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  • 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
    Cyber cops bust fake call centre after Interpol info

    Kolkata: The city cops' cyber cell registered a case after receiving information from Central Bureau of Investigation's Interpol wing about an alleged fraudulent international call centre operating from Nayabad Avenue, in the Panchasayar area. A few persons have been ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Assault-abuse plaint after biker hits auto on CIT Road

    Kolkata: An auto-rickshaw driver, Dinesh Shaw (43), lodged a case of alleged road rage against a biker, Amir Hossain, at Entally Police Station on Sunday. Shaw accused Hossain of rash driving, assault, and verbal abuse following a collision at ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Liftmen come back to Trauma Care bldg, hosp submits lift audit report

    Kolkata: For the first time since the death of 40-year-old Arup Banerjee, the two elevators in the Trauma Care building in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital had liftmen posted inside on Monday. The killer lift number 2 still ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    BLOs, flooded with suppl list queries, cross another hurdle in SIR season

    Kolkata: Booth-level officers (BLOs) across the city have crossed another hurdle in the special intensive revision (SIR) season that set in more than four months ago. While the first supplementary list was released on Monday, the BLOs were flooded ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Observers intensify PS visits after KP-CAPF meet

    Kolkata: A joint coordination meeting between Kolkata Police and senior CAPF company commanders took place on Monday at Alipore Bodyguard Lines. The session, attended by KP commissioner Ajay Nand and other senior officers, focussed on deployment strategies, area domination, ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Kin perform shraddh, say don’t want his death to become election agenda

    Kolkata: Three days after the death of Arup Banerjee (40), his family members performed his shraddh on Monday. Inside their 3BHK flat at Jawpur in Dum Dum, his sister Arpita and nephew Adrito sat through the rituals, while relatives ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    State revises hiring rates for poll vehicles

    Kolkata: Bengal govt has revised hiring charges for vehicles, vessels, and other logistics for the 2026 assembly elections, introducing an average 10% increase over rates fixed during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The new rates, cleared by the finance ...

    24 March 2026 Times of India
    Bengal assembly elections: Minister Sukanta Majumdar flags demographic shift, says BJP win must for Hindus to remain majority

    NEW DELHI: Union minister and former West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Monday said that under the TMC’s rule, "rapid demographic changes" could make Hindus a minority in several districts, making it “very difficult” for Hindu candidates to ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    No wheelchair, locked toilet: Patient dies after being ‘forced to walk’ at RG Kar hospital; 2nd death in 3 days

    KOLKATA: Biswajit Samanta, 45, a resident of Nimta, collapsed and died on Monday at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital after being made to walk to a pay-and-use toilet, his family alleged, citing lack of a ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    LPG crisis: 7kg or 10kg switch in the offing? dealers wary, consumers worried

    KOLKATA: Mounting uncertainties over global energy supply amid tensions in West Asia have prompted the Centre to explore fresh measures to manage domestic LPG availability, such as providing lesser volume of the fuel in refilled cylinders and further extending ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    India identifies new cockroach species using DNA-led taxonomy for first time in 267 years

    KOLKATA: Scientists in India have for the first time in over two and a half centuries of research identified a new cockroach species, Neoloboptera peninsularis, from the farmlands of Nathachiwadi in Daund, Pune, using a landmark integrative taxonomic approach ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Profs of CU-affiliated colleges can now be PhD guides

    Kolkata: Teachers who have PhDs at CU-affiliated colleges can serve as PhD supervisors, following the recent change in the PhD regulations framed by University of Calcutta (CU). College principals have welcomed this decision as they feel it will help ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Sunday pain: 60%-70% autos go off road, commuters stranded

    Kolkata: A sharp drop in the number of autos on the streets on Sunday left commuters across the city struggling to reach their destinations, with many reporting long waits and expensive alternatives. According to auto operators and route committees, ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Met predicts steady temp rise over next 3-4 days

    Kolkata: The city remained sunny on Sunday while the maximum temperature jumped four degrees to touch 27°C. It was still 7.5 notches below normal. The minimum, on the other hand, was 19.7°C. On Saturday, it was 19.2°C. The low-pressure ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    55-yr-old BLO dies in Malda, family blames SIR workload

