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  • Chikungunya cases rise, many in hosp with severe symptoms

    Kolkata: A sudden and sharp rise in unseasonal chikungunya cases has taken doctors and hospitals by surprise, with many being admitted with severe symptoms. While chikungunya cases are common after the onset of monsoon in Aug-Sept, the spurt has ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    156 APC Roy Rd: 400 voters with one address

    Kolkata: Special Intensive Revision (SIR) revealing multiple voters at a single address may raise eyebrows, but not at this address in north Kolkata.Nearly 400 Kolkata voters here have the same address on their EPIC cards — 156 Acharya Prafulla ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    Online glitches force citizens to vent ire online

    Kolkata: Flooded with a slew of queries raised by online users facing the "linking" and "no record found" issues while trying to fill up the SIR enumeration form online, the on Sunday specified that linking the phone number ...

    10 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Gives 2025: Rs 5 crore raises for grassroots NGOs at annual fundraising event

    KOLKATA: Fund-raising NGO Kolkata Gives concluded its annual fund raising event for 2025 on Saturday with over 100 high net worth philanthropists mobilising Rs 5 crore for four NGOs working at the local, regional and zonal grassroots. The funds ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    Online option opens but missing info on form, errors in data keep residents jittery

    Kolkata: The relief of many voters waiting for the to open the online submission of SIR forms was short-lived as they encountered multiple issues when they attempted to access and fill the form on Saturday. The EC's website ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    4-year-old girl kidnapped, found bleeding near Kolkata; grandfather arrested

    TARAKESHWAR (HOOGHLY): A severely bleeding four-year-old child was found near a drain close to Tarakeshwar railway station, near Kolkata early on Saturday, sparking tension in the area. The child, who lived with her grandparents, was reportedly sleeping when the ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    Min temp dips 3°C, may plunge below 20°C in next few days

    Kolkata: The city felt the first whiff of winter chill with the minimum temperature plunging three degrees — from 24.8°C on Friday to 21.6°C on Saturday. The chill could continue and the minimum temperature is set to drop below ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    Hwh migrant worker dies in Bilaspur, kin allege murder

    Howrah: A migrant labourer from Amta in Howrah, working in Chhattisgarh, was reportedly tortured and killed for allegedly speaking in Bengali and mistaken for a Bangladeshi. The body of Biddyut Bera (40) was found in a forest in the ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    Mahua-Pinaki wedding reception held in Karimpur, 8,000 guests in attendance

    Krishnanagar: "Please join us for dinner to celebrate our shared happiness. Mahua Moitra & Pinaki Misra," read the Saturday 7 pm invite. The venue: Karimpur Regulate Market playground.Moitra's first public marriage reception in Bengal after her May 30 marriage ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    250-capacity shelter vs 84k strays: KMC faces uphill task after SC order

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), which has a dog pound that can take in 250 animals. After the SC order, it is now bracing for handling a situation in a city that has an estimated canine population of ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    50% done, EC looks to wrap up form distribution in 2-3 days

    Kolkata: More than four crore voters have already received enumeration forms within the first five days of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal that kicked off on Nov 4, and the Election Commission expects booth ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    Dengue crosses 4-digit mark in KMC, BMC areas in a month

    Kolkata: A late dengue surge led to a spurt in hospital admissions in Kolkata over the last week. Sporadic rain until early last week may have triggered the surge, doctors felt. Around 10%-15% of samples tested at some hospitals ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    Not only excel but also flourish: IIT-Kgp to teach ‘Life Skills’

    Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur is set to roll out two courses — ‘Life Skills' and ‘Joy & Success' — for its students in the backdrop of a spate of suicides on the campus this year. The ‘Life Skills' course will ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC protests at Thakurbari over BJP MP’s anthem ‘insult’ to Tagore

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Satu- rday staged a protest at Jorasanko Thakurbari, the ancestral home of the Tagore family, over BJP MP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri's controversial remarks on national anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana'.Kageri, speaking at an event in Honnavar celebrating ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    ‘KMC official held for graft to be suspended’

