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  • 'Political' films add a dash of glamour to West Bengal polls, focus on personalised tales

    KOLKATA: With West Bengal heading to the polls, Tollywood’s political cinema is trading traditional class analysis for a gritty look at individual agency and systemic failure. While masters including Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Ritwik Ghatak, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Utpalendu Chakraborty, ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    Bengal polls: EC directs Kolkata Police to use central forces

    KOLKATA: The EC on Wednesday directed the state's top police officials to immediately deploy central forces in any area where the law-and-order situation deteriorates. In a review meeting with Bengal DGP, CP Kolkata, ADG (law and order), IG CRPF ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘Deeply religious’ Vijay Upadhyay is Trinamool’s ‘surprise pick’ in trading hub Jorasanko

    KOLKATA:Trinamool has fielded twotime councillor Vijay Upadhyay from Jorasanko for the April 29 assembly election, replacing sitting MLA Vivek Gupta in one of Kolkata’s most closely watched constituencies.Party leaders called the move strategic, in a seat where BJP has ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal polls: TMC sets in motion a generational shift; only 1 of 4 on candidates’ list a senior citizen

    KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress’s list of candidates for the assembly poll has only 25% nominees who are senior citizens, marking a significant deviation from the norm in a country where gerontocracy thrives in politics. In 2021, 42.4% of the party’s ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    HC backs CEO on past experience for surveillance tender

    Kolkata: Upholding the ‘past experience' criterion by the chief electoral officer (CEO) of Bengal for awarding tender for surveillance systems for live web streaming and CCTVs in counting centres, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday held that courts cannot ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP earnings 2x other parties combined, says ADR report

    Kolkata: BJP had the highest earnings between 2014-15 and 2023-24 — more than twice the total funds collected by all remaining national parties combined — followed by Congress and Trinamool, according to an Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report.The ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    Kabir picks 2 Murshidabad seats, unveils candidate list

    Kolkata: The founder of Aam Janata Unnayan Party, Humayun Kabir on Wednesday announced a fresh list of candidates ahead of the Assembly elections and clarified the two seats from which he will contest.Kabir declared that he will enter the ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    Cops seize Rs 2.75 lakh cash from Assam couple in Alipurduar

    Jalpaiguri: Within 48 hours of the Election Commission (EC) declaring Bengal polls, Alipurduar police seized Rs 2.75 lakh cash from a couple travelling in an Assam registered car on Wednesday afternoon.According to norms, individuals are not allowed to carry ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    TMC moves EC over ‘threat’ by Dilip Ghosh

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Wednesday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against former party national vice-president Dilip Ghosh, alleging that he threatened Trinamool netas, workers and the public.The party said Ghosh, referring to the recent incident at state minister ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    Green activists protest felling of tree in Dhakuria

    Kolkata: Green activists and residents in the city protested after a mango tree was axed near the Dhakuria flyover. They demanded a probe. A campaign was started under the banner of an organization called ‘Each One Plant One.'According to ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    123-yr-old Nahoum’s downs shutters in face of LPG crisis

    Kolkata: The West Asia war seems to have had its effect on Kolkata's only Jewish bakery, the 123-year-old Nahoum and Sons in New Market, which downed shutters on Wednesday, unable to sustain operations due to the ongoing LPG crisis. ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    Bhowanipore sees early campaign blitz for high-stakes political fight

    Kolkata: Five years on, the battleground has shifted from a largely rural setting to a fully urban constituency. Yet the Bhowanipore contest — between chief minister Mamata Banerjee and leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari — remains as unpredictable as ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    Intercepted before takeoff: US man’s Myanmar trail raises security alarm

    Kolkata: Fresh details emerging from the probe into the arrest of US national Aaron Van Dyke have revealed that he was detained at Kolkata airport for nearly two days before being formally handed over to the National Investigation Agency ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    Bkp hosp barred from admitting new patients

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission has barred a private hospital in Barrackpore from admitting new patients pending a probe against the hospital. According to a complaint by Soumik Majumder, his wife was admitted the hospital between ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    Kol Pol set to procure underwater cams, drones and comms system

