Kolkata: Bengal chief electoral officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal will meet Election Commission (EC) officials and Union home ministry officials in Delhi on Monday to discuss the deployment of central forces during the upcoming assembly elections.With polls likely to be ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata/Hindmotor: For the fourth time in a decade, burglars struck swimmer Bula Chowdhury's residence at her native town, Hindmotor in Hooghly district. Chowdhury, the first woman to swim across seven seas in five continents, discovered the break-in on Saturday. ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Kolkata Metro will run special New Year services on the Blue and Green lines on four consecutive Sundays (Jan 4, 11, 18 and 25). On these days, the Blue Line will run 160 services instead of 130. Services ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A first-of-its-kind collective in the city, formed to protect a tamarind tree planted over 70 years ago by freedom fighter Parul Mukherjee, managed to save it from being felled. On Saturday, the forest department officials informed the members ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Mamata Banerjee govt will ensure that the daily wages of tea garden workers are increased to Rs 300 per day within a month of coming to office in 2026, Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Eighty-four-year-old Adhikari family satrap, Sisir Adhikari's remark at a public meeting in Bhagabanpur on Friday where he sought an "apology with folded hands for leading people the wrong way", referring to Trinamool Congress, drew a sharp response from ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaDarjeeling: Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) chief Anit Thapa on Saturday said the region's long-pending statehood demand could not be achieved through electoral victories or party politics. Thapa said that voting for BJP or winning elections never led to, and ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) areas had two consecutive years with second lowest and third lowest dengue cases reported in 2024 and 2025 within a 9-year span since 2017. While 390 dengue cases were reported across Salt Lake ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: KMC urged state irrigation department to take up dredging of several outfall canals that carry storm water and prevent the city from flooding after a heavy downpour. According to an official, a survey of the city's prime outfall ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The death of a 57-year-old woman and her 78-year-old caretaker under mysterious circumstances at Kalindi in Lake Town led the woman's daughter — residing in Lake Town and pursuing an MSc in biochemistry — to allege that her ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Ruling in favour of the homebuyers at ‘Atmosphere – the luxurious condominium' off EM Bypass, the West Bengal Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (WBREAT) on Friday upheld RERA's interim order restraining promoters from ‘alienating, transferring or dealing' with any ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Six policemen were injured after a mob attacked them while they were attempting to arrest a local TMC worker, Musa Mollah, in Boyarmari village under Sandeshkhali block-II. Mollah, who was arrested, had been accused of illegally occupying waterbodies ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A Rs 9.7-crore national project to study the toxicological and safety evaluation of traditional medicine systems—Ayurvedic herbs and formulations—has led to the development of the Centre for Evaluation of Traditional Medicine (TradMed-CoE) at Jadavpur University, aimed at promoting ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The minimum temperature in Kolkata on Saturday climbed up by 1 degree to touch the normal mark at 14.2°C after staying sub-normal for five days. The maximum temperature, at 23.4°C, however, stayed 1.7°C below normal as the day ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Kolkata Police would soon set up a dedicated cyber cell police station for each division so that senior citizens did not have to travel all the way to Lalbazar to lodge their cybercrime complaints, reiterated Kolkata Police commissioner ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: It was back to the classroom, quite literally, for more than 1,000 students of South Point High School who attended classes conducted by former teachers on Saturday.It was a ‘Back to School' day, organised by South Point Ex-Students' ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The school that served as the alma mater of doyens, like Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Shambhu Mitra and RD Burman, stepped into its centenary year on Saturday.Ballygunge Govt High School took out a colourful procession on the 99th ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The board of studies (BoS) of the English department at Jadavpur University suggested that the HOD, Saswati Halder, sorted out the hijab controversy with students through dialogues. The English department held its BoS meeting on Friday to discuss ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Airport Police received a complaint alleging that loan recovery agents used criminal intimidation, obscene and sexual threats, and online harassment against a borrower and his family members, including a minor child, in connection with a personal loan, ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Amid growing anxiety in Bongaon's Matua-dominated areas over the possible deletion of a large number of names from voters' list during the SIR process, the BJP found itself further embarrassed on Saturday as one of its own MLAs ...
