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  • 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
    'Only politicians, actors were surrounding Messi': Frustrated fans create chaos at Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium; watch

    KOLKATA: Scenes of unrest were reported at Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday after hundreds of fans expressed anger over Argentine football star Lionel Messi’s brief appearance at a ticketed event.Videos circulated on social media showed bottles and plastic ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    'I sincerely apologise to Lionel Messi': CM Mamata Banerjee after fan create chaos at Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium

    KOLKATA: 'I sincerely apologise to Lionel Messi,' West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said after thousands of fans who had gathered to catch a glimpse of the football icon were left disappointed, sparking chaos at Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium.In ...

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

    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.On December 13, 2025, Kolkata awoke to a sunny morning with clear skies and a ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Watch: Shah Rukh Khan reaches Kolkata ahead of Lionel Messi event; joined by son AbRam

    KOLKATA: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has arrived in Kolkata ahead of his much-awaited meet with football legend Lionel Messi on Saturday.In viral visuals from Kolkata airport, Shah Rukh Khan was seen making a late-night arrival, accompanied by his ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Lionel Messi gives thumbs up: West Bengal minister Sujit Bose says football icon happy with 70-foot statue; what he said

    KOLKATA: West Bengal minister and Sree Bhumi Sporting Club President Sujit Bose on Saturday said that football icon Lionel Messi and his team are happy with the 70-foot statue installed at the Sree Bhumi Sporting Club in Lake Town, ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Lionel Messi meets Shah Rukh Khan, unveils 70-ft statue in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: Football icon Lionel Messi virtually unveiled his 70-foot statue from Salt Lake stadium, with West Bengal Minister Sujit Bose and Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan present at the event on Saturday.Messi is currently with Shah Rukh Khan as ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Mohabbat hai’: Messi mania grips Kolkata; couple cancel honeymoon to see football icon

    KOLKATA: A newlywed couple in Kolkata postponed their honeymoon to catch a glimpse of football superstar Lionel Messi, whose arrival in the city on Saturday triggered scenes of jubilation. “We recently got married, but on Messi's visit, we cancelled ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Man loses 5.1L in traffic challan scam

    Kolkata: A resident of Hemanta Mukherjee Road in Parnasree, Kunal Maity, lost Rs 5.1 lakh after he fell victim to a scam that began on Nov 11 when he received a WhatsApp message, falsely accusing him of a traffic ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Constitution row rages between JU student, prof

    Kolkata: An international relations UG 2 student at Jadavpur University on Thursday lodged a complaint with the university authorities against an associate professor, alleging he made hateful comments about the Constitution and told her to "tear apart the Constitution ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Kol wakes up to smog & ‘very poor’ air, sees season’s worst pollution

    Kolkata: Kolkata woke up to a blanket of toxic smog on Friday as the city's air quality dipped sharply, marking the season's worst pollution episode yet. For the first time this winter, four of the seven Continuous Ambient Air ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    1.5% of voters became parents when they were 15, show EC data

    Kolkata: Around 12 lakh voters in Bengal — around 1.5% of total electors — became parents when they were only 15; 8.7 lakh became parents when they were 50, and 3.2 lakh voters became grandparents when they were 40. ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Patty sellers protest assault on vendors, vow to help duo resume trade

    Kolkata: Around 50 patty sellers, Hindus and Muslims, gathered at Esplanade on Friday to show solidarity with two fellow vendors, Sk Riyajul and Md Salauddin, who were assaulted and subjected to religious slur for selling non-veg snacks during a ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Mathematicians inspire young minds at IISER Kolkata, tell students to use AI as tool but use own judgment

    KOLKATA: Two renowned mathematicians, Prof M Ram Murty, Queen’s Research Chair in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, and Prof V Kumar Murty, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Toronto, delivered talks at ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Watch: Kolkata erupts as Lionel Messi touches down at 2.26am

    KOLKATA: Thousands of fans braved the December chill and waited past midnight in Kolkata to welcome Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi, as he arrived in the city during the early hours of Saturday as part of his three-day, four-city ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata traffic advisory ahead of Lionel Messi’s visit: Check full road closures, diversions and alternate routes

    KOLKATA: Kolkata Police issued a traffic advisory on Friday for Lionel Messi’s programme at Yuba Bharati Stadium, where a large turnout of fans is expected today. The restrictions are aimed at ensuring public safety and easing congestion on key ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    74th Kol music conference to feature legends, young talents & Bolly star

