BENGAL INFO
  • News
  • ক্যালেন্ডার
  • Hospitals
  • Schools
  • কবিতা
  • গান
  • দুর্গাপূজা
  • KOLKATA WEATHER
  • News from West Bengal | 08 Sep, 2026 | ২৪ ভাদ্র, ১৪৩৩
  • বাংলা (?)    
  • খেলা | ব্যবসা | বিনোদন | রাজ্য | কলকাতা | দেশ
  • Law college seeks addl funds for 115 CCTV cams, plans to deploy 2 new security guards

    Kolkata: The law college in south Kolkata, where a student was gang-rape last June, wrote to the higher education dept on Thursday seeking additional funds to install 115 CCTV cameras, as recommended by the Public Works Department (PWD). Following ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Cannot dismiss jawan just because of second marriage rumours: HC

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on March 19 reinstated a CRPF personnel from Karnataka, posted in West Midnapore, who was dismissed for allegedly contracting a second marriage, stating his dismissal was purely "on the basis of hearsay and suspicion". ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Schools to cops: Ensure CAPF moves in after exams

    Kolkata: Amid growing concern over the early occupation of school campuses by central forces ahead of the assembly polls in Bengal, several schools in Kolkata have appealed to local police stations to delay the entry of personnel so they ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Students celebrate Founder’s Day with reverence & prayers

    Kolkata: The Assembly of Christ School observed its Founder's Day prayer service recently, marking the occasion with gratitude and enthusiasm. The programme commenced with a brief introduction and welcome note. The service began with a prayer led by the ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Jamaat, BNP could be behind Hadi killing: Bangla accused

    Kolkata: Faisal Karim Masud, the 37-year-old who was caught on CCTV footage shooting at Bangladeshi youth activist Osman Hadi, alleged on Sunday Jamaat-e-Islami and the BNP could be behind the murder. He went on to claim the CCTV footage ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    R G Kar death: ‘Operator dozed on 6th floor when lift got stuck’

    Kolkata: The lift man, in charge of the fateful elevator in the Trauma Care building at R G Kar Medical College, was listening to music and dozing, along with other staff members, in a sixth-floor room on Friday, when ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Those missing on suppl list can file plea online or at DM office

    Kolkata: If persons marked ‘under adjudication' on the SIR list again find themselves missing from the supplementary electoral roll once it is published, they can file online or offline appeals to the tribunal against judicial officials' orders.The first supplementary ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘No substance’ in allegation against JU prof

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University found "no substance" in the allegation against mass communication professor Santwan Chattopadhyay of awarding marks without checking answer scripts. But the university cautioned assistant professor Abhishek Das as a similar allegation against him had "some substance".PG ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    I-T dept seizes 1 cr in 4 days

    Kolkata: The income tax department, which has set up 24×7 control rooms and check posts in Bengal, has seized Rs 1 crore unaccounted-for money in the first four days of its operation. I-T officials suspect the money was meant ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    EC sends CPs to police stns to brief officers on poll preparedness, guidelines

    Kolkata: Senior police officers across Bengal, including police commissioners of Kolkata and Bidhannagar, visited multiple police stations on Sunday to brief officers on election preparedness, guidelines, and law-and-order measures, following directives from the Election Commission of India (EC) ahead ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Gas price jab, fish on menu: MLA-hopefuls make full use of Sunday to reach out to voters

    Kolkata: From carrying a 3.5 kg fish to walking several kilometres carrying a dhaak on his shoulder, and from distributing visiting cards with personal mobile numbers to teasing the opposition candidate over gas price hike even amid courtesy calls, ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘Ghar-er meye’ CM hits campaign trail with party workers’ meet

    Kolkata: As the ‘Ghar-er meye' slogan gained momentum in Bhowanipore, CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday kick-started her 2026 assembly poll campaign by referring to her family's ties to Bhowanipore and singling out the Election Commission and BJP for her ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Tribunals to also hear Form 7 appeals for exclusion of names

    Kolkata: The EC-notified appellate tribunals in Bengal, for which 19 former HC judges have been selected, will hear appeals against orders passed by judicial officers, not only on inclusion but also exclusion of voters.An official said while the appellate ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    BRO starts snow clearance work in East Sikkim

