIR in which a person named Mithun Bhattacharya allegedly used forged documents to file objections against three ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata warehouse fire result of TMC's corruption: Shah

    Kolkata/Siliguri: Union home minister Amit Shah alleged on Saturday the eastern Kolkata warehouse fire that killed 27 was not an accident but the result of Trinamool Congress's corruption and claimed CM Mamata Banerjee "needs a cataract operation" because she ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    BLO app gets 17th feature in last phase of SIR hearing

    Kolkata: The Election Commission has introduced the 17th feature in the BLO app in the last phase of the SIR hearing. The new feature — Upload Hearing Photo and Attendance— records the details of the electors appearing before EC ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    Hearing nears completion in S Kol assembly seats

    Kolkata: The hearing exercise is almost complete in three assembly constituencies — Bhowanipore, Rashbehari, and Ballygunge — all of which fall under the Kolkata South Lok Sabha seat, a senior EC official said on Saturday. In north Bengal, all ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    Before budget, focus on remaining Purple, Orange and Yellow Line work

    Kolkata: Having added 13 km metro sections last year, including the East-West Metro's (Green Line) full run and the maiden airport connectivity, engineers are eyeing hefty allocations this Rail Budget for the Purple, Orange and Yellow lines on Sunday. ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    McPherson Sq: KMC seeks more time from HC to file report

    Kolkata: The counsel representing Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Friday sought an additional 10 days to file a report on McPherson Square at the Calcutta High Court.This was the second extension that the civic body sought on the issue. After ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    Water set to be back in S Kol after repairs at plant

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) water supply department on Saturday successfully completed repair and maintenance of the Garden Reach water treatment plant and necessary maintenance works at some water booster pumping stations across south Kolkata.Water supply to vast ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    After SC pad-up order, city schools relive 20-year hygiene journey

    Kolkata: A nearly two-decade-long push to make schools safer and more comfortable for girls during menstruation is gaining renewed attention in Bengal, as the state education department prepares to review menstrual hygiene facilities in government-run schools following the Supreme ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    E-payment boom at book fair amid weekend rush

    Kolkata: With only three more days to go for the 49th International Kolkata Book Fair to conclude, book lovers are making the most of the last weekend. Close to 25 lakh people have visited the fair till now, with ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    Police rejig continues as new CP, DGP join office

    Kolkata: "Will work as a team," Bengal DGP Peeyush Pandey told reporters on Saturday after taking charge from Rajeev Kumar. Kolkata Police commissioner Supratim Sarkar also took charge and immediately listed out his priorities to senior officers. Meanwhile, the ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    Ex-MP Mimi stands in SIR queue with sis

    Kolkata: After Dev, actor and former TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty was summoned to the SIR hearing. On Jan 31, she attended the hearing at the Kasba Chittaranjan Girls' High School with the required documents. Her sister was also summoned ...

    1 February 2026 Times of India
    Centenary spotlight on Kolkata’s 400+ Art Deco buildings sparks preservation push

    KOLKATA: Even as the world celebrates the centenary year of Art Deco, a distinct style of architecture that incorporated geometric patterns, sleek lines, zigzags, and sunbursts in buildings, conservation architects and heritage experts in Kolkata called for preservation and ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Shah in Kol, BJP launches ‘infiltration’ film

    Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah's arrival in the city on Friday night coincided with Bengal BJP releasing a documentary on "infiltration" and "demographic change" in Bengal. He is scheduled to address two consecutive rallies on Saturday, one in ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Economic survey flags revival of village commons as key to sustainable rural growth

    KOLKATA: The Union government’s Economic Survey 2025–26 has called for a renewed focus on the revival and protection of village commons, describing them as a critical but underutilised foundation for sustainable rural development, resilient livelihoods and ecological stability.Released on ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Exide net profit jumps 5.3% to Rs 258cr

    Kolkata: Storage battery major Exide Industries saw a 5.3% jump in net profit to Rs 258 crore in the third quarter of this fiscal, from Rs 245 crore during the same period last fiscal. Revenue from operations saw a ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    151 fishermen repatriated in India-B’desh sea exchange

