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  • 22 more names of Bangla passport-holders on rolls

    Kolkata: The Foreigner Regional Registration Office (FRRO) has urged the Election Commission (EC) to scrap the EPIC cards of 22 Bangladeshi passport-holders — two of them businessmen — holding Indian voter IDs and Aadhaar cards.The FRRO obtained the lead ...

    7 February 2026 Times of India
    KMC cracks down on birth cert racket after TOI report

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) brass has cracked the whip on a section of civic employees posted at the birth certificate wing, where a racket is allegedly demanding exorbitant prices for birth certificates in the wake of a ...

    7 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘AI uses behaviour-based analysis to spot suspicious patterns in real time’

    Kolkata: As artificial intelligence continues to redefine the digital landscape, its role in cybersecurity has become increasingly central to ensuring safety, efficiency and resilience. Awareness and preparedness are now two critical elements that can help build a secure digital ...

    7 February 2026 Times of India
    Case listing jump draws HC judge ire

    Kolkata: Some mischief was going on in this court, said Justice Krishna Rao of the Calcutta High Court, when a case, listed at serial number 92 on Thursday appeared at 16 on Friday. He directed the registrar general to ...

    7 February 2026 Times of India
    2 Purulia med college students suspended for ragging 1st-yr boy

    Manbazar (Purulia): A first-year student at Deben Mahata Govt Medical College and Hospital in Purulia lodged a complaint against 15-odd seniors for brutally assaulting him. Two of them, the primary accused, were suspended and told to vacate the hostel."Following ...

    7 February 2026 Times of India
    Cops close net around meat row influencer

    Kolkata: Cops stepped up their probe into complaints against social media influencer Sayak Chakraborty in the Olypub ‘wrong meat' controversy, recording statements of all four complainants who filed separate cases against him.One of the complainants, theatre artiste Joyraj Bhattacharjee, ...

    7 February 2026 Times of India
    Kids help make Subhas Sarobar plastic-free

    Kolkata: In a bid to generate more awareness on the need to keep urban waterbodies free from plastic waste and pollution, a plastic waste plogging and wetland conservation programme was held at Subhas Sarobar on Friday, involving school students. ...

    7 February 2026 Times of India
    Sandip Ghosh in ED’s RG Kar corruption charge sheet

    Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday filed its first charge sheet before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court in Kolkata in the multi-crore financial irregularities case linked to state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.The ED ...

    7 February 2026 Times of India
    Sweaty palms, patchy hair loss can’t be reasons for denying CAPF job: HC

    Kolkata: Sweaty palms, patchy hair loss, and birthmarks cannot be grounds to disqualify a candidate for the post of constable under the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), Calcutta High Court recently held in three cases.In the first case, Md ...

    7 February 2026 Times of India
    Asha workers hit the streets, demand fixed monthly pay

    Kolkata: Hundreds of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) volunteers staged a protest in Kolkata on Friday, rejecting the Rs 1,000 increase in honorarium announced in the West Bengal vote-on-account budget on Thursday and renewing their demand for a fixed ...

    7 February 2026 Times of India
    Bengal forms its own five-member panel for DA dues

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt on Thursday formed a 5-member committee headed by chief secretary Nandini Chakravorty to examine the Supreme Court order asking the state govt to pay 25% of the outstanding dearness allowance (DA) to its 20 lakh ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal polls: Congress ditches Left to go it alone, to fight in all 294 seats

    KOLKATA: Snapping its decade-old alliance ties with the Left Front, Congress on Thursday decided to "go it alone" in the 2026 Bengal assembly polls and fight in all 294 seats, setting the stage for a four-cornered contest.Putting to rest ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Landless farmers to get 4,000 in aid, agro industrial park to come up at Singur

    Kolkata: From providing annual support of Rs 4,000 to landless agricultural labourers to increasing man days for a 100-day work scheme, the Bengal budget on Thursday aimed to bring more people from the agricultural sector into the social security ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    ssue sub judice: Speaker’s no to TMC’s SIR debate request

    Kolkata: The Bengal assembly on Thursday saw sharp political sparring over a proposed discussion on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls after speaker Biman Banerjee ruled out a debate on the issue noting that the matter was pending ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    CM: People-friendly fiscal plan despite deprivation by Centre

