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  • Bangladesh unrest spins trouble for garments industry in Bengal

    Kolkata: The fresh spate of violence in Bangladesh has put the textile and garments industry in Bengal in a fix. The total worth of cotton yarn, raw cotton, and fabric exported from India to Bangladesh is estimated to be ...

    28 December 2025 Times of India
    Molester arrested on Christmas night was security guard

    Kolkata: The man arrested for molesting a woman on Christmas night in the Survey Park area was a security guard who forcibly tried to kiss the woman while she was returning home from work. The woman and a group ...

    28 December 2025 Times of India
    One dead, another hurt in Burdwan accident

    Burdwan: The general manager of a private company was killed and another general manager critically injured when the car they were travelling in rammed into the rear of a stationary truck at the Banskhopa toll plaza in Burdwan on ...

    28 December 2025 Times of India
    CM: Bengalis facing targeted persecution in BJP-run states

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday launched a blistering attack on BJP, three days after the lynching of a young migrant worker from Murshidabad in Odisha, calling the lynching part of a wider pattern of targeted persecution of Bengali-speaking ...

    28 December 2025 Times of India
    Abhishek to meet CEC over SIR ‘harassment’, warns of street protests from Jan 2

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Saturday he would lead a party delegation to New Delhi on Dec 31 to meet the chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over alleged harassment and deaths linked to ...

    28 December 2025 Times of India
    Docs bat for more shelters for cancer patients’ kin

    Kolkata: The expansion of cancer treatment at govt and private facilities in Kolkata has led to an influx of patients to the city from various districts of Bengal, parts of eastern India, and Bangladesh. But low-cost accommodation for patients ...

    28 December 2025 Times of India
    SRFTI to make docu on JC Bose with info from unused archives

    Kolkata: Bose Institute has discovered some unused archival material on Jagadish Chandra Bose. Now, the institute has signed an agreement with Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) to make a documentary on the scientist to share the fresh ...

    28 December 2025 Times of India
    City bars, restaurants get ready with food festivals, new menus & offers to lure crowd

    Kolkata: Restaurants and bars across Kolkata are getting ready to attract visitors on New Year's Eve with special dishes, food festivals, and offers on alcohol to ensure that their patrons venture out on the night despite crowds on the ...

    28 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Police uses weekend traffic to fine-tune city centre plans for yr-end

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police got an early preview of the New Year traffic situation as thousands of revellers poured into city hotspots over the last weekend of the year. Locations from Alipore zoo and Princep Ghat to Eco Park and ...

    28 December 2025 Times of India
    Puppies burned to death in Hwh for whimpering in cold, locals protest

    Howrah: Around four men brutally burned five puppies to death after they cried out in the cold on Friday night in the Hatpukur area under the Jagacha police station of Howrah City Police. The incident has sparked an uproar ...

    28 December 2025 Times of India
    Min temp stays below 13°C, New Year’s Eve likely to be less chilly

    Kolkata: The city woke up to yet another chilly morning as the minimum temperature dipped to 12.8°C on Saturday, making it the coldest day of the season so far. The city recorded a minimum of 12.9°C on Friday. While ...

    28 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Police uses weekend traffic to fine-tune city centre plans for yr-end

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police got an early preview of the New Year traffic situation as thousands of revellers poured into city hotspots over the last weekend of the year. Locations from Alipore zoo and Princep Ghat to Eco Park and ...

    28 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Y+’ security for Bengal CEO, CISF personnel to guard office

    Kolkata: The home ministry has decided to provide ‘Y+' category security to Bengal chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal as there were regular agitations at the CEO's office. On Nov 24, there was a breach of security during the protests ...

    28 December 2025 Times of India
    Airport, armed with CAT-III tech, fields fog diversions from Dhaka, N-E

    Kolkata: The availability of Category (CAT) III Instrument Landing System (ILS) for the primary runway at Kolkata airport has ensured uninterrupted operations this winter, despite the city experiencing fog on multiple days during the week. On Thursday, a low ...

    28 December 2025 Times of India
    Woman in a fix over biological dad’s docus

    Ranaghat: An emotionally-charged scene unfolded at the Ranaghat SDO office on Saturday during the first day of hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process when a 28-year-old woman broke down in tears after being asked to furnish documents ...

