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  • HC directs forensic audit by SFIO into Rose Valley attachments

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) to conduct a forensic audit of the attached properties of Rose Valley Group. SFIO was also asked to examine the alleged financial irregularities raised against the ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Messi event chaos: Suvendu seeks court-monitored probe

    Kolkata: BJP neta Suvendu Adhikari's counsel on Tuesday made a fresh prayer for an urgent hearing of his PIL petition over the chaos at Yuva Bharati Krirangan during Lionel Messi's GOAT tour. The prayer was moved before a division ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Bengal committed to meeting 20% energy needs through renewables by 2030: Mantri

    Kolkata: Bengal is committed to meeting 20% of its energy needs through renewables by 2030, disclosed Bengal minister of non-conventional and renewable energy sources Md Ghulam Rabbani on Tuesday. Rabban was speaking at the 15th edition of Energy Conclave ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Messi hug costs Bengal minister sports portfolio

    Kolkata: An impassioned Lionel Messi admirer's hug of a lifetime ended a ministerial run. Bengal sports minister Aroop Biswas on Tuesday stepped back from the portfolio after the messy Messi show at Salt Lake Stadium, an embrace with the ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Saregama to acquire 28% in Bhansali Productions

    Kolkata: RPSG Group entertainment company Saregama India is picking up a 28% stake in Sanjay Leela Bhansali-promoted Bhansali Productions Private Limited (BPPL).The initial deal, as per stock market filings, is valued at Rs 325 crore. However, the RPSG group ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    In Bhowanipore, 1 in 5 names struck off list

    Kolkata: The SIR led to the deletion of 44,787 electors from the Bhowanipore constituency. With 2,06,295 electors in chief minister Mamata Banerjee's constituency before the revision, one in five names, 21.7%, were deleted in the current exercise.The list indicates ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Dead’ on draft list, councillor goes to crematorium

    Dankuni: Surya De, ward 18 councillor of Dankuni Municipality from Trinamool and a long-time resident of Chanditala assembly constituency, was shocked to find himself marked as ‘dead' by the Election Commission. As a mark of protest, De, accompanied by ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Wrong spellings, age mismatch galore on draft rolls

    Kolkata: From spelling mistakes to age mismatch and, in some cases, incorrect EPIC number, the draft roll released by the EC on Tuesday was not short of errors."My brother's name is Avibasu Banerjee, but in the draft roll, his ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    5 Cooch Behar residents who were served Assam NRC notices make it to draft SIR list

    Jalpaiguri: Cooch Behar resident Uttam Kumar Brajabashi, who received an NRC notice from the Assam govt asking him to prove his Indian citizenship this Jan, finally breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday. His name was on the draft ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Mess fallout: MLA Raj goes to cops against wife’s trolls

    Kolkata: Director and TMC MLA Raj Chakraborty filed an FIR in response to "misogynist" trolling directed at his wife, actress Subhashree Ganguly, amid the Messi controversy. Chakraborty emphasised that the issue stemmed from misinformation and a targeted attack on ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, mild temperatures; AQI remains poor

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.olkata is experiencing a bright and sunny morning on December 16, 2025, with temperatures anticipated ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal draft electoral roll: Does your name figure on SIR list? Find out today

    KOLKATA: The draft electoral roll for Bengal, which will be published on Tuesday, will contain 7,08,16,621 names, among the 7,66,37,519 who were issued enumeration forms as part of the special intensive revision of voters’ records, Election Commission officials said.The ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Taxonomist Dr Navneet Singh of ZSI honoured with Prof. T.N. Ananthakrishnan Award

    KOLKATA: In a major recognition of India’s contemporary entomological research, Dr Navneet Singh, a leading Lepidoptera taxonomist at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata, was conferred the prestigious Professor T.N. Ananthakrishnan Award for Senior Scientist (2024–25).The award, instituted ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Prez withholds assent to Bengal varsity bills to replace guv with CM as chancellor

    Kolkata: The Bengal Raj Bhavan has communicated that the President has withheld assent to several bills related to state-aided universities, which aimed at making the chief minister the chancellor of state-run universities, replacing the governor.Since the bill did not ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata: Man behind Messi show sent to 14 days’ police custody

