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  • Chinese airline to touch down in city on April 19

    Kolkata: China Eastern Airlines will arrive from Kunming shortly after midnight on April 19, marking a return of the carrier after six years. The airline will operate six flights a week, operating on all days other than Wednesday.This will ...

    27 March 2026 Times of India
    Parking row: Truck driver attacks lawyer, arrested

    Kolkata: A Calcutta HC advocate was verbally abused, pushed and threatened with a brick after an altercation over a trailer blocking his way escalated. The victim, Sourindranath Bandyopadhyay, was allegedly chased and threatened with death near his residence on ...

    27 March 2026 Times of India
    Not more than 250 in LPG queue: Auto rules to keep routes running

    Kolkata: In a city where autos form the backbone of last-mile connectivity, a deepening LPG shortage has triggered an unusual response — self-imposed discipline. With fuel increasingly scarce, auto operators across Kolkata have introduced a cap of 250 vehicles ...

    27 March 2026 Times of India
    Thunderstorms, rain likely over next 4 days in Kol and districts

    Kolkata: An upper air cyclonic circulation over south Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining north Odisha is likely to trigger thunderstorms and rain across several south Bengal districts and Kolkata over the next four days. The circulation extends up to ...

    27 March 2026 Times of India
    900 for 4kg refill: Mini cylinders vanish from local markets, supply crisis hits biz

    Kolkata: Several years ago, a mini cylinder in the local markets could be refilled in the local markets for Rs 50. The cost of refilling has now increased to Rs 900 in some areas after the war broke out ...

    27 March 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal assembly elections: BJP releases 3rd list, fields RG Kar victim’s mother

    KOLKATA: BJP on Wednesday evening released its third list of candidates for the Bengal assembly polls, nominating the mother of the RG Kar rape-and-murder victim from her home constituency.The list contained 19 names, bringing the number of candidates picked ...

    27 March 2026 Times of India
    EC has power to transfer officers, counsel tells HC

    Kolkata: EC has the power to transfer state or Centre officers to conduct a "free and fair" election, its counsel told Calcutta HC on Wednesday, while senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee counter-questioned how the state will function for a month ...

    27 March 2026 Times of India
    SIR’s order: Not on electoral roll but still on election duty

    Kolkata: In a striking administrative contradiction ahead of Bengal elections, a growing number of citizens across districts find themselves caught in what many describe as an "election duty paradox". Even as the EC continues to keep their names ‘under ...

    27 March 2026 Times of India
    How can we be in two places at one time: BLOs

    Kolkata: Booth-level officers (BLOs) across the city are in a flap over their twin poll duties the same day next month.While the EC has made it mandatory for all BLOs to work as volunteers at voter assistance booths (VABs) ...

    27 March 2026 Times of India
    EC withdraws order calling docs for poll duty

    Kolkata: There was a sigh of relief for faculty members at Prafulla Chandra Sen Govt Medical College, Arambag, with the hospital on Thursday receiving an exemption notice from poll duty.The hospital, however, is yet to get confirmation regarding the ...

    27 March 2026 Times of India
    Come for the food, stay for the stories: Kolkata now talks kimchi to cutlet over aperol and adda

    On any given evening in Kolkata, a night out now rarely unfolds in a single act. It might begin with small plates and conversation at a restaurant, stretch into cocktails at an intimate bar, and end with music, and ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    Homeward bound, China edit: 7 dogs make 17kms journey back home

    Forget the movies – this real-life canine heist is better than anything Disney could script. In a jaw-dropping display of ‘dogged’ determination, seven stolen pups managed to leap from a moving truck in China, staging a high-stakes escape that ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    A festival about death… that’s actually about living

    Most festivals promise food, music and fun. Thailand’s “Death Fest” offers something slightly more existential: a chance to think about your own mortality. Held in Nonthaburi near Bangkok, the unusual fair invites visitors to openly discuss death — a ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal polls: Suvendu Adhikari serves up SIR 'meal' analogy as BJP bets on deletions

