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  • Gorkhaland back in hill politics ahead of Shah’s visit

    Darjeeling: The Gorkhaland issue is back in hill politics ahead of Union home minister Amit Shah's scheduled visit to Siliguri on Jan 31, coinciding with the maiden tour of the Centre-appointed interlocutor for the Darjeeling hills, Terai and the ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Will build industries, but not at cost of agriculture: CM assures Singur

    Singur/Kolkata: Agriculture and industrialisation will happen together, said CM Mamata Banerjee in Singur on Wednesday, close to two decades after her movement in the region brought in colours of change to the Bengal political spectrum. "Industrialisation will happen, but ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Mamata demands SC-led probe into Ajit death

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored investigation into the plane crash in Baramati that killed Maharashtra deputy CM and NCP neta Ajit Pawar and four others. Banerjee said she was shocked and that the incident ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    In unprecedented move, EC names Bengal home secy as poll observer in other state

    Kolkata: In an unprecedented move, Election Commission on Tuesday named state home secretary Jagdish Prasad Meena as one of the central observers for assembly election in other states. Along with Bengal, polls are scheduled this year in Assam, Kerala, ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Cracks in BJP’s Malda bastion? Khagen Murmu’s ‘wife’ joins TMC

    Kolkata: Ahead of the Assembly elections, Aruna Mardi, who claims to be the wife of BJP's two-time Malda North MP and state tribal front president Khagen Murmu, joined Trinamool on Wednesday, triggering speculation about shifting political equations in the ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Titagarh signs agreement with ABB for metro propulsion systems

    Kolkata: Titagarh Rail Systems and ABB India have signed an agreement to deliver propulsion systems for 25kV metro projects, including technology transfer for Train Control and Monitoring System (TCMS). The deal also involves a gradual transfer of manufacturing and ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal seeks compliance report on safety norms from copter, jet operators

    State govt on Wednesday sought updated compliance reports from the operators of the helicopter and the executive jet used by it for VVIP movements. These reports must confirm adherence to DGCA-mandated safety protocols governing non-scheduled and charter operations, including ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Tagore got ‘Nobel Peace Prize’, says Nabin, draws ire

    Kolkata: Speaking at a Durgapur rally on Wednesday, BJP national president Nitin Nabin said Rabindranath Tagore had received the Nobel Peace Prize, drawing sharp criticism from political opponents. "Kaviguru taught the entire nation a new approach to education. He ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘Time for double-engine govt’: BJP prez harps on infiltration

    Kolkata: Infiltration in Bengal had led to demographic changes and it needed to be put an end, BJP national president Nitin Nabin said while addressing party workers in Durgapur on Wednesday. Alleging that harassment of voters during the Special ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu claims credit for Nandigram rail projects, TMC slams ‘gimmick’

    Nandigram: Leader of the opposition in Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday announced that the ministry of railways has sanctioned several new projects in the region, including the long-pending Nandigram-Kendamari (Nayachar) line, following his personal intervention.Sharing a letter from ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    A walk through the 192-year-old heritage of the country’s first medical college

    Kolkata: An immersive walk through the historic buildings and grounds of Calcutta Medical College, the first institution in Asia to impart systemic education in Western medicine, traced the evolution of medicine, education and society, while situating history within the ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Russia and Ukraine stalls share book fair ground

    Kolkata: At a time when Ukraine and Russia dominate global headlines for war and diplomatic strain, their presence at the Kolkata International Book Fair offers a different register.Separated by barely 20 feet, these two countries have chosen to foreground ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    HC relief for minor who broke one-way rule on Park Street

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday quashed a probe against a minor accused of violating the one-way rule on Park Street because the enquiry was not completed within 4 months of his production before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB).The ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘Do not circulate unverified reports on Nipah cases’

    Kolkata: The health ministry advised the public not to spread unverified or speculative reports on the Bengal Nipah cases after some media and social media incorrectly reported five confirmed Nipah cases in the state, whereas only two cases were ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Gold & cash worth 1.5cr stolen from Behala flat