    GANGTOK: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) on Sunday started snow clearance operations to restore traffic in East Sikkim, including Nathula, amid heavy snowfall, officials said.The road to Tsomgo Lake and Nathula from Gangtok was closed on Saturday due to ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp innovation PhD to incubate job-creators

    Kolkata: Keeping pace with the changing global doctoral landscape, IIT Kharagpur, the oldest IIT in the country, is set to introduce India's first fully structured innovation and product-centric doctoral programme with an aim to "convert job-seekers into job-creators". The ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Pre-poll clashes

    Kolkata: Clashes broke out between Trinamool and BJP workers in Baranagar and Bhowanipore on Saturday over alleged ripping off of posters. The Baranagar incident took place during campaigning by candidates Sayantika Banerjee and Sajal Ghosh. Also, Trinanool workers lodged ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    CEO office shifts

    The office of the Bengal CEO shifted from the Balmer Lawrie building on Netaji Subhas Road to the Shipping Corporation of India building at 13, Strand Road. Officials said shortage of space was the main reason behind the relocation, ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘They listened to music and killed’: 5 held in Kolkata RG Kar hospital lift tragedy; machine turned into murder tool, cops tell court

    KOLKATA: Police on Saturday told a local court that the death of 40-year-old Arup Banerjee at RG Kar hospital early on Friday could have been avoided if the lift operators and guards had “not turned a machine meant for ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Mamata Banerjee kicks off 2026 campaign from Bhowanipore meet today

    KOLKATA: In the backdrop of SIR deletions, chief minister Mamata Banerjee will kick-start her 2026 assembly poll campaign not with a public meeting but a Bhowanipore party workers' meeting on Sunday evening.Trinamool's booth-level agents, who worked in the area ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Battle of brains plays out at oldest open quiz

    Kolkata: Thirty teams of quizzers participated in the Eddie Hyde Memorial Open Quiz held at the parish hall of Church of Christ the King on Saturday. Organised by the Church of Christ the King, in association with the Archdiocese ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Worshippers tweak Eid prayer plans as morning starts on a wet note

    Kolkata: Rain played a spoilsport on Eid morning as the showers disrupted special prayers, forcing thousands of worshippers to change plans at the last minute on Saturday. Wet, slippery roads and a rush for indoor space affected attendance at ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Two B’deshi bros left off voter roll get CAA certs

    Kolkata: Two brothers were granted citizenship under CAA even as they remained excluded from the final voter list in yet another case when CAA applicants were struck off the voters roll and got their citizenship certificates later.The brothers were ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Eid greetings double as poll outreach across party lines

    Kolkata: Candidates across party lines on Saturday reached out to residents in the city and its fringes, blending Eid greetings with a pre-poll push for the April assembly elections. From greeting those offering prayers in mosques to visiting neighbourhoods, ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Didi to kick off poll campaign today with TMC workers’ meet at Bhowanipore

    Kolkata: In the backdrop of SIR deletions, chief minister Mamata Banerjee will kick-start her 2026 assembly poll campaign not with a public meeting but a Bhowanipore party workers' meeting on Sunday evening.Trinamool's booth-level agents, who worked in the area ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Samik: BJP has nothing against Indian Muslims

    Kolkata: BJP has nothing against Indian Muslims, said Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday. "Indian Muslims have every right to vote, but not illegal infiltrators," he said, adding, "We cannot allow demography to get altered by such Muslim ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Matua factions bat for ‘own’ candidates, likely to meet today

    Kolkata: Anger over SIR deletions in North 24 Parganas and Nadia has prompted both the Trinamool- and BJP-aligned factions of the All India Matua Mahasangha (AIMM) to demand that their office-bearers be fielded as candidates. The factions are likely ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Tremors in Darj, Gangtok as 4.1-mag quake hits Sikkim

    Darjeeling: A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Mangan in north Sikkim at 8.46pm on Saturday, sending brief tremors across parts of the eastern Himalayan region, including Darjeeling and Gangtok.While the earthquake was felt in several areas, Darjeeling residents reported only ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    EC to keep 700 central force companies in Bengal after polls