    Kolkata: The Disaster Management Group (DMG) of Kolkata Police is set for a major overhaul. This time the focus is on its water wing that carries out rescues and recoveries in the Hooghly but often faces multiple challenges, most ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    Help held for 70L jewellery theft in N Kol

    Kolkata: Gold ornaments worth nearly Rs 70 lakhs, reported missing from a Kestopur apartment on Monday, have been recovered within 24 hours. Police arrested the house help, Mandira Halder (26) in connection with the theft.During interrogation, she allegedly confessed ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    Pregnant woman killed, body hidden under bed; hubby held

    Kolkata: Kolkata: A 24-year-old woman, six months pregnant, was allegedly murdered by her husband in Sodepur, with her body wrapped in plastic and hidden under a bed, sparking shock in the area.Police recovered the body on Wednesday evening and ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    Digi arrest: Three held for duping sr citizen of 3cr

    Kolkata: Kolkata Cyber Police arrested three persons who duped a senior citizen of Rs 3 crore through digital arrest fraud and seized six SIM boxes and 130 active SIM cards, which were all embedded in a wired system that ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    North 24 Pgns, Hooghly see maximum changes

    Kolkata/Chinsurah: North 24 Parganas and Hooghly have emerged as the districts with the most new faces on the Trinamool Congress candidate list.In North 24 Parganas, the party denied tickets to MLAs in six of the seven assembly constituencies along ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    Oil cos seek comm gas customer data

    Kolkata: Oil marketing companies have asked LPG distributors in Bengal to submit detailed data on priority and non-priority commercial custom-ers and their consumption patterns. The move comes amid concerns over supply disruptions, prompting Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the state-level ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    CU-affiliated PG colleges to get back autonomy

    Kolkata: Calcutta University will allow affiliated colleges offering PG programmes to enjoy academic autonomy. Representatives from these colleges will soon be included in the PG Board of Studies as well.The move comes after Asutosh Ghosh took charge as CU ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    Sobhandeb eyes record 10th term in assembly

    Kolkata: Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, 82, will create history if he wins the Ballygunge seat this time. He is set to become the only Bengal MLA to win a record 10th consecutive term.An octogenarian and one of Mamata Banerjee's closest associates, ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    Minister Shashi Panja clears SIR hurdle

    Kolkata: The EC on Wednesday said that minister Shashi Panja's name had been cleared from the ‘Under Adjudication' list, and her name will be included on the supplementary list. Panja, who is recontesting from Shyampukur, was among the notable ...

    19 March 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal polls: Mamata Banerjee vs Suvendu Adhikari in Bhabanipur, TMC bets on mix of old guard, fresh faces; drops 74 incumbent MLAs

    KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress released its entire list of 291 candidates for next month’s assembly election in one go on Tuesday, keeping the party’s founder and mascot — CM Mamata Banerjee — at her home constituency of Bhowanipore.Banerjee, who started ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    Darj tea body seeks CM intervention for gas supply

    Kolkata: Darjeeling Tea Association (DTA) has sought intervention of chief minister Mamata Banerjee for resumption of gas supply to tea estates.Incidentally, the production of first flush tea has just started and the tea factories require gas for processing of ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    At 478, EC appoints max observers for Bengal among poll-bound states

    KOLKATA: The Election Commission has appointed the maximum number of observers for Bengal among the four poll-bound states and the Union Territory of Puducherry.The 478 observers — across general, police and expenditure categories — would be stationed in their ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    EC moves former Bengal home secretary to TN as poll observer

    Kolkata: Bengal's former home secretary J P Meena, who was replaced by Sanghamitra Ghosh on Sunday, has been posted by the Election Commission (EC) as an observer in Tamil Nadu. According to an EC note, he will oversee the ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    2nd cop reshuffle in 24 hours; EC 'playing game' to help BJP, says CM Mamata Banerjee

    KOLKATA: Election Commission on Tuesday ordered yet another round of large-scale transfers of senior police officers in Bengal, shifting as many as 12 superintendents, four commissioners and the additional DGs in charge of north and south Bengal, prompting CM ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    Mamata Banerjee vs Suvendu Adhikari 2.0: High-stakes West Bengal fight shifts from Nandigram to Bhowanipore