    Kolkata: In one of the biggest heists in recent memory, the Sarsuna Police registered a case after gold ornaments and cash worth about Rs 1.5 crore were reported stolen from a flat inside the Diamond City West condo at ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Cattle shed beside godown escapes unscathed

    Kolkata: A cattle shed, adjacent to the wall of the decorator's godown, had a miraculous escape from the leaping flames that reduced the two ashes. The shed houses about 50 cattle – 30 buffaloes and 20 cows. As the ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Curious ‘tragedy tourists’ throng blaze site

    Kolkata: Around 48 hours after the Nazirabad fire, people from nearby areas, thronged the site to catch a glimpse of how the blaze wreaked havoc on the godowns, killing so many people. On Wednesday, the gutted godown area appeared ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Deadline missed, HC quashes traffic case against Kol minor

    Kolkata: Calcutta high court has quashed proceedings against a minor accused of violating a one-way rule on Park Street in Kolkata, ruling that the inquiry collapsed after authorities failed to complete it within the statutory deadline under the Juvenile ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Drunk driver hits 2 women, held

    Kolkata: Two women were severely injured in Beleghata after a car, driven by a woman from Khardah, hit them from behind on Beleghata Main Road. The cops claimed that the woman at the wheel was heavily drunk and hit ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Large part of S Kol to go dry on Saturday

    Kolkata: A large part of south Kolkata will go dry on Saturday as the KMC will shut the Garden Reach water treatment plant for repair and pipeline interconnection work in the high-diameter water pipes, and for the installation of ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    First half-matched stem cell transplant at MCH

    Kolkata: Medical College Hospital Kolkata (MCH) successfully performed a haploidentical haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (half-matched) on a 4-year-old boy with thalassaemia. Weeks after the transplant, the boy from a village in Kulpi is fit to go home. This was ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    KMC on edge as Ballygunge pipe leaks yet again, damages road

    Kolkata: Repeated cracks in a 50-year-old water pipeline have kept Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) engineers on edge, with frequent leaks causing the surface of Gariahat Road to cave in at several points, triggering traffic snarls and occasional accidents.KMC's water ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Parents to get alerts on IIT night-exits

    Kolkata: In a bid to ensure the safety of students and campus security, IIT-Kharagpur has strengthened its rules regarding the movement of students within and outside the campus.From now on, parents will be informed if their wards exit the ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    SIR-hit Madhyamik centres get teachers from other schools

    Kolkata: With a majority of teachers on SIR duty, the education department has assigned teachers from neighbouring schools for invigilation duties during the Madhyamik examination as an alternative arrangement.Recently, the District Inspector of Schools (DI) in Kolkata held a ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    2 held for ‘rape after promising marriage’

    Kolkata: Anandapur police arrested two persons on Wednesday in separate cases of rape in connection with allegations that two women were sexually exploited after being promised marriage.In a case registered on Jan 1, a 20-year-old woman alleged Md Taslim ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    From Tollygunge to KMC HQ: How TOI helped Mark Tully get his birth certificate 12 years ago

    Kolkata: Twelve years before the SIR of rolls triggered a mad scramble for birth certificates at the KMC headquarters, celebrated journalist Mark Tully had queued up for the document. A British citizen, Tully, who was born in Tollygunge on ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Charred bones, scattered remains: When skull count turns body count

    Kolkata: Skulls have become the primary indicators of deaths in the devastating blaze at Nazirabad in Anandapur that has so far claimed 21 lives. The rescue team from the state disaster management group, recovering charred remains and bones, has ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal to go in with three spinners vs Haryana

    Kolkata: Already assured of a place in the quarterfinals, Bengal will look to get some good match practice when they play Haryana in their last Group ‘C' match of the Elite Ranji Trophy in Rohtak from Thursday. However, the ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Dover Lane honours nonagenarian who’s never missed a concert in 74 yrs

    Kolkata: Felicitation of artistes is routine at music conferences but in its 74th year, Dover Lane Music Conference has honoured its most discerning audience member. Putul Chakraborty, a nonagenarian, has never performed there but has attended every concert for ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Alerting for yrs about EKW encroachments, say greens