    Malda: A 55-year-old booth-level officer (BLO) in Malda died of a cardiac arrest on Saturday night, prompting his family to blame SIR-related workload for the fatality.Utpal Thokdar, a para-teacher and a resident of Naoda Para, was under severe stress ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘Indiscriminate’ transfers will stall devpt work, warns citizens’ group

    Kolkata: A day after CM Mamata Banerjee said Bengal was under "unofficial President's Rule", the city's intellectuals and social workers said the Election Commission's "indiscriminate transfers" will stall development projects in the state.Speaking at a presser organised by citizens' ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM seals poll alliance with Humayun Kabir’s AJUP

    KOLKATA/HYDERABAD: Asaduddin Owaisi, president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), on Sunday announced that the party will contest the upcoming Bengal assembly elections in alliance with Humayun Kabir's Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP). Kabir has been signalling the tie-up ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    2 children killed, 3 hurt after learner driver loses control

    Behrampore: A car hit five children near a shop at Dighri under Samserganj police station on Sunday afternoon, killing two and critically injuring three.The children were taken to Anupnagar Rural Hospital, where six-year-old Ahil Akhtar was declared brought dead. ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    How can Kolkata gain from PNG relief, ask oil cos

    Kolkata: Oil marketing companies (OMCs) have sought clarification from the Centre on a new directive linking additional commercial LPG allocation to registration for piped natural gas (PNG), flagging concerns for cities like Kolkata, where PNG infrastructure is minimal.In a ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    20% rise in male infertility over last decade in Kolkata: Study

    Kolkata: While infertility is associated mostly with women, nearly a 20% rise in male infertility has been observed in Kolkata over the last decade, say fertility experts, confirming a finding by the Sample Registration System Statistical Report (SRSSR) of ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Bengal polls: 8.6% of voters to know fate from today; 1st supplementary list to decide electoral right of 27.2 lakh

    KOLKATA: The anxious wait to know whether they are eligible to vote or not is set to end on Monday for 27.2 lakh people in Bengal — out of around 60 lakh under adjudication — after Election Commission publishes ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    7kg or 10kg switch in the offing? LPG dealers wary, consumers worried

    KOLKATA: Mounting uncertainties over global energy supply amid tensions in West Asia have prompted the Centre to explore fresh measures to manage domestic LPG availability, such as providing lesser volume of the fuel in refilled cylinders and further extending ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Migration to new cooking modes continues across restos

    Kolkata: The city's food and beverages sector endured a taxing second weekend of the LPG crisis that coincided with Eid on Saturday, struggling to maintain services and menu amid a severe fuel crisis. Most have either migrated entirely to ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    10 yrs on, Pocso cuffs on man

    Kolkata: A man accused of abducting and sexually assaulting a minor in Uttar Pradesh in 2015 was arrested in Tangra after over a decade. Ranjit Singh is now married to the same girl and the two has a school-going ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Scare after ‘bomb’ note in plane toilet

    Kolkata: A bomb scare was triggered at Kolkata airport on Friday afternoon after a handwritten note, with the word, ‘BOMB', was discovered inside the lavatory of an IndiGo flight shortly after passengers disembarked, prompting an emergency security response and ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Brother arrested for honour killing

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Friday arrested a 25-year-old man, accused of murdering his 22-year-old sister two months ago in a case of honour killing in the Narkeldanga area. Sanjit Shaw reportedly strangled Pushpa Kumari to death.After his arrest, Shaw ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Law college seeks addl funds for 115 CCTV cams, plans to deploy 2 new security guards

    Kolkata: The law college in south Kolkata, where a student was gang-rape last June, wrote to the higher education dept on Thursday seeking additional funds to install 115 CCTV cameras, as recommended by the Public Works Department (PWD). Following ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Cannot dismiss jawan just because of second marriage rumours: HC

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on March 19 reinstated a CRPF personnel from Karnataka, posted in West Midnapore, who was dismissed for allegedly contracting a second marriage, stating his dismissal was purely "on the basis of hearsay and suspicion". ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Schools to cops: Ensure CAPF moves in after exams

    Kolkata: Amid growing concern over the early occupation of school campuses by central forces ahead of the assembly polls in Bengal, several schools in Kolkata have appealed to local police stations to delay the entry of personnel so they ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Students celebrate Founder’s Day with reverence & prayers

