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  • Ahmedabad researcher eyes manufacturing base in Taiwan and Singapore for NeuroPause technology

    Ahmedabad-based researcher and Co-Founder of NeuroPause Lab PVT LTD, Saurabh Patel, plans to establish manufacturing bases in Taiwan and Singapore for his breakthrough innovation, NeuroPause 0.33, the Pause Technology designed to improve balance and motion efficiency in both humans ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    28 people have died since SIR began: Mamata Banerjee; West Bengal CM terms it 'inhuman' pressure on field workers

    KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday voiced concern over the death of a Booth Level Officer (BLO) in Jalpaiguri's Mal block, alleging that the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has imposed "inhuman" pressure ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    500 Bangladeshis fleeing West Bengal stranded near Zero Line

    KOLKATA: Several hundred Bangladeshi nationals - men, women and children - were intercepted by BSF at Hakimpur check post near Swarupnagar, in North 24 Parganas, on Monday morning. They were allegedly attempting to cross the border to return home ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Guv files plaint against Kalyan, MP says ‘allegations mindless’

    Kolkata: The Raj Bhavan on Tuesday filed a written complaint against Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee at Hare Street police station accusing him of multiple penal offences, including endangering "sovereignty, unity, and integrity of India." Banerjee immediately threatened to lodge ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, comfortable temperatures; AQI remains poor

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata residents can anticipate a sunny and pleasant day on November 19, 2025, with temperatures ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    IIT-Kharagpur opens applications for Young Innovators’ Program 2025–26

    KOLKATA: IIT Kharagpur has begun accepting applications for the first round of its Young Innovators’ Program (YIP) for the academic year 2025–26. The event is aimed at inculcating scientific temper, creativity, and problem-solving acumen among school students of Classes ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Spot eyed for CEO’s new office inspected

    Kolkata: Deputy election commissioner Gyanesh Bharti on Tuesday visited an office space in the Shipping Corporation of India building in Kolkata. He was accompanied by CEO Manoj Agarwal. The Bengal CEO's office has long been trying to have a ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    For whom the phones ring: BLOs struggle to fend off barrage of calls round the clock

    A 35-year-old BLO from Jadavpur received more than 140 calls on her personal mobile phone, but only half of them were related to voter queries. The rest were prank calls. Another young BLO in Amherst Street is receiving blank ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Trees hacked illegally, KMC stops Theatre Rd park’s ‘beautification’

    Kolkata: The KMC has issued a show-cause notice to the private agency engaged to ‘beautify' a public park after TOI reported that large, full-grown trees were hacked inside the park without permission. The action was taken after KMC parks ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    BJP, CPM & Cong slam Hasina’s death penalty, call it ‘denial of natural justice’

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP, state Congress and CPM, despite their differences on multiple issues, have in one voice criticized former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's "trial in absentia" at the International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka. While the parties did not ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Purple Line Esplanade stn hits Bidhan Mkt hawker brick wall

    Kolkata: Work on Joka-Esplanade Metro has come to a halt with BC Roy Market hawkers refusing to shift to a newly built temporary location. The old structure, popularly known as Maidan Market or Bidhan Market, has to be demolished ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    3 months after nod, Sundarbans 2nd largest tiger reserve only on paper

    Kolkata: With the Supreme Court, in a judgment on Monday, ordering states to demarcate core and buffer areas in the tiger reserves within six months, the Bengal forest dept officials said they were awaiting a copy of the judgment ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    1st kid taken away, child-lifter suffered a miscarriage too

    Kolkata: Sabina Bibi (41), also known as Shyama Mondal, was arrested from Nibandua village in Bhangar for allegedly kidnapping six-month-old Mohit Molla from the BC Roy Hospital at Beleghata on Monday. The accused was produced before a local court ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    SSC starts verification for HS teachers’ posts

    Kolkata: The state School Service Commission on Tuesday started the verification process for assistant teachers for classes XI-XII, who had recently appeared for the recruitment exams after losing their jobs following an SC order in April. The exercise was ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Five Kalyani houses first to get piped gas in state

