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  • 1 dead, 23 injured in ECL mine blast in Burdwan

    Jamuria: One worker was killed and 23 others injured after a roof fall triggered a powerful air blast inside the Parasia colliery of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) in the Kunustoria area of Jamuria, West Burdwan on Thursday.The incident occurred ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Realtors: Repeal of ULCRA must come with safeguards

    Kolkata: Real estate stakeholders have welcomed BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya's statement that the state govt was considering repealing the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, but cautioned that any rollback must be backed by safeguards against speculative ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    TMC reappoints Kalyan as Lok Sabha chief whip

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Thursday reappointed Serampore MP Kalyan Banerjee as the party's chief whip in the Lok Sabha, replacing Barasat MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, during a high-level meeting chaired by party chief Mamata Banerjee at her Kalighat residence, reports ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Rathindra Bose setto be speaker of 18th Bengal assembly

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday announced Rathindra Bose — a first-time MLA and Sangh Parivar loyalist — as the BJP's nominee for speaker of the 18th Bengal Legislative Assembly. The CM appealed to all parties to support Bose's ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Ex-CM faces ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans at HC corridor

    Kolkata: Chants of "Jai Shri Ram", "chor (thief)" and a few feeble "Joy Banglas" were heard in Calcutta HC's corridors when former CM Mamata Banerjee stepped out of the courtroom on Thursday after arguing a public interest litigation (PIL) ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Govt to replace ‘law of ruler’ with ‘rule of law’: Samik

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday said the state govt will replace the "law of the ruler" with "rule of law" in the state, marking the end of "jungle raaj" in Bengal. Bhattacharya said that the political ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Fire officer in charge of zone suspended

    Kolkata: The fire and emergency services dept has suspended Pragati Maidan fire station officer after a fire at a Topsia manufacturing unit claimed two lives on Tuesday. Gautam Das, station officer and in-charge, faces suspension for negligence of duty. ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Cop alert on Annapurna Bhandar scam

    Kolkata: The Bengal Police have launched an extensive awareness campaign following reports of a sophisticated cybercrime syndicate targeting the state's newly introduced ‘Annapurna Bhandar' scheme.Fraudsters are reportedly using fake websites and deceptive digital forms to harvest personal data and ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Not an accident: 31 posers by Rahul kin

    Kolkata: Rahul Arunoday Banerjee's brother, Anirban, listed 31 questions surrounding the actor's demise and mailed them to the West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum. They are meant to be answered by the production house and the channel and can ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    CM tasks Rudranil, Rupa, Papia and Hiran with Tollywood order

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari has asked four Tollywood actors-turned-BJP MLAs — Rudranil Ghosh, Rupa Ganguly, Hiraan Chatterjee and Papia Adhikary — to sort out issues in the industry. At a meeting held with the CM on Wednesday, matters ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    1st HS sem-batch results out, only 1.1% score above 90%

    Kolkata: The Higher Secondary results declared on Thursday recorded a slightly higher pass percentage than that last year but only 1.1% students scored 90% and above, recording a significant decline in the high-scorer figure. This was the first batch ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Guv’s call to slash energy use

    Kolkata: Governor RN Ravi on Thursday appealed to Bengal citizens to join PM Narendra Modi's efforts to cut down energy use in view of the West Asia conflict. In a post on X, RN Ravi pushed for energy conservation, ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    End of an era: Tabla legend Ustad Sabir Khan passes away at 66

    Kolkata: Noted tabla exponent Ustad Sabir Khan passed away at a city nursing home on Thursday. The ‘khalifa' of the Farukhabad gharana succumbed to a cardiac arrest. He was 66 and is survived by his wife and three sons.Born ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Aushgram’s giant slayer: Domestic help Kalita Maji swaps chores for public service

    Kolkata: Kalita Maji, the BJP's newly-elected MLA from Aushgram who continued to work as a domestic help even after being named a candidate, announced on Thursday that she would no longer work in households as she now had "a ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Kunal’s swipe at TMC old guard over Tapas, Sajal exit

