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  • Cop, BSF constable among 3 from Bengal to scale Everest

    Kolkata: Three climbers from Bengal reached the summit of Mount Everest in the last two days. Shuvam Chatterjee also climbed Mount Lhotse the day after his Everest summit while Lakshmikanta Mandal made it to the summit for the second ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    Bulldozers in Burnpur

    Burnpur: Bulldozers rolled into Burnpur in West Burdwan on Friday as alleged encroachments were razed, including two TMC offices. SAIL's IISCO Steel Plant officials used the bulldozers. An official said action was taken to reclaim encroached-upon land. tnn

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal govt removes Mamata Banerjee designed football-themed sculpture from Salt Lake Stadium

    KOLKATA: The West Bengal government on Saturday removed the controversial football-themed sculpture installed outside the Salt Lake Stadium, which was designed by former chief minister Mamata Banerjee.Earlier, state sports minister Nisith Pramanik had announced the decision while outlining a ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    'It’s a ridiculous claim': Bengali actor Parambrata Chatterjee’s wife reacts to FIR over 2021 post-poll social media post

    KOLKATA: An FIR was lodged against actors Parambrata Chatterjee and Swastika Mukherjee at Gariahat Police Station on Thursday night for allegedly inciting post-election violence in 2021. The charges were filed under Sections 109 and 153A of the IPC, with ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    60-hour block starts for Chingrighata metro work

    Kolkata: The phase II work to bridge Orange Line's viaduct gap at Chingrighata started more than an hour late on Friday because of heavy traffic flow. The second 60-hour traffic block — closing the eastern flank connecting piers 318 ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    After KMC no-House order, Trinamool reps meet at councillors’ club in HQ

    Kolkata: The KMC crisis deepened on Friday even as the civic body chairperson, Mala Roy, led a team of Trinamool councillors to conduct the KMC monthly meeting at the councillors' club room, giving a thumbs down to a notice ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    Scribe bank launches at Jadavpur University to support visually impaired students during exams

    KOLKATA: A centralised, technology-enabled platform, the Scribe Bank, connecting students with visual impairment and other disabilities to verified volunteer scribes, covering end-to-end coordination from registration and scribe matching to examination-day support, was launched on Friday with an aim to ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    Weather willing, Red Road Eid namaz set for Brigade shift

    Kolkata: If weather permits, the venue for Kolkata's annual Eid-uz-Zuha prayers may shift from Red Road to Brigade Parade Ground this year, with Kolkata Police and the organisers holding a series of meetings over crowd management and traffic movement ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    School student alleges kidnap in car, gang rape, video threat

    Kolkata: The Sarsuna Police have registered a case alleging the drugging and gang rape of a minor girl, along with the recording of an obscene video that was used to threaten her. The case was registered on Wednesday under ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    Mosques stick to shifts, new rules for Friday prayers

    Kolkata: In compliance with govt directives, mosques across Kolkata and neighbouring districts held prayers in two shifts on Friday to ensure worshippers could offer namaz within mosque premises and avoid spillover onto roads.Several mosques in areas like Park Circus, ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    CISCE plans crackdown on Plus-II dummy schools

    Kolkata: Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) chairman G Immanuel, who is also the president of Council of Boards of School Education (COBSE), hinted that he will discuss the issue of an increasing number of dummy schools at ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    JU divided over doghouse treatment for dogs on campus

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University (JU) has written to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to immediately capture all stray dogs from the campus, including areas near the quarters, and ensure their vaccination and sterilisation following multiple dog-bite cases on campus. Meanwhile, a ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    With yellow-&-brown shades, health units set to be called ‘Ayushman Arogya Mandir’

    Kolkata: The health and wellness centres in Bengal that were named ‘Suswasthya Kendra' are set to be branded as ‘Ayushman Arogya Mandir' (AAM). The brand transition will come with a colour change as the health facilities will be painted ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    Billwadal appointed state’s additional AG

    Senior advocate Billwadal Bhattacharyya was appointed as additional advocate general of Bengal on Friday. He is the second AAG to be appointed this week after senior advocate Rajdeep Mazumder. "The govt reposed faith in me. It will be my ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    No action against Aditi, Debraj in assets case till June 19