    KOLKATA: A Bidhannagar court on Sunday sent Satadru Dutta, the organiser of Lionel Messi’s India tour, to 14 days’ police custody, rejecting his bail argument that he, too, was a victim of the disastrous turn of events at the ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Messi event chaos: 6,000 additional VIP passes issued, 500 extra people allowed on pitch; safety concerns raised

    KOLKATA: More than 500 extra ‘field of play’ (FOP) passes, which allow entry into the pitch, were issued for Saturday’s Lionel Messi programme at Salt Lake stadium, against the initially decided 212, a police probe into the vandalism and ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal SIR draft rolls out today: 58 lakh names deleted; step-by-step guide to check voter status and restore it

    KOLKATA: Barely hours before the publication of the draft electoral rolls in West Bengal, where Assembly elections are due early next year, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday morning uploaded the list of voters whose names have ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Cops bust sleaze racket at Barasat spa

    Kolkata: The disappearance of a minor girl for two days led police to bust an alleged illegal sleaze racket operating under the guise of a spa centre in an upscale residential complex in Barasat.The girl's family lodged a missing ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Indian trawler capsizes in Bay, 11 rescued, 5 missing

    Kolkata: An Indian fishing trawler, FB Paramita-11, capsized near the India-Bangladesh International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in the Bay of Bengal during the wee hours of Monday, causing all 16 fishermen, including the captain, to fall into the water. ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    IndiGo back in gear with over 100 flights leaving Kol in a day

    Kolkata: Over a week after the flight cancellation fiasco, IndiGo Airlines announced on Monday that its operations in Kolkata had stabilised."IndiGo has been consistently operating over 100 flights from Kolkata, as per the airline's revised, scaled-down schedule," reads a ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Restos launch campaign to curb drink-driving

    Kolkata: With the Yuletide spirit catching on, restaurants and bars across the city have launched a campaign to restrain their ‘spirited' patrons. They have started putting up posters and circulating WhatsApp messages urging them not to take the wheel ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Dreams on loan: Drivers, helps among ‘duped’

    Kolkata: Football fans from across Kolkata and Bengal who spent their savings or took loans to attend Lionel Messi's appearance at Salt Lake stadium returned home disappointed after mismanagement left them unable to see the player. They had paid ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Storytelling helps legacy brands connect with different generations’

    Kolkata: A brand's relevancy needs to be channelled through various mediums to connect with different cohorts and ages of society while keeping the core message of the brand intact. Storytelling acts as the bridge that helps brands relate to ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    85 mins for 3.5-km drive: Taratala flyover closure hits DH Road traffic

    Kolkata: Lakhs of Behala residents along with commuters from South 24 Parganas—headed for Maheshtala, Amtala, and Diamond Harbour—faced a harrowing time travelling to work and back on Monday due to the shutdown of the Taratala Flyover for load testing. ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Controversy exhumes Subhas Chakraborty, the CPM min who pioneered mega jamborees in Kol

    Kolkata: The large-scale unrest at Salt Lake stadium over Lionel Messi's programme has brought CPM's maverick minister Subhas Chakraborty back into online and offline debates. Chakraborty is largely credited with bringing high-profile celebrity events to Bengal — starting with ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Kol AQI better as temp rise improves air flow

    Kolkata: Kolkata could breathe easier on Monday, with pollution levels easing a bit across large parts of the city after days of choking winter smog. Meteorologists attributed the improvement partly to a rise in temperature, which weakened the winter ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Aspirant numbers dip, JU suspends mass comm course

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University (JU) is set to discontinue its one-year postgraduate diploma in mass communication course because of its lukewarm response this year. The university website has put up a notice regarding the refund of application fees to the ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    CM: No priority treatment for VIPs at Gangasagar Mela

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday chaired a meeting with officials and senior ministers at Nabanna to ensure that the Gangasagar Mela of 2026 is held peacefully. She reiterated that there should not be any priority treatment for VIPs, ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Ensure pilgrims don’t face issues, Didi tells clerics ahead of Ijtema