    Kolkata: The Assembly of Christ School observed its Founder's Day prayer service recently, marking the occasion with gratitude and enthusiasm. The programme commenced with a brief introduction and welcome note. The service began with a prayer led by the ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Jamaat, BNP could be behind Hadi killing: Bangla accused

    Kolkata: Faisal Karim Masud, the 37-year-old who was caught on CCTV footage shooting at Bangladeshi youth activist Osman Hadi, alleged on Sunday Jamaat-e-Islami and the BNP could be behind the murder. He went on to claim the CCTV footage ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    R G Kar death: ‘Operator dozed on 6th floor when lift got stuck’

    Kolkata: The lift man, in charge of the fateful elevator in the Trauma Care building at R G Kar Medical College, was listening to music and dozing, along with other staff members, in a sixth-floor room on Friday, when ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Those missing on suppl list can file plea online or at DM office

    Kolkata: If persons marked ‘under adjudication' on the SIR list again find themselves missing from the supplementary electoral roll once it is published, they can file online or offline appeals to the tribunal against judicial officials' orders.The first supplementary ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘No substance’ in allegation against JU prof

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University found "no substance" in the allegation against mass communication professor Santwan Chattopadhyay of awarding marks without checking answer scripts. But the university cautioned assistant professor Abhishek Das as a similar allegation against him had "some substance".PG ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    I-T dept seizes 1 cr in 4 days

    Kolkata: The income tax department, which has set up 24×7 control rooms and check posts in Bengal, has seized Rs 1 crore unaccounted-for money in the first four days of its operation. I-T officials suspect the money was meant ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    EC sends CPs to police stns to brief officers on poll preparedness, guidelines

    Kolkata: Senior police officers across Bengal, including police commissioners of Kolkata and Bidhannagar, visited multiple police stations on Sunday to brief officers on election preparedness, guidelines, and law-and-order measures, following directives from the Election Commission of India (EC) ahead ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Gas price jab, fish on menu: MLA-hopefuls make full use of Sunday to reach out to voters

    Kolkata: From carrying a 3.5 kg fish to walking several kilometres carrying a dhaak on his shoulder, and from distributing visiting cards with personal mobile numbers to teasing the opposition candidate over gas price hike even amid courtesy calls, ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘Ghar-er meye’ CM hits campaign trail with party workers’ meet

    Kolkata: As the ‘Ghar-er meye' slogan gained momentum in Bhowanipore, CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday kick-started her 2026 assembly poll campaign by referring to her family's ties to Bhowanipore and singling out the Election Commission and BJP for her ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    Tribunals to also hear Form 7 appeals for exclusion of names

    Kolkata: The EC-notified appellate tribunals in Bengal, for which 19 former HC judges have been selected, will hear appeals against orders passed by judicial officers, not only on inclusion but also exclusion of voters.An official said while the appellate ...

    23 March 2026 Times of India
    BRO starts snow clearance work in East Sikkim

    GANGTOK: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) on Sunday started snow clearance operations to restore traffic in East Sikkim, including Nathula, amid heavy snowfall, officials said.The road to Tsomgo Lake and Nathula from Gangtok was closed on Saturday due to ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp innovation PhD to incubate job-creators

    Kolkata: Keeping pace with the changing global doctoral landscape, IIT Kharagpur, the oldest IIT in the country, is set to introduce India's first fully structured innovation and product-centric doctoral programme with an aim to "convert job-seekers into job-creators". The ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Pre-poll clashes

    Kolkata: Clashes broke out between Trinamool and BJP workers in Baranagar and Bhowanipore on Saturday over alleged ripping off of posters. The Baranagar incident took place during campaigning by candidates Sayantika Banerjee and Sajal Ghosh. Also, Trinanool workers lodged ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    CEO office shifts

    The office of the Bengal CEO shifted from the Balmer Lawrie building on Netaji Subhas Road to the Shipping Corporation of India building at 13, Strand Road. Officials said shortage of space was the main reason behind the relocation, ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘They listened to music and killed’: 5 held in Kolkata RG Kar hospital lift tragedy; machine turned into murder tool, cops tell court

    KOLKATA: Police on Saturday told a local court that the death of 40-year-old Arup Banerjee at RG Kar hospital early on Friday could have been avoided if the lift operators and guards had “not turned a machine meant for ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Mamata Banerjee kicks off 2026 campaign from Bhowanipore meet today

