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  • I'm CM for all, says Suvendu Adhikari, shuts up 'Jai Shri Ram' chant

    KOLKATA: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday asked supporters to stop raising 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans at Jorasanko Thakurbari, saying that as CM he now "belongs to everyone"."Eta political kochkochir somoy na (this is not the time for political ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    Green Brigade to saffron: Victory celebrations, homage to martyrs set stage for a new era

    Kolkata: The Brigade Parade Ground, long seen as the stage for Bengal's shifting political tides — from the Left's sea of red to the Trinamool Congress's green dominance — turned decisively saffron on Saturday as the BJP formed its ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    BJP balances regional and identity aspirations

    Kolkata: The first Bengal BJP cabinet, sworn in on Saturday, includes a Brahmin from coastal Midnapore, an OBC and a Santhal from Jangalmahal, a woman from the industrial belt, a Rajbongshi from north Bengal and a Matua from the ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    Bangaliyana takes centre stage on new govt’s first day

    Kolkata: Bangaliyana took centre stage on the very first day of the new BJP govt in Bengal as CM Suvendu Adhikari sought to project his administration as a custodian of Bengal's cultural identity and heritage, marking a sharp shift ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    BJP’s 1st, Bengal’s 9th: Suvendu to take oath as CM today in Modi-Shah presence

    Kolkata: Suvendu Adhikari was on Friday unanimously elected the BJP legislative party leader at a meeting of newly elected MLAs in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah, paving the way for him to become Bengal's ninth chief ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    HC: Release woman left in hosp for 4 yrs without bill

    Kolkata: A homemaker, left disabled from an accident, kept at Apollo Multispeciality Hospitals for nearly four years without payment of bills, which crossed Rs 1 crore, was directed by the Calcutta High Court on Friday to be released without ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Tribals vulnerable’: Cal HC admits PIL on Great Nicobar project

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday upheld the maintainability of a PIL alleging Forest Rights Act violations in the Great Nicobar infrastructure project and observed that "the tribal population in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a very vulnerable tribal ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Tribals vulnerable’: Cal HC admits PIL on Great Nicobar project

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday upheld the maintainability of a PIL alleging Forest Rights Act violations in the Great Nicobar infrastructure project and observed that "the tribal population in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a very vulnerable tribal ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Bata aims to add 1k stores in 3 yrs with focus on franchisee model

    Kolkata: Bata India is targeting 3,000 retail outlets within three years, having crossed the 2,000-store milestone in late April — a first for any footwear company in the country, ahead of rivals such as Adidas, Nike, Metro and Khadim's. ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    131 share Madhyamik top-10 ranks, none from Kol schools

    Kolkata: One-hundred and thirty-one students made it to the Top 10 list of Madhyamik this year—the highest in recent years—with Avirup Bhadra from Sarada Vidyamandir (Raiganj) High School bagging the first position with 698 marks (99.7%). Madhyamik results were ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Youngsters who spin tales of grit & determination

    Kolkata: Be it financial constraints or severe health issues, nothing could stop these youngsters from scoring high in Madhyamik, paving the way for their journey towards realising their career dreams.Jodhpur Park Boy's School Arnab Naskar was a regular youngster ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata airport braces for rush as Narendra Modi, Rajnath Singh, CMs set to land together ahead of oath-taking ceremony

    KOLKATA: In a first at Kolkata airport, the Prime Minister will land in the city along with defence minister Rajnath Singh and nearly two dozen chief ministers of various states on Saturday morning in what will mark the busiest ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Only one who escaped unhurt’: Probe shifts focus to 3rd man in SUV in Suvedu Adhikari’s close aide Chandranath Rath murder case

    KOLKATA: Montu Mondal, a 33-year-old driver from Banikantha Nagar in Barasat, was travelling in the SUV with Suvedu Adhikari’s close aide Chandranath Rath and driver Buddhadeb Bera when the killers attacked.Mondal is the only one who escaped unhurt.Over 48 ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Traffic restrictions in Kolkata ahead of BJP govt swearing-in ceremony; check routes to avoid

    KOLKATA: Extensive security arrangements have been made across Kolkata ahead of the new government’s swearing-in ceremony at Brigade Parade Ground on Saturday, which is expected to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief ministers from several BJP-ruled ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Centre set to release Rs 2,700 crore in pending funds to West Bengal under Jal Jeevan mission, begins preparations for implementation Ayushman Bharat scheme

