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  • West Bengal election results: High-profile casualties make TMC bleed in Kolkata, Jadavpur strongholds

    KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress's traditional grip on Kolkata was shattered on Monday as a wave of anti-incumbency tore through its urban fortress, leaving a trail of high-profile electoral casualties that included party chief Mamata Banerjee and several ministers.In a staggering ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    Hard-fought Nandigram win icing on cake for Suvendu

    Kolkata/Nandigram: For Suvendu Adhikari, the architect of the 2021 giant-slaying of Mamata Banerjee, Nandigram has once again proven that "Dada's backyard" remains impregnable.Hours after the election results confirmed his second consecutive victory from this high-stakes battlefield, BJP insiders said ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    After see-saw day, Didi loses Bhowanipore battle to nemesis

    Kolkata: Claiming that she had been defeated by force, Mamata Banerjee alleged that the election process was manipulated and votes were looted by the BJP. She said she had also been assaulted, but asserted that they would return again. ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    SIR shadow in Bengal: BJP seat share increases after deletion of names in roll revision

    KOLKATA: BJP has gained in seats that have seen sizeable SIR deletions, irrespective of whether the quantum was higher than 25,000 people or lower.There were 169 assembly constituencies that went to the polls after the deletion of more than ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    BJP sweeps Bengal: How anti-incumbency toppled Trinamool Congress bastion

    KOLKATA: Bengal’s voters have decided to hand over the reins of governance to BJP, effecting a seismic change in state politics whose aftershocks will be felt way beyond the state’s borders.The Trinamool Congress fortress in Bengal crumbled under the ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    Who will be West Bengal’s next CM? Buzz grows as Samik Bhattacharya, Suvendu Adhikari asked to stay in Delhi

    KOLKATA: After terming the Bengal poll results a “historic victory”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to hold meetings in New Delhi on Tuesday and Wednesday with Union home minister Amit Shah, BJP national president Nitin Nabin, and the ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    After gap of 5 yrs, Cong, CPM back in Bengal House

    Kolkata: After a gap of five years, CPM and Congress will re-enter the assembly, with BJP taking the treasury benches and Trinamool in opposition.CPM, with a vote share of 4.45%, won Murshidabad's Domkal. Congress, with a 3% vote share, ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    Mamatata: Routed Mamata Banerjee fumes at SIRprise in West Bengal

    A seismic political shift in Bengal brought the Mamata Banerjee era in the state to an end on Monday, robbing the three-time chief minister of a historic fourth term - had Trinamool won, she would have become India's longest-serving ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    RG Kar victim’s mom wins Panihati by 28,836 votes

    Kolkata: The BJP candidate from Panihati assembly constituency, mother of the RG Kar rape-and-murder victim, emerged a clear winner on Monday, polling 87,977 votes. She led from the very first round of counting and her margin grew as counting ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    Fissures in Bengal’s Muslim bloc, voters look for other options

    Kolkata: Minority voting in Bengal's Muslim-dominated districts moved away from the long-assumed pattern of near- total consolidation behind Trinamool, reshaping electoral calculations in a state where Muslim voters influence 143 of 294 assembly seats. In Murshidabad, Malda and parts ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    Hills to plains, 8 districts blank out Trinamool and go with BJP

    Tamluk/Darjeeling/Jalpaiguri/Purulia/Jhargram: The BJP has delivered a sweeping blow to the Trinamool Congress across eight districts of Bengal, tightening its grip over large parts of north Bengal and Jangalmahal while scripting a total rout in East Midnapore, where it won ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    BJP retains Matua stronghold despite SIR cuts, CAA worries

    Kolkata: Despite discontent within the Matua community over large-scale deletions from the electoral roll under SIR, and the subsequent issue of citizenship certificates under CAA, BJP retained its foothold in Bongaon and Nadia. The party also captured the Matua-dominated ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    Not power-hungry: Suvendu on biggest day in pol career

    Kolkata: Suvendu Adhikari on Monday helped decimate a party, which his father Sisir Adhikari—the family patriarch—had helped form.Once Mamata Banerjee's trusted lieutenant, who worked with her to end the Left's 34-year term in office, Suvendu worked against her for ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    TMC grip loosens in Salt Lake, Rajarhat-Gopalpur