    KOLKATA: In the backdrop of SIR deletions, chief minister Mamata Banerjee will kick-start her 2026 assembly poll campaign not with a public meeting but a Bhowanipore party workers' meeting on Sunday evening.Trinamool's booth-level agents, who worked in the area ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Battle of brains plays out at oldest open quiz

    Kolkata: Thirty teams of quizzers participated in the Eddie Hyde Memorial Open Quiz held at the parish hall of Church of Christ the King on Saturday. Organised by the Church of Christ the King, in association with the Archdiocese ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Worshippers tweak Eid prayer plans as morning starts on a wet note

    Kolkata: Rain played a spoilsport on Eid morning as the showers disrupted special prayers, forcing thousands of worshippers to change plans at the last minute on Saturday. Wet, slippery roads and a rush for indoor space affected attendance at ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Two B’deshi bros left off voter roll get CAA certs

    Kolkata: Two brothers were granted citizenship under CAA even as they remained excluded from the final voter list in yet another case when CAA applicants were struck off the voters roll and got their citizenship certificates later.The brothers were ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Eid greetings double as poll outreach across party lines

    Kolkata: Candidates across party lines on Saturday reached out to residents in the city and its fringes, blending Eid greetings with a pre-poll push for the April assembly elections. From greeting those offering prayers in mosques to visiting neighbourhoods, ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Didi to kick off poll campaign today with TMC workers’ meet at Bhowanipore

    Kolkata: In the backdrop of SIR deletions, chief minister Mamata Banerjee will kick-start her 2026 assembly poll campaign not with a public meeting but a Bhowanipore party workers' meeting on Sunday evening.Trinamool's booth-level agents, who worked in the area ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Samik: BJP has nothing against Indian Muslims

    Kolkata: BJP has nothing against Indian Muslims, said Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday. "Indian Muslims have every right to vote, but not illegal infiltrators," he said, adding, "We cannot allow demography to get altered by such Muslim ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Matua factions bat for ‘own’ candidates, likely to meet today

    Kolkata: Anger over SIR deletions in North 24 Parganas and Nadia has prompted both the Trinamool- and BJP-aligned factions of the All India Matua Mahasangha (AIMM) to demand that their office-bearers be fielded as candidates. The factions are likely ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Tremors in Darj, Gangtok as 4.1-mag quake hits Sikkim

    Darjeeling: A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Mangan in north Sikkim at 8.46pm on Saturday, sending brief tremors across parts of the eastern Himalayan region, including Darjeeling and Gangtok.While the earthquake was felt in several areas, Darjeeling residents reported only ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    EC to keep 700 central force companies in Bengal after polls

    Kolkata: The Election Commission has planned to retain 700 companies of central forces in Bengal after April 29 polls, with 500 companies earmarked exclusively for law and order duties, officials said.The EC also plans to deploy another 1,920 companies ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP inducts 4 from TMC in Nandigram after Pabitra Kar defection

    Nandigram: In a desperate bid to offset Pabitra Kar and his wife Champa's defection to Trinamool, BJP on Friday inducted four Trinamool functionaries in the belt, including two Muslim faces, as Nandigram emerges as a high-stakes poll battle.Trinamool on ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    CAPF, cops review poll preparedness

    Kolkata: CAPF personnel and Bidhannagar police held a meeting Saturday to review poll preparedness and coordination. Discussions covered deployment strategies, area domination, vulnerability mapping, and inter-agency coordination.

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Fatal lift tragedy: Family appeals to govt for widow’s permanent job

    Kolkata: The family of Arup Banerjee, the Trinamool BLA who died in the RG Kar lift tragedy on Friday, has pleaded with the govt that his widow Sonali be given a permanent job so that she can secure her ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Doc forum demands inquiry

    Kolkata: The Service Doctors' Forum (SDF) has demanded a high-level inquiry into the RG Kar lift accident that led to the death of Arup Banerjee. The organisation has also demanded action against the guilty and adequate compensation to the ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    After death, patients and kin shun lift in RG Kar Trauma Care building

    Kolkata: Relatives of patients admitted in the Trauma Care Centre at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital avoided using the sole lift available for patients and their kin on Saturday, wary of a repeat of Friday's incident in which ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘My husband got trapped between doors when the lift dragged him up’