    KOLKATA: The Bengal administration has begun preparations for the implementation of the Centre’s flagship health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat, in the state ahead of the swearing-in of the new BJP govt on Saturday.A high-level meeting was held on Friday ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Nandigram to writers’ buildings: The political journey of Suvendu Adhikari

    KOLKATA: In a historic political shift in West Bengal, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari is set to take oath as the state’s first BJP chief minister at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on Saturday, marking the end of the Trinamool ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Contai cannot contain its pride as homeboy Suvendu Adhikari takes Bengal CM mantle

    CONTAI: Nestled in Contai's Korkuli Para, barely 600 metres from the central bus stand, lies 'Shantikunj'. The lane leading to the house has now gained a new identity: The residence of Bengal's CM-designate.In a first in five decades, a ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    With flowers and flags, Kolkata drapes itself in saffron to welcome new govt

    KOLKATA: Writers' Buildings and several other govt offices in the city turned orange after dusk on Friday ahead of the inaugural day of the first-ever BJP govt to be sworn into office in Bengal. The illumination trials were held ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Jhalmuri, lotus witness sales boom

    Kolkata: As preparations gather pace for the BJP cabinet's swearing-in on Saturday, lotus and jhalmuri—the first, the party symbol and the latter turned into a prominent motif during the campaign—witness an unexpected sales rise.Traders and vendors said demand had ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    50k seats, 10k invites, 20 gates: Brigade gears up for Bengal’s 1st BJP CM’s oath

    KOLKATA: The Brigade Parade Ground is set to don a carnivalesque look on Saturday, the day Bengal's first BJP chief minister takes his oath. As party functionaries and workers get cracking on the preparations, massive waterproof, hangar tents are ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Police unfollows Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee on X; follows PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah after BJP win

    KOLKATA: Following the BJP's landmark victory in the Bengal assembly elections, the Kolkata Police's official X (formerly Twitter) handle has undergone a symbolic digital shift. The account has reportedly now unfollowed former chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool national general ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    BJP’s 1st, Bengal’s 9th: Suvendu Adhikari to take oath as CM today in Narendra Modi-Amit Shah presence

    KOLKATA: Suvendu Adhikari was on Friday unanimously elected the BJP legislative party leader at a meeting of newly elected MLAs in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah, paving the way for him to become Bengal's ninth chief ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu Adhikari aide murder probe spreads to UP, other states; footage shows red car tailing Chandranath Rath's SUV

    KOLKATA: The investigation into the Wednesday night murder of Chandranath Rath, chief minister-designate Suvendu Adhikari's aide, has expanded to include surveillance of alleged contract killers from other states, including Uttar Pradesh and Odisha.Sources said a team of investigators left ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Chandranath Rath murder: No trace of gunmen, police draw blank from seized bike as fears grow that killers may flee Bengal

    KOLKATA: Police stations in border districts of West Bengal intensified surveillance and searches as cops suspect the involvement of professional shooters from neighbouring states in the killing of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's close aide Chandranath Rath, news agency PTI ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu Adhikari’s aide murder case: Eyewitness found Chandranath Rath slouched on SUV seat, another claims handiwork of 'professional killers'

    KOLKATA: A late-night shooting in Madhyamgram, on the outskirts of Kolkata, left Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath critically injured before he later succumbed to his wounds, with witnesses recalling how he was still breathing moments after the attack but ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Private hospitals in Bengal shut door on Didi's healthcare scheme

    KOLKATA: Patients enrolled in Swasthya Sathi, the outgoing Mamata Banerjee govt's flagship universal health insurance scheme offering Rs 5 lakh annual coverage, are being refused admission or turned away from several private hospitals across Kolkata as the facilities wait ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘I heard a faint noise': Chandranath Rath was on phone with BJP MLA when attackers struck, call got snapped mid-conversation

    KOLKATA: BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh was speaking to Chandranath Rath about upcoming party programmes when the call suddenly went silent on Wednesday night, moments before Rath was gunned down in a meticulously planned attack near his Madhyamgram home.“I was ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    From Maidan, new CM to make a pit stop at old secretariat, to start innings from second floor

    Kolkata: After the swearing-in ceremony on Saturday, the first BJP chief minister of Bengal will make a symbolic trip to Writers' Buildings, which has served as the seat of power for over 200 years, before heading to Vidhan Sabha, ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Emami to acquire 60% stake in IncNut Digital for Rs 321 crore

