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  • Bizman’s organs to save 3, give vision to one

    Kolkata: The organs of a 57-year-old Kolkata businessman are set to save the lives of three people and promise vision to one. The family of Prithwish Ranjan Gayen donated his organs after the Girish Park resident was declared brain ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    Students display debate skills at inter-school event

    Kolkata: A five-day event, organised by the Calcutta Boys' School Literary Society, the 9th Clifford Hicks International Debate Competition, concluded on Saturday as students from seven schools showcased their debating skills in the finals. The topic was ‘The house ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    BJP MP’s ‘one with B’desh’ remark draws ‘deception’ barb from TMC

    Kolkata: BJP Ranaghat MP Jagannath Sarkar's comment on Bangladesh that "we were one, we will be one in the future too" prompted Trinamool on Saturday to launch a blistering attack on the saffron party for its "hypocrisy" on illegal ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC top-2 to hit the streets on Nov 4 over SIR anxieties

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will hit the streets on Nov 4 to give voice to widespread fears of large-scale disenfranchisement in the state during the Election Commission's (EC) special intensive revision (SIR) ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    Beagle on OT table after swallowing sitar’s mizrab

    Kolkata: A four-month-old Beagle that swallowed a metal object and eventually faced physical problems got it removed from its stomach, not through general surgery but through an advanced procedure at a city pet clinic. According to veterinarians, this was ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp director wins Murli Manohar Joshi award

    Kolkata: Mechanical engineering professor and IIT Kharagpur director Suman Chakraborty was conferred with the Padma Vibhushan Dr Murli Manohar Joshi Distinguished Teacher Award 2025 for his contributions in the field of education and academic leadership. He received the award ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    5am-2.30pm Setu closure for repairs today

    Kolkata/Howrah: Vidyasagar Setuwill be closed for nine hours on Sunday to facilitate essential repair and rehabilitation work. The closure will begin at 5 am from the Howrah side and 6 am from the Kolkata side, as the Hooghly River ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    55 ‘B’deshis’ held while tryingto cross border amid SIR fears

    Kolkata: At least 55 alleged Bangladeshi nationals were detained near the Swarupnagar India-Bangladesh border over the past 24 hours, BSF said on Saturday. They said the detainees allegedly lived in parts of Bengal and other states and were moving ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    Over 60 madrassa students fall ill after meal

    Burdwan: More than 60 students of a private residential madrassa were hospitalised with food poisoning after they consumed a meal on Saturday morning. The incident took place at Pichkuri of Ausgram in East Burdwan district.The students were initially taken ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    Two class 9 students arrested for raping minor tuition-mate in Birbhum

    Suri: Two minor boys were arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping a minor girl at a coaching centre in the Suri police station area of Birbhum. All three are class 9 students and tuition batchmates.According to the complaint by ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    55 ‘B’deshis’ held while tryingto cross border amid SIR fears

    Kolkata: At least 55 alleged Bangladeshi nationals were detained near the Swarupnagar India-Bangladesh border over the past 24 hours, BSF said on Saturday. They said the detainees allegedly lived in parts of Bengal and other states and were moving ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    23/9 deluge: College St to host ‘wet’ book fair

    Kolkata: College Street will host a ‘wet' book fair on Monday to support publishers and sellers who suffered huge losses in the deluge on Sept 23. The fair will run from 11 am to 8 pm on Bankim Chatterjee ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    Metro work done, Wellington Square to get back green top

    Kolkata: After 10 years, KMRC has freed Wellington Square, now called Raja Subodh Mullick Square, for KMC to redevelop it as a green patch.The land was initially acquired by KMRC, the implementing agency of East-West Metro, to build an ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    Demand for tickets, Mumbai flights soars as fans rush to back Kaur & Co

    Kolkata: ' heroics on Thursday night led to a last-minute rush to Navi Mumbai to catch Harmanpreet Kaur-led cross swords with the South African women to create history on Sunday. Since few tickets are available, Kolkata fans are ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC slams Tigga for threatening BDO, BJP MP defends action