    KOLKATA: The battle between the state CM and the assembly’s opposition leader will now shift from Nandigram to Bhowanipore.Trinamool Congress on Tuesday said Mamata Banerjee will be re-contesting from the seat, which will go to polls in the second ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP MLA Dinda moves HC

    Kolkata: MLA and BJP candidate for the upcoming assembly elections from Moyna, Ashok Dinda has moved the Calcutta High Court seeking details of the criminal cases pending against him. Appearing before the single-judge bench of justice Saugata Bhattacharyya on ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘Concretisation, low water table to blame for tree falls’

    Kolkata: Two back to back nor'westers on Sunday and Monday that uprooted over 40 full-grown trees, nearly all of them in south Kolkata, is yet another pointer to the peril of rampant concretisation and depletion of the water table ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    Clash erupts at Kalyani hosp, 5 hurt

    Kalyani: Tension erupted at the state-run College of Medicine and Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Hospital, Kalyani, on Monday night following a clash between junior doctors and a patient's family, leaving at least five injured. While the patient's family alleged that ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    Experts sound caution over rise in colon cancer among young adults

    Kolkata: Colon cancer, which was once considered a disease of the elderly, is now rising among younger adults at an alarming rate. Doctors in the city said that they are detecting the cancer in an increasing number of patients ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    Sushil Poddar to head West Bengal Traders’ Welfare Board

    Kolkata: Sushil Poddar, president of the Confederation of West Bengal Trade Association (CWBTA), has been elected as the chairperson of the West Bengal Traders' Welfare Board (WBTWB). Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had tweeted about the formation of this welfare ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    Amateur swimmers get a pool in Deshbandhu Park

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation handed over the Deshbandhu Park swimming pool in north Kolkata to the Bengal Amateur Swimming Association (BASA), giving the association a dedicated pool for its swimmers.Set up in 1938, BASA produced several ace swimmers ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    Young faithfuls anchor strategy in fight for seats

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress has signalled a clear preference for long-serving young party workers in its latest ticket distribution, rewarding those who have been building the organisation at the grassroots level and in public outreach.Among those fielded are party IT ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    Transport facility for elderly, disabled voters

    Kolkata: The EC is planning to arrange for transport for electors aged 85 years and above as well as those with a minimum 40% disability (PwD) to reach polling stations and cast their votes. These arrangements will be provisional ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    Tree blocks Kasba hsg complex for 14 hours

    Kolkata: The KMC parks dept that is known for its efficiency for clearing trees that topple on the road took 14 hours to clear a Rudrapalash tree whose trunk split in two during the squall on Monday evening and ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP slams TMC picks, flags ‘tainted faces’ on candidate list

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP on Tuesday pointed at ‘tainted candidates' on Trinamool's list while taking a dig at the dearth of eligible candidates in the party.BJP's Bengal co-incharge Amit Malviya took to his X handle to point at Paresh Adhikari, ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    Nor’westers pull min temp down to 5°C below normal, more rain likely from Fri

    Kolkata: The late-night intense nor'wester, accompanied by squally wind on Monday night, pulled Tuesday's minimum temperature down by five notches below the normal mark. The day temperature too dipped on Tuesday by 3.6 notches below normal. The Met officials ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    Mutton, ‘tough’ items back on menu as limited LPG supply resumes in Kol

    Kolkata: Restaurateurs are again breathing easy. Dishes that had gone off the menu are back. Some restaurants that had drastically reduced operation hours have relaxed the timing a bit.The commercial LPG crisis that was threatening to derail the food ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    On-&-off LPG supply puts auto ops on stop-and-start mode

    Kolkata: On-and-off supply of auto-LPG has left a yawning gap between the demand and supply, adversely hitting auto operations in the city. Auto gas shortage, triggered in part by the ongoing conflict in West Asia, has disrupted Kolkata's auto-rickshaw ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    Some big names omitted, some retain seats in poll list reshuffle

    Kolkata: Seventy-four MLAs were dropped and 15 of them were shifted from their existing seats in the list of candidates announced by Trinamool Congress on Tuesday, retaining 135 out of its 209 MLAs.Among those dropped are big names like ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP slams TMC picks, flags ‘tainted faces’ on candidate list