    Kolkata: A Trinamool stronghold for the last 15 years, the anti-incumbency wave swept out the Trinamool from Bidhannagar and Rajarhat Gopalpur this time, creating a massive upset across the townships of Salt Lake and areas off VIP Road.Sharadwat Mukherjee ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    I will be back, says Didi after defeat in Bengal, Bhowanipore

    Kolkata: Fifteen years after she stormed Writers' Buildings, scripting history as Bengal's first woman chief minister, Mamata Banerjee on Sunday missed another brush with history — to be the country's longest-serving woman chief minister.Banerjee changed Bengal politics in 2011, ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    Modi-Shah hard work erases ‘outsider’ tag

    Kolkata: The BJP's "outsider" tag in West Bengal, which had already weakened over the past one and a half years, ostensibly withered away as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah started campaigning for their party ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘It was political stranglehold, now let Tollywood breathe’

    Kolkata: Like Bengal, Tollywood is also facing the seismic political shifts. Former minister and Tollygunje candidate Aroop Biswas, who along with his brother Swarup, held sway over Tollywood was defeated by actor Papia Adhikary. Among the victorious candidates from ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    Women turned out more but TMC failed to reap gains as BJP welfare pitch reshaped support

    Kolkata: The 2026 Bengal assembly election exposed a sharp political rupture: women turned out in higher numbers than men, yet the Trinamool Congress failed to convert that participation into support.The BJP's tactical U-turn in Bengal — promising to double ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal election result: Caution, silence greet BJP win in minority pockets

    KOLKATA: An uncharacteristic silence descended upon the otherwise bustling arteries of central and north Kolkata on Monday. As the television screens across the state flashed saffron, signalling a historic and decisive victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party, the vibrant ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    DA, jobs trump fears over culture and food

    Kolkata: Non-industrialisation, joblessness and often unchecked corruption triumphed over cultural-culinary fears on Monday.Trinamool Congress went to polls with party chief Mamata Banerjee framing the contest as a battle for Bengali identity against a hostile central govt. Tactics included how ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    Didi dam fails to shield TMC as anti-incumbency currents surge through strongholds across state

    Kolkata: Throughout the campaign, Mamata Banerjee leaned on her 2021 playbook, famously asserting that she was the ‘sole candidate' in all 294 seats. This time, however, the strategy backfired. The gap between the leadership's high-octane rhetoric and the grim ...

    5 May 2026 Times of India
    Assembly elections 2026: Congress show so far; Kerala comeback, flop performance in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu in latest trends

    KOLKATA: Early counting trends from the assembly elections in Kerala have shown the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) taking a significant latest lead, in latest trends raising the prospect of a return to power in the state.Initial two hours ...

    4 May 2026 Times of India
    Do not leave counting centres: CM Mamata Banerjee urges TMC nominees as BJP leads

    KOLKATA: Early trends show a strong lead for the BJP in the West Bengal Assembly election, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday called on Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidates and agents to remain at counting centres and stay alert.In a ...

    4 May 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata balloon seller clears ICSE, says ‘if I stop selling, my studies would stop'

    KOLKATA : On vibrant, neon-lit corners of Park Street, a 24year-old moves through the evening rush carrying a cluster of brightly coloured balloons to sell. Neha Khatoon is a familiar face to many regular visitors to the area, but ...

    4 May 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal election results: RG Kar victim’s mother takes early lead in Panihati amid high-stakes BJP–TMC contest

    KOLKATA: Panihati in West Bengal has emerged as one of the most closely watched battlegrounds, with BJP candidate and RG Kar rape-and-murder victim’s mother leading in the early rounds of counting.The contest has drawn statewide attention, pitting BJP against ...

    4 May 2026 Times of India
    At 97.74%, Bhangar tops turnout list

    Kolkata: The second phase of Bengal assembly polls witnessed 92.9% turnout, with Bhangar in South 24 Parganas recording the highest at 97.74%. With 93.19% turnout in the first phase, Bengal clocked about 93% turnout over the two phases of ...

    4 May 2026 Times of India
    Party cadres spend quiet weekend, wait for voters’ cue and focus on final-day plan

    Kolkata: It was a busy Sunday for the political party workers — especially the counting agents — hours before the counting of votes began across Bengal. For the Trinamool Congress, there was a big checklist. Those in Rashbehari and ...

    4 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Will our jobs be hit?’ State, central officials in HC over SIR fears

    Kolkata: Deletions by SIR have not just robbed 27 lakh of their voting rights but also sent many govt employees with names deleted into a frenzy. An assistant teacher, a Maharatna undertaking AGM, a medical professional and an insurance ...