    Kolkata: The Election Commission has planned to retain 700 companies of central forces in Bengal after April 29 polls, with 500 companies earmarked exclusively for law and order duties, officials said.The EC also plans to deploy another 1,920 companies ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP inducts 4 from TMC in Nandigram after Pabitra Kar defection

    Nandigram: In a desperate bid to offset Pabitra Kar and his wife Champa's defection to Trinamool, BJP on Friday inducted four Trinamool functionaries in the belt, including two Muslim faces, as Nandigram emerges as a high-stakes poll battle.Trinamool on ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    CAPF, cops review poll preparedness

    Kolkata: CAPF personnel and Bidhannagar police held a meeting Saturday to review poll preparedness and coordination. Discussions covered deployment strategies, area domination, vulnerability mapping, and inter-agency coordination.

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Fatal lift tragedy: Family appeals to govt for widow’s permanent job

    Kolkata: The family of Arup Banerjee, the Trinamool BLA who died in the RG Kar lift tragedy on Friday, has pleaded with the govt that his widow Sonali be given a permanent job so that she can secure her ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Doc forum demands inquiry

    Kolkata: The Service Doctors' Forum (SDF) has demanded a high-level inquiry into the RG Kar lift accident that led to the death of Arup Banerjee. The organisation has also demanded action against the guilty and adequate compensation to the ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    After death, patients and kin shun lift in RG Kar Trauma Care building

    Kolkata: Relatives of patients admitted in the Trauma Care Centre at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital avoided using the sole lift available for patients and their kin on Saturday, wary of a repeat of Friday's incident in which ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘My husband got trapped between doors when the lift dragged him up’

    Kolkata: Arup Banerjee, his wife Sonali and son Ayush had squeezed themselves on the narrow strip of floor, no more than 4ft ×1ft, their back pressed against a slightly ajar lift door and their face wedged against a collapsible ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Woman dupes jeweller

    Kolkata: A cheating case has been registered after a jewellery trader alleged a woman posed as a customer, purchased gold ornaments and failed to pay the full amount after promising an online transfer.According to the complaint, the incident took ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    18 lakh lost in 2 cyber fraud cases

    Kolkata: Two cyber fraud cases involving a combined loss of over Rs 18 lakh have been registered in Bidhannagar, with police probing an online task scam and a bank impersonation fraud, with both showing similar modus operandi as the ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    KP warns against mule accounts

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police issued a public warning on Saturday against handing over bank accounts to cyber fraudsters, following the arrest of seven individuals from the city in the past two months by cops from other states for being involved ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    J&K, Kol cops rescue two Jammu youths locked up in city hotel

    Kolkata: Five persons, all of them hailing from Panipat in Haryana, were arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, with help from the Kolkata Police detective department and Pragati Maidan Police, on Saturday afternoon from inside an east Kolkata ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    2 kids in hosp with swine flu, 3 others test +ve; doctors blame temp flip-flop

    Kolkata: Two children have been admitted to a city private hospital with swine flu or H1N1, even as three others have tested positive at three hospitals so far. Scores of others, including adults, have symptoms that suggest an outbreak.A ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Fresh bombings may spell more trouble for supply

    Kolkata: The delays in delivery cycles and disruptions in commercial LPG supply could worsen significantly in the coming days in the state, feels oil industry officials.The situation follows recent attacks on key gas facilities in Qatar, including the Ras ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Auto LPG rationing starts as OMCs cap refuelling at 10 litres

    Kolkata: Auto-rickshaw drivers in Kolkata faced fresh fuel restrictions after oil marketing companies introduced rationing of auto LPG across dispensing stations from Saturday, capping refuelling at 10 litres per vehicle, following a steep price hike and an unprecedented five-fold ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    More parking near Sector V Town Hall

    Kolkata: A vacant area beside the large water body off Sector V Ring Road opposite the upcoming Town Hall will be developed and used for parking to accommodate about 50 cars once the upcoming town hall starts functioning after ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Night-long rain pulls down max temp by seven notches

