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  • Purulia worker’s Pune murder a barbaric hate crime: Mamata

    Kolkata/Purulia: CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the death of a 24-year-old migrant worker from Purulia in Pune was a hate crime, with the victim "hunted, tortured and murdered for his language, identity and roots". The Bengal govt ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    SPL returns 42 acres Uttarpara land to Bengal govt

    Kolkata: Shriram Properties Limited (SPL), a leading mid-market and mid-premium residential developer, through its subsidiary Bengal Shriram Hitech City, amicably resolved its long-pending commercial dispute with the state govt by returning 42 acres of land in Uttarpara.Shriram bought the ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘State to decide on convict’s early release’

    Kolkata: In the 2003 murder of two traders by Amjad, popularly known as the ‘butcher of Ghaziabad', and his accomplice outside a central Kolkata hotel, the Calcutta HC held that the "final" decision on his premature release lies with ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    TV screens flicker, phones buzz as Kol’s ‘Mini Bangladesh’ follows poll updates

    Kolkata: On Thursday afternoon, the television sets inside guesthouses and hotels along Marquis Street were tuned not to Bengali soaps or cricket matches, but to live election coverage from Bangladesh.Tourists stood outside tea shops and stores, scrolling through news ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    NGT hears plea against EKW encroachment

    Kolkata: A green activist has filed an application before the Eastern Bench of NGT, alleging illegal filling, conversion, and commercial exploitation of wetlands in Karimpur Mouza in South 24 Parganas. The wetlands, part of the sprawling EKW, is a ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Air India to adjust Rs25L interim payout against final settlement

    Kolkata: Air India will pay an additional Rs 10 lakh to families of victims whose final compensation works out to Rs 25 lakh or less. But the payout will happen only after the families sign a final settlement document, ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Energy transition hub launched to support coal-dependent eastern, NE states

    Kolkata: The Energy Transition Hub for the Eastern and Northeastern States (Ethens), a joint initiative of The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) and the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), was launched in Kolkata on Thursday to support coal-dependent regions as ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata sees 239% YoY rise in GCC leases: Report

    Kolkata: The city saw a 239% year-on-year growth in global capability centre (GCC) gross leasing volume (GLV) to 0.5 million sqft (5 lakh sqft) in 2025 up from 0.1 million MSF (1.5 lakh sqft) in 2024, according to Cushman ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Kabir takes out curtailed 22-km ‘Babri Yatra’

    Kolkata: Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir on Thursday took out a curtailed ‘Babri Yatra' from Palashi to Rejinagar. Kabir, who founded the Janata Unnayan Party after his suspension from Trinamool, has already started the construction of a ‘Babri Masjid' in ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Nurse found dead in Kanksa, family alleges murder

    Kanksa: A 24-year-old nurse was found dead on the ground floor of a multi-storeyed residential building in the Gopalpur area of Kanksa, West Burdwan district, on Wednesday night.Preliminary findings suggest the victim, Mandira Pal, fell from the eighth floor ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Bail for Nadia man who donated mom’s eyes

    Krishnanagar: In a significant turn in the controversy surrounding Amir Chand Sheikh's donation of his mother's eyes following her death, a local court in Nadia granted bail to Sheikh and four others of his family on Thursday.The judicial magistrate ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    NRS docs remove 2-cm seed lodged in 13-year-old’s airway

    Kolkata: In a swift, life-saving intervention, doctors from the department of pulmonary medicine at NRS Hospital removed a large seed — about 2 cm in size — lodged in the airway of a 13-year-old girl, restoring her breathing.The teenager ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    After max, min temp starts rising

    Kolkata: On Thursday, the maximum temperature dipped slightly, while the minimum temperature climbed in Kolkata. Met officials said that, apart from minor fluctuations, the mercury will continue to hover around the normal mark for at least the next one ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Travel now, post later: Kerala eyes Bengal for tourism boost

    Kolkata: Riding on a 10% rise in tourist inflow from Bengal last year, the tourism board of Kerala is intensifying its outreach in Kolkata and Bengal, positioning the state as a destination for mindful, experience-led travel under a new ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Awami League leaders in exile track B’desh polls from 2nd home in Kol

