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  • SIR tribunal tells EC to add Cong nominee name to list

    Behrampore/Kolkata: A special tribunal, formed after a Supreme Court directive, directed the Election Commission to add the name of Congress's Farakka candidate, Mahatab Sheikh, to the voter list, overturning a judicial officer's decision to strike his name off the ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Voter deletions spark protests in Hasnabad

    Exclusion of around 700 voters from the post-SIR supplementary list across three booths in Hasnabad triggered protests on Sunday, with hundreds blocking roads and burning tyres on the Kathi-Malancha Road for hours. The deletions affected booth nos. 251, 252 ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    ‘Busy with campaign’: BJP plays down Suvendu absence at PM rally

    Cooch Behar: BJP tried to play down the absence of Suvendu Adhikari on the stage while PM Narendra Modi spoke at Raashmela Maidan in Cooch Behar on Sunday. Bengal BJP brass, including Union minister Sukanta Majumdar and state president ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Candidate choices spark stir within BJP

    Krishnanagar (Nadia): BJP's decision to field Anupam Biswas from Kalyani and Taraknath Chatterjee from Krishnanagar North sparked protests from party workers through the weekend.In Krishnanagar North — a TMC stronghold since 2016 where BJP has built its vote share ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Malda ADM gets show-cause notice ahead of SC hearing

    Malda: Three days after the Kaliachak incident where judicial officers were gheraoed, and a day before the SC hearing, a Malda ADM was served a show-cause notice by DM Rajanbir Singh Kapur on Sunday.ADM Sheikh Ansar Ahamad was charged ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    3 held for flying drone near CM’s chopper

    Malda: Three youths from Bihar were arrested on Sunday for allegedly flying a drone near the helicopter of chief minister Mamata Banerjee. The trio was detained immediately after the incident on Saturday.The CM was addressing a public meeting at ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Poll panel suspends OC it appointed 6 days ago

    Kolkata: The Election Commission on Sunday suspended Kasba Police Station OC Biswajit Debnath — just six days after appointing him — for omitting criminal Sona Pappu from the pre-poll list of history sheeters and active offenders submitted to the ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Rahul death: FIR against 5 prod house members

    Bhubaneswar: Police in Odisha's Talsari have registered a case against five members of a Tollywood production house, holding them prima facie responsible for actor Rahul Banerjee's death during a TV serial shoot last Sunday. Charges include negligence and misrepresentation ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Experts present mobility charter to parties

    Kolkata: With weeks to go before the assembly polls, a coalition of civil society groups has unveiled an Urban Mobility Charter for Kolkata and other Bengal cities, calling for transport reforms and greater investment in people-centric systems. It urges ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    LPG blues: Star hotels go into gas-induction hybrid mode to keep operations stable

    Kolkata: Though supply of commercial LPG has resumed to some extent, star hotels in the city are working on a two-pronged strategy to stabilise operations. In a hybrid model, the establishments are cooking on electric gadgets but are using ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    12 JU students in hosp after post-fest clash

    Kolkata: At least a dozen Jadavpur University students were injured and admitted to a private hospital on Saturday night after a clash broke out between two groups after the Faculty of Engineering and Technology Students' Union (Fetsu) fest, Sanskriti, ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    1k from Bengal stuck in Sikkim after landslide

    Darjeeling: Around 1,000 tourists from Bengal have been stranded in North Sikkim's Lachen after a landslide damaged a crucial stretch of road near Tarum Chu Bridge. The district administration has suspended all movement along the Chungthang–Lachen route. However, offering ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Light drizzle brings relief, Met office spies more rain

    Kolkata: The season's first scorching spell was broken by cloud cover and an afternoon thunderstorm in Kolkata on Sunday that brought relief from the sweltering heat by pulling the mercury down six notches. While the cloud cover shielded the ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    5-year-old golden retriever undergoes ear endoscopy

    Kolkata: A 5-year-old golden retriever underwent otoendoscopy, an advanced diagnostic procedure in veterinary healthcare, to detect an ear disease that has been affecting the dog since 2024. This was the first time the procedure has been performed in eastern ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Kol Christians mark Easter with prayers for peace and harmony across world