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP on Tuesday pointed at ‘tainted candidates' on Trinamool's list while taking a dig at the dearth of eligible candidates in the party.BJP's Bengal co-incharge Amit Malviya took to his X handle to point at Paresh Adhikari, ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    BLOs to manage voter help booths at poll stns

    Kolkata: The Election Commission has asked for the setting up of voter assistance booths (VABs) near polling booths, and a team of booth-level officers (BLOs) will be deputed there to help the voters reach their respective stations to exercise ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    In SIR times, parties opt for veterans in Kol seats

    Kolkata: Amid SIR uncertainty, parties have put their faith in the hands of trusted old hands for the 2026 assembly elections.The prominence of this move lies in the candidature list announced by Trinamool Congress (TMC), Left Front and Bharatiya ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    4 hours after switch, former protege on TMC Nandi list vs Suvendu

    Nandigram: Trinamool Congress nominated ex-BJP panchayat chief Pabitra Kar as its candidate for Nandigram in the 2026 assembly election, setting up a contest against Suvendu Adhikari. This happened a few hours after Adhikari's campaign coordinator for the high-voltage 2021 ...

    18 March 2026 Times of India
    April 9 cut-off tension for 3.6 lakh Kolkata voters

    KOLKATA: Around 3.6 lakh voters in Kolkata whose electoral status is under judicial scrutiny have just over three weeks to find out if they will be eligible to vote in the upcoming Bengal assembly elections. The clarification is expected ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal poll: ‘Temple Man’ may boycott vote as kin names missing from list

    MIDNAPORE: Septuagenarian Yeasin Pathan, who received the Kabir Award from the President of India in 1994 for preserving ancient Hindu temples and promoting communal harmony, announced on social media that he might boycott the vote because the names of ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata doctors remove brain tumour from Dutch tourist misdiagnosed abroad

    KOLKATA: Doctors in the Netherlands dismissed a 36-year-old Dutch citizen’s unrelenting headache and bouts of vomiting as his body’s reaction to 2 opposite weather conditions in quick succession. This was in mid-January, upon his return home to biting European ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    Auto services yet to be in full throttle, queues still at LPG stns

    Kolkata: The first Monday after the LPG supply disruption exposed the extent of the fuel crisis in Kolkata, with panic refuelling by auto drivers and domestic consumers leading to long queues outside LPG dispensing stations. Autos were yet to ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘Sidelined’ by TMC, Arabul meets ISF’s Nawsad

    Kolkata: Bhangar strongman Arabul Islam, whose ties with Trinamool have become increasingly estranged, visited Furfura Sharif on Monday—home to Indian Secular Front (ISF) MLA Nawsad Siddiqui—and openly aired his dissatisfaction with the party.Arabul said he was repeatedly expelled from ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    State notifies DA arrears payout in phases

    Kolkata: Nabanna will pay DA (dearness allowance) arrears to state employees in multiple phases, according to a finance department notification. The arrears, covering the period from April 2008 to Dec 2019, were announced by chief minister Mamata Banerjee on ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    9,500 ex-enclave dwellers in N Bengal fear losing vote

    Jalpaiguri: Around 9,500 former enclave-dwellers who became Indian citizens on Aug 1, 2015, face another hurdle — voter rolls released on Feb 28 following Special Intensive Revision (SIR) have marked them "under adjudication."With barely a month before assembly polls, ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    CEO seeks report on 2021, 2024 poll violence cases in Bengal

    Kolkata: The Bengal CEO has directed the ADG (legal) to submit a report on poll-related violence during the 2021 Bengal Legislative Assembly election and the 2024 general election.In a letter dated March 15, the CEO sought a list of ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    After poll dates, EC rejigs Bengal’s bureaucracy and top cops; chief secretary, DGP among those replaced

    KOLKATA: Hours after the assembly poll dates were announced and the model code of conduct came into force, Election Commission initiated an overhaul of Bengal's top bureaucracy and police brass on Sunday night and Monday morning, changing the chief ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP 1st list: Suvendu to contest from Mamata backyard, Nandigram; Dilip back in old seat

