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Bengal: Only 6.6% of 1.4cr SIR hearings over; EC has 25 days to go for deadline
KOLKATA:Only 9.3 lakh Bengal voters have attended hearings for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in 18 days since Dec 27, leaving just 25 days for the Election Commission to complete the process for a staggering ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaICDMAI marks a milestone in AI and Data Mining innovation
KOLKATA: The 10th International Conference on Data Management, Analytics and Innovation (ICDMAI 2026) concluded on Saturday at St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, reinforcing its role as a key platform linking academic research with industry requirements in the rapidly evolving fields ...
14 January 2026 Times of India'Extraordinary sign of bullying': ED vs TMC in Calcutta HC over I-PAC raids; agency claims Mamata Banerjee committed offence
KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Wednesday heard petitions filed by the Enforcement Directorate and the Trinamool Congress related to the central agency’s recent raids at the offices of political consultancy firm I-PAC.During the hearing, the Enforcement Directorate sought ...
14 January 2026 Times of India‘It’s BJP vs people of Bengal’: Abhishek’s election call as he parades 9 ‘dead’ voters
Kolkata: Framing the upcoming electoral contest as "BJP versus the people of Bengal", Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said at a public rally in Cooch Behar on Tuesday, urging voters to ensure a complete rout of BJP in ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaAhead of PM rally, BJP netas reach out to Malda locals, speak of stalled projects
Kolkata: Days before PM Narendra Modi's scheduled Jan 17 rally at Malda, Bengal BJP netas on Tuesday started sending invitation letters to locals. Senior state BJP netas have also started campaigns in north Bengal to showcase centrally sponsored projects.On ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaSuvendu in HC, seeks CBI probe into convoy attack
Chandrakona: Leader of the opposition in Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday led a rally in West Midnapore's Chandrakona Road to protest against the attack on his convoy three days back. Adhikari also moved Calcutta HC demanding a CBI ...
14 January 2026 Times of India‘Form 7’ row: TMC slams bid to delete names, BJP cries refusal
Bankura: The political temperature over SIR soared on Tuesday after Trinamool workers chased and stopped an SUV in Bankura's Khatra in which BJP workers were travelling with thousands of pre-filled Form 7, which is used to register objection to ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaI-PAC hearing will be live-streamed, says HC, bars crowd
Kolkata: After courtroom chaos stalled the earlier proceedings on the ED-I-PAC case and Trinamool Congress's counter-petition, the Calcutta High Court, in an order on Tuesday, said the Jan 14 hearing will be live-streamed and none other than those pleading ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaCoal smuggling nexus: ED notice to 6 traders
Kolkata: The ED, probing illegal coal mining in Bengal, on Tuesday sent summonses to six coal traders who were allegedly involved in the coal smuggling nexus. At least three of the six have been under the radar of central ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaCops speak to security officers at I-PAC’s office
Kolkata: Police on Tuesday spoke to security officers present during ED's search at the I-PAC office at Godrej Waterside building in Sector V. This also included the security officer who was present at I-PAC's 11th floor office.The police will ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaSamik in HC, seeks ‘100% central forces’ at 42k booths
Kolkata: BJP state president Samik Bhattacharyya moved the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday, urging the court to order that security of 42,000 booths in Bengal be managed only by central forces. Citing past incidents of poll violence, Bhattacharyya filed ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaCal HC orders SFIO to investigate Rose Valley assets attached by ED
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed Centre to order the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) to investigate Rose Valley assets worth Rs 1,171 crore attached by ED across the country, and submit a comprehensive report within a month.The ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaBengal govt to present interim budget next month
Kolkata: Budget session for Bengal assembly has been scheduled in the first week if Feb, parliamentary affairs minister Sovandeb Chattopadhyay said on Tuesday. The exact date for the presentation of the interim budget, however, has not been finalised yet, ...