    Kolkata: A total of 151 fishermen from India and Bangladesh were repatriated to their respective countries as part of a coordinated exchange on Thursday. Twenty-three Indian fishermen and two Indian fishing boats were released by Bangladesh, and 128 Bangladeshi ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘Khoai character not established’: SC clears Santiniketan bldg project

    Kolkata: In the absence of any tangible evidence that a residential building near Visva-Bharati University in Santinektan was in the protected ‘khoai' area, which is an ecologically and culturally preserved zone, the Supreme Court has overturned a Calcutta high ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Retd engineer defies digi arrest threat & goes to cops when asked to pay 28L

    Howrah: A 72-year-old retired assistant engineer of Kolkata Municipal Corporation who had been under digital arrest for eight days, and in danger of losing his life's savings of Rs 28 lakh, managed to escape by the skin of his ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Proposed BTR railway line sparks concerns over tiger relocation

    Jalpaiguri: A railway line proposed through the Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR) has led to concerns among wildlife conservationists over the fate of the tiger relocation programme at Buxa.The 15.3-km Rajabhatkhawa-Jainti line, estimated to cost Rs 180.2 crore, is part ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Seat-sharing talks stumble as Cong, CPM spar

    Kolkata: A day after CPM fuelled alliance speculation by holding a meeting with Humayun Kabir's Janata Unnayan Party, comments by party state secretary Md Salim on the state Congress's perceived proximity to Trinamool have further exposed apparent fault lines ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Bridge collapses in West Bengal's Cooch Behar as truck crosses

    KOLKATA: A bridge collapsed on Friday while a goods-laden dumper was crossing in West Bengal's Sitalkuchi, Cooch Behar district, officials said. The incident occurred in the morning when a portion of the bridge gave way with a loud ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal, Kol get new top cops in major pre-poll police rejig

    Kolkata: In possibly the last major reshuffle of police brass before the assembly elections, Bengal govt on Friday appointed Peeyush Pandey as acting director general of police and Supratim Sarkar as the new Kolkata Police commissioner. The police commissioners ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Hand over acquired border land to BSF, HC tells Bengal

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court has directed the Bengal govt to hand over to Border Security Force by March 31 land acquired by the Union govt across nine districts for a project to secure the India-Bangladesh boundary with barbed-wire fencing. ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Serve all pending notices by Sunday, complete hearings in a week: EC

    Kolkata: The Election Commission on Friday instructed officials to generate all pending notices for hearings (about 50,000-60,000) by 5 pm on Saturday and serving all notices (about 5-6 lakh) by 5 pm on Sunday. It also directed completion of ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Business continues as usual at warehouse zone but fire safety lapses haunt locals

    Kolkata: Several commercial units, mostly logistics hubs and warehouses for e-commerce firms and other companies, continue to operate near the Anandapur fire site without adequate fire safety measures, claimed locals and gig workers.TOI on Friday spoke to local residents ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal in firm control vs Haryana

    Kolkata: Bengal took firm control of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group ‘C' match against Haryana, sitting pretty with a 248-run lead at stumps on Day II at the Chaudhary Bansi Lal Stadium in Lahli on Friday. Haryana perhaps saw ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Start-up infra push at Surendranath College

    Kolkata: An ‘automated blood analyser' was inaugurated at Surendranath College on Friday, marking a step forward in its start-up initiative. Students of the department of physiology will conduct blood tests and provide primary health check-ups for the students, teachers, ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Rebuked for crossing time limit, morning walker beats up Botanic Garden guard

    Howrah: A former soldier and security guard at Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden in Howrah was hospitalised after he was injured by a morning walker. A complaint was filed against accused Soham Sharma. The security guard, who ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    New Mkt shoe seller attacks customer during price row

    Kolkata: New Market Police registered a case after a 33-year-old man alleged he was assaulted with an iron rod by a shoe hawker following an argument over prices on Market Street on Wednesday.The complainant, Md Irfan Khan a resident ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Biker thrashes sgt and home guard, snatches equipment

    Kolkata: A 32-year-old biker was detained and handed over to Bowbazar Police on Thursday after he allegedly assaulted two cops — a sergeant and a home guard — on traffic duty and snatched govt-issued equipment at the Ganesh Chandra ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Metro plans to begin work to rebuild Kavi Subhas stn in April

