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  • Starting convocation at 3 pm impractical: JU on guv request

    Kolkata: Governor-chancellor C V Ananda Bose's request to Jadavpur University to push back the convocation start time from 10 am to 3 pm has put the authorities in a quandary. While the authorities say they would want the chancellor ...

    18 December 2025 Times of India
    Pay 50k for not coming with clean hands: HC to PIL petitioner

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on a litigant for not disclosing six pending FIRs against him when filing a PIL alleging illegal construction on the Hooghly banks.The division bench of Acting Chief ...

    18 December 2025 Times of India
    HC quashes case, says can’t act on apprehension

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday quashed criminal charges of rape and circulation of intimate photographs against a man, who was accused by his former girlfriend under the apprehension that he "may" circulate the photos and jeopardise her marriage.Justice ...

    18 December 2025 Times of India
    Energy and creativity of India’s streets come alive at college fest

    Kolkata: Samagam 2025, the annual intercollegiate fest hosted by Loreto College in association with Times of India, embraced the theme "Soul of the Streets", bringing to life the energy, creativity, and cultural heartbeat of India's streets. Over two days, ...

    18 December 2025 Times of India
    Woman dies after consuming acid, 5 held

    Kolkata: A 48-year-old woman residing in Ekbalpore, Nasima Begum, succumbed to injuries sustained after reportedly ingesting corrosive acid. The incident, which occurred at her residence on Tuesday, led to the arrest of five individuals on charges of abetment to ...

    18 December 2025 Times of India
    HC may not stop Park Circus circus, asks KMC to ensure no eco damage

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday held it was not inclined to stop a circus company from holding a show at Park Circus Maidan this year on grounds of pollution, as the company obtained permission from the appropriate authorities.A ...

    18 December 2025 Times of India
    Stadium management under pressure, facility to be up & kicking in 2 months

    Kolkata: It will take at least two months to restore the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan — better known as Salt Lake stadium — to get back to the match-ready condition after scenes of unprecedented vandalism on Saturday left the ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    India retail boom attracts global investment as western malls struggle

    KOLKATA: As malls in Western economies braced for an existential crisis, global capital pivoted towards India’s mall sector, where consumption growth and institutional confidence counter broader retail headwinds.The US witnessed a net closure of nearly 1,200 mall stores since ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Who is Aroop Biswas? TMC heavyweight who gave up sports portfolio after Messi's Kolkata fiasco

    KOLKATA: The Mamata Banerjee govt on Tuesday accepted an offer from Aroop Biswas to step back from his role as state sports minister till the completion of a “fair and impartial enquiry”. The portfolio, till, then will be with ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Bloody morning in Kolkata: Man stabs ‘girlfriend’ inside her home, leaps from 4th floor; attacker dead, woman critical

    KOLKATA: A 35-year-old man entered a house and randomly stabbed his 28-year-old "girlfriend" multiple times before he reportedly jumped from the fourth-floor balcony on Tuesday around 8.15 am in the Posta area of central Kolkata.The man, Vicky Sharma, a ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Rare photographs, untold anecdotes: ‘Rabindranath & his contemporaries’ calendar 2026 unveiled

    KOLKATA: As the world prepares to mark the 165th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore in 2026, a meticulously curated collector’s calendar promises to offer Tagore admirers a rare visual and intellectual journey into the poet’s life and times. Titled ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, mild temperatures; AQI remains poor

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata began December 17, 2025, with a sunny and crisp morning, experiencing temperatures between 15.9°C ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Nandigram’s draft list records 10,599 fewer names, TMC & BJP yet to raise objections

    Nandigram: The draft SIR list for the Nandigram assembly constituency, where CM Mamata Banerjee had lost to leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari in the 2021 polls, has 10,599 fewer names compared with the 2025 voters' list that had 278,212 ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Kol airport launches real-time traffic and fog alerts for flyers

    Kolkata: Kolkata airport launched a traffic advisory service on its X handle to alert flyers whenever congestion or waterlogging impeded travel to the airport. Around 25,000–30,000 flyers travelled to the airport daily, and another 5,000 went there to receive ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Refund in 7–10 days but fans say Messi ‘miss’ left emotional scars