14 January 2026 Times of India75-year-old just discharged from hosp, 104-year-old in SIR queue
Behrampore: Age or ill health did not seem to be good enough reasons to spare the old and the ailing an appearance for SIR hearing. While 104-year-old Haru Sheikh had to attend a hearing on Tuesday, Monowara Bibi (75), ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaEC to appoint 294 senior micro-observers for Bengal SIR
Kolkata: The EC is set to deploy 294 senior micro-observers for the SIR exercise in Bengal at Assembly constituency levels. They will be appointed from among central govt officers of Group A level or above and equivalent officers of ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaFailed to upgrade fire safety norms, 27 rooftop restos to get KMC notices
Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation identified 27 rooftop restaurants that did not upgrade their fire safety norms, according to guidelines set by a state fire safety committee. These errant restaurants were caught off guard during an inspection by a ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaAll book fair stalls to have fire extinguishers
Kolkata: All stalls at the upcoming International Kolkata Book Fair at the Salt Lake Central Park fairground will be provided with fire extinguishers to tackle any situation in case of a fire exigency, along with a strengthened fire-fighting system. ...
14 January 2026 Times of India‘Even killers get a hearing’: 54 lakh names struck off voter rolls without notice, says CM Mamata Banerjee
KOLKATA: About 54 lakh Bengal voters have been deleted from electoral rolls without being given a chance to defend themselves, CM Mamata Banerjee alleged on Tuesday adding that even murderers are given a hearing by courts.The voters that Banerjee ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaNipah alert in West Bengal: Pune lab confirms 2 samples; both nurses critical, over 120 contacts in home isolation
KOLKATA: The National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, has confirmed Nipah, a viral disease with high mortality, in both samples sent from Bengal. The samples were taken from two nurses of a Barasat hospital whose condition remain critical. A ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaKMC plans to recycle 100% of city’s waste
Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Tuesday placed an integrated waste management plan before the West Bengal Pollution Control Board and the East Kolkata Wetland Authority, aiming to recycle 100% of the waste generated in Kolkata. KMC is seeking ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaBlue Line blues: Panic in tunnel as metro stalls again
Kolkata: Blue Line metro commuters faced disruptions on Tuesday morning because of a power failure between Rabindra Sadan and Netaji Bhavan stations. This led to the suspension of services between Tollygunge and Maidan during the morning rush hours.The north-bound ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaBJP neta held over social media post on CM
Kolkata: Cops arrested a BJP functionary in Lake Town following charges of making derogatory remarks on social media against chief minister Mamata Banerjee and allegedly harassing a woman Trinamool worker who protested against the posts.The arrest followed a complaint ...
14 January 2026 Times of India14 injured, 1 critical as WBTC bus overturns after tyre burst at Topsia
Kolkata: A govt-run West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC) bus overturned at Topsia crossing on Tuesday morning after its front-left tyre burst, injuring at least 14 passengers and severely disrupting peak-hour traffic for more than 1 hour, police said.The accident ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaUPI money trail helped track Punjab gangsters
Kolkata: Three Punjab-based members of the Dony Bal Bambiha gang who were arrested near Howrah railway station late on Sunday night were tracked after investigators traced a money trail that led from Punjab to UPI accounts in Kolkata and ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaWatch what you eat: ‘Gur, patali’ fine but raw date palm sap a problem in ‘nolen gur’ season
Kolkata: Avoid the lip-smacking fresh date palm sap — better known as khejur rash — for now. This refreshing drink is also a favourite of fruit bats, which can contaminate the liquid with their saliva or other body fluids ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaEx-MPs Tutu Bose, son get SIR hearing call
Kolkata: Mohun Bagan Ratna and former Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Sadhan Bose (78), popularly known as Tutu Bose, and his entire family, including his son Srinjoy Bose, also a former MP, were sent notices by the EC for an ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaArtistes raise democratic concerns
Kolkata: Bangla Ekata Manch, a forum working for social welfare and the rights of underprivileged and marginalized communities, on Tuesday staged a protest at the CEO's office, raising humanitarian and democratic concerns around SIR.A five-member team, including actor Parambrata ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaDecoding Nipah: Less contagious, more fatal
Kolkata: While Nipah is less contagious than Covid-19 when it comes to transmissibility, what is concerning is the extremely high mortality rate associated with the infection. While, on an average, Covid-19 can kill about two out of the 100 ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaID, other hosps get Cov-period treatment infra ready for Nipah
Kolkata: The extensive health infrastructure upgrade during the Covid-19 pandemic comes in handy for hospitals in their preparedness to tackle the Nipah virus in case of a surge. While health experts said that Nipah does not have the potential ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaKnow your nocturnal neighbour: In a first in India, Bengal goes owl-spotting
Kolkata: Bengal is set to go owl-spotting to map its distribution and abundance across the state. The state is now home to 23 species of owls. The state-wide owl survey, a first-of-its-kind initiative in India, will give a comprehensive ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaCleanliness drive: IIEST teachers oppose attendance mapping
Kolkata: An office order from the IIEST authority urging participation from students, scholars, teachers and staff members from each dept on scheduled Saturdays for a cleanliness drive and mapping of attendance in those programmes prompted the teachers' association to ...