    Kolkata: The lineup for the 74th Dover Lane Music Conference promises a blend of legendary artists and young talents from the Indian classical music community, alongside a veteran Bollywood star poised to captivate audiences with a Bharatnatyam performance. This ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Bengal goes global: How Durga Puja redrew the map of international attention

    Written by: Devi Chakrabarti, Doctoral Researcher, Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge, UK Sandipan Mitra, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Government General Degree College, Lalgarh.West Bengal’s unexpected rise as the second most visited Indian state for international tourists in 2024 has generated ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    SSC publishes draft list of candidates for interview

    Kolkata: The West Bengal School Service Commission on Friday published the draft list for candidates, selected for interview before the recruitment for classes 9 and 10 at state-run schools. Around 40,000 candidates will be called for document verification to ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    2-km accident-prone Sec V stretch to get iron railings to curb jaywalking

    Kolkata: The Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA), in consultation with the Bidhannagar Traffic Police, will set up iron railings on about 2 km stretch on median divider in Sector V, from SDF building crossing to close to the box ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Boy who fell off dad’s bike dies in hosp

    Kolkata: A 12-year-old student of a Salt Lake school, Srinjoy Dutta, who fell in front of a truck's rear wheel nine days ago, passed away at a private hospital off EM Bypass on Wednesday. The boy, a resident of ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    ANHV to set up 6 more hospitals in east

    Kolkata: Ambuja Neotia Healthcare Ventures (ANHV) will set up six more hospitals in eastern India over the next five years, focussed on multispeciality as well as mother and childcare.According to Parthiv Neotia, joint managing director of ANHV, the company ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    New verification norms spark panic, voters rush to BLOs with documents

    Kolkata: A flurry of late-night phone calls from booth level officers (BLOs) sent voters across Kolkata and neighbouring districts scrambling on Friday morning. Queues formed outside BLO homes as voters arrived carrying parents' bank passbooks, Aadhaar cards, birth certificates, ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Modi to hold rally in Nadia on Dec 20, may address Matua jitters

    Kolkata: In his third visit to Bengal in five months, PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold a rally at Nadia's Taherpur on Dec 20 as part of his campaign for the 2026 Beassembly polls. Modi is expected to ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Hola, La Pulga: Messi mania peaks as Kol decks up for reunion with legend after 14 yrs

    Kolkata: As the city waited with bated breath for its reunion with Lionel Messi after a gap of 14 long years, the atmosphere around the Salt Lake stadium turned carnivalesque. From early Friday morning, crowds began gathering outside the ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Up to 2 crore voters may have to appear in hearing

    Kolkata: Around 30 lakh Bengal voters whose enumeration forms did not map with the last SIR roll of any state/UT, including Bengal's 2002 SIR roll, will be called for a hearing after Dec 16. In addition, close to 1.6 ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    5 Kol assembly segments top in voters dropping off draft roll

    Kolkata: Chowringhee, Shyampukur, Kolkata Port, Ballygunge, Jadavpur and Kasba are among the assembly constituencies in and around Kolkata that will witness the highest number of voter deletions from the draft SIR roll to be published on Dec 16.Going by ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Largest notes, currencies for lepers, prisoners at Kolkata show

    Kolkata: The largest currency notes ever issued, including one almost the size of an A3 sheet printed earlier this year by the East African nation of Burundi, are being showcased at the three-day exhibition that began in the city ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Orange Line: State tells HC it will meet RVNL on Dec 17

    Kolkata: The state in its report to Calcutta High Court on Friday stated it will sit with the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited representative at 5 pm at Metro Bhavan on Dec 17 to thrash out the imbroglio at Chingrighata, ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Airport uploads passenger feedback on social media in bid to rebuild confidence

    Kolkata: In a bid to rebuild passenger confidence during the peak winter rush, Kolkata airport has begun taking feedback from transiting flyers and sharing some of the responses on social media. This underscores that operations have returned to normal ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Flyers breathe easy as all IndiGo flights set to return to Kol next week

    Kolkata: After a week of anxiety and relentless checking of flight schedules, IndiGo passengers flying out of Kolkata can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Full normalcy in operations is set to return from Monday, with all scheduled flights ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Taratala bridge to stay shut till Tues

    Kolkata: If you are commuting from either Behala, Maheshtala, Joka and beyond towards the city centre, get ready to relive the pain of commuting as suffered when the old Majerhat Bridge collapsed. The Taratala Bridge will be shut from ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    57,000 Bengal voters have not returned SIR form, names to be kept out of draft list