    Kolkata: The first set of administrative actions by the state, coupled with CM Mamata Banerjee-appointed inquiry committee's assertion on Tuesday that they are going to recommend ways for the refund to 34,000 spectators who bought tickets for the Messi ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    TMC hails CM action as Aroop resigns, BJP says ‘eye on vote’

    Kolkata: ‘Raj dharma' dominated political narrative in Bengal on Tuesday following the resignation of sports minister Aroop Biswas. While Trinamool said CM Mamata Banerjee had carried out "raj dharma", BJP hit back, calling it ‘vote dharma'. Biswas resigned amid ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Minority-heavy border belts have least ‘unmapped’ voters

    Kolkata/Malda/Murshidabad: The border districts of Malda, Murshidabad and the two Dinajpurs, with sizeable minority voters, were under intense scrutiny not just from political parties but also the Election Commission. The draft SIR rolls released on Tuesday saw these regions ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    4 organisers grilled, cops arrest 1 more for vandalism

    Kolkata: Four of the six officials associated with Satadru Dutta's firm, A Satadru Roy Initiative, which organised Lionel Messi's three-day India tour, appeared before Bidhannagar Police on Tuesday and recorded their statements. Police commissioner Mukesh said all six individuals ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Eastern India’s largest indoor facility set to come up at Science City, boost Kolkata’s MICE footfall

    KOLKATA: The city is set to witness a significant boost in its ‘Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE)’ capacity with the proposed development of a state-of-the-art modular exposition-cum-conference facility at Science City.The project, estimated to cost around Rs 200 ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal draft voter list: 7cr names included after SIR deletion, 58L deleted; 1.7cr flagged for discrepancies

    KOLKATA: A total of 7,08,16,621 voters have made it to the draft electoral roll released by Election Commission on Tuesday after the first round of special intensive revision (SIR) in Bengal. A separate list of ASD (absent, shifted or ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    More than 1 lakh voters from Matua heartland may get SIR hearing calls

    Kolkata: Over a lakh of voters from the Matua heartland, spread over four assembly constituencies in North 24 Parganas' Bongaon subdivision, are likely to receive notices for hearing following the publication of draft electoral rolls on Tuesday. These people ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    12 lakh ‘missing’ out of 58.2 lakh list of absent-shifted-dead voters from Bengal

    Kolkata: Names of over 12 lakh ‘missing or absent' voters in Bengal were omitted from the draft SIR roll published by EC on Tuesday. Around 2 lakh of them are from the city. These 12 lakh voters are among ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Congestion eases, Taratala flyover to open today

    Kolkata: There was some relief for thousands of Behala residents, along with a large section of South 24 Parganas headed for Maheshtala, Amtala and Diamond Harbour, after the PWD told cops that it was handing over the Taratala flyover ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    HC directs forensic audit by SFIO into Rose Valley attachments

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) to conduct a forensic audit of the attached properties of Rose Valley Group. SFIO was also asked to examine the alleged financial irregularities raised against the ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Messi event chaos: Suvendu seeks court-monitored probe

    Kolkata: BJP neta Suvendu Adhikari's counsel on Tuesday made a fresh prayer for an urgent hearing of his PIL petition over the chaos at Yuva Bharati Krirangan during Lionel Messi's GOAT tour. The prayer was moved before a division ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Bengal committed to meeting 20% energy needs through renewables by 2030: Mantri

    Kolkata: Bengal is committed to meeting 20% of its energy needs through renewables by 2030, disclosed Bengal minister of non-conventional and renewable energy sources Md Ghulam Rabbani on Tuesday. Rabban was speaking at the 15th edition of Energy Conclave ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Messi hug costs Bengal minister sports portfolio

    Kolkata: An impassioned Lionel Messi admirer's hug of a lifetime ended a ministerial run. Bengal sports minister Aroop Biswas on Tuesday stepped back from the portfolio after the messy Messi show at Salt Lake Stadium, an embrace with the ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Saregama to acquire 28% in Bhansali Productions

    Kolkata: RPSG Group entertainment company Saregama India is picking up a 28% stake in Sanjay Leela Bhansali-promoted Bhansali Productions Private Limited (BPPL).The initial deal, as per stock market filings, is valued at Rs 325 crore. However, the RPSG group ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    In Bhowanipore, 1 in 5 names struck off list