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee chaired a meeting at Nabanna on Monday to ensure smooth conduct of World Ijtema at Puinan in Hooghly's Dadpur between Jan 2 and Jan 4, 2026. Ijtema is a three-day annual congregation of Tablighi Jamaat ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Suvendu-Kunal war of words over Messi incident

    Kolkata: Leader of opposition in the Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said that if BJP comes to office in Bengal, the saffron party will ensure footballer Lionel Messi visits the state again. His comment triggered a sharp response ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Production at Ashoknagar oil field to start soon: Petroleum minister

    Kolkata: Production at the Ashoknagar oil field project in Bengal will start soon with both ONGC and the state govts making efforts to finalize the deal, said Union minister of petroleum and natural gas Hardeep Singh Puri.The minister said ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Madan, TMC min behind Messi’s 1st coming, blames event organiser for chaos

    Kolkata: After his "Rs 130 crore budget" jibe, former sports minister Madan Mitra on Monday rallied behind his senior party colleagues Aroop Biswas and Sujit Bose. He heaped blame on event organiser Satadru Dutta and claimed Biswas and Bose ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Are we ready? Same-sex Tolly wedding sparks debate

    Kolkata: A same-sex couple within the Tollywood industry recently held a private "marriage" ceremony in Kolkata, attended by 100 carefully selected guests. The event was conducted under strict conditions prohibiting media coverage and social media documentation of the relationship. ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Re-potted plant among seizures in stadium case

    Kolkata: A flowering plant in the hands of a biker and a pillion rider, spotted on CCTV footage, led the cops to arrest two spectators from Nabapally, Sukantanagar, for allegedly vandalising Salt Lake stadium on Saturday. Sanjay Das, an ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    TMC terms MGNREGA rename plan ‘an insult to Mahatma Gandhi’

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Monday criticized the Union govt's proposed bill that seeks to replace the existing Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with a new rural employment law called The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    3 freeloaders, 2 ticket holders: Cops make first vandalism arrests

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police on Sunday night arrested five persons in connection with vandalism at the Salt Lake stadium on Saturday. They were sent to seven days' judicial custody by the additional chief judicial magistrate court at Bidhannagar.Subhropratim Dey and ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Babri Masjid row: VHP terms mosque plan unlawful under BNS; urges Bengal govt to file FIR against Humayun Kabir

    NEW DELHI: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday said that the proposed construction of a mosque modelled on Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district amounts to an offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).The organisation has ...

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

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata residents awoke on December 15, 2025, to a sunny morning with comfortable temperatures around ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Fisherfolk ask govt to withdraw notification on wetland privatisation

    KOLKATA: A notification issued by the Department of Land & Land Reforms allowing private individuals, entrepreneurs, and other govt institutions to participate in competitive bidding for govt-owned waterbodies has sparked a debate on the balance between modernisation and the ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    'I want to leave': Pen scratched Lionel Messi's body during Kolkata frenzy; how Salt Lake stadium chaos spooked Argentina star

    KOLKATA: Almost everything that could have gone wrong at Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday did, a TOI post-mortem conducted 24 hours after the massive Messi mess has revealed. Eyewitnesses who had a ringside view of the chaos were near-unanimous ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Fishermen ask govt to roll back wetland ‘privatisation’ notice

    Kolkata: A notification issued by the Department of Land & Land Reforms allowing private individuals, entrepreneurs, and other govt institutions to participate in competitive bidding for govt-owned water bodies has sparked a debate on the balance between modernisation and ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Phone, WA hacked: Man loses 2.9 lakh

    Kolkata: A Baguiati resident, Soumabrata Chakraborty, has alleged his mobile phone and WhatsApp account were hacked, leading to unauthorised transactions worth Rs 2.9 lakh through his bank and Flipkart accounts. Baguiati Police Station has registered an FIR and initiated ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    13-yr-old woken up, shot dead during ‘land feud’, 4 arrested

    Malda: Four people have been arrested so far in connection with the murder of a 13-year-old girl in North Dinajpur's Islampur on Saturday night. The assailants allegedly woke up the girl and shot her dead.Police said the violence that ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    2-hr wait on tarmac: Clear clue that Messi left in a huff