    Jalpaiguri: A video surfaced on social media on Friday, showing Alipurduar MP Manoj Tigga threatening Madarihat BDO Amit Kumar Chourasia, after BJP supporters, who had suffered damages to their properties in the Oct floods, were allegedly ignored during ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    At 1st training session, BLOs erupt over duty hours and security

    Kolkata: One of the first SIR training sessions for block level officers (BLOs) at Nazrul Mancha on Saturday descended into chaos with govt employees, particularly teachers, virtually revolting over "duty hours" and "security". A similar situation also arose at ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    IIT alumnus gifts a million dollar to alma mater

    Kolkata: A former student at IIT Kharagpur, now based in California, pledged to donate a seed fund of 1 million dollars (about Rs 8.5 crore) to his alma mater for developing the country's "first indigenous low-field bedside MRI system".Jyoti ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    Vikram Singh assumes charge as airport director at NSCBI Airport Kolkata

    KOLKATA: has assumed charge as airport director at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport, Kolkata, following the superannuation of P R Beuria, who retired recently after a distinguished tenure with the Airports Authority of India (AAI). An ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    National Library marks Rashtriya Ekta Diwas with special exhibition on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

    KOLKATA: To mark (National Unity Day), the National Library of India in Kolkata inaugurated a special exhibition on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at S.P.M. Bhasha Bhawan on Friday. The exhibition, highlighting the life, vision, and legacy of the Iron ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Breast cancer rising among Kolkata women in 20s, 30s

    Kolkata: A 22-year-old woman undergoing treatment for breast cancer at a government cancer institute in Kolkata is among the increasing number of women whom the cancer is affecting at a young age. As Breast Cancer Awareness Month came to ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    CEO Bengal website with SIR data moves to new domain

    Kolkata: The CEO West Bengal website, where one can access their Bengal Special Intensive Revision (SIR) rolls, migrated from its earlier URL https://ceowestbengal.nic.in to https://ceowestbengal.wb.gov.in on Friday.The migration from the NIC domain to the wb.gov domain comes with more ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata shocker: Dhaka-born homemaker ends life amid SIR anxiety; leaves suicide note, husband, in-laws detained

    KOLKATA: A 32-year-old Titagarh homemaker, Kakoli Sarkar originally from Dhaka, died by suicide early on Friday bysetting herself on fire. She had come to India 15 years ago after marrying a Titagarh businessman. The mother of two daughters, she ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Box-bed body: ID parade on Monday

    Kolkata: Two days after the detective department arrested the two accused, Shaktikant Behra and Santosh Behra, both plastic flower traders from Dhenkanal in Odisha, allegedly involved in the murder of 26-year-old Rahul Lal on Oct 22 from a hotel ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Armed and masked robbers loot 2.4kg gold & two-wheeler in Sinthi

    Kolkata: A goldsmith, Sanjit Kumar Roy (54), was robbed of 2.4 kg of gold, worth Rs 3 crore, at gunpoint in Sinthi on Thursday night. Roy, who hails from Daspur in West Midnapore, was also reportedly assaulted when he ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Film on a mother’s fight for son’s banned movie in KIFF

    Kolkata: A film tracing the journey of a mother in the Kargil valley with a small cathodic TV and DVD player placed on her yak's back and a copy of her son's banned film is in the Indian competition ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    HS 3rd sem results show record pass rate but fewer students score 90%+

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Higher Secondary Council on Friday announced the results of the third semester or first part of higher secondary examinations, where 93.7% students — a record since 2011 — cleared the exams. Though the pass percentage ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    SIR worries Malda migrant who was pushed to B’desh

    Malda: Amir Sheikh, after spending a tumultuous few months, had hoped things would gradually settle down following his "return" from Bangladesh in mid-Aug. But the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of poll rolls has made him anxious again.Amir's father ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Mullickbazar cemetery gets ‘dignity burial zone’ for the underprivileged

    Kolkata: The Christian Burial Board has demarcated a special zone on the premises of the 185-year-old Lower Circular Road Cemetery in Mullickbazar for dignity burial of those whose families are unable to bear the expenses for the last rites. ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Behala couple loses Rs 3cr to digital arrest scam