    Kolkata: The SIR led to the deletion of 44,787 electors from the Bhowanipore constituency. With 2,06,295 electors in chief minister Mamata Banerjee's constituency before the revision, one in five names, 21.7%, were deleted in the current exercise.The list indicates ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Dead’ on draft list, councillor goes to crematorium

    Dankuni: Surya De, ward 18 councillor of Dankuni Municipality from Trinamool and a long-time resident of Chanditala assembly constituency, was shocked to find himself marked as ‘dead' by the Election Commission. As a mark of protest, De, accompanied by ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Wrong spellings, age mismatch galore on draft rolls

    Kolkata: From spelling mistakes to age mismatch and, in some cases, incorrect EPIC number, the draft roll released by the EC on Tuesday was not short of errors."My brother's name is Avibasu Banerjee, but in the draft roll, his ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    5 Cooch Behar residents who were served Assam NRC notices make it to draft SIR list

    Jalpaiguri: Cooch Behar resident Uttam Kumar Brajabashi, who received an NRC notice from the Assam govt asking him to prove his Indian citizenship this Jan, finally breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday. His name was on the draft ...

    17 December 2025 Times of India
    Mess fallout: MLA Raj goes to cops against wife’s trolls

    Kolkata: Director and TMC MLA Raj Chakraborty filed an FIR in response to "misogynist" trolling directed at his wife, actress Subhashree Ganguly, amid the Messi controversy. Chakraborty emphasised that the issue stemmed from misinformation and a targeted attack on ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, mild temperatures; AQI remains poor

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.olkata is experiencing a bright and sunny morning on December 16, 2025, with temperatures anticipated ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal draft electoral roll: Does your name figure on SIR list? Find out today

    KOLKATA: The draft electoral roll for Bengal, which will be published on Tuesday, will contain 7,08,16,621 names, among the 7,66,37,519 who were issued enumeration forms as part of the special intensive revision of voters’ records, Election Commission officials said.The ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Taxonomist Dr Navneet Singh of ZSI honoured with Prof. T.N. Ananthakrishnan Award

    KOLKATA: In a major recognition of India’s contemporary entomological research, Dr Navneet Singh, a leading Lepidoptera taxonomist at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata, was conferred the prestigious Professor T.N. Ananthakrishnan Award for Senior Scientist (2024–25).The award, instituted ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Prez withholds assent to Bengal varsity bills to replace guv with CM as chancellor

    Kolkata: The Bengal Raj Bhavan has communicated that the President has withheld assent to several bills related to state-aided universities, which aimed at making the chief minister the chancellor of state-run universities, replacing the governor.Since the bill did not ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata: Man behind Messi show sent to 14 days’ police custody

    KOLKATA: A Bidhannagar court on Sunday sent Satadru Dutta, the organiser of Lionel Messi’s India tour, to 14 days’ police custody, rejecting his bail argument that he, too, was a victim of the disastrous turn of events at the ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Messi event chaos: 6,000 additional VIP passes issued, 500 extra people allowed on pitch; safety concerns raised

    KOLKATA: More than 500 extra ‘field of play’ (FOP) passes, which allow entry into the pitch, were issued for Saturday’s Lionel Messi programme at Salt Lake stadium, against the initially decided 212, a police probe into the vandalism and ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal SIR draft rolls out today: 58 lakh names deleted; step-by-step guide to check voter status and restore it

    KOLKATA: Barely hours before the publication of the draft electoral rolls in West Bengal, where Assembly elections are due early next year, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday morning uploaded the list of voters whose names have ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Cops bust sleaze racket at Barasat spa

    Kolkata: The disappearance of a minor girl for two days led police to bust an alleged illegal sleaze racket operating under the guise of a spa centre in an upscale residential complex in Barasat.The girl's family lodged a missing ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Indian trawler capsizes in Bay, 11 rescued, 5 missing

    Kolkata: An Indian fishing trawler, FB Paramita-11, capsized near the India-Bangladesh International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in the Bay of Bengal during the wee hours of Monday, causing all 16 fishermen, including the captain, to fall into the water. ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    IndiGo back in gear with over 100 flights leaving Kol in a day

