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  • 1 dead, 16 injured in Topsia, Howrah bridge bus accidents

    Kolkata: Two major bus accidents in the city left one person dead and 16 others injured. The first accident occurred around 10 am at the crossing of Hughes Road and the PC Connector. Police said, a private app-based shuttle ...

    19 May 2026 Times of India
    A crazy diamond in Indian football’s trying times

    Kolkata: A fairytale come true in Indian football — well, not quite like the usual type of a Leicester City of 2015-2016 there or an Aizawl FC of 2016-2017 season here. Diamond Harbour FC's journey from the humble Bata ...

    19 May 2026 Times of India
    8 Bangla nat’ls, Indian ‘provider of shelter’ held

    Kolkata: Eight Bangladeshi nationals suspected of entering India illegally, along with an Indian man accused of sheltering them, were arrested in Nimta, North Dum Dum, on Monday.Police said the arrests followed a late-night raid in Fatullapur after officers from ...

    19 May 2026 Times of India
    4th arrest in Suvendu aide killing as CBI nabs UP sharpshooter

    Kolkata/Agra: The CBI has arrested an alleged sharpshooter from Uttar Pradesh in connection with the murder of CM Suvendu Adhikari's former aide Chandranath Rath, in a breakthrough investigators believe could help unravel the logistics behind the killing in Madhyamgram.This ...

    19 May 2026 Times of India
    Sobhandeb files RTI over LoP recognition row

    Kolkata: Octogenarian Trinamool neta and Ballygunge MLA Sovandeb Chattopadhyay on Monday filed an RTI application after the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat allegedly refused to recognise him as the Leader of the Opposition.Trinamool legislative party claimed it was being ...

    19 May 2026 Times of India
    State does away with OBC categorisation, will review list

    Kolkata: Ordering fresh review of the OBC list, Bengal govt on Monday scrapped the existing sub-categorisation system tied to reservations in govt jobs and posts. The move was approved during the second cabinet meeting of the newly formed govt ...

    19 May 2026 Times of India
    Austerity drive: Bengal govt orders spending cuts

    Kolkata: Bengal govt on Monday directed all departments and district administrations to adopt strict austerity measures to reduce expenditure and conserve resources across the state administration.In a directive to departmental heads and DMs, chief secretary Manoj Agarwal said CM ...

    19 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Govt of Bengal, not of a community’: Samik hails ‘religious dole’ scrapping

    Kolkata: Lauding state govt's move to end stipends paid to imams, muezzins and purohits, Bengal BJP on Monday said it supported all welfare schemes, but they should not be based on religious basis.Speaking on this, BJP state president Samik ...

    19 May 2026 Times of India
    STF, cops arrest TMC netas, kin in statewide crackdown

    Kolkata: In a major statewide crackdown, police arrested several high-profile Trinamool figures and their immediate relatives on charges ranging from illegal arms possession and extortion to land grabbing.On Sunday night, the state police's Special Task Force (STF), along with ...

    19 May 2026 Times of India
    EC to deploy 35 CAPF cos for Falta repoll

    Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) is set to deploy 35 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) for the repoll at Falta assembly constituency on May 21. Sources said eight personnel will be stationed at each polling booth. ...

    19 May 2026 Times of India
    Detected and deleted, infiltrators will be deported soon: Suvendu

    Kolkata: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said that "detection and deletion" had already been done and state govt will soon start to "deport", pointing at driving out alleged illegal immigrants from Bengal. He also said that state govt ...

    19 May 2026 Times of India
    ED arrests Sona Pappu in land grab case

    Kolkata: Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu, accused in a land grab scam being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), was arrested on Monday after the central agency allegedly found him evasive and non-cooperative during questioning.Pappu, a history-sheeter who had ...

    19 May 2026 Times of India
    Kunal to send letter to cops over security

    Kolkata: Beleghata TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh said he would send a copy of the court order on his security to police on Tuesday. In a post on social media, Ghosh said, "I had requested security from court... it instructed ...

