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  • 2 fall prey to investment scammers, lose 40L

    Kolkata: Cops in Kolkata and Bidhannagar have registered two cases of investment fraud, one of them involving the Telegram app, leading to losses of Rs 21 lakh and Rs 19.4 lakh respectively.According to the complaint lodged with Kolkata Police, ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    Man promised MBBS seat for son, duped of 45L, 8L gold chain

    Kolkata: A Panchasayar resident claimed he was cheated of Rs 45 lakh and a gold chain, worth Rs 8 lakh, by an education firm, suggested to him by some doctors, on the promise of securing an MBBS seat at ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    Boost to Bengal tourism as Kolkatans plan short getaways on long weekend

    Kolkata: Kolkatans are seizing a rare 5-day-long weekend holiday window to escape the city, sending tourist footfall soaring across Bengal's most-loved destinations. The holiday bonanza begins on Thursday, with the state announcing a holiday for Saraswati Puja, followed by ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    ED director on 3-day Kol visit to review agency ops

    Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate director Rahul Naveen is likely to reach Kolkata on Thursday on a three-day visit to review the operations of the central investigating agency. Naveen may also meet governor C V Ananda Bose.Naveen is likely to meet ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    Absent lawyers attract HC ire

    Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Wednesday expressed its displeasure over the absence of state govt's lawyers for yet another day during the hearing of a petition related to overcrowding of prisons, pending since 2017, and fixed next hearing for ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    Won’t act against Suvendu till Jan 28: State to HC

    Kolkata: Bengal govt on Wednesday submitted before the Calcutta High Court that it would not take any coercive steps against leader of the opposition in Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari until Jan 28. The state had pressed criminal charges against ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    TMC’s ‘BJP-B’ jibe after Nawsad’s alliance hint

    Kolkata: Months ahead of the assembly polls, ISF MLA Nawsad Siddique on Wednesday called for a non-BJP alliance to oust TMC from office. CPM and Congress, too, said they were "open to dialogue with partners with similar objectives".TMC hit ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    DGP appt: CAT overrides UPSC, asks Bengal to resend panel

    Kolkata: Overriding a UPSC directive to Bengal to go to the Supreme Court for delay in sending its panel recommendation for appointing the state's next director-general of police, the Central Administrative Tribunal has asked the state to resubmit its ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    Spl ops on Blue, Yellow lines on Fri

    Kolkata: Metro will run special services on the Blue and Yellow lines on Friday on account of Netaji's birthday and Saraswati Puja. The Blue Line will run 236 trains instead of 272 while Yellow Line will run 92 services ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    SSC releases panel of 18,900 shortlisted teachers for 11-12

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Central School Service Commission on Wednesday released the names of 18,900 candidates, shortlisted for the posts of assistant teachers for classes 11 and 12 at state schools.Around 26,000 teachers and non-teaching school staffers lost their ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    Egg crates lit to keep warm, sr citizen dies

    Kolkata: A 66-year-old woman, Lakhi Shaw, died from burns after a fire broke out at her residence in Garden Reach early on Wednesday. Police said Lakhi had lit egg crates to keep warm, which led to the fire.According to ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    Garia tourist’s body found in Matla

    Kolkata: Five days after Garia resident Suman Pal fell into the Matla from a boat in the Sundarbans, his body was recovered on Wednesday, nearly 5 km from the spot where he went missing. A search was launched under ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    Man steals 1.9L, gold & silver jewellery from own home, held

    Kolkata: More than 45 days after a woman lodged a theft complaint, cops arrested her husband, Nazir Khan, after officers analysed CCTV footage near their home in Metiabruz on the day of the theft.Sanno Khan (33), who lives on ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    More photos of tiger in Buxa prompt ID probe

    Kolkata: More photos of a full grown tiger have been clicked in north Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve in the past three-four days making the foresters scanning database across a huge landscape connecting the forest to Assam's Manas National Park ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    Tolly-Behala link left in a shambles

    Kolkata: Motilal Gupta Road, which connects Sakherbazar in Behala to Tollygunge, has been lying in shambles and crying out for early repair. In fact, it was an endless wait for the residents of Behala to get rid of the ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    NIA court convicts Hyd-based ‘LeT man’ to 10 yrs’ jail