4 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Election Commission has asked BLOs to post "live photos" of electors on BLO App whom they served hearing notice. The new direction of the commission reached BLOs in Kolkata and other parts of the state on Saturday.BLOs ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Election Commission has asked BLOs to post "live photos" of electors on BLO App whom they served hearing notice. The new direction of the commission reached BLOs in Kolkata and other parts of the state on Saturday.BLOs ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaHooghly: Dhananjay Chaturvedi, an 85-year-old resident of Rishra who was summoned for an SIR hearing on Sunday and was admitted to Rishra Maternity Hospital on Dec 29, passed away on Thursday.His family claimed he was worried about SIR hearing. ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: All India Imam Association (AIAA) president Maulana Sajid Rashidi on Saturday came out in support of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan amid criticism over the inclusion of Bangladeshi pacer Mustafizur Rahman in his IPL franchise, Kolkata Knight Riders ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Six police personnel were injured after a mob attacked them while they were arresting a Trinamool Congress (TMC) activist in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali area of North 24 Parganas district police said on Saturday.The injured policemen, including an officer, ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: The The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has taken a major step toward operationalising its proposed Institute of Energy Transition (IoET) with a series of formal endorsements from the Union government and the signing of a Memorandum of ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaSiliguri: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is likely to lay the foundation stone of a Mahakal temple, the construction of which she had earlier announced, in Siliguri, on Jan 16. Banerjee had announced the construction of a bigger temple on ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaMoyna: The body of a 33-year-old BJP worker, missing since Sunday, was recovered from a pond near his home in the Sudampur area of Moyna in East Midnapore on Thursday morning, reports Suman Mandal.The deceased, Subrata Adhikari, was a ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: EC on Friday sought a report from the South 24 Parganas district magistrate (DM) on allegations of living people being marked dead. "For a work of this magnitude, there can be genuine errors (during SIR enumeration). But if ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Consent or lack of it will not matter if Election Commission wants to set up polling booths in housing complexes.District election officers (DEO) of Kolkata North, Kolkata South and five districts have sent lists mentioning 70-80 housing complexes ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A desperate rush for ‘auspicious dates' this wedding season has pushed up the demand for and the cost of booking ceremony halls and, in turn, the cost of weddings that have taken place over the last few weeks.Kolkata's ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaDigha's Jagannath temple is all set to celebrate the ‘pushpa abhishek' (floral bathing ceremony) of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra on Saturday. Unlike the traditional ‘snana yatra' of June — where the deities are bathed in the ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A survivor of a heinous crime like trafficking cannot be called repeatedly for cross-examination just because the accused's lawyer wants to put more questions to her, Calcutta High Court has ruled and set aside a trial court order ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaEgra: A late-night heist attempt in Chatla village in Egra under east Midnapore district sparked high drama on Thursday after a gold merchant, despite being seriously injured, managed to alert locals who cornered the suspects and handed them over ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) asked the Jadavpur University registrar to submit facts and information on the action taken following a second-year IR department student's complaint against associate professor Arup Bhattacharya, who allegedly made hateful comments ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Around 1,300 new beds are set to be added across multiple private hospitals in 2026. Those getting ready to augment capacity next year include Ruby General Hospital, Disha Hospital, Charnock Hospital, Woodlands Multispecialty Hospital, Belle Vue, and BP ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Residents of Salt Lake and those staying off VIP Road at Golaghata and Dakshindari are to get better connectivity between Salt Lake and VIP Road this month with the Bailey bridge over Kestopur canal at Golaghata expected to ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Fissures deepened in the West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front, a day after anaesthesiologist Aniket Mahata, a prominent face of RG Kar protests, walked out of the front on Thursday, following