    Kolkata: Metro Railway is planning to start full-fledged work to rebuild the Blue Line's Kavi Subhash station from around April, senior officials said. The rake-reversal point at the new southern terminus station, Shahid Khudiram, will start around the same ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Madhyamik: Board writes to CEO for teacher release

    Kolkata: With Madhyamik examination set to begin in two days, the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) is unaware of how many teachers and education dept officers are performing SIR duties. On Jan 27, the board sent letters ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    IIT MoU to boost cancer diagnosis

    Kolkata: In a significant collaboration between three institutes of national importance, IIT-Kharagpur signed an MoU with the Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) and Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) to launch MSc programmes in nuclear medicine and medical physics from ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    After decorator firm owner, cops arrest 2 momo factory managers

    Kolkata: Two more persons, both senior employees of Wow! Momo, were arrested in connection with the fire that broke out in Anandapur in the early hours of Monday. The total arrests in the incident now stands at three. The ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp plans automated vigil on students’ entry, exit

    Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur is set to roll out an high-level automated notification system at the main gate of the institute for greater surveillance of students' movements in and out of the campus to ensure their safety. The new system—developed ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Doctor not guilty, say courts

    Kolkata: Lake Town resident Aradeep Chatterjee, who was arrested 9 years ago on allegations of being a fake doctor along with his father, Ashim Chatterjee, has been exonerated from all charges by 2 courts over a period of time.While ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    By March 31, transfer land for fencing of border: HC to Bengal

    Kolkata: Calcutta high court has directed Bengal govt to hand over to BSF by March 31 land parcels earmarked and paid for by the Union govt across nine border districts for a project to secure the porous India-Bangladesh boundary ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    EC to ‘super-check’ all docus, inputs, disposals

    Kolkata: The EC on Friday instructed that all SIR documents uploaded in the system, inputs made by micro observers and roll observers, and disposals by EROs/AEROs would be "super checked" at all levels, starting from DEOs to the CEO. ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Tolly-Behala auto ops hit after drivers clash with traders

    Kolkata: At least 45-odd autos plying on the Tollygunge Phari-Behala route stopped operations after they got involved in a spat with local traders, including the owner of a biryani shop.The sudden shutdown hit evening commuters, especially those returning home ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    BJP Maha candidate to apply for name deletion from Dubrajpur: EC

    Kolkata: The Election Commission during a fact check has spotted that BJP neta Ujjwala Appa Brungale, who along with her husband Appa Shankar Brungale, are residents of Dubrajpur for over 10 years, had her name both at Dubrajpur of ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Form 7 ‘mischief’: Cops arrest BJP BLA for ‘bid to cheat genuine voters’

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Thursday arrested a 64-year-old woman in Behala for filing the wrong Form 7 to cheat genuine voters. The woman, a BJP South Kolkata district vice president and a resident of Gopal Mishra Road, was later ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: Two feet in the air and an aeroplane full of chaos

    You’ve heard “put your feet up and relax” – but this passenger understood the assignment a little too literally. Mid-air chaos broke out on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Moscow when a woman decided her neighbour’s headrest ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: This museum curator’s got the rizz

    A 77-year-old museum curator has become an unlikely Gen Z icon. Alison Luchs, deputy head of sculpture at the National Gallery of Art, learned the latest youth slang — from GOATED to big drip — to describe centuries-old masterpieces ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata fire tragedy: Manager, deputy manager of Wow! Momo arrested; toll 25

    KOLKATA: Kolkata Police on Friday arrested manager Raja Chakraborty and deputy manager Manoranjan Sheet of Wow! Momo following a massive fire in the Anandapur area of South 24 Parganas.At least 25 workers were killed in the blaze. ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal's Joynagar date palm tappers adopt protective measures after Nipah alert

    KOLKATA: Although Nipah may not be the imminent danger for now, as a precautionary measure many shiuli (date palm tree tapper) involved in collecting date palm sap and jaggery making at Joynagar in South 24 Parganas tried to cover ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata weather today: Sunny skies, comfortable temperatures; AQI remains 'severe'

    Kolkata is experiencing a beautifully sunny day with comfortable temperatures on January 30, 2026, following a period of 'Severe' air quality yesterday, January 29th, which saw the Air Quality Index reach a concerning 311 due to primary pollutants PM2.5 ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Siliguri BLO kills self, lens on marital discord