    Kolkata: From candlelit Easter vigils that stretched late into the night to hymn-filled morning masses and afternoon processions through the city's streets, Kolkata marked Easter on Sunday with prayers, celebrations and appeal for peace and harmony.Across churches in central ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Don’t need so many seats, colleges write to CU ahead of new session

    Kolkata: Several colleges affiliated with Calcutta University are considering reducing their undergraduate seats due to a yearly dip in enrolment. Two colleges have already appealed to the university to reduce the number of seats ahead of the fresh admission ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    ‘At 88, I don’t care anymore’: Artist Nandalal Bose’s grandson after SIR strikes his and wife’s names off electoral database

    Kolkata: I am 88 years old and I don't care about what is happening," said Suprabuddha Sen, maternal grandson of artist and painter Nandalal Bose, who illustrated the original manuscript of India's Constitution and designed emblems for prestigious honours, ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    SIR deletion: One ends life, another dies of heart attack

    Kolkata: Minati Sen, 58, a resident of Baruajibi area in Hoogly's Rishra gram panchayat, died by suicide on Saturday night, allegedly after she came to know that her name was struck off the voter list following SIR. Her son ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    38 lakh seized during Netaji Nagar naka check

    Kolkata: During heightened election surveillance, police seized unaccounted for cash worth Rs 38 lakh from a car on NSC Bose Road near Netaji Nagar on Saturday night. The vehicle, coming from Alipore, was stopped during a naka check. Officers ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Take care of waste, experts urge netas

    Kolkata: In poll season, experts have urged political parties to take care of waste. As per a study by the International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water headed by former JU professor and waste management expert Sadhan Ghosh, ...

    6 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal assembly polls 2026: EC suspends 4 cops over Shah roadshow fracas

    KOLKATA: The Election Commission on Saturday suspended four senior Kolkata police officers, including a DCP, and ordered disciplinary proceedings against them for their failure to maintain law and order during a roadshow by Union home minister Amit Shah in ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    BJP looks to Modi Cooch Behar rally today to offset SIR unease

    Jalpaiguri: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address a rally at Cooch Behar's Rash Mela ground on Sunday as BJP seeks to reassure Rajbanshi voters — a community that makes up roughly 30% of north Bengal's electorate — ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Drone in front of Didi’s copter in Malda, 3 detained

    Kolkata/Malda: A mysterious drone appeared in front of CM Mamata Banerjee's helicopter in Malda just as she was heading to Gazole after a rally in Malatipur. Police have detained three people in this connection.Though the detainees claimed they had ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Angry over voter deletions, three villages in East Burdwan ban netas in poll season

    Burdwan: Three villages in East Burdwan have put up banners and flexes barring all political parties and their workers from entering until voters whose names were deleted under the SIR process are restored to the electoral roll.The villages — ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    One seat, two BJP claimants in Maynaguri

    Jalpaiguri: Two candidates turned up to file nominations for the Maynaguri seat on Saturday, both claiming to be BJP's official pick.The confusion stemmed from a last-minute candidate swap. The party had initially fielded sitting MLA Kaushik Roy, then replaced ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Trinamool-CEO war of words over ‘record’ Form 6 submissions

    Kolkata: The Bengal chief electoral officer's (CEO) office posted on X on Saturday that it did not receive Form 6 applications, saying that such "claims being deliberately circulated were completely false".The post rebutted a Trinamool post, which had stated ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal CEO holds review meet in E Midnapore

    East Midnapore: Bengal chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal arrived in East Midnapore on Saturday for a crucial two-day administrative review. After reaching Nimtouri in Tamluk, Agarwal chaired a marathon meeting with senior officials, which included IG (Western Range) Vishal ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    NIA records hostage judicial officer’s statement, gets custody of ‘mastermind’

    Malda/Kolkata: NIA recorded the statement of one of the judicial officers held hostage at the Kaliachak-II BDO office on April 1 and secured two weeks of police custody of main accused Mofakkerul Islam on Saturday. Sources said questioning has ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    BJP neta files as independent

    A BJP vice-president from Ghatal East, Ratan Dalui, filed an independent nomination for the Ghatal seat on Saturday, after the party announced Sheetal Kapat as its official candidate. Dalui accused Kapat of neglecting the constituency, reports Sujoy Khanra.