    KOLKATA: Bengal's leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday used a meal metaphor to describe the scale of SIR deletions. "Breakfast saw 58 lakh names removed, lunch witnessed removal of seven lakh; and during evening tea, 14 lakh more ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal elections 2026: White coats get poll duty call-up, medical community cries foul

    KOLKATA: Some presiding officers at polling booths may not be wearing stethoscopes or the doctor’s white coat this election but that does not mean they are not doctors.Election Commission has requisitioned 48 doctors at Prafulla Chandra Sen Govt Medical ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    NIA to take over Bhangar blast probe

    Kolkata: NIA is likely to begin its investigation into the Bhangar blast case after the probe was transferred from state police to the central agency.Last Wednesday, a bomb exploded in an abandoned house in South Bamunia village of Chaltaberia ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    HC dismisses Samik PIL on voter security

    Kolkata: Calcutta HC on Wednesday dismissed a PIL filed by BJP Bengal president Samik Bhattacharya, observing that he has "no authority on whether central or state agency will be accountable to ensure voters' security," reports Subrata Chattoraj. HC clarified ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    PM posts Shyamasangeet, signals BJP’s Bengal pivot

    Kolkata: Prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday shared a Shyamasangeet by 18th-century poet-saint Ramprasad Sen on his social media handle.Posting on X, Modi wrote, "Adulation of Devi Maa instils a new confidence among the devotees. Her sadhana fills everyone ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    7 CAPF men face EC action for attending Iftar

    Behrampore: Seven Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel deployed on election duty in Bengal have been sent out of the state for violating the model code of conduct by attending an Iftar gathering.The incident took place in the first ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek Banerjee calls on TMC workers to reclaim Nandigram

    NANDIGRAM/KOLKATA: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday vowed to reclaim lost ground in Nandigram, urging party workers to "take responsibility" over the next 25 days while promising to be accountable for the constituency for the next five ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    Final location survey begins for train line to Nathu La

    Jalpaiguri: Indian Railways have begun the final location survey (FLS) to lay a new railway line between Gangtok and Nathu La. This comes after the FLS for Rangpo to Gangtok (34.7km). Work on this railway line is expected to ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    Cast one vote each against every SIR injustice, says Didi

    Kolkata/Naxalbari: "Cast one vote each for every SIR injustice," CM Mamata Banerjee urged voters at Naxalbari on Wednesday, while addressing a rally on her assembly poll campaign trail.Reminding voters of how "women were being targeted by BJP," CM Banerjee ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    TMC moves EC over RO appt in Bhowanipore

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Wednesday lodged a complaint with the EC over the appointment of WBCS officer Surajit Roy as Bhowanipore returning officer. Trinamool MP Derek O'Brien cited Roy's long tenure as Nandigram BDO and his out-of-turn appointment as concerns ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    Owaisi, Kabir seal poll pact, eye shift in minority vote math

    Kolkata: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) founder Humayun Kabir on Wednesday formally announced their alliance for the assembly elections, announcing they have nearly finalised seat-sharing details and would jointly address at least 20 rallies ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    26 of 35 staffers on election duty, SSC flags hiring delay

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Central School Service Commission on Wednesday told the Calcutta High Court that it may not be able to meet the Supreme Court's Aug 31 deadline for fresh recruitment, as 26 of its 35 employees have ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    Ex-judge on deleted list to move tribunal, family status undecided

    Kolkata: Retired Calcutta High Court judge Sahidullah Munshi, who has served seven years as a Calcutta HC judge and serves as the chairperson of the state Auqaf board, has been struck off the electoral list after judicial scrutiny and ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    Goutam Ghose now Kol sheriff

    Kolkata: Filmmaker Goutam Ghose was sworn in on Wednesday as Kolkata's sheriff for 2026, reviving the colonial-era honorary post after a five-year vacancy. Appointed by the West Bengal governor on the recommendation of the Calcutta High Court, Ghose joins ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    Hosp hosts meet to improve patient care

    Kolkata: The Rogi Kalyan Samiti (RKS) at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital met on Wednesday, a brainstorming exercise to enhance patient care services. Sources said the meeting was happening after more than a year.Attended by the college principal, ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    12 lakh Bengal voter claims rejected out of 32L vetted, says EC official