    28 December 2025 Times of India
    Kol housing sales decline 12% in ’25, reflect similar trend in major cities

    Kolkata: In 2025, Kolkata's real estate market faced a notable shift, with housing sales dropping by 12% to around 16,125 units from 18,335 units in 2024. This decline reflects a broader trend across India's top seven cities, where sales ...

    28 December 2025 Times of India
    EC to cancel ‘erroneous’ notices to over 1.3 lakh voters

    Kolkata: The EC has decided to give relief to over 1.3 lakh voters, who were erroneously issued hearing notices after their names, though present in the 2002 SIR, failed to appear in the BLO App due to technical glitches. ...

    28 December 2025 Times of India
    Language, long queues key worries on 1st hearing day

    Kolkata: From language barriers to waiting in long queues, electors in Kolkata faced multiple problems on the first day of hearing.The voters who were called in for hearings on Saturday at Ganabhavan near Sovabazar complained that the EC officials ...

    28 December 2025 Times of India
    Discrepancies, not so logical, dog SIR, voters cry harassment

    Kolkata: Even though the draft SIR roll has no mismatch, details of many voters uploaded in EC's databse reportedly have discrepancies. After identifying the mismatch between the draft SIR list and the list in the system, the EC instructed ...

    28 December 2025 Times of India
    Abhishek lays out TMC poll strategy, flags ‘aggressive climate’

    Kolkata: With Trinamool Congress set to kick off its campaign for the 2026 assembly elections from the very first day of the new year, Abhishek Banerjee, the party's national general secretary, outlined the party's campaign strategy and laid out ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    Love or other motive? Bangladeshi youth crosses border to ‘meet girlfriend’; arrested

    KOLKATA: A 25-year-old Bangladeshi national was arrested on Friday after illegally crossing into India to meet his girlfriend in Basirhat. The arrested youth was identified as Rayhan Kabir, 25, of Sirajganj in Bangladesh. Police said he had entered India ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Time to rectify my mistake’: Actor Parno Mitra joins TMC

    Kolkata: Actor and former BJP member Parno Mitra joined Trinamool Congress on Friday, months ahead of the Bengal assembly polls, saying, "People make mistakes, as did I. It was time to rectify." State minister Chandrima Bhattacharya and party spokesperson ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    Ahead of Shah visit, MLA ‘remark’ against Shantanu worries state BJP

    Kolkata: Merely three days before Union home minister Amit Shah's scheduled visit to Bengal, state BJP netas are still speaking in many voices, causing discomfort in party ranks. The latest in the list of such comments has come from ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    'Religious songs not allowed': Another Bengal singer alleges ‘harassment’ over choice of song at event

    KRISHNAGANJ (NADIA): Days after a controversy erupted over alleged harassment for her choice of song by singer Lagnajita Chakraborty, another singer has spoken out against similar "harassment" on social media.Folk singer Madhubanti Mukhopadhyay alleged that while she was performing ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    Sr BSF officers review security prep along India-B’desh border in N Bengal

    Jalpaiguri: Senior BSF officers have reviewed the overall security and operational preparedness at India–Bangladesh border areas under the jurisdiction of the North Bengal Frontier of BSF.According to sources, officers recently visited multiple advance posts and inspected the readiness of ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    No fin dept nod, state nixes agri recruitment drive

    Kolkata: State govt has directed the agricultural marketing department to scrap the recruitment process of 26 contractual engineers as it was started without the approval of the finance department. Nabanna has asked the department to submit a report by ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    Ex-bank staffer loses 26L to cyber crooks, alert saves 17L

    Kolkata: Quick coordination between a public sector bank and the West Bengal Cyber Crime Wing stopped an online investment fraud and saved a retired bank official from losing another Rs 16.6 lakh in a fake trading scheme, where he ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    27-year-old rams bike into shop, dies

    Kolkata: A 27-year-old motorcyclist, Emmanuel Ghosh, died in a late-night crash in Haridevpur on Friday. Police said Ghosh, a resident of Purba Putiary in Regent Park area, was returning from a Christmas party when he lost control of his ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    Two New Town residents duped of 21.4L in online scams