    Kolkata: A special NIA court in Kolkata on Wednesday sentenced 33-year-old Saeed Mohammad Idris from Hyderabad, also known as Munna, to 10 years in prison and imposed a fine in a sedition case linked to a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) module.The ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    Winter easing in Kolkata: Record-breaking cold ends; day and night temperatures may rise today, says Met

    KOLLKATA: Both maximum and minimum temperatures on Wednesday rose above the normal mark in Kolkata after 37 days, marking the beginning of the end of winter 202526, which saw many record breaking chilly days. From now, both days and ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek slams CPM-turned-BJP netas for blocking Purulia devpt

    Kolkata/Purulia: Clubbing BJP with Congress and the Left, Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday accused political opponents of blocking people's rights. Speaking at a public rally in Purulia, the MP also continued his critique of the SIR ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    Bharti Airtel boosts network connectivity on Vidyasagar Setu

    Kolkata: Bharti Airtel, one of the leading telecommunications service providers in the country, has laid 1.3 km of fibre across the entire stretch of Vidyasagar Setu and deployed network antennae over six poles to ensure that users get seamless ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    After SC order, BMC plans stray sterilisation, sets up feed zones

    Kolkata: Following Supreme Court directives, the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to appoint an agency for the systematic capture, sterilization, and treatment of sick or injured stray dogs, and thereafter release them at the pick-up points. The civic ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    People’s Film Fest to screen tales of resilience from immigrants’ lives

    Kolkata: Narratives of immigrant lives will take centre stage at the forthcoming 12th edition of the Kolkata People's Film Festival (KPFF). It will feature accounts of Bengali migrants in Kerala, Bangladeshi immigrants in the US, and even a Rohingya ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    2 suffer heart attack before hearing, kin blame SIR stress

    Kolkata/Jalpaiguri: Two more deaths related to the SIR process were reported from Bengal in the past 24 hours — one from North 24 Parganas and the other from Jalpaiguri.In North 24 Parganas, a 70-year-old man allegedly died of a ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    JU plans Santhali dept, 2 new schools

    Kolkata: The Jadavpur University executive council (EC) has in principle decided to create a new department in the Santhali language for offering degrees. The EC also approved the bifurcation of the department of adult continuing education and extension into ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    JU to launch multi-service platform

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University will develop an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, which is an integrated software platform that centralises academic, administrative, student-related services and finance-related matters, replacing the manual system and overhauling some of the old digital portals like ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata mayor: Recover outstanding property tax

    Kolkata: Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim on Wednesday asked senior KMC officers to recover outstanding property taxes, which have run into several hundred crores of rupees. The mayor said the tax dues were a cause for worry, considering the rising ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    Hold faculty council meets: Presi teachers

    Kolkata: Presidency University teachers wrote a letter to the vice-chancellor (VC) on Tuesday, urging the authorities to convene faculty council meetings at the earliest. The last meeting was held in April 2022."The faculty council meeting could not be convened ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal eye knockout berth

    Kolkata: It's back to red-ball cricket as Ranji Trophy returns after a gap of two months. To refresh memories Bengal are sitting at the top of Elite Group ‘C' with 23 points from five matches. But they are yet ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    Explain lapses in filing FIR against 5, EC tells state govt

    Kolkata: The EC on Wednesday directed the state government to explain by Saturday the procedural lapses in initiating FIRs against two EROs and AEROs of Moyna and Baruipur East and a data entry operator. The EC said they were ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Police plans green boost for its fleet with 200 new EVs

    Kolkata: In a cost-cutting measure and to contribute towards a clean environment, the Kolkata Police (KP) is set to augment its transport fleet with 200 electric vehicles over the next few months.An estimated Rs 44 crore is likely to ...