    By-kaushik.pradhanKOLKATA: Bengal's list of ineligible voters swelled by about 12 lakh after judicial officers racing the poll clock to complete the contentious post-SIR adjudication process cleared just over half of the 60 lakh pending cases till Tuesday evening, an ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    Repair work starts at RG Kar Hospital to get Emergency unit back to old building

    Kolkata: The vandalised emergency unit at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) is all set to get a new lease of life after 19 months. The hospital's PWD started the repair work of the original emergency unit that ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    Dry fruit prices soar as Iran supply crunch hits Kolkata markets

    Kolkata: The tension in the Strait of Hormuz has not only imperilled energy supply, it has also affected shipment of dry fruits. The supply crunch has sent prices of pistachio, Marma almonds, green raisins and prunes soaring.At the dry ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    In villages, para after para report en bloc deletions on first supplementary list

    Kolkata: Several pockets of rural Bengal have witnessed large-scale disenfranchisement following the publication of the first supplementary list on Monday. From 432 voters deleted at a single booth in Suti and 427 struck off at a single booth in ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    Murder-suicide: Salon owner killed with parlour blade

    Kolkata: The beauty parlour owner who was hacked to death inside the salon at Mahamayatala near Garia on Tuesday, appears to have attempted to ward off the assailant with a blade before he managed to turn it on her ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    Stray feeders shift to dry food, other cooking modes

    Kolkata: The ongoing crisis of LPG cylinders has thrown up challenges for stray feeders across the city, prompting them to explore alternative ways of preparing meals for their furry friends. In a bid to bypass dependence on LPG, some ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    ISI Bill: Faculty, students stage demonstration

    Kolkata: Students, workers and faculty members of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) on Wednesday organized a sit-in demonstration against the proposed Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2025. They had, earlier this month, organized a candlelight march to protest the same."The ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    Auto crisis hits last-mile connectivity on key routes

    Kolkata: Last-mile connectivity across the city is facing a growing crisis, particularly in the late evening, as a sharp decline in auto availability leaves commuters stranded and struggling to get home. Autos have traditionally acted as the backbone of ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    One step back: Agency bows out of Purple Line’s Esplanade stn work

    Kolkata: Contractors L&T have backed out of building the Purple Line's Esplanade station because of the uncertainty over timelines, with the BC Roy Market traders refusing to budge to make room for the station.RVNL, which is implementing the 14km ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    7,500 cops to be deployed for 138 Ram Navami rallies across Kolkata, Howrah

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police will deploy more than 5,000 personnel and 50 senior officers across the city over the next 48 hours as more than 90 Ram Navami processions are scheduled during a politically sensitive period marked by the election ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    70-yr-old lands in hosp with head injury after road rage

    Kolkata: An elderly man was seriously injured in an alleged road rage incident outside Alipore zoo in Kolkata on Monday evening, after a confrontation between a biker and a car occupant turned violent, police said.The injured man, Nirmal Kumar ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    LPG flip-flop: Oil companies go back to 25-day gap between cylinder bookings

    Kolkata: Flip-flop and confusion around LPG distribution regulations triggered long queues and anxiety among consumers on Wednesday. After issuing instructions on Tuesday to widen the lock-in period between the first and second booking for double-cylinder consumers from 25 to ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    One step back: Agency bows out of Purple Line’s Esplanade stn work

    Kolkata: Contractors L&T have backed out of building the Purple Line's Esplanade station because of the uncertainty over timelines, with the BC Roy Market traders refusing to budge to make room for the station.RVNL, which is implementing the 14km ...