    Kolkata: A 34-year-old woman from New Town Rajarhat, Sumitra Singh, fell victim to an online investment scam and lost Rs 19.4 lakh.Singh, originally hailing from Coochbehar, lodged a complaint at the Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police Station on Wednesday. She ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    First in India: IIT-Kgp to roll out master’s course in Indian Knowledge System

    Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur is set to roll out a master's programme (MS) in Indian Knowledge System (IKS), the first such course in the country, in June 2026.The course, being launched as part of the Platinum Jubilee Year celebrations of ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    US-Europe too costly as rupee falls, Kolkata tourists fly to foreign shores closer home

    Kolkata: The falling rupee is quietly changing the way Kolkatans travel this winter. As overseas holidays linked to the US dollar become costlier, travellers are reshaping their travel plans and opting for shorter, well-budgeted international trips that offer easy ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Will tear India’s foundation’: Abhishek slams BJP leadership for promoting division

    Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday attacked the BJP-led Centre by citing former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's principle of "Raj Dharma". Banerjee claimed that the present BJP leadership had forgotten the idea of "Raj Dharma" and ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    Five arrested for stealing 1L

    Kolkata: Police arrested five members of a pickpocket gang in the past 24 hours. On Friday, they were presented before the Bankshall Court. Police said that they were reportedly involved in stealing Rs 1 lakh from a person's bag ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Selective discrimination’ against IndiaMART, HC tells OpenAI

    Kolkata: The exclusion of IndiaMART's website and listing from ChatGPT is a prima facie example of "selective discrimination" against the Indian business-to-business aggregator, the Calcutta High Court has said.IndiaMART — one of India's largest online B2B marketplaces connecting buyers ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    Fireworks display on Old Digha beach to usher in new year

    Digha: The Digha Sankarpur Development Authority (DSDA) has suspended the "Olympic-style" musical fireworks display scheduled for Dec 31 following concerns of safety in the wake of a huge surge in tourists at the seaside town. Instead, the Digha Sankarpur ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    No blanket shutdown, cops to keep Park St traffic moving on NY Eve

    Kolkata: Buoyed by what it described as a smooth and largely disruption-free Christmas, Kolkata Police has decided against a blanket shutdown of Park Street on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Instead, they will use flexible, situation-based traffic ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    Rashid Khan’s son cancels Bangladesh concert in protest, faces online backlash

    Kolkata: Vocalist Armaan Khan, son of Ustad Rashid Khan, faced severe backlash following the cancellation of his concert in Bangladesh. He said he was targeted by online trolls after expressing that true Islam promotes peace and does not condone ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Mini Bangla’ hopes for better relations after Rahman return

    Kolkata: A day after Bangladesh Nationalist Party's acting president Tarique Rahman returned to Bangladesh, sparking hope of improvement in the India-Bangladesh bilateral relationship, Bangladeshis in Kolkata looked forward to an easing of visa restrictions in the months to come.Marquis ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    Dust from damaged Salt Lake roads leads to breathing distress

    Kolkata: The battered roads in Salt Lake, which have been a sore point for residents for months now, have become the cause for yet another problem—the high level of dust pollution caused by the damaged stretches have been causing ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    Arrest warrant against BDO in murder case

    Kolkata: A Salt Lake court on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Rajganj BDO Prasanta Barman in connection with a gold trader murder case. The warrant came a day after the 72-hour deadline set by the Calcutta High Court ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Homebound’ co-author rubbishes charge of plagiarism, stresses Ray influence

    Kolkata: Sumit Roy, the Bengali scriptwriter who co-authored ‘Homebound', has addressed the allegations of plagiarism concerning India's submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the Oscars. Roy pointed out the film was deeply influenced by Satyajit Ray ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    Beckbagan protest, rallies choke central Kol traffic

    Kolkata: Three days after the protest by several right-wing organisations against the murder of Dipu Das turned violent near the Bangladesh deputy high commission office, opposition leader of the state legislative assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Friday took out a ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    30-min power supply trip plunges 3 Yellow Line stations into darkness

    Kolkata: Metro passengers about to alight at Yellow Line's Dum Dum Cantonment, Jessore Road or Airport stations on Friday evening were shocked as their trains came to a halt at a spot, completely engulfed in darkness. Many initially thought ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    At 13.7°C, city wakes up to coldest day so far this season