    Kolkata: Dubbing the Union budget as "visionless, missionless and actionless" that "derailed" the economy, CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said Bengal's vote-on-account budget was "focused on development of the people". Bengal gave a people-friendly budget "despite the deprivation from ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Vote-on-a/c like poll manifesto: BJP

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP on Thursday criticised the state govt's vote-on-account budget for "lacking vision", questioned Trinamool for not creating jobs and accused it of repackaging old welfare schemes as new.Ashok Lahiri, BJP senior and former economic adviser to the ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Congress ditches Left to go it alone, fight all 294 seats

    Kolkata: Snapping its decade-old alliance ties with the Left Front, Congress on Thursday decided to "go it alone" in the 2026 Bengal assembly polls and fight in all 294 seats, setting the stage for a four-cornered contest.Putting to rest ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    In Kolkata for Aadhaar hearing, Sunali asks CM to help bring husband home

    Kolkata: On Thursday afternoon, while chief minister Mamata Banerjee was speaking against the BJP and central forces, accusing them of torturing people for speaking Bengali, she said, "they did not even spare a pregnant woman", while referring to Sunali ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal VOA: Yuba-Sathi debuts, social schemes get fund boost in poll year

    KOLKATA: Banglar Yuba-Sathi, targeted at the state’s unemployed youth, joined the slew of social welfare schemes of the Mamata Banerjee regime on Thursday as state finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya presented its last vote-on-account budget before the state assembly poll ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    SIR hearings lag, Malda, South 24 Pgns DMs seek extension

    Kolkata: Facing the highest number of logical discrepancy notices, the district magistrates of several districts, including Malda and South 24 Parganas, have sought an extension of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing deadline, a senior EC official said on ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Guv cuts short speech at 4.5 mins, sparks war of words

    Kolkata: Governor CV Ananda Bose delivered a truncated four-and-a-half-minute speech ahead of the Bengal budget session, scaling down the pitch that had previously put the Bengal govt and Raj Bhavan at loggerheads over multiple issues.Though Bose may have avoided ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    New Town Haj fraud: Man held in Hyd after returning from abroad

    Kolkata: The prime accused in a major fraud case in New Town, in which hundreds of Haj pilgrims were allegedly cheated, was arrested in Hyderabad after returning to India from Kuwait. According to cops, accused Mohammad Mahabur Mondal opened ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Police recover bags stolen from cars, plan to step up vigil near Prinsep Ghat

    Kolkata: A series of thefts from vehicles parked near Prinsep Ghat and Judges Ghat has led investigators to a stretch of dense bushes between the Circular Railway tracks on the riverfront and the adjacent road, where the gangs are ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Two marine worm species discovered on Bengal coast

    Kolkata: Scientists from Zoological Survey of India, in collaboration with international researchers, discovered two new species of marine worms along the Bengal coast, underscoring the region's rich but fragile marine biodiversity.The discoveries were made in the waters of Digha ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Shaken, Kol parents’ WA groups discuss Ghaziabad triple suicide

    Kolkata: The alleged suicide of three sisters in Ghaziabad, all of them minors, has shaken parents in Kolkata — not because the circumstances mirrored their own homes exactly, but because the warning signs felt disturbingly familiar. While police described ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Cal HC rejects plea to quash 80L bitcoin investment scam case

    Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Wednesday rejected a plea to quash criminal proceedings in a cyber fraud case involving alleged inducement to invest more than Rs 80 lakh in bitcoin, stating the proceedings cannot be quashed on mere apprehension.The ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Providing emotional & social support can help deal with new-age pressure, say counsellors

    Kolkata: While mental health experts across Kolkata witnessed a concerning trend of gadget addiction among teens, they said the mental health of these young minds was affected by many other factors. They said good parenting, regular supervison, and providing ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    3 lose 5 cr in investment frauds in 72 hrs

    Kolkata: Three city residents lost more than Rs 5 crore in investment frauds in the past 72 hours. One person was arrested by Kolkata Police in this regard.In the first case, a 63-year-old New Town resident was allegedly cheated ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Digi arrest scammers accuse award-winning scientist of child trafficking, extort 1.1 crore