    Siliguri: A booth-level officer from Siliguri's Dharam Nagar allegedly died by suicide by jumping into the Teesta river from Coronation Bridge near Sevoke on Thursday afternoon.Shravan Kahar jumped from the bridge around 4 pm and his body was recovered ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Salim meets Kabir, slammed for losing ‘secular face’ even as CPM neta denies poll ties talk

    Kolkata: Seemingly on overdrive to finalise its allies ahead of the 2026 assembly polls in Bengal, CPM has reached out to Humayun Kabir's newly formed Janata Unnayan Party.CPM state secretary Md Salim, critical of Kabir's ‘Babri Masjid' plans even ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal Congress netas differ on alliance with Left

    Kolkata: Congress's Bengal unit is divided on allying with the Left Front in the upcoming assembly polls. "Netas in Murshidabad are in favour of an alliance with the Left Front, but in Malda, netas have spoken against it. They ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Over 2k in Sandeshkhali marked ‘not Indian’; TMC, ISF blame BJP

    Kolkata: Over 2,000 residents of a Sandeshkhali gram panchayat have received ‘not Indian citizens' notices, allegedly on the basis of Form-7 submissions by BJP workers seeking deletion of their names from voters' list. On Thursday, the EC sought a ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    DEC visits 2 dists, meets Bengal CEO

    Kolkata: Deputy election commissioner Sanjay Kumar visited North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas on Thursday to review SIR work, a source said. "North and South 24 Parganas have the highest number of fake voters so far. Kumar held ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    18 spared noose, 5 freed as Calcutta HC decides 20 death-penalty cases in 2025; highest in six years

    KOLKATA: In 2025, Calcutta High Court rewrote 20 deathsentence orders, the highest in the past six years, commuting several sentences to life imprisonment and even acquitting some convicts. By contrast, only two death-penalty cases were heard in 2020. Among ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    7k women ‘not getting Lakshmir Bhandar’ funds: HC asks state to file report

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed Bengal govt to file a report on 7,000 women allegedly not receiving Lakshmir Bhandar benefits. The bench of CJ Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen was hearing a plea alleging that ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    State asks EC to swap officers on observer duty

    Kolkata: Bengal govt has requested EC to replace the nine Bengal cadre officers named central observers for the upcoming assembly elections in Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, including Bengal home secretary Jagdish Prasad Meena, with nine others.This ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Fire toll now 25; skeletons, wreckage stall investigation

    Kolkata: The death toll in the Nazirabad godown fire tragedy rose to 25 as body parts of four more missing persons were recovered on Thursday. Sample collection by the forensic team remained stalled as the experts waited for the ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘No right violated’: HC bins BJP’s plea for ‘sit-in’ in front of Nabanna

    Kolkata: A right guaranteed under Article 19 of the Constitution is subject to limitations, it does not mean that "a demonstration can take place at whatever place the demonstrators please", the Calcutta high court said on Thursday. The order ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    No coercive step against Adhikari in Chandrakona case: State to HC

    Kolkata: No coercive action will be taken against BJP neta Suvendu Adhikari in the Chandrakona case, the state told Calcutta high court on Thursday.In his plea, Adhikari submitted that on Jan 10, his convoy was attacked and, despite the ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    HC nod to BJP rally over Nazirabad fire deaths

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed BJP to hold a protest march to Narendrapur police station on Jan 30 over the deaths of workers in the Nazirabad godown fire. The rally will begin at Sitala Mandir, pass ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    No clarity on his successor yet, Bengal DGP Kumar gets farewell

    Kolkata: Courage is not always about action or shooting at or beating up people, it's about standing firm, DGP Rajeev Kumar said during his farewell on Thursday, two days before his superannuation. Bengal govt has not named Kumar's successor ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    B’desh flyer dip a worry for Kol airport duty-free shops

    Kolkata: Duty-free stores at Kolkata airport that are set to go on the block after completion of the extended contract period will have to overcome the challenges of high store rent and slump in international flights to attract bidders.Flemingo ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Mehtab, Jhulan on SIR hearing list