    Kolkata: Piped natural gas reached the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) area last week, with Bengal Gas Company Limited commencing PNG supply to households in Kalyani.The pipeline has to travel another 50 km to reach Baranagar, located on the ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Hostel shift order: IIT scholars cry ‘mental despair’

    Kolkata: Forty-one IIT research scholars, who are boarders of Vikram Sarabhai Residential Complex-2 (VRSC-2), were asked to shift to B R Ambedkar Hall of Residence (BRH) at the earliest. This prompted them to write to the dean of student ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Portal to open today for TET teachers’ applications

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Board of Primary Education is set to start recruitment across state-aided primary schools after eight years. The online portal will open on Wednesday to receive applications from TET-qualified candidates. The exercise, meant to fill 13,421 ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Coast Guard intercepts trawler, 24 B’deshis held

    Kolkata: Indian Coast Guard intercepted another Bangladeshi fishing trawler in the Sundarbans on Monday night and detained 24 Bangladeshi nationals on board. With this, the total number of Bangladeshi fishermen arrested for trespassing illegally into Indian maritime boundaries in ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Job scam: ED quizzes Bengal fire minister’s daughter

    Kolkata: ED on Tuesday questioned Bengal fire services minister Sujit bose's daughter Mohini Bose in connection with alleged irregularities in municipal recruitment, an official said. Mohini arrived at ED's Salt Lake office around noon, accompanied by her legal counsel.ED ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    North Bengal small tea growers seek Kenya-style devpt authority

    Jalpaiguri: Small tea growers in north Bengal sought a tea development authority to be set up on the lines of the Kenyan model during a workshop in Jalpaiguri on Tuesday. They have also demanded designated factories and command areas ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    SIR fear: 500+ B’deshis detained while trying to return home

    Kolkata: Several hundred Bangladeshi nationals — including minors — were intercepted by BSF at the Hakimpur check post near Swarupnagar in North 24 Parganas on Monday morning. They were allegedly attempting to cross the border to return home amid ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Kol trails other dists in digitisation of SIR forms, EC appoints more assistant BLOs

    Kolkata: Kolkata is lagging far behind other Bengal districts in digitisation of filled Special Intensive Revision (SIR) enumeration forms collected from voters, prompting the Election Commission to appoint more assistant block level officers (BLOs) on Tuesday to speed up ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    NDITA redevelops garden stretch near Chingrighata

    Kolkata: A garden along the eastern drainage channel side stretch off Salt Lake Bypass near Chingrighata that was earlier damaged due to metro construction work is being restored. The Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) is doing the restoration and ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    New photo rule becomes another sore point for BLOs

    Kolkata: The BLOs engaged in the ongoing SIR process have alleged mounting confusion, stress, and operational burden after the Election Commission (EC) issued a fresh directive, which has mandated them to visit voters' homes and click photographs through a ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Science City climate change gallery ‘best in the world’

    Kolkata: The ‘On The Edge?' gallery on climate change at Science City, Kolkata, was declared the best exposition on sustainability in the world at an award function held in Dubai on Saturday.The 10,000 sq ft gallery, with interactive exhibits ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    46 from indie film industry demand fairness, equality

    Kolkata: Two independent films by SRFTI students—one an alumnus and the other awaiting his diploma—are at the heart of a pan-Indian controversy. Kanu Behl's award-winning ‘Agra' on Monday received limited screens, prompting 46 prominent voices from India's indie film ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    UP serial killer driving app cab in Kol arrested from Ripon Street

    Kolkata: A serial killer and most wanted gangster from UP with 20 cases of rape, attempt to murder, and robbery — one who jumped parole in June earlier this year after being released from Tihar Jail — was arrested ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    ER’s 4th AC Sealdah-Kalyani local train from Monday

    Kolkata: Eastern Railway's Sealdah division is all set to introduce its fourth AC local service. The new AC EMU will be commissioned on Monday, operating between Sealdah and Kalyani. Another AC service (Sealdah-Krishnagore), now running six days a week, ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Ezra Street fire: Kol cops lodge FIR

    Kolkata: Three days after a massive fire engulfed Ezra Street, the Kolkata Police have lodged an FIR in this regard.The fire, which broke out on Nov 15 around 5.30 am, had spread rapidly across the densely packed shops, primarily ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    EC to look into online list-hard copy mismatch