    19 May 2026 Times of India
    Zero tolerance, Suvendu tells cops after visit to Park Circus trouble spot

    Kolkata: Attacks on cops during protests — especially stone-pelting of the kind witnessed in Kashmir earlier — will not be tolerated in Bengal, CM Suvendu Adhikari said in Park Circus on Monday. The comment came a day after six ...

    19 May 2026 Times of India
    Hawker drives ease rush at Hwh, Sdah stns

    Kolkata: Thousands of commuters using Howrah and Sealdah stations experienced obstacles and hassle-free movement inside and outside the stations during peak hours on Monday, about 48 hours after anti-encroachment drives that saw removal of about 500 hawkers encroaching on ...

    19 May 2026 Times of India
    Avoid confrontation, urge community elders

    Kolkata: Muslim religious figures and community intellectuals on Monday appealed to people to stay away from street protests and avoid confrontation with govt after violence and injuries during a Park Circus gathering on Sunday.The appeals came after clashes broke ...

    19 May 2026 Times of India
    Kol eateries start switching over to other meat

    Kolkata: Several continental restaurants in the city dropped steaks and hamburgers from menu after supply of beef dried up over the weekend.Nizam's restaurant at New Market has also discontinued its beef items temporarily since Friday. Its chairman Samar Nag ...

    19 May 2026 Times of India
    'Absconding' TMC MLA Dilip Mondal’s son arrested with firearms; 2 pistols seized

    KOLKATA: Police have arrested the son of “absconding” TMC MLA Dilip Mondal, along with five others, for allegedly possessing firearms in West Bengal’s Bakkhali-Fraserganj area, a senior officer said on Monday.A joint team of the West Bengal Police and ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Indian Museum, VMH to unveil rare artefacts on Museum Day

    Kolkata: To mark International Museum Day on May 18, the two premier national museums — Indian Museum and Victoria Memorial Hall — will unveil a treasure trove of rare manuscripts and artefacts, many on display for the first time. ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Tiljala residents seek shelter, say violence against cops no solution

    Kolkata: Evicted families of G J Khan Road in Tiljala feel that clashing with or pelting stones at cops to drive away bulldozers to stop demolition is not the way-out, rather they want the administration to help them with ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Three snatchings in city in two days

    Kolkata: Three separate snatching incidents were reported across the city between May 14 and May 16, leaving the victims — two of them senior citizens — shaken and police probing possible linkages, officials said on Sunday. Police said, all ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Bulldozer protest meet turns violent in Kolkata: 10 cops injured, 21 held

    KOLKATA: Ten cops and CAPF men were injured, three of them seriously, at the Park Circus seven-point crossing when stones and bricks were hurled at them during a protest against “the bulldozer action in Tiljala” on Sunday afternoon.Police said ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Bulldozers can’t be govt language: Mamata Banerjee; 10 cops injured as protest turns violent

    KOLKATA: Former CM Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that “bulldozers cannot become the language of governance” in her first public statement after Trinamool’s election defeat.“Bulldozers cannot become the language of governance in a state built on culture, compassion and ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Kalyan Banerjee, Kunal Ghosh, Rajeev Kumar among 10 VIPs facing security cut in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: The Kolkata Police has withdrawn or downgraded security cover for two former DGPs, Trinamool Congress MPs, former ministers and other VIPs, officials said on Monday. Ten VIPs have their names on the security-downgrade list.In an email issued by ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    'Parivartan': TMC shares video of new BJP MLA suggesting 'birth certificates for cows'

    KOLKATA: Newly elected BJP MLA Rekha Patra has triggered a political controversy after she was seen intercepting a vehicle carrying cattle in Hingalganj and allegedly suggesting that those transporting cows should produce a “birth certificate”.On the alleged illegal transportation ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    500 hawkers evicted, stalls removed in drives at Howrah and Sealdah stations

    KOLKATA: More than 150 illegal stalls outside Howrah station were razed and close to 200 vendors evicted in a drive launched late on Saturday. A similar action at Sealdah station, which started on Friday night and continued on Saturday ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata sees spurt in EV sales: Beltala PVD leads race with green vehicles outpacing diesel units