    26 March 2026 Times of India
    North Sikkim landslides: 150–200 tourists stranded in Chungthang

    GANGTOK: Around 150 to 200 tourists have been stranded in Chungthang in North Sikkim after multiple landslides triggered by heavy rainfall, District Collector Anant Jain said.Jain said the landslides occurred along key routes connecting Gangtok to Lachen and Chungthang ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Bengal's 1st supplementary rolls create more confusion, fail to give clarity on voters' status

    Kolkata: Lakhs of Bengal voters under judicial adjudication were on tenterhooks Tuesday after the state's first supplementary electoral rolls, published the previous midnight, failed to provide clarity about their status. The confusion was compounded by chief electoral officer Manoj ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘Cat out of the bag’: Mamata Banerjee alleges EC-BJP nexus over Kerala ‘BJP seal’ fiasco

    KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday lashed out at Election Commission for the presence of a BJP seal on an official letter to political parties, saying “the cat is now out of the bag” and alleging a “nexus” ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Tea Board unveils ‘Tea Mark’ for quality assurance

    Kolkata: Tea Board has introduced ‘Tea Mark' as a quality certification and assurance identifier to promote quality, consumption and marketing of tea. According to the order, ‘Tea Mark' signifies that the tea has been tested and verified as prescribed ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek hits campaign trail with ‘BJP cash for BLAs’ charge

    Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday kick-started his poll campaign from Patharpratima in South 24 Parganas, alleging that the list of booth-level agents submitted to the EC managed to reach BJP netas in Delhi, who were ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee resigns from over 20 posts ahead of assembly polls

    KOLKATA: Bengal govt, in a note to the EC Tuesday, informed that CM Mamata Banerjee had resigned from over 20 posts which she held in various committees by virtue of being the CM.Before filing her nomination, Mamata vacated all ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Rajbanshi leader Barman, ex-MLA Roy Pradhan join BJP

    Kolkata: Bangshibadan Barman, leader of a Greater Coochbehar People's Association faction and former Trinamool ally, joined BJP on Tuesday. Former Trinamool MLA from Mekhliganj, Arghya Roy Pradhan, also defected to the saffron camp.Once a staunch BJP critic, Barman — ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Cal HC gives railways 48 hrs on Swapna resignation

    Jalpaiguri: Trinamool candidate Swapna Barman on Tuesday moved the Jalpaiguri circuit bench of the Calcutta High Court, alleging that her resignation from the railways was yet to be approved ahead of filing her nomination from Rajganj constituency.Hearing the plea, ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP worker killed in Raidighi, wife & ‘paramour’ held

    Kolkata: The body of a 38-year-old farmer and BJP worker with his throat slit was recovered near his residence in South 24 Parganas' Raidighi on Monday night. Police have arrested the victim's wife, Anima, and a local man, Gobinda ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Trinamool plaint after CAPF jawan ‘seen’ with lotus cutouts

    Kolkata: Trinamool is set to lodge a complaint with the Election Commission against BJP's Bankura MLA and candidate Niladri Sekhar Dana after a video surfaced where a CAPF jawan in uniform was seen carrying lotus symbol cutouts during his ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Mamata resigns from 20 committees

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt, in a note to the EC on Tuesday, informed that CM Mamata Banerjee has resigned from over 20 posts which she held in various committees by virtue of being the CM.Before filing her nomination, she ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP prez Nabin reviews poll strategy in Bengal as voices of dissent grow louder

    Kolkata: BJP president Nitin Nabin on Tuesday began his deliberations with party netas and workers in Kolkata before the final voter list publication. The meeting came in the backdrop of yet another spate of protests from disgruntled supporters over ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP worker killed in Raidighi, wife & ‘paramour’ held

    Kolkata: The body of a 38-year-old farmer and BJP worker with his throat slit was recovered near his residence in South 24 Parganas' Raidighi on Monday night. Police have arrested the victim's wife, Anima, and a local man, Gobinda ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Will take a few months to reopen old Emergency, solve loo crisis: RG Kar

    Kolkata: The two recent deaths — an emergency patient and the father of an emergency patient — at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital have prompted the health department to issue an order to start the repair work at ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    KMC plans 6-month hygiene workshop for food vendors

    Kolkata: The Bharat Chamber of Commerce (BCC) will tie up with the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to train basic hygiene to the city's street food vendors. The workshop is likely to begin from Tiretti Market, famous for its Chinese delicacies, ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Autos lose, buses gain as passengers change transport amid fare rise