    Kolkata: BJP neta Suvendu Adhikari will contest from Bhowanipore, CM Mamata Banerjee's home turf, as well as Nandigram in the upcoming assembly elections. Dilip Ghosh has been fielded in Kharagpur Sadar, a preferred seat for the BJP veteran. Soumitra ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    EC to clear 50% of pending cases, release supplementary list in 7 days

    Kolkata: Around 50% of the slightly more than 60 lakh cases marked as ‘Under Adjudication' in the electoral roll are expected to be disposed of within the next seven days, Bengal chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal said. He added ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    2k CAPF cos in each phase in Bengal

    Kolkata: The EC is all set to deploy 2,000-2,500 companies of central forces in each of the two-phase elections in Bengal to ensure peaceful and violence-free voting, Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal said on Monday. The EC has also decided ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    Serving time increases as restos shift to chullahs

    Kolkata: Pushed to migrate to electrical gadgets and coal, wood-fuelled chullahs, serving time went up at several restaurants. Serving time is set to rise by 25% at Songhai-Manthan and MS Bar & Lounge in central Kolkata, which began its ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    Kerosene price rises as grey markets flourish across state

    Kolkata: After coal, kerosene remains one of the most widely used traditional fuels for households across eastern India, following the fuel crisis triggered by the West Asia conflict. However, rising prices and supply constraints pushed kerosene into a thriving ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    Office para lunch menu bears the brunt: Prices go up, food stalls down shutters

    Kolkata: The lunch rush in several of Kolkata's busiest office districts — from Dalhousie and Camac Street to Park Street and Salt Lake — is beginning to look very different as a worsening LPG shortage forces eateries and food ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    Didn’t book gas for 9 months? Head to LPG office for KYC to get cylinder

    Kolkata: Oil marketing companies tightened LPG booking norms as global energy disruptions triggered by the ongoing West Asia conflict continue to affect fuel supply chains in India. Under the revised instructions, LPG distributors in the state were asked not ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    SIR shadow puts ministers’ election plans in limbo

    Kolkata/Malda/Murshidabad: While Trinamool Congress is expected to announce its candidate list any day now, several MLAs — including state cabinet minister Shashi Panja — whose names figure in the judicial adjudication list remain anxious over their electoral status. They ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    Transpeople protest against bill clause that denies right to self-identify gender

    Kolkata: Members of the transgender (TG) and queer communities, and gender rights activists in West Bengal came down heavily on the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 13. Various organisations ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    RG Kar protest faces on CPM first candidate list

    Kolkata: Four Left leaders — Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, Dipsita Dhar, Minakshi Mukherjee and Kalatan Dasgupta — who were the faces of the protests in the 2024 RG Kar rape and murder case, were fielded for the assembly elections from ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    After 10 years, HC acquits man accused of immolating wife, faults ‘dying declaration’

    Kolkata: Nearly a decade after a Dinhata man was convicted of immolating his wife, Calcutta HC on Monday acquitted him, discrediting the victim's dying declaration over procedural lapses such as not reading it over or explaining it to her.The ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    JU stays in JEE but will conduct independent BTech counselling

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University will conduct independent BTech counselling after the JEE results are published from this academic season to attract bright students and minimise administrative delays, the Executive Council (EC), the highest decision-making body of JU, decided on Sunday. ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    Kalbaisakhi season starts in city with back-to-back nor’westers

    Kolkata: The nor'wester season is on in the city with Kolkata's first brush with a squall on Monday night. Thunder, lighting, rain accompanied by gusty wind swept across the city, minutes after the Met office issued a red alert ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    Zakaria St Ramzan bazaar turns heritage walk zone

    Kolkata: During Ramzan, Zakaria Street off Rabindra Sarani and its surrounding lanes draw large crowds — not only for their landmarks and food stalls but also for a growing number of heritage walks that are becoming a seasonal attraction ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    7 students punished for ‘slut-shaming’ & brawl cases in 2025

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University on Sunday decided to suspend a fourth-year chemical engineering student from his ongoing eighth semester, including attending classes and appearing for exams, and has debarred him from entering campus and hostel premises following an incident of ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    Plaint against Shilajit concert’s main organiser for going beyond time limit

    Kolkata: A day after singer Shilajit complained of overreaction by cops who had asked him to get off the stage during a performance at Central Park in Salt Lake, Bidhannagar Police has registered a complaint against the main organiser ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    India set to host F1, WRC events soon

    Kolkata: Motorsports in the country is set to get a fillip after a recent meeting between sports minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya and Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) president Arindam Ghosh along with its council members Vicky ...

