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  • Airline files FIR against catering firm

    Kolkata: IndiGo airline has filed an FIR against the supervisor of the catering firm, Abdul Latif, who forgot to apply the hand brake when he alighted from the vehicle on Tuesday night, leading to it rolling off and hitting ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    After tenuous West Asia truce, restos put price-hike plan on hold

    Kolkata: The ceasefire in West Asia comes as a relief to the city's food and beverages sector, which was forced to consider a price hike, that has now been put on hold. While an annual price revision is in ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    Buses bounce back as LPG crisis disrupts auto sector; overcrowding raises concerns

    Kolkata: Kolkata's bus services are witnessing a noticeable revival following the recent revision in auto-rickshaw fares, with operators reporting an increase in short-distance commuters. However, the resurgence has exposed a persistent demand-supply gap, resulting in overcrowded buses and concerns ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    16.3 L cash seized

    Unaccounted-for cash of Rs 16.3 lakh was seized in two hauls on Tuesday. A Static Surveillance Team stopped a vehicle near RN Tagore Hospital around 11.30 pm on Tuesday and seized Rs 1.3 lakh in cash from the driver. ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    Country’s poorest CM, Mamata declares 76k cash in hand, 9.8g gold, 15.4 L asset

    Kolkata: With Rs 75,700 cash in hand, 9.8 g gold jewellery and a total asset value of Rs 15.4 lakh, Mamata Banerjee — who was the country's poorest chief minister last year by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    RG Kar victim’s mother caught in TMC-BJP clash

    Kolkata: The mother of the RG Kar rape-and-murder victim, who will contest the election as a BJP candidate, on Wednesday alleged she was assaulted and harassed by Trinamool-backed goons during a campaign in Sodepur. The incident reportedly occurred when ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    ‘You can’t talk like this,’ observer shoots back at CEC Gyanesh Kumar, gets removed

    By- Kaushik.Pradhan@timesofindia.comKOLKATA: A high-level election review meeting on Wednesday turned volatile when a senior election observer openly challenged CEC Gyanesh Kumar, later leading to the observer's removal.During the virtual meeting convened by the full bench of the EC, Cooch ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp ‘disruption’ fears after staff get poll duty call

    Kharagpur/Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur authorities wrote to the district magistrate, requesting exemption of hostel employees from election duties to ensure "uninterrupted mess services and hostel maintenance, considered emergency duties". Out of 211 Group C and D staff members, 171 received ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    TMC, other parties help deleted voters file appeals

    Kolkata: Trinamool, Congress and Left workers are reaching out to citizens, omitted from the electoral roll after the SIR exercise, to help them file appeals at tribunals to get their voting rights back.The most active seem local Trinamool units, ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    Tollygunge criminal hits couple with gun

    Kolkata: A couple from Tollygunge Road was allegedly chased at gunpoint and assaulted by a local criminal on Monday after they protested against his illegal liquor trade. The accused, Jaydeb Malakar, was arrested on Monday night.The incident unfolded when ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    RPO to hold passport mela on April 18

    Kolkata: The Regional Passport Office, Kolkata, will organise a special "Passport Mela" on April 18 across multiple centres to expedite processing and ease services. Ashish Middha, regional passport officer, Kolkata, said the mela will be held simultaneously at Passport ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    BMC property tax collection to start on Mon

    Kolkata: Online collection of property tax in Salt Lake and Rajarhat Gopalpur areas of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) for the financial year of 2026-27 will start from Monday.The tax structure of Salt Lake is different from that of Rajarhat ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    Two sr citizens from same area in Bagbazar lose 90.5 L in digi arrest

    Kolkata: Two cases of alleged digital arrest fraud were reported from the same neighbourhood in the Bagbazar area, with the victims residing barely 100 m from one another. Cops said a total of Rs 90.5 lakh was lost in ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    Fourth thunderstorm in 4 days keeps city cool; dry spell ahead

    Kolkata: Another thunderstorm lashed the city on Wednesday evening, extending the spell of pleasant weather. The Met office has forecast one or two spells of rain on Thursday, though with lower intensity, before conditions turn dry from Friday. Apart ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    Same-day FIRs for cognisable offences: KP