    Kolkata: A sharp rise in auto fares across Kolkata has triggered a noticeable shift in commuting patterns, with passengers increasingly opting for buses for short-distance travel. The change comes in the wake of a steep hike in auto LPG ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    8cr GST fraud: Firm director sent to 14-day judicial custody

    Kolkata: Central Goods and Services Tax officers of the anti-evasion unit in Kolkata started probe in a Rs 8 crore fraud case involving a network of fake GST entities engaged in availing of input tax credit (ITC). A director ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Pollution rank: Kol 49th among 259 Indian cities in AQI global report

    Kolkata: Kolkata has been placed 49th in pollution ranks among 259 cities in India in IQAir's 2025 World Air Quality Report, underscoring persistent air quality challenges across eastern India and the wider South Asian region. The report, released by ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    CU alters examination centres to accommodate CAPF personnel

    Kolkata: After exam centres were changed due to the presence of central forces in 10-12 CU-affiliated colleges, the third-semester exams began on Tuesday. Under this special situation, the department of the Controller of Examinations allowed students whose exam centres ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    EC rolls out awareness camps for new voters

    Kolkata: The Election Commission officials organised an awareness programme for new voters at Women's Christian College Kolkata on Tuesday. The event, called SVEEP (Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation), brought together election officials, students, and grassroot level workers under ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Youth held for using fake docus to get postal job

    Kolkata: Police arrested a youth, Manoj Kumar, for allegedly attempting to secure a job in the postal department using fake documents after he was detained at a post office in Narkeldanga.The postal department was hiring for Gramin Dak Sevak ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Top players for Port hockey tourney

    Kolkata: Some of the finest hockey talents from India's major ports will be seen in action in the All India Major Port Hockey Championship that was inaugurated at the SAI Kolkata Hockey Ground on Tuesday. Six prominent teams from ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Lift death: Securitymen took 33 mins to get keys

    Kolkata: Police have found glaring lapses in the circumstances leading to the death of 40-year-old Arup Banerjee, who was crushed to death by a lift at RG Kar Hospital early on Friday. The hospital has also constituted an internal ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Crowd thins in Trauma Care bldg’s new Emergency unit after back-to-back deaths

    Kolkata: The patient footfall at RG Kar Medical College's Emergency unit nosedived on Tuesday. The unit usually sees an average footfall of 200 patients daily but on Tuesday, it halved to around 100 patients. While officials claimed that such ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    First in eastern India: 10-year-old undergoes donor bone transplant

    Kolkata: Doctors at the state-run IPGMER & SSKM Hospital have conducted a successful bone transplant on a 10-year-old boy from Murshidabad. This marks the first bone transplant using donor bone from the hospital's own bone bank, which is also ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Platform door snag hits Green Line ops

    Kolkata: A snag in the platform screen doors of Green Line's Mahakaran station, which opened when a train arrived, caused a spark that led to panic among passengers on Tuesday morning. The third line, which supplies electricity to the ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    New LPG connection, issue of second cylinder stop as shortage continues

    Kolkata: A continuous LPG supply crunch triggered by escalating tensions in West Asia and disruptions along the Strait of Hormuz has begun to impact households across Kolkata, with Oil Marketing Companies suspending new gas connections and the issuance of ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Set up tribunals at academy in New Town, suggests SC

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Tuesday proposed setting up of appellate tribunals, which would hear appeals of people missing from the SIR supplementary list, at West Bengal Judicial Academy in New Town."This will save time and logistics required for ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Watgunge teen dies in freak accident after ball hits him in the neck, below ear

    Kolkata: A 19-year-old boy died in a freak accident in Watgunge on Sunday after being hit by a ball on his neck, below the right earlobe, while playing with his friends. Aniket Das from Mansatala Lane off Diamond Harbour ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Man kills Garia parlour owner, dies by suicide

    Kolkata: A 50-year-old woman was hacked to death inside the beauty parlour she owned in Garia's Mahamayatala on Tuesday. The 44-year-old assailant, from either Haryana or Kashmir, was found dead outside the parlour. Police suspect he slashed his own ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Now, cylinder delivery code to be sent to device used for booking, not registered no.