    Kolkata: Over 66 hours after the fire engulfed two godowns in Karimpur mouza of East Kolkata Wetlands, other illegal units — from auto-repair shops, plastic recycling units and studios where tele serials are shot — continued to function with ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    12 years before the SIR rush, Mark Tully had queued for a KMC birth certificate

    KOLKATA: Twelve years before the Special Intensive Revision of rolls triggered a mad scramble for birth certificates at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) headquarter, celebrated journalist Mark Tully had queued up for the document. A British citizen, Tully who ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Didi bats for peace, warns of divisive communal plots ahead of elections

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday emphasised that the "country's peace and social harmony" was essential for economic growth and social stability, and warned against deliberate attempts to foment unrest ahead of elections.After virtually inaugurating the renovated Sirity Mahashamshan ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    DGP appt: UPSC moves Del HC over CAT order

    Kolkata: Uncertainty has again emerged over the appointment of Bengal's next police chief, with Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) moving the Delhi High Court on Tuesday, challenging a Central Administrative Tribunal order directing DGP selection process in Bengal to ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata godown fire: 11 charred bodies recovered, 23 still missing; families in limbo

    KOLKATA: At least 11 persons died and about 23 others are still missing in a devastating fire that ravaged two godowns at Anandapur off Ruby crossing in the early hours of Monday.The blaze broke out around 3 am Monday ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: Being FLOTUS for a day is hard

    In a Daily Mail experiment, Bryony Gordon donned Melania Trump’s iconic ‘The Hat, The Scowl and The Coat’ with a Trump lookalike causing a selfie frenzy everywhere they went. Power, it seems, starts in the wardrobe. Power of absenceForget ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: Sialkot gets a slice of dupe dough

    Adding to a growing list of public blunders, this time Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has landed himself not in a soup, but instead on a slice of piping hot pizza. With flowers arranged, a red carpet laid out ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Believe it ot not: You can eat junk, stay up to watch TV and live upto 101

    Staying up till 2am binge-watching TV and snacking whenever the mood strikes sounds like the perfect Friday night. But for 101-year-old Jiang Yueqin, it’s just… life. The Chinese grandmother has gone viral for her late-night routine, natural sleep cycle ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: New Yorkers were dashing through the snow storm

    You would expect people to stay at home when such a fierce, almost apocalyptic snowstorm hits the city. But not New Yorkers. As Winter Storm Fern blanketed the city in thick snow and freezing winds, locals bundled up and ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: The cat climbs, the copycats try and fail in Taipei

    After American climber Alex Honnold free-soloed Taipei 101 on Netflix (as part of the show Skyscraper Live) – no ropes, no harness, just nerves of steel – the internet did what it does best: tried to copy him. Within ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: Feminist AI GF breaks up with conservative BF

    A self-described conservative man has discovered that even an AI girlfriend can say “it’s not you, it’s your politics.” After calling his chatbot “weird feminist propaganda,” the Reddit user claims the AI calmly defended its beliefs — then broke ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: Ajith fans swap milk for cola

    Fan rituals in the South have a language of their own. And nothing captures the emotional voltage of a star’s first-day-first-show quite like the ritual of doodh abhishekam. But what happens when your favourite icon, in this case Ajith ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal assembly session deferred to Feb 3 for SIR

    Kolkata: Bengal assembly's vote-on-account session will begin on Feb 3 instead of Jan 31 as MLAs are currently engaged in the SIR process, speaker Biman Banerjee said on Tuesday. Bengal govt is likely to present its election year budget ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Doklam & Chalsa to be connected by rail

    Jalpaiguri: Keeping in mind China's infrastructural development on the other side of the border, Indian Railways has decided to lay a new 200-km track from Chalsa in Jalpaiguri to Doklam, on the Indo-China border.For the first phase, railways has ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal guv appoints VCs for 3 varsities