    22 January 2026 Times of India
    Clashes, protests in districts over SIR form submission

    Hooghly/Bankura: Tension continued over the submission of Form 7 across Bengal districts on Tuesday as Trinamool and BJP workers blocked roads and staged protests.The violence prompted Trinamool to appeal to people not to be "provoked". "The anger and frustration ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata weather today: Sunny skies, air quality concerns remain

    Kolkata, on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, is experiencing a bright, sunny day with a significant warm-up into the afternoon, yet lingering severe air pollution from yesterday remains a primary concern for residents. The day is characterized by a "familiar ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    CM to hold admin meet in Singur on Jan 28

    Kolkata/Singur: CM Mamata Banerjee is all set to hold an administrative meeting in Singur on Jan 28, days after PM Narendra Modi addressed a public meeting at the area which was once Bengal's political hotspot.The CM is likely to ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Use central forces, intel inputs to stop Beldanga violence: HC

    Kolkata: Flagging the repeated spurt in violence in Murshidabad as "worrisome", Calcutta High Court on Tuesday urged the Bengal govt to utilise central armed police forces and use intelligence inputs to prevent a recurrence of violence in Beldanga.A division ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    5 more arrested in Beldanga violence case, total held now 36

    Kolkata: Five more people have been arrested in connection with the recent unrest in Beldanga, taking the total number of arrests to 36, police officials said. The arrested persons were identified as Noor Alam, Robiul Islam, Noor Alam Molla, ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    2013 panchayat poll murder: HC upholds life sentence for duo

    Kolkata: Trusting the victim's dying declaration, Calcutta High Court on Tuesday upheld life imprisonment to two convicts for a murder that took place a day before the 2013 panchayat polls in Birbhum.Sagar Ghosh, father of Independent candidate Hriday Ghosh, ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    ITC Hotels Q3 net profit rises 9.4% to Rs 235 cr; revenue up 21%

    Kolkata: ITC Hotels reported a 9.4% year-on-year increase in its consolidated net profit to Rs 235.1 crore for the third quarter this fiscal, backed by a 21.2% jump in revenue during the period. The company's net profit stood at ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    LT Elevator hopes to cross Rs 400-cr revenue mark by FY2028

    Kolkata: City-based LT Elevator is hoping to cross the Rs 400-crore mark in revenue by FY 2028. The company is already on the verge of crossing the Rs 150-crore mark by the end of this fiscal following the acquisition ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Congress stages protest over electoral roll revision

    Kolkata: Congress workers, led by state president Shubhankar Sarkar, on Tuesday staged a demonstration outside EC's office here, protesting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal.Barricades were set up outside the CEO's office, which protestors attempted ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    BJP neta held in Tamluk over bid to delete 343 living voters

    Tamluk: A BJP panchayat member was arrested on Monday after a booth-level officer (BLO) filed an FIR alleging that the local neta attempted to submit multiple Form 7 applications to delete the names of 343 living voters from the ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    On Founder’s Day, Presi alumni urge entrance tests for all depts

    Kolkata: The Presidency Alumni Association on Tuesday advocated for entrance tests by all the departments to be able to admit bright students to undergraduate courses at the university. But opinions were divided among Presidency professors with seven departments wanting ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Out on bail, murder accused kills another relative

    Kolkata: A 38-year-old man, Saikat Pramanik, who had earlier been imprisoned for killing an uncle, has been arrested again on Tuesday for allegedly murdering another uncle in Ichhapore, shortly after being released on bail. Police said, Saikat had been ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Bat survey: No active Nipah virus in any, antibodies found in one

    Kolkata: While no active Nipah virus was found in bats during the sero-surveillance in Barasat, experts detected antibodies in one bat, indicating past infection. Teams from the health and forest departments, along with a team from NIV Pune, launched ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Kol max temp breaches normal mark after 5 weeks

    Kolkata: On Tuesday, the maximum temperature at 26.9°C breached the normal mark in Kolkata after over five weeks. While a sudden rise in mercury is not expected, Met officials indicated the possibility of a gradual rise in the coming ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Harsh winter this year leads to cardiac case spurt

    Kolkata: The sharp drop in mercury led to a spurt in cardiac diseases, with several hospitals reporting a rise in patients seeking treatment at the emergency department and then getting admitted. Many suffered heart attacks triggered by blockages, which, ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    State removes Rajganj BDO after SC rejects his bail plea