    4 May 2026 Times of India
    Puja, prep and poise mark candidates’ final Sunday before high-stakes verdict day

    Kolkata: From offering pujas to spending hours with their counting agents and dropping in for a quick adda with party workers, candidates tried to keep their calm ahead of Monday's poll verdicts. Debasish Kumar, Trinamool's Rash Behari candidate, spent ...

    4 May 2026 Times of India
    Have nerves? Come fight in Falta: Abhishek dares ‘godfathers’ of BJP

    Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee threw a sweeping challenge to BJP bigwigs to contest the Falta assembly segment repoll after the Election Commission countermanded the April 29 Falta polls and ordered a repoll on May 21 across ...

    4 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Win doesn’t mean revenge’: Samik urges peace ahead of count

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Sunday appealed to both BJP and Trinamool workers to resist provocation and violence ahead of Monday's counting, saying political differences must not translate into vengeance."Our primary objective is to change Bengal's political ...

    4 May 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal polls: Breath held amid TMC-BJP brag & swag battle

    KOLKATA: Bengal’s voters will get to know today which way their neighbours voted as the result of a highly fractious seven-week electoral battle starts trickling in this morning.This election has been remarkable for the unusual silence of a large ...

    4 May 2026 Times of India
    In last-min push, Mamata holds Bhowanipore meet

    Kolkata: With Bhowanipore in focus, CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday met eight KMC councillors, party ward presidents, her chief election agent, along with several Trinamool netas to work out the last-minute details for counting day.The meeting at Mamata's Kalighat ...

    4 May 2026 Times of India
    Mothabari case: NIA summons TMC nominee’s counting agent

    Malda: NIA summoned TMC's Sujapur candidate Sabina Yeasmin's counting agent on Saturday, two days ahead of election results in Bengal, as part of its investigation into the Mothabari incident where judicial officers were gheraoed for hours during the SIR ...

    4 May 2026 Times of India
    No union control, auto fares go berserk as fuel price soars past 89

    Krishnendu.Bandopadhyay@timesofindia.comKolkata: The city's last-mile connectivity has been pushed into a state of absolute "anarchy" this week as auto-rickshaw fares surged to arbitrary highs following a record spike in auto LPG prices. With the fuel now retailing at an unprecedented ...

    4 May 2026 Times of India
    Midnight horror: Woman dials 100, cops launch manhunt for 2 bikers

    Kolkata: Park Street police have launched a manhunt for two men on a motorcycle who allegedly stalked and molested a woman early on Thursday. The duo targeted the victim twice, escalating from verbal abuse and obscene gestures to physical ...

    4 May 2026 Times of India
    At work or off, one eye will track Bengal’s future today

    Kolkata: Whether at work or working from home, people will have one eye glued to the election scoreboard as the nail-biting electoral season ends with counting on Monday.Unlike previous polls that revolved around a single dominant issue and relatively ...

    4 May 2026 Times of India
    Hours before counting, 1,000 VVPAT slips recovered from Madhyamgram roadside

    Kolkata: Just hours before vote counting, over 1,000 VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) slips belonging to the Noapara assembly constituency were recovered from a roadside drain at Madhyamgram near Duttapukur in North 24 Parganas on Sunday afternoon.The incident ...

    4 May 2026 Times of India
    Darjeeling roo ts for legacy, luxury & craft: The tea that wants to be a Champagne

    When custodians of the Comité Interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne (CIVC) arrived in India for the first time, it marked a strategic convergence between two of the most well-known origin stories. On the misty slopes of Darjeeling, where India’s ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    27 L ornaments, 1.1 L cash stolen from Lake Town homes

    Kolkata: Two separate burglary cases were reported in Lake Town on May 1, raising concerns over a possible pattern of targeted break-ins in residential pockets during temporary absences of occupants, police said.In the first incident, a complaint lodged by ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    7,268 of 7,492 centenarians cast their vote, boosted elector count

    Kolkata: Bengal's centenarian voters turned out in striking numbers in the two-phase Assembly polls, with 7,268 out of the 7,492 electors aged 100 years or above casting their votes. The centenarian voter turnout was nearly 97%, said additional CEO ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    4 girls flee with 16k to watch BTS concert