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday verbally requested the state not to take any action against former Trinamool MLA of Rajarhat-Gopalpur Aditi Munshi and her husband and BMC councillor Debraj Chakraborty in an assets case till June 19. The ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    TMC strongman ‘Gabbar’ held in Mum in Shibpur violence case

    Howrah: Three Trinamool functionaries, including party's Shibpur strongman Shamim Ahmed alias "Gabbar", were arrested in separate cases linked to violence, intimidation and fraud on Thursday.Gabbar, president of Trinamool ward 36, was arrested from a rented flat in Chembur, Mumbai, ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    First in 14 years: US secy of state Rubio to visit Kolkata today

    Kolkata: Kolkata will host a US secretary of state for the first time in 14 years on Saturday as Marco Rubio arrives in the city for an eight-hour stopover.Rubio, one of US President Donald Trump's closest foreign policy aides ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    Jhalmuri-seller of ‘Modi fame’ receives death threats from Pak, B’desh

    Jhargram: Bikram Kumar Sau, the jhalmuri seller from Jhargram who shot to fame after Prime Minister Narendra Modi stopped at his stall during an election rally last month, has allegedly received death threats from numbers linked to Pakistan and ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    Cong: Consider tweaking slaughter laws

    Kolkata: State Congress president Subhankar Sarkar on Friday urged Bengal govt to consider amending the West Bengal Animal Slaughter Control Act, 1950, with the livelihood of hundreds of people involved with the cattle and milk trade at stake."There are ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    State to audit 3rd-party contractual staffers

    Kolkata: State govt has initiated a comprehensive manpower audit of contractual employees engaged across various departments through third-party agencies to assess the actual requirement of such staff and identify possible financial irregularities linked to these appointments.According to sources, the ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Which bldg parts illegal,’ asks Abhishek after notice queries

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, whose properties are under the Kolkata Municipal Corporation scanner, reacted sharply to the developments and threw an open challenge for anyone to prove that he had violated the civic body's building ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    No cop action against ex-MLA, hubby in assets case till June 19

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday verbally requested the state not to take any action against former Trinamool MLA of Rajarhat-Gopalpur Aditi Munshi and her husband and BMC councillor Debraj Chakraborty in an assets case till June 19. The ...

    23 May 2026 Times of India
    Govt to NGT: Funds crunch hits water projects

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that several mega surface water-based drinking water projects aimed at tackling arsenic contamination in North 24 Parganas are running behind schedule because of fund shortages, land acquisition hurdles and ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    Free bus travel for women in West Bengal starting June 1

    KOLKATA: The West Bengal government has announced free bus travel for women in all state government-run buses June 1 onwards as part of a scheme. The scheme is aimed at enhancing women's empowerment and improving access to public transport.According ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    Former TMC MLA moves HC for anticipatory bail

    Kolkata: Former TMC MLA Aditi Munshi and her husband Debraj Chakraborty moved the Calcutta High Court on Thursday seeking anticipatory bail over apprehensions of arrest in a disproportionate assets case. The application is likely to be heard on Friday ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    No respite even at night as min temp stays high

    Kolkata: A toxic combination of climbing midnight temperatures and relentless relative humidity is trapping Kolkata in a worsening cycle of nighttime heat stress, with the city's low-income populations bearing the brunt of the crisis.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    India-Bangladesh border fencing work begins in West Bengal's Siliguri after land transfer to BSF

    SILIGURI: Fencing work began along the India-Bangladesh border in the Phansidewa area of Siliguri subdivision on Friday. This comes after the West Bengal government handed over 27 kilometres of land to the Border Security Force (BSF), along with additional ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    Zoo animals cool off with ice slabs, hydrating food & electrolyte-rich drinks

    Kolkata: From installing water sprinklers and cooling systems to redesigning diets with hydrating food, authorities at Alipore zoo have stepped up a range of heat-management measures to ensure animals remain safe and comfortable.To combat the heat, the zoo has ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    HC grants Abhishek interim protection till July 31