    KOLKATA: Electric vehicles (EVs) have outpaced traditional diesel-powered vehicles in Kolkata.Nowhere is this green dominance more definitive than at Public Vehicles Department (PVD) in Beltala, Kolkata’s largest vehicle registration hub, which has witnessed a steady decline in the enrolment ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Cons turn off SMS alert, docs lose 14 L in banking scam

    Kolkata: A senior doctor attached to a prominent south Kolkata hospital was defrauded of nearly Rs 7.8 lakh in a banking scam. He alleged that several colleagues have been defrauded too, the total amounting close to Rs 14 lakh.According ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    At Nandan, Rudranil & Roopa talk of ‘free Tolly’

    Kolkata: On Sunday, Sonarpur Dakshin BJP MLA Roopa Ganguly and Shibpur BJP MLA Rudranil Ghosh jointly addressed the media, the first time since the duo was made part of a committee formed by CM Suvendu Adhikari to address Tollywood ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    RVNL wraps up phase 1 deck work for Orange Line at Chingrighata

    Kolkata: Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) has started wrapping up work at Chingrighata after launching the entire 28 m concrete deck between two pillars so that the Ultadanga-bound flank can be handed over for traffic before 8 am on ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Dismembered body found in strolley in Hwh

    Howrah: The dismembered body of a middle-aged man, dressed in expensive clothes and with a long vermilion mark on his forehead, was found in a strolley in a roadside bush in Uluberia on Sunday, near National Highway 16. Cops ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Body found near Sonarpur pond

    Kolkata: The body of a 40-year-old man, Surajit Sardar, was found near a pond in Sonarpur's Vidyadharpur Lalpol Chowdhury Bagan area on Sunday morning. His family members alleged that he was murdered.According to cops, Sardar was living with a ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Gas racket: 177 LPG cylinders seized, 1 held

    Kolkata: A man, Dilip Mondal, was arrested for allegedly running an illegal gas refilling and storage racket in South 24 Parganas' Uttarbhag on Sunday. Cops have seized 177 LPG cylinders from him.Acting on a tip-off, officers of the district ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Man molests 2 at rly station

    Kolkata: A resident of Shyampukur has been arrested for allegedly molesting two women at Bidhannagar station on Saturday night. According to the complaint of a 24-year-old woman, who was walking along platform 3, the man allegedly approached her, behaved ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Kol kitchens feel the heat as lemon & brinjal prices spike across mkts

    Kolkata: While West Bengal has largely been spared from the worst of the season's extreme temperatures so far, Kolkata's retail kitchens are feeling the heat of heatwaves raging across the rest of India.A sharp drop in agricultural arrivals from ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Don’t sit idle: Suvendu preps team for Nandigram bypoll

    Nandigram: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday entrusted five BJP MLAs with the task of retaining Nandigram in the upcoming bypolls.Adhikari, a three-time MLA from Nandigram, made his first visit to the constituency after resigning from the assembly seat and ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Villagers storm TMC neta’s house in Amta

    Howrah: Villagers vandalised the house of a Trinamool panchayat chief in Howrah's Amta on Sunday, accusing her and her husband of siphoning off funds from multiple govt schemes for months. Around 200 villagers, armed with sticks, stormed the residence ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Bulldozers cannot be the language of governance: Mamata

    Kolkata: Former CM Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that "bulldozers cannot become the language of governance" in her first public statement after Trinamool's election defeat."Bulldozers cannot become the language of governance in a state built on culture, compassion and ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Minister meets border residents over fence land price concerns

    Kolkata: Bengal food minister and Bongaon North MLA Ashok Kirtania visited the India-Bangladesh border area at Chhoygharia near Petrapole on Sunday to speak with residents over land acquisition for border fencing, appealing to landowners to cooperate in the interest ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    26 arrested in Asansol over cop outpost vandalism

    Asansol: The Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate has arrested 26 people in connection with brick-batting and vandalism at the Jahangiri Mohalla police outpost. Seven of the accused were remanded to police custody after being produced in court on Sunday, while ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    TMC seeks dist reports on defeat

    Kolkata: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday met the party's zilla parishad members at Kalighat and reiterated their commitment towards "protecting Bengal and ensuring a better tomorrow".District presidents have been asked to send ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Garden Reach man arrested for sending fake mail to cops