    Kolkata: Four 15-year-old schoolgirls, who fled from home on April 21, have been rescued from Old Delhi Railway Station by a special team from the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate. Cops said they left in a bid to travel to South ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    Exit polls to manipulate stock market, Trinamool winning 200+ seats: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

    KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday trashed exit poll results, saying they were conducted to "manipulate the stock market," and told party colleagues — including counting agents — in a virtual address that Trinamool "is winning and winning by ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Rivalry should end now’: Suvendu calls for peace ahead of counting

    Kolkata: Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday night called on all political parties to maintain peace ahead of the May 4 counting, urging them to accept the people's mandate and avoid a repeat of the post-poll violence ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    EC scraps Falta election citing irregularities, repoll ordered on May 21, counting on May 24

    Kolkata/Falta: On Monday, Bengal's electoral fate will be decided on the basis of 293 seats as the Election Commission on Saturday countermanded the elections held in Falta assembly constituency citing "electoral offences and subversion of the democratic process during ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    Sr citizen duped of 9.6 L in KYC fraud

    Kolkata: A 67-year-old Salt Lake resident was allegedly duped of Rs 9.6 lakh in an online banking fraud after being tricked into sharing his credentials on the pretext of a KYC update, police said on Thursday.The complainant, a resident ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    176-day EC duty finally ends for BLOs but no release order yet

    Kolkata: Booth-level officers finally got a breather from their "out of syllabus" work, after slogging for 176 days ever since the SIR exercise was rolled out. But BLOs pointed out that they were yet to receive their ‘release order' ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    Repolling at 15 booths: At 86.9%, voter turnout dips below original state, dist rate

    Diamond Harbour/Kolkata: Fifteen booths in South 24 Parganas that went for a repoll on Saturday logged a turnout of 86.9%, substantially lower than the record-breaking 92.94% clocked over the two phases of polling in Bengal.Eleven of these booths were ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    Salt Lake residents get property tax bills

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started sending property tax bills across households in Salt Lake for the year 2026-27. Taxpayers will get a 5% tax rebate, excluding the arrear dues, if tax is paid within the due ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    One dies in accident; another drowns

    Kolkata: A man was run over by a private bus on Prince Anwar Shah Road near a mall on Friday around 11 am. The pedestrian, Amar Kumar Ghosh (65), a resident of Pratapaditya Road at Tollygunge, sustained multiple injuries, ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    For 72 hours, no-go zone 200m from 7 counting centres in city

    Kolkata: The city has been placed under an unprecedented security lockdown ahead of the May 4 counting, with sweeping prohibitory orders and multi-layered deployment of forces across all strongroom locations following escalating tensions and allegations of breaches by rival ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    48 hrs before counting, EC appoints 165 more observers

    Kolkata: Within hours of the Supreme Court hearing, the EC on Saturday deployed 165 additional counting observers across Bengal, just 48 hours before the vote counting on Monday. All these officers, who will be stationed at strongrooms with multiple ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    Eyeball-to-eyeball TMC-BJP confrontation at strongrooms

    Kolkata: Lax security and blacked out CCTV footage at EVM strongrooms led to multiple complaints by both Trinamool and BJP across Bengal on Saturday. Tension flared at the Barasat Government College on Saturday morning after the CCTV monitoring display ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    50kmph thunderstorm, showers lash Kolkata, pull down mercury

    Kolkata: The city and its adjoining districts were lashed by a thunderstorm on Saturday evening that struck with a wind speed of 50 kmph. It was followed by an intense rain that lasted for an hour, followed by a ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    Birth anniv spotlight: Ray’s mastery with non-actors

    Kolkata: At the Nandan screening of the restored ‘Pratidwandi', organised by the Society for the Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives to mark the legend's 105th birth anniversary, a strand of conversation between Sandip Ray, Tinnu Anand and Dhritiman Chaterji ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    EC suspends Kalighat OC after INSAS rifle post

    Kolkata: Kalighat PS OC Goutam Das, appointed by EC on Apr 25, was suspended on Saturday for his post with a now-deleted photograph of himself in uniform aiming an INSAS assault rifle following protests from the Trinamool Congress. The ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    Civic recruitment scam: ED sends fresh summons to Sujit Bose

    Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate has sent summons to state fire minister and Trinamool candidate from Bidhannagar, Sujit Bose, again on Saturday after he was questioned for nearly nine hours on Friday. He was asked to appear before the agency ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    Vote-day & result-day gap: Kolkata turns to adda sessions, tries to read its own mind

    Kolkata: The long gap between the poll day and the result day, along with a long weekend, has made Kolkata do what it does the best and loves the most — discussing politics over beverages, food and addas.With polling ...