differences over executive committee elections. The Resident Doctors' ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata/Malda: Days after Union home minister Amit Shah claimed BJP would be voted to office in Bengal with a two-thirds majority, Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said poll results will live up to Shah's expectations."Amit Shah is the finest ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday attached assets of minister for correctional administration Chandranath Sinha worth about Rs 3.6 crore over the school cash-for-jobs scam. Sources said around 10 properties, including residential homes, flats, land and a market, in ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The CBI on Friday filed its final charge sheet in the municipal jobs-for-cash scam, naming state govt official Jyotishman Chattopadhyay and a firm linked to prime accused Ayan Sil. The agency alleged that at least 600 fake appointments ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaBaruipur: "I will make three ghosts walk," said Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee as he ushered in three people on stage — two men from Metiabruz and a woman from Kakdwip — who he said had been marked ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The KMC seniors on Friday put the city's water installations on high alert, insisting on stricter lab tests of raw water before being sent to treatment plants. The directive came following the death of 10 people in Indore ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Visa issues had prevented Cuban director David Bim from attending the 31st Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), where his documentary, ‘To the West, in Zapatta', won the Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film in the International ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The inaugural Vietjet Thailand flight from Bangkok to Kolkata is scheduled to land in Kolkata on Saturday, with the return flight set to take off on Sunday. The airline had initially announced flights from Nov 16 but service ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The city recorded a slight improvement in air quality on Friday, offering a brief respite after a New Year's Day of severe pollution. Although air quality levels across all monitoring stations continued to remain in the ‘poor' category, ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: As the city welcomed the New Year, scammers resorted to a new trick to commit online frauds using fake event tickets, hotel deals and delivery links to steal money and personal data, cyber security experts and police said. ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: At least 15 people sustained injuries in clashes at Tangra and Tiljala during New Year celebrations. One of the injured, identified as Soumen Adhikary, suffered severe eye injury, leading doctors to fear loss of eyesight. Several vehicles were ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Reeling from the second straight year of poor business, traders and hoteliers in central Kolkata's ‘Mini Bangladesh' are looking at the new year with cautious optimism, even as a sharp drop in Bangladeshi tourists during the peak Dec-Jan ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Construction of the metro line between airport and Birati began with a puja on Friday. TOI reported on Aug 5, 2024, that Kolkata Metro's Yellow Line had gained traction. Armed with clearances from Airports Authority of India (AAI), ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Two women residing at one of the biggest complexes of New Town submitted a written complaint with Techno City Police on Wednesday, accusing two men—one of whom had a relationship with their third flatmate —of molestation, assault and ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 28-year-old youth from Sodepur, who was injured in an assault following an assault during a music concert of Bollywood composer-singer Ankit Tiwari at Panihati Festival, died of his injuries at a hospital four days later on Thursday ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: After dipping to a 15-year New Year low, temperatures in Kolkata rose slightly on Friday, though both the maximum and minimum remained below normal. The Met office expects the mercury to climb further by Saturday and hover around ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The regional passport office (RPO), Kolkata, announced a series of passport adalats in Jan to expedite scrutiny and processing of long-pending applications.The passport adalats will be held on Jan 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, and 29 at the ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Can Madhyamik admit card be Bengal's 14th SIR document? The West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer asked the EC to clarify. The SIR hearings are throwing up multiple pleas by people who did not clear Madhyamik but have the ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Of the 30.3 lakh hearing notices issued by EC, 20.5 lakh have reached voters. Among them, 3.3 lakh voters have attended hearing and their cases were sorted out within a week after the hearing started on Dec 27, ...