    Kolkata: A 72-year-old internationally acclaimed retired scientist and former a researcher at Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, who is also an author, lost Rs 1.1 crore to the digital arrest scam with the cybercriminals posing as law enforcement and intelligence ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    The old draw: From 1.7L to 2.1L, DHR records jump in footfall

    Siliguri: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) recorded a substantial increase in revenue and tourist footfall in the calendar year 2025 compared to 2024, reflecting a growing interest in heritage and premium tourism in the region. In a significant move ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Echoes of ‘dharma’ & dreams at annual day celebration

    Kolkata: Delhi Public School, Howrah, illuminated the Science City auditorium recently with its magnificent annual day celebration—an evening woven with creativity, emotion, scholastic pride and cultural brilliance.The evening was graced by distinguished guests, including Manipuri danseuse and choreographer Priti ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    VIP Road gets second biodiversity park at Debi Ghat near Dakshindari

    Kolkata: VIP Road now has its second biodiversity park. The renovated Debi Ghat at Dakshindari off VIP Road with renovated landscape, greenery and walkway along the waterbody was virtually inaugurated by chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday."The place has ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Mrinal Sen’s Phalke cert, rare stills, personal letters find permanent home in Kolkata

    Kolkata: Mrinal Sen's Dadasaheb Phalke certificate and the original script of his aborted film ‘Bhubaneswari', along with Geeta Sen's voter ID card and even her vermilion box, have found a new home in the city. On Sunday, Sen's Chicago-based ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata gets 25 AC CNG buses, new green routes

    Kolkata: Several new air-conditioned (AC) bus routes have been drawn up for the city as it is set to get a fleet of 200 CNG buses in the coming months. This comes days after gradual introduction of 25 AC ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Content creator arrested on molest charge

    Kolkata: A Kolkata-based content creator was accused of molesting and assaulting a 22-year-old woman, who used to be a close friend until recently, police said.After an FIR was registered at the Behala PS on Wednesday, he remained on the ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Went to Dubai but didn’t get time to fight divorce? HC throws out woman’s case

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday refused to condone a two-year delay in filing an appeal against an ex parte divorce decree by a woman, observing that while she could "fly to Dubai" at an advanced stage of ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Veggie prices dip below 30/kg, season’s lowest

    Kolkata: With most vegetables selling at Rs 25 to Rs 30 per kilogram, there is some relief for kitchen budgets in Kolkata. According to experts, this is the season's lowest-ever pricing. The price of potato dropped to Rs 15/kg ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Get ready for winter’s last spell, temp to dip in Kolkata

    Kolkata: The mercury is set to dip by around two degrees by Saturday in the city, giving Kolkatans the last lag of the wintry feel. Even as the Met office expects the temperature to start rising by Monday, the ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Budget outlines upgrade plans for dist towns, gets Bengal Inc thumbs-up

    Kolkata: State finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya, while presenting the vote-on-account budget on Thursday, lined out the modernisation of Howrah, Diamond Harbour, Burdwan, Durgapur, Bolpur, Krishnagore, Barasat, Raiganj, Siliguri, Berhampore, Malda, Kalyani, Serampore, Andal, Bankura, Purulia, Digha, Midnapore, Jhargram, the ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Mother dies by suicide after son’s accident death

    Kolkata: Hours after a 28-year-old youth was killed in a late-night accident on the Kalyani Expressway while returning home from work, his grief-stricken mother died by suicide at Shyamnagar in North 24 Parganas on Thursday.The youth, identified as Sushovan ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    Continue suo motu hearing: SC to HC on riverbank project

    Kolkata: In a PIL flagging illegal construction on the Hooghly banks, where the litigant was fined Rs 50,000 for not disclosing pending FIRs, the Supreme Court recently requested Calcutta High Court to continue hearing it in a suo motu ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    CM: Bengal to conduct survey of gig workers

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that the state govt will conduct a survey of gig workers in the state to provide them with better social security measures."Gig workers don't have any social security. They don't have ...