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Mahindra chairman lauds VIP Road beautification

    Kolkata: Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra on Saturday posted on his X handle regarding the recent development of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) turning a garbage dumpyard on a stretch below Baguiati flyover on VIP Road into a vibrant hangout ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Buns, cakes fly off shelves as bakeries see brisk business for Easter Sunday

    Kolkata: In the run-up to Easter Sunday, the familiar counters of Kolkata's legacy bakeries were doing brisk business on Saturday, as customers queued for hot cross buns, marzipan eggs, Easter cupcakes and chocolate treats that have long been part ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Ruckus at Lake over rituals

    Kolkata: A minor ruckus occurred near gate no 5 of Rabindra Sarobar on Saturday afternoon after a group of Sheetala Puja devotees allegedly tried to forcefully enter the premises with their puja items.The security personnel shut the gate, stating ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    60% raise hands at Malda rally when Mamata asks if they lost voting right

    Kolkata/Malda: Nearly 60% of the crowd raised their hands when CM Mamata Banerjee asked a rally in Malda's Enayetpur on Saturday how many people had been struck off the voters' list following SIR. The random sampling set the campaign ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Two TMC workers held for ‘voter intimidation’

    Kolkata/Behrampore: Police arrested two Trinamool workers in separate incidents in Canning and Berhampore for allegedly publicly threatening voters. In Canning, Hafizul Molla — pradhan of Deuli-I gram panchayat and a senior Trinamool figure in Canning East — was arrested ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    BJP releases list for 5 more seats

    Kolkata: BJP on Saturday released a fresh list of five candidates for key constituencies in and around Kolkata, while replacing three earlier nominees ahead of the Bengal assembly elections on April 23 and 29, reports Debashis Konar.Shankar Sikdar has ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Green starts bowling at KKR nets

    Kolkata: In a major relief to Kolkata Knight Riders team management, Cameron Green was seen bowling at the nets during the team's practice session at the Eden Gardens on Saturday. The lanky Australian all-rounder bowled three overs at his ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Adhir faces off with TMC supporters on home turf

    Behrampore: Tension gripped Behrampore on Saturday morning after Congress and Trinamool supporters clashed during campaigning near Battala in ward 19, in presence of senior Congress neta Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.Sources said TMC supporters were on a door-to-door campaign in the ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Save-vote ordeal: Electors desperately seek out govt officials to file appeal in tribunal

    Kolkata: The rush at govt offices continued on Saturday as voters sought to file appeals to get their name back on the electoral roll but many were turned away and asked to return with documents they had already submitted ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Lakhs set to lose vote as tribunal offices fail to get off the ground

    Kolkata: Lakhs in Bengal face loss of voting rights as tribunal system remained non-functional till Saturday. Monday is the last day for adjudication for voters of the 152 seats that are going to poll in the first phase.For the ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Max at 36.1°C but cloudy days, thunderstorm on Met radar

    Kolkata: Kolkata continued to be scorched on Saturday, with the maximum temperature hitting 36.1°C — the highest recorded so far this season — even as the Met office predicted cloudy days ahead, with chances of thunderstorms striking the city ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Spare people from fare shock, cops urge autos

    Kolkata: Auto unions have been advised by cops to decide on fares by this weekend and ensure that the passengers are duly informed of the same before boarding.The cops have clarified that those charging extra — beyond what has ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    EC removes official caught with BJP election materials

    Kolkata: The Election Commission on Saturday removed a sector assistant from his post and show-caused him after Trinamool Congress cited a video — in which he is seen preparing BJP campaign materials — and filed a complaint, demanding strict ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Keep at least 40% buses running on each route, appeal unions