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police arrested a man accused of sending a fake email to Bhowanipore police station claiming that a plot was being hatched to assassinate chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, officials said on Saturday.The email, received by Bhowanipore police station ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    HC stays eviction from 50-yr-old DH Road bldg

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Saturday — in an urgent hearing — granted interim stay on eviction from a 50-year-old multi-storey building on Diamond Harbour Road till June 30. The fire and emergency services dept ordered eviction within 24 ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Injured worker dies, fire toll rises to 3

    Kolkata: Death toll in Tiljala leather factory fire has risen to three after 37-year-old Mohd Ibrar, also known as Yusuf, succumbed to his injuries late on Saturday night. He had been undergoing treatment at Calcutta National Medical College and ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Amid unease, imams urge devotees to perform qurbani following govt rules

    Kolkata: Amid a growing unease ahead of the festival of Bakrid, also known as Eid al-Adha, set to be observed in the last week of May, Muslim intellectuals and religious figures across Kolkata have urged the community to follow ...

    18 May 2026 Times of India
    Kol may stay warm till Tues, max likely to hover around 35°C

    Kolkata: Despite being lashed by a squall on Friday night, the city remained warm and humid, with the maximum temperature touching 34.8°C on Saturday. While it will continue to be warm during the day, with the maximum temperature hovering ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Heavy police deployment as anti-encroachment drive clears area outside West Bengal's Howrah station

    KOLKATA: A massive anti-encroachment drive was carried out outside Howrah railway station past midnight, with bulldozers demolishing rows of makeshift shops and illegal structures along the stretch from the Ganga ghat to the station premises, officials said on Sunday.The ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Cyber plaint against CM slur, sensitive content on FB

    Kolkata: A cyber crime case has been registered against an unidentified person for allegedly posting objectionable and communally sensitive content on Facebook, including a post targeting chief minister Suvendu Adhikari and another related to the arrangement of Qurbani cattle ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    No fire licence, screening stops at EMB multiplex

    Kolkata: Screening of films at Inox in Metropolitan Mall at Hiland Park off EM Bypass stopped from Saturday as the fire licence did not get renewed due to lack of pressurisation in the stairs and exhaust system in the ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Supply dries up at Kolkata’s only abattoir

    KOLKATA: The city’s only abattoir in Tangra has stopped receiving fresh supply of cattle since Thursday. Officials said more than 180 heads of cattle were at the facility, but only 22 of these would be allowed for slaughter as ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Have list of Abhishek Banerjee’s properties’: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari in fresh attack on TMC MP

    KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari launched a fresh attack against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, claiming that he has obtained a list of properties linked to Abhishek’s company, Leaps and Bounds, and warning that the assets would ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    New helpline to counter crimes against women

    Kolkata: The state govt is soon launching a dedicated 24-hour helpline number for women - 181 - which will be geo-tagged with the help desk at the nearest police station as the police will immediately get alert on exactly ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    15 arrested for Asansol police outpost attack

    Asansol: Fifteen people were arrested for ransacking a police outpost at Qureshi Mohalla in Asansol on Friday evening, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday, reports Mohammad Asif."Those who were involved in vandalising the police outpost are in police custody. ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Accept all plaints of police excesses in 5 years, says West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari to cops

    KOLKATA: Police stations in Bengal will have to accept complaints against cop excesses in last five years, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday in Diamond Harbour after his first administrative meeting with top police officers.Speaking to media after the ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Hall full of dreams: Students step into future of higher edu, careers

    Kolkata: In a buzzing hall alive with the hum of ambition and the sparkle of possibility, over 300 students from classes XI and XII and their parents stepped into a world of higher education dreams on April 12. Times ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    6 unnatural deaths in 24 hrs

    Kolkata: Six persons died under mysterious circumstances in different parts of the city in the last 24 hours. Around 11.15 am on Saturday, an 82-year-old resident of Lake Road was found lying on the bed in an unconscious state. ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Prepare list of illegal buildings: Min to civic bodies