    Kolkata: In a stern warning to the city's police force, the Lalbazar headquarters has issued a directive mandating the immediate registration of FIRs for all cognisable offences, the SOP being to register the FIR the same day.The order, aimed ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    600 staffers of ‘banned’ production house on edge, Tollywood debates ‘cancel culture’

    Kolkata: At least 600 workers in Kolkata and Mumbai have lost work after Tollywood decided not to work with Magic Moments, the production house behind Rahul Banerjee-starrer ‘Bhole Baba Par Karega'. The move has triggered criticism over Tollywood's cancel ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    Rahul death: Odisha cops to collect footage

    Kolkata: Odisha Police began legal process to collect relevant footage that was recorded moments before the death of actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee. The Odisha Police wrote to East Midnapore police to hand over the relevant footage to them, which ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    Nor’wester catches KMC off guard, leaves city pockets waterlogged

    Kolkata: Large parts of the city were waterlogged on Wednesday evening following intense nor'wester rain. Several drainage pumping stations run by KMC recorded a sharp rise in the water in the evening, resulting in inundation of areas for a ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    Manipuris in Kolkata rue renewed flare-up

    Kolkata: The death of two innocent children in a bomb attack in Manipur has opened up the old wound from which the state has started to heal slowly. With the curfew imposed in some districts and protests against the ...

    9 April 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: Deer wants a bite of dosa at this IIT campus

    Welcome to hostel life at IIT Madras — where your unexpected roommate might not steal your Maggi, but could absolutely walk in and ask for a dosa. A now-viral video of a deer casually strolling into a student’s room ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: Scarecrows in Bali just got a premium Queen Bey upgrade

    Some farmers use scarecrows. Farmers in Bali? They’ve apparently hired Beyoncé. A viral video showing a life-size cutout of the pop icon “guarding” crops is back on everyone’s feed, and yes – it’s exactly as unusual as it sounds. ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Talk of the town: One small step for humanity, one giant emotional meltdown to the Moon’s far side

    Artemis II wasn’t just a moonshot – it was a mood. Between a rogue Nutella jar floating through zero gravity and astronauts tearing up while naming lunar craters, the mission blended science with soul. As the crew looped around ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal polls: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee targets PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah as ‘Bangla-Birodhi Zamindars’

    KOLKATA: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, calling them “Bangla-Birodhi Zamindars” who seek votes but fail to deliver for the people.In a post on X, Banerjee shared a ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    ‘J’khand residents, BLOs among agitators’

    Malda: The NIA has detained nine more in connection with the Mothabari violence. They are being interrogated to uncover the motive behind the attack on the judicial officers who were gheraoed for nine hours on April 1.A section of ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    INDIA bloc divided by polls, but united for nat’l welfare: Kharge

    Kolkata: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said that while INDIA bloc was formed keeping national interest in mind, it was never a compulsion on alliance partners to fight state elections together. Kharge, in the city to launch Congress's ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    2 Bengal workers ‘killed’ in Mizoram, kin demand probe

    Keshpur: Two youths from Keshpur in West Midnapore, who had travelled to the northeast for work, have allegedly been murdered, with their families urging authorities to bring back their bodies from Mizoram.The deceased — 24-year-old Arfik Rahman Khan and ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Modi to hold 7 rallies in Bengal this week, Nabin to hold 3 on Fri

    Kolkata: PM Narendra Modi is likely to hold seven campaign rallies across Bengal this week. Five of the seven scheduled meetings will be held in south Bengal — primarily in areas where BJP trailed Trinamool by a thin margin ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    EC flags poor booth infrastructure, meets officials on poll readiness

    Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) will hold a virtual meeting on Wednesday with the state chief secretary, home secretary and all district election officers (DEOs) to review poll preparedness. The meeting will be chaired by chief election commissioner Gyanesh ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Plastic industry hit hard by W Asia crisis: IPF

    Kolkata: The country's plastic industry is reeling under severe disruptions due to the West Asia crisis, with a 50%-70% surge in raw material costs, supply uncertainties, and rising logistics and fuel challenges significantly impacting MSMEs' margins, working capital cycles, ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    SIR is like ‘Chaitra sale’, this poll is fight for identity, address: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