    Kolkata: The city received overnight rain triggered by a thunderstorm late on Friday and woke up to an overcast sky and steady drizzles that lasted till late on Saturday morning. The rain was accompanied by a hailstorm in some ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Heavy snowfall in Sandakphu, 120 tourists rescued

    Darjeeling: Around 120 tourists stranded near Sandakphu after a night of heavy snowfall were rescued on Saturday by the Singalila Land Rovers Owners' Association (SLROA). The authorities have shut access to Sandakphu temporarily and redirected all visitors to Tumling.Sandakphu, ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    KMC pumping stations & sewer-clean gangs on alert

    Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has put the executive engineers manning the KMC drainage pumping stations on alert after the scattered rainfall. According to a KMC drainage dept official, the civic brass wants officials to begin the monsoon preparedness ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    40-year-old dies trapped in Kolkata's RG Kar hospital lift in front of wife and son

    KOLKATA: A Dum Dum resident, who turned 40 on Thursday, died in front of his wife and three-year-old son after the trio got trapped for an hour in a patient lift at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital early ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    EC’s first suppl list on Mon, tribunals set up for appeals

    Kolkata: The first supplementary voters' list for Bengal, containing names cleared by judicial officers, will be published on Monday evening, a senior Election Commission official said on Friday evening. The second list will be published next Friday and the ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    10L more voters may be axed, says CM, alleges BJP-EC plot

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday said around 10 lakh voters may be deleted when the first supplementary lists are published, alleging the battle against illegal SIR deletions is far from over. She also alleged the BJP-led govt will ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Kalyan moves HC against EC transfers

    Kolkata: EC's "drastic action" in transferring several IAS and IPS officers after the announcement of polls in Bengal is retaliation for TMC moving an impeachment motion against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee has alleged in a petition ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Cops seize Rs 25L in cash at Kolkata's New Town poll naka

    KOLKATA: A routine pre-dawn naka check under heightened poll surveillance led to seizure of unaccounted for cash worth Rs 25 lakh from an app cab passenger near City Centre 2 in New Town on Friday. According to cops, the ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Distraught over dad’s death, BSF jawan kills self

    Krishnanagar (Nadia): A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan died by suicide in the washroom of Jangipur Sub-Divisional Hospital on Thursday evening, reportedly distraught over his father's recent death.Arun Mukherjee, a resident of Bazarpara in Raghunathganj stationed with a BSF ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Jobless man kills wife, son, ends life after row

    Howrah: A 42-year-old unemployed man killed his wife and elder son before ending his life at Banitala under Uluberia police station on Friday. Pradip Mukherjee also attacked his younger son before consuming poison. The surviving son has been admitted ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Youth focus: 1 out of 4 BJP candidates aged below 40

    Kolkata: The first two candidate lists of the Bengal BJP point to a strong push towards a generational shift, with the party choosing less than one-fourth of its candidates from the age bracket between 55 and 70 years. With ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Where have all the liftmen gone? Wonder patients’ kin in govt hosps

    Kolkata: Hours after the lift tragedy claimed the life of a 40-year-old man at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Friday, TOI visited several other state-run hospitals in the city and found that lifts were functional without liftmen. ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    RG Kar lens on lift malfunction, absence of liftman as doctors flag maintenance lapses

    Kolkata: The killer lift in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital did not have an operator on Friday morning when Arup Banerjee was trapped inside with his wife Sonali and son Ayush. Though what exactly went wrong in ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Karma marks in 40 years of making music

    At a Sector V pub, an electric evening unfolded less like a concert and more like a masterclass led by Subhen Chatterjee. Celebrating four decades of Karma, the performance challenged the idea that Indian classical music must remain confined ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Duare Chikitsa, 7 new dists among TMC’s 10 pledges in 2026 manifesto

    Kolkata: From Duare Chikitsa (healthcare at your doorstep) and carving out seven new districts in Bengal to making the state's economy the third-largest in India within the next 10 years, CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday released Trinamool's manifesto for ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP workers storm party HQ, seek changes in candidate list

