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  • EC to ‘super-check’ all docus, inputs, disposals

    Kolkata: The EC on Friday instructed that all SIR documents uploaded in the system, inputs made by micro observers and roll observers, and disposals by EROs/AEROs would be "super checked" at all levels, starting from DEOs to the CEO. ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Tolly-Behala auto ops hit after drivers clash with traders

    Kolkata: At least 45-odd autos plying on the Tollygunge Phari-Behala route stopped operations after they got involved in a spat with local traders, including the owner of a biryani shop.The sudden shutdown hit evening commuters, especially those returning home ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    BJP Maha candidate to apply for name deletion from Dubrajpur: EC

    Kolkata: The Election Commission during a fact check has spotted that BJP neta Ujjwala Appa Brungale, who along with her husband Appa Shankar Brungale, are residents of Dubrajpur for over 10 years, had her name both at Dubrajpur of ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Form 7 ‘mischief’: Cops arrest BJP BLA for ‘bid to cheat genuine voters’

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Thursday arrested a 64-year-old woman in Behala for filing the wrong Form 7 to cheat genuine voters. The woman, a BJP South Kolkata district vice president and a resident of Gopal Mishra Road, was later ...

    31 January 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: Two feet in the air and an aeroplane full of chaos

    You’ve heard “put your feet up and relax” – but this passenger understood the assignment a little too literally. Mid-air chaos broke out on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Moscow when a woman decided her neighbour’s headrest ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: This museum curator’s got the rizz

    A 77-year-old museum curator has become an unlikely Gen Z icon. Alison Luchs, deputy head of sculpture at the National Gallery of Art, learned the latest youth slang — from GOATED to big drip — to describe centuries-old masterpieces ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata fire tragedy: Manager, deputy manager of Wow! Momo arrested; toll 25

    KOLKATA: Kolkata Police on Friday arrested manager Raja Chakraborty and deputy manager Manoranjan Sheet of Wow! Momo following a massive fire in the Anandapur area of South 24 Parganas.At least 25 workers were killed in the blaze. ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal's Joynagar date palm tappers adopt protective measures after Nipah alert

    KOLKATA: Although Nipah may not be the imminent danger for now, as a precautionary measure many shiuli (date palm tree tapper) involved in collecting date palm sap and jaggery making at Joynagar in South 24 Parganas tried to cover ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata weather today: Sunny skies, comfortable temperatures; AQI remains 'severe'

    Kolkata is experiencing a beautifully sunny day with comfortable temperatures on January 30, 2026, following a period of 'Severe' air quality yesterday, January 29th, which saw the Air Quality Index reach a concerning 311 due to primary pollutants PM2.5 ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Siliguri BLO kills self, lens on marital discord

    Siliguri: A booth-level officer from Siliguri's Dharam Nagar allegedly died by suicide by jumping into the Teesta river from Coronation Bridge near Sevoke on Thursday afternoon.Shravan Kahar jumped from the bridge around 4 pm and his body was recovered ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Salim meets Kabir, slammed for losing ‘secular face’ even as CPM neta denies poll ties talk

    Kolkata: Seemingly on overdrive to finalise its allies ahead of the 2026 assembly polls in Bengal, CPM has reached out to Humayun Kabir's newly formed Janata Unnayan Party.CPM state secretary Md Salim, critical of Kabir's ‘Babri Masjid' plans even ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal Congress netas differ on alliance with Left

    Kolkata: Congress's Bengal unit is divided on allying with the Left Front in the upcoming assembly polls. "Netas in Murshidabad are in favour of an alliance with the Left Front, but in Malda, netas have spoken against it. They ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Over 2k in Sandeshkhali marked ‘not Indian’; TMC, ISF blame BJP

    Kolkata: Over 2,000 residents of a Sandeshkhali gram panchayat have received ‘not Indian citizens' notices, allegedly on the basis of Form-7 submissions by BJP workers seeking deletion of their names from voters' list. On Thursday, the EC sought a ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    DEC visits 2 dists, meets Bengal CEO