    6 February 2026 Times of India
    The 'Other' problem: 250 third-genders fall in Bengal's SIR gap, set to lose voting rights

    KOLKATA: The names of as many as 250 persons belonging to the 'other gender' category have been deleted from Bengal's draft SIR list, primarily because they were 'untraceable' or 'absent'. There were 1,811 names of 'other gender' individuals - ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: A Chinese lamb that just loves to play possum

    The internet has crowned its newest thespian – a milky-white lamb from China. This 10-day-old lamb in northwestern China has gone viral for dramatically playing dead every time a potential buyer approaches it, only to jump up healthy the ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: He completed 10K steps – on a wooden stool

    Some people hit their daily 10,000 steps fitness goal by walking around the neighbourhood — this man hit them standing on a tiny wooden stool. A viral video shows Chirag Walunj pacing back and forth on the minuscule platform ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    Eyes on TV, BJP netas call CM’s court battle a ‘performance’

    Kolkata: Clearly pushed to the backfoot by CM Mamata Banerjee's fight in Supreme Court, BJP seniors, who kept their eyes on television sets since Wednesday morning, called the appearance in the courtroom "a performance".Addressing a press conference in New ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    Coal India approves incorporation of Chile holding company

    Kolkata: Coal India's board on Wednesday approved the proposal for the incorporation of an intermediate holding company (IHC) in Chile to explore and develop opportunities in the South American country in the field of critical minerals, especially lithium and ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    EC rejects Bengal request, home secy has to attend poll panel’s Delhi meet

    Kolkata: The Election Commission on Wednesday turned down Bengal govt's plea to exempt state home secretary Jagdeesh Prasad Meena from attending a briefing meet, making it mandatory for him to head to Delhi to attend the "mandatory" two-day central ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    Will SIR turn out to be biggest gift for TMC ahead of ‘tough’ election?

    Kolkata: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal may well end up being the biggest pre-election gift for Trinamool Congress, which is otherwise facing a poll this time that is not going to be a cakewalk, ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    Oppn will take collective call: Cong on CEC’s impeachment

    New Delhi: Opposition will take a collective call on moving an impeachment motion against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, Congress's KC Venugopal said on Wednesday, a day after Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee called for such a move. Never has ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    In Q3, Emami sees 15% rise in net profit

    Kolkata: FMCG major Emami saw net profit of Rs 319 crore, a 15% growth, in the third quarter of the fiscal. EBITDA for the quarter stood at Rs 384 crore, registering growth of 13%, while EBITDA margins improved to ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    Man thrashed by Kabuliwala, dies in hosp

    Kolkata: A senior citizen, Arunjyoti Bar, residing off Tollygunge Circular Road, died after falling ill during a quarrel at his home on Monday night, after a money lender, identified as a ‘Kabuliwala', allegedly sent his brother to demand repayment ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘One incident cannot cancel out what Kol has given me, will continue to work here’

    Kolkata: "This city has given me a lot—due respect, a decent living and a bright future for my family. A one-off incident cannot change everything. I will continue to work here and love this city as I always have," ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    Much of people’s anger directed at SIR logical discrepancies

    Kolkata: Jorasanko resident Sharique Aman (38) queued up at Mutty Lall Seal's Free College on Wednesday for his SIR hearing after an EC notice was slapped on him, asking why his father was named ‘Aman Ali' in the 2002 ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    Man tries to kill wife & self, held

    Kolkata: A man, Amit Sardar, was arrested from Haridevpur on Monday for attempting to murder his wife, Mousumi Das, by slashing her neck with a razor on Jan 28. Police said Sardar tried to slash his neck as well ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    Woman files sexual assault plaint in Posta

    Kolkata: A 33-year-old woman lodged a complaint at Posta police station alleging sexual assault, criminal force and intimidation against a jeweller, who was also her employer. According to the complaint, the alleged incidents took place from Nov 20 to ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    Turkish flight makes single-engine full-emergency landing at city airport

    Kolkata: A Turkish Airlines flight that took off from Kathmandu for Istanbul with 236 passengers and 11 crew made a single-engine emergency landing in Kolkata at 2.48 pm on Wednesday. All passengers and crew on board are safe.According to ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    Law firm partners, Serampore MP brains behind Mamata’s legal foray