    Kolkata: Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh on Thursday said former party netas Tapas Ray and Sajal Ghosh were "forced to leave" Trinamool, in a pointed social media post that also called for "self-analysis" within the party.The remarks came hours after ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    HC tells cops to ensure safe return of poll violence victims as Didi argues PIL

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed police to ensure the safe return of any citizen "irrespective of party affiliation" who had been illegally driven out of their home, shop or property in the wake of post-poll violence ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    BCI seeks details of Mamata’s legal practice status

    Kolkata: The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Thursday directed the West Bengal Bar Council to furnish details on former chief minister Mamata Banerjee's status as a lawyer before May 16, after she appeared as an advocate to argue ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    MLAs ride scooters, cycles to oath ceremony to push austerity message

    Kolkata: Scooters, bicycles, buses and suburban trains replaced the usual procession of SUVs and flashing beacons outside the Bengal Assembly on Thursday as a number of BJP lawmakers turned the second day of the oath-taking ceremony into a carefully ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    9 arrested in New Market incident: Govt

    State authorities on Thursday informed Calcutta High Court that nine people had been arrested in connection with the New Market incident, following which the court directed the State to file a detailed affidavit in response to a Public Interest ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    HC tells cops to ensure safe return of poll violence victims as Didi argues PIL

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed police to ensure the safe return of any citizen "irrespective of party affiliation" who had been illegally driven out of their home, shop or property in the wake of post-poll violence ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Sona Pappu case: Where’s Santanu Sinha Biswas, ED asks Kolkata DCP’s boss

    KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has written to the state's directorate of security, seeking information on Santanu Sinha Biswas, Kolkata Police DCP, special branch (II). An ED officer said they were trying to track Biswas in Jharkhand.On April 28, ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Leather ‘cottage industry’ shuts down in locality

    Kolkata: Leather goods units, a ‘cottage industry' in the Tiljala-Topsia belt, have downed shutters in the accident para, known for unregulated tanneries and other manufacturing. Many small factories operating out of residential buildings in the neighbourhoods remained shut on ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    11 months after Cal HC order, KMC razes Garia clock tower

    Kolkata: Eleven months after the Calcutta High Court ordered its removal, the Garia clock tower — which was constructed on a club playground — was brought down by a massive crane on Thursday.The clock tower stood in what is ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    After fire-hit Tiljala building, payloader moves to adjacent residential structure

    Kolkata: In the city's ‘red' illegal building zone, bulldozers used for demolition spook residents who are taking refuge in their kin's houses. Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has deployed bulldozers as well as workers to pull down two unauthorised structures, ...

    15 May 2026 Times of India
    Govt orders shutdown of all illegal toll points in state

    Kolkata: The state govt on Tuesday ordered immediate closure of all unauthorised toll and drop gates across Bengal. The order, issued by chief secretary Manoj Agarwal, is aimed at non-approved operational collection points, including barricaded structures and drop gates, ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Heeding PM’s call, MLAs take buses to assembly to take oath

    Kolkata: Emphasising on austerity, several Bengal MLAs travelled by buses to the state assembly on Wednesday to take oath of office even as chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said he asked DGP S N Gupta to cut down on the ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal post-poll violence: Mamata Banerjee dons lawyers' coat, arrives at Calcutta high court

    KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, wearing a lawyer's court, arrived at the Calcutta high court to appear before chief justice HC Sujoy Pal, in connection with the post-poll violence PIL case on Thursday.She ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    'Bengal is not bulldozer state': Fighting case as lawyer, what Mamata Banerjee said in her 1st appearance in Calcutta HC

    KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee appeared before the Calcutta high court on Thursday in connection with a PIL alleging post-poll violence in the state, urging the court to “protect the people of ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    RG Kar parents move court, demand ex-MLA’s arrest

    Kolkata: The mother of the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder victim, now Panihati MLA, moved the Sealdah court with her husband on Wednesday, seeking the arrest of former Panihati MLA Nirmal Ghosh, Somnath Das and local Trinamool Congress functionary ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    CM Suvendu Adhikari retains Bhowanipore, says he 'won't forget' Nandigram