    Kolkata: BJP workers from Beliaghata, Entally, Howrah, Gosaba and Kulpi protested at the party's state headquarters in Salt Lake on Friday, expressing discontent over candidates announced so far and attempting to ransack the premises.The drama began when Beliaghata BJP ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Do-gooder TMC BLA Buchu’s death a day after birthday shocks Dum Dum para

    Kolkata: Just hours after ringing in his 40th birthday with friends and family, Arup Banerjee's celebrations turned into a night of horror that has left an entire Jawpur Road neighbourhood in Dum Dum shocked. A contractual worker with the ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Heavy footfall but no patient washroom in trauma care block

    Kolkata: The trauma care building that houses the emergency unit at RG Kar Medical College, lacks washrooms for OPD patients and relatives, even though it gets hundreds of emergency patients throughout the day. They are forced to trek down ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Deputy mayor blames it on administrative failure

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MLA and deputy mayor Atin Ghosh on Friday said the RG Kar hospital death was due to local administrative failure.A member of the Rogi Kalyan Samity, Ghosh said there had been no proper meeting of the ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘Seahorse’ rises from waste at Sarobar

    Kolkata: A seahorse installation titled ‘A Phoenix of the Ocean' was inaugurated at Rabindra Sarobar on Friday. The 15ft-tall installation on a 3ft base, conceptualised by Living Waters Museum, is crafted from discarded plastic and marine debris, and was ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Man dies after branch broken by monkeys falls on his head

    Midnapore: A man died in a freak accident in West Midnapore's Sabang on Friday morning when a branch fell on him after monkeys jumped on it and it broke off. The victim, Tarun Panja (48) from the Panpara area ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp puts ‘no-stray-feeding’ order on hold

    Kolkata/Kharagpur: IIT Kharagpur, which issued an administrative notification on revoking permission for feeding spots of stray dogs on campus, kept it in abeyance within hours of its circulation following widespread protests by students and teachers. A letter to animal ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Markets abuzz with last-min shoppers as families wrap up preparations for Eid

    Kolkata: Markets across the city were teeming with shoppers on Friday, ahead of Eid, which falls on Saturday. From central Kolkata's sweet shops and grocery stores to the busy garment stall stretches of Rabindra Sarani and New Market, people ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Man robs beggars, hits youth, stabs another when stopped

    Kolkata: Two youths were injured — one of them stabbed with a chopper — after they tried to protest against a local criminal stealing money from beggars in Tiljala. The accused first assaulted the main protester before returning to ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Airfares to US shoot up to 9 lakhas execs bypass war-zone skies

    Kolkata: Businessmen and corporate executives are going to extraordinary lengths to avoid the war zone while travelling to attend meetings in the US.While fares on carriers, such as Emirates and Etihad, which have hubs in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    HC nod for VHP Ram Navamirally in Hwh

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday allowed Vishva Hindu Parishad to organise a Ram Navami procession from BE College Gate 1 to Ramkrishnapur Ghat via GT Road on March 26, with conditions that the number of participants cannot ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    12.5 years not enough: Court refuses to slash lifer’s sentence

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday refused to reduce the sentence of a lifer, convicted of stabbing to death his extramarital partner who had asked him to marry her, stating the argument that the convict had "suffered enough ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Qatar Airways to resume Kol ops from Sun

    Kolkata: Qatar Airways has announced that it will resume flights between Doha and Kolkata from March 22.The airline, along with other carriers from the region, suspended flights on Feb 28 following the US and Israel's strikes on Iran and ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Monk to fight election on BJP ticket; political trap, says Sangha

    Kolkata: Bharat Sevashram Sangha, in an internal note to all monks in the order on Friday, announced it has expelled Swami Jyotirmayananda —popularly known as Utpal Maharaj — who was nominated as the BJP candidate from Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur. ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    HC relaxes bail conditions to allow UAPA accused to vote

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday relaxed bail conditions of UAPA accused Md Imadul Hoque in the 2022 Beldanga blast, permitting him to go home, under Beldanga PS, for a day to vote in the assembly election on April ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    84 police observers in state, highest from UP