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted interim protection from coercive action to TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee till July 31 in connection with an FIR registered over his remarks at a public rally. A single bench of Justice ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    Sports dept locks out ex-CM brothers from stadium rooms

    Kolkata: The sports and youth affairs department on Thursday launched a drive to clear allegedly illegal occupation inside the Rabindra Sarobar stadium, broke locks with police assistance and reclaimed multiple rooms that officials claimed remained under unauthorised use by ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    Flat queries exhaust the other Abhishek, Sayani

    Kolkata: Abhishek Banerjee, a private firm employee with no connection to politics, along with his wife, Sayani Ghosh, a schoolteacher, is suddenly confronted with a series of questioning by police and civic authorities amid a KMC drive to realise ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    Stay on KMC House, Abhishek notices pointers to power shift

    Kolkata: The Trinamool-run KMC board was on the verge of a crisis after the municipal secretary, Swapan Kumar Kundu, on Thursday postponed the KMC House, where policy decisions were taken. Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee has convened a meeting ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    Friday mosque prayers in shifts to avoid crowding, toe govt line

    Kolkata: In the wake of the newly elected BJP govt's emphasis on keeping carriageways clear during religious gatherings, mosques across Kolkata will begin holding prayers in two separate jamats, or shifts, with staggered timings from this week (Friday) to ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    CM asks RPF to track B’deshi infiltrators at stations

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday said the Railway Protection Force (RPF) had been asked to keep a watch on "Bangladeshi infiltrators" at railway stations across the state.Speaking after an administrative review meeting in Howrah, Adhikari said he ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Changed’ Falta votes without fear even as repoll sees 4% drop in turnout

    Falta/Kolkata: The repoll in the Falta assembly constituency on Thursday recorded a turnout of 87.9% till 8 pm, with no reports of violence or untoward incidents, according to a senior Election Commission (EC) official. Falta registered a 91.8% turnout ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    Centre extends CAPF stay in Bengal till June 20

    Kolkata: The Union home ministry has extended the deployment of 500 companies of central armed forces (CAPF) in Bengal till June 20 to maintain law and order amid concerns over post-poll violence and tensions in sensitive areas.The Bengal govt, ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    IAS officers get new postings

    Kolkata: Several senior IAS officer were given new postings on Thursday.Ravi Agarwal was posted as commissioner of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation while Rajat Nanda was posted as senior special secretary of PAR department. Nitin Singhania was posted as senior special ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    CBI opposes bail plea, Sujit sent to judicial custody

    Kolkata: The Special PMLA Court on Thursday remanded former state fire minister Sujit Bose to judicial custody till June 4 after the CBI opposed his bail plea, saying it may seek his custody again for further questioning.Opposing the bail ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Police terminates tenure of DCP Santanu Sinha Biswas

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay Nand on Thursday terminated the extended tenure of Santanu Sinha Biswas, deputy commissioner of police (II), security branch. Biswas had been deputed to the Special Security Unit. According to an official order, DC (II) ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    Firhad ‘resignation’ talks triggered as Didi calls urgent meet of councillors

    Kolkata: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee has called for an urgent meeting of all councillors at her home amid speculation of possible widening fault lines in the party, with TMC councillors resigning en masse in several parts of Bengal, and ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    Civic polls in Hwh, Bally & Durgapur after pujas: Suvendu

    Howrah/Durgapur: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday announced that elections to the Howrah, Bally and Durgapur civic bodies are likely to be held after the pujas, while promising a crackdown on alleged corruption and administrative irregularities in the municipalities.Speaking ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    ITC sees 5% Y-o-Y net profit rise at over Rs 5k cr despite W Asia conflict

    Kolkata: ITC Ltd has reported a 5% year-on-year rise in standalone net profit from continuing operations for the fourth quarter of the last fiscal, at Rs 5,113.3 crore. The growth came despite a higher GST rate and a steep ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘400 immigrants granted citizenship under CAA in 2 years’

    Kolkata: Since its implementation in March 2024, a little less than 400 migrants have been granted citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), say sources. However, the process is expected to gain substantial momentum in Bengal, with CM Suvendu ...