    Kolkata: FMCG major Emami Ltd has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 60% stake in IncNut Digital for a cash consideration of Rs 321 crore. The company is engaged in the personalised beauty and personal care segment ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Family of four gets life term for teacher-son murders in Bankura

    Kolkata: A local court in Bankura on Wednesday sentenced four members of a family to life imprisonment for the murder of a retired teacher and his son in Dec 2023, special public prosecutor Bivas Chatterjee said.The convicts — Pintu ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Didi, you have not lost’: Akhilesh meets Mamata

    Kolkata: "Didi, you have not lost," said Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav to Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee while visiting her Kalighat residence on Thursday and accused BJP and the Election Commission of orchestrating a "multi-layered mafia-style" electoral manipulation in ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Sivagnanam resigns from SIR tribunal, says it will take 4 yrs to clear Kol appeals

    Kolkata: Former Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, Justice TS Sivagnanam, on Thursday resigned from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) tribunal on personal grounds. After clearing 1,777 appeals over 22 days and rejecting none, Justice Sivagnanam said at its ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    My son’s murder TMC revenge for Mamata’s Bhowanipore defeat: Suvendu aide’s mother

    Chandipur (East Midnapore): Hasirani Rath, the 65-year-old mother of Chandranath Rath — Suvendu Adhikari's aide who was shot dead by bike-borne assailants late Wednesday night — alleged on Thursday that her son was killed as revenge for Adhikari's performance ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu urges peace, Samik rips into TMC

    Kolkata: A day after Suvendu Adhikari's aide Chandranath Rath was shot dead, Bengal BJP seniors on Thursday appealed for calm and restraint.Calling the killing heartbreaking, a distraught Suvendu Adhikari, who reached Barasat medical college on Thursday night, said: "Politicians ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    TMC for CBI probe under court watch

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Thursday demanded a court-monitored CBI investigation into the killing of Suvendu Adhikari's aide Chandranath Rath, while firmly denying any involvement in the murder.In a late-night statement on Wednesday, the party condemned "the brutal murder of Chandranath ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Singur arbitration: HC refuses WBIDC plea

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday refused West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation's (WBIDC) prayer for an unconditional stay of an arbitration award in favour of Tata Motors over the Singur land dispute.The court directed WBIDC to file an undertaking, ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Rumblings grow within TMC after assembly poll debacle

    Kolkata: Trinamool's former MLA from Barrackpore, filmmaker Raj Chakraborty, announced on Thursday that he is quitting politics.Chakraborty's statement comes in the wake of former ministers and TMC functionaries publicly turning on the leadership, blaming organisational arrogance and grassroots disconnect ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Pvt hosps start refusing Swasthya Sathi cards

    Kolkata: With Trinamool voted out of office, several private hospitals have slammed the brakes on admission of patients enrolled under Swasthya Sathi, a flagship scheme of the Mamata Banerjee govt that offers universal health insurance with an annual coverage ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    HC: Onus on infiltrator to prove ‘religious persecution’

    Kolkata: "The onus to prove religious persecution as reason for migrating from Bangladesh to India lies on the infiltrator and not state," Calcutta High Court on May 6 held, refusing to quash case against a 27-year-old Hindu woman from ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Showers bring temp down, Met predicts more thunderstorms over next few days

    Kolkata: Spells of showers since morning on Thursday kept the city cool. Brace for more rain in the next few days as the Met office has predicted thunderstorm activities in the city as well as many other parts of ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Car number plate traced to N Bengal, seized bike’s chassis number erased

    Siliguri/Barasat: Siliguri police on Wednesday night detained a vehicle owner in north Bengal for questioning in connection with the murder of Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant of Suvendu Adhikari, after investigators found that the vehicle used in the crime ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    VVIPs queue up at BJP office for spl invites to Brigade swearing-in

    Kolkata: BJP has sent out 1,000 special invites for VVIPs — that include judges, industrialists, writers, actors and other important members of the society — to attend the swearing-in on Saturday. That apart, 9,000 other invites are being sent ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Remove ‘anti-nat’l elements’ from JU: Univ workers’ body

    Kolkata: Members of West Bengal University Karmachari Parishad held a gathering at Aurobindo Bhavan, the administrative building of Jadavpur University (JU), on Wednesday to celebrate the victory of BJP in the Assembly elections. The members said there was "a ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Violence continues across Kolkata pockets, 40 held after Topsia unrest

