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  • Nklusive secures record real estate assets under mgmt in Kol, Hyd & B’luru

    Kolkata: A real estate consultancy firm dealing with premium projects across India secured assets worth nearly Rs 3,000 crore under management in Kolkata, just over a third of the new assets it signed for management across the country this ...

    13 November 2025 Times of India
    40L jewellery theft from Salt Lake home

    Kolkata: A 64-year-old resident of AJ Block in Salt Lake, Rajesh Kumar Dalmia, filed a cop complaint after he noticed several valuable items missing from his home. Among the items stolen are a solitaire ring, one pair of gold ...

    13 November 2025 Times of India
    NIA raid at Murshidabad over ‘terror link’

    Kolkata: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on Wednesday carried out a search operation at Murshidabad's Nabagram in connection with a two-year-old case involving an al-Qaeda terror network in Ahmedabad. The NIA team, with the help of local police ...

    13 November 2025 Times of India
    Mamata receives honorary D Litt from Japan’s Okayama University

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee received an honorary D Litt degree from Okayama University of Japan at a programme here on Wednesday.Nasu Yasutomo, president of the university, praised Banerjee for her role in the development of the state in ...

    13 November 2025 Times of India
    Student welfare in mind, IIT-Kgp meets parents

    Kolkata: The IIT Kharagpur administration on Tuesday launched a three-day virtual interaction with first-year students' parents and boarders of Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Hall of Residence, aiming to strengthen trust and transparency and foster a shared responsibility among the ...

    13 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC, Cong question EC’s use of 2002 SIR data despite 2009 delimitation

    Kolkata: Opposition parties in Bengal, led by the Trinamool on Wednesday questioned the EC's rationale for making SIR 2002 the reference year, even though the state underwent delimitation in 2009, which altered it's electoral demography. Both Trinamool and Congress ...

    13 November 2025 Times of India
    Temp slides in Kolkata, min touches 17.2°C

    Kolkata: The mercury dipped further in Kolkata on Wednesday when the minimum temperature slipped to 17.2°C from Tuesday's 18.2°C. Wednesday's minimum was 3.1 notches below the normal mark. This was also equal to the lowest Nov minimum in 2024, ...

    13 November 2025 Times of India
    Gaza girl’s last call haunts KIFF audience

    Kolkata: The pindrop silence followed by sniffles post the screening of Kaouther Ben Hania's ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab' at the 31st Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) was starkly opposed to the 25 minutes of its standing ovation the ...

    13 November 2025 Times of India
    EC to use Aadhaar data to weed out dead voters from poll roll

    Kolkata: For the first time since the Nov 4 rollout of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal, the Election Commission on Wednesday said it will use Aadhaar data to weed out dead electors from the ...

    13 November 2025 Times of India
    Sec V ranks 3rd in country in water conservation

    Kolkata: The Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) has secured the third position (joint winner) in the Best Urban Local Body category in the field of water resources conservation and management in the 6th National Water Awards, 2024, by the ...

    13 November 2025 Times of India
    Airport fastens seat belt before winter with low-visibility tech

    Kolkata: The primary runway at Kolkata airport, usually in use for flights to take off and land, will have the modern Instrument Landing System (ILS) at both ends. The Category (CAT) III-B system will enable flights to touch down ...

    13 November 2025 Times of India
    KMC plans new dog shelter at Dhapa with space for 3k strays

    Kolkata: The civic body has planned to relocate the Dhapa dog pound to a spacious area close to the Dhapa dumping ground. The exercise aims at relocating stray dogs from public places following a Supreme Court order.The land in ...

    13 November 2025 Times of India
    28% of city’s population diabetic, only half of them diagnosed: Study

    Kolkata: Around one in five of Kolkata's diabetics are aged below 18, according to a survey conducted by a diabetes screening organisation. It also claimed while 28% of the city's population is diabetic, not more than half was diagnosed. ...

    13 November 2025 Times of India
    Idol’s gold chain stolen during Rash Purnima Puja

    Kolkata: A theft case was registered at Jorabagan Police Station following a complaint by Pompa Biswas (64) of Mondal Street, who claimed a gold neck chain was stolen from an idol during Rash Purnima Puja at her residence between ...