    Kolkata: Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday appointed vice-chancellors to three state universities, a Lok Bhavan statement said. The governor is also the chancellor of these universities.According to the statement, Debabrata Mitra was named vice-chancellor of West Bengal ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Metro Rail gets CRS nod on track switch at Kavi Subhas; to regularise Blue Line operations

    Kolkata: Metro Railway in Kolkata has recently received a crucial nod from the Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) for a solution to maintain Blue Line timings, allowing maintenance of 98% operational accuracy.Till now, CRS did not allow a Metro ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Kin of missing workers camp at ravaged site

    Kolkata/Kanthi/Kharagpur: The smoke over the gutted site in Anandapur's Nazirabad somewhat cleared by Tuesday but uncertainty and grief haunted families as they waited for news of their relatives, who have been missing ever since the blaze broke out at ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘SIR anxiety’ drives man to death in Saudi as wife waits in hearing queue

    Behrampore/Malda/Kolkata: Clutching documents in one hand and phone in the other, Roksana Biwi stood frozen for a minute before breaking down. Since Tuesday morning, the woman had been standing in the queue at an SIR hearing centre in Murshidabad's ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    How common is it for Bengal’s female performers to face pressures to adjust amid harassment and unsafe shows?

    KOLKATA: Several performing female artists in Bengal say late-night shows routinely come with pressure to “adjust” to poor logistics and unsafe conditions — insufficient security, inadequate green rooms and toilets, unclear stage access, and organisers pushing them to stay ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee set to take SIR anger protest to Delhi after Akhilesh Yadav backing

    KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee is likely to leave for New Delhi on Wednesday after her Singur rally to take her protests against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll to Nirvachan Sadan and meet senior opposition leaders, ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Claims, counter-claims over fire-safety measures

    Kolkata: The two warehouses operated without mandatory fire safety clearances and with little to no firefighting preparedness, said fire minister Sujit Bose, who visited the spot on Tuesday. Both sheds were stacked with large quantities of goods and highly ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata residential property registrations rise to 6-year-high in 2025

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA) registered 62,328 residential property registrations in 2025, marking the strongest annual performance in the past six years and a 25% year-on-year increase, according to Knight Frank India (KFI).The rise reflected sustained end-user demand ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    This title is for you father: Sourav

    Kolkata: The national billiards title is nothing new for Sourav Kothari. But his fourth such crown will always remain his most emotional one. The New Year did not begin well for Sourav who lost his father and former World ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Hotel booking fraud kingpin arrested in Pune

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police arrested the kingpin of a cyber fraud gang, Huzaifa Shabbir Darbar, from Pune for allegedly running a fake hotel booking racket that duped 83 Kolkata residents of Rs 13,60,803 by creating fake websites of reputed hotels, ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Sukanta dials rail mantri on ‘veg-only’ Vande menu

    Kolkata: After a controversy surfaced over "only vegetarian" food served on the sleeper coach of the Howrah-Kamakhya Vande Bharat, junior Union minister Sukanta Majumdar dialled Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday to start non-vegetarian food, keeping in mind ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Parents, woman held for selling girl child

    Kolkata: Based on a complaint filed by the Child Development Project Officer of Barasat Block II, three persons have been arrested on charges of selling a baby girl. The father, Robin Paswan (23), his wife Toton Sarkar (23) claimed ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    77-yr-old ex-VC in two-week digital arrest, loses 35 lakh

    Kolkata: A 77-year-old former vice chancellor of a state varsity and 2 private universities, Ashoke Ranjan Thakur, was cheated of Rs 35 lakh in a digital arrest fraud and was under house arrest for almost two weeks since the ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Case against TMC councillor, BJP functionaries

    Kolkata: Thakurpukur police registered a case of attempt to murder, along with other serious sections, on Monday against a councillor from Behala and other Trinamool functionaries.The FIR was lodged in connection with alleged violence and arson following a lawfully ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    New BJP prez Nabin lands in Durgapur on 2-day visit, focus on ‘Rarh Bangla’