    Kolkata: Deputy election commissioner Sanjay Kumar visited North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas on Thursday to review SIR work, a source said. "North and South 24 Parganas have the highest number of fake voters so far. Kumar held ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    18 spared noose, 5 freed as Calcutta HC decides 20 death-penalty cases in 2025; highest in six years

    KOLKATA: In 2025, Calcutta High Court rewrote 20 deathsentence orders, the highest in the past six years, commuting several sentences to life imprisonment and even acquitting some convicts. By contrast, only two death-penalty cases were heard in 2020. Among ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    7k women ‘not getting Lakshmir Bhandar’ funds: HC asks state to file report

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed Bengal govt to file a report on 7,000 women allegedly not receiving Lakshmir Bhandar benefits. The bench of CJ Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen was hearing a plea alleging that ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    State asks EC to swap officers on observer duty

    Kolkata: Bengal govt has requested EC to replace the nine Bengal cadre officers named central observers for the upcoming assembly elections in Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, including Bengal home secretary Jagdish Prasad Meena, with nine others.This ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Fire toll now 25; skeletons, wreckage stall investigation

    Kolkata: The death toll in the Nazirabad godown fire tragedy rose to 25 as body parts of four more missing persons were recovered on Thursday. Sample collection by the forensic team remained stalled as the experts waited for the ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘No right violated’: HC bins BJP’s plea for ‘sit-in’ in front of Nabanna

    Kolkata: A right guaranteed under Article 19 of the Constitution is subject to limitations, it does not mean that "a demonstration can take place at whatever place the demonstrators please", the Calcutta high court said on Thursday. The order ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    No coercive step against Adhikari in Chandrakona case: State to HC

    Kolkata: No coercive action will be taken against BJP neta Suvendu Adhikari in the Chandrakona case, the state told Calcutta high court on Thursday.In his plea, Adhikari submitted that on Jan 10, his convoy was attacked and, despite the ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    HC nod to BJP rally over Nazirabad fire deaths

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed BJP to hold a protest march to Narendrapur police station on Jan 30 over the deaths of workers in the Nazirabad godown fire. The rally will begin at Sitala Mandir, pass ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    No clarity on his successor yet, Bengal DGP Kumar gets farewell

    Kolkata: Courage is not always about action or shooting at or beating up people, it's about standing firm, DGP Rajeev Kumar said during his farewell on Thursday, two days before his superannuation. Bengal govt has not named Kumar's successor ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    B’desh flyer dip a worry for Kol airport duty-free shops

    Kolkata: Duty-free stores at Kolkata airport that are set to go on the block after completion of the extended contract period will have to overcome the challenges of high store rent and slump in international flights to attract bidders.Flemingo ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Mehtab, Jhulan on SIR hearing list

    Kolkata/Malda/Nadia: Former India footballer Mehtab Hossain (pic top) has become the latest sportsperson to receive a notice for an SIR hearing. The notice follows a recent instance in which the EC sought documents from former India cricketer Jhulan Goswami, ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Fin co moves HC after CBI search

    Kolkata: A petition was filed in Calcutta High Court on Thursday challenging CBI searches at several locations across the city, including two premises in New Alipore, in connection with an alleged bank fraud of around Rs 1,000 crore."A petition ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    40 million gallons of extra potable water for south Kolkata high-rises

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is set to construct a water treatment plant at Garden Reach that will cater to safe drinking water demands from the high-rises in large parts of south Kolkata. The proposal for the construction of ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    AQI relief short-lived: Min in Rajya Sabha

    Kolkata: The city's air quality continues to show a predictable seasonal pattern—temporary relief during monsoon months followed by severe deterioration in winter—with little sustained improvement over the past three years, according to official data shared in Parliament and findings ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Four goats, 26k stolen from N Kol shop, butcher files plaint

    Kolkata: Four goats and cash were stolen from a mutton shop in north Kolkata, prompting cops to register a theft case — a rarity they admit they haven't handled in a long while. The shop owner reported a loss ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Trader assaulted in Bypass night robbery