    KOLKATA: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari took oath as the Bhowanipore MLA on Wednesday, but stressed that he hasn't "forgotten" Nandigram, the other constituency that sent him to the assembly in the recent polls.Adhikari, who defeated former CM Mamata Banerjee ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Kasba MLA files FIR against threat call

    Kolkata: Javed Khan, Trinamool MLA from Kasba and former state minister, has lodged a complaint at the Tiljala Police Station, claiming he received a threatening call, which caused him significant anxiety and mental harassment.The incident reportedly occurred at 7.59 ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    All civic bodies to be under CCTV watch: Minister

    Kolkata: Municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul has announced that all the 128 urban local bodies and three industrial townships in Bengal will be placed under 24x7 CCTV surveillance to combat "administrative paralysis and ensure seamless delivery of civic services".The ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal govt lifts curbs on interstate potato export

    Kolkata: State govt on Wednesday lifted all restrictions on the interstate movement of agricultural produce. While the notification covers food grains, oilseeds and vegetables, its most significant impact will be on the unrestricted export of potatoes.Bengal produced a record ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal grants CBI sanction in 4 graft cases

    Kolkata: Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said the state govt had granted sanction for prosecution to the CBI in four cases to enable action against officials accused of corruption."The previous govt blocked four CBI cases for the ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Tutu Bose: A legacy that will live on

    Kolkata: As Mohun Bagan and East Bengal are preparing to resume their rivalry this Sunday with the Indian Super League title up there for the taking, one could be tempted to go back to the very beginning of the ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    New school circular makes singing ‘Vande Mataram’ mandatory in morning assembly

    Kolkata: State schools have been instructed to sing ‘Vande Mataram' in the morning assembly every day before classes start.The school education department notice to institute heads states, "The singing of ‘Vande Mataram' during morning assembly prayers prior to the ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    In city’s leather goods zone, illegal workshops cohabit with homes

    Kolkata: Residents of Tiljala watched in stunned silence on Wednesday evening as two payloaders rolled into a narrow lane and began tearing down portions of the building where two labourers died in a fire on Tuesday.The loud crash of ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Residents rush out with essentials from house

    Kolkata: A four-storey building at 50/1-D/1, GJ Khan Road, owned by the Nisar family, was declared an illegal building by the govt after a fire on Tuesday, following which the unit's owner Zafar Nisar was arrested. Demolition of the ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Will enforce existing cow slaughter law, crack down on illegal trade: Govt

    Kolkata: The state on Wednesday cited a 1950 Bengal law and a 2018 Calcutta HC order to issue a public notice, banning cow slaughter without valid certificates, confirming the animal was fit for slaughter.The govt order said, "No person ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    No more atta, only wheat, at ration shops

    Kolkata: Food and supplies minister Ashok Kirtania on Wednesday announced that ration shops would no longer supply flour but will provide high-quality wheat to ensure better public health and transparency.After his swearing-in, Kirtania said the department would for now ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Cops go after helmetless bikers in ‘problem’ areas

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari called for a crackdown on helmetless bikers on Monday, and on the same evening Lalbazar asked all 26 traffic guards — in association with local police — to carry out round-the-clock crackdowns. Lalbazar claimed ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    CBI probe: 3D mapping of Suvendu PA murder spot

    Kolkata: The seven-member CBI SIT probing the murder of Chandranath Rath, personal assistant of CM Suvendu Adhikari, on May 6, near his Madhyamgram home, visited the spot for the second time on Wednesday even as central agency sleuths said ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Ram Ke Naam’ screened at JU

    Art Against Oppression, a students' forum, screened ‘Ram Ke Naam', a National Award-winning documentary by Anand Patwardhan, at Jadavpur University on Wednesday. Sociology student Srijata Bagchi said, "We want to say JU's democratic and harmonious culture will be untouched." tnn

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    State freezes contractor payments, will clear bills after quality review