    13 November 2025 Times of India
    Bypass snatchers strike, 5th time in 3 months

    Kolkata: In the fifth such incident since Sept, a mobile phone was snatched at the bustling Panchannagram crossing on Monday. At 10.50 am on Monday, Selim Malik, a resident of Martinpara off EM Bypass, was targeted by two unidentified ...

    13 November 2025 Times of India
    Gold, silver, smartwatch stolen, Ballygunge woman files plaint against caregiver

    Kolkata: A Ballygunge resident, Madhuja Biswas (30), lodged a complaint against a caregiver she had recently hired for her mother after gold bangles, cash and other valuables, were stolen from her Garcha Road home.Kumkum Halder Das joined work on ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    Airport on full red alert, like on I-Day

    Kolkata: Security at Kolkata airport was on Tuesday escalated to its highest level, with authorities enforcing a full red alert and multiple layers of screening. The heightened protocol, officials said, mirrored the Republic Day and Independence Day measures.Domestic flyers ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    3 cops assaulted in Collin Street area

    Kolkata: An officer and two constables from the Park Street Police Station were reportedly assaulted when they went to Collin Street to ask a witness-cum-suspect in a case to appear before the local police station. The incident took place ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    ‘Name mismatch’: S Dinajpur man kills self

    Malda: The family of a 65-year-old man from South Dinajpur's Kumargunj, who hanged himself on Monday, claimed that he had died by suicide after extreme anxiety over a mismatch in his name as listed in the 2002 SIR and ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    Fraud in only 360 primary teacher recruitments, AG says in HC, cites CBI chargesheet

    Kolkata: Bengal advocate general Kishore Datta on Tuesday cited the CBI chargesheet in the case related to alleged fraud in the recruitment of 32,000 primary teachers and submitted before a Calcutta High Court division bench that irregularities were only ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    Hold Shah accountable, blast occurred under his watch: TMC

    Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah should be held accountable for the blast in the national capital which claimed 12 lives, Trinamool said on Monday. TMC also criticised BJP, saying that while the party in office at the Centre ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    Transformer work curtails Green Line ops by an hour

    Kolkata: Services along the Green Line were curtailed for an hour on Tuesday evening because a damaged auxiliary transformer needed replacement. The last trains from Sector V and Howrah Maidan terminals left the stations at 8.45 pm and 8.46 ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    KMC to raise daily quota as birth cert demand spikes

    Kolkata: The KMC is planning to increase the daily quota of issuing duplicate birth and death certificates, which are now being applied for through a Chatbot.Panic over SIR enrolment is the primary reason for the rise in demand for ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    Double delight: Woman becomes mom twice after double kidney transplant

    Kolkata: A 37-year-old Mizo woman has embraced motherhood for a second time after two kidney transplants. Defying all odds and challenging immunosuppressive therapies, the woman delivered her second bundle of joy recently in a Kolkata hospital.Lallianpuii, who underwent both ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    As temp dips to 18°C, Kolkata sees coldest day in the first half of Nov in 10 years

    Kolkata: The mercury dipped further in Kolkata on Tuesday. With the minimum temperature sliding to the 18-degree mark, it was the lowest for Nov 11 in the past decade, along with the maximum temperature of 28.6°C, the lowest for ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    NKDA notice to 13 owners for commercial use of homes

    Kolkata: NKDA has served notices on the owners of 13 residential buildings in New Town for running commercial facilities there without permission. The authorities had already issued notice to a couple of owners earlier.The errant owners have been using ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    BirlaNu signs agreement to acquire Clean Coats at Rs 120cr

    Kolkata: BirlaNu, part of the multi-billion-dollar CKA Birla Group, has signed an agreement for the acquisition of Clean Coats, one of India's leading manufacturers of high-performance coatings and specialised construction chemicals. The acquisition cost is Rs 120 crore.Established in ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    Partha returns home after bail, vows commitment to voters