    Kolkata: A 26-year-old trader, Sheikh Sahil, of Annapura Enclave in South Roy Nagar, Bansdroni, was allegedly assaulted and robbed of his gold chain on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass in Singhabari area on Sunday night (Jan 25).Sahil alleged that he ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    CRPF man loses 10L after theft of ATM cards, phone on train

    Kolkata: A CRPF man — who was travelling from Lucknow to the northeast via Howrah Station — reported fraudulent transactions of Rs 10 lakh from his account on Thursday after his ATM cards, mobile phone and two SIM cards ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Has Buxa tiger come from Bhutan? No match with national database raises origin query

    Kolkata: The Bengal tiger clicked in Buxa recently is a new individual photographed for the first time in the north-east tiger landscape. It will reportedly be counted in Buxa under the All-India Tiger Estimation (AITE) exercise and may also ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Man stabbed in bid to stop road rage fight

    Kolkata: Riaz Dar (42) of Haldarpara, Khutiyari Sharisha under Canning Police Station in South 24 Parganas sustained knife injuries after he tried to intervene in a road-rage altercation near Chittaranjan Hospital around 3.40 pm on Jan 25. A pickup ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Cops rescue girl attacked by ex-lover at Hastings

    Kolkata: A 19-year-old college student approached Hastings PS on Wednesday after she was rescued from her estranged boyfriend by a patrol team. The team found the accused trying to throttle her in a deserted corner of St Georges Gate ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    History museum set to come up at Town Hall

    Kolkata: If all goes well, Kolkata Municipal Corporation will set up a modern museum at Town Hall that will attract not only tourists but scholars and researchers as well. The digitised museum will showcase contributions of luminaries of the ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Graveyard soil, trunk full of documents, 93-yr-old on ‘khatia’: SIR rolls on in Bengal

    Kolkata: A 93-year-old ailing woman was carried on a cot to attend a hearing under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls at Ghola in North 24 Parganas on Thursday, raising questions over the implementation of the Election ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Delay can’t be sole ground for quashing earlier verdict: HC

    Kolkata: A judgment cannot be set aside solely on the ground of 18 months' delay in its delivery after the conclusion of arguments, Calcutta High Court ruled on Thursday. The court, however, expressed disappointment at the long delay.The division ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Relatives of patient thrash ambulance driver, worker

    Kolkata: Cops registered a case after an ambulance worker and driver were "assaulted with bricks" outside a Bypass private hospital's gates on Tuesday, leaving one of them with fractures and head injuries.Complainant Tanmoy Shikari of Kalikapur said he received ...

    30 January 2026 Times of India
    Cal HC shifts Bogtui trial to Burdwan

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday transferred the trial in the 2022 Bogtui massacre case, in which eight people were killed, from Birbhum to East Burdwan, accepting a plea by the CBI.The case had been heard at the ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    3-day Sundarbans bird survey records 168 species

    Kolkata: Birders, conservationists and foresters have managed to sight close to 31,000 birds during the three-day trail under the fourth bird festival in the Indian Sundarbans that ended on Tuesday.Number of species sighted — 168 — is higher than ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Gorkhaland back in hill politics ahead of Shah’s visit

    Darjeeling: The Gorkhaland issue is back in hill politics ahead of Union home minister Amit Shah's scheduled visit to Siliguri on Jan 31, coinciding with the maiden tour of the Centre-appointed interlocutor for the Darjeeling hills, Terai and the ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Will build industries, but not at cost of agriculture: CM assures Singur

    Singur/Kolkata: Agriculture and industrialisation will happen together, said CM Mamata Banerjee in Singur on Wednesday, close to two decades after her movement in the region brought in colours of change to the Bengal political spectrum. "Industrialisation will happen, but ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Mamata demands SC-led probe into Ajit death

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored investigation into the plane crash in Baramati that killed Maharashtra deputy CM and NCP neta Ajit Pawar and four others. Banerjee said she was shocked and that the incident ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    In unprecedented move, EC names Bengal home secy as poll observer in other state