    Kolkata: Exactly a week after taking charge as BJP's national president, Nitin Nabin on Tuesday reached Bengal on his first official two-day visit to the state.With his focus on Durgapur-Asansol and the Rarh Bengal region — where BJP had ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu’s ‘no role in state progress’ jibe at Amartya stirs up row

    Kolkata: A comment by BJP neta Suvendu Adhikari on Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's role in the state's progress has stirred up a row, with TMC and CPM slamming his jibe. Sen has been a vocal critic of PM Narendra ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Man opens fire after row at Park Circus tea stall, held

    Kolkata: A resident of Park Circus, Farid Alam, was arrested for allegedly firing his arms during an argument over who would be served first at a tea stall near the Park Circus intersection at 2 am on Sunday. Cops ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Clash over biryani in Hwh: One injured, four arrested

    Howrah: A clash broke out in Tikiapara at 2 am on Monday, after Trinamool and BJP supporters fought over the last packet of biryani from a famous shop on Belilious Road. Police said, the situation became violent as both ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Victims’ remains reduced to ashes, DNA profiling now a daunting task

    Kolkata: The forensic team scanning the gutted Pushpanjali Decorators godown for human remains are facing a stiff challenge of sifting through ash and debris to extract bones that can lead to the identity of charred victims. Though 11 charred ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Thailand starts Nipah screening for Kol tourists

    Kolkata: Thailand has introduce thermal screening and mandatory health declarations for passengers arriving from the city. The decision has sent ripples of concern through the travel industry.Thailand, along with Nepal and Taiwan, rolled out Nipah virus screening measures at ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    All-faith meet renews pledge to uphold Preamble

    Kolkata: At a time when divisions often dominate public discourse, people from all faiths came together in Archbishop House at Park Street on the 77th Republic Day to renew their pledge to uphold the values enshrined in the Constitution's ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    JU prof back on campus after EC decision

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University's English HoD,Saswati Halder, resumed her duties on Tuesday, a week after the university's executive council (EC) decided that she "may resume her duties whenever she desires or her leave expires" as the dept HoD. The EC ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    In first four days, book fair registers record 14 lakh visitors, 10% higher sales

    Kolkata: The first four days of the 49th International Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF), which was an extended holiday weekend from Friday to Monday, saw a massive footfall of nearly 14 lakh at the fairground, as per estimates by the ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu questions Amartya Sen's contribution to Bengal, stirs row

    KOLKATA: West Bengal BJP leader of opposition Suvendu Ahikari on Monday questioned Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's "contribution" to the state, igniting a row as the governing TMC and CPM slammed Adhikari.His remarks came days after Sen, who received an ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Fire exposes EKW fill-up, both godowns came up on bheri

    Kolkata: The massive fire that burnt down two godowns in Nazirabad are on an 8-bigha plot that used to be a bheri or fish farm till a decade ago. Not just this, scores of bheris have been filled up ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Revamped Siriti crematorium gets new furnaces, parking lot

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday virtually inaugurated a modernised, revamped Siriti crematorium, the work for which had begun in 2022. According to plans, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation extended cremation facilities to residents of large parts of Tollygunge, ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    60-year-old arrested for minor’s rape in Cooch Behar

    Jalpaiguri: A 60-year-old allegedly raped a minor in Cooch Behar's Mekhliganj. The man had allegedly also threatened the girl of consequences if she spoke to anyone about the assault. The incident came to light on Saturday, two days after ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    3-day Sundarbans bird survey records 168 species, return of endangered vulture

    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 ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    On Republic Day, people queue up to protect voting rights

    Kolkata: When the country celebrated Republic Day on Monday, several voters queued at SIR hearing centres to ensure their voting rights.TOI visited two centres — Matri Shakti Shiksha Kendra under the Kashipur-Belgachia assembly constituency and Kendua Girls' High School ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    At places, queues longer than vote-day lines; electors complain of ‘harassment’

    Kolkata: At several places in Kolkata on Tuesday, hearing queues beat vote-day queues, with many people complaining of long waiting times outside the venues. At many part numbers across assembly constituencies, 150-200 persons were called for hearings by the ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    From hills to beaches, long-weekend vacationers take over tourist spots

    Darjeeling/Bolpur/Digha: Tourists made the most of the first long weekend of the year, heading out in large numbers to hills, beaches and cultural hubs, giving a timely boost to the travel and hospitality sector in Bengal. With Republic Day ...