    Kolkata: The clues to the investigation into the ransacking of Salt Lake stadium by a mob venting their anger over Messi's brief visit could lie in the flight plan submitted by the captain of the private Gulfstream jet that ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Many within TMC uneasy over ‘giving BJP a talking point’ ahead of elections

    Kolkata: A large section within Trinamool Congress is livid at the Salt Lake stadium fiasco which, they think, has given the opposition a stick to beat the govt with. Many of these netas, cutting across the generation gap and ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Oppn pounces on opening, seeks court-monitored probe

    Kolkata: Leader of opposition in Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday demanded a a court-monitored investigation into the chaos that erupted during Argentine football icon Lionel Messi's event at Salt Lake stadium in the city a day ago.Adhikari said ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Reasons for Messi mess in Kolkata: Neta clans' selfie rush, VIP culture, outsider entry; damage worth Rs 2.5 crore

    KOLKATA: Almost everything that could have possibly gone wrong at Salt Lake stadium on Saturday went wrong, as revealed by a post-mortem by TOI 24 hours after the massive Messi mess.Those who had a ringside view of how the ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Stadium neighbourhood shaken by violence but says the situation could have been much worse

    Kolkata: A day after the chaos inside Salt Lake stadium, shop owners and residents in the neighbourhood of the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan heaved a sigh of relief as the ruckus was contained inside the ground and did not ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Neighbours talk about rise and fall of impresario Satadru Dutta

    Kolkata: Event organiser Satadru Dutta, celebrated for his management skills and proximity to famous footballers around the world until Saturday, turned from a hero into a villain almost overnight in his hometown of Hooghly's Rishra. The Salt Lake incident ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Body cams a must for Hwh cops now

    Kolkata: Body cameras have been made mandatory for all levels of police personnel, from traffic police inspectors to civic volunteers, on several important roads of Howrah. This pilot project, initiated by Howrah City Police, started in the Kona Expressway, ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Behala boy traced to Deoghar ashram

    Kolkata: The 15-year-old boy, who went missing from his tuition class in Behala on Thursday morning, has been traced to Anukul Ashram in Deoghar, Jharkhand. The child stated he was upset at being rebuked repeatedly by his mother. He ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Governor visits stadium day after chaos

    Kolkata: Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose on Sunday visited the Salt Lake stadium for a "first-hand inspection" and called for a judicial inquiry into the chaos that unfolded at Lionel Messi's event at Salt Lake stadium on Saturday.Bose also ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Third arrest in Shahjahan case witness crash probe

    Kolkata: A third arrest was made on Sunday in the probe into the Basanti Highway crash involving Bholanath Ghosh, a key witness in ED and CBI cases against Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan. Ghosh has alleged the Dec 10 crash ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Focus on fitness at TOI Natun Para Half Marathon

    Kolkata: The Times of India, in association with Bidhannagar Police, on Sunday organised the TOI Natun Para Half Marathon at Eco Park in New Town.The half marathon, starting with the 21k category, was flagged off by actor Sudip Mukherjee. ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Probe panel spends 3 hours at stadium

    Kolkata: While the inquiry committee visited the Salt Lake stadium to probe the incident and fix responsibilities, Bidhannagar Police said lists are being prepared of suspects who will eventually be sent summons. The inquiry committee, headed by retired Justice ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Don’t transfer ticket-sale proceeds to Satadru account, police tell ticketing aggregator

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar City Police have directed the online ticketing aggregator for the GOAT India Tour to immediately stop transferring ticket-sale proceeds to the organiser's account. Authorities are moving to secure refunds for thousands of fans left aggrieved after Saturday's ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    HC to insurer: Can't deny compensation on the ground that driver was drunk

    Kolkata: Insurers cannot deny compensation to the family of a fatal road accident victim merely because an autopsy has detected alcohol in the abdomen, as the deceased is not available to defend himself against allegations of drunk driving, Calcutta ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    The aftermath: Salt Lake stadium vandalism losses pegged at 2.5 cr