    Kolkata: In an appeal addressed to the state transport department, bus unions have asked for immediate measures to be taken to ensure that at least 30%-40% of buses on each route continue operations even if the rest are withdrawn ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Feb 20 JU violence: EC nod to student punishment

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University's executive council (EC) on Saturday approved the external fact-finding committee's report recommending punishment for at least five to six students who were involved in the campus violence, in which two professors were assaulted. The violence took ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Bitumen crisis: Road repairs hit a roadblock

    Kolkata: If you find the neighbourhood roads dug up and crying for repair for over a week, you may need to wait for some more days. With the civic body's hot-mix plants remaining shut for non-availability of bitumen, the ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    41-year-old North-South Metro set to undergo track overhaul

    Kolkata: After 41 years, the city's lifeline, the North-South Metro, will undergo significant track overhaul. Metro Railway has invited tenders for a "thorough rail renewal" valued at Rs 4.2 cr for 9.1 track km of the Blue Line between ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    Focus on knowledge, creativity, team work: IIM Cal chairperson

    Kolkata: IIM Calcutta board of governors chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar has asked graduating students to focus on higher-order skills such as judgment, creativity, deep domain knowledge, ability to work in teams and ethical reasoning, as many of the works ...

    5 April 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal elections: EC clears 52 lakh adjudication cases

    KOLKATA: The EC published the eighth supplementary list and said it has disposed of around 52 lakh cases under adjudication, expressing hope that the process would be completed within the next few days in line with Calcutta High Court ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal CS, home secy meet HC registrar gen

    Bengal chief secretary Dushyant Nariala and home secretary Sanghamitra Ghosh met the registrar general of Calcutta High Court on Friday to discuss security arrangements for judicial officers engaged in the SIR exercise in Bengal. The meeting was held after ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Astrologer in Mimi row joins BJP in Habra

    Kolkata: Tanay Shastri, an astrologer who had made headlines after a confrontation with actor and former TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty at an event he organised, joined BJP in Habra in Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. Shastri was arrested on ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    NIA flies in IG to lead Kaliachak violence probe

    Malda/Kolkata: NIA flew its IG Sonia Singh to Kolkata on Friday to lead a 24-member inter-state team probing the April 1 violence in Malda. PH Maheshnarain, DIG of the agency's Kolkata unit, reached Kaliachak the same day to begin ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    HC allows CPM’s Tudu to file papers

    Kolkata: Calcutta HC on Friday allowed CPM's Sonamoni Tudu to file her nomination from Manbazar, reports Srishti Lakhotia. Tudu — a member of the Santhal community who has a tribal certificate from her native Jharkhand doesn't have one in ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Why 15, Shah can stay in Bengal for 365 days, says Mamata

    Kolkata/Malda: Union home minister Amit Shah can stay in Bengal for 365 days instead of 15 days as he proclaimed, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Friday. "It won't help him, though. The more people see his face, the fewer ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    BJP mantris meet Ananta Maharaj in Modi rally run-up

    Cooch Behar/Kolkata: Ahead of PM Narendra Modi's April 5 rally at the Rash Mela grounds in Cooch Behar, two senior Union Cabinet ministers, Bhupender Yadav and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, met Greater Cooch Behar neta and BJP's Rajya Sabha member ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal CID nabs Malda gherao prime accused from Bagdogra

    Malda/Bagdogra: Moffakkerul Islam, 43, prime instigator of the Malda violence during which seven judicial officers were held hostage for nine hours, was nabbed by Bengal CID outside Bagdogra airport on Friday morning minutes before he was to board a ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Leg tag decodes journey: Critically endangered bird on Bengal beach flew 8,000km from Russia

    Kolkata: A spoon-billed sandpiper that was sighted recently on the Patibunia beach near Bakkhali may have travelled close to 8,000km from the Chukotka region in Russia, where it was tagged on July 6 last year, according to researchers working ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    CRPF man found dead

    A 43-year-old CRPF jawan on election security duty died of a gunshot wound under mysterious circumstances in East Midnapore's Ramnagar on Friday morning, reports Suman Mandal. The deceased Birendra Singh was a resident of Haryana and belonged to the ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    CID, not EC-apptd cops, caught Malda violence accused: CM

