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  • Goutam Ghose now Kol sheriff

    Kolkata: Filmmaker Goutam Ghose was sworn in on Wednesday as Kolkata's sheriff for 2026, reviving the colonial-era honorary post after a five-year vacancy. Appointed by the West Bengal governor on the recommendation of the Calcutta High Court, Ghose joins ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    Hosp hosts meet to improve patient care

    Kolkata: The Rogi Kalyan Samiti (RKS) at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital met on Wednesday, a brainstorming exercise to enhance patient care services. Sources said the meeting was happening after more than a year.Attended by the college principal, ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    12 lakh Bengal voter claims rejected out of 32L vetted, says EC official

    By-kaushik.pradhanKOLKATA: Bengal's list of ineligible voters swelled by about 12 lakh after judicial officers racing the poll clock to complete the contentious post-SIR adjudication process cleared just over half of the 60 lakh pending cases till Tuesday evening, an ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    Repair work starts at RG Kar Hospital to get Emergency unit back to old building

    Kolkata: The vandalised emergency unit at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) is all set to get a new lease of life after 19 months. The hospital's PWD started the repair work of the original emergency unit that ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    Dry fruit prices soar as Iran supply crunch hits Kolkata markets

    Kolkata: The tension in the Strait of Hormuz has not only imperilled energy supply, it has also affected shipment of dry fruits. The supply crunch has sent prices of pistachio, Marma almonds, green raisins and prunes soaring.At the dry ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    In villages, para after para report en bloc deletions on first supplementary list

    Kolkata: Several pockets of rural Bengal have witnessed large-scale disenfranchisement following the publication of the first supplementary list on Monday. From 432 voters deleted at a single booth in Suti and 427 struck off at a single booth in ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    Murder-suicide: Salon owner killed with parlour blade

    Kolkata: The beauty parlour owner who was hacked to death inside the salon at Mahamayatala near Garia on Tuesday, appears to have attempted to ward off the assailant with a blade before he managed to turn it on her ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    Stray feeders shift to dry food, other cooking modes

    Kolkata: The ongoing crisis of LPG cylinders has thrown up challenges for stray feeders across the city, prompting them to explore alternative ways of preparing meals for their furry friends. In a bid to bypass dependence on LPG, some ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    ISI Bill: Faculty, students stage demonstration

    Kolkata: Students, workers and faculty members of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) on Wednesday organized a sit-in demonstration against the proposed Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2025. They had, earlier this month, organized a candlelight march to protest the same."The ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    Auto crisis hits last-mile connectivity on key routes

    Kolkata: Last-mile connectivity across the city is facing a growing crisis, particularly in the late evening, as a sharp decline in auto availability leaves commuters stranded and struggling to get home. Autos have traditionally acted as the backbone of ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    One step back: Agency bows out of Purple Line’s Esplanade stn work

    Kolkata: Contractors L&T have backed out of building the Purple Line's Esplanade station because of the uncertainty over timelines, with the BC Roy Market traders refusing to budge to make room for the station.RVNL, which is implementing the 14km ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    7,500 cops to be deployed for 138 Ram Navami rallies across Kolkata, Howrah

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police will deploy more than 5,000 personnel and 50 senior officers across the city over the next 48 hours as more than 90 Ram Navami processions are scheduled during a politically sensitive period marked by the election ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    70-yr-old lands in hosp with head injury after road rage

    Kolkata: An elderly man was seriously injured in an alleged road rage incident outside Alipore zoo in Kolkata on Monday evening, after a confrontation between a biker and a car occupant turned violent, police said.The injured man, Nirmal Kumar ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    LPG flip-flop: Oil companies go back to 25-day gap between cylinder bookings

    Kolkata: Flip-flop and confusion around LPG distribution regulations triggered long queues and anxiety among consumers on Wednesday. After issuing instructions on Tuesday to widen the lock-in period between the first and second booking for double-cylinder consumers from 25 to ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    One step back: Agency bows out of Purple Line’s Esplanade stn work