    22 May 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta high court directs CBI-SIT to submit report on ‘hushing up’ allegations in RG Kar rape-murder case by June 25

    KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under its joint director (East) to probe allegations that aspects of the RG Kar Medical College rape and ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: The party doesn't start till the King presses play

    King Charles casually hopped onto the DJ decks at Buckingham Palace, with DJ-actor Sir Idris Elba right beside him. At a garden party celebrating 50 years of The King’s Trust, the monarch surprised guests by “pressing play” on a ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: A $3M home for free? Yes, but with a catch

    A multi-million-dollar home on a so-called “Billionaires’ Island” is up for grabs – for absolutely nothing. The catch? You have to move the entire house off the island within 180 days or watch it get demolished. Located in Nantucket, ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: It certainly looks like the Pope digs the drip

    In a plot twist no one saw coming, Pope Leo XIV casually did the viral “6-7” hand gesture with kids at the Vatican – and yes, the internet lost it. The Pope joined in as children chanted the nonsensical ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    BJP leader Pappu Sana assaulted with bamboo sticks in Bengal; critical

    KOLKATA: A local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Pappu Sana, was allegedly assaulted by a group of attackers in Narendrapur in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, near Kolkata, police said on Thursday.Pappu Sana has been admitted to the ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    Vande Mataram now compulsory in all West Bengal madrassas

    KOLKATA: The West Bengal government has made the singing of Vande Mataram mandatory during morning assemblies in state-run schools and in all government, aided and recognised madrassas, officials said on Thursday.Last week, a notice issued by the school education ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    Sergeant on helmet drive faces biker fury, 1 arrested

    Kolkata: A routine traffic enforcement drive took a violent turn when a biker riding without a helmet allegedly dragged a police sergeant for a short distance while attempting to evade checking on Monday night at the intersection of Alipore ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    In drive against violence, cops seize 12 arms, arrest 8

    Patashpur/Kolkata: As part of its crackdown on post-poll violence, Bengal STF and local police dismantled an interstate trafficking network, recovering 12 firearms and 150 rounds of ammunition in raids across the state. As many as eight people were arrested.In ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    Pushpa only present in EVMs, TMC’s Falta bastion set for turn

    Kolkata/Falta: For an assembly constituency that has long been a fortress for Trinamool, Falta is arriving at Thursday's repoll amid dramatically altered circumstances. On Tuesday, Trinamool candidate Jahangir Khan announced that he would not contest the election. By Wednesday, ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    State names 5 senior advocates to legal panel, AG’s post vacant

    Kolkata: The state govt on Monday appointed five senior advocates to key positions in its legal panel, though the post of advocate general is yet to be filled.Rajdeep Mazumder was appointed additional advocate general, Nilanjan Bhattacharjee as senior standing ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    Airtel launches ‘Priority Postpaid’ with ‘slicing’ tech

    Kolkata: Bharti Airtel has launched "Priority Postpaid," a new service powered by advanced 5G slicing technology for postpaid customers. The service, available across Airtel's postpaid plans, aims to enhance connectivity for activities such as streaming, video calling and online ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    Ganges pact renewal: B’desh team likely to arrive in Kol today

    Kolkata: A six-member delegation from Bangladesh is likely to arrive in Kolkata on Thursday to discuss the renewal of the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty. During their four-day visit, the delegation is scheduled to measure the river water flow through ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    HC denies bail to Mothabari case accused

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday denied bail to ISF's Moulana Sahajahan Ali in the Mothabari violence case, citing the seriousness of the allegations and that the NIA was yet to conclude the probe.Before the division bench of justices ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    Jahangir’s shield to stay: HC

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday refused to hear the state's urgent appeal to withdraw the interim protection granted to TMC's Jahangir Khan, who withdrew his candidature from Falta repoll on Tuesday.The state's counsel mentioned before Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    Cop recruitment hearing adjourned till June 8

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of petitions alleging irregularities in the West Bengal Police constable recruitment process for 2024 till June 8, as the state counsels failed to appear, reports Srishti Lakhotia.Justice Amrita Sinha ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    NIA arrests Kol resident for ‘spying’ for Pak