    Kolkata: All pending contractor bills in the state have been frozen and no payments would be cleared until a comprehensive review of project quality is completed, urban development & municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul announced on Wednesday, signalling a ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Nandigram voterspledge to hold seat for Suvendu’s nominee

    Nandigram: It's been five decades that a CM has represented a Midnapore constituency, and people of Nandigram are alittle disappointed with CM Suvendu Adhikari picking Bhowanipore over his old bastion. However, in people of the constituency that saw the ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    ZSI discovers 2 new spider species in NE

    Kolkata: The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has discovered two new spider species and carried out the first comprehensive taxonomic revision of Indian whip scorpions in over a century.The findings, published in the international journal Zootaxa, highlight northeast India's ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Arrests follow cops’ ‘syndicate’ circular

    Kolkata: Barely 48 hours after chief minister Suvendu Adhikari asked cops to end all forms of syndicate in the state, both Kolkata and Bengal Police have carried out a number of arrests and recoveries in this regard.Police arrested former ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    1 held for May 5 murder of TMC man

    A man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the murder of Trinamool worker and polling agent Biswajit Pattnayak in Beleghata a day after the poll results were declared. Accused Raja Das had joined BJP's celebrations but was not ...

    14 May 2026 Times of India
    Tapas takes oath as pro tem speaker, CM & mins at event

    Kolkata: Veteran legislator and BJP MLA Tapas Roy was administered the oath as pro tem speaker of the Bengal assembly by governor RN Ravi on Tuesday.The ceremony paves the way for the induction of the newly elected legislators of ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    'Don’t take carriage rides': After another horse death, PETA India launches billboard campaign in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: After yet another horse was found starving, dehydrated, and left to die under the Hastings Flyover, PETA India has launched a powerful billboard campaign in Kolkata urging people to say no to horse-drawn carriage rides. "If you care ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Dilip takes charge, flags staff & agrarian crisis, vows overhaul

    Kolkata: Within 24 hours of portfolio allocation, Bengal minister Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday assumed charge of panchayat and rural development, animal resource development and agricultural marketing departments.One of the five new mantris of the Suvendu Adhikari administration, Ghosh — ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    No bail, Sujit in ED custody for 10 days

    Kolkata: A special PMLA court on Tuesday sent former Bengal fire services minister Sujit Bose to 10-day Enforcement Directorate custody in connection with the alleged municipality recruitment scam.ED alleged that Bose, as vice-chairperson of South Dum Dum municipality between ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Indo-German AI innovation lab launches at IIEST Shibpur for MSME growth

    KOLKATA: IIEST, Shibpur in collaboration with GIZ Germany (the German Agency for International Cooperation) hosted the “Indo-German Living Lab Initiative” at its sprawling campus on May 7. The international programme focused on building AI-driven academia–industry innovation partnerships between India ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    RSS morning drill makes debut in JU ‘Red Fort’

    KOLKATA: Jadavpur University, one of the incubation centres for left-liberal ideas in Bengal, saw its first RSS morning drill on Tuesday within days of BJP taking office in the state.The entry into JU — where students’ unions have always ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Gaudiya Mission monks to launch global peace mission and establish spiritual schools abroad

    KOLKATA: Monks from Gaudiya Mission will embark on a peace mission to Europe, Australia, the US and Canada amid escalating tensions among different nations across the globe. The objective of the mission is to establish spiritual schools, known as ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Will go for Assam-style crackdown on illegal immigrants, says Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari to tighten border security under 'Purvodaya' vision

    KOLKATA: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday asserted that Bengal would adopt Assam’s model of border security to prevent infiltration and promised closer regional cooperation under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Purvodaya” vision for eastern India.Adhikari made the remarks after ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta HC to hear PILs onpost-poll violence tomorrow

    Calcutta High Court will hear PILs on alleged post-poll violence filed by Trinamool Congress and others on Thursday, reports Subrata Chattoraj. The petitions claim nearly 2,000 Trinamool workers and supporters were attacked and about 365 party offices vandalised since ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Not a single divisive comment, PM Modi told me on the day of poll result: Samik