    Kolkata: Over a week after the flight cancellation fiasco, IndiGo Airlines announced on Monday that its operations in Kolkata had stabilised."IndiGo has been consistently operating over 100 flights from Kolkata, as per the airline's revised, scaled-down schedule," reads a ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Restos launch campaign to curb drink-driving

    Kolkata: With the Yuletide spirit catching on, restaurants and bars across the city have launched a campaign to restrain their ‘spirited' patrons. They have started putting up posters and circulating WhatsApp messages urging them not to take the wheel ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Dreams on loan: Drivers, helps among ‘duped’

    Kolkata: Football fans from across Kolkata and Bengal who spent their savings or took loans to attend Lionel Messi's appearance at Salt Lake stadium returned home disappointed after mismanagement left them unable to see the player. They had paid ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Storytelling helps legacy brands connect with different generations’

    Kolkata: A brand's relevancy needs to be channelled through various mediums to connect with different cohorts and ages of society while keeping the core message of the brand intact. Storytelling acts as the bridge that helps brands relate to ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    85 mins for 3.5-km drive: Taratala flyover closure hits DH Road traffic

    Kolkata: Lakhs of Behala residents along with commuters from South 24 Parganas—headed for Maheshtala, Amtala, and Diamond Harbour—faced a harrowing time travelling to work and back on Monday due to the shutdown of the Taratala Flyover for load testing. ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Controversy exhumes Subhas Chakraborty, the CPM min who pioneered mega jamborees in Kol

    Kolkata: The large-scale unrest at Salt Lake stadium over Lionel Messi's programme has brought CPM's maverick minister Subhas Chakraborty back into online and offline debates. Chakraborty is largely credited with bringing high-profile celebrity events to Bengal — starting with ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Kol AQI better as temp rise improves air flow

    Kolkata: Kolkata could breathe easier on Monday, with pollution levels easing a bit across large parts of the city after days of choking winter smog. Meteorologists attributed the improvement partly to a rise in temperature, which weakened the winter ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Aspirant numbers dip, JU suspends mass comm course

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University (JU) is set to discontinue its one-year postgraduate diploma in mass communication course because of its lukewarm response this year. The university website has put up a notice regarding the refund of application fees to the ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    CM: No priority treatment for VIPs at Gangasagar Mela

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday chaired a meeting with officials and senior ministers at Nabanna to ensure that the Gangasagar Mela of 2026 is held peacefully. She reiterated that there should not be any priority treatment for VIPs, ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Ensure pilgrims don’t face issues, Didi tells clerics ahead of Ijtema

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee chaired a meeting at Nabanna on Monday to ensure smooth conduct of World Ijtema at Puinan in Hooghly's Dadpur between Jan 2 and Jan 4, 2026. Ijtema is a three-day annual congregation of Tablighi Jamaat ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Suvendu-Kunal war of words over Messi incident

    Kolkata: Leader of opposition in the Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said that if BJP comes to office in Bengal, the saffron party will ensure footballer Lionel Messi visits the state again. His comment triggered a sharp response ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Production at Ashoknagar oil field to start soon: Petroleum minister

    Kolkata: Production at the Ashoknagar oil field project in Bengal will start soon with both ONGC and the state govts making efforts to finalize the deal, said Union minister of petroleum and natural gas Hardeep Singh Puri.The minister said ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Madan, TMC min behind Messi’s 1st coming, blames event organiser for chaos

    Kolkata: After his "Rs 130 crore budget" jibe, former sports minister Madan Mitra on Monday rallied behind his senior party colleagues Aroop Biswas and Sujit Bose. He heaped blame on event organiser Satadru Dutta and claimed Biswas and Bose ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Are we ready? Same-sex Tolly wedding sparks debate

    Kolkata: A same-sex couple within the Tollywood industry recently held a private "marriage" ceremony in Kolkata, attended by 100 carefully selected guests. The event was conducted under strict conditions prohibiting media coverage and social media documentation of the relationship. ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Re-potted plant among seizures in stadium case