    Kolkata: Awami League leaders in exile in Kolkata, who spent sleepless nights over the past couple of days, heaved a sigh of relief after the election trends started coming in by Thursday evening. While they claimed that "real voter ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Police probe theft, vandalism and abuse at Chitpore computer centre

    Kolkata: A group of outsiders broke into a computer training centre in Chitpore and stole items from the institute, prompting police to register a case and launch a probe. The owner, a resident of Northern Avenue, also alleged that ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    HS: Stir over fewer classes, less prep time

    Kolkata: The fourth-semester Higher Secondary (HS) examinations began on Monday amid protests from students and parents over what they described as inadequate preparation time and fewer classroom sessions under the new semester system.The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Trial run starts on VIP Road Bailey bridge

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar traffic police has started conducting trial-run on the newly-constructed Bailey bridge connecting Salt Lake with VIP Road near Dakshindari before its formal opening. The trial-run will continue for a couple of days. On Thursday, traffic cops ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Can’t quash criminal cases on whims: HC

    Kolkata: The court cannot quash criminal cases on "whims and caprice", it can only be done in "rarest of rare cases", the Calcutta High Court held on Wednesday while refusing to quash a criminal case against a man accused ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Digha temple boom: E-auction keeps base price a notch below 20 cr/acre

    Kolkata: Less than a year after the inauguration of Jagannath Dham in Digha, which led to an unprecedented economic surge, the state govt is now on fast-track plans for further commercial expansion—more hotels and commercial establishments—at the seaside town.According ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Health body asks KP for dowry-arrest report

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Clinical Establishments Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) sought a detailed report from the Kolkata Police commissioner on a case in which a man was detained and later arrested while his wife was critical in hospital.According to a ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Teacher takes pic of paper, suspended

    Kolkata: A life science teacher from Mathurapur BSS High School in Malda was suspended by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) on Thursday for clicking photograph of the question paper of Madhyamik examination using a mobile phone ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    145-year-old DHR gets first woman ticket collector

    Siliguri: Sarita Yolmo (55) made history by becoming the first woman senior commercial-cum-ticket collector (CTC) to serve on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railways (DHR)—an Unesco-recognised world heritage site—in its 145 years of service. A resident of Sonada and currently living ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Indo-Bangla border set to open today after first election-day shutdown

    Bongaon: Petrapole wore an unfamiliar look on Thursday morning. The usually busy Indo-Bangla land border — a corridor that hums daily with the rumble of buses, the clang of truck gates and the chatter of travellers — lay deserted ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Unmapped voters: 72 hours before deadline, EC scraps morning notices

    Kolkata: Unmapped voters across the state are set to have a last chance to submit documents before Saturday hearing deadline. But, 72 hours before the deadline, confusion prevails over the same.The problem arose on Thursday morning with BLOs of ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Certs before birth, sibling age diff a month: ‘Super-checking’ throws up anomalies

    Kolkata: Observers identified several anomalies, such as siblings' age differences of less than 1 month and birth certificates issued before the date of birth, among others, while super-checking the uploaded data and documents of the electors in the ongoing ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    EC meet likely today on poll readiness

    Kolkata: The Election Commission is likely to hold a virtual meeting with its Bengal counterparts on Friday to formally set the ball rolling for the 2026 assembly polls.Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal will also meet DEOs, SPs, police commissioners and ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Green activist files NGT plea over illegal wetland conversion in East Kolkata Wetlands

    KOLKATA: An application has been filed before the Eastern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), alleging illegal filling, conversion, and commercial exploitation of wetlands in Karimpur Mouza under Narendrapur Police Station in South 24 Parganas. The wetlands, part ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Madhyamik ends today with optional papers

    Kolkata: With life science paper on Wednesday, major papers of Madhyamik ended with only optional papers left for Thursday, the last day of the state board Class X exam.The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education has over the past ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: Truffles were served at an Indian durbar in 1897