    What specific instruction has the BJP brass given to ensure post-poll peace in Bengal?There is a specific direction from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On the day of results, he called me up to say that nothing that can foment ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Agnimitra: Deleted, non-Indian women won’t get welfare funds

    Kolkata: Women whose names have been deleted from the electoral rolls in SIR and those who are non-Indians would not be eligible for Lakshmir Bhandar or Annapurna Bhandar schemes in Bengal, said Agnimitra Paul, Bengal women and child development ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Falta’s Pushpa back home, with support from Singham’s men

    Falta: ‘Pushpa' is finally back home, but it was only after some ‘support' from the men of ‘Singham'.Almost a week after Trinamool's Falta candidate Jahangir Khan went ‘missing' following the rout of his party at the hands of BJP, ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    CS Agarwal promises transparent, graft-free administration

    Kolkata: Newly appointed chief secretary Manoj Agarwal on Tuesday promised a transparent, corruption-free administration and said BJP govt would begin implementing promises made in the party's ‘Sankalp Patra' within the first 100 days in office.Issuing a strong warning against ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Jalpaiguri nurse receives Florence Nightingale Award

    Kolkata: On International Nurses Day, President Droupadi Murmu honoured sister Gita Karmakar with the prestigious Florence Nightingale Award. Since the past four decades, Karmakar has not only been tending to patients with love and care but helping health administration ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    New mantris declare war on corruption

    Kolkata: Bengal's newly appointed cabinet ministers Ashok Kirtania and Kshudiram Tudu assumed charge on Tuesday, vowing action against systemic corruption and administrative "malpractices" inherited from previous govt.Taking charge of the food and supplies department, Kirtania invoked PM Narendra Modi's ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Vigilantes assault 4 cattle carriers in Katwa

    Katwa: Vigilantes on Tuesday morning allegedly thrashed four men ferrying cattle at Madhaitala in Katwa subdivision of East Burdwan district. Police later arrested the four men and seized the cattle.According to police, the four men were transporting five cattle, ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Women’s police station at every subdivision: Min

    Kolkata: A women's police station will be set up in every subdivision of the state as part of a renewed focus on safety and security, women and child development and social welfare minister Agnimitra Paul said on Tuesday after ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    BJP-TMC war of words over killing of 2 in Hooghly, Nadia

    Kolkata/Kalyani: The deaths of two Trinamool workers in Hooghly and Nadia on Tuesday triggered a political war of words, with the party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee accusing the state administration of remaining a "spectator" to post-poll violence.In a ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Public prayer curbs: Will cooperate but seek fairness, say religion reps

    Kolkata: A day after CM Suvendu Adhikari held his first meeting with senior cops to outline the new govt's law-and-order priorities, religious leaders and community organisers across faiths responded supportively to the govt's new directives on loudspeakers and road ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Probe against Baruipur IC, SI for thrashing BJP candidate

    Kolkata: Bengal Police has suspended Baruipur IC Samar De and SI Ruidas following allegations of physical assault on BJP candidate Bishwajit Pal in South 24 Parganas, shortly after the declaration of the assembly election results. The disciplinary action follows ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Luxury flat hidden in Hwh TMC neta home

    Howrah: Cops on Tuesday found a concealed luxury flat hidden inside a four-storey building during a raid on the Shibpur home of Trinamool neta Shamim Ahmed, alias Baare. Locals said the raid also unearthed a teak bed with gold ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    NEET re-test ridiculous, exhausting: Candidates

    Kolkata: Appearing for the NEET-UG, again, especially at a time when they were waiting for the results, was not an easy task, complained candidates after the National Test Agency on Tuesday cancelled the entrance test to medical courses held ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Destination weddings look at Goa, Srinagar after foreign trip curb advice

    Kolkata: From royal lakeside weddings in Udaipur to tying the knot in a heritage fort in Jaipur to celebrating the D-day on a beach in Goa to offbeat destinations like Jim Corbett National Park and the backwaters in Alleppey ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    East Bengal women defend IWL title in style