    Kolkata: Arup Banerjee, his wife Sonali and son Ayush had squeezed themselves on the narrow strip of floor, no more than 4ft ×1ft, their back pressed against a slightly ajar lift door and their face wedged against a collapsible ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Woman dupes jeweller

    Kolkata: A cheating case has been registered after a jewellery trader alleged a woman posed as a customer, purchased gold ornaments and failed to pay the full amount after promising an online transfer.According to the complaint, the incident took ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    18 lakh lost in 2 cyber fraud cases

    Kolkata: Two cyber fraud cases involving a combined loss of over Rs 18 lakh have been registered in Bidhannagar, with police probing an online task scam and a bank impersonation fraud, with both showing similar modus operandi as the ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    KP warns against mule accounts

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police issued a public warning on Saturday against handing over bank accounts to cyber fraudsters, following the arrest of seven individuals from the city in the past two months by cops from other states for being involved ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    J&K, Kol cops rescue two Jammu youths locked up in city hotel

    Kolkata: Five persons, all of them hailing from Panipat in Haryana, were arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, with help from the Kolkata Police detective department and Pragati Maidan Police, on Saturday afternoon from inside an east Kolkata ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    2 kids in hosp with swine flu, 3 others test +ve; doctors blame temp flip-flop

    Kolkata: Two children have been admitted to a city private hospital with swine flu or H1N1, even as three others have tested positive at three hospitals so far. Scores of others, including adults, have symptoms that suggest an outbreak.A ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Fresh bombings may spell more trouble for supply

    Kolkata: The delays in delivery cycles and disruptions in commercial LPG supply could worsen significantly in the coming days in the state, feels oil industry officials.The situation follows recent attacks on key gas facilities in Qatar, including the Ras ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Auto LPG rationing starts as OMCs cap refuelling at 10 litres

    Kolkata: Auto-rickshaw drivers in Kolkata faced fresh fuel restrictions after oil marketing companies introduced rationing of auto LPG across dispensing stations from Saturday, capping refuelling at 10 litres per vehicle, following a steep price hike and an unprecedented five-fold ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    More parking near Sector V Town Hall

    Kolkata: A vacant area beside the large water body off Sector V Ring Road opposite the upcoming Town Hall will be developed and used for parking to accommodate about 50 cars once the upcoming town hall starts functioning after ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Night-long rain pulls down max temp by seven notches

    Kolkata: The city received overnight rain triggered by a thunderstorm late on Friday and woke up to an overcast sky and steady drizzles that lasted till late on Saturday morning. The rain was accompanied by a hailstorm in some ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    Heavy snowfall in Sandakphu, 120 tourists rescued

    Darjeeling: Around 120 tourists stranded near Sandakphu after a night of heavy snowfall were rescued on Saturday by the Singalila Land Rovers Owners' Association (SLROA). The authorities have shut access to Sandakphu temporarily and redirected all visitors to Tumling.Sandakphu, ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    KMC pumping stations & sewer-clean gangs on alert

    Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has put the executive engineers manning the KMC drainage pumping stations on alert after the scattered rainfall. According to a KMC drainage dept official, the civic brass wants officials to begin the monsoon preparedness ...

    22 March 2026 Times of India
    40-year-old dies trapped in Kolkata's RG Kar hospital lift in front of wife and son

    KOLKATA: A Dum Dum resident, who turned 40 on Thursday, died in front of his wife and three-year-old son after the trio got trapped for an hour in a patient lift at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital early ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    EC’s first suppl list on Mon, tribunals set up for appeals

    Kolkata: The first supplementary voters' list for Bengal, containing names cleared by judicial officers, will be published on Monday evening, a senior Election Commission official said on Friday evening. The second list will be published next Friday and the ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    10L more voters may be axed, says CM, alleges BJP-EC plot

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday said around 10 lakh voters may be deleted when the first supplementary lists are published, alleging the battle against illegal SIR deletions is far from over. She also alleged the BJP-led govt will ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Kalyan moves HC against EC transfers

    Kolkata: EC's "drastic action" in transferring several IAS and IPS officers after the announcement of polls in Bengal is retaliation for TMC moving an impeachment motion against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee has alleged in a petition ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Cops seize Rs 25L in cash at Kolkata's New Town poll naka