    Kolkata: Bengal has the highest number of police observers — 84 — deployed among all four states and the union territory headed to polls. Most of these officers arriving in Bengal are from Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Bengal assembly election: Suvendu Adhikari hits the street in CM lair, vows to defeat Mamata Banerjee by 25,000 votes

    KOLKATA: Leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday launched his campaign in Bhowanipore, beginning with a visit to Bhowanipore Police Station to lodge a complaint over alleged attacks on local BJP workers.Returning from Delhi in the morning, Adhikari ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata man dies after being trapped in lift at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital

    KOLKATA: A middle-aged man allegedly died after being trapped inside a lift at a state-run hospital in north Kolkata on Friday, officials said.The man, in his early 40s, was taken to the hospital’s emergency unit bleeding from his nose, ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal elections: Left Front names 32 more candidates, key netas not on list

    KOLKATA: The Left Front on Thursday announced its second list of candidates for 32 seats. Names of key party functionaries like Mohammad Salim, Sujan Chakraborty and Satarup Ghosh did not figure in the list raising speculation if the leaders ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    Teen abducted after dispute over accident

    Kolkata: A 19-year-old was allegedly abducted from Tiljala and assaulted by a group of young men before being rescued from a secluded area in Beleghata in the early hours of Thursday, police said.The victim, Areeb Ali, was initially admitted ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    Met spies nor’wester spells today and tomorrow in Kolkata, districts

    Kolkata: Brace for spells of thundershowers in the next two days, with the Met office predicting enhanced thunderstorm activities between Friday and Saturday in Kolkata along with various other districts across Bengal. Met officials said a combination of moisture ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘Bypass surgery’ heals airport traffic mess

    Kolkata: A traffic timing and peak-hour vehicular movement analysis conducted by the Bidhannagar Police has shown significant improvement in vehicular flow and vehicular speed along the road to airport on VIP Road following a series of experimental changes in ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    Body of TMC activist found with wrists cut off in Haroa

    Kolkata: A 38-year-old Trinamool booth president was found dead on Thursday morning, with his wrists severed and signs of acid burns on his face, at Haroa-Bhangar Road in Minakhan, North 24 Parganas.Police said Kazi Masiur Rahman was a resident ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp revokes permission to feed stray dogs on campus

    Kharagpur: IIT Kharagpur has issued a notice revoking permission for feeding stray dogs inside the campus. The notice also asked the nodal officer (security) to ensure that stray dogs do not enter and inhabit the campus.IIT-Kgp, in Oct, had ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    Newborn declared dead by nursing home found alive hours later

    Kolkata: A newborn declared dead by a private nursing home was found alive hours later just as her family was preparing for her burial in Swarupnagar, North 24 Parganas on Thursday afternoon. The incident has triggered allegations of medical ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    HC refuses bail to Shahjahan, bro in Sandeshkhali ED ‘attack’ case

    Kolkata: Calcutta HC on Thursday refused bail to Sk Shahjahan and his brother Sk Alamgir in a CBI case over the attack on ED officers during a raid at Shajahan's Sandeshkhali residence, calling them "influential persons of the locality ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘Smuggling’ lens on 5-fold spike in auto LPG demand in Kolkata over 10 days

    KOLKATA: An almost five-fold spike in auto LPG sale in the city over the past 10 days, coinciding with the curtailment of several autorickshaw routes, has raised red flags among oil marketing companies (OMCs), which suspect illegal diversion of ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    Baduria man ends life over ‘SIR anxiety’

    Kolkata: A 36-year-old man allegedly committed suicide at Baduria in North 24-Parganas on Thursday after his name was placed under the "adjudication" category in the final electoral rolls. The first supplementary voter list under the SIR process is likely ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    Adhir eyes Beharampore comeback after 30 yrs, TMC says ‘not a factor’

    Kolkata: Senior Congress neta Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday said he is set to return to legislative politics in Bengal after nearly three decades, expressing his wish to contest from the Beharampore assembly seat, subject to approval from the ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    CCTV footage helps in conviction