    3 May 2026 Times of India
    Gunfire and street fights reported from parts of Kolkata as TMC-BJP trade blame after polls

    KOLKATA: After a relatively peaceful day of voting, Kolkata and its northern industrial fringe witnessed incidents of violence with TMC and BJP trading allegations of attacks, firing and reprisals.In Bhatpara, TMC functionary Tapas Das was shot twice and critically ...

    1 May 2026 Times of India
    'Money, muscle and weapons': Mamata Banerjee on night vigil as TMC, BJP face-off reaches strongrooms

    KOLKATA: Bengal’s battle for ballots progressed into a war of nerves over EVM safety late on Thursday as CM Mamata Banerjee camped at Sakhawat Memorial High School, where EVMs from her constituency, Bhowanipore, are being stored.A few kilometres away, ...

    1 May 2026 Times of India
    Ahead of Satyajit Ray’s 105th birth anniversary, actors recall working with the legend

    KOLKATA: Ahead of Ray’s 105th birth anniversary, some of his actors and crew recalled their experience of working with the legend at an event on Monday, organised by the British Deputy High Commission and the UK’s Bengali diaspora. “It’s ...

    1 May 2026 Times of India
    100 out of 100 for 7 ISC students in Bengal, 2,718 score above 95%

    Kolkata: Seven youngsters from Bengal secured a perfect score—400 out of 400—in ISC as CISCE announced class 12 board exam results on Thursday. Besides the ‘Super Seven', 4,237 out of the 28,791 students, who appeared for the test from ...

    1 May 2026 Times of India
    No hurdle high enough to stop these achievers

    Kolkata: Poverty to severe health issues, no challenge could deter these students who overcame all hurdles to score well in ICSE and ISC exams, turning their results into tales of grit and determination.Uday Vir Yaduka of DPS Newtown School, ...

    1 May 2026 Times of India
    Mothabari: NIA court rejects bail pleas of 52 accused

    Kolkata: An NIA court in Kolkata on Thursday rejected the bail pleas of 52 accused in Malda's Mothabari case and ordered that all of them, including main accused Mofakkarul Islam, remain in judicial custody till May 13.The case relates ...

    1 May 2026 Times of India
    BJP trains cadre to run counting day op with ‘clockwork precision’

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP has launched back-to-back workshops to train party workers ahead of counting day on May 4, with Union home minister Amit Shah calling state netas to assess preparedness and Bengal BJP minder Sunil Bansal holding meetings with ...

    1 May 2026 Times of India
    A dozen 499s reflect ICSE shift to critical thinking

    Kolkata: Writing to-the-point answers and becoming accustomed to application-based, critical-thinking questions reflected in ICSE results, highlighted several school heads after CISCE declared its class 10 boards results on Thursday. This year, the pass percentage stood at 99.18, a 0.04% ...

    1 May 2026 Times of India
    Flag issues in 48 hrs, IIT head tells students after 2 deaths in 10 days

    Kolkata: Flag any academic or non-academic issue within 48 hours through a special email response window so that an action plan can be created within seven days to address the problem as much as possible: this was the advice ...

    1 May 2026 Times of India
    No holiday on day after poll for MLA-hopefuls across constituencies

    Kolkata: The frenetic pace of campaigning may have concluded on polling day, but for candidates, the day after offered little scope for pause. Ac-ross constituencies, MLA-hopefuls slipped into a different rhythm on Thursday, marked by review meetings, damage assessment ...

    1 May 2026 Times of India
    Tolly candidates take a break, watch movies after poll hustle, set for May 4 ‘big picture’

    Kolkata: Trinamool candidate Bratya Basu watch Sofia Coppola's ‘Lost in Translation' on Thursday while BJP's Agnimitra Paul watched ‘Assi' on an OTT platform on Wednesday, right after polling for Bengal's two-phase elections got over. With the hectic poll schedule ...

    1 May 2026 Times of India
    Restored ‘Pratidwandi’ screening today for Ray birth anniversary

    Kolkata: The Society for the Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives will screen the restored print of ‘Pratidwandi' at Nandan on May 1, a day before the maestro's birth anniversary. The cult film, restored in 4K by the National Film ...