    KOLKATA/CHAKDAH/BONGAON: CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday dubbed the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll a “got-up game”, likened it to the Bengali year-end Chaitra sale and assured those whose names have been struck off the voters’ list that ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    ‘Bengal model’ to fight Type 1 diabetes (T1D) set to go global

    KOLKATA: The ‘Bengal model’ for tackling Type 1 diabetes (T1D), an auto-immune condition commonly diagnosed in children and teenagers, is set for global expansion with several southeast Asian countries expressing an intent to adopt it.The model — functional in ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Appellate tribunal accepts Aadhaar card in first SIR appeal

    Kolkata: "Motab Shaikh and Motab Herul are the same person," the appellate tribunal ruled on April 5 in its first SIR appeal, accepting the Congress Farakka candidate's Aadhaar card as proof of identity after the Election Commission provided no ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    SUV rams IndiGo plane engine at Kolkata airport; aircraft grounded

    KOLKATA: An IndiGo A 320 aircraft that was parked in the apron area of Kolkata airport was damaged when a vehicle ferrying Oberoi catering officials dashed its right engine on Tuesday night. The airline’s engineers are assessing the damage. ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Dog dispute: Mom, son assaulted

    Kolkata: A resident of an apartment on Baranashi Ghosh Street in Girish Park sustained injuries on Sunday after a dispute over a barking pet allegedly escalated into a physical assault on her and her minor son. The dog, too, ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    From mental hosp, 4 go back to Nepal

    Kolkata: In a cross-border effort, four Nepali nationals who spent years in Indian mental health institutions were recently repatriated to their homes — two escorted back by social workers, and two reunited after families traced and retrieved them.The individuals ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Critically endangered gibbon, turtles seized at city airport

    Kolkata: A pair of juvenile white-cheeked gibbon, considered critically endangered on IUCN Red List, along with 15 north American wood turtles (endangered) and 10 four-eyed turtles (critically endangered) have been seized at Kolkata airport on Tuesday morning. Sources said ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    CU minority colleges seek ‘best-of-4’ relief

    Kolkata: Several minority colleges affiliated with Calcutta University have formally asked to be exempted from the university's proposed standardised admission index for undergraduate admissions, citing their minority status and existing independent admission procedures.The university recently proposed introducing a common ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    In pre-poll crackdown, 53L unaccounted-for cash seized

    Kolkata: In three cash haul ahead of the assembly elections, the static surveillance team (SST) has seized Rs 53 lakh unaccounted-for cash in Kolkata.In the first case, Rs 20 lakh was seized from a vehicle in central Kolkata's Chatawala ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal voter count shrinks by 12% from pre-SIR level

    KOLKATA: After playing out over 155 days, the SIR process in Bengal ended on Tuesday with the final tally showing that about 90.8 lakh of the state's pre-SIR voters - nearly 12% of the original 7.6 crore electorate - ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    From former Lok Sabha MP to univ HoD, Kol feels SIR’s knockout punch, queues up at tribunals

    Kolkata: Forty-eight hours before the electoral roll is frozen, voters deleted in the SIR exercise — from prominent personalities, such as former MP Tarun Mandal and associate professor and head of the Islamic theology department at Aliah University, Mohd ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Tolly forums vow not to work with prod house till truth behind Rahul’s death is out

    Kolkata: Members of West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum, Federation of Cine Technicians of Eastern India and Eastern India Motion Pictures Association have decided not to work in any production of the production house—Magic Moments—till the reason behind Rahul ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Battle lost but war not yet over: Voters vow to fight for their future

    Kolkata: Kolkata and several districts of Bengal saw anxious crowds outside election offices on Tuesday as voters, whose names were deleted from the electoral roll, vowed to continue their fight to restore their voting rights.Among them was Anju Mara ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Rakesh Singh out on bail, likely to get BJP ticket

    Kolkata: BJP leader Rakesh Singh stepped out of Presidency jail on Tuesday afternoon after being granted an interim bail by the Calcutta High Court to contest the assembly polls from Kolkata Port.Singh, greeted by enthusiastic supporters outside the prison, ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    TMC poll managers go back to drawing board