    Kolkata: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a Kolkata resident, Zafar Riaz alias Rizvi, for allegedly passing confidential security-related information to Pakistan Intelligence Officers (PIOs) as part of an anti-India terror conspiracy, the agency said in a statement.The NIA ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    17-year-old murdered inside shop in New Mkt area

    Kolkata: A 17-year-old youth was stabbed to death inside his grocery shop in the New Market area on Wednesday morning in an apparent fallout of romantic jealousy. The victim, Deepak Gupta, succumbed to his injuries at NRS Medical College ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    HPV vaccine rollout within next two weeks in state

    Kolkata: The state health department is getting the final groundworkready for rolling out HPV vaccination programme across Bengal. Even as most states across the country have launched this vaccination campaign, the Bengal assembly polls kept its implementation in the ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    In a first, IIT-Kgp gets dean of ‘hall management’ to address hostel issues

    Kolkata: In a first, IIT Kharagpur introduced a new position, Dean of Hall Management, to address student requirements in hostels such as food and maintenance more promptly and effectively so that lifestyle of students are enhanced. Physics professor Sanjeev ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    Short docu on autistic model’s journey debuts in Kolkata

    Kolkata: Sixteen-year-old Baiduriyya Bakshi, who was detected with autism at the age of three, started modelling during the pandemic. Now, a short documentary by Soumen Das, ‘Breaking the Frame', has been made on his journey that was screened in ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    City logs two more instances of post-poll violence

    Kolkata: Two fresh incidents of violence were reported in the city. In the first incident, the Chitpore police registered a stringent case under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act following an assault on a Dalit family on Dilarjang Road. ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    No need to pay ‘syndicate fees’, MLA tells auto, e-rickshaw drivers

    Kolkata: Nearly 200 auto-rickshaw and e-rickshaw operators from Salt Lake and Lake Town gathered outside the residence of newly elected Bidhannagar MLA Sharadwat Mukherjee at AD Block in Salt Lake last week, carrying what they said was a sizeable ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    BHIM transaction volume zooms 289% in Bengal in FY26

    Kolkata: BHIM Payments App, developed by NPCI BHIM Services Ltd (NBSL), has witnessed over 289% growth in transaction volume on its platform in Bengal in FY26, and the company's broader business strategy includes reaching out to more feature phone ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    Focus on north Bengal, CM promises to ‘repay debts’ to people of the region

    Siliguri/Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari, who made his maiden visit to north Bengal since the formation of the new govt on Wednesday, said that state govt would "repay its debts" to the region's people who have supported BJP over more ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal plans waste disposal pilot in Asansol

    Kolkata: The state govt will soon launch a pilot project on scientific waste management and garbage disposal in the Asansol-Durgapur region under the Centre's Swachh Bharat Mission."Under the Swachh Bharat Mission, a pilot initiative will soon begin in the ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal hands over 75 acres to BSF for fencing border

    Kolkata: Bengal govt on Wednesday handed over an initial 75 acres to BSF to cover fencing of 27 km of international border between India and Bangladesh. CM Suvendu Adhikari, who earlier promised to start the land handover process after ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    Double blow for TMC: Poor MLA turnout at stir, mass civic resignations

    Kolkata: Signs of unease within the Trinamool Congress surfaced on Wednesday as the party's first major protest programme following its defeat in the 2026 Bengal assembly elections witnessed low turnout by legislators. Moreover, simultaneous mass resignations by councillors in ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    Kulti rly eviction halted after protests

    Barakar: Bulldozers moved into the Balitore area in Kulti on Tuesday as railway authorities began demolishing houses allegedly built on railway land, triggering protests from residents, reports Mohammad Asif.Locals claimed nearly 400 families had been living on the land ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    State to bolster monsoon preparedness in north Bengal

    Kolkata: State municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul on Wednesday said the state govt will take advance monsoon preparedness measures, with special focus on north Bengal, in view of the severe flooding triggered by heavy rainfall in the region last ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    With OBC quota cut, govt to redraw recruitment roster

    Kolkata: State govt departments, public sector companies and other autonomous or semi-autonomous organisations have begun revising their recruitment policies following the fresh notification on reservation for OBCs, which reduced the quota from 17% to 7%."The backward classes welfare department ...