    Kolkata: Contractors L&T have backed out of building the Purple Line's Esplanade station because of the uncertainty over timelines, with the BC Roy Market traders refusing to budge to make room for the station.RVNL, which is implementing the 14km ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    North Sikkim landslides: 150–200 tourists stranded in Chungthang

    GANGTOK: Around 150 to 200 tourists have been stranded in Chungthang in North Sikkim after multiple landslides triggered by heavy rainfall, District Collector Anant Jain said.Jain said the landslides occurred along key routes connecting Gangtok to Lachen and Chungthang ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Bengal's 1st supplementary rolls create more confusion, fail to give clarity on voters' status

    Kolkata: Lakhs of Bengal voters under judicial adjudication were on tenterhooks Tuesday after the state's first supplementary electoral rolls, published the previous midnight, failed to provide clarity about their status. The confusion was compounded by chief electoral officer Manoj ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘Cat out of the bag’: Mamata Banerjee alleges EC-BJP nexus over Kerala ‘BJP seal’ fiasco

    KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday lashed out at Election Commission for the presence of a BJP seal on an official letter to political parties, saying “the cat is now out of the bag” and alleging a “nexus” ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Tea Board unveils ‘Tea Mark’ for quality assurance

    Kolkata: Tea Board has introduced ‘Tea Mark' as a quality certification and assurance identifier to promote quality, consumption and marketing of tea. According to the order, ‘Tea Mark' signifies that the tea has been tested and verified as prescribed ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek hits campaign trail with ‘BJP cash for BLAs’ charge

    Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday kick-started his poll campaign from Patharpratima in South 24 Parganas, alleging that the list of booth-level agents submitted to the EC managed to reach BJP netas in Delhi, who were ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee resigns from over 20 posts ahead of assembly polls

    KOLKATA: Bengal govt, in a note to the EC Tuesday, informed that CM Mamata Banerjee had resigned from over 20 posts which she held in various committees by virtue of being the CM.Before filing her nomination, Mamata vacated all ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Rajbanshi leader Barman, ex-MLA Roy Pradhan join BJP

    Kolkata: Bangshibadan Barman, leader of a Greater Coochbehar People's Association faction and former Trinamool ally, joined BJP on Tuesday. Former Trinamool MLA from Mekhliganj, Arghya Roy Pradhan, also defected to the saffron camp.Once a staunch BJP critic, Barman — ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Cal HC gives railways 48 hrs on Swapna resignation

    Jalpaiguri: Trinamool candidate Swapna Barman on Tuesday moved the Jalpaiguri circuit bench of the Calcutta High Court, alleging that her resignation from the railways was yet to be approved ahead of filing her nomination from Rajganj constituency.Hearing the plea, ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP worker killed in Raidighi, wife & ‘paramour’ held

    Kolkata: The body of a 38-year-old farmer and BJP worker with his throat slit was recovered near his residence in South 24 Parganas' Raidighi on Monday night. Police have arrested the victim's wife, Anima, and a local man, Gobinda ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Trinamool plaint after CAPF jawan ‘seen’ with lotus cutouts

    Kolkata: Trinamool is set to lodge a complaint with the Election Commission against BJP's Bankura MLA and candidate Niladri Sekhar Dana after a video surfaced where a CAPF jawan in uniform was seen carrying lotus symbol cutouts during his ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Mamata resigns from 20 committees

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt, in a note to the EC on Tuesday, informed that CM Mamata Banerjee has resigned from over 20 posts which she held in various committees by virtue of being the CM.Before filing her nomination, she ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP prez Nabin reviews poll strategy in Bengal as voices of dissent grow louder

    Kolkata: BJP president Nitin Nabin on Tuesday began his deliberations with party netas and workers in Kolkata before the final voter list publication. The meeting came in the backdrop of yet another spate of protests from disgruntled supporters over ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP worker killed in Raidighi, wife & ‘paramour’ held

    Kolkata: The body of a 38-year-old farmer and BJP worker with his throat slit was recovered near his residence in South 24 Parganas' Raidighi on Monday night. Police have arrested the victim's wife, Anima, and a local man, Gobinda ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Will take a few months to reopen old Emergency, solve loo crisis: RG Kar