    Kolkata: The KMC assistant engineer who was on Friday arrested for amassing assets worth Rs 5.8 crore in five year, far exceeding his known income of Rs 56 lakh in the same period, would be suspended, a KMC official ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    Meghalaya film focuses on Northeast brain drain

    Kolkata: A deeply political film, which is poetic in treatment, feel-good in spirit, and yet hard-hitting in essence, is in the Indian language competition at the 31st KIFF. Set in the future, in 2047, it is about the last ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    EC issues show-cause notice to 8 BLOs, mulls FIRs against 5 BLAs

    Kolkata: The Election Commission on Saturday issued show-cause notices to eight BLOs for alleged dereliction of duty and plans to lodge FIRs against five BLAs for flouting EC norms.The commission has opened a helpline and all BLO-linked issues can ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC to help families gripped by SIR fear

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress has launched an initiative to provide emotional and practical assistance to people affected by anxiety related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in Bengal. As part of the initiative, led by TMC ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    Kol airport new tech awaits Del-Mum sync

    Kolkata: The Aeronautical Message Switching System, which floundered at Delhi airport on Friday and disrupted flights across the country, is also in use at Kolkata airport. Though AMSS here was augmented six years ago and is different from Delhi's, ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    Museum brings out the best in epigraphy

    Kolkata: From the earliest Bengali scripts and ancient copper edicts predating Christianity to terracotta plaques commemorating the sati of a woman in 1206, the Indian Museum has unveiled an exhibition of epigraphic treasures drawn from its reserve holdings. The ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    Schools against eviction of strays from campus, activists call for more shelters

    Kolkata: A day after the Supreme Court order to remove strays from educational institutes like schools, colleges, hospitals, sports complexes, bus depots and railway stations, animal activists and feeders raised concerns over the fate of community dogs as adequate ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    Use mParivahan for traffic cases

    Kolkata: Police have told motorists they can avoid seizure of physical documents if they have the mParivahan app. While the DigiLocker app is also a bona fide app for storing digital driver's licence and registration smart card, Kolkata Police ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    Gold & silver jewellery, 70k stolen from 250-yr-old house

    Kolkata: Several members of a family residing in a 250-year-old, three-storied house that belongs to a descedent of the Sabarna Roy Chowdhury family of Barisha on Paharpur Road, Garden Reach, lay temporarily paralysed after some chemicals were allegedly sprayed ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    2 suicides, 1 ‘stroke’: TMC blames ‘SIR anxiety’ for deaths in 3 dists

    Jalpaiguri/Serampore/Kolkata: Three deaths, allegedly linked to fears surrounding the special intensive revision (SIR) of poll rolls, have once again sparked controversy, with the Trinamool alleging that the exercise has created panic among citizens.In Jalpaiguri, a 60-year-old man, Nagendra Nath ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    Voters take advantage of SIR to update data

    Kolkata: Capitalising on the visit of BLOs at doorsteps during the ongoing SIR drive, many residents across the city are coming forward to resolve their voter card-related issues, such as change of address and rectification of name spelling. Unaware ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    Same address & family, some get forms, some left out? Don’t worry, your SIR turn will come

    Kolkata: Delay in receiving the SIR forms by some members of the same family has caused anxiety and apprehension across the city. There are multiple instances when a section of family members have not received the form while others ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    At high-rises, club houses & parking zones become hubs of activity

    Kolkata: With the SIR verification drive entering the crucial weekend phase on Saturday, booth-level officers (BLOs) in Kolkata and New Town have switched gears — moving from door-to-door visits to community-based camps at housing complexes where voters are now ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    US docu connects NYC poll with Del farm stir

    Kolkata: A special screening of ‘Deja Vu', a documentary chronicling a 10,000-km journey across the US's agricultural heartland to capture small-time farmers' struggles against corporatisation and draw parallels with India's farm protests, was screened at the 31st Kolkata International ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    Worried voters skip weekend outing for BLOs’ home visit

    Kolkata: Several families in Kolkata missed their weekend plans to stay at home and receive the SIR enumeration form from BLOs. Many BLOs visited homes only to find them locked as members were out on work. BLOs also fanned ...