    1 May 2026 Times of India
    Nor’westers give Kol 2nd wettest April day in 15 yrs

    Kolkata: A series of nor'westers through Wednesday night gave the city its second wettest April day in around 15 years. While the Met office did not rule out a few more spells of thundershower, albeit of less intensity, in ...

    1 May 2026 Times of India
    Fewer Metro ops today

    Kolkata: Metro will operate 244 services (122 Up + 122 Dn) instead of the usual 272 services on Blue Line on May Day on Friday. Timings of the first and last services of all lines will remain unchanged.Green Line ...

    1 May 2026 Times of India
    After V-Day, focus shifts from poll booths to EVM strong rooms

    Kolkata: Sixty uniformed men, drawn from CAPF and Kolkata Police, are doing the rounds of each of the 22 strong rooms in Kolkata across the seven counting centres in the city. In all, the city's strong rooms will see ...

    1 May 2026 Times of India
    Bagdogra flight crosses border, lands in Dhaka

    Kolkata: Thunderstorms that raged across south and north Bengal on Wednesday evening forced the diversion of a domestic flight to an international airport. This was an unusual move as domestic flights were usually diverted to another Indian airport in ...

    1 May 2026 Times of India
    KMC chairperson targets civic commissioner

    Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation chairperson Mala Roy on Thursday came down heavily on a section of senior officials who were marked absent at the KMC House. The civic authority decided to hold the monthly meeting on the last day ...

    1 May 2026 Times of India
    Scurry to return after votefills up flights, trains from Kol

    Kolkata: After voting, professionals and migrant workers are scrambling back to work, driving up demand for outbound flights and keeping fares elevated through the weekend.Earlier this week, a surge in last-minute travel to Kolkata had already sent airfares and ...

    1 May 2026 Times of India
    Hours after poll ends, war over turf control breaks in and around city

    Kolkata: Two Trinamool functionaries are battling for their lives in Behala and Bhatpara after being attacked by BJP workers on Wednesday night, a charge which the BJP denied. Two brothers, both RSS workers in Behala, were also injured in ...

    1 May 2026 Times of India
    Brewing adda, music & memories of Tagore over tea

    A cultural evening, Cha-Chakra, is set to recreate the intimate world of Rabindranath Tagore through the simple yet profound ritual of tea. The programme draws from Tagore’s deep association with tea as a space for reflection, creativity, and meaningful ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek slams EC for excesses, Farooq, Aaditya second TMC neta

    Srinagar/Kolkata: Lending support to Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee's charge that the only thing left to be deployed in Bengal for elections were naval warships and Rafale fighter jets, netas like former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah and Aaditya ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    Record voter turnout fires up both TMC & BJP camps

    Kolkata/Lucknow: Bengal's record turnout left both Trinamool and BJP claiming the mandate on Wednesday, with CM Mamata Banerjee predicting a two-thirds majority for Trinamool and PM Narendra Modi expressing confidence that BJP will form govt in the state for ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    SIR-deleted citizens watch neighbours vote

    Kolkata: "Even if my name is restored in the electoral roll later, shall I remain alive to cast my vote next time?" asked septuagenarian cancer survivor Rita Bhattacharjee, a resident of Genexx Valley in Joka, whose name was struck ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    ‘Duare vote’, a first for many residents, passes off peacefully at hsg complexes

    Kolkata: Polling booths a few steps down, gated communities woke up to ‘Duare vote' on Wednesday when the state went to poll in its second phase. For a majority of residents, it was the first time that they got ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    85-year-old fails to vote after 45-min attempt

    Kolkata: An 85-year-old voter who conscientiously voted in all previous elections was denied the opportunity to do so on technical grounds on Wednesday despite her name being there on the voter list. Anuradha Dasgupta, who lives in Bansdroni under ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    Thunderstorm lashes city; roads flooded, flights diverted

    Kolkata: An intense thunderstorm lashed the city for around two hours on Wednesday evening, flooding various areas. The nor'wester pulled the mercury down by six degrees. Eight flights, including two international flights, were diverted and several arrivals and departures ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    Driven by SIR fear, citizens brave rain, sun to reach booths

    Kolkata: Come rain or shine, voters on Wednesday did not seem bothered by the weather, the sense of unease following the SIR exercise apparently being a stronger motive. Picnic Garden resident Gouri Routh, who was released from hospital two ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    ‘Pushed by jawan’, 82-year-old dies