14 January 2026 Times of India60L take dip, Sagar boosts local economy
Kolkata: From Jan 1 till the evening of Jan 13, around 60 lakh people took the dip at Gangasagar, and several lakhs more were expected to take the holy dip over the next two days on the auspicious occasion ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaMin temp may drop to 12°C today, says Met
Kolkata: The mercury see-saw continued in the city on Tuesday. While the day temperature dipped slightly, the night temperature rose. However, with both the maximum and minimum temperatures staying below the normal mark, the cold feeling remained intact. The ...
14 January 2026 Times of India790 no-honk challans in a month, school & hosp zones worst-hit
Kolkata: Even as the enhanced fines got introduced more than three years ago to curb avoidable noise on roads, unnecessary honking continues to remain a headache for Kolkata traffic police and citizens, adding to noise pollution.The traffic wing prosecuted ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaMissing Guj man reunites with kin in Kol after 7 yrs
Kolkata: A man from Baroda who went missing in Aug 2018 after leaving home to buy milk was reunited with his family in Kolkata on Monday evening. In the interim period, his mother died within one year of his ...
14 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata weather today: Sunshine, mild temperatures, and air quality alert
Kolkata on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, is experiencing a bright and dry day with sunny skies and comfortably warm afternoon temperatures, though morning and late evening will remain cool. However, yesterday's air quality was in the "poor" bracket with ...
13 January 2026 Times of India‘He united us all’: Darjeeling pays tearful tribute to Prashant Tamang
Darjeeling: Political rivals set aside their ideological differences to pay tribute to Indian Idol 3 winner Prashant Tamang, whose mortal remains reached his hometown of Darjeeling on Monday. Mourners acknowledged that Tamang's rise helped unite the people of the ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaVillagers block Katwa road over SIR hearings
Katwa: Residents of Ganguly Danga village in East Burdwan district blocked the Katwa-Burdwan state road for hours on Monday, demanding that hearings for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters' list take place at their village instead of ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaTMC, BJP in political tug-of-war on Swamiji’s birth anniv
Kolkata: A political slugfest that started over the 163rd birth anniversary celebrations of Swami Vivekananda across Bengal on Monday turned into a volley of allegations and counter-allegations over posters of Trinamool neta Abhishek Banerjee in front of the Simla ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaTo bolster ‘Chicken’s Neck’ security, abandoned WWII-era airstrips will be revived
Jalpaiguri: Centre aims to revive several abandoned airstrips, some dating back to the World War-II era, in Bengal, Assam and Tripura. Sources said the govt wanted to increase regional connectivity in the states bordering Bangladesh at a time when ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaED broke law, party chief’s presence was essential: Trinamool to tell SC
Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate was breaking the very law it is bound to uphold, the Supreme Court is likely to be told in response to ED's petitions on the Jan 8 I-PAC searches in Kolkata and Salt Lake.CM Mamata Banerjee's ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaChill returns as mercury dips, cooler days ahead
Kolkata: The minimum temperature plunged 3.6°C and dropped to 12.4°C as chill returned to Kolkata on Monday. It will get cooler as the week progresses, with the northwesterly winds set to gain intensity over the next 3-4 days, said ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaSSC to send HS asst teacher offer letters from Jan last week
Kolkata: The West Bengal Central School Service Commission (WBSSC) is likely to start sending recommendation letters to higher secondary assistant teacher candidates from the last week of Jan. The recruitment panel is expected to be published before Jan 22. ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaSt Xavier’s tribute to Vivekananda
Kolkata: St Xavier's College (Autonomous) principal Father Dominic Savio reminded students on Monday that "Faith in oneself and in God is the secret of greatness." He said this while paying tribute to Swami Vivekananda on his birth anniversary. Focusing ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaKP modifies cyber awareness module, adds psychological harms & metaverse risks
Kolkata: The cyber world's dangers are not just limited to financial losses or the threat of losing reputation. It also leaves a mark on one's mind that can have a lasting psychological impact, and the cops want to warn ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaTwo helps held for thefts