    Imagine being invited to dinner in India in 1897 and being handed a menu that reads like a Paris hotel flex. Historian Neha Vermani uncovered a royal card from the Maharaja of Baroda’s banquet for the Maharaja Scindia of ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Man impersonates doc to scam clinics, labs

    Kolkata: An imposter has allegedly been duping several people of cash by identifying himself as ENT and head and neck onco surgeon. On Wednesday, two days after the doctor, Indranil Chatterjee, lodged a police complaint, the man tried the ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Madhyamik ends today with optional papers

    Kolkata: With life science paper on Wednesday, major papers of Madhyamik ended with only optional papers left for Thursday, the last day of the state board Class X exam.The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education has over the past ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    3 held for attacking BJP MLA’s car

    Kolkata: Police on Wednesday arrested three persons in connection with the vandalism of a vehicle carrying BJP Bongaon North MLA Ashoke Kirtaniya's family at Beldanga near Gopalnagar in North 24-Parganas on Tuesday evening.Acting on a complaint lodged by the ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Muslims form bulk of SIR ‘logical discrepancy’ in south Kolkata seats, says study

    KOLKATA: A study of EC’s special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has found that Muslim voters form a disproportionately large share of those flagged under the “logical discrepancy” category in two politically significant assembly constituencies in south Kolkata, ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    US firm eyes Bengal startup JVs for AI-led transformation

    Kolkata: Publicis Sapient, which recently opened its first eastern India office in Kolkata, is eyeing joint ventures with local startups to drive AI-led digital transformation and enter Bengal's global capability centre (GCC) sector through similar tie-ups.Sanjay Menon, managing director ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Vivriti Asset Mgmt starts investment talks with Kol QSR chain

    Kolkata: Vivriti Asset Management, one of the country's leading mid-market private credit-focused asset management firms, has initiated discussions with a city-based QSR chain for investment. It is also in talks with a local FMCG and steel company for investment.Vivriti ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Bengal unemployment rate below national avg

    Kolkata: Bengal has the fifth lowest unemployment rate (UR) in the country at 3.6%, well below the national average of 4.8%, according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for Oct-Dec 2025 released by the Centre on Tuesday. Only ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Vande norms: Trinamool slams bid to pit Bankim against Tagore

    Kolkata: With Centre issuing official protocol for the rendition of ‘Vande Mataram', a political war of words has been triggered in Bengal, the birthplace of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, who penned the national song. While Trinamool said it would resist ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Bidhannagar Police to have more cams, cops on VIP Rd, Biswa Bangla Sarani for smooth traffic

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Police, led by commissioner Murlidhar Sharma, will add automatic number plate recognition cameras and speed cameras on VIP Road and Biswa Bangla Sarani in the next six months. All senior police officers, including ICs of traffic ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    CISCE launches portal to map and pay ICSE and ISC invigilators

    Kolkata: CISCE will monitor all its ICSE and ISC invigilators—right from deployment to duty—through new portal, ‘Integrated Payment System', which will be launched on Thursday. The CISCE Class XII exams or ISC will start on Thursday, while the Class ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    EC receives list of 78 high-rises for polling booths

    Kolkata: The EC has received a list of 78 high-rises, sent from the Bengal chief electoral officer's office, for setting up polling booths in the Assembly elections in the state."While rationalisation of polling stations, the commission will consider the ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Second marriage plaint: Hiran gets pre-arrest bail

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to actor and BJP MLA Hiranmoy Chattopadhyay, popularly known as Hiran, in a complaint filed by his wife for allegedly "illegally" getting married for the second time. Justice Jay ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    JU to hold ICC student representative elections in March

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University will hold elections for a students' representative in the internal complaints committee (ICC) between the second and third week of March.The ICC handles sexual harassment complaints and other forms of discrimination at workplaces. A JU official ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    HC seeks state affidavit on encroachment at Ananda Marga school

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court's Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench on Monday directed Bengal to file an affidavit stating that alleged encroachers had been removed from Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha's primary school in Cooch Behar, after the Samgha denied the state's ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    TMC-BJP war of words as Kabir starts building his ‘Babri masjid’