    Kolkata: The two recent deaths — an emergency patient and the father of an emergency patient — at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital have prompted the health department to issue an order to start the repair work at ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    KMC plans 6-month hygiene workshop for food vendors

    Kolkata: The Bharat Chamber of Commerce (BCC) will tie up with the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to train basic hygiene to the city's street food vendors. The workshop is likely to begin from Tiretti Market, famous for its Chinese delicacies, ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Autos lose, buses gain as passengers change transport amid fare rise

    Kolkata: A sharp rise in auto fares across Kolkata has triggered a noticeable shift in commuting patterns, with passengers increasingly opting for buses for short-distance travel. The change comes in the wake of a steep hike in auto LPG ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    8cr GST fraud: Firm director sent to 14-day judicial custody

    Kolkata: Central Goods and Services Tax officers of the anti-evasion unit in Kolkata started probe in a Rs 8 crore fraud case involving a network of fake GST entities engaged in availing of input tax credit (ITC). A director ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Pollution rank: Kol 49th among 259 Indian cities in AQI global report

    Kolkata: Kolkata has been placed 49th in pollution ranks among 259 cities in India in IQAir's 2025 World Air Quality Report, underscoring persistent air quality challenges across eastern India and the wider South Asian region. The report, released by ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    CU alters examination centres to accommodate CAPF personnel

    Kolkata: After exam centres were changed due to the presence of central forces in 10-12 CU-affiliated colleges, the third-semester exams began on Tuesday. Under this special situation, the department of the Controller of Examinations allowed students whose exam centres ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    EC rolls out awareness camps for new voters

    Kolkata: The Election Commission officials organised an awareness programme for new voters at Women's Christian College Kolkata on Tuesday. The event, called SVEEP (Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation), brought together election officials, students, and grassroot level workers under ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Youth held for using fake docus to get postal job

    Kolkata: Police arrested a youth, Manoj Kumar, for allegedly attempting to secure a job in the postal department using fake documents after he was detained at a post office in Narkeldanga.The postal department was hiring for Gramin Dak Sevak ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Top players for Port hockey tourney

    Kolkata: Some of the finest hockey talents from India's major ports will be seen in action in the All India Major Port Hockey Championship that was inaugurated at the SAI Kolkata Hockey Ground on Tuesday. Six prominent teams from ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Lift death: Securitymen took 33 mins to get keys

    Kolkata: Police have found glaring lapses in the circumstances leading to the death of 40-year-old Arup Banerjee, who was crushed to death by a lift at RG Kar Hospital early on Friday. The hospital has also constituted an internal ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Crowd thins in Trauma Care bldg’s new Emergency unit after back-to-back deaths

    Kolkata: The patient footfall at RG Kar Medical College's Emergency unit nosedived on Tuesday. The unit usually sees an average footfall of 200 patients daily but on Tuesday, it halved to around 100 patients. While officials claimed that such ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    First in eastern India: 10-year-old undergoes donor bone transplant

    Kolkata: Doctors at the state-run IPGMER & SSKM Hospital have conducted a successful bone transplant on a 10-year-old boy from Murshidabad. This marks the first bone transplant using donor bone from the hospital's own bone bank, which is also ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Platform door snag hits Green Line ops

    Kolkata: A snag in the platform screen doors of Green Line's Mahakaran station, which opened when a train arrived, caused a spark that led to panic among passengers on Tuesday morning. The third line, which supplies electricity to the ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    New LPG connection, issue of second cylinder stop as shortage continues

    Kolkata: A continuous LPG supply crunch triggered by escalating tensions in West Asia and disruptions along the Strait of Hormuz has begun to impact households across Kolkata, with Oil Marketing Companies suspending new gas connections and the issuance of ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Set up tribunals at academy in New Town, suggests SC

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Tuesday proposed setting up of appellate tribunals, which would hear appeals of people missing from the SIR supplementary list, at West Bengal Judicial Academy in New Town."This will save time and logistics required for ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Watgunge teen dies in freak accident after ball hits him in the neck, below ear

    Kolkata: A 19-year-old boy died in a freak accident in Watgunge on Sunday after being hit by a ball on his neck, below the right earlobe, while playing with his friends. Aniket Das from Mansatala Lane off Diamond Harbour ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Man kills Garia parlour owner, dies by suicide

    Kolkata: A 50-year-old woman was hacked to death inside the beauty parlour she owned in Garia's Mahamayatala on Tuesday. The 44-year-old assailant, from either Haryana or Kashmir, was found dead outside the parlour. Police suspect he slashed his own ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Now, cylinder delivery code to be sent to device used for booking, not registered no.