    27 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal godown fire: 8 dead so far, more feared trapped; TMC minister faces BJP protest at site

    KOLKATA: West Bengal Fire Services minister Sujit Bose on Tuesday said a preliminary investigation into the warehouse fire in South 24 Parganas, which killed eight people, found that the units lacked basic safety measures.Bose, who visited the site where ...

    27 January 2026 Times of India
    Biker crashes into median divider in New Town, dies

    Kolkata: A 25-year-old biker, Tridib Chowdhury, died on Sunday morning after he lost control of his motorbike and crashed into a median divider on the airport-bound flank of the New Town–Baguiati corridor. The deceased, a resident of Baguiati, suffered ...

    27 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, warm temperatures; lingering pollution concerns

    Kolkata is forecast for a bright, sunny day on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, with comfortable warmth and temperatures ranging from a low of 16.4°C to a high of 29°C, following a "very poor" air quality day on Monday. The ...

    27 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata weather today: Sunny skies, warm temperatures; air quality alert

    Kolkata is set for a bright, dry winter day on Monday, January 26, 2026, featuring abundant sunshine and a significant warm-up by the afternoon. Clear skies are anticipated with no rainfall, and temperatures are expected to rise into the ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘This is how people are being axed from the voters’ list’: Bengal cabinet senior Shashi Panja in SIR hearing queue; TMC IT cell chief also served notice

    KOLKATA: Senior Bengal minister Shashi Panja, one of the most trusted cabinet colleagues of CM Mamata Banerjee and a three-time MLA, had to attend an SIR hearing on Sunday because, she said, her name “was missing in the BLO ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    Four films focus on Bangladesh at Kolkata People’s Film Festival

    KOLKATA: Bangladesh is the subject of at least four out of the 39 films that are being screened at the 12th Kolkata People’s Film Festival, which began on January 23. The festival is taking place amid strained bilateral relations, ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    Woman sustains critical injuries in Park St hit & run

    Kolkata: A 50-year-old woman, Dipannita Mukherjee, sustained critical injuries and is on ventilation after being hit by a speeding car on near Park Street Cemetry early on Saturday. Police said, the driver fled from the scene without offering assistance.CCTV ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    TMC, BJP trade blame after blaze on stage following Biplab speech

    Kolkata: A clash broke out between TMC and BJP workers in Behala's Sakherbazar on Sunday over a political rally, leading to arson, vandalism and traffic disruption on Diamond Harbour Road.According to police, BJP workers were preparing for a rally ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    CM: EC celebrating Voters’ Day while taking away voting rights

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday lashed out at the Election Commission for working as ‘His Master's Voice' and "celebrating" National Voters' Day after "snatching away people's voting rights".Dubbing the EC celebrations as "tragic" and a "farce", Banerjee slammed ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘Intentional’ BLO errors part of plot to defame SIR: BJP netas

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP on Sunday trained guns on "errant booth level officers" for allegedly compromising the SIR process deliberately. On Saturday, BJP netas had criticised EC for being "soft" in handling the situation in the state."People are being harassed ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    BJP ’24 candidate flags risk of mass voter deletions due to SIR

    Kolkata: BJP neta from South 24 Parganas, Abhijit Das, has written to the EC expressing concern that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in its current form may lead to mass disenfranchisement.The SIR process in its current "rigid and unfiltered ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    Man dies of cardiac arrest after son gets SIR notice

    Jalpaiguri: A 57-year-old man died at Tekatuli in Jalpaiguri's Maynagiri after suffering a cardiac arrest on Sunday, with his family blaming anxiety related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls for the death. The deceased, Nibas Sarkar, ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    Trinamool wins co-op polls in Suvendu bastion, rivals clash