    Kolkata: An elderly businessman and his wife lost Rs 3 crore after being held hostage in their Behala Parnasree home for nearly two weeks by cyber-extortionists who used a digital arrest threat with impunity to harass the couple for ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Deported Sunali’s parents on EC-issued 2002 Bengal SIR list

    Kolkata: Names of Sunali Khatun's parents, Bhodu Sheikh and Jyotsna Bibi, have been found in Bengal's 2002 electoral roll issued by EC after special intensive revision (SIR), making them legitimate voters.A pregnant Sunali, 26, is currently lodged in a ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Twice in 3 years, former TV actor held for stealing woman’s purse with gold jewellery

    Kolkata: Rupa Dutta, a former TV actor, was arrested by the Kolkata Police detective department for allegedly stealing gold ornaments from a shop in Posta on Oct 15. This was the second time that Dutta (42) was arrested. In ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Cops use India’s latest cricket hero to spread msg of road safety

    Kolkata: India's new hero, , who guided the Indian women's cricket team to the World Cup final on Thursday, is being celebrated across the country. The Kolkata Police, too, decided to pay their ode to her innings and spread ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Mixed feeling for Cup debutants

    Kolkata: It's a mixed feeling for the Bengal youngsters who will debut in the Fide World Cup in Goa on Saturday. For Grandmaster Diptayan Ghosh and International Masters Aronyak Ghosh and Neelash Saha, it will be a chance of ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Ex-lover held in Bihar for shooting

    Kolkata: The accused in the Bijoygarh shooting, Ravi Bhardwaj, who fired one shot at his former girlfriend's house on Oct 27, was arrested by a Jadavpur police team from Patna in Bihar on Thursday. Bhardwaj, was on the run ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    KMC steps up dengue drive in N Kol after girl’s death

    Kolkata: After a 4-year-old girl of Raja Rajkrishna Street died, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) health department has turned its focus on vector control activities at several north Kolkata neighbourhoods that may witness a spurt in dengue cases. According ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    KMC may raze rooftop restos flouting fire norms: Kolkata mayor

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) might demolish rooftop restaurants that do not adhere to fire safety rules, mayor Firhad Hakim said on Friday. The civic body may take this drastic step after an inspection. Earlier, the KMC had ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    State to organise Business Industry Conclave in Dec

    Kolkata: The state govt on Friday announced that it would organise the Business Industry Conclave on Dec 18. Amit Mitra, principal chief advisor to CM Mamata Banerjee, said the state would create an accelerated growth momentum to surpass even ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Plumbing body urges use of low-flow fittings to save water

    Kolkata: Members of Indian Plumbing Association requested about 100 manufacturers across the state to change the designs of fittings like taps, showers, basin mixers and sanitaryware and turn them into low-flow products for smart water management. The association also ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Bengal BJP to hold max CAA-SIR camps in border dists

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP will run maximum camps for Citizenship (Amendment) Act and special intensive revision of poll rolls in the border districts over the next two months.On Friday, party national general secretary Sunil Bansal asked the state unit to ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    In a first, leopard spotted in Bankura, but dead

    Bankura/Midnapore: Carcass of a full-grown leopard was found in Bankura's Bishnupur late on Thursday night. This, foresters said, is the first sighting of a leopard in the district.The carcass, a senior official said, was found in the Bakadaha range. ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Durgapur gang-rape case trial to start today

    Durgapur: The trial in the Durgapur medical student gang-rape case will begin on Saturday, barely three weeks after the incident, after a local court allowed its transfer to an additional district and sessions judge's court on Friday. The development ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Police file charge sheet in Durgapur gang-rape case

    Durgapur/Kolkata: Durgapur police on Thursday filed an 861-page charge sheet in the medical student gang-rape case within 20 days of the crime, accusing the survivor's fellow medical student of rape and concealing evidence.The three alleged tormentors —Nasiruddin Sk, Firdaus ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    KMC will clear all birth, death cert applications without delay: Mayor

    Kolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim on Friday assured that the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will take effective steps to tackle a surge in demand for birth and death certificates in the wake of the SIR of electoral rolls. Hakim conceded ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    PIL in Cal HC seeks court-monitored SIR