    17 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP counters TMC largesse with Annapurna Yojana, Rs 5.7k cr package

    KOLKATA: Within hours of the EC announcing the poll schedule on Sunday, Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya promised Rs 3,000 per month to women under the Annapurna Yojana, apart from implementing the special package of Rs 5,700 crore for ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    CPM to move SC over voter roll issues

    Kolkata: The CPM will move the Supreme Court against possible disenfranchisement of the voters who were put under the adjudicated list during the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll. The party, which already moved the Apex court against ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal elections 2026: SIR-charged state sets stage for old rivals, new contest

    Bengal elections, post-2011, have always been keenly fought though the result may not have reflected that. But the factors at play this season make the 2026 edition very different from the 2016 and the 2021 polls, again irrespective of ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal elections: Chief secretary, home secretary removed, Ajay Kumar Nand appointed Kolkata top cop; TMC fumes

    KOLKATA: In a major administrative reshuffle ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, the Election Commission (EC) has removed two of the state’s top bureaucrats — chief secretary Nandini Chakravorty and home secretary Jagdish Prasad Meena — citing a ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    Bengal elections 2026: High-stakes contest between Mamata Banerjee, her lieutenant and rival Suvendu Adhikari

    The three-time Bengal CM occupies a rare political space — simultaneously governing the state while embodying its most vocal opposition voice. At a time of repeated attacks on Bengali-speaking migrants, the unease surrounding EC’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    Bengal polls: CM Mamata Banerjee announces Rs 10,000 crore DA arrears, hike for purohits, muezzins

    KOLKATA: Minutes before the model code of conduct (MCC) for the assembly polls kicked in, CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday took to X to announce that her govt would pay around Rs 10,000 crore in DA arrears to its ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    Waquar Raza named new Siliguri CP

    Siliguri: Bengal govt appointed Syed Waquar Raza as Siliguri's new commissioner of police (CP) on Saturday replacing C Sudhakar. Raza was serving as deputy inspector general of the Jalpaiguri range. The move follows controversy over alleged protocol breach during ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    New kids on the block: Metiabruz, Jadavpur, Kasba top fresh voters’ list

    Kolkata: The countdown has started for many young electors to experience casting votes for the first time. Till the last Assembly elections in 2021, they mostly accompanied their parents to the polling booths, where they stood outside. Now that ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal assembly election: Voting in 2 phases on April 23 and 29, result on May 4

    KOLKATA: Bengal will go to the polls in two phases in April — on 23rd and 29th — the fewest in an assembly election in the state since the 2001 fight.In 2001, Bengal saw a single-phase assembly election. In ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    SIR, West Asia war may queer Bengal poll pitch

    KOLKATA: Bengal elections, post-2011, have always been keenly fought though the result may not have reflected that. But the factors at play this season make the 2026 edition very different from the 2016 and the 2021 polls, again irrespective ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    For BLOs, it’s light at end of 131-day tunnel

    Kolkata: Booth Level Officers (BLOs) across West Bengal, many of whom worked under intense pressure since Nov 4, finally expressed relief after the announcement of the polling dates. Of the nearly 80,000 BLOs engaged in the process, around 60,000 ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP counters TMC largesse with Annapurna Yojana, 5.7k cr package

    Kolkata: Within hours of the EC announcing the poll schedule on Sunday, Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya promised Rs 3,000 per month to women under the Annapurna Yojana, apart from implementing the special package of Rs 5,700 crore for ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    Cong flags final SIR list concerns

    Kolkata: Pradesh Congress on Sunday said that the Election Commission will snatch the right of the people to vote and contest the polls if the final supplementary list is not out before the elections. Congress leaders, who spoke to ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    After Lakshmir Bhandar, Yuva Sathi, DA put wind in TMC sail