    Kolkata: There was tension in Topsia on Tuesday night after residents claimed some miscreants had foul-mouthed several of the local women. The two-and-a-half-hour stand-off led to former state minister and newly elected Kasba MLA Javed Ahmed Khan rushing to ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Changes in Didi’s own neighbourhood reflect sea change in Bengal politics

    Kolkata: Multiple changes — some administrative and others violent takeovers — in outgoing CM Mamata Banerjee's Kalighat neighbourhood reflect the current upheaval in Bengal politics. Cops have removed all peripheral security from outside her home and from around Trinamool ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Spurt in fake news since result day

    Kolkata: The city police have flagged multiple fake posts on its social media between Wednesday and Thursday amid a surge of politically charged misinformation, and issued a series of warnings against such posts, urging citizens to rely only on ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Hawkers, shoppers back at New Market, union offices razed

    Kolkata: The dismantling of all three hawkers' union offices around New Market marked the transition of hawkers from the Trinamool fold to BJP, and the return of full-fledged hawking in the shopping zone on Thursday.While the bulldozing of the ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Chandranath Rath's killing: CCTV clip from Madhyamgram shows suspects fleeing on bike after murder

    KOLKATA: Fresh CCTV footage has surfaced in the chilling murder of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s close aide Chandranath Rath, capturing two helmeted suspects fleeing on a motorcycle minutes after the deadly shooting near Madhyamgram on Wednesday night.The 49-second footage, ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Chandranath Rath murder sparks political row in West Bengal; BJP blames TMC for ‘lawlessness’

    KOLKATA: The murder of Chandranath Rath, a close aide of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, sparked a political confrontation in West Bengal on Thursday, with the BJP accusing the ruling TMC of fostering “lawlessness” in the state. The Mamata Banerjee-led ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Chandranath Rath: BJP’s Bhabanipur strategist who took on Mamata Banerjee during dramatic strongroom standoff silenced in midnight ambush

    KOLKATA: Chandranath Rath, the close aide of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari who was shot dead in North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday night, had emerged as one of the key backroom figures behind the BJP’s fiercest political offensive against ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal violence: 5 BJP workers injured in bomb attack hours after Suvendu Adhikari aide’s killing

    KOLKATA: Five BJP supporters were allegedly injured in a bomb attack in Panihati area of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place late on Wednesday night, just hours after Chandranath Rath, a ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Chandranath Rath murder: Bullet-riddled Scorpio, blood-stained seats, casings strewn on road point to planned hit; what we know

    KOLKATA: Bullet marks on a black Scorpio, blood-stained seats and cartridge shells strewn across a road near Madhyamgram have become the focus of an intense investigation into the killing of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath, with police ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Chandranath Rath murder: BJP cries 'political assassination', SIT formed to probe killing

    KOLKATA: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by the IG CID has been formed to probe the killing of Chandranath Rath, the close aide of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari who was shot dead in North 24 Parganas on Wednesday ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    'Power still not in BJP’s hands’: Dilip Ghosh reacts after Chandranath Rath's murder, says police targeting party workers

    KOLKATA: With Chandranath Rath’s bullet-riddled body lying outside the hospital and grieving BJP workers erupting in anger and disbelief, senior BJP leader and newly-elected Kharagpur MLA Dilip Ghosh launched a blistering attack on the state police and the outgoing ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    BJP MLAs appeal for peace. No new entry: Party chief

    Kolkata: The Bengal BJP, which temporarily put a suspension on induction of new members, said on Wednesday that they will drive out each of the new inductees or "neo-BJPs". On Tuesday night, the BJP brass in New Delhi sent ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Father Carvalho, St Mary’s School founder, dies at 96

    Kolkata: The founder of St. Mary's School on Ripon Street, Father Aloysius Patrick Carvalho, breathed his last on Wednesday at 9.15 am at St Xavier's College, Kolkata. He was 96 years old. His funeral mass will be held at ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal election results: After TMC debacle, Goutam Deb may quit as Siliguri mayor post

    KOLKATA: Siliguri mayor Goutam Deb has indicated that he may step down and rent out part of his house. The move follows his crushing defeat to BJP’s Shankar Ghosh by 73,192 votes.Siliguri is a major urban constituency in Darjeeling ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Who was Chandranath Rath: The air force veteran who became Suvendu Adhikari’s closest political aide