    Kolkata/Malda: CM Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that Bengal CID, an agency "still under her control", took "decisive action" to arrest the main accused in the Malda Mothabari protest incident.Advocate Moffakkerul Islam, a former All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Trinamool, BJP in war of words over political links of Malda ‘mastermind’

    Kolkata: The arrest of Mofakkerul Islam — an AIMIM candidate in the 2021 polls — for allegedly masterminding the Kaliachak violence set off a sharp political confrontation between Trinamool and BJP on Friday.Trinamool, in a post on X, named ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Repair work starts to fix battered roads inside Salt Lake blocks

    Kolkata: Repair work has begun on some of the worst-damaged internal roads across Salt Lake blocks.On Friday, a nearly 100-metre stretch from the market to the canal-side road in AE Block — long in a dilapidated condition — was ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    HC gives job back to hosp sanitation worker

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed reinstatement of a ‘safai karamchari' in a hospital, who got the job on compassionate ground five years after his father's death, observing "minor age difference" when providing appointment for sanitation worker's post ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata sizzles at 36°C, storm relief ahead, assures Met

    Kolkata: The maximum temperature in Kolkata touched 36°C on Friday — 1.4 degrees above normal. High humidity made conditions particularly oppressive, making it the hottest day of the year so far. Met office said temperatures are likely to ease ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Millennium Park shut for CEO office security

    Kolkata: Access to the Millennium Park on the Hooghly riverfront in Kolkata was closed indefinitely by police on Friday afternoon, citing security reasons, with the chief electoral officer's office located opposite the park at the Shipping Corporation of India ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Most prominent CU colleges want to keep subject mark parameter

    Kolkata: A debate has started within Calcutta University over a proposal to standardise undergraduate admissions by using only the "best-of-four" marks, instead of also considering subject-specific scores as many colleges now do.The issue surfaced at a meeting on Thursday ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    EC clears 52 L adjudication applications

    Kolkata: The EC published the eighth supplementary list and said it has disposed of around 52 lakh cases under adjudication, expressing hope that the process would be completed within the next few days in line with Calcutta High Court ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Gas cos reshuffle, shun ‘slow’ LPG distributors for faster delivery

    Kolkata: In a bid to cut down on delivery delays and ease consumer frustration, oil marketing companies (OMC)s, led by Indian Oil Corporation, have begun redistributing domestic LPG bookings from slower distributors to more efficient ones, without requiring customers ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Code trouble continues, LPG delivery becomes headache

    Kolkata: LPG consumers continue to face trouble during the delivery of cylinders, mostly because the delivery authentication codes (DAC) are not reaching them or are getting delayed, thanks to a glitch. This, despite oil marketing companies repeatedly assuring that ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    2 stab man near auto stand in Sealdah

    Kolkata: Entally Police Station registered a case after a Palta resident, Saikat Adhikary (43), was reportedly stabbed near the auto stand at Sealdah station on Thursday evening, abused and threatened with dire consequences. In his complaint, Adhikary said he ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Woman with burns rescued

    Kolkata: A young woman, found with severe burns, was rescued from the Maidan area on Friday afternoon.Cops from Maidan Police Station said her identity was yet to be established and that she had not been in a position to ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Tolly director-writer goes missing after bank errand

    Kolkata: Film-maker and screenwriter Utsav Mukherjee has been reported missing since Thursday after he left his south Kolkata home for a bank errand in Nimta. The 46-year-old director, known for collaborating with director Anik Datta on films, such as ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    In poll season, ED goes after Trinamool seniors

    Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate, which is probing an alleged land grab case in Kolkata, has again on Friday questioned Trinamool's Rashbehari candidate Debasish Kumar. The agency has also sent summons to Trinamool's Bidhannagar candidate Sujit Bose and Madhyamgram candidate ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Offline appeal offices closed all over, deadline worry for SIR-deleted voters