    Kolkata: After weeks of confusion and failed deliveries, oil marketing companies have resolved a technical flaw in the delivery authentication code (DAC) system and introduced a change, bringing relief to LPG consumers in India. The glitch, primarily linked to ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Comm LPG supply relief linked to PNG switch but no infra in city

    Kolkata: As the LPG supply situation starts improving after the war-affected disruptions, oil marketing companies begin releasing up to 50% of the demand for commercial cylinders in Kolkata, offering relief to restaurants, bakeries and the hospitality sector. But the ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Names of 340 voters, including BLO, struck off list

    Kolkata: The first supplementary list came as a shocker for 340 electors in part 5 of Basirhat. All of them were under adjudication and their names were deleted. The deletion also includes the BLO and his two siblings. BLO ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Actor’s car in poll requisition row

    Kolkata: If you own a vehicle and plan to travel beyond Kolkata Police limits, it is advisable that you contact the local district election office and submit an application, stating why your daily life would be impeded, especially for ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Supplementary list: Relief for some, long-term worry for others

    Kolkata: The first supplementary list published late on Monday night brought relief to some electors who cleared the judicial scrutiny. But the anxiety continued for most of the electors still placed under adjudication as they could not find their ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    In SIR-hit seat, old Cong hand another TMC hurdle

    Kolkata: The Chowringhee assembly constituency — which has already seen its voter base shrink from 2.1 lakh to 1.3 lakh due to the SIR — now braces for another political shift with four-time KMC councillor Santosh Pathak of ward ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP functionary’s wife alleges assault, molest at Joka shop

    Kolkata: A case has been registered at Thakurpukur PS after a woman — wife of a BJP ward 144 functionary — alleged assault, trespass and molestation at a shop in Joka on Monday by "Trinamool" goons.The case was recorded ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Shah may hold rally in Raidighi this weekend, launch BJP poll manifesto

    Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah is likely to release BJP's manifesto for the 2026 Bengal assembly polls when he visits the state by the end of this month. Shah is expected to hold a rally at Raidighi in ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    'Climbed 24 steps to reach washroom': RG Kar hospital cardiac patient walks to toilet, collapses in son’s arms, dies

    KOLKATA: A 60-year-old cardiac patient collapsed in his son’s arms and died after walking about 40 metre from the trauma care building of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and climbing a flight of stairs to access a male ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    2 die in N Dinajpur, kin allege ‘under adjudication’ stress

    Kolkata: Two men died of suspected heart attacks in North Dinajpur on Sunday night, ahead of the EC's publication of the supplementary electoral list.The first deceased, 49-year-old Abdul Hadi from Goalpokher, had submitted citizenship documents during a govt hearing. ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    DNA barcoding helps Indian scientists confirm new cockroach species

    Kolkata: Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have identified a new species of cockroach, Neoloboptera peninsularis, from farmlands in Nathachiwadi, Daund, Pune. The discovery utilized a landmark integrative taxonomic approach combining morphology, genitalic study, DNA barcoding, and ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Trinamool, BJP in war of words over SC observations on Chingrighata Metro

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Monday said the Supreme Court's observations against the Bengal govt on the Chingrighata Metro crossing were due to a "misunderstanding" and "misrepresentation of facts".TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh alleged that Metro authorities were "toeing the BJP line ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    ISF fields Arabul from Canning East, springs Deganga surprise