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress workers in Bhowanipore went back to the drawing board on Tuesday after they realised that almost 10,000 out of the 14,000-plus voters under adjudication in this closely watched constituency in Bengal — where CM Mamata Banerjee ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Have lost vote but will go to booth to register protest, say Mir Jafar kin

    Kolkata: With tribunal appeals unlikely to conclude before polling, the descendants of Mir Jafar, along with thousands of voters whose names have been deleted from the electoral roll, are determined to register their protest by appearing at the polling ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Metro work: Chingrighata traffic diversion from May 15

    Kolkata: The traffic department on Tuesday issued an order reiterating that RVNL will be allowed to launch concrete girders atop Chingrighata on weekend nights from midnight to 5 am starting May 15 and again on May 22. The 366-metre ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Regular evening squalls force parties to shift campaign gear

    Kolkata: Back to back late-evening squalls on Monday and Tuesday left a trail of damage across parts of Kolkata, tearing apart election campaign materials, including hoardings, banners, flexes and party flags, catching workers of several political parties off guard ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    All eyes on Matua strongholds of BJP in North 24 Parganas

    Kolkata: A sweeping purge of electoral roll under the SIR has triggered sharp political and social fault lines in North 24 Parganas, with over 12.3 lakh names struck off across three phases since the first draft was published in ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Thunderstorm hits city for 3rd day; flights hit

    Kolkata: The city experienced a thunderstorm for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, with spells of rain accompanied by thunder, lightning and gusty winds. While wind speeds in most parts did not meet the threshold for a squall, Dum ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Govt bus mows down 30-yr-old techie in Sec V

    Kolkata: A 30-year-old IT executive, Kiran Mishra, riding an app bike to office on Tuesday was killed after a govt bus hit the two-wheeler from behind at RS Software crossing in Sector V while the biker tried to veer ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Cop notice to Ratna Chatterjee to join probe

    Kolkata: Trinamool candidate from Behala West, Ratna Chatterjee, has been served a notice by the Kolkata Police in connection with the alleged vandalism of a BJP party office in Parnasree. She has been asked to join the probe, with ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    11 assembly constituencies in Kolkata lose seven lakh electors

    Kolkata: This assembly election, the electoral list in Kolkata has been thinned by a whopping 7 lakh voters.While 11 assembly segments in Kolkata North and South already lost 6,29,428 voters due to "deceased", "shifted", and "logical discrepancy"-related deletions, another ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Critically endangered gibbon, turtles seized at Kolkata airport

    Kolkata: A pair of juvenile white-cheeked gibbon, considered critically endangered on IUCN Red List, along with 15 north American wood turtles (endangered) and 10 four-eyed turtles (critically endangered) have been seized at Kolkata airport by Customs officials on Tuesday ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    In South 24 Parganas, SIR blow unites urban and rural areas

    Kolkata/Diamond Harbour: This election, the urban South 24 Parganas, with Jadavpur and Tollygunge, finds itself sharing the same fate as its rural belts of Basanti and Sagar, located almost 100 km away.The electoral list has been trimmed by a ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Triumph targets 1 lakh sub-400 cc bike sales in Inida in 15 months

    KOLKATA: Triumph Motorcycles India is targeting 1 lakh sales of the sub-400 cc bikes manufactured in India in 15 months, down from 30 months it took to sell the first 1 lakh units.Triumph is the largest UK-owned motorcycle manufacturer, ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    4 Nepali nationals repatriated from Indian mental hospitals after years of institutionalisation

    KOLKATA: In a cross-border effort, four Nepali nationals who spent years in Indian mental health institutions were recently repatriated to their homes — two escorted back by social workers, and two reunited after families traced and retrieved them.The individuals ...