    Rejinagar/Kolkata: Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir, recently suspended from Trinamool, began the construction of the much-hyped ‘Babri Masjid-style' mosque in Murshidabad, prompting a war of words between TMC and BJP. Kabir, who recently floated the Janata Unnayan Party, announced that ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Fake chat’ posted on X: Bengal, Noida cops trade charges over accused ‘escape’

    Kolkata/Noida: Bengal police alleged on Wednesday a man they had detained in Noida for posting allegedly fake chats attributed to TMC MP Mahua Moitra on social media escaped due to political interference at a local police station. Noida cops ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Ahmedabad plane crash: Air India wants liability waiver, offers cash settlement

    KOLKATA: Air India is offering final monetary settlements to the families of those killed or injured in the Ahmedabad air crash in exchange for liability waivers for the airline, the aircraft and engine and electrical systems manufacturers, the Union ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Bengal spending only on dole, lagging on capex: Union minister

    Kolkata: Union minister Bhupendra Yadav on Wednesday said the Bengal govt was "constantly taking loans for capital expenditure" and did not have a concept of income."It (the state govt) has mortgaged the future of Bengal," Yadav said, adding that ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Adarsh Sir’ cannot be a caste slur even if said sarcastically: HC

    Kolkata: Calling someone ‘Adarsha Sir', even if sarcastically, is not an offence under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, the Calcutta High Court held on Wednesday, quashing a complaint against Sanskrit College and University's ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Duped 78-yr-old man seeks return of 4.8cr

    Kolkata: A 78-year-old resident of Salt Lake's HA Block has alleged he lost a large sum of money in an investment fraud between Oct 31, 2025 and Jan 2026. Though the FIR mentions he lost Rs 51.7 lakh, the ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    After nearly 3 months, city max temp approaches 30°C

    Kolkata: The maximum temperature in the city is inching towards 30°C after a gap of nearly three months. On Wednesday, the Alipore Met office recorded a maximum temperature of 29.2°C, the highest since Nov 22 last year. Met officials ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Bangladeshis in Kolkata on med visa keep an eye on elections back home

    Kolkata: With Bangladesh set to vote on Thursday in a crucial national election following political turmoil in June 2024, many Bangladeshi nationals currently in Kolkata on medical visa will be unable to return home to cast their ballots. Though ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Roses, chocolates, teddies: Commerce weds love ahead of Valentine’s Day

    Kolkata: There has been a sharp surge in the sale of flowers, gifts, soft toys, cakes and chocolates during the ongoing Valentine's Week celebrations that kicked off last Saturday. Popular food outlets across the city have receiving heavy pre-bookings ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Forum seeks Unesco tag for Vedic maths

    Kolkata: Kolkata-based Vedic Maths Forum, an institution that promotes Vedic mathematics, initiated a process through the Union govt to seek recognition of Vedic mathematics under Unesco's intangible cultural heritage (ICH) framework. The process started primarily after scrutiny by the ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Creativity & innovation at 3-day biennial school exhibition

    Kolkata: The biennial exhibition of South Point School and South Point High School was held on Jan 20, 21 and 22 at the South Point School premises and was inaugurated by artist Parag Roy on Jan 20. Open to ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Man files 20L theft plaint against help

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police registered a theft case against a house help, after a gold necklace worth Rs 20 lakh, was allegedly stolen from a trader's residence at South City Garden complex on BL Saha Road in Behala. The FIR ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Second marriage plaint: Hiran gets pre-arrest bail

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to actor and BJP MLA Hiranmoy Chattopadhyaya in a complaint filed by his wife for allegedly "illegally" getting married for a second time.Justice Jay Sengupta, however, directed him to appear ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Nurse betrays family during bereavement

    Kolkata: A 20-year-old nurse, Trisha Paul, whose service was terminated due to absenteeism by an ailing couple, aged 82 and 76, residing in Behala, visited the house days after her dismissal on the pretext of enquiring about "Dadu's" health. ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    New Mkt clock springs back to life after repairs