    Kolkata: After chief minister Mamata Banerjee told her legal team that she "wished to speak from my heart, like an ordinary citizen" nearly a week ago, the team members—Serampore MP and senior lawyer Kalyan Banerjee, Fox & Mandal managing ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    Didi Live, From Supreme Court To Kol Paras

    Kolkata: The city took a brief pause on Wednesday — not for a rally but for a courtroom proceeding. As chief minister Mamata Banerjee presented her case on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) before the Supreme Court, thousands across ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    As Didi pleads with SC, citizens plead with SIR

    Kolkata: While Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attended a Supreme Court hearing on alleged SIR harassment in Bengal, people at different hearing centres across the city queued up to prove their validity as genuine voters.At Mutty Lal Seal's Free College, ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    Kin of dead speak up about SIR’s whims

    Kolkata: As CM Mamata Banerjee argued as a petitioner before the Supreme Court, challenging the ongoing SIR process, kin of those booth-level officers (BLOs) and people who lost their lives during the exercise on Wednesday expressed gratitude for raising ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    Contempt plea over Metro work delay

    Kolkata: Contempt notices were served on the state home secretary and joint commissioner of police (traffic) on Wednesday regarding the Orange Line's Chingrighata impasse.On Dec 23, 2025, Calcutta High Court had directed the state to ensure that the metro ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    BDO named ‘absconder’ in trader murder chargesheet

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar police have submitted the chargesheet in Salt Lake goldsmith, Swapan Kamilya, murder case, naming five arrested persons. The chargesheet has mentioned Rajganj BDO Prasanta Barman, the prime suspect in the case,as ‘absconding,' sources said. Arrest warrant has ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    Park St school celebrates 50 yrs

    Kolkata: Apeejay School, Park Street organised a five-day Golden Jubilee programme recently. ‘Luminara,' a vibrant carnival, was inaugurated by chairman Karan Paul, along with Sumit Dasgupta, trustee, Apeejay Schools, and Darryl Bloud, CEO, Apeejay Group of Schools on ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    Kasba pizza outlet row led to Sunday clash in Kankulia

    Kolkata: The violence that occurred at Kankulia on Sunday owed its immediate genesis to another clash at Kasba, claimed cops, but stated that tension between both groups simmered for a long time since Kasba-Tiljala strongman Sona Pappu, aka Biswajit ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    Drainage revamp takes off in Behala

    Kolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim on Wednesday flagged off a drainage revamp project that will ensure laying of underground sewer lines across ward 127 in the next couple of years. The project, under Kolkata Environment and Infrastructure Improvement Project (KEIIP), ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    585-cr work to upgrade Blue Line’s tunnel ventilation & air-cooling systems starts

    Kolkata: The work for modernisation of the air-conditioning and installation of tunnel ventilation system across the Blue Line's 15 underground stations was launched on Wednesday. This was the first major overhaul of India's oldest metro, which is in its ...

    5 February 2026 Times of India
    Cop’s house among premises searched by ED in mining probe

    Durgapur: The ED on Tuesday conducted searches across Bengal, including the residence of a police officer in Durgapur, in connection with the ongoing probe into illegal coal and sand mining.On Tuesday morning, an ED team reached the house of ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    CINI lanches Shubhayu, a preventive healthcare and wellness programme for under-priviledged children

    KOLKATA: Child In Need Institute (CINI) marked its 52nd Foundation Day in Kolkata with the launch of Shubhayu, a preventive healthcare and wellness initiative aimed at addressing India’s growing burden of non-communicable diseases and long-term health challenges.On the occasion, ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Bengal govt moves SC against NIA’s Beldanga probe

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt has challenged in Supreme Court the Centre's NIA probe order into the Jan 16-17 Beldanga violence. An 8-member NIA team is in the Murshidabad town since Saturday after taking over the probe from Bengal Police.A ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Man hacks RMP to death

    Burdwan: A 26-year-old man allegedly hacked a rural medical practitioner (RMP) to death inside his chamber in Burdwan on Tuesday afternoon and later surrendered at the local police station, reports Mohammad Asif.The victim Raja Bhowmick (42) practised in Badamtala. ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Partha’s roles in committees stir comeback buzz