    Jalpaiguri: The Bengal govt on Tuesday removed Prasanta Barman as Rajganj BDO and posted the joint BDO of the same block, Sourav Kanti Mandal, in his place. The decision came within 24 hours of the Supreme Court rejecting Barman's ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Md Shami, with 462 wickets for India, falls in line for SIR

    KOLKATA: “I am a proud Indian and Bengal citizen. If called 10 times I will come and prove my citizenship on every single occasion,” said Indian fast bowler Md Shami, who has 462 wickets across formats, after appearing for ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Japan, Taiwan, Middle East top international job offers at IIT-Kharagpur, US-Europe far behind

    KOLKATA: The bulk of international job offers at IIT Kharagpur since the 2023-24 placement season have come from Japan, Taiwan and the Middle East, leaving the US and Europe far behind.Also, domestic offers ranging between Rs 1 crore and ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Slogan decided, poll narratives set: New BJP prez meets Bengal netas

    Kolkata: Hours before his name was announced as the national president of BJP, Nitin Nabin held his first meeting with Bengal BJP netas to take stock of the party's poll preparedness and SIR issues. Sources said Nabin was likely ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    CM to hold admin meet in Singur on Jan 28

    Kolkata/Singur: CM Mamata Banerjee is all set to hold an administrative meeting in Singur on Jan 28, days after PM Narendra Modi addressed a public meeting at the area which was once Bengal's political hotspot.The CM is likely to ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Retd civil engineer & IIT alumnus loses 3 crore in digital arrest

    Kolkata: A retired civil engineer and IIT alumnus living in New Town who served a leadership role in multiple MNCs lost Rs 3.3 crore in a prolonged "digital arrest" scam. Fraudsters posing as law enforcement and central agency officials ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Assault on woman over noise dispute

    Kolkata: A 30-year-old woman was allegedly attacked with a chopper and reportedly molested by her neighbour in east Kolkata's Anandapur Lake Pally area around 3.30 pm on Jan 18, after repeated disputes over loud music, police said.The woman, a ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Rape accused held on return from London after 8 yrs

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police arrested a man from Mumbai airport after he returned to India from London, eight years after a woman accused him of rape on the false promise of marriage.Police identified the accused as Sheikh Soheb, a resident ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Dispute over 20,000 loan may have led to senior citizen’s murder in Behala: Cops

    Kolkata: A dispute over Rs 20,000 might have led to the murder of singer and former Doordarshan employee Anita Ghosh, known as Buladi, at her residence in Behala Natunpara on Monday morning, investigators revealed on Tuesday.According to the claims ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Test my DNA: Man attends hearing with graveyard soil

    Malda: A young man in his 30s, desperate to prove his Indian nationality, brought soil from his grandfather's grave at the SIR hearing and demanded that it be tested so that his grandfather's DNA could be matched with his ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Domestic help robs Posta trader

    Kolkata: Yet another incident of theft by a domestic servant was reported in the city—this time in central Kolkata—with Posta PS registering a case on Jan 19, based on a written complaint alleging theft from a residence in Sikdarpara ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Old habits die hard: SC order yet to reach booths, electors face SIR test

    Kolkata: A day after the Supreme Court issued fresh directions to the EC on the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, confusion continues to prevail on the ground in Bengal, with the BLOs saying they are yet to receive ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    EC may extend SIR deadline in state by 10 days

    Kolkata: The deadline for hearings under the SIR, earlier set for Feb 7, will be extended by at least 10 days following the Supreme Court order, a senior Election Commission (EC) official said. As a result, the final publication ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Emergency fire personnel, equipment at fair ground

    Kolkata: There will be 800 fire extinguishers placed on the walls of book stalls, along with the deployment of 250 fire and emergency services officials to tackle any emergency fire situation at the International Kolkata Book Fair, which is ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Treated water boost for S Kol pockets by ’27

    Kolkata: In another two years, residents staying in parts of Jodhpur Park, Lake Gardens and neighbourhoods off EM Bypass (closer to Avisikta) — Kalitala Main Road, Sri Hari Pally, Square Land Park, Golden Park, Dakshinayan Society and School Road ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    SIR process flawed, could’ve been avoided: Netaji kin