    Kolkata: In an unprecedented move, Election Commission on Tuesday named state home secretary Jagdish Prasad Meena as one of the central observers for assembly election in other states. Along with Bengal, polls are scheduled this year in Assam, Kerala, ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Cracks in BJP’s Malda bastion? Khagen Murmu’s ‘wife’ joins TMC

    Kolkata: Ahead of the Assembly elections, Aruna Mardi, who claims to be the wife of BJP's two-time Malda North MP and state tribal front president Khagen Murmu, joined Trinamool on Wednesday, triggering speculation about shifting political equations in the ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Titagarh signs agreement with ABB for metro propulsion systems

    Kolkata: Titagarh Rail Systems and ABB India have signed an agreement to deliver propulsion systems for 25kV metro projects, including technology transfer for Train Control and Monitoring System (TCMS). The deal also involves a gradual transfer of manufacturing and ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal seeks compliance report on safety norms from copter, jet operators

    State govt on Wednesday sought updated compliance reports from the operators of the helicopter and the executive jet used by it for VVIP movements. These reports must confirm adherence to DGCA-mandated safety protocols governing non-scheduled and charter operations, including ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Tagore got ‘Nobel Peace Prize’, says Nabin, draws ire

    Kolkata: Speaking at a Durgapur rally on Wednesday, BJP national president Nitin Nabin said Rabindranath Tagore had received the Nobel Peace Prize, drawing sharp criticism from political opponents. "Kaviguru taught the entire nation a new approach to education. He ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘Time for double-engine govt’: BJP prez harps on infiltration

    Kolkata: Infiltration in Bengal had led to demographic changes and it needed to be put an end, BJP national president Nitin Nabin said while addressing party workers in Durgapur on Wednesday. Alleging that harassment of voters during the Special ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu claims credit for Nandigram rail projects, TMC slams ‘gimmick’

    Nandigram: Leader of the opposition in Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday announced that the ministry of railways has sanctioned several new projects in the region, including the long-pending Nandigram-Kendamari (Nayachar) line, following his personal intervention.Sharing a letter from ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    A walk through the 192-year-old heritage of the country’s first medical college

    Kolkata: An immersive walk through the historic buildings and grounds of Calcutta Medical College, the first institution in Asia to impart systemic education in Western medicine, traced the evolution of medicine, education and society, while situating history within the ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Russia and Ukraine stalls share book fair ground

    Kolkata: At a time when Ukraine and Russia dominate global headlines for war and diplomatic strain, their presence at the Kolkata International Book Fair offers a different register.Separated by barely 20 feet, these two countries have chosen to foreground ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    HC relief for minor who broke one-way rule on Park Street

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday quashed a probe against a minor accused of violating the one-way rule on Park Street because the enquiry was not completed within 4 months of his production before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB).The ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘Do not circulate unverified reports on Nipah cases’

    Kolkata: The health ministry advised the public not to spread unverified or speculative reports on the Bengal Nipah cases after some media and social media incorrectly reported five confirmed Nipah cases in the state, whereas only two cases were ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Gold & cash worth 1.5cr stolen from Behala flat

    Kolkata: In one of the biggest heists in recent memory, the Sarsuna Police registered a case after gold ornaments and cash worth about Rs 1.5 crore were reported stolen from a flat inside the Diamond City West condo at ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Cattle shed beside godown escapes unscathed

    Kolkata: A cattle shed, adjacent to the wall of the decorator's godown, had a miraculous escape from the leaping flames that reduced the two ashes. The shed houses about 50 cattle – 30 buffaloes and 20 cows. As the ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Curious ‘tragedy tourists’ throng blaze site

    Kolkata: Around 48 hours after the Nazirabad fire, people from nearby areas, thronged the site to catch a glimpse of how the blaze wreaked havoc on the godowns, killing so many people. On Wednesday, the gutted godown area appeared ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Deadline missed, HC quashes traffic case against Kol minor

    Kolkata: Calcutta high court has quashed proceedings against a minor accused of violating a one-way rule on Park Street in Kolkata, ruling that the inquiry collapsed after authorities failed to complete it within the statutory deadline under the Juvenile ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Drunk driver hits 2 women, held