    Kolkata: An advocate moved the bench of acting Chief Justice in the Calcutta High Court on Friday, seeking a court-monitored Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal.Counsel for the petitioner, Sabyasachi Chatterjee, sought leave of the bench ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Missing EPIC nos on 2002 list baffle BLOs

    Kolkata: As the training process of the booth level officers (BLO) starts in Kolkata, the BLOs are confused over the missing EPIC numbers in the 2002 voters' list.While mapping the voters' list, a number of BLOs came across names ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    With 288.7 mm rain, last month was second wettest Oct since 2010

    Kolkata: This month was the second rainiest October in Kolkata since 2010. With a monthly rain total of 288.7 mm, the city has a rain surplus of 75%. Two heavy rainy days this month added to the rain excess ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Booth with 842 voters goes missing from 2002 SIR rolls

    Kolkata: All 842 people who were registered as voters in booth number 159 at Guma in North 24 Parganas' Ashoknagar, are missing from the 2002 Special Intensive Revision (SIR) rolls now available on the Election Commission website, sparking widespread ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Pay damages and stay out of jail: Cal HC in 16-yr-old mishap case

    Kolkata: Pay a compensation of Rs 1 lakh and avoid prison time — a Calcutta High Court judge offered this lifeline to a bus driver convicted of rash driving resulting in a death and sentenced to two years in ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Cyclone Montha weakens over Chhattisgarh; IMD issues orange alert for heavy rain in north Bengal

    KOLKATA: The (IMD) on Friday issued a warning for moderate rainfall in several north Bengal districts over the next 24 hours, as the remnant of severe cyclonic storm ‘Montha’ lay centered over central Chhattisgarh and is likely to ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Heavy snowfall blankets Indo-China border: Red alert issued in Sikkim; tourists advised to avoid traveling

    GANGTOK: Fresh snowfall blanketed the higher reaches of the Indo-China border, including the Nathula Pass area, on Friday, bringing temperatures down sharply across Sikkim. The mercury dipped to sub-zero levels in several high-altitude regions, disrupting movement along key mountain ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Misrepresentation of Nivedita’s vision must stop: Mitra

    Kolkata: Amit Mitra, principal chief adviser to CM Mamata Banerjee, in an X post on Thursday wrote misappropriation and distortion of the religio-spiritual vision of icons like , and Nivedita must stop."Sister Nivedita's powerful words, penned 122 years ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Bengal cops to set up AI cell for smarter policing

    Kolkata: The Bengal Police are all set to establish a new AI cell. Headed by an ADG-ranking officer, it will be located at Bhavani Bhawan.The necessary directives for this initiative were issued by DGP Rajeev Kumar on Wednesday. The ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Mismatch concerns at familiarisation session, BLO training to start today

    Kolkata: Booth-level officers (BLO)s have raised concerns about software glitches in their app during their familiarisation sessions on Thursday. Those who could open the app flagged several cases, in which electors' data of the 2002 voters' list did not ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Queues for birth and death certificates at KMC office get longer as SIR sparks panic

    Kolkata: The demand for old birth and death certificates at Kolkata Municipal Corporation has increased in recent days, with citizens scrambling to organise relevant documents before enumerators come knocking on their doors for SIR of electoral rolls.While there is ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Dengue claims 4-yr-old girl’s life in Burtolla

    Kolkata: Dengue claimed another young life in the city. A four-year-old girl succumbed to complications caused by the vector-borne disease in a multispecialty hospital off the EM Bypass on Tuesday night. Sources said the girl, Adrisha Poddar, was a ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Will not let campus become pol battleground, says new CU VC

    Kolkata: Newly appointed Calcutta University vice-chancellor Asutosh Ghosh said on Thursday that he would not allow the campus to turn into a political battleground. Taking charge earlier in the day, Ghosh also stressed the need to put students' interests ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Not at home during BLO visit? Your kin can fill, sign SIR form

    Kolkata: In the absence of a voter, any adult family member can fill and submit the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) enumeration form on his/her behalf. This measure is likely to allay anxiety among a large section of Bengal voters, ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    TMC flags ‘BJP plot’ as voters, booths ‘vanish’ from ’02 EC list