    Kolkata: The minimum temperature in Kolkata dropped to 13.7 degrees Celsius on Thursday, making it the coldest day so far this season and the second coldest Christmas in a decade. Kolkata is likely to wake up to a colder ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    Noisy celebrations reported across Kolkata pockets

    Kolkata: Firecracker revelry marked Christmas Eve celebrations across Kolkata on Wednesday night, with most neighbourhoods adhering to restrictions but a few pockets witnessing violations. Bursting of fireworks and crackers was reported from Kasba, Jadavpur, Thakurpukur and Budge Budge, drawing ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    Min temp dips further to 12.9°C, Met spies slight rise next week

    Kolkata: The city woke to another chilly morning on Friday when the mercury plunged to yet another low for the season. The minimum temperature slipped to the 12-degree bracket for the first time this winter in the city. While ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    BLO dies, another goes missing amid SIR notices

    Kolkata: A BLO from N Dinajpur's Chopra, Bipin Toppo (45), died on Friday morning. While his family claimed SIR pressure, sources said he had high blood pressure and was under medication. A 37-year-old BLO, Amit Kumar Mondal of Katwa, ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    Face jail up to a yr for giving fake docus in hearing: CEO

    Kolkata: Bengal chief electoral officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal on Friday warned that anyone submitting bogus or fake documents to enrol as a voter would face up to one year's imprisonment. The warning came on the eve of hearing process ...

    27 December 2025 Times of India
    Sreebhumi, Patuli vie with city heart to play Pied Piper on Christmas Day

    Kolkata: Park Street, the city's iconic party avenue, came alive on Christmas Day as revellers from across Kolkata and its fringes gathered to celebrate the festive season. Many Kolkatans began their day exploring the city's other popular spots — ...

    26 December 2025 Times of India
    20-year-old Bengali migrant ‘branded as Bangladeshi’ lynched in Odisha

    SUTI (MURSHIDABAD): A 20-year-old villager from Suti, the only son of his parents, who went to work as a mason in Odisha’s Sambalpur just five days ago — his first job outside Bengal — was on Tuesday night lynched ...

    26 December 2025 Times of India
    Rose, tulsi...: If chai isn't purely from tea plant, you can't call it tea, says FSSAI

    KOLKATA: Are you hooked on ‘herbal tea’? Do you unwind sipping on ‘flower tea’?Your favourite hot beverages have suddenly lost their ‘tea’ tag, though their appeal is set to endure.The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued ...

    26 December 2025 Times of India
    PM interacts with hockey prodigy from Kalimpong

    Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who interacted virtually with sportspersons from across the country on Thursday—the final day of the Sansad Khel Mahotsav—held an extended interaction with players from the state. His conversation with school-going hockey player Gunvansh Chhetri ...

    26 December 2025 Times of India
    Trinamool slams Centrefor attacks on Christians

    Kolkata/New Delhi: Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha leader Derek O'Brien, who has been vocal in criticising the Centre over attacks on Christians, on Thursday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who attended a Christmas prayer service at the ...

    26 December 2025 Times of India
    Class 4 boy hurt in bomb blast

    Kolkata: Tension gripped Khorimachan village in the Basanti area of South 24 Parganas after a class 4 student was seriously injured in a blast late on Wednesday night. The boy, Kaulu Gayen, is undergoing treatment at SSKM Hospital.According to ...

    26 December 2025 Times of India
    Steady breeze keeps Kol air clean

    Kolkata: Air quality in most parts of Kolkata on Thursday even as temperatures dipped. A steady breeze through the day helped disperse accumulated pollutants, preventing the kind of winter stagnation that typically pushes air quality into the ‘very poor' ...

    26 December 2025 Times of India
    HC directs KMC to file affidavit on tree-felling at Theatre Rd park

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen directed the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to file an affidavit on the complaints of illegal tree felling at McPherson Square on Theatre ...

    26 December 2025 Times of India
    English is the last dept that can be called ‘Islamophobic’, say JU profs

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University English department was the last department that could be called ‘Islamophobic', pointed out teachers from the department, opposing the protest by some students at the convocation on Wednesday. Some JU English students walked up to the ...