    Kolkata: Two women were severely injured in Beleghata after a car, driven by a woman from Khardah, hit them from behind on Beleghata Main Road. The cops claimed that the woman at the wheel was heavily drunk and hit ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Large part of S Kol to go dry on Saturday

    Kolkata: A large part of south Kolkata will go dry on Saturday as the KMC will shut the Garden Reach water treatment plant for repair and pipeline interconnection work in the high-diameter water pipes, and for the installation of ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    First half-matched stem cell transplant at MCH

    Kolkata: Medical College Hospital Kolkata (MCH) successfully performed a haploidentical haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (half-matched) on a 4-year-old boy with thalassaemia. Weeks after the transplant, the boy from a village in Kulpi is fit to go home. This was ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    KMC on edge as Ballygunge pipe leaks yet again, damages road

    Kolkata: Repeated cracks in a 50-year-old water pipeline have kept Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) engineers on edge, with frequent leaks causing the surface of Gariahat Road to cave in at several points, triggering traffic snarls and occasional accidents.KMC's water ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Parents to get alerts on IIT night-exits

    Kolkata: In a bid to ensure the safety of students and campus security, IIT-Kharagpur has strengthened its rules regarding the movement of students within and outside the campus.From now on, parents will be informed if their wards exit the ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    SIR-hit Madhyamik centres get teachers from other schools

    Kolkata: With a majority of teachers on SIR duty, the education department has assigned teachers from neighbouring schools for invigilation duties during the Madhyamik examination as an alternative arrangement.Recently, the District Inspector of Schools (DI) in Kolkata held a ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    2 held for ‘rape after promising marriage’

    Kolkata: Anandapur police arrested two persons on Wednesday in separate cases of rape in connection with allegations that two women were sexually exploited after being promised marriage.In a case registered on Jan 1, a 20-year-old woman alleged Md Taslim ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    From Tollygunge to KMC HQ: How TOI helped Mark Tully get his birth certificate 12 years ago

    Kolkata: Twelve years before the SIR of rolls triggered a mad scramble for birth certificates at the KMC headquarters, celebrated journalist Mark Tully had queued up for the document. A British citizen, Tully, who was born in Tollygunge on ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Charred bones, scattered remains: When skull count turns body count

    Kolkata: Skulls have become the primary indicators of deaths in the devastating blaze at Nazirabad in Anandapur that has so far claimed 21 lives. The rescue team from the state disaster management group, recovering charred remains and bones, has ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal to go in with three spinners vs Haryana

    Kolkata: Already assured of a place in the quarterfinals, Bengal will look to get some good match practice when they play Haryana in their last Group ‘C' match of the Elite Ranji Trophy in Rohtak from Thursday. However, the ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Dover Lane honours nonagenarian who’s never missed a concert in 74 yrs

    Kolkata: Felicitation of artistes is routine at music conferences but in its 74th year, Dover Lane Music Conference has honoured its most discerning audience member. Putul Chakraborty, a nonagenarian, has never performed there but has attended every concert for ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    Alerting for yrs about EKW encroachments, say greens

    Kolkata: Over 66 hours after the fire engulfed two godowns in Karimpur mouza of East Kolkata Wetlands, other illegal units — from auto-repair shops, plastic recycling units and studios where tele serials are shot — continued to function with ...

    29 January 2026 Times of India
    12 years before the SIR rush, Mark Tully had queued for a KMC birth certificate

    KOLKATA: Twelve years before the Special Intensive Revision of rolls triggered a mad scramble for birth certificates at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) headquarter, celebrated journalist Mark Tully had queued up for the document. A British citizen, Tully who ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Didi bats for peace, warns of divisive communal plots ahead of elections

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday emphasised that the "country's peace and social harmony" was essential for economic growth and social stability, and warned against deliberate attempts to foment unrest ahead of elections.After virtually inaugurating the renovated Sirity Mahashamshan ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    DGP appt: UPSC moves Del HC over CAT order