    Kolkata: Netaji's grand-nephew, Chandra Bose, who was called for an SIR hearing on Jan 16, said the discrepancies mentioned for the call and clarifications sought from him were unfounded.His name was apparently ‘missing' on the 2002 voter list, which ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Commuters suffer as rallyists derail traffic in central Kol

    Kolkata: Three separate sets of protesters and rallyists, numbering over 6,000, blocked key Esplanade approaches to press for their demands and threw traffic out of gear for more than four hours on Tuesday.The entire area, from as far as ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Fracas in colleges over Saraswati Puja funds

    Kolkata: Ahead of Saraswati Puja, protests by students over puja funds and control of arrangements were reported at several prominent colleges in the city, while a late-night clash between 2 student groups at a south-west Kolkata college left multiple ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    China set to make Kolkata book fair comeback after 15 years

    Kolkata: China is returning to the International Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF) after a gap of 15 years.Officials of Publishers and Booksellers Guild visited the Salt Lake Central Park book fairground on Tuesday. Last-minute preparations were on to set up ...

    21 January 2026 Times of India
    Former caregiver fatally stabs 64-year-old DD ex-singer at home

    Kolkata: A 64-year-old woman, an accomplished singer on Akashvani and Doordarshan, was fatally stabbed in her Behala flat on Monday morning allegedly by a woman who had worked as a caregiver for the victim's husband four years ago. Police ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    Have four or more siblings? In SIR season, it may be a ‘logical discrepancy’ in Bengal

    Kolkata: Do you have four or more siblings? If you haven't already received an SIR hearing notice, you may get one soon, because Election Commission is placing such voters in the "logical discrepancy" category.Not that those with less than ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    UCO Bank sees 15.7% rise in y-o-y net profit

    Kolkata: UCO Bank saw a 15.7% increase in year-on-year net profit to Rs 739.5 crore for the third quarter of the current fiscal. The PSU lender's operating profit grew around 6% y-o-y and provisions fell 11% y-o-y. The bank ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    Migrant worker from Cooch Behar ‘killed’ in Assam, stirs up row

    Jalpaiguri: A 33-year-old man from Cooch Behar district was allegedly killed in Assam with Trinamool claiming he was targeted for being a Bengali-speaking migrant.The deceased, identified as Himankar Paul, was a resident of Kursamari village under the Sitalkuchi block. ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    6 die across Bengal in 24 hrs, kin blame anxiety over SIR

    Kolkata: Six deaths were reported from five districts of Bengal in the past 24 hours — North 24 Parganas, Nadia, Birbhum, Purulia and West Burdwan—allegedly linked to panic over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Of the ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    Blindsided by PM Singur speech, state BJP netas scramble to justify omission

    Singur/Kolkata: Seemingly blindsided by PM Narendra Modi's Sunday speech in Singur, which made no mention of Tata or an industry, Bengal BJP netas on Monday spoke in many voices, trying to justify a "considered omission".A state BJP senior said ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    PILs in HC seek central forces in Beldanga

    Kolkata: Two public interest litigations (PILs) have been filed at Calcutta High Court, seeking deployment of central forces at Beldanga in Murshidabad, on Monday. While one PIL was filed by BJP, the other was filed by a Beldanga resident. ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    Election officials who send out SIR notices receive them too

    East Midnapore: Assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs) and electoral registration officers (EROs), the officials sending summons for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearings across Bengal, have started receiving hearing summons themselves. AEROs, typically, are block development officers (BDOs) who take ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    Kabir can seek security from MHA, says HC

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday allowed Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir to seek security cover from the Union home ministry if he wished to do so, after the former Trinamool neta moved the HC recently, saying his life was ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    Onus on EC now to keep SIR peaceful, say Bengal BJP netas as apex court allows BLAs in hearing

    Kolkata: Following the Supreme Court's Monday order on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Bengal BJP said it was now the Election Commission's onus to ensure a peaceful process if the court order, especially the parts pertaining to ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    New Amrit Bharat trains on key routes from Friday