    Kolkata: Former Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee, who was granted bail on Monday, finally reached home on Tuesday afternoon, three years and three months after he was arrested for his alleged role in recruitment irregularities.Trinamool workers and his followers ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    Migrant deportation: HC allows contempt plea against Centre

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday accepted the contempt plea against the Centre for not bringing back six deported migrant workers — including Sunali Khatun and her family — despite the HC's order. The Union govt has been ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    SIR exercise reaches democracy’s last outpost in Bay of Bengal

    Mousuni Islands (Sundarbans): For this 51 year-old booth level officer, tracking down families to hand over their SIR enumeration forms is a tough task. Ashima Mondal, a schoolteacher, has been tasked to hand over the forms to 943 voters ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata lags behind state average as form distribution enters last lap

    Kolkata: The distributed more than 85.7% of enumeration forms across Bengal by Tuesday afternoon, but two key electoral districts that make up Kolkata — Kolkata North and Kolkata South — lag way behind the state average. In Kolkata ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    3-tier security, 80 checkpoints, drones over Eden after Delhi blast

    Kolkata: Security was bolstered across Kolkata, especially ahead of the India-South Africa match at Eden Gardens from Friday, hours after a high alert was sounded across the country following a blast near Red Fort in Delhi on Monday. Allaying ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    Online-offline mismatch leaves voters in a fix

    Kolkata: Several electors in Rajarhat-Gopalpur, Basirhat South and Barasat Assembly constituencies are in a helpless situation as their names do not appear in the online SIR roll of 2002, but are mentioned in the hard copy of that list ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    GST appellate tribunal to open in state in Dec

    Kolkata: Come Dec, Bengal will have its own GST appellate tribunal, paving the way for faster resolution of tax-related disputes. According to official sources, the tribunal will hear appeals against GST orders passed by adjudicating authorities and commissioners. The ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    Court finds 45 guilty in 32-year-old Belpahari murder case

    Jhargram: A Jhargram court on Tuesday found 45 guilty in the 1993 murder of six CPM workers in Belpahari's Diyashi village. Sentencing is scheduled for Wednesday.On May 8, 1993, six CPM workers — Bhakti Mahato, Kartik Mahato, Bidyut Mahato ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    Snatchers attack lawyer, flee with chain

    Kolkata: A new modus operandi of snatching has been reported in the city where the accused pick up an argument with the victim on a flimsy ground, assault him and then snatch without the victim actually realizing the loss ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    KIFF hosts 1st city screening of film on Mother Teresa

    Kolkata: On Sunday, Radha Studio was packed to capacity with people standing on the aisle for the first city screening of ‘Mother' — a feature film on Mother Teresa which follows seven consecutive days at a pivotal moment in ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    CM cracks Swasthya Sathi whip on pvt hosps

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee reminded on Tuesday that every private hospital in the state is bound to accept Swasthya Sathi. Those failing to do so will face a show-cause, and at times even suspension of licences, she warned."Someone ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    Kol joins pan-India event to celebrate Young Birders’ Month

    Kolkata: In a first, cities across India, including Kolkata, will dedicate Nov to young birders. The Young Birders' Month (YBM) — a first-of-its-kind month-long campaign created to spark curiosity and ecological awareness among young minds — is being held ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    Man accused of ‘CEO fraud’ arrested outside Kol airport

    Kolkata: A man was arrested on Monday morning outside the airport on charges of orchestrating a "CEO fraud" that led to the embezzlement of Rs 98 lakh. Accused Mohammad Salman Khan was sent to police custody for 10 days. ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    SL civic body chairperson’s name missing on 2002 list

    Kolkata: The name of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation chairperson Sabyasachi Dutta and eight families from his DL Block row in Salt Lake are missing from the 2002 electoral roll. Dutta has been a councillor since 1995 and also served as ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    Released 62k so far to JU for security, state submits to HC

    Kolkata: The state submitted a report to Calcutta High Court on Tuesday, stating that the govt has released some funds to enhance security at JU campus as ordered by HC. The state submitted that it allocated Rs 62,000 in ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    Caregiver makes adoption plea for run-over stray’s litter

    Kolkata: The black female dog, Poko, might be no more after being run over by a milk delivery truck on Sunday, but her litter has kept 23-year-old delivery agent Pranay Marick worried. The resident of Madan Mitra Lane, who ...