    9 November 2025 Times of India
    4 cases of chain snatching

    Kolkata: Two men on a bike snatched two gold chains, one with a gold pendant, worth Rs 3 lakh, from Gurjit Singh (50), a resident of the area, as he stepped out of an eatery on a bustling Bidhan ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    From panic to relief: Labrador saved after swallowing bike key

    Kolkata: A two-year-old labrador that swallowed the key of a motorbike in Singur almost a week ago got a new lease of life after undergoing a non-invasive endoscopic foreign body removal procedure at a city veterinary clinic on Thursday. ...

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

    Kolkata experiences a pleasant day on , with temperatures ranging between and , accompanied by sunny skies and gentle breezes. While the weather conditions are favorable for outdoor activities, the city's air quality remains concerning with an , ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    Woman molested, assaulted by friend’s relative

    Kolkata: A 29-year-old woman from Picnic Garden lodged a complaint, claiming harassment, molestation and assault by a friend's relative, both online and offline, since Tuesday.The incident reportedly began after the woman met the accused at a cafe while visiting ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    Hakim rap for KMC officials for flouting court razing order

    Kolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim on Friday criticised a section of KMC buildings department officials for not adhering to court directives on the demolition of unauthorised buildings.A court order directed an executive engineer at the borough level to ensure the ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    3rd city hosp gets patient safety & quality care cert

    Kolkata: The city's healthcare received a boost with one of its largest private hospitals receiving the Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation. Desun Hospital on E M Bypass became the third major hospital group in Kolkata to receive the accreditation, ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    ‘ST panel does not have power to decide on tenancy dispute’

    Kolkata: The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes did not have any right or power to decide on tenancy disputes, the Calcutta High Court held on Oct 31 while setting aside an order by the commission, evicting a tenant, whose ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    Civic body reshuffle: In 2 dists, TMC removes 4 municipal chiefs

    Kolkata/Midnapore: Trinamool on Friday carried out a major reshuffle in civic bodies in North 24 Parganas and East Midnapore. People in the know say the move is an attempt to counter anti-incumbency, with TMC trailing in as many as ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    Order on ‘Banglar Mati, Banglar Jal’ not to be enforced in Hills schools: GTA chief

    Darjeeling: The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration on Friday said the Bengal govt order that students at all state-run schools compulsorily sing the state song Banglar Mati, Banglar Jal during the morning assembly would not be enforced in the GTA area.The ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    UK experts to coach local technicians, help revive DHR steam loco heritage

    Darjeeling: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society (DHRS), based in England, envisions a collaboration much like Britain's own revival story — bringing in retired engineers and volunteers to work alongside local technicians and sharing expertise — to help rediscover the ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    Wrong spelling, changed address, multiple forms: SIR juggernaut leaves voters confused in its wake

    Kolkata: From misspelt names and changed addresses in SIR 2002 rolls to receiving two enumeration forms, electors across Kolkata fumbled for answers on Friday. To complicate things, no voter can apply for any change — either to correct their ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    KMC official with assets worth 6cr arrested

    Kolkata: Partha Chongdar, an assistant engineer at the KMC planning and development department, was arrested by the state's anti-corruption branch for amassing assets worth Rs 5.8 crore, far exceeding his known five-year income of Rs 56 lakh. The anti-corruption ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    Patient’s son tries to enter female ward post visiting hrs, held

    Kolkata: Ambar Raychowdhury, the son of an admitted patient, allegedly entered a woman's ward in the main block at SSKM Hospital during non-visiting hours on Thursday.Raychowdhury attempted to visit his family member outside the designated hours, claiming his mother ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    Cops release Bangladeshi family of four after BJP protest