    Kolkata: East Bengal women defended their IWL crown in style, beating Nita FA 2-0 on Tuesday to seal the deal with two rounds to go. Hours before the match at the East Bengal ground, Anthony Andrews' holders were assured ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    After East Bengal, Mohun Bagan too drop point before derby

    Kolkata: The Big Two look to be heading for this Sunday's potential title-decider in the season's abridged Indian Super League after failing to produce the right performance for the right game. A day after East Bengal FC appeared to ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    CBI takes over probe into Suvendu PA murder

    Kolkata: The CBI on Tuesday took over the probe into the murder of Chandranath Rath, Suvendu Adhikari's PA, who was shot dead near his Madhyamgram home on May 6.The state SIT, comprising officers from Bengal STF, CID and Barasat ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Driver & conductor attack biker after pvt bus hits two-wheeler

    Kolkata: The driver and conductor of a private bus plying on route 234 (Belgharia-Golf Green) allegedly assaulted the owner of a two-wheeler after ramming the victim's scooter at the Mullick Bazar crossing on Monday afternoon. The incident left the ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Female commuters happy, user group wants more buses

    Kolkata: The state's new BJP govt's decision to offer free rides to women on state buses has received a warm response, but many hoped that the new regime would also solve the chronic shortages of state buses that are ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    SL Bailey bridge gets height bars

    Kolkata: To prevent the entry of heavy vehicles, on the newly set-up Bailey bridge which connects Salt Lake and VIP Road near Dakshindari, Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) has installed height bars on both the approach ends according to ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Heavy roster’: Yet another HC bench releases RG Kar case

    Kolkata: A Calcutta High Court division bench on Tuesday released multiple cases related to the RG Kar rape and murder, citing "heavy roster". During the hearing, the bench remarked that there would be a judicial commission formed by the ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Will end hooligan raj in Tolly: MLA after CM call

    Kolkata: Shibpur MLA Rudranil Ghosh spoke to chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday and discussed ways to rein in hooligan raj in Tollywood. The actor – who was the biggest casualty of Tollywood's ban culture, having been dropped unceremoniously ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Public prayer curbs: Will cooperate but seek fairness, say religious reps

    Kolkata: A day after CM Suvendu Adhikari held his first meeting with senior cops to outline the new govt's law-and-order priorities, religious leaders and community organisers across faiths responded supportively to the govt's new directives on loudspeakers and road ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    No tinkering with ex-CM security, says Suvendu

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari has instructed top cops, including commissioner of Kolkata Police Ajay Nand, to ensure that former CM of Bengal and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee continues to receive the same level of security as before. ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Minister promises fresh Messi fiasco probe

    Kolkata: Immediately after taking charge of the sports and youth welfare dept on Tuesday, minister Nishith Pramanik ordered a fresh probe into the Messi fiasco at Salt Lake Stadium on Dec 13 that triggered chaos, vandalism and allegations of ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    National Flag colours replace logo of Biswa Bangla at Milan Mela tower

    Kolkata: The Biswa Bangla logo has been removed from the tower at trade ground Milan Mela that was rechristened Biswa Bangla Mela Prangan by the erstwhile Mamata Banerjee govt.West Bengal Trade Promotion Organisation managing director Vandana Yadav said the ...

    13 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal to give B’desh border fence land to MHA in 45 days

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced that his govt has initiated the process of transferring land to Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) for the Border Security Force (BSF) to fence unfenced stretches of the India-Bangladesh border following ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu Adhikari aide murder: Police nab sharpshooter from Ayodhya, lawyer claims he was home on ambush day

    KOLKATA: Five days after the murder of Suvendu Adhikari aide Chandranath Rath outside his Madhyamgram residence, Bengal Police arrested three persons, including an alleged sharpshooter picked up from Uttar Pradesh, even as the accused’s lawyer claimed CCTV footage showed ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Govt to run independently, not from BJP office: Samik

    Kolkata: The new BJP govt in Bengal will work in coordination with the party and the administration won't be run from the party office, state president Samik Bhattacharya said on Monday.After meeting CM Suvendu Adhikari at his residence in ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    25 shops gutted in Khejuri blaze, TMC targets BJP