    Kolkata: For the electors whose names do not appear in the online SIR roll of 2002 but are mentioned in the hard copy of the same list collected from the DM office, the EC will take measures for the ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    ‘Tainted’ on asst prof hiring panel, medics slam health board

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Health Recruitment Board (WBHRB) has not replaced the "tainted" or "accused" faculties interviewing candidates to fill approximately 621 posts of assistant professors across state-run medical colleges. This decision comes despite a controversy that arose after ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata airport slips 11 ranks in service quality

    Kolkata: Kolkata airport recorded its steepest fall in the past one year in the global Airport Service Quality (ASQ) rankings, slipping 11 spots to 70 in the July-Sept cycle from 59 in the previous quarter. This marked the airport's ...

    19 November 2025 Times of India
    World's best gallery on climate and sustainability at Science City, wins global award

    KOLKATA: The 'On The Edge?' gallery on climate change at Science City, Kolkata, was declared the best exposition on sustainability in the world at an award function held in Dubai on Saturday.The 10,000 sq ft gallery, with interactive exhibits ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Indian Karatekas shine on global stage: AIBSKA team wins big at JSKA World Championship in Japan

    KOLKATA: The Indian National Team of the All India Budo Shoto Kan Karate Association (AIBSKA) delivered a spectacular performance at the JSKA World Karate Championship 2025, held in Japan from November 1 to 3, competing against elite martial artists ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Coast Guard intercepts 2 B’deshi trawlers, 55 fishermen arrested

    Kolkata: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has intercepted two Bangladeshi trawlers and detained 55 fishermen for illegally crossing the Indian maritime boundary. They were handed over to the Fraserganj Coast Police Station in South 24 Parganas and were later ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, pleasant temperatures; AQI remains poor

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata is experiencing a sunny and pleasant morning on November 18, 2025, with temperatures expected ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Spooked by SIR, man returns home after 28 years to claim voter status

    KOLKATA: Bengal's special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls just produced an act of desperation with a strangely redemptive ending.Jagabandhu Mondal, missing for 28 years and long given up for dead by his family, returned to his native Bagdah ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Bengal governor Bose leads dramatic search at Raj Bhavan after TMC MP’s ‘arms stockpile’ claim; mulls leagal action against Kalyan Banerjee

    KOLKATA: Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose on Monday led a team of security personnel and sniffer dogs in a "search operation" at Raj Bhavan following allegations by Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee that "arms and ammunition were stacked within ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Experts discuss gene-edited rice and it's impact on biodiversity and human health at Presidency Univ seminar

    KOLKATA: Eminent academics, scientists, policy makers and civil society participated in a one-day symposium on ‘Gene-edited rice in India: Impact on Food, Environment and Society’ on Monday at P. C. Mahalanobis Auditorium, Presidency University, to discuss the potential of ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Taxi driver held for hit-&-run death

    Kolkata: A taxi driver, Suresh Shaw, has been arrested for hitting a homeless man while making a high-speed turn from Lenin Sarani towards College Street and then dumping his body near Raja Subodh Mullick Square at Wellington on Saturday ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    STF seizes 5 crore from SUV, two arrested

    Kolkata: During a naka check near Baguiati, Bengal Special Task Force and cops from Narayanpur Police Station, recovered Rs 5 crore from an SUV and arrested two individuals on Sunday. Primary investigations reveal that the money was being transported ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Blackstone-backed REIT eyes Diamond Plaza mall buyout

    Kolkata: Nexus Select Trust, backed by New York-based global asset management company Blackstone, is in an advanced stage of negotiating with the Diamond Group to buy the Diamond Plaza mall in Dum Dum. This comes after the real estate ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    No nod to fell park trees, say forest dept and KMC

    Kolkata: No formal permission appears to have been granted by the forest department to fell trees at McPherson Square, also called Maharana Pratap Udyan, a public park at the intersection of Theatre Road and Loudon Street.Three days after TOI ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Kol-born industrialist to lead S’pore biz body