    Jalpaiguri: Four Bangladeshis, who were detained on Thursday for not having proper documents, were released on personal bonds on Friday following a massive protest by BJP workers.On Thursday, Matelli Police had detained a family of four — Jagadish Chandra ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    With cement, jute sales up, Birla Corp reports profit in Q2

    Kolkata: Birla Corporation Limited is back in the black in the second quarter of this fiscal. The company reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 90 crore for the quarter, compared with a loss of Rs 25 crore in ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    Start 100-day work in Bengal ‘forthwith’: HC

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed Centre to implement the 100-day work scheme under MGNREGA "forthwith" in Bengal after Centre said there was no impediment in starting it with prospective effect. A division bench of Acting Chief ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    KMC to set up 21 lifting stations for tide relief

    Kolkata: The civic body has decided to construct 21 lifting stations along the Hooghly and Adi Ganga. Member, mayor-in-council overseeing the KMC sewerage and drainage department, Tarak Singh, on Friday said KMC has decided to construct the lifting stations ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC blasts BJP bid to divide Tagore, Bankim

    Kolkata: Attacking BJP for criticizing Rabindranath Tagore while celebrating Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Bengal education minister Bratya Basu on Friday said after dividing Hindus and Muslims, Brahmins and Matuas, the saffron party was now trying to create a division between ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    Coal India, DVC sign joint venture agreement

    Kolkata: State-owned entities Coal India Ltd (CIL) and Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) signed a strategic joint venture agreement on Friday. An MoU was signed between the two companies in April after the country's power ministry gave the nod. The ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    Car sales zoom in Kolkata as GST rate cut drives down prices

    Kolkata: The city's automobile market saw a sharp rise in sales in Oct 2025 after a Goods and Services Tax cut on vehicles, with new registrations jumping by 37.8% compared to Aug 2025.The reduction in GST rates, which took ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    SIR posers: Many BLOs as confused as voters

    Kolkata: As the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls continues across the city, a surprising level of confusion prevails — not just among voters but also among the booth level officers (BLOs). Many BLOs admit they are struggling ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    Democracy a great leveller? No, SIR begs to differ

    Kolkata: Democracy, it is widely believed, is a great leveller with each individual holding one vote. Whoever said that did not meet SIR. The Special Intensive Revision of the voters' list in Bengal — barely on its fifth day ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    Art is the only force that dissolves borders, says Turkish director

    Kolkata: Turkish film-maker Erkan Yazici, whose ‘Fragments From The East' was screened on Friday as part of the international competition of the 31st Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), believes that art is the "only force that can dissolve borders". ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    3 crore forms distributed in Bengal so far

    Kolkata: The total number of SIR enumeration forms crossed the three-crore mark on Friday. According to an EC official, "Over three crore enumeration forms were distributed in Bengal till 8 pm on Friday." Bengal has 7.6 crore voters.The EC ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    Gabbar bridged gap between commercial and art cinema

    Kolkata: Most fans of ‘Sholay' are aware that had cast in his ‘Shatranj Ke Khiladi' after being overwhelmed by his performance in 's ‘Sholay'. Ray had famously spoken about how had wanted to cast Amjad Khan in ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar ex-dy super put under suspension

    Kolkata: Akhtar Ali, the former deputy superintendent of & Hospital, a vocal critic of his ex-boss Sandip Ghosh on corruption, was put under suspension owing to allegations of corruption against him when he was posted at RG Kar. ...

    8 November 2025 Times of India
    Sukanta blames TMC after convoy come s under attack in Nabadwip

    Nabadwip: Union minister Sukanta Majumdar's convoy came under attack at Nabadwip in Nadia district on Thursday. Several BJP workers sustained injuries, and vehicles belonging to party supporters were allegedly vandalised. Majumdar accused miscreants backed by the Trinamool Congress of ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Kalyan Banerjee defrauded: Rs 56 lakh siphoned from TMC MP's account; forged KYC used to gain access

    KOLKATA: MP Kalyan Banerjee allegedly fell victim to alleging that around Rs 56 lakh were siphoned from his bank account linked to his tenure as an MLA years ago. According to sources, the bank authorities themselves filed ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Cal HC confirms RG Kar posting for protest doc

    Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed the state appeal against a single-bench order that had directed the govt to deploy senior resident doctor Aniket Mahata in the second of the four vacancies at ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Get, set, art: Take your creative side for a workshop this weekend

    In a city that takes pride in its leisure time, Kolkata’s new wave of tactile workshops is inspiring people to pause and get artsy. From clay to resin, these sessions are replacing cocktails with creative therapy. Blending childhood nostalgia ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Siliguri military camp labourer held for having B’desh & Indian IDs

    Siliguri: Defence personnel of Bengdubi Military Station near Siliguri apprehended one of their civilian labourers for allegedly possessing citizenship of both India and Bangladesh.Accused Nanda Mandal was found to be in possession of a Bangladesh national identity card that ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Sunali’s counsel seeks contempt plea hearing in HC

    Kolkata: The counsel of Sunali Khatun, the Birbhum woman who was deported to Bangladesh in June along with five others including her family, mentioned her case before the Calcutta High Court on Thursday, seeking a hearing on the contempt ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Behrampore man ended life over SIR fears, claim kin

    Behrampore: The family of Tarak Saha, a 50-year-old resident of Gandhi Colony in Behrampore who died by hanging from a tree near Bhagirathi Bridge on Wednesday, alleged that he was driven to suicide due to anxiety over SIR.His wife ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    In Bengal’s border dists, SIR-wary Muslim couples rush to get marriages registered

    Kolkata: Minority-dominated districts in Bengal bordering Bangladesh are now witnessing an unusual trend — married Muslim couples, who read their vows under Islamic law, are rushing to register their marriages under section 16 of Special Marriage Act, 1954.According to ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Bengal makes state song a must at school morning assemblies

    Kolkata: The state on Thursday made it mandatory for state schools to sing the state song, ‘Banglar Mati, Banglar Jal', at morning assemblies. A notification, issued by the state secondary education board to school heads of all upper primary ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Homes and docus lost to erosion, SIR jitters for Malda’s displaced thousands

    Malda: The thousands of villagers living on the banks of the Ganga and Fulohar rivers in Malda's Manikchak and Ratua are spending sleepless nights. They would need their names on the poll rolls after the 2002 special intensive revision ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Abused, assaulted for feeding strays: Picnic Garden woman

    Kolkata: An incident of harassment and attempted assault on a dog lover was reported in the Tiljala area of southeast Kolkata. A local resident, Rose Mary Halder, claims she was subjected to aggressive resistance and verbal abuse for feeding ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    HC to end teachers’ job appeal hearing by Wed

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court will close its hearing on the appeal, challenging the cancellation of 36,000 primary teachers' appointments at state-run schools as part of the cash-for-job scam, by Nov 12.Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty said in an open court ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    2015 land boundary pact to be honoured in SIR: EC

    Jalpaiguri: The 2015 Indo-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement, which details the enclaves exchanged by the two countries and the population exchange, will be considered a valid document for former Cooch Behar enclave-dwellers during SIR. A detailed list of enclave-dwellers who ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Won’t fill form until everyone in Bengal fills theirs: Mamata

    Kolkata: CM on Thursday asserted that she would not fill up SIR enumeration forms before other residents of the state. Confirming that a BLO turned up at her official residence-cum-office at Kalighat and gave the enumeration forms, Banerjee ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    SIR nothing but a ruse for backdoor NRC, says TMC MP

    Kolkata: Trinamool's Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale claimed on Thursday that the special intensive revision (SIR) of poll rolls was an attempt to snatch away opposition votes and that not accepting as citizenship proof was a step towards ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Uphill task, tight deadline: BLOs feel SIR duty heat

    Kolkata: With barely a month to complete a massive voter verification exercise, thousands of booth level officers (BLOs) across Kolkata and the districts are battling gruelling schedules, personal hardships and mounting fatigue as they race to finish the first ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Smoke envelops central biz dist after blaze, sparks panic