    Kolkata: After weeks of confusion and failed deliveries, oil marketing companies have resolved a technical flaw in the delivery authentication code (DAC) system and introduced a change, bringing relief to LPG consumers in India. The glitch, primarily linked to ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Comm LPG supply relief linked to PNG switch but no infra in city

    Kolkata: As the LPG supply situation starts improving after the war-affected disruptions, oil marketing companies begin releasing up to 50% of the demand for commercial cylinders in Kolkata, offering relief to restaurants, bakeries and the hospitality sector. But the ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Names of 340 voters, including BLO, struck off list

    Kolkata: The first supplementary list came as a shocker for 340 electors in part 5 of Basirhat. All of them were under adjudication and their names were deleted. The deletion also includes the BLO and his two siblings. BLO ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Actor’s car in poll requisition row

    Kolkata: If you own a vehicle and plan to travel beyond Kolkata Police limits, it is advisable that you contact the local district election office and submit an application, stating why your daily life would be impeded, especially for ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Supplementary list: Relief for some, long-term worry for others

    Kolkata: The first supplementary list published late on Monday night brought relief to some electors who cleared the judicial scrutiny. But the anxiety continued for most of the electors still placed under adjudication as they could not find their ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    In SIR-hit seat, old Cong hand another TMC hurdle

    Kolkata: The Chowringhee assembly constituency — which has already seen its voter base shrink from 2.1 lakh to 1.3 lakh due to the SIR — now braces for another political shift with four-time KMC councillor Santosh Pathak of ward ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP functionary’s wife alleges assault, molest at Joka shop

    Kolkata: A case has been registered at Thakurpukur PS after a woman — wife of a BJP ward 144 functionary — alleged assault, trespass and molestation at a shop in Joka on Monday by "Trinamool" goons.The case was recorded ...

    25 March 2026 Times of India
    Shah may hold rally in Raidighi this weekend, launch BJP poll manifesto

    Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah is likely to release BJP's manifesto for the 2026 Bengal assembly polls when he visits the state by the end of this month. Shah is expected to hold a rally at Raidighi in ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    'Climbed 24 steps to reach washroom': RG Kar hospital cardiac patient walks to toilet, collapses in son’s arms, dies

    KOLKATA: A 60-year-old cardiac patient collapsed in his son’s arms and died after walking about 40 metre from the trauma care building of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and climbing a flight of stairs to access a male ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    2 die in N Dinajpur, kin allege ‘under adjudication’ stress

    Kolkata: Two men died of suspected heart attacks in North Dinajpur on Sunday night, ahead of the EC's publication of the supplementary electoral list.The first deceased, 49-year-old Abdul Hadi from Goalpokher, had submitted citizenship documents during a govt hearing. ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    DNA barcoding helps Indian scientists confirm new cockroach species

    Kolkata: Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have identified a new species of cockroach, Neoloboptera peninsularis, from farmlands in Nathachiwadi, Daund, Pune. The discovery utilized a landmark integrative taxonomic approach combining morphology, genitalic study, DNA barcoding, and ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Trinamool, BJP in war of words over SC observations on Chingrighata Metro

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Monday said the Supreme Court's observations against the Bengal govt on the Chingrighata Metro crossing were due to a "misunderstanding" and "misrepresentation of facts".TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh alleged that Metro authorities were "toeing the BJP line ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    ISF fields Arabul from Canning East, springs Deganga surprise

    Kolkata: ISF on Monday named Arabul Islam as its Canning East candidate and Mohammad Mafidul Haque, alias Mintu Sahaji — a Trinamool North 24 Parganas zilla parishad member — as its Deganga candidate, springing two surprises in its first ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Owaisi-Kabir assembly poll pact draws fire from Muslim groups

    Kolkata: The tie-up between Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and Humayun Kabir's Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) for the upcoming assembly elections has drawn reactions from sections of the Muslim community, including civil society members and religious ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    HC relief for Adhikari bros in 2 cases