    Kolkata: The Singapore govt has chosen Kolkata-born NRI industrialist Prasoon Mukherjee to lead Singapore Enterprise Centre (SEC) India, which has been set up by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) to boost trade, investment and industrial relations between India and ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Will we be able to return? Anxiety peaks among Bangla tourists in city

    Kolkata: There was palpable tension along the Petrapole-Benapole border following the execution order of former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina. Bangladesh nationals attempting to reach their homes amid reports of violence raging across Bangladesh looked afraid and unsure about the ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    In letter to PM, Didi ‘rejects’ Centre’s Gorkha envoy move

    Darjeeling: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to PM Narendra Modi, "rejecting" the Centre's "shocking, unilateral, arbitrary and wholly unconstitutional" decision to appoint former deputy national security adviser Pankaj Kumar Singh as an interlocutor for Gorkha issues in the ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Taxis go missing, prompt cabbies to sleep inside cars

    Kolkata: Taxi drivers in Bhowanipur are spending the nights inside the parked cabs to prevent them from getting stolen. The move was prompted by theft of two yellow taxis from Chakraberia Road (South) on Sunday while their owners were ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Six-month-old boy abducted from BC Roy Hosp, reunited with mom after 8-hour hunt

    Kolkata: After an eight hour hunt, which involved the analysis of 26 CCTV cameras, police on Monday recovered a six-month-old child who was abducted from BC Roy Hospital at Beleghata where his mother had brought him for treatment.The woman ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Sandakphu to Prinsep: Pentathlon wraps up after 13-day, 512-km journey

    Kolkata: The gruelling biennial endurance event, Pentathlon, organised by Sea Explorers' Institute (SEI), involving trekking, rafting, kayaking, rowing, and sailing, got underway at Sandakphu on Nov 5 and concluded at Prinsep Ghat in Kolkata on Monday.Unlike the last edition ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    No forensic nod, Ezra St traders wait to return

    Kolkata: On Monday afternoon, a forensic team visited Ezra Street and collected samples from the markets that were gutted on Saturday. They examined electrical cables, charred wooden panels, and debris of gutted commercial materials to identify the cause of ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    HC stays arrest warrant against TMC’s Abhishek

    Bhopal/Jabalpur: The MP high court on Monday stayed the execution of an arrest warrant issued against Abhishek Banerjee, Party (TMC) leader for his appearance before a special court in Bhopal.The warrant arose from a libel suit filed by ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Late pregnancy, IVF, stress behind spike in preterm births, say docs

    Kolkata: Premature births in Kolkata have risen to around 11%-12% of all live births from close to 9% in 2018-19, according to a study by researchers affiliated to London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, in collaboration with WHO ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    100-day work yet to restart: Workers’ body may move HC

    Kolkata: Paschim Banga Khet Mazdoor Samity is likely to move a contempt petition before Calcutta High Court seeking implementation of the court's order directing the Centre to implement MGNREGS in Bengal from Aug 1.The organisation, represented by senior advocate ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    28 years on, runaway man returns home to get name back on SIR list

    Kolkata: On a winter morning 28 years ago Jagabandhu Mondal, then 27, had left his house in Bagdah, North 24 Parganas, and simply vanished. He had left behind his wife and two young children aged just two and three. ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Mamata Bala collapses mins before ending SIR protest fast

    Kolkata: Thirteen days into her hunger strike demanding unconditional citizenship for all Matua people amid the special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls, Trinamool MP and All Matua Mahasangha (AIMM) Sanghadhipati Mamata Bala Thakur collapsed on the dais on ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Guv leads ‘arms & ammo’ search at Raj Bhavan, Kalyan slams ‘child’s play’

    Kolkata: Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose on Monday led a team of security personnel and sniffer dogs in a "search operation" at Raj Bhavan following allegations by Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee that "arms and ammunition were stacked within ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    2 from Bengal pedal 4,249 km from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in 17 days

    Kolkata: Braving harsh terrains, unpredictable weather conditions, and mechanical challenges, two cyclists from Bengal—an engineering student and a chartered accountant—pedalled 4,249 km to travel from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in 17 days. On Sunday, they completed the cycle expedition—titled as ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    In letter to PM, Didi ‘rejects’ Centre’s Gorkha envoy move