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Thursday launched an attack on the Election Commission over alleged cases of missing voters and vanishing polling booths ahead of the rollout of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal. TMC claimed ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    95-yr-old Birbhum resident ends life driven by ‘SIR fear’

    Suri/Midnapore/Kolkata: A 95-year-old man was found hanging on Thursday morning at his daughter's Birbhum home, prompting his family to blame "SIR fears for the suicide" and leading CM Mamata Banerjee to launch her strongest attack yet on "BJP's politics ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Airport to issue real-time traffic, waterlogging advisory for flyers

    Kolkata: Kolkata airport is set to launch a real-time traffic and waterlogging advisory service for travellers, with testing currently underway. Passengers will receive alerts on congestion and flooded routes via the airport's X handle, allowing them to factor in ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Bandhan Bank’s Q2 profit plunges 88% as provisions rise

    Kolkata: Bandhan Bank on Thursday reported a profit-after-tax (PAT) of Rs 112 crore in Q2FY26, an 88% drop compared to the same period last year. The drop was mainly due to higher provisioning, a major part being slippage in ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    BCCL’s pre-IPO roadshows attract ‘healthy interest’ from investors

    Kolkata: The pre-IPO roadshows of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) in several cities have attracted "a lot of healthy interest" from investors, said Union coal secretary Vikram Dev Dutt on Thursday.Coal India Limited (CIL) has decided to list two ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    ITC net profit jumps 4.1% to Rs 5,179cr in second qtr

    Kolkata: ITC Ltd saw a 4.1% jump in net profit in the second quarter this fiscal, to Rs 5,179 crore from Rs 4,975 crore in the year-ago period. Gross revenue was up 7.1% year-on-year at Rs 19,148 crore driven ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    New JU VC vows to restore stability on the campus

    Kolkata: Chiranjib Bhattacharjee, Jadavpur University's newly appointed VC, decided to join on Monday as the first term of higher secondary results is scheduled to be declared on Friday. Calling Jadavpur his "home university," Bhattacharjee recalled his long association with ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    State hosp ‘washes’ man’s lung to remove protein-like obstructions

    Kolkata: Doctors at NRS Medical College & Hospital conducted a challenging procedure called Whole Lung Lavage (WLL), where a patient's lung was washed to remove materials obstructing it. The 33-year-old patient from Murshidabad was suffering from a rare condition ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Second year in a row, Bangladeshi films fail to make it to KIFF

    Kolkata: The Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) will have no Bangladeshi participation for the second year in a row though until 2023, films from across the bordered featured in the competitive segments for five years. Among the 39 countries, ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Bengal BJP plans camps to dispel SIR ‘fears’

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP has decided to organise SIR help camps that would run simultaneously with the 1,000-odd camps the party has planned to assist people for registering under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.At a meeting with state functionaries last week, ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    2 held for duping crypto investors of 25 crore

    Kolkata: Police arrested two individuals—Anirban Ghosh and Priyanka Sahu—accused of orchestrating a Rs 25 crore-cryptocurrency scam. The suspects were apprehended by the bank fraud division of Lalbazar after a complaint alleging embezzlement was lodged at the Shakespeare Sarani Police ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    ‘Reluctant’ BLOs, including teachers, join their SIR duty within deadline

    Kolkata: A potential flashpoint was avoided on Thursday with Bengal chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal indicating that "unwilling" booth-level officers, including several schoolteachers, would not face any action "as they had joined SIR work" within the deadline.The EC had ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    IISER prof gets Bhatnagar Award for research, innovation

    Kolkata: Dibyendu Das, a professor who works on recreating life-like systems from simple chemical building blocks, was selected for the Vigyan Yuva Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for excellence in scientific research and innovation. The associate professor in the department ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    KYC fraud makes a comeback with ‘apk tricks’ and 53 cases in a month

    Kolkata:Know Your Customer (KYC) fraud is back to haunt the city in its new .apk scam avatar. Kolkata Police has received as many as 53 complaints of KYC fraud this month. Taken aback by the sudden spurt of events, ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    ‘NRC’ suicide: Cops file abetment case after family’s FIR