    KOLKATA: A routine pre-dawn naka check under heightened poll surveillance led to seizure of unaccounted for cash worth Rs 25 lakh from an app cab passenger near City Centre 2 in New Town on Friday. According to cops, the ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Distraught over dad’s death, BSF jawan kills self

    Krishnanagar (Nadia): A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan died by suicide in the washroom of Jangipur Sub-Divisional Hospital on Thursday evening, reportedly distraught over his father's recent death.Arun Mukherjee, a resident of Bazarpara in Raghunathganj stationed with a BSF ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Jobless man kills wife, son, ends life after row

    Howrah: A 42-year-old unemployed man killed his wife and elder son before ending his life at Banitala under Uluberia police station on Friday. Pradip Mukherjee also attacked his younger son before consuming poison. The surviving son has been admitted ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Youth focus: 1 out of 4 BJP candidates aged below 40

    Kolkata: The first two candidate lists of the Bengal BJP point to a strong push towards a generational shift, with the party choosing less than one-fourth of its candidates from the age bracket between 55 and 70 years. With ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Where have all the liftmen gone? Wonder patients’ kin in govt hosps

    Kolkata: Hours after the lift tragedy claimed the life of a 40-year-old man at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Friday, TOI visited several other state-run hospitals in the city and found that lifts were functional without liftmen. ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    RG Kar lens on lift malfunction, absence of liftman as doctors flag maintenance lapses

    Kolkata: The killer lift in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital did not have an operator on Friday morning when Arup Banerjee was trapped inside with his wife Sonali and son Ayush. Though what exactly went wrong in ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Karma marks in 40 years of making music

    At a Sector V pub, an electric evening unfolded less like a concert and more like a masterclass led by Subhen Chatterjee. Celebrating four decades of Karma, the performance challenged the idea that Indian classical music must remain confined ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Duare Chikitsa, 7 new dists among TMC’s 10 pledges in 2026 manifesto

    Kolkata: From Duare Chikitsa (healthcare at your doorstep) and carving out seven new districts in Bengal to making the state's economy the third-largest in India within the next 10 years, CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday released Trinamool's manifesto for ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    BJP workers storm party HQ, seek changes in candidate list

    Kolkata: BJP workers from Beliaghata, Entally, Howrah, Gosaba and Kulpi protested at the party's state headquarters in Salt Lake on Friday, expressing discontent over candidates announced so far and attempting to ransack the premises.The drama began when Beliaghata BJP ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Do-gooder TMC BLA Buchu’s death a day after birthday shocks Dum Dum para

    Kolkata: Just hours after ringing in his 40th birthday with friends and family, Arup Banerjee's celebrations turned into a night of horror that has left an entire Jawpur Road neighbourhood in Dum Dum shocked. A contractual worker with the ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Heavy footfall but no patient washroom in trauma care block

    Kolkata: The trauma care building that houses the emergency unit at RG Kar Medical College, lacks washrooms for OPD patients and relatives, even though it gets hundreds of emergency patients throughout the day. They are forced to trek down ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Deputy mayor blames it on administrative failure

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MLA and deputy mayor Atin Ghosh on Friday said the RG Kar hospital death was due to local administrative failure.A member of the Rogi Kalyan Samity, Ghosh said there had been no proper meeting of the ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    ‘Seahorse’ rises from waste at Sarobar

    Kolkata: A seahorse installation titled ‘A Phoenix of the Ocean' was inaugurated at Rabindra Sarobar on Friday. The 15ft-tall installation on a 3ft base, conceptualised by Living Waters Museum, is crafted from discarded plastic and marine debris, and was ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    Man dies after branch broken by monkeys falls on his head

    Midnapore: A man died in a freak accident in West Midnapore's Sabang on Friday morning when a branch fell on him after monkeys jumped on it and it broke off. The victim, Tarun Panja (48) from the Panpara area ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp puts ‘no-stray-feeding’ order on hold

    Kolkata/Kharagpur: IIT Kharagpur, which issued an administrative notification on revoking permission for feeding spots of stray dogs on campus, kept it in abeyance within hours of its circulation following widespread protests by students and teachers. A letter to animal ...

    21 March 2026 Times of India
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