    Darjeeling: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to PM Narendra Modi, "rejecting" the Centre's "shocking, unilateral, arbitrary and wholly unconstitutional" decision to appoint former deputy national security adviser Pankaj Kumar Singh as an interlocutor for Gorkha issues in the ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Awami netas in exile plan stir in Bangla

    Kolkata: As the verdict against former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina was announced by the International Crimes Tribunal, sentencing her to death for "being found guilty of crimes against humanity", Awami League's central committee leaders met at a location in ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    EC lens on duplicate voters, BLOs may come knocking again to click photos

    Kolkata: Whether one has provided their photographs or not, the BLOs can come knocking at home again, this time to take your photographs on mobile camera. These photographs will be scanned by the EC, which will use AI-based software ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    ‘SIR anxiety’ claims two more lives

    Kolkata: Another death linked to "SIR-related panic" was reported from South Dum Dum on Monday.According to police, the deceased has been identified as Baidyanath Hazra. His body was found hanging from a tree in his neighbourhood on Monday afternoon. ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Chingrighata girder launching likely over next two weekends

    Kolkata: The long-awaited girder-launching for the Orange Line at Chingrighata is likely to be done over the coming weekend and the next, cops have told RVNL. The work was due to start last Friday, but cops pleaded helplessness because ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Nepal Consulate shift: MoU boost for Purple Line metro

    Kolkata: Metro Railway inked an MoU with the Nepal govt on Monday for shifting the Nepal Consulate's current Kolkata address to a building next door, thus paving the way for the Purple Line's ramp construction on DH Road.The MoU ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Plaint, counter-plaint after brawl at eatery

    Kolkata: An altercation at an eatery in the early hours of Sunday, involving an engaged couple and a restaurant staffer, allegedly escalated into a physical confrontation, with both parties filing cop complaints against each other.According to the couple, they ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Cops reject app-shuttle minibuses’ plea to use Maa

    Kolkata: Despite requests from various app-cab firms and transporters operating 16- to 24-seater buses in the city, Kolkata Traffic Police on Monday clarified they will not allow minibuses — usually the app-based shuttles ferrying IT employees to the IT ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    ‘Gas cylinder subsidy’ calls back on prowl, dupe 11 victims of lakhs

    Kolkata: Around 11 Kolkatans last week came to Kolkata Police reporting losses — from a few thousand to a few lakhs — through the "gas cylinder scam", wherein the victims reportedly received calls purportedly from their local gas dealer, ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Telemedicine services cross 7 crore milestone

    Kolkata: On Oct 31, the son of an elderly woman rushed her to the Ramgopalpur Health & Wellness Centre with severe abdominal pain. Evaluation by the health officer at this health unit in Burdwan's Galsi block suggested signs of ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Will never ask for OTP for physical verification: EC

    Kolkata: The EC on Monday clarified that they did not ask for any OTP related to the ongoing SIR in the state. Issuing a press note, the office of the chief electoral officer, West Bengal, said, " of India ...

    18 November 2025 Times of India
    Pentathlon endurance event concludes in Kolkata after covering 512 km across Bengal

    KOLKATA: The gruelling biennial endurance event, Pentathlon, organised by Sea Explorers' Institute (SEI), involving trekking, rafting, kayaking, rowing, and sailing, got underway at Sandakphu on November 5 and concluded at Outram Ghat in Kolkata on Monday.Unlike the last edition ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Over 24 hours later, pocket fires keep firemen on toes at electrical goods hub

    Kolkata: More than 24 hours after a devastating blaze swept through Ezra Street — eastern India's largest marketplace for electrical goods — firefighters battled persistent pockets of fire on Sunday, with thick smoke continuing to emerge from several damaged ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Bus no-scrap policy bad for city’s air quality, say green experts

    Kolkata: Kolkata's air-quality experts and green activists are raising the alarm after the recent court order lifting the long-standing ban on 15-year-old buses in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA). They warn that the move could reverse hard-won gains in ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Shatrughan’s praise for Nitish raises eyebrows in TMC