    KOLKATA: Chandranath Rath, the close aide of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari who was shot dead in a brazen attack in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, had served nearly two decades in the Indian Air Force before becoming Suvendu’s ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    4 bikes, 8 gunmen and a blocked Scorpio: How Suvendu Adhikari’s aide was chased down and ambushed near Kolkata airport

    KOLKATA: More chilling details have emerged in the killing of Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s close aide Chandranath Rath, who was chased, trapped and shot dead by bike-borne assailants near Kolkata airport late Wednesday night. Rath, who had served ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Fake number plate, Glock 47X pistols, and point-blank shots: Chilling details emerge in Suvendu Adhikari aide’s killing

    NEW DELHI: A fake number plate, Glock 47X pistols, multiple bike-borne professional shooters, and a point-blank ambush near Kolkata airport — chilling new details have emerged in the killing of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s close aide Chandranath Rath, as ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Police whip on bulldozers, pol rallies after EC nudge

    Kolkata: No bulldozers will be allowed in any processions, both DGP SN Gupta and Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay Nand asserted on Wednesday. "Even the owners of these payloaders have been warned against renting them out. If they do, they ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    A day after payloader run, cautious New Market hawkers make a return

    Kolkata: Hundreds of stalls lining the pavements around New Market sprang back to life after two days of anxiety and silence, as hawkers returned to Bertram Street, Humayun Place, Hogg Street, Chowringhee Place, Lindsay Street and Grand Arcade following ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Residents of city’s minority pockets worried, post advisory on WA groups

    Kolkata: Lives in minority pockets across Kolkata changed overnight after the election results, with bike gangs riding through Muslim neighbourhoods and letting out "Jai Shri Ram" slogans.In South Tangra, the situation turned extremely volatile on Tuesday night when a ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    OC among 3 cops, 2 CRPF men hurt in Nazat TMC-BJP clash

    Kolkata: Three cops and two CRPF jawans were injured while trying to stop a clash between Trinamool and BJP supporters in Sandeshkhali on Tuesday night over the control of a ‘bheri' (pisciculture pond). The OC of Nazat PS, two ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Suvendu as CM’ slogans ring loud as Adhikari holds 1st meet in Nandigram since polls

    Nandigram: Amid slogans demanding the chief ministerial post for him, Suvendu Adhikari held his first public meeting in Nandigram since elections on Thursday. As locals cheered for him, slogans of "Suvenduda apni Nandigramer, Suvenduda CM (You belong to Nandigram, ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    71 out of 80 TMC MLAs attend Mamata’s 1st meet after polls

    Kolkata: Seventy-one of the 80 newly elected Trinamool MLAs attended a meeting convened by party chief Mamata Banerjee at her Kalighat residence on Wednesday, where she alleged that functionaries within her own party had "sabotaged" the assembly election, contributing ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Free School Street Dom Patty youths hired New Market bulldozer

    Kolkata: A payloader — that can be rented for around Rs 8,000-10,000 for four hours — became the centre of a political storm after it was allegedly used to demolish a Trinamool Congress-affiliated hawker union office during a BJP ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Promoter with criminal record hacked to death on Pottery Road

    Kolkata: A promoter, Tapas Naskar, (39) with a lengthy criminal record, was hacked to death on Tuesday night in Kolkata's Entally area, sparking concerns over a violent gang rivalry tied to the local construction business. Naskar was reportedly attacked ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Other states to follow Bengal diabetes model

    Kolkata: The Bengal model against diabetes in children, currently deployed in 15 districts across the state, will soon be replicated in other states across the county. The health ministry has included diabetes mellitus in children in the national health ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Former bureaucrats quit CMO

    Kolkata: Former state chief secretaries, Alapan Bandyopadhyay and Hari Krishna Dwivedi, resigned from their positions as chief advisors to Mamata Banerjee following BJP's sweeping mandate in the elections. Manoj Pant, another former chief secretary of Bengal, also resigned as ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Blue Line gets 671.7 cr for upgrade, higher frequency, more speed soon

    Kolkata: The state's rail network is set for a major boost as the Centre approves projects, worth Rs 895.3 crore, aimed at upgrading the North-South Metro infrastructure and rebuilding an ageing bridge.Of the fund, Rs 671.7 crore is set ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    After slew of allegations, Tollywood’s Swarup says he is not film fed head

    Kolkata: With allegations against him flying thick and fast after Trinamool's drubbing, Swarup Biswas on Wednesday said that his term as the head of Federation of Cine Technicians & Workers of Eastern India had ended in Dec 2025. Allegations ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    PWD officials, cops step up Writers’ prep for new govt