    Kolkata: A flowering plant in the hands of a biker and a pillion rider, spotted on CCTV footage, led the cops to arrest two spectators from Nabapally, Sukantanagar, for allegedly vandalising Salt Lake stadium on Saturday. Sanjay Das, an ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    TMC terms MGNREGA rename plan ‘an insult to Mahatma Gandhi’

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Monday criticized the Union govt's proposed bill that seeks to replace the existing Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with a new rural employment law called The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    3 freeloaders, 2 ticket holders: Cops make first vandalism arrests

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police on Sunday night arrested five persons in connection with vandalism at the Salt Lake stadium on Saturday. They were sent to seven days' judicial custody by the additional chief judicial magistrate court at Bidhannagar.Subhropratim Dey and ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Babri Masjid row: VHP terms mosque plan unlawful under BNS; urges Bengal govt to file FIR against Humayun Kabir

    NEW DELHI: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday said that the proposed construction of a mosque modelled on Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district amounts to an offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).The organisation has ...

    16 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, pleasant temperatures; AQI remains poor

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata residents awoke on December 15, 2025, to a sunny morning with comfortable temperatures around ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Fisherfolk ask govt to withdraw notification on wetland privatisation

    KOLKATA: A notification issued by the Department of Land & Land Reforms allowing private individuals, entrepreneurs, and other govt institutions to participate in competitive bidding for govt-owned waterbodies has sparked a debate on the balance between modernisation and the ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    'I want to leave': Pen scratched Lionel Messi's body during Kolkata frenzy; how Salt Lake stadium chaos spooked Argentina star

    KOLKATA: Almost everything that could have gone wrong at Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday did, a TOI post-mortem conducted 24 hours after the massive Messi mess has revealed. Eyewitnesses who had a ringside view of the chaos were near-unanimous ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Fishermen ask govt to roll back wetland ‘privatisation’ notice

    Kolkata: A notification issued by the Department of Land & Land Reforms allowing private individuals, entrepreneurs, and other govt institutions to participate in competitive bidding for govt-owned water bodies has sparked a debate on the balance between modernisation and ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Phone, WA hacked: Man loses 2.9 lakh

    Kolkata: A Baguiati resident, Soumabrata Chakraborty, has alleged his mobile phone and WhatsApp account were hacked, leading to unauthorised transactions worth Rs 2.9 lakh through his bank and Flipkart accounts. Baguiati Police Station has registered an FIR and initiated ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    13-yr-old woken up, shot dead during ‘land feud’, 4 arrested

    Malda: Four people have been arrested so far in connection with the murder of a 13-year-old girl in North Dinajpur's Islampur on Saturday night. The assailants allegedly woke up the girl and shot her dead.Police said the violence that ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    2-hr wait on tarmac: Clear clue that Messi left in a huff

    Kolkata: The clues to the investigation into the ransacking of Salt Lake stadium by a mob venting their anger over Messi's brief visit could lie in the flight plan submitted by the captain of the private Gulfstream jet that ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Many within TMC uneasy over ‘giving BJP a talking point’ ahead of elections

    Kolkata: A large section within Trinamool Congress is livid at the Salt Lake stadium fiasco which, they think, has given the opposition a stick to beat the govt with. Many of these netas, cutting across the generation gap and ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Oppn pounces on opening, seeks court-monitored probe

    Kolkata: Leader of opposition in Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday demanded a a court-monitored investigation into the chaos that erupted during Argentine football icon Lionel Messi's event at Salt Lake stadium in the city a day ago.Adhikari said ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Reasons for Messi mess in Kolkata: Neta clans' selfie rush, VIP culture, outsider entry; damage worth Rs 2.5 crore

    KOLKATA: Almost everything that could have possibly gone wrong at Salt Lake stadium on Saturday went wrong, as revealed by a post-mortem by TOI 24 hours after the massive Messi mess.Those who had a ringside view of how the ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Stadium neighbourhood shaken by violence but says the situation could have been much worse

    Kolkata: A day after the chaos inside Salt Lake stadium, shop owners and residents in the neighbourhood of the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan heaved a sigh of relief as the ruckus was contained inside the ground and did not ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Neighbours talk about rise and fall of impresario Satadru Dutta