    Kolkata: The suicide of 57-year-old Agarpara trader Pradeep Kar, who allegedly blamed NRC for his death, took a new turn on Thursday after his family lodged an FIR at Khardah police station alleging that someone might have instigated him ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    ‘Festive heart’ syndrome on the prowl post Diwali

    Kolkata: ‘Festive heart' has struck many across the city post-Diwali, with scores suffering flare-ups of existing cardiac ailments or sudden heart attacks. Doctors say this could be the result of consistent, loud noise from firecrackers and pollutants triggered by ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    SRFTI film only Indian short movie at Red Sea Film Fest

    Kolkata: ‘Nipaniya' (Dropless), a short film produced by SRFTI, is the only Indian short film that has been selected for the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival's ‘international shorts' competition section.Anamika Pal's film, which presents the story of a ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    Suvendu remarks against Birbaha: HC seeks case diary

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed Jhargram Police to submit the case diary relating to a case of "objectionable remarks" allegedly made by BJP neta Suvendu Adhikari against state minister Birbaha Hansda. Justice Jay Sengupta fixed the ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    Sunali, Sweety relatives move contempt plea in Calcutta HC

    Kolkata: Sunali Khatun and Sweety Bibi's family members filed a contempt of court petition before the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, reasoning that the govt failed to bring back the six migrant labourers who were pushed to Bangladesh despite ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    Fraudsters posing as insurance agents dupe 71-yr-old of 55L

    Kolkata: A 71-year-old senior citizen man from Roy Bahadur Road in Behala lost over Rs 55 lakh after being duped by fraudsters posing as agents of various insurance companies. The accused allegedly convinced the senior citizen to surrender his ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    No direct impact, Montha brings scattered rain to city, drags max temp below normal

    Kolkata: Even though severe cyclonic storm ‘Montha' did not have a direct impact on Kolkata, it brought scattered rain to the city and brought the maximum temperature down to below normal on Wednesday after 12 days. At 29°C, the ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    N Bengal border resident attempts suicide, family blames ‘SIR panic’

    Jalpaiguri: The family of a 63-year-old resident of a village abutting a former Bangladeshi enclave in Cooch Behar district blamed "SIR worries" after he tried to end his life by consuming pesticide on Wednesday morning. Khairul Sheikh, his family ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    Darj Mahakal temple issues dress code for women, cites ‘modesty & respect’

    Darjeeling: Mahakal Mandir in Darjeeling has introduced a dress code for women, barring them from wearing short dresses and skirts to the shrine, a tourist draw in the hill town that also stands as a symbol of religious harmony.Boards ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    Stroke patients get younger, scanner on lifestyle, stress

    Kolkata: Stroke patients are getting younger in urban areas due to poor lifestyle and increased stress, among other reasons, said neurologists and experts on World Stroke Day on Wednesday. While strokes are still more common among those aged 65 ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    TMC spreding fear, says BJP after death ‘over NRC’

    Kolkata: The Bengal BJP on Wednesday demanded that the death of Pradeep Kar, who allegedly died by suicide due to fear of NRC, be probed and termed protests by Trinamool Congress as "theatrics"."The death (of Pradeep Kar) has to ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    MLA visit, 5pm-11pm cop posting outside gate to calm nerves at Sonarpur condo

    Kolkata: Sonarpur Dakshin MLA Lovely Maitra and local police visited Deeshari Megacity on Tuesday night and spoke to the residents who have been on tenterhooks since the Oct 23 attack on one of the residents. A mob of over ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    JU boy falls off train, body found in river

    Kharagpur: A third-year BTech printing engineering student of Jadavpur University, Soham Patra (20), died after falling off a moving train while returning home to Bankura with his mother. His body was found floating in the Kansai river Wednesday. Police ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    No screening, no vetting allow ‘minor incidents’ to spike at Kolkata nightclubs

    Kolkata: The city's nightlife has boomed in recent years, with a proliferation of bars, pubs, and nightclubs. Yet, amid the lights and music, a disturbing trend has emerged — the lax screening and vetting of revellers, which has compromised ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    Body in bed-box: 2 held in Odisha for hotel murder

    Kolkata: A joint team from the detective department and Park Street Police Station on Wednesday arrested the two accused in Oct 22 hotel murder case, in which Rahul Lal's (26) body was found in a bed box in room ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    Road rage: Three bikers assaulted twice on two days