    Kolkata: Financial losses suffered by the Salt Lake Stadium authorities and vendors were estimated at over Rs 2.5 crore, a day after spectators created chaos at the venue following Lionel Messi's exit.On Sunday morning, the stadium bore the scars ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Feeling of being cheated refuses to go away

    Kolkata: Having missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see their idol Lionel Messi in person, a sense of feeling cheated continues to haunt fans in Kolkata on Sunday. Thousands of disillusioned fans vented their ire on social media, demanding refund.Having ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Cops begin identifying vandals

    Kolkata: Police have begun identifying those involved in vandalism and arson at Salt Lake Stadium during the Lionel Messi event by scrutinising CCTV footage and visuals circulating on social media, officials said on Sunday. Several videos show stadium gates ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    1 in 5 voters to be axed from rolls in 11 Kolkata assembly seats

    KOLKATA: The SIR draft roll to be published by Election Commission on Dec 16 will see every third voter getting deleted in two city assembly constituencies — Jorasanko and Chowringhee. For 11 other assembly segments in the state, 9 ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    No relief for Satadru Dutta: Organiser of Messi Kolkata event denied bail, sent to 14-day police custody

    KOLKATA: The Bidhannagar court on Sunday sent the promoter and organiser of football icon Lionel Messi's G.O.A.T India Tour 2025, Satadru Dutta, to 14 days of police custody.Kolkata police arrested event organiser Dutta on Saturday, hours after a planned ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    'Is this the way Bengal treats its governor?': Ananda Bose 'denied' entry to stadium after Messi event fiasco; what he said

    KOLKATA: West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose was "denied" entry to Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday, following chaos and crowd disturbances at the event featuring football legend Lionel Messi. Bose called the denial an affront to the constitutional position ...

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

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata awakens on December 14, 2025, to a sunny morning, characterized by clear skies and ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    When 15 minutes weren’t enough: How Messi’s Kolkata trip turned messy

    KOLKATA: Football superstar Lionel Messi's much-hyped Kolkata tour ended in complete mayhem at Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday as enraged fans, who had paid anything between Rs 5,000 and Rs 16,000 to see the GOAT, vandalised the galleries, hurled ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    From Messi mania to anger at being fleeced: Rage exploded in just 22 minutes; fans threw chairs, set Sofa on fire

    KOLKATA: Ecstasy to agony to anger: All in a space of 22 minutes. Messi-mania ended in mayhem, arson and violence at the Salt Lake stadium on Saturday within minutes of Lionel Messi leaving the ground after a brief 22-minute ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    'Messi was lost among VIPs': Inside meltdown of the Messi event in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: The much-hyped Messi show, which descended into utter chaos after the football star stepped out of the Salt Lake stadium on Saturday, left the fans not just disappointed, but in some cases feeling completely despondent. Most of them ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    Broken seats, tunnel roof: Kolkata Stadium sports scars that may not heal after Lionel Messi visit; fans storm pitch

    KOLKATA: The biggest. The best. And now the bruised.A venue which takes pride in being the jewel in the crown of Indian football became witness to a bedlam of extraordinary proportions when people stormed the Salt Lake stadium pitch ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    Messi’s chartered plane, personal bond and an arrest: How organiser Satadru Dutta was stopped from fleeing Kolkata airport

    KOLKATA: Hours after the Lionel Messi show at Salt Lake Stadium spiralled into chaos, Kolkata Police on Saturday arrested event organiser Satadru Dutta, stopping him from leaving the city amid mounting anger over the aborted programme and allegations of ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    Mess at Messi’s Kol event triggers political slugfest

    Kolkata: Football fans have a right to be angry, Trinamool Congress said on Saturday stressing on the fact that Lionel Messi's event at Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday was not organized by the Bengal govt and the party did ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    Lionel Messi tour chaos: Organiser boards chartered plane with football icon, deplaned minutes before take-off; arrested

    KOLKATA: Cops on Saturday arrested event organiser Satadru Dutta in dramatic circumstances after taking him off a chartered plane that he had boarded with football icon Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami co-players, Luis Suarez and Rodrigo De Paul. ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    Fans mob hotel, police struggle to maintain sanity