    12 November 2025 Times of India
    ‘Mowing roadside greens worsening dust pollution’

    Kolkata: Don't mow down roadside vegetation cover, experts have urged KMC. Botanists and foresters requested KMC to reconsider its routine of indiscriminate scraping of roadside vegetation—grasses and undergrowth—an exercise that released large volumes of fine dust particles, the ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    Households, offices struggle as service sector goes home

    Kolkata: A large section of cooks, drivers, domestic help, caregivers, housekeeping staff and medical attendants, that powers households and offices in the city, has left for their homes in the districts to get papers needed for SIR exercise, if ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, pleasant temperatures; AQI remains in ‘very poor’

    Kolkata residents on , are experiencing a sunny morning with clear skies and comfortable temperatures, though air quality remains a significant concern following . The city recorded an yesterday, prompting advisories for residents to limit prolonged outdoor exposure ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    After 3 years & 3 months, former edu min Partha out of jail on bail

    Kolkata: Disgraced former education minister Partha Chatterjee, who has been in custody since July 23, 2022, in the cash-for-school job scam, got bail on Monday in the last of the four cases lodged against him for his alleged role ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    HC nixes plea seeking shield for CAA applicants

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday dismissed a PIL petition seeking protection under Section 6B of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act for those applying for enrolment during the special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls.The petitioners were members of ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    3 PS, 4 traffic guards use 52 CCTV cams to track trucker who ran over stray dog

    Kolkata: Footage from 52 CCTV cameras and joint action by cops from three police stations — Amherst Street, Jorasanko and Girish Park — and four traffic guards helped track down a milk-delivery truck that had run over a stray ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    After ‘Aranyer Din Ratri’, 2 more Ray classics on 4K restoration path

    Kolkata: The overwhelming response to the 4K restoration of Satyajit Ray's ‘Aranyer Din Ratri', screened at the 31st Kolkata International Film Festival on Saturday, has now sparked interest among the new generation of cinephiles. Work has begun on the ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC, Cong move SC against Bengal SIR; hearing likely today

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress has moved the Supreme Court, questioning the manner in which the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is being done in Bengal, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Monday. Banerjee told reporters in Siliguri, "Like DMK ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    1 in 4 in Kol yet to get SIR knock on door

    Kolkata: Even after a week since the SIR exercise started in the state, a large section of electors is still anxious as they are yet to receive their enumeration forms. However, the Election Commission of India on Monday ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    India saw notebandi, now it is seeing votebandi: CM on SIR

    Kolkata/Siliguri: India saw "notebandi" nine years ago, now it was seeing "votebandi" courtesy SIR, CM Mamata Banerjee said in Siliguri on Monday, demanding an immediate halt to the process.Banerjee, who linked the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of voters' list ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    Parents, kin field queries from family members staying abroad

    Kolkata: For hundreds of Kolkata residents studying or working abroad, the online Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process has turned unexpectedly complicated. The online enumeration portal of the Election Commission, meant to simplify voter verification, is proving inaccessible to many ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    KMC to boost vax drives, set up shelter for strays

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) health department will scale up its stray dog vaccination drive following the Supreme Court verdict asking the states to ensure public safety from strays. The KMC top brass has also started a search ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    Social media noise reflects SIR storm on the ground

    Kolkata: From enumeration form fill-up tutorials to reels on ‘how not to mess up your Form 6', the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls has turned into an unlikely source of "content" for social media creators.Across Instagram, YouTube, and X, ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    Man arrested for 200 cr cyber fraud

    Kolkata: In a joint operation with Kolkata Police, the Uttar Pradesh police apprehended Sukanta Bandyopadhyay, the prime suspect in a Rs 200 crore fraud case on Sunday night. Bandyopadhyay was staying in a residential condo located near Anandapur PS. ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    11 cr siphoned with cloned credit cards