    8 April 2026 Times of India
    Victoria Memorial to host exhibition honouring Bankim Chandra, 150 years of ‘Vande Mataram’

    KOLKATA: As part of the Government of India’s year-long celebrations marking 150 years of the iconic national song Vande Mataram, the Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata will host a special commemorative exhibition paying tribute to its composer, Rishi Bankim ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    After flip-flops, auto unions agree to uniform fare hike across city

    Kolkata: After weeks of fare disputes, commuter complaints and internal disagreements, auto-rickshaw unions in Kolkata have finally agreed to implement a uniform fare hike across routes, bringing temporary relief from the chaos that gripped the city's last-mile connectivity.The revised ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Who is Menaka Guruswamy? Supreme Court lawyer behind Section 377 verdict now India’s first openly queer MP

    KOLKATA: Senior Supreme Court advocate Menaka Guruswamy took oath as a Trinamool Congress MP from West Bengal, becoming India’s first openly queer member in Parliament. She is widely known for being one of the lawyers who argued in the ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Seniors file papers, tension on streets sets pitch for West Bengal poll battle

    KOLKATA: Rival camps of Trinamool and BJP squared off in a charged atmosphere outside Alipore Survey Building on Monday as the heavyweight candidates submitted their nomination papers. The situation looked less like an administrative exercise and more like a ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    After TOI report, SC prod on Nandalal kin SIR plea

    KOLKATA: The Supreme Court on Monday requested the SIR appellate tribunal to hear painter Nandalal Bose's maternal grandson Suprabuddha Sen's appeal challenging the deletion of his name from the electoral roll expeditiously.The names of Bose's grandson and granddaughter-in-law Deepa, ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    BJP netas accompanied Bengal CEO on Nandigram visit, alleges Mamata

    Kolkata/Bethuadahari (Nadia): CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday claimed that the state's chief electoral officer's visit to Nandigram over the weekend, "accompanied by BJP netas", indicated that he was "in cahoots with the saffron party".The Election Commission was acting like ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    ZSI discovers 2 new marine nematode species off TN coast

    Kolkata: In a major boost to India's marine biodiversity records, researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered two new species of free-living marine nematodes along the Tamil Nadu coast.The findings, published on March 25, 2026, in ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    RaGa, Priyanka on Congress star list, Kharge in Kol today

    Kolkata: Congress on Monday released its star campaigner list for the Bengal assembly elections, headlined by Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and party president Mallikarjun Kharge.Kharge is scheduled to visit Kolkata on Tuesday. Rahul Gandhi, who last ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    15 from Bengal, 25 from other states in BJP’s star campaigners line-up

    Kolkata: Within 24 hours of publishing its first list of 40 star campaigners, BJP on Monday dropped six names from it. These names were of netas from other states. BJP replaced their names with those of netas from Bengal ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Thai star hotel chain plans second Bengal property

    Kolkata: Thailand-based Minor Hotels is planning a second property in Bengal, founder and group chairperson William Heinecke said on Monday, days after the company signed for a luxury hotel at the World Trade Centre in Salt Lake's Sector V.The ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal nurse who lost arm in domestic attack finds name deleted from voter list

    BURDWAN/KOLKATA: Renu Khatun, the nurse from East Burdwan whose arm was chopped off by her husband and who now uses a prosthetic limb, has found her name deleted from the electoral roll after judicial scrutiny.The 27-year-old, who had been ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Investment scam: Trader loses 23L

    Kolkata: A resident of Chowbaga fell victim to a cybercrime and was allegedly duped of nearly Rs 23 lakh in an investment scam orchestrated through a social media messaging platform. The victim, a trader, filed a complaint, at Anandapur ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    KP officer beaten up in Behala

    Kolkata: A Kolkata Police officer was allegedly assaulted while on duty in the Behala area early Sunday, prompting Lalbazar to issue a fresh directive mandating the use of body cameras during enforcement operations. The incident took place around 1 ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Twin squalls batter city, disrupt flights, uproot trees; more in store

    Kolkata: Two squalls struck Kolkata and Dum Dum a few minutes apart on Monday night, uprooting trees and delaying flight operations at Kolkata Airport. While the impact in most parts of the city was limited, Alipore recorded wind speeds ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    B’day celebration turns violent, 2 held

    Howrah: Two men were arrested on Sunday night after the Dagar Bagan area under Howrah's Liluah Police Station turned into a battlefield. Bombs were also allegedly hurled.This happened following a clash between a group publicly celebrating an individual's birthday ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Shuttle bus services change routes, over 30k commuters seek alternatives