    Kolkata: The urban development and municipal affairs dept has asked the KMC, all municipal corporations and municipalities to strictly follow legal provisions on unauthorised construction after the Tiljala factory fire incident, which claimed two lives last week.Municipal affairs minister ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    RVNL finishes 28m deck-launch to bridge key Chingrighata gap

    Kolkata: After a 15-month wait, RVNL has managed to complete launching of the entire 28m concrete deck between piers 317 and 318 of the Orange Line. Thus, a major part of the first phase of lifting concrete segments to ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Malda to Falta, multiple TMC netas arrested

    Kolkata: Multiple Trinamool functionaries were arrested across districts on a string of charges ranging from cooperative bank fraud and extortion to demolishing a govt school building and a post-election firing on Saturday.In Malda's Ratua, Bilaimari gram panchayat pradhan Smritikana ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Dilip goes fishing in Khasmahal

    Kolkata: Panchayat, rural development and animal resources minister Dilip Ghosh spent Saturday morning at the ‘bheris' (pisciculture ponds) of Khasmahal in Bidhannagar, casting fishing nets and interacting with local residents and supporters.The minister joined a tea gathering before boarding ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal clears transfer of 7 NH stretches

    Kolkata: In a bid to improve connectivity in Bengal, state govt has cleared the transfer of seven key highway corridors to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL), to allow ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Bangladesh nat’l held in Hingalganj

    Kolkata: Police on Saturday arrested alleged Bangladeshi national Shahidul Gazi from Hingalganj in North 24 Parganas for illegal infiltration, reports Sanjib Chakraborty. Joymal Abedin, a local TMC panchayat member was detained for allegedly providing shelter to Gazi.

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Will take care of Pushpa’: Suvendu in Abhishek lair after unseating Didi

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari took his first political programme outside his own constituencies to Falta in South 24 Parganas on Saturday — squarely in Abhishek Banerjee's Diamond Harbour parliamentary constituency — in a pointed move at a Trinamool stronghold ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    With scales flipped in Bengal, uphill task for TMC’s Jahangir Khan in Falta

    Falta: With the political scales flipping in Bengal and chief minister Suvendu Adhikari targeting him in his own lair, Trinamool Congress's Falta candidate Jahangir Khan faces an uphill task ahead of the May 21 repolls. Khan, who had stepped ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Singur, Nandigram chapters may be dropped from Class 8 syllabus: BJP MLA

    Kolkata: Baranagar BJP MLA Sajal Ghosh has indicated that sections on the Singur and Nandigram movements led by Mamata Banerjee may soon be removed from the state board's Class 8 syllabus — one of the first signals of curriculum ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu meets Mithun at actor’s New Town home

    Kolkata: Ahead of his scheduled administrative meeting at Diamond Harbour, CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday met actor Mithun Chakraborty at his New Town residence. Coming out of his house, Adhikari said, "Mithunda had sought some time to meet me. ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    FIR against Abhishek for ‘inflammatory’ poll campaign remarks

    Kolkata: An FIR was lodged against TMC national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee for allegedly making inflammatory remarks in the run up to the 2026 assembly elections. Police said they have launched an investigation into whether ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Border fencing picks up pace in N 24 Pgns

    Kolkata: Bengal has sped up barbed-wire fencing along vulnerable parts of the India-Bangladesh border in North 24 Parganas to curb illegal infiltration. This comes after CM Suvendu Adhikari announced expedited hand over of land to the Border Security Force ...

    17 May 2026 Times of India
    Six Presi departments return to own admission tests after a decade

    Kolkata: After a decade of conducting admissions through the West Bengal JEE board, Presidency University will return to its own undergraduate admission process this year, with the application portal opening on Monday and forms to be accepted till June ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Man arrested for sending threat email targeting Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari; mentions suicide bomb attack

    KOLKATA: A man was arrested from Kolkata’s Garden Reach area for allegedly sending an email to police threatening a suicide bomb attack on West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari “with the help of terror outfit Al Qaeda,” a senior ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Chingrighata viaduct work resumes after 15 months