3 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Kolkata Police has recorded 95 cases of drink driving on New Year Day, with the total number of cases on Dec 31-Jan 1 clocking 245 prosecutions. This remained one of the highest in the past 10 months, though ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Development officers of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) approached the Calcutta High Court on Friday, stating that a 60-day SIR duty as electoral registration officer (ERO) hampered their work as they had to compulsorily meet certain premium targets ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The new academic session began on Friday in state-run schools in Kolkata, even as many campuses remained occupied for SIR hearings and several teachers stayed away on BLO duty, creating a manpower shortage.The state school education department asked ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaHowrah: Now an MLA who won the people's mandate in the last Assembly election in 2021 has been asked to prove her credentials.The EC has summoned Trinamool MLA (South Howrah Assembly) Nandita Choudhary for a hearing and directed her ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata woke up to the foulest air of the season on the first day of the year as midnight firecracker revelry pushed pollution levels deep into ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ zones at a time when cold air tends to ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: After more than a decade of clenched jaws and frantic corridor dashes, relief is finally in sight for flyers landing in Kolkata as the city's airport is set to rectify one of its most complained-about design flaws - ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: BJP senior Dilip Ghosh, under whose watch the party notched up its highest ever Lok Sabha seat tally in 2019, increased the state unit’s discomfort level by several notches the very day after his “rehabilitation” in the presence ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata/Bankura: Two deaths were reported in Bengal, with families of the deceased alleging that fears surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls triggered fatal heart attacks. The incidents occurred on New Year's Day, Thursday, in Swarupnagar of ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Trinamool "will not bow to malevolent forces," Bengal CM and the party's chief Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday on TMC's foundation day, flagging the party off into an election year.In a statement on X, the CM said: "The ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Devotees across faiths ushered in the new year with prayers and sermons, braving the early morning chill on Thursday to visit places of worship across Kolkata. For a large section, beginning the year with special prayers is an ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata Police cyber cell warned residents against calls from unknown and suspicious international numbers with the help of which cyber crooks trick receivers into activating ‘call forwarding' through USSD codes and then take over their banking and ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Aniket Mahata, one of the most prominent faces of the protests after the RG Kar rape-murder, on Thursday decided to step away from the West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front (WBJDF), the forum that had led the agitation.Mahata, an ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The proposed skywalk at the Ruby crossing, the construction of which has been stuck for years, may finally see the light of the day this year. Police commissioner Manoj Verma hinted that the RVNL might be approached to ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaBurdwan: Three members of a family were killed and the driver was seriously injured after their SUV rammed at high speed into the rear of a stationary gas tanker on NH-19 near Bambat Tala on Thursday, police said.The family ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaDarjeeling: A man from Darjeeling, Bhavesh Ghatani, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly impersonating an Indian Army soldier. The arrest took place during a joint operation of military intelligence and Matigara police near a shopping mall in Matigara. Authorities ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Bengal in the third week of Jan and hold a rally in north Bengal, according to sources. Union home minister Amit Shah, on the other hand is likely to visit ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: One person died and four others sustained injuries on the first day of the year in two accidents. The year's first fatal accident was reported on the connecting road between Kolkata Railway Station and Ultadanga Railway Station around ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bidhannagar Police registered two separate FIRs on Thursday over alleged derogatory social media posts against CM Mamata Banerjee and BJP neta Dilip Ghosh and his wife, officials said.In one case, Dilip Ghosh's wife Rinku approached the police, alleging ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: There may be some hope for around 34,576 Messi fans, who have been waiting for the refund of Salt Lake Stadium event ticket since Dec 13, at the beginning of the new year. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaDarjeeling: With the New Year ushering in fresh hope for travellers, the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) restored the crucial Rohini route, reconnecting Siliguri with the Queen of the Hills and significantly cutting travel time. The reopening of this scenic ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Teaching hours at CU-affiliated colleges are likely to increase in the new year with the Syndicate, the university's highest decision-making body, on Wednesday approving a restructuring of the exam system. The university will meet college principals shortly to ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: At year-end parties, the little black dress and high heels receded into the background as the chill reshaped the city's party wardrobe. Revellers traded bare legs for stockings and boots, slipping into long coats, and layering hoodies. Kolkata's ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The first online meeting of the committee investigating the hijab dispute at Jadavpur University was cancelled after the chancellor's nominee to the EC, Kazi Masum Akhatar, also a member of the panel, expressed "lack of confidence" in the ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The right to vote in 2026 is a New Year's resolution for some people who thronged the SIR hearing to prove their citizenship in the city, cancelling their other plans on Jan 1. Some booth level officers (BLOs) ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: A reputable private bank has lodged a police complaint, claiming a loan fraud of Rs 11.2 crore involving an education trust, mentioning three trustees, that reportedly runs an engineering college in Hooghly.The bank claimed the collateral documents submitted ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The coldest new year's day in at least 15 years rang in 2026. On Thursday, Kolkata woke up to another chilly morning with the minimum temperature at 11.6°C. Though it was slightly higher than Wednesday's, it was 2.6 ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The strike called by gig workers' unions between 12 pm and 4 pm on Wednesday, demanding a hike in incentives for delivery partners of e-commerce platforms including Swiggy and Zomato, did not have much impact in the city. ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Kolkata's struggle with air pollution entered a critical phase. While the city recorded measurable improvements in fine particulate matter (PM2.5) levels since the launch of India's National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), recent data suggest that progress slowed, even ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Tea estate workers living for generations for over 150 years in Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar, inmates of ashrams, particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs), who do not have linkage with the Bengal's 2002 SIR roll and do not possess ...