    KOLKATA: At a time when most Bengal voters are busy tracking the special intensive revision of electoral rolls and keeping themselves abreast of the changing rules, a small minority feels retaining their voting rights is not so important.According to ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Minor’s consent invalid, Calcutta HC tells Pocso convict

    KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a man under Pocso Act, saying a minor girl is “incapable of giving valid consent” because a child may not know the consequences of a sexual relationship.A Sealdah court ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Watch: At 70-ft tall, 'world's largest Messi statue' erected in Kolkata ahead of GOAT tour; Z-category shield for football king

    KOLKATA: Kolkata is preparing for a moment many in the football-loving city have dreamt of for years, as Lionel Messi is set to arrive on 13 December. In the northern suburb of Lake Town, the Sree Bhumi Sporting Club ...

    12 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 is experiencing a sunny and pleasant day on December 12, 2025, with temperatures ranging ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Vidyasagar Setu weekend closures till May 2026

    Kolkata: The Vidyasagar Setu will be shut for eight hours this Sunday. Both cops and engineers from HRBC have hinted that these weekend shutdowns—occurring almost every week except for the Christmas week and other major festivals—will continue at least ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Mamata: Will sit on dharna if genuine voters are deleted during SIR

    Krishnanagar/Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday she would sit on dharna if the name of even one genuine voter gets deleted during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls. The CM called Union home minister Amit ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Cabby traps man’s hand in window, drags him for 80 m

    Kolkata: In a road rage incident on Dec 10, a 49-year-old man was dragged around 80 meters by a taxi after he confronted the driver for illegal parking around 7.45 am in front of the 3A govt bus stand ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Ferrari crash: Luxury car had a history of speeding

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police will seek help of engineers from Ferrari to study the reasons that led to one of their cars getting involved in an accident on Hospital Road near Victoria Memorial on Tuesday. Police said the car had ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Chaos, abuse, fear: IndiGo staff recall crisis trauma

    Kolkata: Angry flyers screamed at them, profanities were hurled from all directions, phones were snatched away and work terminals were damaged. IndiGo Airlines ground staff at Kolkata airport, who endured 60 hours of extreme stress and tension from midnight ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    337 flights, 55k flyers but 7% shy of normal services

    Kolkata: A week after the city airport hit an air pocket with IndiGo Airlines cancelling 80% of flights, the airport is still 7% short on flight and passenger count compared to the eve of the crisis on Dec 2. ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Indian football crisis: ISL clubs turn up the heat on AIFF

    Kolkata: Indian football seems to be chasing a mirage as the future of the top league continues to be swamped in uncertainty. A day after the All India Football Federation appeared to be ready to play ball with Indian ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    3 arrested for assault on patty sellers, out on bail

    Kolkata: Three persons were arrested by the Kolkata Police on Thursday for allegedly assaulting two patty sellers — Sk Riyajul (50) and Md Salauddin (60) — on Sunday during a Gita recital on the Brigade Grounds. The arrested individuals ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    NT healthcare gets a boost with hospital starting child-care facility, others to follow

    Kolkata: Several private hospitals in Kolkata are ready to set up units at New Town from 2026 to 2028, including those for cancer, critical care, gastro care, and mother-child centres. Some are also preparing to launch IVF units and ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Poll booths must at high-rises with over 500 voters, hints EC

    Kolkata: The Election Commission on Thursday indicated that polling booths would be set up in all housing complexes in Kolkata, which had more than 500 voters, with or without the consent of the occupants. District Election Officers (DEO)s were ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    This is Bengal, not UP: Mamata slams assault on patty-sellers

    Kolkata/Krishnanagar: CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday condemned the assault on two patty-sellers at the Brigade Ground during a Gita recital event on Sunday and said, "At every gathering, there are hawkers who sell food. You have beaten a poor ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Cong plans Constitution recital event

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Pradesh Congress, in response to the mass chanting of religious texts, will organize a mass recital of the Indian Constitution on Dec 20. Protecting the secular tenets of the statute was the need of the ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    SIMEST signs MoU with ICC

    Kolkata: SIMEST, a company owned by CDP Group that supports international growth of Italian enterprises, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), one of India's oldest business organizations. The agreement was formalized during ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Airtel, Jio vie for top spot in Bengal, Vi loses subscribers

    Kolkata: The race for the top spot for telecommunications in Bengal is heating up between Bharti Airtel and Jio over the past few months, while Vi emerged as net loser, according to the data from Trai.The same is true ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Guv wants to shift vote from Kerala to Bengal