    Kolkata: After standing idle since Feb 2, 2025 next to Chingrighata crossing, the 500MT launcher moved for the first time to start placing a 28m concrete segment at 7.55pm on Friday. It moved 5m by 8.10pm.Elaborate traffic arrangements were ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Chandrakant Rath killing: CBI conducts searches at multiple locations

    KOLKATA: The CBI conducted searches at multiple locations on Saturday in connection with the murder of Chandrakant Rath, an aide to West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, officials said.The searches began late Friday night and continued into the early ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Wary real estate industry braces for material shortage, project delay and price shocks

    Kolkata: Kolkata's real estate market is staring at fresh time and cost escalations as the war in West Asia disrupts supplies of construction materials, delays project execution and pushes up apartment prices. A letter from CREDAI West Bengal to ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Govt to use SIR list to prune welfare database

    Kolkata: The newly elected Bengal govt will use the voters' list created out of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ahead of the assembly polls to prune names of deceased or relocated individuals whose names continue to ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    FIR against Abhishek Banerjee over inflammatory statements, remarks against Amit Shah

    KOLKATA: An FIR has been registered against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee at the Bidhannagar North Cyber Crime Police Station for allegedly making inflammatory statements ahead of the elections, making remarks regarding the playing of DJs and issuing statements against ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Too early to forecast Kol monsoon date’

    Kolkata: Met officials in the city said on Friday that it was too early to predict the southwest monsoon's arrival date in Kolkata, although the IMD has forecast an early onset over Kerala. The weather office has announced that ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    BJP no to new members in bid to avoid TMC-isation

    Kolkata: BJP's Bengal unit announced on Friday that it would not induct any new members at the moment, at the party's first formal organisational meeting after the May 4 election results.Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said induction of members ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    2 TMC men held for land grabbing

    Howrah: Howrah City Police on Friday arrested two local Trinamool functionaries from Liluah on charges of wetland occupation, unlawful land conversion, forced evictions, extortion and links to bomb-attack incidents. The arrested men, Ranjit Karmakar and Rajbeer Singh, were allegedly ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Gold chain snatching near Park Circus

    Kolkata: Beniapukur cops are investigating a snatching incident on Park Street near Park Circus, where two motorcycle-borne men targeted a 32-year-old restaurant employee around 3.20 am on Thursday.The Salt Lake resident was walking toward Park Circus to book a ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Cops keep 3 alternative traffic plans ready for metro work

    Kolkata: Traffic cops have put in place an elaborate traffic management plan to prevent major congestion during the RVNL work to bridge a 366-metre gap at Chingrighata Crossing. The work will be carried out in two phases — from ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Buses, autos demand fare hike as diesel price crosses 95 mark

    Kolkata: The revision in fuel prices might hit Kolkata's public transport sector hard. Following international market volatility and escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, the price of diesel has crossed Rs 95 per litre mark. While economists said ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Mob pelts stones at cops in Asansol

    Asansol: Tension flared in Asansol after a group of people attacked a police outpost at Naya Mohallah accusing cops of trying to stop Friday night prayers. Police and central forces resorted to lathicharge and are conducting marches in the ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    All caste certs issued since 2011 to be re-verified

    Kolkata: State govt has directed all district administrations to begin re-verification of caste certificates issued since 2011, including those distributed through Duare Sarkar camps. The backward classes welfare department issued the directive on Friday, covering around 1.69 crore certificates ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Civic scam: ED quizzes ex-min Rathin Ghosh for 8 hours

    Kolkata: Former food minister Rathin Ghosh was questioned for eight hours by the ED on Friday in connection with the alleged civic recruitment scam. Ghosh, who reached the agency's Salt Lake office at 10am, had skipped five previous summonses."I ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Come June, CM to hear public complaints in ‘Janatar Darbar’

    Kolkata: From June 1, CM Suvendu Adhikari is likely to directly hear public grievances and ensure their immediate redressal through a "Janatar Darbar", following a model practised in several BJP-governed states such as UP, MP and Odisha.The proposed public ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata housing market sees slight dip, appetitegrows for larger homes