    Kolkata: Around 30,000 shuttle bus commuters, dependent on Shuttl and Uber for their daily commute to the IT hubs of Sector V, Newtown and Rajarhat, were forced to change track and opt for alternatives on Monday, after Uber stopped ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    TMC sees ‘design’ in ‘illegal’ Form 6 acceptance, submits memo to CEO

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Monday submitted a memorandum to Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal over the "illegal" acceptance of nearly 30,000 Form 6 documents and the EC's allegedly biased and partisan role in attempting to include outsiders in poll rolls.Senior state ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Malda farmer kills self after voter list snip

    Malda: Thirty-seven-year-old Kabil Sk of Old Malda's Madhaipur village died by suicide after his name was deleted from the voter list, his family said. Kabil was founding hanging from a poll 500 metres from his home on Monday morning.Sources ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Swapna files nomination on last day

    Jalpaiguri: Star athlete Swapna Barman filed her nomination as the TMC candidate from Rajganj on Monday — the last day for filing — after days of uncertainty that had kept her off the campaign trail.Swapna was employed as a ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Why is Modi silent on Pakistan minister’s Kol threat, asks Didi

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday questioned PM Narendra Modi's silence on Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif's alleged threat to target Kolkata and demanded the PM's resignation."We do not want enmity with any country. But why does PM Modi ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu raises ‘lack of praise’ for armed forces

    Kolkata: Even as CM Mamata Banerjee questioned PM Narendra Modi's "silence" on Pakistan's threat to strike Kolkata, state leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Monday alleged that she always fell short of praising the role of the Indian armed ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    CU defers semester I exams scheduled after Apr 13

    Kolkata: Calcutta University has postponed its under-graduate first semester examinations scheduled after April 13 because many affiliated colleges have been occupied for the assembly elections, disrupting access to examination venues.The university authorities said the decision was taken after reviewing ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    After TOI report, SC prod on Nandalal kin SIR plea

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Monday requested the SIR appellate tribunal to hear painter Nandalal Bose's maternal grandson Suprabuddha Sen's appeal challenging the deletion of his name from the electoral roll expeditiously.The names of Bose's grandson and granddaughter-in-law Deepa, ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    NSG attire in campaign sparks row

    Uttarpara: Former NSG commando and BJP candidate from Uttarpara, Dipanjan Chakraborty, faced controversy after he campaigned wearing a black attire with NSG written on it.Trinamool raised concerns over whether national security force attire could be used for election campaigning. ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    After 14 deaths last April, greens raise poll-time weather concerns

    Kolkata: As Bengal prepares for the two-phase Assembly elections amid a wider multi-state polling exercise in April 2026, rising climate risks are emerging as a serious concern for voter safety and election management, according to a detailed report prepared ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Doc group docu to feature physician Mani Chhetri

    Kolkata: Tributes have been pouring in for physician Mani Kumar Chhetri, who passed away on Sunday night. A group of doctors is also working on releasing a documentary that features the 106-year-old doctor. Titled ‘Endocrinology in Bengal', the film ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Actor’s death exposes Tollywood fault lines

    Kolkata: Tollywood is split over the role of Magic Moments Motion Pictures in the context of actor Rahul Banerjee's demise while shooting in Talsari. While veteran actor Madhabi Mukhopadhyay is disturbed by the attacks levelled at Leena Gangopadhyay's "insensitivity", ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    HC bail clears deck for Rakesh Singh to contest polls

    Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Monday granted bail to Rakesh Singh, a BJP functionary in jail for five and a half months, for contesting polls for the Kolkata Port assembly seat.The HC accepted Singh's plea, though his son remains ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    No one’s fault, not even Rahul-da’s. It was an accident, says co-actor who saw incident

    Kolkata: A week after actor Rahul Banerjee's death while shooting ‘Bhole Baba Par Karega', the investigation has intensified following the filing of two FIRs and the decision to halt all shooting from Tuesday to demand safety on sets. In ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Behala row: FIR against TMC candidate, 6 party workers held