    Kolkata: Event organiser Satadru Dutta, celebrated for his management skills and proximity to famous footballers around the world until Saturday, turned from a hero into a villain almost overnight in his hometown of Hooghly's Rishra. The Salt Lake incident ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Body cams a must for Hwh cops now

    Kolkata: Body cameras have been made mandatory for all levels of police personnel, from traffic police inspectors to civic volunteers, on several important roads of Howrah. This pilot project, initiated by Howrah City Police, started in the Kona Expressway, ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Behala boy traced to Deoghar ashram

    Kolkata: The 15-year-old boy, who went missing from his tuition class in Behala on Thursday morning, has been traced to Anukul Ashram in Deoghar, Jharkhand. The child stated he was upset at being rebuked repeatedly by his mother. He ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Governor visits stadium day after chaos

    Kolkata: Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose on Sunday visited the Salt Lake stadium for a "first-hand inspection" and called for a judicial inquiry into the chaos that unfolded at Lionel Messi's event at Salt Lake stadium on Saturday.Bose also ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Third arrest in Shahjahan case witness crash probe

    Kolkata: A third arrest was made on Sunday in the probe into the Basanti Highway crash involving Bholanath Ghosh, a key witness in ED and CBI cases against Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan. Ghosh has alleged the Dec 10 crash ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Focus on fitness at TOI Natun Para Half Marathon

    Kolkata: The Times of India, in association with Bidhannagar Police, on Sunday organised the TOI Natun Para Half Marathon at Eco Park in New Town.The half marathon, starting with the 21k category, was flagged off by actor Sudip Mukherjee. ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Probe panel spends 3 hours at stadium

    Kolkata: While the inquiry committee visited the Salt Lake stadium to probe the incident and fix responsibilities, Bidhannagar Police said lists are being prepared of suspects who will eventually be sent summons. The inquiry committee, headed by retired Justice ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Don’t transfer ticket-sale proceeds to Satadru account, police tell ticketing aggregator

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar City Police have directed the online ticketing aggregator for the GOAT India Tour to immediately stop transferring ticket-sale proceeds to the organiser's account. Authorities are moving to secure refunds for thousands of fans left aggrieved after Saturday's ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    HC to insurer: Can't deny compensation on the ground that driver was drunk

    Kolkata: Insurers cannot deny compensation to the family of a fatal road accident victim merely because an autopsy has detected alcohol in the abdomen, as the deceased is not available to defend himself against allegations of drunk driving, Calcutta ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    The aftermath: Salt Lake stadium vandalism losses pegged at 2.5 cr

    Kolkata: Financial losses suffered by the Salt Lake Stadium authorities and vendors were estimated at over Rs 2.5 crore, a day after spectators created chaos at the venue following Lionel Messi's exit.On Sunday morning, the stadium bore the scars ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Feeling of being cheated refuses to go away

    Kolkata: Having missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see their idol Lionel Messi in person, a sense of feeling cheated continues to haunt fans in Kolkata on Sunday. Thousands of disillusioned fans vented their ire on social media, demanding refund.Having ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    Cops begin identifying vandals

    Kolkata: Police have begun identifying those involved in vandalism and arson at Salt Lake Stadium during the Lionel Messi event by scrutinising CCTV footage and visuals circulating on social media, officials said on Sunday. Several videos show stadium gates ...

    15 December 2025 Times of India
    1 in 5 voters to be axed from rolls in 11 Kolkata assembly seats

    KOLKATA: The SIR draft roll to be published by Election Commission on Dec 16 will see every third voter getting deleted in two city assembly constituencies — Jorasanko and Chowringhee. For 11 other assembly segments in the state, 9 ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    No relief for Satadru Dutta: Organiser of Messi Kolkata event denied bail, sent to 14-day police custody

    KOLKATA: The Bidhannagar court on Sunday sent the promoter and organiser of football icon Lionel Messi's G.O.A.T India Tour 2025, Satadru Dutta, to 14 days of police custody.Kolkata police arrested event organiser Dutta on Saturday, hours after a planned ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    'Is this the way Bengal treats its governor?': Ananda Bose 'denied' entry to stadium after Messi event fiasco; what he said