    Kolkata: A trader residing in the Taltala area of central Kolkata has been accused of orchestrating a financial fraud to siphon off around Rs 11 crore from the victim. The incident, reportedly began on or after May 8.The Park ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    Auto driver molests woman, follows her home, caught by locals

    Kolkata: A 30-year-old woman was allegedly molested by an auto driver when she was travelling from Taratala to Porra-Aswathatala on Sunday. She was sitting in the front seat when the incident occurred. The driver, Nirmal Chettri, even allegedly followed ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    Insurance workers threaten to agitate over proposed FDI increase in sector

    Kolkata: The All India Insurance Employees' Association (AIIEA) has threatened to launch a nationwide agitation against the Centre's proposed bill to increase the FDI in the country's insurance industry to 100% from the present 74%.At a press conference here ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    Flight makes emergency landing, ‘sound over S Kol’ trends online

    KOLKATA: A SpiceJet flight from Mumbai to Kolkata made an emergency landing on one engine on Sunday night after a snag occurred in the Boeing B 737-800 aircraft during descent. After a safe touchdown, all 188 passengers on board ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    HC extends Suvendu’s protection till Jan 31

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday extended interim protection granted to leader of opposition in the assembly Suvendu Adhikari in a case related to alleged vandalism at the Kolaghat party office till Jan 31. Justice Suvra Ghosh fixed the ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    Matua fast Day 6: Protester falls ill on platform, brother dies over ‘anxiety’

    Kolkata: Amid intensifying turf war in Bengal's Matua heartland, the hunger strike by a Trinamool-backed faction of the All India Matua Mahasangha (AIMM) — which entered its sixth day — took a grim turn on Monday after the death ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    Woman loses phone to snatchers off E M Bypass in fourth incident since Sept

    Kolkata: A 25-year-old woman became the latest victim in a brazen snatching incident in the Anandapur-Tagore Park area, a locality that has witnessed a spate of similar crimes in recent weeks.The incident occurred on the evening of Nov 6 ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    KMC relocates Northern Park trees for pumping stn

    Kolkata: A mass tree transplantation project was undertaken by Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) at Subash Uddyan (Northern Park) on Sunday to facilitate construction of a Rs 44-crore storm water drainage pumping station. The long-awaited project aims at alleviating waterlogging ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata’s mid & premium housing units lead sales and launches, affordable units come next

    Kolkata: The mid and premium housing segments in Kolkata, with prices between Rs 40 lakh and Rs 1.5 crore, were the frontrunners in both sales and new launches. This was followed by the affordable housing segment, according to a ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    Enhance mineral security, Union minister Reddy urges HCL at foundation day event

    Kolkata: Union minister of coal and mines on Sunday emphasised the urgency for mineral security for the nation and urged (Hindustan Copper) to play a meaningful role in this endeavour. He was delivering the keynote address at ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC felicitates same-sex couple from Sundarbans, Abhishek calls Riya-Rakhi pride of Bengal

    Kolkata: In a rare political and social gesture, Trinamool on Monday publicly felicitated two young women from the Sundarbans who recently tied the knot — perhaps marking the first time a major political party in India has officially celebrated ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    Nip in air but sharp temp dip unlikely: Met

    Kolkata: While the nip in the air is already here, do not expect the winter chill for now. The Met office says the mercury is unlikely to dip significantly at present. In fact, both the maximum and minimum temperatures ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    School alumni body holds science event

    Kolkata: Around 280 students from classes 11 and 12, from 13 Bengali-medium govt-run schools of Kolkata and Maheshtala, participated in a science awareness programme organised by the New Alipore Multipurpose School Alumni Association (NAMSAA). The aim was to enhance ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    JU to conduct first ICC polls to elect PhD representative

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University is set to conduct its first internal complaints committee (ICC) elections on Nov 27 to elect a PhD scholars' representative to the ICC. The polls to elect students' representatives for the ICC will follow soon, said ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar protest docs to hold second fest

    Kolkata: For the first time, RG Medical College and Hospital will have two fests in a year. In Sept, the 139-year-old institution organised its fest, Lobelia. However, some doctors and students stated that it deviated from the decency and ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    No Form 7 needed, drive helps delete dead kin’s name

    Kolkata: The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise has given electors the option to permanently delete the name of any deceased family member from the electoral roll. An elector must write ‘Expired' in large font on the enumeration form ...