    Kolkata: As the clock hands turned to 3.45 in the afternoon, the bells rang out in unison, first the quarterly chime and then the five dongs. For those who had heard the bells of the century-old clock toll before ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Nurse’s betrayal during bereavement

    Kolkata: A 20-year-old nurse, Trisha Paul, whose service was terminated due to absenteeism by an ailing elderly couple, Nikhil Das (82) and Shilpi (76), residing in Behala, visited the house days after her dismissal on the pretext of enquiring ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Senior citizen clicks on fake link, loses 1.6L

    Kolkata: A 62-year-old New Town resident was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.6 lakh by fraudsters after her cellphone was compromised through a fraudulent credit card advertisement link on social media, police said.The victim lodged a complaint at Bidhannagar Cyber ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Final Bengal voters’ list on Feb 28, hearings end Feb 14

    Kolkata: Election Commission on Tuesday pushed back the publication of Bengal's final voters' list to Feb 28, extending the state's SIR schedule by 14 days. Within 24 hours, two Senior Deputy Election Commissioners — Gyanesh Bharti and Maneesh Garg ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    SUV carrying BJP MLAs’ kin attacked in Gopalnagar

    Kolkata: An SUV belonging to BJP's Bongaon North MLA Ashok Kirtania was vandalised on Tuesday evening at North 24 Parganas' Gopalnagar, with the MLA alleging that TMC workers were behind the attack. Family members of Kirtania and those of ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    JMB associate gets 8 years for 2018 sabotage bid

    Kolkata: A court on Monday sentenced Dilbar Hossain, an alleged close associate of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorist Jahidul Islam Mizan alias ‘Boma Mizan', to eight years of rigorous imprisonment after he pleaded guilty in a 2018 case linked to ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    ED arrests two in 170cr illegal coal mining case

    Kolkata: The ED on Tuesday arrested two people — Chinmay Mandal and Kiran Khan — for their alleged role in illegal extraction of coal, its transportation, and extorting legal collieries in the Asansol-Durgapur belt. The agency has traced Rs ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    I-T dept busts crypto laundering racket

    Kolkata: The Income Tax Department, probing a racket that converted illicit money into cryptocurrency, carried out searches at 20 locations across Kolkata, Siliguri, Nashik and Gurugram. Officials detected "hundreds of crores" parked in cryptocurrencies and other virtual digital assets, ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Clerical error’: Police clarifies move against X users after BJP protest

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police on Tuesday issued a clarification after BJP alleged misuse of police powers in seeking personal details of X users who had demanded the arrest of a BDO in connection with the murder of a Salt Lake ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Crooks dupe MTech student of 31.6 lakh

    Kolkata: An MTech student of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, alleged he was cheated of Rs 31.6 lakh in an investment fraud after being lured through WhatsApp into a fake stock trading platform.The complainant, a Rajarhat resident, approached Bidhannagar ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Former ONGC employee robbed of 8L

    Kolkata: A retired ONGC employee lodged a complaint of an alleged online fraud of Rs 8,10,001 after he was induced to download and fill up a form bearing an ONGC logo by a ‘current employee' of ONGC.The victim alleged ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Tea Board makes import quality tests a must from May 1

    Kolkata: To check the rampant import of tea, the Tea Board has directed that starting May 1, all import consignments of tea will be mandatorily tested to ensure quality. This will be done in accordance with standard operating procedure ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Orange Line in trouble after cops say no to traffic block at airport exit

    Kolkata: The city's Orange Line has hit a fresh hurdle, with Bidhannagar Police not granting sanction to the traffic diversion plan at the airport exit point to facilitate construction of the last 135-m leg of the link to the ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Yuva Sathi will roll out on Apr 1 instead of Aug 15

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt would roll out Yuva Sathi scheme from April 1, instead of Aug 15, chief minister Mamata Banerjee told reporters on Tuesday.The scheme, proposed in the vote-on-account, allows for Rs 1,500 direct cash transfer to unemployed ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Morning fire at Treasury Building, no casualty

    Kolkata: A fire broke out in the forest department's office on the fourth floor of Treasury Building in Alipore on Tuesday morning. No casualty was reported and no document was damaged. The office was empty at the time of ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Police stations get ramps for sr citizens, disabled