    KOLKATA: West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose was "denied" entry to Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday, following chaos and crowd disturbances at the event featuring football legend Lionel Messi. Bose called the denial an affront to the constitutional position ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, pleasant temperatures; AQI remains poor

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata awakens on December 14, 2025, to a sunny morning, characterized by clear skies and ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    When 15 minutes weren’t enough: How Messi’s Kolkata trip turned messy

    KOLKATA: Football superstar Lionel Messi's much-hyped Kolkata tour ended in complete mayhem at Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday as enraged fans, who had paid anything between Rs 5,000 and Rs 16,000 to see the GOAT, vandalised the galleries, hurled ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    From Messi mania to anger at being fleeced: Rage exploded in just 22 minutes; fans threw chairs, set Sofa on fire

    KOLKATA: Ecstasy to agony to anger: All in a space of 22 minutes. Messi-mania ended in mayhem, arson and violence at the Salt Lake stadium on Saturday within minutes of Lionel Messi leaving the ground after a brief 22-minute ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    'Messi was lost among VIPs': Inside meltdown of the Messi event in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: The much-hyped Messi show, which descended into utter chaos after the football star stepped out of the Salt Lake stadium on Saturday, left the fans not just disappointed, but in some cases feeling completely despondent. Most of them ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    Broken seats, tunnel roof: Kolkata Stadium sports scars that may not heal after Lionel Messi visit; fans storm pitch

    KOLKATA: The biggest. The best. And now the bruised.A venue which takes pride in being the jewel in the crown of Indian football became witness to a bedlam of extraordinary proportions when people stormed the Salt Lake stadium pitch ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    Messi’s chartered plane, personal bond and an arrest: How organiser Satadru Dutta was stopped from fleeing Kolkata airport

    KOLKATA: Hours after the Lionel Messi show at Salt Lake Stadium spiralled into chaos, Kolkata Police on Saturday arrested event organiser Satadru Dutta, stopping him from leaving the city amid mounting anger over the aborted programme and allegations of ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    Mess at Messi’s Kol event triggers political slugfest

    Kolkata: Football fans have a right to be angry, Trinamool Congress said on Saturday stressing on the fact that Lionel Messi's event at Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday was not organized by the Bengal govt and the party did ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    Lionel Messi tour chaos: Organiser boards chartered plane with football icon, deplaned minutes before take-off; arrested

    KOLKATA: Cops on Saturday arrested event organiser Satadru Dutta in dramatic circumstances after taking him off a chartered plane that he had boarded with football icon Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami co-players, Luis Suarez and Rodrigo De Paul. ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    Fans mob hotel, police struggle to maintain sanity

    Kolkata: As chaos ruled the Salt Lake Stadium turf, roads leading to the ground were left choked by traffic and enraged fans who started trooping out onto the streets by noon. They carried torn banners while others took away ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    Past catches up with the man behind sports extravaganzas in Kolkata

    Kolkata: Lionel Messi's return to the city — 14 years after beginning his career here as Argentina captain in a Fifa friendly win over Venezuela — ended in extraordinary chaos with hundreds of enraged fans laying siege to the ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    Airport holds dry run to prep for fog

    Kolkata: Kolkata airport on Saturday conducted a dry run on fog to prepare for disruptions caused by poor visibility in the days ahead. Fog-related disruptions usually occur at Kolkata airport between Dec 10 and Feb 10. In winter, flight ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Disturbed and shocked’, CM orders probe, issues apology

    Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday issued a public apology to Lionel Messi and his fans in Kolkata for the mayhem that broke out at Salt Lake Stadium. She ordered a high-level inquiry under the chairmanship of a ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    Two arrested in connectionwith Basanti Highway crash

    Kolkata: Two people were arrested on Saturday in connection with the Basanti Highway crash involving Bholanath Ghosh, a key witness in the CBI and ED's land-grab case against Sheikh Shahjahan. The arrested were Uttam Sardar, aka Sushanta, and Ruhul ...

    14 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata's air quality remains 'unhealthy to very unhealthy'; PM2.5 main pollutant

    KOLKATA: The city's Air Quality Index (AQI) remained in the 'unhealthy to very unhealthy' range on Saturday, with PM2.5 identified as the key pollutant, a West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) official said.The overall AQI was recorded at 276, ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
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