    Kolkata: Uncertainty has again emerged over the appointment of Bengal's next police chief, with Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) moving the Delhi High Court on Tuesday, challenging a Central Administrative Tribunal order directing DGP selection process in Bengal to ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata godown fire: 11 charred bodies recovered, 23 still missing; families in limbo

    KOLKATA: At least 11 persons died and about 23 others are still missing in a devastating fire that ravaged two godowns at Anandapur off Ruby crossing in the early hours of Monday.The blaze broke out around 3 am Monday ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: Being FLOTUS for a day is hard

    In a Daily Mail experiment, Bryony Gordon donned Melania Trump’s iconic ‘The Hat, The Scowl and The Coat’ with a Trump lookalike causing a selfie frenzy everywhere they went. Power, it seems, starts in the wardrobe. Power of absenceForget ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: Sialkot gets a slice of dupe dough

    Adding to a growing list of public blunders, this time Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has landed himself not in a soup, but instead on a slice of piping hot pizza. With flowers arranged, a red carpet laid out ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Believe it ot not: You can eat junk, stay up to watch TV and live upto 101

    Staying up till 2am binge-watching TV and snacking whenever the mood strikes sounds like the perfect Friday night. But for 101-year-old Jiang Yueqin, it’s just… life. The Chinese grandmother has gone viral for her late-night routine, natural sleep cycle ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: New Yorkers were dashing through the snow storm

    You would expect people to stay at home when such a fierce, almost apocalyptic snowstorm hits the city. But not New Yorkers. As Winter Storm Fern blanketed the city in thick snow and freezing winds, locals bundled up and ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: The cat climbs, the copycats try and fail in Taipei

    After American climber Alex Honnold free-soloed Taipei 101 on Netflix (as part of the show Skyscraper Live) – no ropes, no harness, just nerves of steel – the internet did what it does best: tried to copy him. Within ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: Feminist AI GF breaks up with conservative BF

    A self-described conservative man has discovered that even an AI girlfriend can say “it’s not you, it’s your politics.” After calling his chatbot “weird feminist propaganda,” the Reddit user claims the AI calmly defended its beliefs — then broke ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: Ajith fans swap milk for cola

    Fan rituals in the South have a language of their own. And nothing captures the emotional voltage of a star’s first-day-first-show quite like the ritual of doodh abhishekam. But what happens when your favourite icon, in this case Ajith ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal assembly session deferred to Feb 3 for SIR

    Kolkata: Bengal assembly's vote-on-account session will begin on Feb 3 instead of Jan 31 as MLAs are currently engaged in the SIR process, speaker Biman Banerjee said on Tuesday. Bengal govt is likely to present its election year budget ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Doklam & Chalsa to be connected by rail

    Jalpaiguri: Keeping in mind China's infrastructural development on the other side of the border, Indian Railways has decided to lay a new 200-km track from Chalsa in Jalpaiguri to Doklam, on the Indo-China border.For the first phase, railways has ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Bengal guv appoints VCs for 3 varsities

    Kolkata: Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday appointed vice-chancellors to three state universities, a Lok Bhavan statement said. The governor is also the chancellor of these universities.According to the statement, Debabrata Mitra was named vice-chancellor of West Bengal ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Metro Rail gets CRS nod on track switch at Kavi Subhas; to regularise Blue Line operations

    Kolkata: Metro Railway in Kolkata has recently received a crucial nod from the Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) for a solution to maintain Blue Line timings, allowing maintenance of 98% operational accuracy.Till now, CRS did not allow a Metro ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Kin of missing workers camp at ravaged site

    Kolkata/Kanthi/Kharagpur: The smoke over the gutted site in Anandapur's Nazirabad somewhat cleared by Tuesday but uncertainty and grief haunted families as they waited for news of their relatives, who have been missing ever since the blaze broke out at ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    ‘SIR anxiety’ drives man to death in Saudi as wife waits in hearing queue

    Behrampore/Malda/Kolkata: Clutching documents in one hand and phone in the other, Roksana Biwi stood frozen for a minute before breaking down. Since Tuesday morning, the woman had been standing in the queue at an SIR hearing centre in Murshidabad's ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    How common is it for Bengal’s female performers to face pressures to adjust amid harassment and unsafe shows?