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police has started building ramps at all its police stations in the city to facilitate better access for senior citizens and persons with disabilities, following directions from the police commissioner Supratim Sarkar."Ramps are to be built at ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Smart scarecrows’ in Sundarbans to shield villages from straying tigers

    Kolkata: After nylon nets, solar lights and AI cameras, ‘smart scarecrows' have come to the Sundarbans to keep straying tigers at bay and check human-animal conflict.In 2024, there were at least 15 cases of tigers straying from the South ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Arrest may hit organ donation movement’

    Kolkata: The arrest of a schoolteacher in Nadia for allegedly selling his deceased mother's donated cornea sparked fear that such an action could hamper the pace of organ and tissue donation in Bengal. Voluntary grouos and doctors' bodies demanded ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek harps on ‘Two Indias’, one of which ‘brands you on food & language’

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday launched a sweeping and emotive attack on the BJP-led Union govt during the Lok Sabha discussion on the Union Budget, accusing it of institutionalising inequality, weakening federalism and deepening what he ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Row over micro-observers continues, some report to work but EC ‘yet to get list’

    Kolkata: The confusion over micro-observers continued on Tuesday, with the Bengal CEO's office claiming that they did not receive any formal list of 8,505 Group-B officers from the state. The EC also said details of those officers sought from ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Hawkers gobble up even Grand pedestrian channel

    Kolkata: After gobbling up Bertram Street and Humayun Place, a section of hawkers have shifted focus on a portion of Jawaharlal Nehru Road (in front of Oberoi Grand) that has been barricaded by cops for pedestrian movement. According to ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Jan air quality poorer than last yr’s, was unsafe on all 31 days last month’

    Kolkata: The city's winter air has been slipping into the danger zone in Jan since 2024, with a new analysis showing that the month has seen near-continuous breaches of national air-quality standards for both fine (PM2.5) and coarse particulate ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Jail custody for RG Kar ‘whistle-blower’ till Feb 17

    Kolkata: Former deputy superintendent of RG Kar Medical College, Akhtar Ali, was sent to judicial custody till Feb 17, after a special CBI court at Alipore rejected his bail plea. Ali surrendered before the court following a court order.Last ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    How does it help us, ask voters after 14-docu order at SIR’s 11th hour

    Kolkata: On Monday, the Supreme Court reiterated that all 13 documents specified by the EC and the Madhyamik admit card "shall be considered by the EROs when passing orders on the objections received in response to the notices served".But ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    24X7 helpline aid for Kol cybercrime victims

    Kolkata: With Kolkata Police registering 1,000 cases of cyber fraud — worth Rs 208 crore — monthly on an average, the cyber cell at Lalbazar has opened a new 24x7 helpline number to guide cybercrime victims.The number, 1800 345 ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    CBSE shifts to online evaluation for Class 12, short prep time a concern

    Kolkata: Ahead of the Board exams, CBSE has issued a circular stating that the evaluation system for Class 12 will be based on the on-screen marking (OSM) system, while Class 10 evaluation will continue to follow the manual system. ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Signature campaign by third genders against ‘SIR deletion’

    Kolkata: Alarmed at how the ongoing SIR failed to safeguard the constitutional right of trans and queer persons to vote, members of the trans and queer communities launched an online signature campaign to stop disenfranchising trans-queer voters in Bengal.TOI ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    EC to release centre in-charge for HS

    Kolkata: As this year's Higher Secondary examinations required more manpower to conduct 3 types of exams, govt officials appointed as centre-in-charge for 2,103 centres were released by the Election Commission.This was discussed at a meeting held on Tuesday by ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Smart scarecrows’ in Sundarbans to keep tigers away from villages, check conflict

    Kolkata: After nylon nets, solar lights and AI cameras, ‘smart scarecrows' have come to the Sundarbans to keep straying tigers at bay and check human-animal conflict.In 2024, there were at least 15 cases of tigers straying from the South ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Trans-border lease of life: Indian sister donates kidney for Bangladeshi brother

    KOLKATA: Swapan and Anupa Biswas are divided by man-made boundaries but tied by blood. When 43-year-old Swapan, a fish trader from Bangladesh, needed a kidney transplant, his elder sister Anupa, an Indian citizen, readily parted with one of her ...