    Kolkata: After hiking Lakshmir Bhandar amount and rolling out Yuva Sathi in the 2026 vote-on-account, CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday put wind in Trinamool's sail by announcing the DA arrears payout for state employees and hiking the monthly honorariums ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    TMC ally 1st off block to announce candidates for three Hills seats

    Darjeeling: First off the block, Trinamool ally Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM) on Sunday announced candidates for three assembly constituencies — Darjeeling, Kurseong, and Kalimpong.The Anit Thapa-led BGPM fielded Bijoy Kumar Rai, former chairman of School Service Commission (SSC ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    5 more in police net for throwing stones at Shashi Panja’s house

    Kolkata: Five BJP workers, caught on CCTV and mobile footage pelting stones at the house of minister Shashi Panja on Saturday, were arrested on Sunday. The attack occurred when BJP supporters, en route to PM Narendra Modi's brigade rally, ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    SIR deletions, CAA anxiety cast shadow over Matua heartland

    Kolkata: The focus is back on identity politics in the Matua heartland of Thakurnagar in Bongaon as lakhs of devotees began gathering at the Matua Thakurbari ahead of their religious festival, the "Baruni Fair", scheduled to begin on March ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    Oil marketing cos release 25% comm LPG cylinders

    Kolkata: Giving some relief to food businesses, including restaurants and roadside food sellers, oil marketing companies have begun releasing 25% of commercial LPG cylinders from Sunday. The decision was announced after queues for domestic cylinders reduced in the city. ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    Dancing to SIR’s tune: Many voters alter home visit calendar

    Kolkata: Many youngsters who are either studying or working in other states and abroad have decided to return home during election time so that they can exercise their franchise. Most of them said they had skipped casting their votes ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘Do not want to go back to the days of violence’

    Kolkata: An uneasy calm returned to Girish Park on Sunday, a day after a violent clash between BJP and Trinamool supporters. With dents in the door and broken window panes, the house of minister of industry and commerce, women ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    Judicial scrutiny creates another set of haves and have-nots

    Kolkata: Judicial scrutiny has paved the way for another set of haves and have-nots among about 60 lakh electors. The poll dates were announced on Sunday, but these electors placed under adjudication are still uncertain whether they will be ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    Living but ‘dead’ on roll: Thousands to watch neighbours and kin vote

    Kolkata: Around 63 lakh voters across the state have been "disappointed" as they will have to shy away from polling stations for the first time in poll season ever since they began exercising their franchise. Many of these "dead" ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    After SIR change, depleted Kolkata to vote on Apr 29

    Kolkata: A reshaped Kolkata, with a much thinner voter roll, will go to the polls this year, infusing an unpredictability rarely witnessed before.For example, Jorasanko will go to polls with the SIR shaving off 35% of its 1.9 lakh ...

    16 March 2026 Times of India
    'Drama queen': BJP leader Dilip Ghosh slams minister Shashi Panja after BJP-TMC clash in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: BJP leader Dilip Ghosh lashed out at West Bengal minister Shashi Panja, calling her a "drama queen" following a clash between workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Kolkata's Girish Park ...

    15 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘Outrageous, misogyny’: TMC slams Mithun’s remark on Didi

    Kolkata: Actor-politician Mithun Chakraborty's comment about CM Mamata Banerjee at the Brigade rally ahead of PM Narendra Modi's speech drew sharp criticism from Trinamool which called Chakraborty's comment "outrageous", "irresponsible" and indicative of "toxic misogyny".Chakraborty said: "(Last time) a ...

    15 March 2026 Times of India
    TMC lashes out at Modi, blames his politics for LPG crisis, price rise pain

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Saturday launched a sharp counterattack on PM Narendra Modi following his rally at the Brigade Parade Ground, accusing him of prioritising politics in Bengal, forcing people to queue up for LPGs and battle price rise.TMC MP ...

    15 March 2026 Times of India
    TMC, BJP vie for Nandigram legacy on martyrs’ day

    Nandigram: The "epicentre" of Bengal's land movement — Nandigram — turned into a theatre of competitive mobilisation on Saturday with BJP and Trinamool vying to claim the legacy of the 2007 martyrs.Early in the morning, state leader of opposition ...

    15 March 2026 Times of India
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