2 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Airport police arrested four alleged taxi touts at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on Tuesday as part of a year-end crackdown on harassment of passengers arriving in the city during the winter festive rush, said officers from ...
1 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Stakeholders in Tollywood have sought an appointment with the Commissioner of Police on Tuesday to request a probe into the misuse of social media and trolling aimed at undermining the film business. However, many are wondering if allegations ...
1 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: While the return of former Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh in positive limelight in the organisation brought relief to party old-timers on Wednesday, the absence of Matua netas Subrata Thakur and Asim Sarkar and Rajbangshi neta Ananta Maharaj ...
1 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The office of the chief electoral officer of Bengal wrote to the chief election commissioner, requesting a temporary exemption for secondary and higher secondary school teachers, working as BLOs, from their SIR duties during Madhyamik exams, slated for ...
1 January 2026 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A Kargil war hero, who was in Leh protecting India’s borders when the last Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was held in Bengal in 2002, is among the 32 lakh-odd citizens queuing up for hearings to ...
1 January 2026 Times of IndiaKalyani: Sabina Yasmin, the mother of Class IV student Tamanna Khatun who was killed in a bomb blast, attempted suicide on Tuesday night due to alleged anxiety over the prolonged legal battle to bring her daughter's killers to justice. ...
1 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The secret behind ‘vote chori' is in list manipulations and not EVMs, said Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday, after a meeting with the EC full bench. "If Congress, NCP (SP) AAP and RJD had ...
1 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Union home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asked his colleagues in the state unit to etch in their hearts a victory in Bengal. "Dil pe likh lo, is baar hamari sarkar", he said while addressing party workers and ...
1 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Nandini Chakravorty, a 1994-batch IAS officer, became Bengal's first woman chief secretary on Wednesday. She succeeds Manoj Pant, who retired on Dec 31. Jagdeesh Prasad Meena, a 2004-batch officer will succeed Chakravorty as home secretary. Pant will now ...
1 January 2026 Times of IndiaJalpaiguri: Kamtapur State Demand Council (KSDC) said in a press release on Wednesday that Centre had assured the banned Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) that its chairperson Jiban Singha Koch and other KLO members would be "free from confinement" and ...
1 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: In the light of the hijab controversy, Jadavpur University vice-chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharjee appealed to all university stakeholders to reaffirm JU's shared commitment to inter-faith harmony and the dignity of diversity, ensuring the conduct within and beyond the campus ...
1 January 2026 Times of IndiaThe EC stated that any OBC certificate, cancelled by the Calcutta High Court, could not be furnished for identification during the SIR exercise. The HC invalidated all OBC certificates issued from 2010 until May 2024. The commission informed DMs ...
1 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Single malt, Scotch and other high-end liquors have turned into the new flavour of the Christmas-New Year's Eve festive season in Kolkata. A distributor of liquor pointed out that from April to Nov, there was 12% rise in ...
1 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Office of the Bengal chief electoral officer until Wednesday evening received a list of high-rises, where polling stations could be set up, from five out of eight districts marked in the state. The EC had set Dec ...
1 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Calcutta University will hold its convocation after a five-year pause, and the Senate will be reconstituted by filling vacant posts. The matter was discussed at a Syndicate meeting to initiate the process so that CU can hold convocation ...
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