    Kolkata: With former education minister Partha Chatterjee now included in various assembly committees, speculation is rife about whether the Behala West MLA is gaining importance after his release from jail.He was in jail for over two years in the ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Nabin meets Bengal BJP MPs, fine-tunes poll strategy

    Kolkata: Within a week of his two-day Bengal tour, BJP national president Nitin Nabin met the party's Bengal MPs on Tuesday night.The meeting, which lasted for nearly two hours at the New Delhi residence of Union minister Sukanta Majumdar, ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    My presence at search sites was lawful, essential: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee affidavit in SC rejects ED’s theft charges

    KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: CM Mamata Banerjee has filed an affidavit in Supreme Court rubbishing theft charges levelled against her by ED in connection with its searches at the I-PAC office in Salt Lake and the Loudon Street home of the ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: This AI minister is expecting... 83 AI kids

    Albania’s newest “expecting” mother isn’t human – she’s AI. Prime Minister Edi Rama has announced that Diella, the country’s AI Minister for Artificial Intelligence, is “pregnant” with 83 digital children. No nappies involved: the “babies” are AI assistants being ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Putting Ladakh on a plate: It’s a luxury to forage ingredients in the mountains, says Chef Jigmet Mingur

    Monk turned chef, Jigmet Mingur has been a favourite of travel and food glossies with his distinctive take on Ladakhi cuisine. From his 10-seater Ladakh table, Mingur has been showing the world that there is more to the lunar ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    2 jailed for life in 2021 Chinsurah murder case

    Chinsurah: A court on Tuesday sentenced two men to life imprisonment in a 2021 murder case. They were also fined Rs 20,000 each, reports Falguni Banerjee.The convicts, Anupam Das and Arun Paswan, murdered Tapan Mallick in July, 2021, for ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Exide Industries eyes export jump after US and EU trade deals

    Kolkata: Storage battery major Exide Industries is expecting Rs 500 crore jump in exports following the back-to-back US trade and EU deals, said managing director Avik Roy while speaking to reporters here.The company's exports declined in the current fiscal, ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    60-year-old travels to hearing centre in ambulance

    Malda: A 60-year-old voter appeared in SIR hearing after travelling in an ambulance from Bibigram under English Bazar PS to Malda Zilla School on Tuesday. Mahmud Sk, a mason by profession, had an accident two years ago when he ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Karaya doc loses 11L in SIM swap fraud

    Kolkata: A woman doctor from Karaya was allegedly cheated of about Rs 11 lakh in a SIM-swap fraud while she was in Ahmedabad to attend a conference in Dec, police said. The case is being investigated as part of ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Complainant vows to keep up pressure

    Kolkata: The woman, on the basis of whose complaint an FIR was registered against influencer Sayak Chakraborty, said she was happy that the waiter had been released but said she would continue to pursue the case against Chakraborty and ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    NHRC team inspects Anandapur fire site

    Kolkata: A four-member team of the National Human Rights Commission visited the site of the Anandapur warehouse in Nazirabad on Tuesday. The fire, that broke out on Jan 26, claimed at least 27 lives. The team inspected the accident ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Cricket fans bemoan loss of Indo-Pak T20 duel

    Kolkata: The Pakistan Cricket Board's decision to pull out of the high-octane T20 World Cup clash with arch-rivals India at Colombo on Feb 15 left scores of Kolkata fans disappointed. Many planned to travel as part of a trip, ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Topsy-turvy temp leads to flu cocktail

    Kolkata: Close on the heels of Nipah and multiple other viruses, an unidentified virus with severe symptoms, similar to an intense form of influenza, struck scores in Kolkata. It struck with high fever, cough and muscle pain, leading to ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Cop focus on auto parking to stop Ultadanga crossing snarls

    Kolkata: Hours after the Lalbazar top brass hit the road on Monday night, led by CP Supratim Sarkar, followed by inspections by additional CP Santosh Pandey on Monday morning, some consensus finally emerged at Ultadanga crossing on how autos ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Satta trade under lens in south Kol war zone