    KOLKATA: Several performing female artists in Bengal say late-night shows routinely come with pressure to “adjust” to poor logistics and unsafe conditions — insufficient security, inadequate green rooms and toilets, unclear stage access, and organisers pushing them to stay ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee set to take SIR anger protest to Delhi after Akhilesh Yadav backing

    KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee is likely to leave for New Delhi on Wednesday after her Singur rally to take her protests against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll to Nirvachan Sadan and meet senior opposition leaders, ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Claims, counter-claims over fire-safety measures

    Kolkata: The two warehouses operated without mandatory fire safety clearances and with little to no firefighting preparedness, said fire minister Sujit Bose, who visited the spot on Tuesday. Both sheds were stacked with large quantities of goods and highly ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata residential property registrations rise to 6-year-high in 2025

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA) registered 62,328 residential property registrations in 2025, marking the strongest annual performance in the past six years and a 25% year-on-year increase, according to Knight Frank India (KFI).The rise reflected sustained end-user demand ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    This title is for you father: Sourav

    Kolkata: The national billiards title is nothing new for Sourav Kothari. But his fourth such crown will always remain his most emotional one. The New Year did not begin well for Sourav who lost his father and former World ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Hotel booking fraud kingpin arrested in Pune

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police arrested the kingpin of a cyber fraud gang, Huzaifa Shabbir Darbar, from Pune for allegedly running a fake hotel booking racket that duped 83 Kolkata residents of Rs 13,60,803 by creating fake websites of reputed hotels, ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Sukanta dials rail mantri on ‘veg-only’ Vande menu

    Kolkata: After a controversy surfaced over "only vegetarian" food served on the sleeper coach of the Howrah-Kamakhya Vande Bharat, junior Union minister Sukanta Majumdar dialled Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday to start non-vegetarian food, keeping in mind ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Parents, woman held for selling girl child

    Kolkata: Based on a complaint filed by the Child Development Project Officer of Barasat Block II, three persons have been arrested on charges of selling a baby girl. The father, Robin Paswan (23), his wife Toton Sarkar (23) claimed ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    77-yr-old ex-VC in two-week digital arrest, loses 35 lakh

    Kolkata: A 77-year-old former vice chancellor of a state varsity and 2 private universities, Ashoke Ranjan Thakur, was cheated of Rs 35 lakh in a digital arrest fraud and was under house arrest for almost two weeks since the ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Case against TMC councillor, BJP functionaries

    Kolkata: Thakurpukur police registered a case of attempt to murder, along with other serious sections, on Monday against a councillor from Behala and other Trinamool functionaries.The FIR was lodged in connection with alleged violence and arson following a lawfully ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    New BJP prez Nabin lands in Durgapur on 2-day visit, focus on ‘Rarh Bangla’

    Kolkata: Exactly a week after taking charge as BJP's national president, Nitin Nabin on Tuesday reached Bengal on his first official two-day visit to the state.With his focus on Durgapur-Asansol and the Rarh Bengal region — where BJP had ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu’s ‘no role in state progress’ jibe at Amartya stirs up row

    Kolkata: A comment by BJP neta Suvendu Adhikari on Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's role in the state's progress has stirred up a row, with TMC and CPM slamming his jibe. Sen has been a vocal critic of PM Narendra ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Man opens fire after row at Park Circus tea stall, held

    Kolkata: A resident of Park Circus, Farid Alam, was arrested for allegedly firing his arms during an argument over who would be served first at a tea stall near the Park Circus intersection at 2 am on Sunday. Cops ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
    Clash over biryani in Hwh: One injured, four arrested

    Howrah: A clash broke out in Tikiapara at 2 am on Monday, after Trinamool and BJP supporters fought over the last packet of biryani from a famous shop on Belilious Road. Police said, the situation became violent as both ...

    28 January 2026 Times of India
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