Kolkata: Rahul Sharma(30), house help, was arrested in Dhakuria for allegedly stealing a pair of gold earrings, Rs 6,000 in cash, a bag containing Rs 1,200 along with a licence, a debit card, and two wristwatches.Rohan Bal, a domestic ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaCitizenship row in Kolkata: Sports greats who donned India jersey protest SIR hearings ‘harassment’
KOLKATA: Around 150 current and former sportspersons, including many prominent faces who have donned the nat-ional colours and won fame for the country, joined a protest on Monday against the “harassment” caused by SIR notices asking them and their ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaFight misinformation, don’t yield even an inch of social media space to BJP: Abhishek to TMC ‘digital warriors’
Kolkata: With political discourse shifting online ahead of the Bengal assembly polls, Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday urged the party's IT cell to counter "BJP's misinformation campaign against Bengal", alleging discrimination against the state and Bengali-speakers.Citing ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaCampus occupation row in Kolkata: CISF stays for 16 months, Tangra Chinese school moves HC before New Year
KOLKATA: One of the city’s last remaining Chinese schools in Kolkata’s Chinatown, in Tangra, moved Calcutta High Court, pleading that CISF personnel deployed for RG Kar Medical College & Hospital’s security since the Aug 2024 gang rape and murder ...
13 January 2026 Times of India‘Docus submitted but marked not found’: CM flags ‘arbitrary’ move in letter to CEC
Kolkata: In her second letter to chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar within 48 hours, CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that the Election Commission was not issuing proper acknowledgement or receipts for documents submitted during Special Intensive Revision hearings ...
13 January 2026 Times of India75-yr-old dies 2 days after SIR hearing, family blames ‘stress’
Kolkata: A 75-year-old woman from Baduria in North 24 Parganas died on Monday after suffering a cerebral attack on Jan 7, with her family alleging that her death was due to severe mental stress over SIR hearing.Anita Biswas, a ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaPregnant woman’s marriage on rocks after ex-BF sends msgs, pics to hubby
Kolkata: Police have registered a case after the 24-year-old pregnant woman alleged that her former partner has sent obscene photographs and abusive messages to her husband through social media, triggering a serious marital dispute and threats of divorce.According to ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaPunjab gangsters who killed kabaddi player nabbed near Howrah station
KOLKATA/HOWRAH: The Kolkata Police Special Task Force, with help from Golabari Police under Howrah City Police, arrested three members of Punjab's Bambiha gang from a hotel near Howrah station, less than a month after they allegedly gunned down a ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaIn 2025, Kol saw lowest number of fatal accidents in a decade
Kolkata: The city recorded 154 fatal accidents in 2025, the lowest in the past decade. There were 159 fatal accidents reported in 2023, and 191 in 2024. Last year's number was a 19.4% reduction in just a year, one ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaElectors complain of faulty hearing notices
Kolkata: Many voters are complaining of faulty hearing notices they are receiving even after rectifying spelling, age or gender errors that were spotted on the 2002 SIR list. Booth level officers (BLOs) and electoral registration officers (EROs) also conceded ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaTwo Barasat nurses in hospital with Nipah virus symptoms
Kolkata: Two young nurses – one female and one male – attached to a hospital in Barasat are hospitalised with symptoms of Nipah virus. Sources said samples of the duo tested at AIIMS Kalyani revealed positive results, and the ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaMetro ticket booth, app cab zone at book fair
Kolkata: The international Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF) this year will come with three commuter-friendly additions — a dedicated metro ticket booth on the fair ground between gate numbers 1 and 2, an app cab booth outside gate 1, and ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaAssault, threat plaints after South Kolkata road rage
Kolkata: Two cross-complaints were filed after a Jan 10 road rage incident on Kalighat Road–Sadar Ghat crossing. The incident involve occupants of a private car and a scooterette rider, identified as Vikas Prasad Gupta. The car was carrying one ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaYouth in gay dating app fraud robbed at Kolkata’s College Street market
Kolkata: In a case of online gay dating fraud, a 21-year-old youth from Murshidabad was allegedly extorted of Rs 21,000, two gold rings and a silver chain after being confined for around four hours at Bornoporichoy Market off College ...