    Kolkata: A major fire erupted in central Kolkata on Thursday morning, lingering for several hours and causing widespread anxiety among local traders and residents. Though none was seriously injured, losses might run into several lakhs, claimed sources.The blaze broke ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    CPM’s ‘Bangla Bachao Jatra’ from Nov 29 to cover Darjeeling to N 24 Pgns

    Kolkata: The Left Front on Thursday announced a fortnight-long "Bangla Bachao Jatra" (Save Bengal Rally) to stop "vote chori" and protect the "rights of the voter", beginning on Nov 29. The rally will cover the stretch from Darjeeling in ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Law college under rape cloud fills up 84% UG seats in first round

    Kolkata: The rule overhaul following the rape on a campus of a law college seems to have had its desired outcome. The new set of norms convinced freshers of a conducive atmosphere at the institute as 96 out of ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Online stays off, adds to voters’ worries

    Kolkata: Three days after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) got underway in Bengal, voters were still unable to access the forms online till 11 pm on Thursday. Worse, the chief electoral officer of West Bengal said he did not ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    JU asks 8 ragging-accused boys to vacate Main Hostel block

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University officials have asked eight students, whom the university probe committee found guilty of ragging a first-year boy in 2023 that led to his death, to vacate the A2 Block of the Main Hostel at the earliest. ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    ‘Porobashi’ resonates with SIR worry

    Kolkata: A Bengali and Kokborok feature film, now meant as a tribute to all those worried over Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bengal, is competing in the Indian Language section of the 31st Kolkata International ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    HC to EC: Explain how 2025 & 2002 rolls being linked

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed to explain how it was linking the draft 2025 electoral rolls in Bengal with the 2002 rolls. A division bench, hearing a PIL, asked the EC to submit a short affidavit ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Suvendu files RTI with KMC over ‘fake’ birth certs

    Kolkata: The Bengal BJP, which earlier flagged the misuse of birth certificates to the , on Thursday filed an RTI with the Kolkata Municipal Corporation seeking details of the birth certificates issued in the past 1 month. The BJP ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Error-free entry: Tense seniors wait for kin to return to Kol

    Kolkata: For many elderly citizens in Kolkata, the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has become a source of sleepless nights and mounting anxiety. With booth level officers (BLOs) knocking on doors for in-person verification, a wave ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Bizman lured by woman on wedding site, duped of 1 cr in crypto scam

    Kolkata: A 30-year-old businessman from Baguiati lost nearly Rs 1 crore in a cryptocurrency investment scam after being lured by a woman he met on a matrimonial website. The victim, a resident of VIP Road, lodged a complaint with ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Man found hanging in Lake flat

    Kolkata: The body of a 42-year-old man, Subhasish Chakraborty, was discovered in his apartment at Ahana Apartments in the Lake area on Wednesday evening after neighbours reported a strong odour coming from Chakraborty's flat. On Thursday, cops said the ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Snatchers strike in Tangra eatery zone

    Kolkata: A case of phone snatching was reported near the Chinese Kali Temple in Tangra on Monday evening. The incident occurred around 7 pm when the victim, Md Sadique Anwar (37) from Topsia Road, was returning home from work.Sources ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Breaking barriers: Encouraging older child adoption in Bengal

    KOLKATA: Bengal has one of the highest rates of child adoption in the country but couples continue to be reluctant to adopt children who are six years or older.Functionaries of Atmaja, an association for adoptive parents that was formed ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    FIR after cutting down of 2 trees

    Kolkata: A dispute over a couple of mango trees escalated into a legal battle in the Sakuntala Park area, as residents Pradip Sarkar and Dilip Sarkar lodged a formal complaint against their neighbours and some timber merchants for cutting ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    HIV+ murder convict gets bail after 14 years in jail

    Kolkata: A man convicted of murder was released on bail by the Calcutta High Court on Thursday as he suffers from HIV and was incarcerated for more than 14 years with his suspension-of-sentence appeal pending.The division bench of justices ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Biker snatches gold chain on Kailash Bose St

    Kolkata: A man was reportedly robbed of his gold chain by a bike-borne assailant in the Amherst Street area on Wednesday. The incident occurred around 11.30 pm on Kailash Bose Street, an otherwise typically bustling area that had quieted ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    Cops caution college students on ‘dangers of metaverse’

    Kolkata: The dangers of the cyber world are not limited to financial losses or threat to reputation. It also leaves a mark on one's mind that can have a lasting impact. The cyber cell units of Kolkata Police are ...