    11 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata residents embrace digital detoxing to improve well being & relationships

    KOLKATA: A section of younsters in Kolkata are embracing the concept of digital detoxing, consciously disconnecting from their devices to reconnect with nature, hobbies, and family. This voluntary action stems from a realisation that they are increasingly getting dependent ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    Interlocutor visit: Gurung-convened all-party meet sees poor turnout, wraps up in 1 hr

    Darjeeling: An all-party meeting convened by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) to build consensus ahead of the Centre-appointed interlocutor's visit, saw a disappointing turnout on Sunday, with only five of the 12 invited parties attending.The meeting, which began at ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    Emerging cities drive commercial real estate growth with cost savings and talent retention

    KOLKATA: Nine emerging cities in the country, including Bhubaneswar and Guwahati, now have a combined commercial real estate economy of nearly Rs 10 lakh crore and command 7 crore sq ft of office space and 8 crore sq ft ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, moderate humidity; AQI remains poor

    Kolkata experienced a sunny morning on November 10, 2025, with temperatures expected to reach 28.8°C and moderate humidity of 51%. While the weather conditions are favorable for outdoor activities, the city recorded poor air quality yesterday with an AQI ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    Changing times: Workshop preps Hindi teachers

    Kolkata: A recent workshop organised by the Association of Schools for the Indian School Certificate West Bengal and North East Chapter emphasised the importance of Hindi language and literature education in today's changing times.Hosted by Sri Ram Narayan Singh ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    2 houses looted near Eco Park

    Kolkata: Two houses were looted in the Hathiara Sharda Palli area under Eco Park Police Station. According to police, the owners of both the houses had gone out with their families on vacation. During this time, thieves raided their ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    Couple alleges assault near Chitpore Rd cafe

    Kolkata: A couple, who visited a cafe on Chitpore Road last week, alleged that some unknown people abused and assaulted them in an intoxicated state on Sunday night. Chitpore police station registered an FIR and started a probe.The complainant, ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    Hooghly woman tries to kill self, daughter over ‘SIR anxiety’

    Serampore: A 27-year-old woman from Kananadi village in Dhaniakhali allegedly attempted suicide with her six-year-old daughter on Friday. Her family said the attempt was due to fear and anxiety over not receiving enumeration forms during the SIR drive in ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    Hills org takes to streets over ST status, sets govt Dec deadline

    Darjeeling: The Gorkha Bharatiya Janjati Mahasangh took to the streets of Darjeeling on Sunday, holding a massive protest rally to renew its long-standing demand for scheduled tribe (ST) status of 11 Gorkha communities. Setting Centre a Dec deadline to ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    Sundarbans set to go tiger-spotting from Nov 25 with 1,484 cams, e-filing of data

    Kolkata: The all-India tiger estimation exercise will kick off in the Indian Sundarbans on Nov 25 with installation of camera traps across the tiger reserve and divisional forest areas spanning over 4,000 sq km. Camera deployment will continue till ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    Road dust, not cars, Kolkata’s worst polluter: TERI study

    Kolkata: The biggest source of the city's air pollution is road dust, a recently released report has revealed, upending the popular perception that vehicles and factories are the worst offenders.The source-apportionment study, commissioned by West Bengal Pollution Control Board ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    Minimum temp drops below 20°C as winter chill sets in

    Kolkata: The minimum temperature in Kolkata dropped below 20°C for the first time this season, ushering in the first hint of a winter chill. Though winter is still some way off, the mercury will now stay below the normal ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    Yet to recover from attack-vandalism shock, Sonarpur complex set to instal ‘mob alarm’