    Kolkata: Many people flocked to govt offices to file their tribunal appeals in offline mode on Friday, only to be told that it was a "govt holiday" and that officials were "busy with other tasks pertaining to the upcoming ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Appeal office shut, deaf-mute man ‘denied’ vote by SIR files plea online

    Kolkata: Deaf and mute youth Sanu Hela, whose name was struck off the electoral roll in south Kolkata, filed his appeal for tribunal hearing on Friday. The 23-year-old from Charu Chandra Avenue is praying that the tribunal appellate authority ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    Kalighat fracas: 2 DCPs show-caused, FIR by EC

    Kolkata: After the FIR against two KMC councillors for the April 1 Form 6 stand-off at the EC office, the latter has lodged a fresh FIR for the April 2 face-off between Trinamool and BJP workers at Kalighat, with ...

    4 April 2026 Times of India
    'Hey DM, where is CID?’: Viral video shows ex-AIMIM candidate Mofakrul Islam daring officials during Malda hostage drama

    KOLKATA/MALDA: The Bengal police on Friday arrested former AIMIM candidate and lawyer Mofakrul Islam from Bagdogra airport in Siliguri in connection with the violence and hostage situation occurred in Malda district.Mofakrul Islam was allegedly trying to board a flight ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    Mandarin graffiti anchor Tangra’s familiar poll ritual

    KOLKATA: On Thursday afternoon, Tangra witnessed a familiar election season ritual: men moved through the neighbourhood with paint buckets and brushes, covering walls with campaign slogans, much like elsewhere in Kolkata ahead of the polls. But in this pocket ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    EC tells Calcutta high court: 26 SSC staff exempted from West Bengal poll duty

    By: Srishti LahotiaKOLKATA: EC on Thursday informed Calcutta HC that the 26 employees of West Bengal Central School Service Commission have been exempted from poll duty.EC moved Justice Krishna Rao’s bench seeking extension of the SC’s Aug 31 deadline ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    From Gaighata to Jalpaiguri, voter deletions spark statewide protests

    Kolkata: Protests over mass deletion of voters following judicial adjudication erupted across the state on Thursday, from Gaighata to Jalpaiguri.Tension flared outside the Gaighata block development office in North 24-Parganas after large-scale exclusions from the final electoral rolls triggered ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    Amit Shah sets 170-seat target for Bengal BJP, to camp in state for 15 days during assembly polls

    KOLKATA: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday set a goal of 170 seats for the Bengal BJP in the upcoming assembly elections and announced that he would camp in the state for 15 days during the polls.Shah, who ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal polls: Don’t take law in your hands & help BJP game plan for President rule, says CM Mamata Banerjee

    KOLKATA/MALDA: Don’t take law in your hands, CM Mamata Banerjee told voters on Thursday; adding that instigating them through mass SIR deletions was a part of the BJP’s game plan to impose President’s rule in Bengal.Banerjee, addressing backto-back public ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    Judicial officers back to work under CAPF watch

    Kolkata: The seven judicial officers who were gheraoed at Malda's Kaliachak on Wednesday afternoon — a siege that continued till they were rescued at midnight — returned to work on Thursday, at a different location and under central force ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    ISF candidate among 18 held for jud officers’ gherao

    Malda: Police arrested 18 people on Thursday — including Maulana Shahjahan Ali, the ISF candidate for Mothabari — for violence, arson and the eight-hour gherao of seven judicial officers, three of them women, at the Kaliachak-II block office. A ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    Max breaches 35°C first time this year, Met predicts further spike

    Kolkata: The maximum temperature touched the 35-degree mark in Kolkata on Thursday, making it the highest this month. Though this was only slightly above the normal mark, the high humidity pushed up the discomfort factor, making the real feel ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    Kol cheers turn to despair as KKR loses season’s first home match

    Kolkata: IPL fever returned to grip Kolkata on a warm Thursday. Thousands soaked in the spirit of summer cricket, slipping into KKR jerseys and making a beeline for Eden Gardens to see the home team take on Sunrisers Hyderabad ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    ISI students, teachers protest Bill