    Kolkata: South-Eastern and Eastern Railway are expecting a huge rush for the new long-distance Amrit Bharat trains that PM Narendra Modi virtually flagged off from Singur on Sunday."The trains will run between Santragachhi and Tambaram (near Chennai), between Howrah ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    Form-7 row sparks clashes across Bengal

    Kolkata: Trinamool and BJP workers clashed across parts of Bengal on Monday morning over submission of form-7s, the forms required to be submitted to seek exclusion of absentee and dead voters from rolls. By Monday evening, the last date ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    Recruitment row: Docs seek ouster of job board chair

    Kolkata: While the larger medical community expressed concerns over irregularities in medical teacher recruitment, a doctors' association went further, demanding the removal of the chairperson of the West Bengal Health Recruitment Board. On Monday, the Association of Health Service ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    Feeling unsafe: Christian assn to hit the streets

    Kolkata: Spreading the message of communal harmony, thousands of members from the Bengal Christian Council are set to walk in a peace rally from St Paul's Cathedral to the Mayo Road crossing near the Gandhi statue on Tuesday. Ahead ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    SC stays Cal HC decision on wait-listed 2016 SSC candidate

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Calcutta High Court order that had granted age-relaxation benefits to a waitlisted candidate during the 2016 school service commission recruitment process for assistant teachers for classes 9 to 12.In a Dec ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    Docu traces French identity & Puducherry merger debate

    Kolkata: Pankaj Rishi Kumar's ‘To Die A Frenchman', the only Indian documentary to have a world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), was privately screened at SRFTI on Monday. The film, which has some crew members from ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    Drones to track river pollution along 120 km stretch of Hooghly

    Kolkata: For the first time, the State Mission for Clean Ganga (SMCG), West Bengal, with the technical assistance of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), will conduct a drone-based survey to identify and map all outfalls and drains, covering ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    Presi staffers protest pension centralisation

    Kolkata: Protests against centralised pension disbursement via DPPG spread across state-aided universities, with about 200 Presidency University staffers holding a rally on Monday. They said the state move "threatens retirement benefits and undermines institutional autonomy."Although the higher education department ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    Gold trader murder: SC asks BDO to surrender

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Monday directed Rajganj BDO Prashant Burman to surrender before a Salt Lake court by Jan 23 in connection with the murder of Salt Lake gold trader Swapan Kamilya.Kamilya had allegedly been kidnapped from Salt ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    2 abuse and assault woman scooterist

    Kolkata: The Tiljala Police received a complaint alleging a hit-and-assault incident involving a car and a woman riding a scooty near Roy Dhaba on Chowbaga Road off EM Bypass on the night of Jan 15.According to the written complaint ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    After 37 days in custody, Messi event organiser Satadru gets bail

    Kolkata: Satadru Dutta, the main organiser and promoter of Lionel Messi's India tour, was granted bail by a Bidhannagar court on Monday, 37 days after he was arrested due to alleged mismanagement of the high-profile event at the Salt ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata airport emerges as CISF’s biggest hub for female personnel in India

    Kolkata: As the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) moves to raise its first all-women battalion, Kolkata airport has emerged as the force's biggest hub for women personnel. Senior CISF officials on Monday said the airport currently has around 350 ...

    20 January 2026 Times of India
    Which direction is India moving? After Amartya Sen, Netaji Kin Chandra Bose protests SIR hearing call

    KOLKATA: Chandra Bose, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandnephew and a former BJP neta, said he, his wife and their three children were called for an SIR hearing but the notices sent to them did not cite any reason.Bose and ...

    19 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Weather: Sunny Skies, Warm Afternoon, Cooler Night, Air Quality Alert

    Kolkata begins Monday, January 19, 2026, with a clear and bright outlook, anticipating a sunny day with temperatures ranging from a minimum of 15.9°C to a maximum of 30.4°C. However, air quality remains a significant concern, as yesterday’s pollution ...