13 January 2026 Times of India81-year-old retd prof dies in room-heater fire at Howrah home
Howrah: A retired English professor of a Burdwan college died of burn injuries after a room heater sparked a fire in her room on Sunday night in north Howrah. Radharani Shaw (81) lived alone on the ground floor of ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaGangasagar air ambulance rescues 2 pilgrims
Kolkata: The West Bengal govt's emergency response mechanism swung into action on Monday to rescue two ailing elderly pilgrims—Santlal (64) of Uttar Pradesh and Bimla Devi (77) of Haryana—from the Gangasagar Mela.The state govt has put in place an ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaWith 75L from 2001 batch, IIT launches endowment fund
Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur launched an endowment fund scheme, the IIT Kharagpur Tech Junction Endowment Fund, with a seed amount of Rs 75 lakh from the 2001 batch, who contributed on the 25th year anniversary of their graduation. An MoU ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaNeuro-tonics & ray therapy work, zoo hippo out of moat after 3 wks
Kolkata: The four-year-old ailing hippopotamus at Alipore zoo has finally come out of its moat after over three weeks on Sunday. All these days, it was unable to move probably because of a neurological disease or an injury in ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaWhere are jobs: JU-affiliated MBA students
Kolkata: MBA evening students of Institute of Business Management (IBM), which is affiliated to Jadavpur University, protested, demanding jobs during the convocation of the institute on Monday. The students, who came to receive their degrees, alleged that they approached ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaHwh dumping ground: NGT rap for DM, HMCfor rule flout
Kolkata: The Belgachia dumping ground subsidence matter exposed serious lapses by civic and district authorities, NGT's Eastern Zonal Bench said. In its order, the bench with Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and expert member Ishwar Singh criticised the DM, Howrah, ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaConstitution row at JU: Panel’s report ‘inconclusive’
Kolkata: The five-member fact-finding committee probing the Constitution row at the International Relations (IR) dept at Jadavpur University submitted its report to the VC, stating that the findings were "inconclusive".A senior official said, "The panel submitted report, and nothing ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaEC to appoint 2,000 more micro-observers
Kolkata: The EC is going to appoint 2,000-plus micro-observers to verify enumeration forms and do fast hearings as the final roll will be published on Feb 14. Already, there are 4,600 micro-observers in the state. The EC will arrange ...
13 January 2026 Times of IndiaNerve stimulants, ray therapy for ailing zoo hippo
Kolkata: The Alipore zoo ailing hippopotamus has reportedly responded to treatment and made some movement on Thursday. It is also having food now, said a zoo source. For more than two weeks, it was unable to move probably because ...
12 January 2026 Times of India‘Beaten, robbed for speaking Bangla’: Worker flees Odisha
Goghat: A migrant worker, Raja Ali from Bhadur village panchayat in Goghat was allegedly beaten, tortured and robbed for speaking in Bengali in Odisha on Wednesday and was forced to rush back home.Raja started working at a stone factory ...