    Kolkata: Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose wants to vote in the 2026 Bengal assembly polls, and for this, he plans to shift his vote from Kerala to Bengal and register as a voter of the Chowringhee assembly seat, where ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Focus on 40 at city numismatic society’s 40th anniversary

    Kolkata: Numismatic Society of Calcutta (NSC), which is celebrating its 40th anniversary, will exhibit currency notes of 40 denomination, issued by eight countries, at its flagship event, Mudra Utsav.Debkumar Pal, a member of NSC as well as the International ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    11th tweak at 11th hour keeps voters, BLOs on tenterhooks

    Kolkata: Several electors, who had filled their enumeration forms, linking their voting rights with their grandparents', uncles' or aunts', whose names were on the 2002 SIR list, started receiving calls from their booth-level officers (BLO)s on Thursday night, hours ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Lost-luggage backlog piles up even as disruptions ease

    Kolkata: The wave of flight disruptions may be easing but the struggle to recover missing baggage shows no sign of ending.TOI came across a pile of over 50 unclaimed IndiGo bags on Thursday. At least 20 passengers were combing ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    SOPs chalked out in Dec 1 fog meet helped Kolkata airport handle IndiGo meltdown

    Kolkata: A coordination meeting on fog preparedness, held at the city airport on Dec 1, proved crucial in handling the crisis that unfolded only four days later when IndiGo cancelled 89 departing flights to reset its operations. While thousands ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Will my flight take off? Lack of clarity keeps passengers guessing

    Kolkata: Will my flight take off? That is now the question dominating IndiGo's customer care lines, WhatsApp channels, and social media pages with flyers desperately seeking clarity from the airline.IndiGo said although it was not possible to provide a ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    SC upholds HC order, directs govt to give RG Kar posting to Mahata

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Calcutta High Court's decision and ordered that Aniket Mahata be posted at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in two weeks. The state approached the SC against Calcutta High Court's order ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Truck driver named prime accused in FIR, still on the run

    Kolkata: Abdul Alim Molla, the truck driver from Laukhali in Sandeshkhali, who was named in the FIR as the prime accused in Wednesday's accident that killed two persons — including Satyajit, the younger son of Bholanath Ghosh, a key ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Cons pose as MD of Kol hosp, dupe colleague into transferring 94 lakh

    Kolkata: The vice-president (finance) of Charnock Hospitals was duped into transferring Rs 94 lakh after fraudsters posing as the hospital's MD contacted him on WhatsApp and allegedly used a doctored display photograph to pressure him into making an urgent ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Meet & solve Chingrighata impasse: HC to state, RVNL

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the state and Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) to sit and thrash out the imbroglio at Chingrighata, a spot that falls along the Orange Line between Garia and Kolkata airport. A division ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    ASDD list to be on DEO, CEO websites

    Kolkata: A list of absent, shifted or dead/duplicate (ASDD) persons, whose names were mentioned in the Bengal's electoral roll on Oct 27, would be published on respective DEO/DM as well as on the CEO websites, the EC said, adding ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Meet on EC rules for poll

    Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal on Thursday held a meeting with the representatives of 25 state and central enforcement agencies to discuss EC guidelines on any illegal attempt at influencing voters during elections. The agencies were told to maintain close ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Santiniketan Pous Mela from Dec 23

    Kolkata/Suri: The Pous Mela at Santiniketan will be held from Dec 23 to 28 at the Purba Palli Mela Ground this year. It will be organised jointly by Visva-Bharati (VB) and Santiniketan Trust. It was decided at a meeting ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    24-page answer sheets to cut paper use in HS semester IV

    Kolkata: The higher secondary education council has specified a 12-leaf (24 pages) answer sheet designated for semester four examinees. "In general, loose sheets for the semester IV examination are highly discouraged except under extreme urgency," the guideline issued by ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Progeny mapping covers 50% voters

    Slightly over 50% voters in Bengal were not found in the 2002 SIR roll and they were progeny-mapped or linked to their parents or grandparents who were on the earlier list, said an EC official. "Of 7.6 crore voters ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Roll observer faces protests in Falta

    Kolkata: C Murugan, roll observer for South 24 Parganas and south Kolkata, on reaching Falta on Thursday, was confronted by women, who demanded the release of funds for 100-day-work scheme. Murugan was visiting some homes in Harindanga to verify ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Biker dies in EM Bypass accident

    Kolkata: A 23-year-old resident of Durganagar in North 24 Parganas, Alokesh Halder, died after he lost control of his bike on EM Bypass near Metro Cash & Carry at 1.30 am on Wednesday. Cops said Halder was not wearing ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Can’t stay here any longer’: Vendor thrashed over non-veg snacks at Gita event leaves Kolkata; returns to hometown