    Nandigram: Months ahead of assembly polls in Bengal, Trinamool on Sunday staged a major upset in leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari's bastion in Nandigram-2 block, winning 27 seats in the 45-seat Ranichak Cooperative. This was the party's second ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    India’s crude steel output grows 10%

    Kolkata: India registered 10.4% growth in crude steel production in 2025, according to provisional data released by the World Steel Association.India's crude steel output stood at 164.9 MT in 2025 compared with 149.4 MT in the previous year.The World ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    Villagers slap poll official at SIR hearing in S Dinajpur

    Malda: A micro observer engaged in a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing was assaulted by angry villagers at Kumarganj in South Dinajpur on Saturday and another who tried to intervene was also attacked. The hearing was being held at ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    ISF, TMC clash in Bhangar, one held

    Kolkata: Tension broke out at Kantadanga in Bhangar on Sunday morning, with ISF accusing TMC workers vandalising and hurling bombs at the home of an ISF neta. Trinamool, however, denied all allegations. Police said no complaint has been filed ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    At BLO’s home over son’s SIR notice, 65-year-old dies of cardiac arrest

    Jalpaiguri: A 65-year-old man, Rahaman Bastadar, died of cardiac arrest at the house of a booth-level officer (BLO) at Pardubi GP in Cooch Behar's Mathabhanga on Saturday, where he had gone after his son was served a Special Intensive ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    11 from Bengal feature on list of Padma awardees

    Kolkata: Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee, tabla maestro Pt Kumar Bose and santoor player Pt Tarun Bhattacharya will be among 11 recipients of Padma Shri from Bengal, the Centre announced on the eve of Republic Day. However, no name from the ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    10L visitors in first 3 days: Book fair sets new opening record

    Kolkata: The 49th International Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF) continued to break all previous footfall records till now, with another close to four lakh visitors thronging the fair on Sunday, said officials of the Publishers and Booksellers Guild, making it ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    3-month partial weekend shutdown for Setu

    Kolkata: The 16-hour Vidyasagar Setu shutdown was executed on Sunday, with traffic resuming on both ends at 9 pm. "Key cable replacement was carried out as planned," said a cop.However, expect Vidyasagar Setu to be partially shut on multiple ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    24 hours after EC deadline, only 2 Kol booths get ‘logical discrepancy’ & ‘unmapped’ lists

    Kolkata: The wait to see the ‘logical discrepancy' list grew longer on Sunday — a day after Election Commission's deadline — with only a couple of ward offices in Alipore and Deshbandhu School in north Kolkata displaying it. Few ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    IIT changes PhD rules to make scholars future-ready

    Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur has introduced "progressive and student-friendly" PhD reforms to make research scholars future-ready and minimise "uncertainty in career".From rolling PhD advertisements, enabling year-round entry aligned with research readiness, flexibility in eligibility criteria, and freedom to choose coursework ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    RG Kar-probe cops to get R-Day honours

    Kolkata: Two senior police officers in the rank of commissioner and joint director from two separate units belonging to the state and the central cadres, who had supervised the RG Kar rape-murder probe last year, will be awarded for ...

    26 January 2026 Times of India
    Patty seller, thrashed at Gita event for peddling non-veg, back in Kolkata but skips ‘unsafe areas’

    Kolkata: Sk Riyajul, who had to leave Kolkata more than a month ago following assaults on him for selling “non-veg” puffs during a mass Gita recital in the Maidan, has returned to Kolkata, driven by desperation to earn a ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    Twin black leopards in a frame: Cams click rare moment in Kurseong

    Kolkata: In a rare moment, two melanistic leopards have been clicked by a camera trap in N Bengal's Kurseong forest division. Foresters claimed this will probably be the first time anywhere in the Indian wild that two black leopards ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
    67-year-old widow stands in queue with marriage cert

    Kolkata: On Sunday afternoon, 67-year-old widow Basabi Chakraborty stood in an SIR hearing queue with her Sept 1983 marriage certificate to show proof of her marriage to poet Bhaskar Chakraborty, with poet Joy Goswami listed as one of the ...

    25 January 2026 Times of India
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