    Kolkata: BJP candidates and brothers Suvendu Adhikari (contesting from Nandigram and Bhowanipore) and Dibyendu Adhikari (fielded from Egra) received relief from Calcutta HC on Monday in two separate cases.Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee granted interim protection to Suvendu for 12 ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Inquilab Mancha gives 15-day deadline to B’desh to extradite Hadi ‘killers’

    Kolkata: A day after Bidhannagar court sent Faisal and Alamgir to judicial custody in connection with the murder of Bangladeshi youth activist Osman Hadi, Inquilab Mancha in Bangladesh has given the Bangladesh govt a 15-day deadline to initiate extradition ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Emergency units cry for toilets at govt hosps in Kol

    Kolkata: The cardiac patient's death at RG Kar Hospital has cast a harsh spotlight on a glaring gap in the city's public healthcare system — the absence of accessible toilets in emergency wards. Forced to walk nearly 40 metres ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    As patients walk to washrooms, emergency unit waits for reopening

    Kolkata: The two recent deaths at the RG Kar Medical College Hospital's emergency department have brought back the spotlight on the original emergency unit that was vandalised by a mob on the night of Aug 14, 2024, during the ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Fake cop dupes woman of 15L

    Kolkata: A youth from Odisha posing as an IPS officer, was arrested by Barasat District police on Sunday, for allegedly cheating a young woman of Rs 15 lakh. Police said the accused, G Kanha Patra, a resident of Mayurbhanj, ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Officer transfers caused no vacuum in admin: EC to HC

    Kolkata: EC told Calcutta HC on Monday that officer transfers have not created any vacuum in state administration, refuting claims in a PIL against EC's order to transfer officers outside Bengal before assembly elections.EC counsel senior advocate DS Naidu ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    EC waits till midnight to release first supplementary list of 29 lakh Bengal voters

    KOLKATA: Bengal voters under adjudication waited through Monday for the promised first supplementary electoral roll as Election Commission kept revising the deadline before finally pushing it to midnight. The list with around 29 lakh names was finally uploaded at ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Cease-work by NRS PGTs after ‘abuse’ by patient party

    Kolkata: Postgraduate trainees (PGTs) at NRS Medical College and Hospital's ENT dept have announced a cease-work in the emergency ward following an alleged security breach and physical assault in the early hours of Monday.The incident reportedly began around 2.30 ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘College fees revised mid-session can’t be enforced retrospectively’

    Kolkata: Fees revised mid-session of the academic year cannot be implemented retrospectively. Calcutta High Court's division bench on Monday overturned a single bench's order allowing the fee hike for the 2023-27 batch of Durgapur's Dr BC Roy Engineering College.The ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    At 1st post-Cov CU convocation, chancellor focuses on AI, making yoga part of life

    Kolkata: Calcutta University held its first post-Covid convocation on Monday. In his speech, governor R N Ravi, the ex-officio chancellor of all state universities, emphasised AI literacy and advised practising yoga and making it an integral part of life."Be ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Polymer shortage set to raise prices of packaged milk, water and medicines

    Kolkata: The shortage in polymers like polypropylene and polyethylene used for packaging due to shortage of raw materials and diversion of LPG used in production units to prioritise household LPG supply is set to raise prices of packaged milk, ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    After ‘ceasefire’ whiff, LPG cos rethink switch

    Kolkata: The Centre has asked state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) to go slow on a proposed plan to supply reduced quantities of domestic LPG cylinders, following easing tensions in West Asia and reports of an apparent ceasefire that could ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Cops nab thieves who fled via river

    Kolkata: Three weeks after two suspects escaped a raid by jumping into the Hooghly and swimming away, Kolkata Police on Sunday arrested them and two others in connection with a Rs 1.5 crore theft at a CESC godown in ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    20-year-old, crippled since birth, lives new life

    Kolkata: City youth Md Tarvez (20), an aspiring singer who was clinging to life with failed kidneys that forced him to undergo regular dialysis, is now back on stage after a successful transplant five years ago, and could be ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Supplementary list toys with voters throughout the day

    Kolkata: Day-long anxiety among several lakhs of electors yielded nothing as they kept on trying till midnight but could not access the first supplementary list to know if they passed the adjudication hurdles. Some electors were glued to the ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
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