    An 82-year-old man, Purnachandra Dolui, died after he was allegedly pushed by a CAPF jawan at a booth in Udaynarayanpur in Howrah on Wednesday. The jawan was detained, voting was suspended and later, an FIR was registered. Udaynarayanpur TMC ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal-style poll heat and dust visit VIP seat's posh paras in do-or-die Trinamool-BJP battle

    KOLKATA: Bhowanipore, long known for its quiet polling days and indifferent turnout among its affluent voters, witnessed an unusually charged election on Wednesday, as high drama, heavy security presence and an energised electorate reshaped the constituency's voting culture.The upscale ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    Lungi plaint against CAPF

    Gaighata: A controversy erupted during polling in the Gaighata Assembly constituency in North 24-Parganas after central forces personnel prevented several elderly men from entering a booth allegedly for wearing lungi, prompting charges of harassment and raising questions on the ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    Vote-shy Kol catches up with Bengal, almost

    Kolkata: Kolkata, which traditionally registers a low turnout, voted almost on a par with the rest of Bengal on Wednesday. The EC data shows that till 9 pm, Kolkata recorded over 88.4 polling percentage, while the figure was 60.2%, ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    VIP treatment for 104-yr-old who fought SIR & won

    Jamalpur (East Burdwan): Sk Ibrahim, the 104-year-old who has cast his vote in every election since Independence, kept his date with democracy on Wednesday as well. However, the EC had initially placed his name under adjudication on the final ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    Matua belt votes under twin shadows of SIR and CAA

    Bongaon: Contrasting scenes marked the second phase of the assembly elections across the Matua heartland in Bongaon on Wednesday, where a family contest unfolded alongside voter discontent over exclusions from the roll.At the centre of attention was the face-off ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    SIR divides families across Kolkata: Chosen few celebrate vote as lakhs mourn deletion

    Kolkata: The special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll left several families across the city divided on poll day — while a chosen few had the privilege to press their button of choice on the EVM, lakhs mourned ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    Access to polling booths: Mixed bag for the disabled

    Kolkata: For electors with disabilities, polling arrangements in Kolkata during the second phase drew mixed reactions. While some praised the EC efforts to improve accessibility, others flagged missing ramps at several booths, making entry difficult for wheelchair users.Disability rights ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    A game of chess, a vote with the family: Netas’ poll-day playbook

    Kolkata: Trinamool and BJP heavyweight candidates spent their day crisscrossing their assembly segments, addressing complaints, and some even protesting as they refused to cede ground to their opponents.Mayor Firhad Hakim performed a delicate balancing act between his own Kolkata ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    ‘Taped’ EVM takes centre stage over ‘Singham-Pushpa’ war

    Kolkata: Falta in South 24 Parganas woke up on the polling day under the shadow of a face-off that never came. One man moved relentlessly across the constituency while the other stayed stationed in a single room, monitoring every ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    In her first poll battle, R G Kar victim’s mom caught in ‘influencing-voters’ row

    Panihati: For the RG Kar rape-and-murder victim's mother, her first poll day as a candidate was marked by tension, confrontations and complaints from multiple quarters.Controversies trailed the poll debutante all day, from allegations for trying to influence people standing ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    Showing their (inked) fingers: Kolkata’s 1st-time voters make their moment count

    Kolkata: A strong sense of political awareness and civic duty brought large numbers of first-time voters out of their daily routines and into queues at polling stations across the city on Wednesday. For many, it was not just about ...

    30 April 2026 Times of India
    Plaint after Setu road rage case, defamation

    Kolkata: The Hastings Police started a criminal case involving charges of defamation, criminal intimidation and wrongful restraint after a road-rage incident on Vidyasagar Setu on April 24. The case was registered on Sunday.According to the complainant, an advocate, a ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal polls: Tribunals clear 1,468 names, delete 6 for 2nd phase poll

    KOLKATA: Bengal’s SIR tribunals have cleared 1,468 citizens to vote in the second phase of the assembly elections, taking the total number of cleared voters to 1,607 across the two polling phases in the state (139 people had their ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    BJP focus on manning every election booth

    Kolkata: Barely 12 hours before the polls, BJP's war room, often described as a "high-tech nerve centre" of the party's election machinery, looked noisier than ever, with the core unit and a group of strategists busy analysing field reports, ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
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