    Kolkata: The city's housing market saw a mild slowdown in April 2026, but residential registrations remained the second-highest for the month in the last five years, underlining underlying demand resilience. The city also witnessed a clear shift towards larger ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Rathin Bose unanimously elected assembly speaker

    Kolkata: ‘Vande Mataram' played in the assembly as Bengal kept up with its tradition of electing the speaker of the House unanimously on Friday. Cooch Behar South MLA Rathin Bose was elected speaker as Trinamool stayed away from contest.In ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu hints at rejig of assembly segments, new bigger house

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Friday hinted at a large-scale overhaul of Bengal's assembly constituencies combined with a significant increase in the number of members in the state legislative assembly — which may necessitate the construction of a new ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Won’t stop those who want to go’: Mamata vows to rebuild Trinamool

    Kolkata: Against the backdrop of rumblings in the Trinamool following its poll debacle, party chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Friday told candidates who had lost the 2026 assembly elections that she would build the organisation afresh.A party senior quoted Banerjee ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Sr cop Santanu ‘part of extortion racket’, sent to 14-day ED custody

    Kolkata: The ED on Friday told a special PMLA court in Kolkata that DCP Santanu Sinha Biswas, arrested at 10.40pm on Thursday, was part of an organised land-grab and extortion syndicate involving illegal land deals, transfer of OCs and ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Not leaving’: CM gives up Nandigram assembly seat

    Kolkata: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari on Friday formally resigned from the Nandigram assembly seat and chose to retain Bhowanipore, while delivering an emotional message to reassure his support base in his East Midnapore bastion."My relationship with Nandigram is not ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Sdah, CBD, Bhowanipore lead parking violations

    Kolkata: Around 30% of illegal parking in the city in the past 48 hours was primarily reported from three separate zones – the headquarter guard comprising the Dalhousie and Esplanade areas, the Sealdah guard where Koley Market and Narkeldanga ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Devotees go for self-regulation, conform to govt’s new namaz guidelines across city mosques

    Kolkata: The city witnessed a largely peaceful transition on Friday as worshippers across several mosques offered prayers on the premises instead of carriageways, following verbal instructions conveyed by the police in line with the new govt's emphasis on traffic ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    In Tiljala, Friday namaz after 6-hour stand-off with payloader

    Kolkata: A payloader stationed in front of two buildings being demolished on G J Khan Road in Tiljala was forced to roll back on Friday morning after a nearly six-hour stand-off with local residents, as devotees sought space to ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    3,000 ‘red-zone’ bldgs on KMC watchlist

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) buildings department has identified 3,000 buildings in ‘red zones' across six city boroughs that have grossly violated the civic body's construction rules.Though an unofficial nomenclature, ‘red zones' refer to areas or neighbourhoods where ...

    16 May 2026 Times of India
    Former MLA aide held with arms

    Howrah: Aakash Singh, a key aide of the ex-Howrah North MLA Goutam Choudhary, who was feared in the area, was arrested by the Howrah City Police detective department on Thursday. An aide of his was also arrested. The arrested ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    RG Kar rape-murder case: Bengal govt suspends 3 police officers for 'lapses' in investigation, says CM Suvendu Adhikari

    KOLKATA: The West Bengal government on Friday suspended three police officers over alleged “lapses” in the investigation into the RG Kar rape-murder case, Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari claimed.Announcing the decision at the state secretariat, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Centralised admission portal to open on Monday

    Kolkata: The centralised admission portal (CAP) will open on Monday for admission to undergraduate courses at 460 colleges and 17 universities in Bengal and applications will be accepted till June 1. The entire admission process will be held online, ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    60-yr-old auto driver dies after assault

    Kolkata: A 60-year-old auto-rickshaw driver died after he was allegedly assaulted following an altercation near the Nimtala Ghat on Wednesday morning.Cops from the Jorabagan PS arrested the accused, Madhyamgram resident Subir Paul (66), under the culpable homicide charge.The incident ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Orange Line extension till Sec V likely by Dec

    Kolkata: Metro Railway hopes to extend Orange Line services up to IT Centre station at Sector V by Dec. Currently, trains in this New Garia-Airport corridor run from New Garia up to Beleghata station at Metropolitan on E M ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
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