    Kolkata: After vandalism and an attack on a customs inspector in Deeshari Megacity, a housing complex on Dwarir Road in Sonarpur on Oct 23, the residents are set to set up a mob alarm at the gate to counter ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    NT murder: Blue-beacon car used to dump body

    Kolkata: Over a week after the murder of a Salt Lake gold trader, a police investigation revealed that a car with a blue beacon was used to dump his mutilated body on the bank of a canal in New ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    1 held for duping Iskcon in 2019

    Kolkata: One person was arrested from the Girish Park area on Saturday for allegedly duping Iskcon of Rs 2 crore in 2019 during a bulk purchase of religious books.According to police, a few years ago, Iskcon had placed a ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    4-year-old allegedly raped in Tarakeswar, relative held

    Tarakeswar (Hooghly): A four-year-old girl was found near a drain, bleeding profusely, barely a few hundred metres from Tarakeswar railway station on Saturday morning. The child, said to be abducted in her sleep, was found when hours later her ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC slams Centre for short session amid Parl, assembly SIR ‘focus’

    Kolkata: Special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is likely to dominate the Winter sessions of Parliament and the Bengal assembly. This winter sessions will be the last complete assembly session before the 2026 polls.Criticising Centre for a truncated ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    Kankaria Grp to ramp up jute, textile production

    Kolkata: The Kankaria Group is set to ramp up production capacity in its jute and textile divisions with an investment of Rs 150 crore over the next two years, reports Sarthak Ganguly. A significant portion of the investment will ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    DM orders probe into BLO death after ‘SIR pressure’ claims

    Memari (East Burdwan): A 50-year-old booth level officer (BLO) died early on Sunday at Kalna super specialty hospital after suffering a cerebral stroke while distributing SIR enumeration forms. Namita Hansda's husband, Madhab, alleged that the Anganwadi worker was under ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    Coins pour out of piggy bank, enough for chaiwallah to buy Rs 1-lakh scooter

    West Midnapore: A humble tea seller from rural Bengal left many amazed with his act of patience, perseverance and love.Bachchu Choudhury, a resident of Maula village in West Midnapore's Chandrakona block I, turned heads when he walked into a ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    No EC bar on SIR camps in common areas of complexes

    Kolkata: A day after issuing show-cause notices to eight BLOs for not handing out enumeration forms for the special intensive revision of electoral rolls at doorsteps, Election commission on Sunday took a soft stance on SIR camps being held ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    SL speaks up on poor roads, encroachment, bad parking

    Kolkata: Poor condition of roads, encroached pavements, and cars parked on both sides in the lanes inside blocks are some of the most pressing problems which residents of Salt Lake have been facing. The Association of Bidhannagar Citizens (ABC), ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    Smartworks looks to double GCC contribution to revenue, grow at 35% CAGR

    Kolkata: Smartworks Coworking Spaces Ltd (SCSL), one of India's largest managed office platforms, hopes to grow at a CAGR of 30%-35% over the next three years to maintain its leadership position over other major players, said the company's MD ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    S’pore director misses KIFF screening due to visa issue

    Kolkata: Singapore-based film-maker Jason Soo, who shot footage on the 2018 Gaza Freedom Flotilla to make ‘Al Awda', could not attend its first screening at the 31st Kolkata International Film Festival on Saturday because of visa issues. The director ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    Three arrested for assaulting cop, daughter

    Kolkata: Three men have been arrested by Regent Park police, for assaulting and looting a cop and his 15-year-old daughter, on Oct 17 in the Tollygunge area. The minor was headed to her athletics training session when the assailants ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    Docu hunt at largest city slum in Ultadanga for SIR enrolment

    Kolkata: From a scramble for documents to get the forms filled out, residents of Basanti Colony, off the Ultadanga railway station, Kolkata's biggest slum, are struggling to strike a balance between earning their daily livelihood and dealing with their ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    MCH docs use ‘intact-cord resuscitation’ to save baby

    Kolkata: Keeping the umbilical cord intact while resuscitating a newborn delivered to a woman with severe pneumonia saved the baby at the state-run Medical College Hospital Kolkata (MCH). Now, a little over a month later, both mother and son ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
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