    Kolkata: An FIR has been registered against Trinamool Congress candidate from Behala West Ratna Chatterjee and several other party workers after the BJP accused her — and her workers — of being involved in a vandalism at their party ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Stuck in traffic snarls, Kol commuters wait on streets as their reps queue outside poll offices

    Kolkata: Commuters across a vast expanse of the city were kept waiting for long stretches on the first working day of the week as their future representatives got busy filing their nominations for the upcoming assembly election.The worst-hit stretches ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Heavyweight nominations: Tension indicates sharpness of contest

    Kolkata: Rival camps of Trinamool and BJP squared off in a charged atmosphere outside Alipore Survey Building on Monday as the heavyweight candidates submitted their nomination papers. The situation looked less like an administrative exercise and more like a ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    Ambarish Bhattacharya, Rahul’s co-actor in serial, resigns from production house in protest

    KOLKATA: Actor Ambarish Bhattacharya, who played Rahul Banerjee's father in this serial, has put down his papers from the production company and has decided never to work with Leena Gangopadhyay and Saibal Banerjee’s production house. Bhattacharya, who was also ...

    7 April 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal polls: Anxious voters throng EC offices to get on electoral roll

    KOLKATA: "Where is the format to file an appeal to get included in the voter list?" a voter from the Chowringee constituency was seen screaming before EC officials on Sunday afternoon at Jessop Building.The room on the second floor ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal elections: Greens urge parties to manage poll waste

    KOLKATA: In poll season, experts have urged political parties to take care of waste. As per a study by the International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water headed by former JU professor and waste management expert Sadhan Ghosh, ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Rahul Banerjee's death fallout: Tollywood shooting on hold to demand safety on sets

    KOLKATA: In a fallout of actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee's death on the Talsari beach, Tollywood shooting will remain suspended from Tuesday over safety and security concerns for unit members on the sets.An emergency meeting has been called on Tuesday ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal polls: FIR lodged against TMC Behala Paschim candidate Ratna Chattopadhyay over alleged vandalism during campaign

    KOLKATA: An FIR has been registered against Trinamool Congress candidate from the Behala Paschim assembly constituency, Ratna Chattopadhyay, in connection with alleged vandalism in the Parnasree area of south Kolkata, police said on Monday.The case was filed on April ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    CID chief will have to go to TN: EC

    Kolkata: The EC has turned down ADG CID and former Kolkata Police Commissioner Supratim Sarkar's plea for reprieve from being sent to Tamil Nadu as a police observer on medical grounds. The EC order prompted Sarkar to leave for ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal polls 2026: Mamata Banerjee warns against vote split, says ‘TMC win key to safety’

    BEHRAMPORE: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday told voters that they would remain safe if Trinamool is elected back to office and gave a call to prevent splitting of anti-BJP votes.“If you vote for Trina-mool, I will be able ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal assembly elections: Malda incident shows ‘law & order collapse’, says PM Narendra Modi

    KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi focused on the targeting of seven judicial officers in Malda’s Kaliachak last week and held it up as an example of Bengal’s law and order situation while addressing his first rally in Bengal since ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Autos reduce fare on key routes after pressure from unions, public

    Kolkata: Mounting pressure from unions and commuters in the run-up to the state elections has forced auto drivers across several routes in Kolkata to roll back recent fare hikes, despite a sharp increase in fuel costs. Over the past ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    RGK mom’s anti-Mamata diatribe sparks TMC complaint

    Kolkata: The mother of the RG Kar rape and murder victim — now contesting as the BJP candidate from Panihati — has sparked a sharp political controversy after a video surfaced in which she threatens to physically assault CM ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Cardiologist Mani Chettri dies at 106

    Kolkata: One of the city's oldest surviving doctors, renowned cardiologist and Padma Shri awardee Mani Chettri, who practised till he was 100 years old, died late on Sunday. He was 106. Chettri, a former director of health services, was ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    EC clears Swapna Barman to contest polls

    Kolkata: EC on Sunday issued a certificate under Section 9 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, clearing Asian Games gold medallist Swapna Barman to contest the Bengal assembly elections on a Trinamool ticket from Rajganj — a ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
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