    Kolkata: Senior PWD officials on Wednesday stepped up preparations to shift the state secretariat to the historic Writers' Buildings as the incoming BJP govt is apparently unwilling to work from Nabanna.The urgency of the move was underlined by a ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Brigade set to witness history once more

    Kolkata: The BJP's decision to hold the oath-taking ceremony at Kolkata's Brigade Parade Ground on May 9 carries a political message rooted in history, symbolism and reflects on the change of guard in the state. The carefully chosen space ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘The Bengal Files’ to be screened in state

    Kolkata: Vivek Agnihotri's ‘The Bengal Files' will be released in the state this Friday. The film ran into trouble in Bengal when it was released in Sept last year.Soon after BJP's win, Agnihotri posted on X about how his ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    After slew of allegations, Tollywood’s Swarup says he is not film fed head

    Kolkata: With allegations against him flying thick and fast after Trinamool's drubbing, Swarup Biswas on Wednesday said that his term as the head of Federation of Cine Technicians & Workers of Eastern India had ended in Dec 2025. Allegations ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Guv may seek Prez nod to be caretaker CM for a day before new govt takes office

    Kolkata: As the EC on Wednesday handed over a list of elected MLAs to governor R N Ravi for the Bengal Legislative Assembly to be convened, legal experts indicated Ravi might seek the President's nod to be the state's ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Tollywood hopes for relief from ban culture

    KOLKATA: The ink on the election results was barely dry when seven Tollywood producers shot an email to the EIMPA secretary. Citing a paralysed industry and a shifting political tide, the producers have demanded a four-section emergency meeting within ...

    6 May 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal election results: At 82, MLA Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay wins a record 10th term, stands tall amid TMC defeat

    KOLKATA: Though his party, Trinamool Congress, was defeated, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, 82, won the Ballygunge seat, scripting history, becoming the only Bengal MLA set to serve his 10th consecutive term.This octogenarian Trinamool MLA is one of Mamata Banerjee’s closest associates ...

    6 May 2026 Times of India
    5 security personnel injured as rival TMC groups clash in Sandeshkhali; gunfire and crude bombs rock area

    KOLKATA: Post-poll violence continued to rock parts of West Bengal with a clash between rival Trinamool Congress (TMC) groups in North 24 Parganas’ Sandeshkhali leaving five security personnel injured, while a BJP worker and a TMC worker were killed ...

    6 May 2026 Times of India
    TMC worker caught 'faking injury' with fake bandage while accusing BJP worker of assault

    KOLKATA: A video from West Bengal has gone viral on social media showing a woman, who identified herself as a Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker, accusing BJP workers of assaulting her during a political clash. In the video, the woman ...

    6 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Fixed match’: Mamata Banerjee digs in after West Bengal defeat, claims EVMs showed 'unusually high' battery levels

    KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: Alleging “unusually high” battery levels in EVMs and calling the election a “fixed match”, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday refused to accept the assembly poll verdict, asserting that her party had secured a “moral victory” ...

    6 May 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal's first post-poll murder victims are TMC poll agent, BJP footsoldier

    KOLKATA: The city saw two post-poll deaths in the last 24 hours as a Trinamool Congress poll agent was found dead at his doorstep in Beleghata and another BJP worker killed in New Town's Baligari after a scuffle with ...

    6 May 2026 Times of India
    Bhadralok candidates help BJP dent TMC bastions

    Kolkata: The ‘bhadralok' neighbourhoods of Kolkata North and South decisively flipped and voted out the Trinamool govt. For over a decade, these very urban localities were considered impenetrable fortresses of the Trinamool. But the election results revealed a metropolitan ...

    6 May 2026 Times of India
    New party in office sweeps hsg societies voting ‘for a change’

    Kolkata: Voters living in high-rises and gated communities quietly reshaped the electoral map of Bengal, emerging as a decisive factor in the BJP's surge in Kolkata.In Bhowanipore, long considered a Trinamool bastion, residents of high-rise on Park Street, Theatre ...

    6 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Hindus only’ banner at Kankalitala sparks row

    Suri: A flex put up at the entrance of Kankalitala temple in Bolpur on Monday evening declared that only Hindus would be allowed to offer puja at the shrine, one of Birbhum's five Shakti Peethas. The banner was installed ...