    Kolkata: ISF on Monday named Arabul Islam as its Canning East candidate and Mohammad Mafidul Haque, alias Mintu Sahaji — a Trinamool North 24 Parganas zilla parishad member — as its Deganga candidate, springing two surprises in its first ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Owaisi-Kabir assembly poll pact draws fire from Muslim groups

    Kolkata: The tie-up between Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and Humayun Kabir's Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) for the upcoming assembly elections has drawn reactions from sections of the Muslim community, including civil society members and religious ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    HC relief for Adhikari bros in 2 cases

    Kolkata: BJP candidates and brothers Suvendu Adhikari (contesting from Nandigram and Bhowanipore) and Dibyendu Adhikari (fielded from Egra) received relief from Calcutta HC on Monday in two separate cases.Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee granted interim protection to Suvendu for 12 ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Inquilab Mancha gives 15-day deadline to B’desh to extradite Hadi ‘killers’

    Kolkata: A day after Bidhannagar court sent Faisal and Alamgir to judicial custody in connection with the murder of Bangladeshi youth activist Osman Hadi, Inquilab Mancha in Bangladesh has given the Bangladesh govt a 15-day deadline to initiate extradition ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Emergency units cry for toilets at govt hosps in Kol

    Kolkata: The cardiac patient's death at RG Kar Hospital has cast a harsh spotlight on a glaring gap in the city's public healthcare system — the absence of accessible toilets in emergency wards. Forced to walk nearly 40 metres ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    As patients walk to washrooms, emergency unit waits for reopening

    Kolkata: The two recent deaths at the RG Kar Medical College Hospital's emergency department have brought back the spotlight on the original emergency unit that was vandalised by a mob on the night of Aug 14, 2024, during the ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Fake cop dupes woman of 15L

    Kolkata: A youth from Odisha posing as an IPS officer, was arrested by Barasat District police on Sunday, for allegedly cheating a young woman of Rs 15 lakh. Police said the accused, G Kanha Patra, a resident of Mayurbhanj, ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Officer transfers caused no vacuum in admin: EC to HC

    Kolkata: EC told Calcutta HC on Monday that officer transfers have not created any vacuum in state administration, refuting claims in a PIL against EC's order to transfer officers outside Bengal before assembly elections.EC counsel senior advocate DS Naidu ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    EC waits till midnight to release first supplementary list of 29 lakh Bengal voters

    KOLKATA: Bengal voters under adjudication waited through Monday for the promised first supplementary electoral roll as Election Commission kept revising the deadline before finally pushing it to midnight. The list with around 29 lakh names was finally uploaded at ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Cease-work by NRS PGTs after ‘abuse’ by patient party

    Kolkata: Postgraduate trainees (PGTs) at NRS Medical College and Hospital's ENT dept have announced a cease-work in the emergency ward following an alleged security breach and physical assault in the early hours of Monday.The incident reportedly began around 2.30 ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘College fees revised mid-session can’t be enforced retrospectively’

    Kolkata: Fees revised mid-session of the academic year cannot be implemented retrospectively. Calcutta High Court's division bench on Monday overturned a single bench's order allowing the fee hike for the 2023-27 batch of Durgapur's Dr BC Roy Engineering College.The ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    At 1st post-Cov CU convocation, chancellor focuses on AI, making yoga part of life

    Kolkata: Calcutta University held its first post-Covid convocation on Monday. In his speech, governor R N Ravi, the ex-officio chancellor of all state universities, emphasised AI literacy and advised practising yoga and making it an integral part of life."Be ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Polymer shortage set to raise prices of packaged milk, water and medicines

    Kolkata: The shortage in polymers like polypropylene and polyethylene used for packaging due to shortage of raw materials and diversion of LPG used in production units to prioritise household LPG supply is set to raise prices of packaged milk, ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    After ‘ceasefire’ whiff, LPG cos rethink switch

    Kolkata: The Centre has asked state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) to go slow on a proposed plan to supply reduced quantities of domestic LPG cylinders, following easing tensions in West Asia and reports of an apparent ceasefire that could ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Cops nab thieves who fled via river

    Kolkata: Three weeks after two suspects escaped a raid by jumping into the Hooghly and swimming away, Kolkata Police on Sunday arrested them and two others in connection with a Rs 1.5 crore theft at a CESC godown in ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    20-year-old, crippled since birth, lives new life