    21 May 2026 Times of India
    'All theatre actors irrespective of their political belief should be freely able to do their work now'

    KOLKATA: The home minister’s promise to establish a theatre training institute in Bengal on the lines of FTII Pune has drawn a mixed response from the theatre community, with many expressing concerns about artistic freedom. BJP MLA Roopa Ganguly ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    More names crop up on illegal property list

    Kolkata: An expanding probe into alleged illegal assets in West Bengal has brought a string of properties linked to individuals with alleged Trinamool Congress affiliations under scrutiny. On Monday, CM Suvendu Adhikari alleged that Beleghata-based promoter Raju Naskar owned ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    Days after the ‘I am Pushpa’ remark, TMC’s Jahangir Khan exits Falta bypoll battle but his name will remain on EVMs; here’s why

    KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress’s Falta candidate, Jahangir Khan, declared on Tuesday that he would not contest the May 21 repoll.Khan made the announcement during a press conference at his home in Falta’s Kamardanga Khan Para, where he praised CM Suvendu ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    Over 12 TMC workers arrested in 24 hours

    Kolkata: More than a dozen Trinamool functionaries have been arrested in 24 hours on charges, including extortion, post-poll violence and running illicit rackets.Chaos broke out in Canning following the arrest of Trinamool youth president Aritra Bose, wanted for allegedly ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    New govt returns to 7% OBC quota, scraps 17%

    Kolkata: The Suvendu Adhikari-led BJP govt on Tuesday revised West Bengal's OBC reservation list to 7% from 17% in line with a Calcutta High Court order, and regularised 66 communities that were included on the state's OBC reservation list ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    ED: Sona Pappu used terror to buy properties at lower price

    Kolkata: The ED, which arrested Biswajit Poddar, alias Sona Pappu, on Monday for usurping land, said he ran a racket of buying high-value property at a very low price. Pappu was on Tuesday sent to 10-day ED custody.ED officers ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    Fewer buses after another round of fuel price rise

    Kolkata: A sudden drop in the number of public buses on Tuesday left thousands of commuters stranded across Kolkata, following another steep hike in fuel prices. The crisis deepened as private bus operators officially renewed their demands for an ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    No reason to link cattle slaughter norms with Eid, move to stop smuggling: Dilip

    Kolkata: There is no basis of linking cattle slaughter rules with Eid or religious practices like ‘qurbani', said Bengal animal resources development minister Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday. He added that stricter norms being enforced by state govt are meant ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    Elephant electrocuted in Jhargram orchard, 3 arrested

    Jhargram: An adult male elephant died after being electrocuted while entering a mango orchard at a private guesthouse in the Garh Salboni area of Jhargram. Three persons were arrested for laying electric lines that caused the animal's death.The carcass ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    TMC to protest eviction, meet at ex-CM’s house sees MLAs’ ‘question party inaction’

    Kolkata: Trinamool is set to launch a protest campaign against what it described as BJP's "bulldozer culture" and the forceful eviction of hawkers. As part of the programme, the party will hold demonstrations at Howrah Station, Sealdah Station and ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    Hill civic boards dissolved

    Darjeeling: Bengal has appointed SDOs as administrators in municipalities across Darjeeling and Kalimpong, ending Trinamool-nominated boards in the hill civic bodies. A state notification issued Monday said the governor approved the move under the Municipal Act. The SDOs will ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    Escort woman to home from hosp: HC to cops

    Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Tuesday directed police to escort a disabled woman back to her home by May 21 after her husband refused to take her back despite the court waiving hospital dues exceeding Rs 1 crore.The woman ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    ABVP’s statue demand at JU

    Kolkata: ABVP members at JU on Tuesday wrote to the VC, demanding installation of "full body statues" of Aurobindo Ghosh and Vivekananda on the campus to instil "values of nationalism, spiritual consciousness among students and to counter anti-national activities ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    JU to write to state, Centre for ‘eminence’ tag