    6 May 2026 Times of India
    Exide sees marginal rise in Q4 net profit

    Kolkata: Exide Industries reported a marginal rise in Q4 net profit to Rs 312 crore from Rs 255 crore a year ago, while revenue increased from Rs 4,159 crore to Rs 4,551 crore.The company's MD and CEO Avik Roy ...

    6 May 2026 Times of India
    Any BJP worker resorting to vandalism to be expelled: Samik

    Kolkata: Any BJP worker with a party flag seen resorting to vandalism will be expelled, BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Tuesday, stressing that BJP has closed its doors to any fresh induction."At some places, people carried the BJP ...

    6 May 2026 Times of India
    Shah to preside over BJP meet to choose Bengal CM

    New Delhi/Kolkata: The new BJP govt is likely to take oath on May 9 — Panchishe Baishakh, the birth anniversary of Bengali polymath Rabindra Nath Tagore — with Union home minister Amit Shah, who scripted the massive win, set ...

    6 May 2026 Times of India
    ED issues LOC against ‘missing’ Kolkata DCP

    Kolkata/New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a Look Out Circular (LOC) against Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner (Special Branch) Shantanu Sinha Biswas to prevent him from leaving the country after he failed to join a money laundering probe ...

    6 May 2026 Times of India
    A new dawn is on the horizon, say Bengal’s industry bigwigs & chambers

    Kolkata: Bengal's leading industrialists and chambers on Tuesday welcomed the poll verdict and said the same party in office, in both the state and at Centre, after five decades may usher in a new dawn for industrialisation.Ambuja Neotia Group ...

    6 May 2026 Times of India
    BJP activist lynched in Howrah, TMC worker killed in Birbhum

    Howrah/Suri/Jalpaiguri: Post-poll violence claimed its first two lives in Bengal within hours of the announcement of election result as clashes erupted between BJP and Trinamool supporters across various districts. The deaths were reported from Howrah and Birbhum.In Howrah's Udaynarayanpur, ...

    6 May 2026 Times of India
    Scared autos go back to old fares after BJP win

    Kolkata: A wave of saffron swept across Kolkata's transit hubs on Tuesday as auto-rickshaw operators, sensing a seismic shift in the political landscape, beat a hasty retreat from recent fare hikes and swapped Trinamool Congress banners for BJP flags.The ...

    6 May 2026 Times of India
    Amid unease, hawkers in New Market down shutters, switch sides before return to business

    Kolkata: Hundreds of hawker stalls on roads and pavements around New Market, including Bertram Street, Humayun Place, Hogg Street, Chowringhee Place, Lindsay Street and Grand Arcade, were shut for the second successive day as hawkers tried to gauge the ...

    6 May 2026 Times of India
    Metro officials look at more green signals

    Kolkata: Metro and railway officials are making a list of projects that can either be fast-tracked or started after years of waiting, now that there will be the same govt at the Centre and state.The lack of cooperation from ...

    6 May 2026 Times of India
    Old industry belts along both sides of river drift away from TMC

    Kolkata/Howrah: BJP made significant gains in the Barrackpore and Howrah industrial belts, with results shaped largely by economic grievances linked to industrial decline and factory closures.In Barrackpore, Bhatpara, Noapara, Jagaddal, Naihati and Bijpur, BJP's performance marked one of the ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    Who is Kalita Majhi? From domestic help to MLA, BJP candidate scripts remarkable win in Bengal’s Ausgram

    KOLKATA: Kalita Majhi, a 37-year-old domestic help turned politician, has scripted an extraordinary electoral journey by winning the Ausgram Assembly seat in West Bengal on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket. She secured 1,07,692 votes, defeating her nearest rival ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    Indie artists come together for a genre-bending music showcase

    An upcoming music-led showcase on May 17 will bring together a roster of independent artists to mark the launch of “The Man On The Moon,” a new track rooted in genre-fluid sound and visual storytelling. The lineup features performances ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal election: The 'sun sets' for Mamata Banerjee

    KOLKATA: Didi, built her politics on grit long before power ever came within reach.Born on January 5, 1955, she had no political lineage to fall back on. At 9, she lost her father. Her journey began in the ranks ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    New West Bengal CM to take oath on May 9, says state BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya

    KOLKATA: The oath-taking ceremony of the new chief minister of West Bengal will take place on May 9, BJP State president Samik Bhattacharya told news agency ANI.After terming the Bengal poll results a “historic victory”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
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