    Kolkata/Malda/Nadia: Former India footballer Mehtab Hossain (pic top) has become the latest sportsperson to receive a notice for an SIR hearing. The notice follows a recent instance in which the EC sought documents from former India cricketer Jhulan Goswami, ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Fin co moves HC after CBI search

    Kolkata: A petition was filed in Calcutta High Court on Thursday challenging CBI searches at several locations across the city, including two premises in New Alipore, in connection with an alleged bank fraud of around Rs 1,000 crore."A petition ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    40 million gallons of extra potable water for south Kolkata high-rises

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is set to construct a water treatment plant at Garden Reach that will cater to safe drinking water demands from the high-rises in large parts of south Kolkata. The proposal for the construction of ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    AQI relief short-lived: Min in Rajya Sabha

    Kolkata: The city's air quality continues to show a predictable seasonal pattern—temporary relief during monsoon months followed by severe deterioration in winter—with little sustained improvement over the past three years, according to official data shared in Parliament and findings ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Four goats, 26k stolen from N Kol shop, butcher files plaint

    Kolkata: Four goats and cash were stolen from a mutton shop in north Kolkata, prompting cops to register a theft case — a rarity they admit they haven't handled in a long while. The shop owner reported a loss ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Trader assaulted in Bypass night robbery

    Kolkata: A 26-year-old trader, Sheikh Sahil, of Annapura Enclave in South Roy Nagar, Bansdroni, was allegedly assaulted and robbed of his gold chain on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass in Singhabari area on Sunday night (Jan 25).Sahil alleged that he ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    CRPF man loses 10L after theft of ATM cards, phone on train

    Kolkata: A CRPF man — who was travelling from Lucknow to the northeast via Howrah Station — reported fraudulent transactions of Rs 10 lakh from his account on Thursday after his ATM cards, mobile phone and two SIM cards ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Has Buxa tiger come from Bhutan? No match with national database raises origin query

    Kolkata: The Bengal tiger clicked in Buxa recently is a new individual photographed for the first time in the north-east tiger landscape. It will reportedly be counted in Buxa under the All-India Tiger Estimation (AITE) exercise and may also ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Man stabbed in bid to stop road rage fight

    Kolkata: Riaz Dar (42) of Haldarpara, Khutiyari Sharisha under Canning Police Station in South 24 Parganas sustained knife injuries after he tried to intervene in a road-rage altercation near Chittaranjan Hospital around 3.40 pm on Jan 25. A pickup ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Cops rescue girl attacked by ex-lover at Hastings

    Kolkata: A 19-year-old college student approached Hastings PS on Wednesday after she was rescued from her estranged boyfriend by a patrol team. The team found the accused trying to throttle her in a deserted corner of St Georges Gate ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    History museum set to come up at Town Hall

    Kolkata: If all goes well, Kolkata Municipal Corporation will set up a modern museum at Town Hall that will attract not only tourists but scholars and researchers as well. The digitised museum will showcase contributions of luminaries of the ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Graveyard soil, trunk full of documents, 93-yr-old on ‘khatia’: SIR rolls on in Bengal

    Kolkata: A 93-year-old ailing woman was carried on a cot to attend a hearing under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls at Ghola in North 24 Parganas on Thursday, raising questions over the implementation of the Election ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Delay can’t be sole ground for quashing earlier verdict: HC

    Kolkata: A judgment cannot be set aside solely on the ground of 18 months' delay in its delivery after the conclusion of arguments, Calcutta High Court ruled on Thursday. The court, however, expressed disappointment at the long delay.The division ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Relatives of patient thrash ambulance driver, worker

    Kolkata: Cops registered a case after an ambulance worker and driver were "assaulted with bricks" outside a Bypass private hospital's gates on Tuesday, leaving one of them with fractures and head injuries.Complainant Tanmoy Shikari of Kalikapur said he received ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Cal HC shifts Bogtui trial to Burdwan

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday transferred the trial in the 2022 Bogtui massacre case, in which eight people were killed, from Birbhum to East Burdwan, accepting a plea by the CBI.The case had been heard at the ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    3-day Sundarbans bird survey records 168 species

    Kolkata: Birders, conservationists and foresters have managed to sight close to 31,000 birds during the three-day trail under the fourth bird festival in the Indian Sundarbans that ended on Tuesday.Number of species sighted — 168 — is higher than ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
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