    Kolkata: Keen to get the ‘Institute of Eminence' (IoE) tag, Jadavpur University authorities plan to write to the state and the Union education ministry. JU VC Chiranjib Bhattacharjee said, "We plan to write to the Union education ministry through ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    Police arrest ‘mastermind’ in Park Circus, recreate scene

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Tuesday carried out a formal crime scene reconstruction at the busy Park Circus Seven-Point Crossing, where a mob reportedly targeted security forces on Sunday during a protest against bulldozer action in Tiljala.The police arrested ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    Max temp hits 35.4°C in Kol. Chances of rain slim, says Met

    Kolkata: The city continued to simmer in heat and humidity on Tuesday. The Met office sees no immediate respite for now. Even as thundershower activities are occurring in parts of southern as well as northern districts, Met officials said ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    After Bypass, Metro eyes VIP Road work

    Kolkata: Along with Chingrighata, cops have granted RVNL another long-pending permission for Orange Line metro work — to bridge a 120m viaduct gap on VIP Road. The seven pillars have been standing near Haj House at Kaikhali on VIP ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Pushpa’ had no option but to run, he knew he’d lose: Suvendu

    Falta/Kolkata: Two years after Falta gave Trinamool a lead of nearly 1.7 lakh votes in the Lok Sabha election, CM Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday urged voters to send BJP candidate Debangshu Panda to assembly by more than 1 lakh ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal to send rep to Damodar panel after 2 yrs

    Kolkata: State govt has decided to reverse the previous regime's stance and send a representative to the Damodar Valley River Regulation Committee.For the past two years, Bengal left its seat vacant, with the TMC govt withdrawing its representative.CM Suvendu ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    Meat trader beaten to death, family blames TMC

    Howrah: A 26-year-old wholesale meat trader was found critically injured near his house at Rasikal in Howrah's Bankra on Tuesday. The victim, Sadab Kureshi, succumbed to his injuries while being shifted to a hospital.Kureshi's family claimed that he was ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    Plea in Cal HC challenges CEO Agarwal’s appt as chief secy

    Kolkata: A writ petition has been filed in the Calcutta High Court challenging state govt's appointment of Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal as the chief secretary. The matter is scheduled to be mentioned before the bench of Justice Gaurang Kanth ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    Govt scouts for space to house judicial commissions

    Kolkata: State govt is preparing to is scouting for office space after CM Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced the formation of two judicial commissions, set to function from June 1. While one panel will focus on penalising persons involved ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    More TMC netas held over extortion, violence

    Kolkata: Police have arrested several Trinamool functionaries in the past 24 hours on charges ranging from extortion and post-poll violence to running illicit rackets.Tension flared in Canning after TMC youth president Aritra Bose was arrested for allegedly shooting a ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    Bulldozers roll into Burnpur, Nandigram to clear alleged encroachments

    Burnpur/Nandigram: Bulldozers rolled in at Burnpur in West Burdwan district and Nandigram in East Midnapore on Tuesday, as authorities removed alleged encroachments.In Burnpur, the management of SAIL's IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) used bulldozers to flatten two unauthorised Trinamool Congress ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    Shyam Metalics awaits new Bengal policy to deploy fresh 10,000 crore

    Kolkata: Shyam Metalics, which has proposed a total investment layout of Rs 20,000 crore for Bengal, is keenly watching the new govt's industry, land and incentive policies to deploy its next phase of capital. While the steel and metal ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    Asansol cop outpost violence: 2 more held

    Asansol: Two more people have been arrested for carrying out vandalism at the Jahangiri Mohalla police outpost on Friday. The Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate produced them in the Asansol district court on Monday and sought a 14-day remand. So ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
    Parking, helmet drives: Cops focus on weekends

    Kolkata: Even after 10 days of intense prosecution by Kolkata Traffic Police, where they prosecuted over 43,000 cases of helmetless driving and illegal parking, an analysis of several city areas has thrown up that general consciousness might take more ...

    20 May 2026 Times of India
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