    Kolkata: City youth Md Tarvez (20), an aspiring singer who was clinging to life with failed kidneys that forced him to undergo regular dialysis, is now back on stage after a successful transplant five years ago, and could be ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Supplementary list toys with voters throughout the day

    Kolkata: Day-long anxiety among several lakhs of electors yielded nothing as they kept on trying till midnight but could not access the first supplementary list to know if they passed the adjudication hurdles. Some electors were glued to the ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Cyber cops bust fake call centre after Interpol info

    Kolkata: The city cops' cyber cell registered a case after receiving information from Central Bureau of Investigation's Interpol wing about an alleged fraudulent international call centre operating from Nayabad Avenue, in the Panchasayar area. A few persons have been ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Assault-abuse plaint after biker hits auto on CIT Road

    Kolkata: An auto-rickshaw driver, Dinesh Shaw (43), lodged a case of alleged road rage against a biker, Amir Hossain, at Entally Police Station on Sunday. Shaw accused Hossain of rash driving, assault, and verbal abuse following a collision at ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Liftmen come back to Trauma Care bldg, hosp submits lift audit report

    Kolkata: For the first time since the death of 40-year-old Arup Banerjee, the two elevators in the Trauma Care building in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital had liftmen posted inside on Monday. The killer lift number 2 still ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    BLOs, flooded with suppl list queries, cross another hurdle in SIR season

    Kolkata: Booth-level officers (BLOs) across the city have crossed another hurdle in the special intensive revision (SIR) season that set in more than four months ago. While the first supplementary list was released on Monday, the BLOs were flooded ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Observers intensify PS visits after KP-CAPF meet

    Kolkata: A joint coordination meeting between Kolkata Police and senior CAPF company commanders took place on Monday at Alipore Bodyguard Lines. The session, attended by KP commissioner Ajay Nand and other senior officers, focussed on deployment strategies, area domination, ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Kin perform shraddh, say don’t want his death to become election agenda

    Kolkata: Three days after the death of Arup Banerjee (40), his family members performed his shraddh on Monday. Inside their 3BHK flat at Jawpur in Dum Dum, his sister Arpita and nephew Adrito sat through the rituals, while relatives ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    State revises hiring rates for poll vehicles

    Kolkata: Bengal govt has revised hiring charges for vehicles, vessels, and other logistics for the 2026 assembly elections, introducing an average 10% increase over rates fixed during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The new rates, cleared by the finance ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Bengal assembly elections: Minister Sukanta Majumdar flags demographic shift, says BJP win must for Hindus to remain majority

    NEW DELHI: Union minister and former West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Monday said that under the TMC’s rule, "rapid demographic changes" could make Hindus a minority in several districts, making it “very difficult” for Hindu candidates to ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    No wheelchair, locked toilet: Patient dies after being ‘forced to walk’ at RG Kar hospital; 2nd death in 3 days

    KOLKATA: Biswajit Samanta, 45, a resident of Nimta, collapsed and died on Monday at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital after being made to walk to a pay-and-use toilet, his family alleged, citing lack of a ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    LPG crisis: 7kg or 10kg switch in the offing? dealers wary, consumers worried

    KOLKATA: Mounting uncertainties over global energy supply amid tensions in West Asia have prompted the Centre to explore fresh measures to manage domestic LPG availability, such as providing lesser volume of the fuel in refilled cylinders and further extending ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    India identifies new cockroach species using DNA-led taxonomy for first time in 267 years

    KOLKATA: Scientists in India have for the first time in over two and a half centuries of research identified a new cockroach species, Neoloboptera peninsularis, from the farmlands of Nathachiwadi in Daund, Pune, using a landmark integrative taxonomic approach ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Profs of CU-affiliated colleges can now be PhD guides

    Kolkata: Teachers who have PhDs at CU-affiliated colleges can serve as PhD supervisors, following the recent change in the PhD regulations framed by University of Calcutta (CU). College principals have welcomed this decision as they feel it will help ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Sunday pain: 60%-70% autos go off road, commuters stranded