    Kolkata: At least 25 shops — 13 owned by Hindus and 12 by Muslims — were gutted in a fire at Hijli under Talpati Ghat Coastal police station in East Midnapore late on Sunday night, with police suspecting an ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    CM vows help for kin of 321 slain BJP workers

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said his govt's top priority was delivering justice for families of 321 BJP workers killed in political violence.Addressing reporters at Nabanna after his maiden cabinet meeting, Adhikari said, "We remember with deep respect ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Starbucks opens eastern India’s first coffee reserve in Kol

    Kolkata: Tata Starbucks, the equal joint venture between Starbucks Coffee Company and Tata Consumer Products, has launched eastern India's first coffee reserve in Kolkata as part of its strategy to expand business in the region. The Mumbai-based company is ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu Adhikari-led Bengal govt downgrades Abhishek Banerjee’s security; Z+ cover withdrawn

    KOLKATA: The state govt on Monday downgraded the security cover of Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee. He will no longer receive Z+ category protection following a security review conducted by the Directorate of Security. Officials said he would now ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari to hold finance, home till ministry is fully expanded; Dilip Ghosh gets rural development

    KOLKATA: In its first cabinet meeting on Monday, BJP govt in Bengal distributed portfolios to five ministers who took oath with CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday.Dilip Ghosh will hold three portfolios — panchayat and rural development, animal resource development ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Govt rolls out central projects, will keep old schemes running

    Kolkata: Following Bengal govt's first cabinet meeting on Monday, CM Suvendu Adhikari announced the rollout of all central schemes, including Ayushman Bharat, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima and PM Vishwakarma, in the state, without discontinuing the ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Manoj Agarwal is state CS after conducting Bengal election

    Kolkata: Bengal chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal, who oversaw the Special Intensive Revision and the recent assembly polls in the state, was appointed chief secretary on Monday. He will replace EC-appointed chief secretary Dushyant Nariala, who has been posted ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Birla Corp Q4 net profit jumps 14.8% to Rs 295 crore

    Kolkata: MP Birla Group flagship Birla Corporation Ltd has witnessed a 14.8% jump in net profit to Rs 295 crore in the fourth quarter of this fiscal from Rs 257 crore during the same period last fiscal. The company's ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    ED arrests Sujit in municipal recruitment scam case

    Kolkata: Former Bengal fire services minister Sujit Bose was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Monday night in connection with the alleged municipality recruitment scam after more than 10 hours of questioning at the CGO Complex.The agency confirmed the ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Security in focus, govt looks at multiple options for new CM’s home & office

    Kolkata: New CM Suvendu Adhikari may stay in one of the quarters on the Lok Bhavan premises, amid heightened security considerations, sources in the administration said. This is in addition to the Soujanya complex in Alipore, which is also ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    State clears census, BNS rollout

    Kolkata: The new state govt on Monday approved the immediate rollout of the long-delayed census exercise in the state and formally initiating implementation of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.Announcing the decisions after the cabinet meeting ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Syama Prasad, Aurobindo, Ramakrishna, Sarada & Bankim debut in JU VC’s cabin

    Kolkata: Images of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Aurobindo Ghosh, Bankim Chandra Chattapadhyay, Maa Sarada, Ramakrishna Paramahansa and Swami Vivekananda were installed in the Jadavpur University VC's office on Monday. A photograph of Rabindranath Tagore has been retained in the room.Around ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Three arrested from UP, Bihar in Suvendu aide murder case

    Kolkata: Five days after the murder of Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant of Suvendu Adhikari, by gunmen, barely 170 metres from his Madhyamgram residence, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case and camping in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Cyber crook held for 3cr digi-arrest

    Kolkata: A joint operation between the Haryana and Kolkata Police led to the arrest of a young man in south Kolkata's Bansdroni area for his alleged involvement in a massive "digital arrest" extortion racket.The suspect, Rahul Roy, was apprehended ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
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