    Kolkata: Faculty members and students of Indian Statistical Institute staged a protest against the proposed ISI Bill on Thursday, a day after a full-time director took charge.The protesters expressed apprehension about probable passage of the bill for discussion during ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    CU to decide on first-sem exam line-up at away centres

    Kolkata: Calcutta University will conduct first-semester undergraduate exams, scheduled till April 13, at home centres as planned. But it will have to take a decision if the remaining papers, slated for away centres, could be held according to the ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    JU dissolves new placement cell amid student pressure

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University on Thursday dissolved the recently reconstituted placement cell following students' pressure.The cell was restructured, involving faculty members, with an aim to improve placements and attract good companies for hiring graduates. "The placement cell with teachers was ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    Kol-based B2B metals platform raises Rs 80cr

    Kolkata: City-based AI-enabled B2B metals platform NowPurchase has raised Rs 80 crore in a funding round led by Bajaj Finserv, with participation from existing investors InfoEdge Ventures and Orios Venture Partners.The round also saw investments from individual investors and ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    Emami eyes Rs 180cr top line from Axiom

    Kolkata: Emami expects Axiom to achieve a top line of Rs 180 crore in the current fiscal, up from a consolidated turnover of Rs 107 crore in 2024-25. The city-based FMCG major, which held a 26.5% stake in Axiom, ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    ‘No Michael Madhusudan Dutt link’: HC delists house

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday held that there is "no documentary proof" that eminent poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt resided at 20B Karl Marx Sarani, directing the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to delist the property from its graded ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    Cong releases 2nd list with 9 candidates

    Kolkata: Congress released its second list of nine candidates for the assembly polls late Wednesday night, with state president Subhankar Sarkar set to contest from Serampore. Fighting alone for the first time in nearly three decades, the party has ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    EC hands over Kaliachak probe to NIA

    Kolkata: The Election Commission on Thursday handed over the Kaliachak violence probe to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) even as it came down heavily on senior administration and police officials in Bengal over the alleged failure in handling the ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    Phoolbaganrow over watering plants

    Kolkata: A 30-year-old woman accused three residents of her building of assaulting, abusing and threatening her after a dispute over watering plants. According to the complaint, the incident took place on Monday around 11 am at a complex off ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    Auto wait gets longer after LPG price hike

    Kolkata: Even as oil marketing companies (OMCs) have withdrawn the 10-litre cap on auto LPG refuelling across the city following an improvement in supply, commuters continue to face longer waiting times and higher fares, with auto operators scaling back ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    Med body finds doc guilty of negligence

    Kolkata: West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) has found a surgeon prima facie guilty of medical negligence that led to the death of a 42-year-old man. The council directed Sarfaraz Jajil Baig to reply to the charges within three weeks ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    Temp fluctuation triggers viral infections, exhaustion

    Kolkata: A sudden and sharp temperature rise over the last three days has triggered a spate of viral infections, with several hospitals receiving patients suffering from heat fatigue and exhaustion on Wednesday and Thursday. Scores have sought treatment at ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengal artistes fume over grant halt

    Kolkata: Artists in Bengal erupted in anger at a protest meeting held in Kolkata on Thursday, condemning the Centre's abrupt suspension and cancellation of a large number of Performing Artists Grants without assigning any reason. They described the move ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    2 aggregators to step into bus shuttle void

    Kolkata: Although Uber Shuttle bus services have come to an end, there seems to be some respite for 30,000 daily commuters. Sources said two new aggregators will begin operations from next week. Additionally, Kolkata traffic police said they will ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    Devotees attend Maundy Thursday prayer services across Kolkata churches

    Kolkata: Churches across Kolkata organised special Maundy Thursday prayer services on Thursday, with devotees gathering in large numbers to mark one of the most solemn occasions of the Holy Week ahead of Good Friday and Easter Sunday.In most churches, ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
    War effect: Local shoe prices may go up by 60%, exports set to drop

    Kolkata: Prices of shoes, belts and other leather goods are set to rise by 50%-60% given the sharp rise in prices of petroleum-based chemicals, used by the leather industry, following the West Asia war. Exports of leather and leather ...

    3 April 2026 Times of India
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