    Kolkata: A sharp drop in the number of autos on the streets on Sunday left commuters across the city struggling to reach their destinations, with many reporting long waits and expensive alternatives. According to auto operators and route committees, ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Met predicts steady temp rise over next 3-4 days

    Kolkata: The city remained sunny on Sunday while the maximum temperature jumped four degrees to touch 27°C. It was still 7.5 notches below normal. The minimum, on the other hand, was 19.7°C. On Saturday, it was 19.2°C. The low-pressure ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    55-yr-old BLO dies in Malda, family blames SIR workload

    Malda: A 55-year-old booth-level officer (BLO) in Malda died of a cardiac arrest on Saturday night, prompting his family to blame SIR-related workload for the fatality.Utpal Thokdar, a para-teacher and a resident of Naoda Para, was under severe stress ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘Indiscriminate’ transfers will stall devpt work, warns citizens’ group

    Kolkata: A day after CM Mamata Banerjee said Bengal was under "unofficial President's Rule", the city's intellectuals and social workers said the Election Commission's "indiscriminate transfers" will stall development projects in the state.Speaking at a presser organised by citizens' ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM seals poll alliance with Humayun Kabir’s AJUP

    KOLKATA/HYDERABAD: Asaduddin Owaisi, president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), on Sunday announced that the party will contest the upcoming Bengal assembly elections in alliance with Humayun Kabir's Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP). Kabir has been signalling the tie-up ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    2 children killed, 3 hurt after learner driver loses control

    Behrampore: A car hit five children near a shop at Dighri under Samserganj police station on Sunday afternoon, killing two and critically injuring three.The children were taken to Anupnagar Rural Hospital, where six-year-old Ahil Akhtar was declared brought dead. ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    How can Kolkata gain from PNG relief, ask oil cos

    Kolkata: Oil marketing companies (OMCs) have sought clarification from the Centre on a new directive linking additional commercial LPG allocation to registration for piped natural gas (PNG), flagging concerns for cities like Kolkata, where PNG infrastructure is minimal.In a ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    20% rise in male infertility over last decade in Kolkata: Study

    Kolkata: While infertility is associated mostly with women, nearly a 20% rise in male infertility has been observed in Kolkata over the last decade, say fertility experts, confirming a finding by the Sample Registration System Statistical Report (SRSSR) of ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Bengal polls: 8.6% of voters to know fate from today; 1st supplementary list to decide electoral right of 27.2 lakh

    KOLKATA: The anxious wait to know whether they are eligible to vote or not is set to end on Monday for 27.2 lakh people in Bengal — out of around 60 lakh under adjudication — after Election Commission publishes ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    7kg or 10kg switch in the offing? LPG dealers wary, consumers worried

    KOLKATA: Mounting uncertainties over global energy supply amid tensions in West Asia have prompted the Centre to explore fresh measures to manage domestic LPG availability, such as providing lesser volume of the fuel in refilled cylinders and further extending ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Migration to new cooking modes continues across restos

    Kolkata: The city's food and beverages sector endured a taxing second weekend of the LPG crisis that coincided with Eid on Saturday, struggling to maintain services and menu amid a severe fuel crisis. Most have either migrated entirely to ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    10 yrs on, Pocso cuffs on man

    Kolkata: A man accused of abducting and sexually assaulting a minor in Uttar Pradesh in 2015 was arrested in Tangra after over a decade. Ranjit Singh is now married to the same girl and the two has a school-going ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Scare after ‘bomb’ note in plane toilet

    Kolkata: A bomb scare was triggered at Kolkata airport on Friday afternoon after a handwritten note, with the word, ‘BOMB', was discovered inside the lavatory of an IndiGo flight shortly after passengers disembarked, prompting an emergency security response and ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Brother arrested for honour killing

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Friday arrested a 25-year-old man, accused of murdering his 22-year-old sister two months ago in a case of honour killing in the Narkeldanga area. Sanjit Shaw reportedly strangled Pushpa Kumari to death.After his arrest, Shaw ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
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