    Kolkata: Three individuals were allegedly assaulted on consecutive days after a clash over an alleged road rage incident, followed by snatching of a gold chain. The dispute cropped up when two bikers, allegedly attacked Debadrita Das, Karandeep Singh, and ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    Sovan assumes charge as NKDA chairperson

    Kolkata: Former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee on Wednesday assumed charge as the chairperson of the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA). Chatterjee was appointed as NKDA chairperson on Oct 18.Upon assuming charge, Chatterjee held meetings with senior NKDA officials ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata port signs series of investment MoUs worth 48,000 cr

    Kolkata: The Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK) has signed a series of MoUs amounting to a committed investment of over Rs 48,000 crores across diverse sectors of maritime trade and green energy. The MoUs have been signed at ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    Language row in Chhath scrap, FIR filed

    Kolkata: Ravi Das, a transporter and resident of Parnashree Pally, alleged that two individuals—apparently linked to a group called ‘Bangla Paksha'—threatened and intimidated him and his family members during Chhath, asking them to return to Bihar. Das, who has ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    Serial theft: Gold, cash stolen from 2 Parnasree flats

    Kolkata: An unknown thief made off with a significant haul of gold jewellery and cash in the early hours of Monday (Oct 27) from two flats in Parnasree. The incident was reported to the local police by one of ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    Children need support, not stigma: Experts stress early intervention to reverse dyslexia

    Kolkata: Around one in eight children in India suffer from dyslexia, a condition that is reversible but often not recognised and addressed early enough, said educators and counsellors at a panel discussion to mark Dyslexia Awareness Month. Hundreds of ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    SIR impact: Many state schools stare at teacher-less days

    Kolkata: Several state schools are staring at severe teacher shortage and even temporary shutdown after letters from Election Commission (EC) were sent to them, requisitioning a large number of teachers, including the heads at some institutes, to serve as ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    SRFTI short film only Indian movie at Red Sea Film Fest

    Kolkata: ‘Nipaniya' (Dropless), a short film produced by SRFTI, is the only Indian film that has been selected for the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival's ‘international shorts' competition section. Anamika Pal's film, which presents the story of a ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    Poacher gets highest sentence, gets jailed for 7 yrs, fined 1 lakh

    Jalpaiguri: A notorious poacher, Rikoch Narjari, was handed a seven-year jail term — the highest sentence under the amended Wildlife Protection Act — by a Jalpaiguri court on Wednesday. He was also fined Rs1 lakh, non-payment of which will ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    Must protect democratic rights of all legal voters: Mamata

    Kolkata: All genuine voters must be able to exercise their rights, Bengal CM said on Wednesday. Speaking at the inauguration of the Jagaddhatri Puja organised by the Posta Bazar Merchant Association, the CM added: "We have to strengthen ...

    30 October 2025 Times of India
    Sonarpur condo residents boycott local traders, autos after mob attack

    Kolkata: Residents of the Sonarpur housing complex, where a Customs inspector was thrashed by a mob five days ago, on Tuesday decided to boycott local traders and auto services plying between Rajpur Bazaar and Raghunathpur. Local slum-dwellers, such as ...

    29 October 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata: 250 women receive cervical cancer vaccine

    KOLKATA: Over 250 young girls received cervical cancer vaccines in the city this week. A joint initiative by Windamere and Rotary Clubs of Kolkata, the intiiative is funded by Japanese firm Tostem. The mission aims to vaccinate 2,500 girls ...

    29 October 2025 Times of India
    71-yr-old New Town resident loses 1 crore to cyber fraud

    Kolkata: A 71-year-old New Town resident filed a police complaint alleging he was duped of Rs 1.1 crore by cyber fraudsters posing as private bank officials, who lured him into investing through fake trading apps.According to the FIR lodged ...

    29 October 2025 Times of India
    Abhishek: Assam out of SIR ambit since BJP’s in office

    Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday questioned as to why the EC decided to hold special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bengal and other opposition-governed states but gave another poll-bound state Assam, governed ...

    29 October 2025 Times of India
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