    26 December 2025 Times of India
    Christmas sermons call for unity, urge rejection of fear and intolerance

    Kolkata: Sermons delivered in churches across Kolkata on Christmas emphasised unity in diversity and highlighted how Christ's message of empathy and inclusion remains deeply relevant in today's social and political climate. They urged believers to move beyond intolerance and ...

    26 December 2025 Times of India
    Kol group takes relief to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka

    Kolkata: A software engineer-turned-social entrepreneur from the city and his team members visited the Cyclone Ditwah-hit parts of Sri Lanka recently. They handed over relief materials to around 800 affected families. The social entrepreneur, Sourav Mukherjee, who has founded ...

    26 December 2025 Times of India
    One arrested after clashes at Thakurbari

    Kolkata: One person was arrested on Thursday in connection with the assault on Matua protesters at Thakurbari. Violence broke out on Wednesday when supporters of an AIMM (All India Matua Mahasangha) faction backed by the Trinamool Congress were allegedly ...

    26 December 2025 Times of India
    Won’t fight polls, if BJP tells me not to: Suvendu

    Kolkata: Stressing his commitment to BJP, Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari said on Thursday he would not contest polls and focus entirely on campaign if the party so desired. Adhikari, who vowed never to desert BJP, said the ...

    26 December 2025 Times of India
    Durga Angan site shifts, new plot in New Town ‘bigger, more suitable’

    Kolkata: The site for Durga Angan, the temple complex dedicated to Durga, has suddenly been changed, from a plot opposite Eco Park in New Town to a new piece of land opposite the New Town bus terminus in Action ...

    26 December 2025 Times of India
    Esplanade, S Kol restos play tug of war with Park Street

    Kolkata: Christmas evening footfall spilled over to central and south Kolkata restaurants and bars, dispersing the festive dining crowds far and wide. Even as Park Street, the epicentre of celebrations, was shut to vehicular traffic at 5:40 pm on ...

    26 December 2025 Times of India
    Awami League seniors in hiding track Tarique Rahman’s return

    Kolkata: While the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's acting chairman, Tarique Rahman, returned to Bangladesh after 17 years amid a massive show of BNP's strength in Dhaka on Thursday, Awami leaders in exile felt that Rahman's return would only give "political ...

    26 December 2025 Times of India
    EC desperate to reduce logical discrepancy hearings

    Kolkata: The Election Commission is desperate to reduce ‘logical discrepancy' hearings and has identified 12-13 lakh cases with spelling mistakes in names of their fathers.It has instructed BLOs to correct the spelling in the draft SIR roll to ensure ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    Belgachia dumpyard: State submits Rs 200cr action plan to NGT

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt placed a detailed, time-bound action plan before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, to address the deepening solid-waste management crisis at the saturated Belgachia dumpyard in Howrah — long flagged by experts as ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    Belgachia dumpyard: State submits Rs 200cr action plan to NGT

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt placed a detailed, time-bound action plan before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, to address the deepening solid-waste management crisis at the saturated Belgachia dumpyard in Howrah — long flagged by experts as ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    SIR nixes holiday plans of BLO families

    Kolkata: Winter holiday plans of the families of several booth level officers (BLOs) have gone awry due to the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) exercise. The BLOs, who are mostly school teachers, rued that they planned trips out of ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    CM to lay foundation stone of Durga Angan on Monday

    Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will lay the foundation stone of Durga Angan, a temple complex dedicated to Durga, in New Town on Monday.To be built on a 15-acre plot opposite Eco Park at an estimated cost of Rs ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    Bengal crowned overall champions

    Kolkata: Bengal established itself as the undisputed powerhouse of Indian finswimming as they clinched the overall champion title at the 5th National Finswimming Championship that concluded at the International Swimming Pool, Yemmekera in Mangalore. This was Bengal's fifth consecutive ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    Abhishek to brief 1L BLAs; eyes on 35 low-margin seats

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will hold a virtual meeting with over 1 lakh party booth-level agents (BLAs), with a special focus on 35 assembly segments that witnessed a victory margin of 5,000 votes or less ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    HC relief for 313 GTA teachers, cancellation or regularisation stayed

    Kolkata/Darjeeling: The Jalpaiguri circuit bench of Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted a 12-week interim stay on the cancellation of regularisation of 313 voluntary teachers in schools run by Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA), holding prima facie that the alleged ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    State allocates over 200 acres for industrial projects