    Kolkata: Trinamool MP and veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha's effusive praise for Nitish Kumar after NDA's victory in the Bihar Assembly Election has raised eyebrows within his own party with some members saying that his comments could affect Trinamool's image ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata researcher in Finland gets patent for plastic bag substitute

    Kolkata: A Kolkata youngster has devised a biodegradable material that can act as a substitute for plastic bags and received a patent for it. Aviroop Mukherjee (30) created the material after two years of research at his laboratory and ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Kalyan hits back at Guv for SIR remark

    Kolkata: Amid the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, MP Kalyan Banerjee and Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose engaged in a verbal spat, with both threatening each other with legal action.The row ignited after Bose backed ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Salt Lake set to get new-look overhead tanks by year end

    Kolkata: From reconstructing the overhead top dome slab to jacketing the structure, enhancing the pumping capacity, and revamping the existing infrastructure, all 15 overhead water reservoirs across Salt Lake are undergoing major upgrade and revamp work for the first ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    MP minister under fire for calling Rammohun ‘angrezon ke dalal’

    Kolkata: Madhya Pradesh education minister Inder Singh Parmar's statement that Raja Rammohun Roy was an "angrezon ke dalal" (a British agent) has sparked protests in Bengal by his own party as well as , educationists and experts engaged in ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    3 arrested for live betting inside Eden during India-SA match

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police busted a live betting racket being operated from inside the Eden Gardens during the India-South Africa test match on Saturday afternoon. Three men from Maharashtra, Bihar, and Gujarat were arrested from the F1 block of the ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Sprinklers get back to work as AQI worsens

    Kolkata: In a major push to curb Kolkata's recurring winter air pollution crisis, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) deployed a fleet of electric vehicles equipped with integrated dust-suppression and water-sprinkling systems. These specialised EV-based sprinklers not only ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Gutted Ezra Street agiary was our personal hotline to Ahura Mazda

    My growing-up years were inextricably linked to the Banaji agiary — physically, too, because our rambling 120-year-old house shared a wall with it. My mornings were infused with the fragrance of sandalwood mingling with the mundane aromas from our ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Only 4.6% growth in Kol electorate in 23 years, Bengal records 69% rise

    Kolkata: Bengal has witnessed an impressive 69% surge in voter count over the past 23 years, but Kolkata's growth has been a paltry 4.6%.A comparative analysis of the electoral rolls prepared after the previous special intensive revision (SIR) in ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Central agencies question 3 UAPA-accused in Bengal jails

    Kolkata: Three accused persons, arrested under three different cases under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and lodged in Bengal prisons, were questioned by central investigating agencies in connection with the Delhi blast.Tania Parvin, a Lashkar-e-Taiba handler arrested in ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Illicit mkt in 5 key sectors valued at 7.9L cr: Study

    Kolkata: The size of the illicit market in five key sectors — packaged FMCG, including personal and household care, alcohol, tobacco, textiles and apparel — was valued at Rs 7.9 lakh crore, according to a Ficci-Cascade study.The study highlighted ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Matri Bhavan celebrates 75 years of service in city

    Kolkata: Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Matri Bhavan in Kolkata commemorated its 75 years of glorious journey on Sunday at Nazrul Manch during a daylong grand public celebration. Matri Bhavan hospital, situated at Sree Mohan Lane near Mudiali, with a capacity ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Pet parents hit the streets, link vote to animal rights

    Kolkata: Animal activists, including feeders of strays, walked in an approximately 4 km march from Jadavpur to Golpark on Sunday, protesting against the Supreme Court's Nov 7 order on removal of stray dogs from schools, hospitals, and public institutions. ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Fire 5 days before GST deadline, traders weep over lost docus

    Kolkata: Just five days before the deadline to file GST, hundreds of traders on Ezra Street, who lost goods worth several lakhs in the fire that ravaged approximately 350 shops on Saturday, are facing more losses. They fear that ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Will take battle of ‘existence’ to Delhi: Abhishek to Matuas

    Kolkata: A three-member Trinamool Congress delegation led by ministers Shashi Panja and Snehashis Chakraborty met protesters from the Matua community on Sunday, handing them a written message from the party's national general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee.The protesters have launched a ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Bengal fisherman with hearing, speech disabilities dies in Bangladesh jail