    19 January 2026 Times of India
    Singur tries to decode PM Modi’s speech, misses industry mention

    Singur: Thousands of people gathered at the abandoned Tata Nano factory site in Singur on Sunday, in the hope that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would provide a roadmap for the revival of industry in the region. But their hope ...

    19 January 2026 Times of India
    No Tata, no Nano: At Singur rally, PM Narendra Modi avoids land for industry issue; targets ‘Trinamool’s jungle raj’ instead

    SINGUR: "Tata", "Nano" or "land for industry" - the key words that BJP was using in the run-up to Narendra Modi's weekend visit to Singur - failed to find even a single mention in the Prime Minister's 37-minute speech ...

    19 January 2026 Times of India
    No Singur project in PM Narendra Modi's speech, says Bengal industries minister; TMC calls BJP netas ‘disappointed’

    KOLKATA: Bengal industries minister Shashi Panja took a dig at the Prime Minister, saying he did not announce any project for Singur in his speech at a rally there on Sunday, leaving Bengal BJP’s netas and workers “disappointed” and ...

    19 January 2026 Times of India
    TMC sweeps cooperative poll in Nandigram

    Nandigram: Trinamool swept all 12 seats in the election to the Amdabad Samabay Krishi Unnayan Samity Ltd under Ambadab 1 gram panchayat on Sunday, dealing a clean defeat to BJP and the Left front. The result is politically significant ...

    19 January 2026 Times of India
    Work on to construct first floor of SL Rabindra Bhavan

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has completed setting up the ground floor structure and is now constructing the first floor of the six-storey Rabindra Bhavan project in Salt Lake, utilising about Rs 10.9 crore in funds which the ...

    19 January 2026 Times of India
    Close contacts: All 190 samples Nipah -ve

    Kolkata: Six days into the Nipah virus outbreak, the number of infected people in the city stands still at two. ICMR-NICED Kolkata, where samples of close contacts were tested, did not detect the virus in any of the 190 ...

    19 January 2026 Times of India
    Share-trading fraud: Crooks dupe sr citizen of 16 lakh

    Kolkata: A senior citizen was allegedly cheated of nearly Rs 16 lakh by fraudsters posing as representatives of reputed share trading platforms after luring him through social media advertisements, police said on Saturday.The victim, a resident of the Belghoria ...

    19 January 2026 Times of India
    NT ex-PSU official loses 49L in 2-day digi arrest

    Kolkata: A 69-year-old retired senior executive of a public sector steel major from New Town lost Rs 49 lakh after fraudsters impersonating CBI officers kept him under "digital arrest" over video calls, and threatened him with arrest in a ...

    19 January 2026 Times of India
    Biting cold makes audience choosier this concert season

    Kolkata: Dec and Jan have long been favoured months for Kolkata's music community; this year, however, the drop in temperature has introduced a new measure of discernment. For the first time, the winter chill is being treated as an ...

    19 January 2026 Times of India
    Experts eye MSME route to revive Bengal chemical sector

    Kolkata: Although the state govt scrapped the proposed Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR) at Nayachar Island over a decade ago, Bengal still has significant potential to revive chemical and allied industries through targeted policy support and the ...

    19 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata: PM Narendra Modi flags off 3 Amrit Bharat Express trains; south eastern railway gets major connectivity boost

    KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday flagged off three new Amrit Bharat Express trains through video conferencing, significantly strengthening long-distance and regional rail connectivity under the South Eastern Railway (SER) zone. The Prime Minister also inaugurated a new ...

    19 January 2026 Times of India
    Two migrant workers from Malda killed in Karnataka road accident

    Malda: Two migrant workers from Malda district died and three others were injured when a pick-up van collided with a lorry at Vijaynagar in Karnataka on Thursday night. The deceased were Aslam Sk, 18, and Rekabat Sk, 60, both ...

    19 January 2026 Times of India
    2nd VIP Rd-Salt Lake Bailey bridge set to open by Jan 31

    Kolkata: The Bailey bridge connecting Salt Lake and VIP Road near Dakshindari, the second such bridge over the Kestopur canal off VIP Road, is set to open to traffic by Jan 31.Officials of KMDA said that work to set ...

    19 January 2026 Times of India
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