    Kolkata: As chaos ruled the Salt Lake Stadium turf, roads leading to the ground were left choked by traffic and enraged fans who started trooping out onto the streets by noon. They carried torn banners while others took away ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    Past catches up with the man behind sports extravaganzas in Kolkata

    Kolkata: Lionel Messi's return to the city — 14 years after beginning his career here as Argentina captain in a Fifa friendly win over Venezuela — ended in extraordinary chaos with hundreds of enraged fans laying siege to the ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    Airport holds dry run to prep for fog

    Kolkata: Kolkata airport on Saturday conducted a dry run on fog to prepare for disruptions caused by poor visibility in the days ahead. Fog-related disruptions usually occur at Kolkata airport between Dec 10 and Feb 10. In winter, flight ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Disturbed and shocked’, CM orders probe, issues apology

    Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday issued a public apology to Lionel Messi and his fans in Kolkata for the mayhem that broke out at Salt Lake Stadium. She ordered a high-level inquiry under the chairmanship of a ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    Two arrested in connectionwith Basanti Highway crash

    Kolkata: Two people were arrested on Saturday in connection with the Basanti Highway crash involving Bholanath Ghosh, a key witness in the CBI and ED's land-grab case against Sheikh Shahjahan. The arrested were Uttam Sardar, aka Sushanta, and Ruhul ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata's air quality remains 'unhealthy to very unhealthy'; PM2.5 main pollutant

    KOLKATA: The city's Air Quality Index (AQI) remained in the 'unhealthy to very unhealthy' range on Saturday, with PM2.5 identified as the key pollutant, a West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) official said.The overall AQI was recorded at 276, ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    'Only politicians, actors were surrounding Messi': Frustrated fans create chaos at Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium; watch

    KOLKATA: Scenes of unrest were reported at Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday after hundreds of fans expressed anger over Argentine football star Lionel Messi’s brief appearance at a ticketed event.Videos circulated on social media showed bottles and plastic ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    'I sincerely apologise to Lionel Messi': CM Mamata Banerjee after fan create chaos at Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium

    KOLKATA: 'I sincerely apologise to Lionel Messi,' West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said after thousands of fans who had gathered to catch a glimpse of the football icon were left disappointed, sparking chaos at Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium.In ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, pleasant temperatures; AQI remains ppor

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.On December 13, 2025, Kolkata awoke to a sunny morning with clear skies and a ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Watch: Shah Rukh Khan reaches Kolkata ahead of Lionel Messi event; joined by son AbRam

    KOLKATA: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has arrived in Kolkata ahead of his much-awaited meet with football legend Lionel Messi on Saturday.In viral visuals from Kolkata airport, Shah Rukh Khan was seen making a late-night arrival, accompanied by his ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Lionel Messi gives thumbs up: West Bengal minister Sujit Bose says football icon happy with 70-foot statue; what he said

    KOLKATA: West Bengal minister and Sree Bhumi Sporting Club President Sujit Bose on Saturday said that football icon Lionel Messi and his team are happy with the 70-foot statue installed at the Sree Bhumi Sporting Club in Lake Town, ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Lionel Messi meets Shah Rukh Khan, unveils 70-ft statue in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: Football icon Lionel Messi virtually unveiled his 70-foot statue from Salt Lake stadium, with West Bengal Minister Sujit Bose and Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan present at the event on Saturday.Messi is currently with Shah Rukh Khan as ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Mohabbat hai’: Messi mania grips Kolkata; couple cancel honeymoon to see football icon

    KOLKATA: A newlywed couple in Kolkata postponed their honeymoon to catch a glimpse of football superstar Lionel Messi, whose arrival in the city on Saturday triggered scenes of jubilation. “We recently got married, but on Messi's visit, we cancelled ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Man loses 5.1L in traffic challan scam

    Kolkata: A resident of Hemanta Mukherjee Road in Parnasree, Kunal Maity, lost Rs 5.1 lakh after he fell victim to a scam that began on Nov 11 when he received a WhatsApp message, falsely accusing him of a traffic ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Constitution row rages between JU student, prof