    Kolkata: A fisherman with hearing and speech disabilities from Bengal's Kakdwip has died in a prison in Bangladesh, his family was informed on Saturday. Bablu Das, 32, had been intercepted by Bangladesh navy along with 33 other Indian fishermen ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Bengal had 3rd highest cases pending trial in 2023: NCRB

    Kolkata: Bengal had as many as 17,80,452 cases pending trial at the end of 2023, the third highest in the country, according to the ‘Crime in India 2023' report prepared by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).The huge backlog in ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Woman loses gold chain to Bypass snatchers, 2 held

    Kolkata: A woman, Reena Das, allegedly lost her gold chain to bike-borne snatchers on Sunday morning while returning from a morning walk near the Metropolitan housing complex off E M Bypass. Within 10 hours of the incident, two of ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Cashless cover at SSKM’s Woodburn, Ananya wards

    Kolkata: The century-old Woodburn Ward and the recently launched Ananya Unit (Woodburn 2) at SSKM Hospital will soon offer a cashless facility to patients admitted under health insurance schemes. The hospital entered into a contract with General Insurance, a ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    Sunday blues for BLOs: Tech glitches, online-offline voter data mismatch

    Kolkata: Working for two successive weekends without a break, booth level officers were asked by the EC to upload all SIR enumeration form data on BLO app by month-end. The fortnight's target comes in the backdrop of some BLOs ...

    17 November 2025 Times of India
    NIA detains Al-Falah doc in N Dinajpur

    Malda/Kolkata: The NIA is questioning a doctor, Janisar Alam alias Nisar, a recent graduate from the now-infamous Al-Falah Medical College in Faridabad, after detaining him from Dalkhola in North Dinajpur, where he had come to attend a wedding.Sources said ...

    16 November 2025 Times of India
    Old para studios, photo copiers ride on SIR high, come back to life

    Kolkata: The photo studio business has suddenly come back to life after the launch of Special Intensive Review (SIR) of electoral rolls in the city. A few existing photo studios in the city have been experiencing a heavy rush ...

    16 November 2025 Times of India
    SIR for 25k prisoners across 60 Bengal jails soon

    Kolkata: Though late off the blocks, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) will also start in Bengal jails.In a Nov 14 order, the Bengal govt has allowed over 25,774 prisoners housed in 60 prisons statewide to "sign their SIR enumeration ...

    16 November 2025 Times of India
    Guardian rule for city orphanages and hijras

    Kolkata: The Election Commission will apply the "Guardian Rule" to ensure that adult orphans, institutionalised children, and members of the hijra community are not excluded during the ongoing SIR drive. The clarification comes amid widespread concerns that the absence ...

    16 November 2025 Times of India
    'Apologise to people or legal action could be taken': TMC MP alleges weapons distribution at Raj Bhavan; governor opens gates for public inspection

    KOLKATA: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Sunday strongly refuted Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee's allegations that arms were being distributed from Raj Bhavan, opening the premises to public scrutiny and demanding an apology from the MP or ...

    16 November 2025 Times of India
    Fit cert enough, govt removes 15-yr age cap on comm vehicles

    Kolkata: In a key relief for private bus operators in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA), the Calcutta High Court on Thursday disposed of a long-pending writ petition after the state govt presented a draft notification allowing stage carriage buses ...

    16 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, AQI remains poor

    On , Kolkata is experiencing a sunny morning with temperatures expected to range between and , providing conditions suitable for outdoor activities. This follows yesterday's air quality, which was in the category with an , a condition ...

    16 November 2025 Times of India
    Woman sells property to pay 30L to cabby after blackmail

    Kolkata: An app-based cab driver, Prem Singh—a native of Madhubani in Bihar—was arrested for allegedly extorting and blackmailing one of his woman passengers, who had developed a relationship with him, with her intimate photos. The accused, who has been ...

    16 November 2025 Times of India
    Commuters come to blows at metro stn

    Kolkata: Two commuters were involved in a physical altercation at Esplanade metro station on Nov 12. Around 2.30 pm on Wednesday a female commuter, a resident of Golf Green, alleged that a male commuter attempted to force his way ...

    16 November 2025 Times of India
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