    Kolkata: A local Diamond Harbour court has convicted an extortionist and sentenced him to life imprisonment after connecting the dots through CCTV footage in an attempt-to-murder case reported on March 5, 2023. The accused, Rejajul Laskar alias Choto Matal, ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    15-yr battle: HC commutes convict’s sentence to 15 days

    Kolkata: Observing that the "sword of litigation" hanging over a convict's head for nearly 15 years itself amounts to a form of punishment, the Calcutta High Court reduced the one-year sentence of a man from Joypur — convicted of ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    Young at risk: Boy writes boards with pacemaker, teen gets stent

    Kolkata: Akash Dey (16) from Coochbehar was rushed to a Kolkata hospital a few days before his Madhyamik board examination. Doctors found complete heart blockage, uncommon at such a young age. Five days after a life-saving pacemaker implantation, the ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    Psst, do you want a commercial cylinder? Get ready to pay 3,000

    Kolkata: Cashing in on the current LPG crisis, a cylinder sale racket has emerged, with commercial cylinders being sold at exorbitant prices. Owners of roadside eateries, especially those in the central business district, are paying Rs 3,000 or more ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    Thanks to crisis, auto drivers lose 2 days’ work a week, spend hrs in fuel stn queues

    Kolkata: Long queues at LPG fuel stations have meant that autos that usually operate six days a week are now able to run for only four days. Autos that have a full tank can operate for two days without ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    JU asks edu dept to sanction 21cr funds

    Kolkata: JU has written to the higher education department, urging it to sanction Rs 21 crore towards a maintenance grant to restore and sustain functioning of laboratories, hostel facilities, teaching-learning processes. A source said, "The university is facing a ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    17 doctors refuse bond postings in state hosps

    Kolkata: Days after 930 senior resident doctors were given postings at various govt hospitals in the state, 17 have refused to join. They were allowed to exit the bond that made three years of posting mandatory at govt facilities, ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    Restos wait for power bill to check e-cooking viability

    Kolkata: Having passed the first-weekend challenge of operating with dwindling LPG stock and new electric cooking gadgets with flying colours, city restaurants have been emboldened to consider retaining some of the electric cookware if it proves to be economically ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata communities ring in new years with prayers, food & family

    Kolkata: Communities across the city are ushering in a new year with prayers and traditional food. From Ugadi, Gudi Padwa, and Navreh to Cheti Chand and Sajibu Cheiraoba, the celebrations reflect Kolkata's cultural vibrancy. Families from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    Blood supply worry for hosps as summer, polls hit collection drive

    Kolkata: With elections just over a month away, hospitals across Kolkata are bracing for a blood supply shortage, since donation camps, which are the principal source of blood, are set to be discontinued as local clubs and voluntary organisations ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    At Bhowanipore, TMC war room focuses on door-to-door visits, cultural outreach

    Kolkata: Ward 77 of Bhowanipore constituency — long considered Trinamool Congress's electoral bulwark — emerged as the primary talking point during a recent closed-door strategy meeting.Senior functionaries and councillors, who attended the meeting on Thursday, acknowledged that the minority-dominated ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    Supplementary lists: Hour of reckoning draws closer for 60L

    Kolkata: Before the announced publication of supplementary list by Saturday, voters placed under adjudication in the city have started calling up their BLOs and enquiring how to check their names.Till Thursday night, 25 lakh cases have been cleared. EC ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP mum on Panihati after ‘reclaim night’ blowback

    Kolkata: The mother of the RG Kar victim on Thursday claimed that she is set to contest the assembly elections as a BJP candidate from the Panihati constituency to "secure justice for her daughter's murder and to fight for ...

    20 March 2026 Times of India
    W Asia war carves up Kol auto routes, hikes cost of daily travel

    Kolkata: Daily commuters across Kolkata and its southern and eastern fringes are paying up to three times their usual fares as auto operators have started abruptly truncating routes to cope with fuel shortages linked to the ongoing West Asia ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
  • Times of India | 4801-4900

News/খবর All News এই সময় বর্তমান প্রতিদিন আজকাল দৈনিক স্টেটসম্যান আজ তক Times of India Indian Express The Statesman

BENGAL INFO | Information about West Bengal, India | bengalinfo1@gmail | Privacy Policy