    7 November 2025 Times of India
    EC seeks report on ‘attack on BLOs’

    Kolkata: The on Wednesday sought reports on alleged attacks on BLOs in the state. Chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal said, "We have sought a report from the EROs (electoral registration officers) in this regard."On Wednesday, a controversy erupted ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Residents of former enclaves refuse SIR forms, wait for EC clarification

    Jalpaiguri: Residents of former Bangladeshi enclaves in Cooch Behar district, who are now Indian citizens, refused to accept enumeration forms for the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls on Tuesday, demanding a clarification on the criteria applicable ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Women farmers felicitated

    Kolkata: Five women farmers were felicitated with the Best Farmer Award along with an entrepreneur from Sundarbans during a recent interaction between farmers and scientists held at the West Bengal Veterinary Council of India, West Bengal University of Animal ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Army officer dies after liposuction

    Kolkata: A retired army officer, Major (Retd) Kalyan Bose, has filed a police complaint on Tuesday alleging medical negligence by a private hospital and a private skin care clinic in Salt Lake, holding them responsible for the death of ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Conductor pushes man off moving bus, arrested

    Kolkata: A bus conductor, Vishnu Sahu, allegedly pushed a passenger, Md Aziz, off a moving bus following a fare dispute on Monday near Beckbagan. Aziz was injured and needed medical attention.Sahu was later arrested from his Howrah residence.According to ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Bhangar man dies by suicide, wife blames ‘SIR anxiety’

    Kolkata: The family of a Bhangar resident, whose body was found hanging at his home on Wednesday morning, has alleged that he died by suicide after being "extremely worried" about SIR. The deceased was identified as 35-year-old Shafiul Gazi. ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    CM’s Kalighat office accepts SIR forms for her, family members

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee's Kalighat office on Wednesday accepted enumeration forms for her and her family members from a booth level officer (BLO) who reached their 30B Harish Chatterjee Street home at 10.30 am as part of the ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Search called off for primate missing at Kolkata airport

    Kolkata: Forest and airport officials have almost given up the search for a juvenile black-shanked douc after the lapse of 60 hours since it jumped out of a passenger's bag and disappeared in the international arrival lounge at Kolkata ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    SIR discomfort: BJP MLA to move court over CAA provision

    Kolkata: After Trinamool, a Bengal BJP neta is now set to move court on the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls issue, albeit on different grounds.BJP's Haringhata MLA Asim Sarkar plans to move court sometime next week seeking ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC fields fewer BLAs than rivals, floods wards with party workers to shadow BLOs, help voters

    Kolkata: , the party with fewer registered block level agents (BLAs) than BJP and CPM, is heavily outnumbering them and Congress when it comes to on-ground presence of party workers helping voters negotiate the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) maze ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata sees worst Oct in 8 years as AQI deteriorates sharply this festive season

    Kolkata: Kolkata's Oct air quality has worsened over the years, with experts fearing a troubling winter ahead. The city's all-out fireworks revelry this festive season has left a toxic imprint on the atmosphere, making Oct 2025 one of the ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
    Not in our name: KP joins cops from Del, Mum & Lucknow, reaches out to citizens on digital arrest

    n In Oct, a 39-year-old resident of Nabin Sarkar Lane was targeted by individuals posing as officers from Mumbai's Colaba police station who falsely implicated her in a money laundering case linked to Naresh Goyal, the founder of Jet ...

    6 November 2025 Times of India
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