    Kolkata: The state cabinet on Wednesday allocated over 200 acres of land in various industrial parks to accommodate several projects. State finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya said the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC) had allocated 0.42 acres in the ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    State plans bill to retain 66 Howrah civic body wards

    Kolkata: Sources at Nabanna said the state cabinet, at its meeting on Wednesday, approved a proposal to keep 66 wards in the Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) area, instead of reducing the number to 50, reports Debashis Konar. To implement ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    Kabir fields uncle as JUP candidate from Ballygunge

    Kolkata: Sources at Nabanna said the state cabinet, at its meeting on Wednesday, approved a proposal to keep 66 wards in the Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) area, instead of reducing the number to 50. To implement the decision, a ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    GST killing MSMEs, has lost its purpose, says Amit Mitra

    Kolkata: Amit Mitra, principal chief adviser to CM Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday said GST in its current form had lost the purpose for which it was rolled out."At the Bengal Business Conclave, Mamata Banerjee expressed her anguish over the ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    State clears JSW’s 1,600MW expansion to meet power demand

    Kolkata: To meet the growing demand for electricity in Bengal, the state govt on Wednesday approved the second phase of the JSW Energy power project, which was announced during the Business and Industry Conclave last week. The project was ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    Matua factions clash over jr Union min’s voter deletion remark, 12 hurt

    Kolkata: Twelve members of the All India Matua Mahasangh (AIMM) faction loyal to Trinamool were injured on Wednesday after being assaulted by a rival faction, allegedly backed by BJP, in Bongaon's Thakurbari during a protest against a comment by ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    Had to play mute to escape from violence-torn B’desh: Tabla player

    Kolkata: Tabla player Mainak Biswas and photographer Kallab Ghosh, who accompanied sarodia Shiraz Ali Khan for his Chhayanaut concert on Dec 19, found themselves in a precarious situation in Dhaka after the event was cancelled. They recount the 48 ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    19 held for vandalism, cop attack near Bangla mission

    Kolkata: Nineteen people, including seven women, were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly attacking police personnel and damaging public property during a violent protest near the Bangladesh deputy high commission in central Kolkata, police said. On Wednesday, an Aipore court ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    Bhatnagar award for IISER prof

    Kalyani: Dibyendu Das, from the department of chemical sciences at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, was conferred the Vigyan Yuva Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2025 by President Droupadi Murmu at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    Schoolkids field questions from environment to astronomy at 3rd edition of IndianOil Science Quiz

    Kolkata: The Kolkata round of the IndianOil Science Quiz 3.0 was conducted at GD Birla Sabhagar auditorium on Tuesday, Dec 23, with 112 schools from Kolkata and its surroundings, including Siliguri, Bhubaneswar, Ranchi, Purulia and Kishanganj, as participants. The ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    Sunrise cab trips to Tiger Hill resume

    Darjeeling: Tourists have started flocking Tiger Hill sunrise point again after the United Forum of Drivers — an umbrella body representing hill-based taxi operators — lifted its ‘indefinite ban' on sunrise trips that came into effect from Dec 19. ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    Music, spl cuisines keep drawing crowds to Park St

    Kolkata: Music, specially curated traditional Christmas dishes like turkey and duck roast, and special offers on food and drinks drew thousands to Park Street. Kolkata's party hub throbbed with revellers who swarmed the pavements since late afternoon on Christmas ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    Hijab protest on JU convocation dais

    Kolkata: A poster reading ‘No space for Islamophobia in JU' appeared towardsthe end of the Jadavpur University convocation held on Wednesday. First-year PG students of the English department, who were receiving their UG degrees, were protesting against an incident ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    Other areas not peripheral to celebration as ‘mini Park Streets’ come up across city

    Kolkata: On Christmas Eve the service road between Lake Town and Sreebhumi on VIP Road was packed with groups of young revellers, and visitors from across Kolkata. Fairy lights stretched overhead, food stalls did brisk business and Christmas carols ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    Park Street closes for traffic after crowd surge

    Kolkata: Christmas Eve brought central Kolkata to a crawl as Park Street turned into the city's biggest open-air celebration zone. Park Street had to be closed for traffic at 8.25 pm as people spilled over to the streets.Waves of ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    Breather for Darj revellers: HC lifts ban on Glenary’s bar till Jan 12