12 January 2026 Times of India‘Watergate 2.0’: Trinamool posts WA ‘chat’, seeks probe into ‘MHA role’ in ED searches
Kolkata: An unverified WhatsApp screenshot shared by Trinamool spokesperson Kunal Ghosh on X on Saturday suggested that 13 ED officials and a well-known cyber expert had flown to Kolkata for a meeting at the ED's Salt Lake office at ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaTea garden records get EC’s nod for SIR in north Bengal
Kolkata: EC has given a go-ahead to Bengal chief electoral officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal's proposal on Sunday to accept tea garden and cinchona plantation records as documents for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) for the north Bengal districts of Darjeeling, ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaI-PAC row: Cop lens on ED team, MHA seeks report
Kolkata: With both the ED and the Bengal govt expected to head to the Supreme Court on Monday on the I-PAC issue, ED officers present during the Jan 8 searches at I-PAC's Salt Lake office and the Loudon Stree ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaLetting Didi enter I-PAC office right move, says Suvendu while Samik slams ‘interference in probe’
Kolkata: Leader of the opposition in Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari praised the restraint shown by ED officials when CM Mamata Banerjee stormed into I-PAC office while the agency's searches were on. BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya, on the other ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaMHA seeks report on Suvendu convoy ‘attack’, TMC slams ‘drama’
Chandrakona: The Union home ministry has sought a detailed report following an alleged attack on state leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari's convoy in West Midnapore on Saturday night.Adhikari claimed that Trinamool workers armed with sticks and poles attacked his ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaKolkata: Fire breaks out at stall on Baghajatin station platform; train services disrupted
KOLKATA: Local train services were disrupted on Monday morning after a stall on the platform at Baghajatin station in south Kolkata caught fire, officials said.The fire broke out around 6 am and spread quickly, engulfing the area in thick ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaCJI to open permanent home for Jalpaiguri circuit bench on Jan 17
Jalpaiguri: The Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench of Calcutta High Court, which has been functional since March 2019, will get a permanent home on Jan 17, to be inaugurated by CJI Surya Kant in the presence of five other Supreme Court ...
12 January 2026 Times of India‘What to do now?’: Citizenship cert after SIR hearing leaves E Burdwan BJP worker baffled
Purbasthali (East Burdwan): Apprehending trouble in course of the SIR of voter rolls, 39-year-old Sabuj Das, a carpenter from Burdwan whose family had migrated from Bangladesh 26 years ago, applied for citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) four ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaOnce in blue moon visits not equal to living conjugal life with wife: HC
Kolkata: Visiting "once in a blue moon" cannot be equated with living a conjugal life together as husband and wife, the Calcutta High Court observed on Jan 8 while granting divorce to a couple living separately since 2015. The ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaSuicide bid hits Blue Line ops for 50 mins
Kolkata: Blue Line services were disrupted for 50 minutes on Sunday evening following a suicide attempt at Netaji Bhavan station. "Due to a suicide attempt at 6.32pm at Netaji Bhavan station, truncated services were operated between Maidan and Dakshineswar, ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaCity winter saviours keep the homeless warm
Kolkata: With the unusual drop in mercury this winter, members of different organisations are assisting the homeless people by providing them with woollen garments and blankets so that they can ward off the biting cold and sleep at night. ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaBengal SIR: Headmaster on BLO duty found hanging in school; family cite immense work pressure, eighth death since rollout
BEHRAMPORE: The headmaster of a govt school in Murshidabad, who was appointed as a booth-level officer for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, was found hanging in the school’s office on Saturday night.Family members and colleagues ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaPrashant Tamang, Darjeeling’s Indian Idol champ whose win boosted Gorkhaland stir, dies at 43
DARJEELING: Prashant Tamang, the singer from Darjeeling who was crowned Indian Idol in 2007, a feat that rede-fined the hills’ socio-political landscape and led to a renewed demand for Gorkhaland, died of cardiac arrest at his Delhi home on ...
12 January 2026 Times of India‘Furnace mix-up’: FIR after man fails to receive mother’s ashes
Kolkata: A 49-year-old trader from Dum Dum, Radha Kanta Biswas, claimed that KMC staff at Nimtala Ghat crematorium ‘mixed up' the cremation furnace in which his mother was burnt and, in the process, failed to provide him and his ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaStudents display creativity at school’s art & science exhibition
Kolkata: St Sebastian's School hosted an art and science exhibition recently. Centred on the theme "The Science of Beauty and the Logic of Art", the exhibition highlighted the interplay of imagination and intellect in the learning process.Councillor Sandipan Saha ...