    Kolkata: An international relations UG 2 student at Jadavpur University on Thursday lodged a complaint with the university authorities against an associate professor, alleging he made hateful comments about the Constitution and told her to "tear apart the Constitution ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Kol wakes up to smog & ‘very poor’ air, sees season’s worst pollution

    Kolkata: Kolkata woke up to a blanket of toxic smog on Friday as the city's air quality dipped sharply, marking the season's worst pollution episode yet. For the first time this winter, four of the seven Continuous Ambient Air ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    1.5% of voters became parents when they were 15, show EC data

    Kolkata: Around 12 lakh voters in Bengal — around 1.5% of total electors — became parents when they were only 15; 8.7 lakh became parents when they were 50, and 3.2 lakh voters became grandparents when they were 40. ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Patty sellers protest assault on vendors, vow to help duo resume trade

    Kolkata: Around 50 patty sellers, Hindus and Muslims, gathered at Esplanade on Friday to show solidarity with two fellow vendors, Sk Riyajul and Md Salauddin, who were assaulted and subjected to religious slur for selling non-veg snacks during a ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Mathematicians inspire young minds at IISER Kolkata, tell students to use AI as tool but use own judgment

    KOLKATA: Two renowned mathematicians, Prof M Ram Murty, Queen’s Research Chair in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, and Prof V Kumar Murty, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Toronto, delivered talks at ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Watch: Kolkata erupts as Lionel Messi touches down at 2.26am

    KOLKATA: Thousands of fans braved the December chill and waited past midnight in Kolkata to welcome Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi, as he arrived in the city during the early hours of Saturday as part of his three-day, four-city ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata traffic advisory ahead of Lionel Messi’s visit: Check full road closures, diversions and alternate routes

    KOLKATA: Kolkata Police issued a traffic advisory on Friday for Lionel Messi’s programme at Yuba Bharati Stadium, where a large turnout of fans is expected today. The restrictions are aimed at ensuring public safety and easing congestion on key ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    74th Kol music conference to feature legends, young talents & Bolly star

    Kolkata: The lineup for the 74th Dover Lane Music Conference promises a blend of legendary artists and young talents from the Indian classical music community, alongside a veteran Bollywood star poised to captivate audiences with a Bharatnatyam performance. This ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Bengal goes global: How Durga Puja redrew the map of international attention

    Written by: Devi Chakrabarti, Doctoral Researcher, Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge, UK Sandipan Mitra, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Government General Degree College, Lalgarh.West Bengal’s unexpected rise as the second most visited Indian state for international tourists in 2024 has generated ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    SSC publishes draft list of candidates for interview

    Kolkata: The West Bengal School Service Commission on Friday published the draft list for candidates, selected for interview before the recruitment for classes 9 and 10 at state-run schools. Around 40,000 candidates will be called for document verification to ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    2-km accident-prone Sec V stretch to get iron railings to curb jaywalking

    Kolkata: The Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA), in consultation with the Bidhannagar Traffic Police, will set up iron railings on about 2 km stretch on median divider in Sector V, from SDF building crossing to close to the box ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Boy who fell off dad’s bike dies in hosp

    Kolkata: A 12-year-old student of a Salt Lake school, Srinjoy Dutta, who fell in front of a truck's rear wheel nine days ago, passed away at a private hospital off EM Bypass on Wednesday. The boy, a resident of ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    ANHV to set up 6 more hospitals in east

    Kolkata: Ambuja Neotia Healthcare Ventures (ANHV) will set up six more hospitals in eastern India over the next five years, focussed on multispeciality as well as mother and childcare.According to Parthiv Neotia, joint managing director of ANHV, the company ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    New verification norms spark panic, voters rush to BLOs with documents

    Kolkata: A flurry of late-night phone calls from booth level officers (BLOs) sent voters across Kolkata and neighbouring districts scrambling on Friday morning. Queues formed outside BLO homes as voters arrived carrying parents' bank passbooks, Aadhaar cards, birth certificates, ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Modi to hold rally in Nadia on Dec 20, may address Matua jitters

    Kolkata: In his third visit to Bengal in five months, PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold a rally at Nadia's Taherpur on Dec 20 as part of his campaign for the 2026 Beassembly polls. Modi is expected to ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
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