    Darjeeling/Kolkata: The Jalpaiguri circuit bench of Calcutta High Court on Wednesday temporarily lifted the ban on the sale of liquor at the iconic Glenary's in Darjeeling, starting from 5 pm on Wednesday until Jan 12. The court observed, "There ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    20 voters, wrongly marked ‘deleted’, ‘dead’, denied forms

    Kolkata: At least 20 voters from the Behala West assembly constituency, mostly from the Roy Bahadur Road area, were not given any enumeration form though their names were in the 2025 electoral roll, published in Jan. Nine of them ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    Over 100 micro-observers cry off SIR hearing duty

    Kolkata: More than 100 micro-observers sought relief from SIR duties, hours after they were appointed by the EC, citing reasons, like family occasions, parents' illness, job exams and far-away postings. The applications were submitted to Bengal chief electoral officer ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    Refund effort: Satadru face to face with ticket platform VP

    Kolkata: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the mayhem that broke out at Salt Lake Stadium during football star Lionel Messi's visit on Dec 13, on Wednesday brought the main event organiser, Satadru Dutta, face to face with a ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    Protest over Aniket posting delay

    Kolkata: A team from the West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front that went to Swasthya Bhawan on Wednesday alleged that they were denied entry. They went to find out why no posting order for anaesthesiologist Aniket Mahata was issued, even ...

    25 December 2025 Times of India
    Shantanu’s ‘OK if 1L Matua names deleted’ remark triggers fresh fear

    Kolkata: A statement by junior Union minister Shantanu Thakur on Monday, hinting at one lakh Matua deletions from voter rolls following SIR, has led to fresh unease in the already anxious Matua belt in Bengal.Speaking at a public meeting ...

    24 December 2025 Times of India
    3 of 9 convicted in Hanskhali gang-rape case get life in jail

    Ranaghat: A Ranaghat trial court on Tuesday sentenced three persons to life behind bars in the gang rape of a minor, who died of her injuries, in Nadia's Hanskhali in 2022.The lifers — Brajagopal Gayali, Prabhakar Poddar and Ranjit ...

    24 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Dropped because I am a Hindu’: Humayun Kabir removes influencer Nisha Chatterjee from candidate list, cites ‘inappropriate social media posts’

    KOLKATA/BEHRAMPORE: In less than 24 hours after Humayun Kabir announced the name of social media influencer Nisha Chatterjee as his Janata Unnayan Party's Ballygunge candidate, the Bharatpur MLA dropped her, citing her "inappropriate social media posts". Chatterjee has threatened ...

    24 December 2025 Times of India
    TMC team meets Bengal CEO, urges easing of hearing burden

    Kolkata: TMC on Tuesday urged the EC to introduce online hearings and electronic document submission, for easing voters of the SIR hearing burden. It also urged the election panel to make hearings simpler for senior citizens, migrant workers, daily ...

    24 December 2025 Times of India
    Police file suo motu FIR against protesting BLOs

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Tuesday registered a suo motu FIR against the BLOs protesting outside the Bengal election commission's.DC (Central) Indira Mukherjee confirmed the development and said that the sections included assaulting or using criminal force against public servants ...

    24 December 2025 Times of India
    Christmas gift: New Market clock tower restored ahead of deadline

    Kolkata: The restoration of the New Market clock tower was completed three days before the Christmas Day deadline the civic authorities set for the privately funded project. Father-son duo Anjan and Saptarshi Mitra of the firm Appropriate Alternative, who ...

    24 December 2025 Times of India
    Eateries, bars get ready for year’s final rush

    Kolkata: Footfall is expected to soar and reach unprecedented levels across Park Street, central and south Kolkata restaurants on Christmas Eve on Wednesday. While festive hot spots, including Park Street and shopping malls, have been swarmed by revellers since ...

    24 December 2025 Times of India
    Control rooms on 2 watchtowers, 2,500 cops to keep eye on Park St

    Kolkata: Park Street will turn into a large arena for Christmas gala from Wednesday afternoon, but under the watchful eyes of police with 2,000 personnel being assigned to Park Street along and another 500 for the periphery. Not taking ...

    24 December 2025 Times of India
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