12 January 2026 Times of India1971 Bangla air force docu to release in troubled times
Kolkata: Against the backdrop of cross-border India-Bangladesh tension, an Indian film-maker has made a documentary to trace how "Bangladesh learnt to fly but India provided the wings". The documentary, ‘Wings of Defiance', revisited Operation Kilo Flight, which marked the ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaSiberian husky gobbles up owner’s innerwear, safe after endoscopy
Kolkata: A nine-month-old male Siberian husky, Tyson, swallowed an innerwear and it was removed successfully through non-invasive endoscopic surgery at Animal Health Pathology Lab (AHPL), a city base veterinary lab in south Kolkata. The dog was doing well after ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaOver a yr on ventilator, 18-month-old girl with rare disease battles for life
Kolkata: Despite being on ventilation for more than a year now at Institute of Child Health (ICH) Kolkata, 18-month-old Aditri — who is suffering from a rare genetic disease — is yearning for a life ahead. The girl was ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaMetro work over, KMC eyes infra projects at park
Kolkata: With the metro utility work at Wellington Square Park over, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) brass now wants a portion of the park back from Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) for setting up infrastructure projects. This development comes ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaCracker unit blast: 55-yr-old dies of injuries
Kolkata: A 55-year-old man who was injured in the illegal firecracker factory in Champahati on Friday died at MR Bangur Hospital on Sunday. Hospital sources said Gourhari Ganguly, from the Piyali area in Canning, suffered nearly 100% burn injuries ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaMore fee-parking zones for cars, bikes in Salt Lake as BMC comes up with revised list
Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has come up with a revised list of ‘fee car parking zones' in Salt Lake, adding eight new stretches and omitting four previously identified stretches to allot a total of 18 paid parking ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaNeighbourhood mourns death of boy who took music scene by storm
Darjeeling: While the nation mourns Prashant Tamang, the winner of the third season of Indian Idol, his childhood friends in Toongsoong, Darjeeling, will always remember him as Arpan. From an early age, Arpan was drawn to music, inspired by ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaKol sees moderate AQI as sunny weather and winds disperse pollutants
Kolkata: The city recorded moderate air quality on Sunday, giving residents brief relief from the pollution episodes that often accompanied winter, as sunny skies and steady winds helped disperse contaminants despite the presence of thermal inversion.Data from air quality ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaDHR to start 34km Jungle Safari from Jan 17
Darjeeling: In a move to boost tourism, Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) has introduced a 34-km passenger service called Jungle Safari from Siliguri to Gayabari and back.According to DHR director Rishav Choudhary, the Jungle Safari offers an affordable and immersive ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaMin rises to 15°C but brace for dip as chill may continue till end of wk
Kolkata: Kolkata recorded a rise in temperatures on Sunday, but the chill was set to continue as northwesterly winds started gaining strength after a brief disruption, the Met office said.The minimum temperature jumped 3.5°C to 15°C on Sunday, even ...
12 January 2026 Times of India‘Help’ at ATMs, bank leads to 2 women, sr citizen losing 1.5L
Kolkata: Two women and a 79-year-old man lost their money—Rs 1.5 lakh in total—after they were "offered help" by fraudsters. While the women were conned at two ATM kiosks by swapping cards, the elderly man was robbed of his ...
12 January 2026 Times of India5 from Bihar, K’taka held in city for loan fraud
Kolkata: Five men from Karnataka and Bihar were arrested in a Friday night raid on a housing complex near Santoshpur-Mukundapur off EM Bypass for running a loan racket, offering small-time businesspersons fake credit under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY). ...
12 January 2026 Times of India4 injured in Champahati fireworks unit explosion
Kolkata: An explosion ripped through a fireworks manufacturing unit at Champahati on Saturday afternoon, severely injuring all the four workers inside. One of them is battling for life with 80%-90% burns.The blast occurred around 12.20 pm. Witnesses said three ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaHrishikesh Park pumping stn may be ready before monsoon
Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to expedite the construction of the Hrishikesh Park drainage pumping station with a view to giving relief to the citizens of some of the traditionally low-lying pockets in north-central Kolkata. According ...
12 January 2026 Times of IndiaLogical discrepancy: Voters fret over passport-only solution
Kolkata: Do you have a passport? If yes, your SIR hearing for logical discrepancy will be resolved in just 2 minutes. If you do not, be ready to face the hassle of hunting documents to convince the Election Commission ...
12 January 2026 Times of India2002 KP martyr’s son caught in Delhi cybercrime case
Kolkata: Sankha Subhra Sen (23), the younger son of Bapi Sen, the sergeant who gave up his life trying to save a girl from being harassed on New Year's Eve night in 2002, was arrested by the Delhi Police ...
12 January 2026 Times of India