    Kolkata: It was not just control of the syndicate business that triggered the clash at Panchanantala Road in Kankulia on Sunday night. In a new twist in the incident that saw bullets being fired, bombs hurled, brick-batting and widespread ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Girl writes Madhyamik exam after suicide bid

    Midnapore: A Madhyamik candidate, who tried to end her life by consuming poison, appeared for her Class X board exam on Tuesday from Midnapore Medical College and Hospital in West Midnapore. The girl reportedly consumed poison on Saturday evening ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    After US deal, leather sector looks to hire back workers laid off during uncertain times

    Kolkata: With the US slashing tariffs on Indian goods to 18% under the new India-US trade deal, Bengal's leather industry is gearing up for a possible hiring push as fresh export orders are expected to start coming in. The ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Snatchers push man off bus, flee with phone

    Kolkata: A mobile phone was stolen from a bus passenger near Ajay Nagar crossing on E M Bypass around 6.30 pm on Sunday after some people reportedly pushed the man off the bus and then fled with the expensive ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Maradona, Messi and more on watch list at 4th edition of 5-day sports film festival

    Kolkata: ‘Tova', a Croatian sports movie on Yugoslavian table tennis champion Antun Tova Stipancic that captures his rise to prominence from the 30th World Table Tennis Championship held at Netaji Indoor Stadium in 1975, where he finished as runner-up, ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Keep eye on childrens’ posture to detect scoliosis early, spine experts urge schools

    Kolkata: Spine consultants and surgeons have urged school teachers to play a frontline role in spotting scoliosis early by watching for any abnormal curvature in a student's spine and alerting parents to seek medical evaluation so that the condition ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Book fair footfall highest ever, sales up 15% over ’24

    Kolkata: The 49th International Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF) concluded on Tuesday, breaking all previous footfall and book sale records. The fair which started on Jan 22, saw close to 32 lakh visitors in total, an all time high, and ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Bypass bike accident video goes viral, cops write to KMC

    Kolkata: Kolkata Traffic Police decided to approach the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to request smoothening of the EM Bypass after a widely circulated video grab showed a woman being thrown off a bike after the biker tried to speed ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Park St waiter, in eye of meat storm, out on bail

    Kolkata: A waiter arrested for allegedly serving "wrong meat" to a social media influencer at Olypub last week was granted bail on Tuesday after the state told the court that the investigation had found no evidence of any deliberate ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    After clash, Pappu goes live on FB, dares cops

    Kolkata: Sona Pappu, also known as Biswajit Poddar, remains elusive even two days after the incident at Golpark. On Tuesday, though, Pappu went live on Facebook, claiming he was at home on the day of the incident. He dared ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    BNP-Jamaat govt to give Pak free hand, threaten India’s security: Hasina’s son

    Kolkata: Bangladesh ex-PM Sheikh Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, on Monday said the upcoming elections in Bangladesh will be "one-sided" and that a govt run by a weak BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) with Jamaat-e-Islami's influence will give Pakistan a ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Fresh hearing notices add to SIR confusion

    Kolkata: The electors who could not turn up for the SIR hearing earlier due to various engagements are queueing up at their designated centres this week to protect their names from being struck off the final list. Many electors ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Vintage automobiles roll back time

    Kolkata: It was yesterday once again as the Lake Club in the city dazzled with displays of rare, exotic and immaculately restored heritage vehicles on a mild winter Sunday afternoon.The Eastern India Motoring Group (EIMG) Concours D' Elegance 2026 ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Myanmar earthquake jolts Kolkata

    Kolkata: Two tremors, a strong one at 9.05 pm and the second at 10.10 pm, triggered by an earthquake and its aftershock in Myanmar jolted the city on Tuesday evening, prompting residents in some high-rises and offices to step ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
    Mongolian winged visitor clicked for 1st time in south Bengal

    Kolkata: A bird that breeds in the alpine or sub-alpine meadows and scrub in the mountains of Mongolia and adjacent parts of Russia has been spotted for the first time in south Bengal.Birders Esanur Hoque and Dibyendu Saha spotted ...

    4 February 2026 Times of India
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