    10 February 2026 Times of India
    School teacher attempts to end life, family blames SIR stress

    Kolkata: A booth level officer (BLO) and primary school teacher attempted suicide by hanging himself inside the school office on Monday in Bagdah, North 24 Parganas.Sarajit Haldar, posted as BLO for Pathuria Part 30 and a teacher at Pathuria ...

    10 February 2026 Times of India
    Samik in Delhi today as BJP’s poll prep intensifies

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP seniors are likely to meet the election management committee of the party next week to discuss the primary list of candidates. State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya, who flew to New Delhi on Monday, might meet Union ...

    10 February 2026 Times of India
    Nadia teacher held for ‘selling’ deceased mom’s donated eyes

    Krishnanagar (Nadia): A school teacher and social worker was arrested in Nadia following allegations that he sold his deceased mother's eyes instead of donating them. The teacher, however, has denied the allegations stating that he was in possession of ...

    10 February 2026 Times of India
    TMC, Kabir war of words over seizure of kin’s Rs 10cr assets

    Kolkata: Following a court order, police on Monday started seizing properties worth Rs 10 crore belonging to a relative of expelled Trinamool neta Humayun Kabir in a drug trafficking case. Bharatpur MLA Kabir — the founder of Janata Unnayan ...

    10 February 2026 Times of India
    Civic volunteer dies at training camp, colleagues protest poor pay

    Siliguri: A 36-year-old civic volunteer died under mysterious circumstances during a training programme at the Dabgram 12th Battalion camp in Phulbari on Monday. Pankaj Barman, posted at Mathabhanga police station in Cooch Behar, was found unresponsive in the barracks.The ...

    10 February 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: ‘Shell-shocked’ just got a brand new meaning

    You’ve heard of bad timing – but a recent ‘bomb scare’ in Toulouse, France, took it to another level. A 24-year-old man arrived at the Rangueil Hospital’s emergency unit in agony, only for doctors to find a live World ...

    10 February 2026 Times of India
    Durgapur gang-rape survivor rejoins med college

    Kolkata: Marking a win in a long-drawn battle against trauma, the Durgapur medical college student who survived a gang rape outside the campus last year, rejoined the institute on Monday, college authorities confirmed. Special public prosecutor Bivas Chatterjee, defence ...

    10 February 2026 Times of India
    OC injured as youths attack cops, 5 held

    Kolkata: At least four police personnel, including an officer in charge, were injured after a group of youths, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, attacked them at a cremation ground in the Gopalpur area of Haroa in North 24 ...

    10 February 2026 Times of India
    KMC goes soft on rooftop restos, to allow more time for fire measures

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) buildings department has decided to soften its stance on the closure of rooftop restaurants that failed to upgrade the mandatory fire safety norms within a specified time frame. Adopting a ‘go-slow' policy on ...

    10 February 2026 Times of India
    Meet complainants, respond promptly: Lalbazar to cops

    Kolkata: The Lalbazar top brass, led by Kolkata Police commissioner Supratim Sarkar, on Monday issued operational directives to improve public service delivery. OCs were asked to personally meet complainants as required, improve coordination among units, and manage police station ...

    10 February 2026 Times of India
    Another accident near Joka hosp claims a life

    Kolkata: Barely 26 hours after two MBBS students of ESI Hospital in Joka lost their lives in a bike accident on James Long Sarani while returning to their hostel in the early hours of Sunday, another person, a pillion ...

    10 February 2026 Times of India
    HC issues creche guidelines to host kids aged 6 months to 5 yrs

    Kolkata: Children aged 6 months to 5 years of Calcutta HC staff, lawyers and litigants will be accommodated in the creche facility on the HC premises, as per a guideline issued recently. The creche area will also have a ...

    10 February 2026 Times of India
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