    By Sudipto Das & Biplab BhattacharyyaKOLKATA: Sk Riyajul, who was assaulted and subjected to religious taunts for selling non-veg snacks at the mass recital of Gita on the Maidan last Sunday, has had enough.The 50-year-old, who earned a living ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Tourists throng Darj cafe even as Glenary’s, excise exchange blows

    Darjeeling: The war of words between Glenary's Bakery and Cafe and the Bengal excise department escalated on Wednesday, as the iconic Darjeeling landmark — established in 1885 — shut down its bar and singing section for 90 days. While ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘This is 100% murder’: Truck hits vehicle of Sandeshkhali gang-rape case witness, son dies; kin claim driver 'known to them'

    KOLKATA: A key witness in CBI and ED land-grab cases against Sandeshkhali gang-rape accused Sheikh Shahjahan narrowly escaped death after a 10-wheeler truck bludgeoned his car into a roadside ditch while he was on his way to testify in ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Good to eat? Even better to see: Riding the luxury food styling wave in India

    When Netra Mantena–Vamsi Gadiraju’s ‘Billionaire Wedding’ unfolded in Udaipur, the food was not just good to eat. But it was also the star of the show. Luxury food stylist Rakhee Jain, who led the visual direction, recalls the pressure ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Rape charge against accused in SSKM minor abuse case

    Kolkata: The city cops have filed a comprehensive charge sheet against the accused, ‘to' Amit Mallick, 49 days after an incident where a minor was sexually abused at SSKM Hospital in Oct. The charge sheet, submitted on Tuesday in ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    HS students to get 10 mins to read questions

    Kolkata: HS examinees, in the fourth-semester examinations, will get 10 minutes to read questions before they start writing. West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education recently made this decision, which has been sent to Bikash Bhawan for approval. Students ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Fire dept, KMC, cops check 12 rooftop restos

    Kolkata: A joint team of officials from the state fire services department, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), and cops conducted an inspection drive at a dozen rooftop restaurants in some prime south Kolkata locations on Wednesday. The purpose was ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Spl team to probe attack on patty sellers at Gita event

    Kolkata: The south division cops have formed a special team comprising officers from Maidan Police and the cyber cells, to track down the accused involved in assaulting two patty sellers, Sk Riyajul (50) and Md Salauddin (60), during a ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Fans warm up early as Kolkata lines up for Messi event kick-off

    Kolkata: For 11-year-old Akash Das, the weekend can't come fast enough — not for a party or a play date, but to watch his hero live. Similarly, Souvik Bhar has unearthed his prized — so what it's dusty — ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Revise class 4 history: TMC on Anurag’s ‘Vande Bharat’ gaffe

    Kolkata: "Revise class 4 history before speaking in public," said Trinamool Congress on Wednesday, taking aim at BJP MP Anurag Thakur after the former Union minister said "Vande Bharat" instead of "Vande Mataram" at least twice during Monday's Lok ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Flip-flop-flip: Last-min app update sparks confusion

    Kolkata: The introduction of a new feature — BLO-BLA MOM (Minutes of meeting) — on the BLO app just 24 hours before the completion of the SIR exercise in the state left booth-level officers confused on Wednesday. This is ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Govt punishment for IndiGo sends hol plans into tailspin

    Kolkata: Hundreds of holidayers booked on IndiGo Airlines to various destinations during the winter vacation are faced with uncertainty. They are unsure if their pre-booked flights will operate or be among the 200-plus flights that will be axed by ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    JU engineering council allows lateral entry to second year

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University engineering faculty council on Wednesday gave in to students' demand and agreed to admit second-year students through Joint Entrance Lateral Entry Test (JELET) this year. JELET is conducted by WBJEE Board to facilitate admission to the ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Shoot for the stars, India’s space science future bright’

    Kolkata: The sky is not the limit for India and for youngsters aspiring to be astronauts someday. The message landed in the auditorium of the Indian Centre for Space Physics off EM Bypass when Shubhanshu Shukla, the country's first ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Finally at her home in Birbhum, Sunali now prays for hubby’s return

    Kolkata/Suri: Following her release from hospital, Sunali Khatun finally went to her Birbhum home on Wednesday afternoon. Picked up by Delhi cops in June, the pregnant 26-year-old woman was pushed into Bangladesh and had to stay in a jail ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Last set of stranded flyers leaves Kol, departures hit a ton after a week

    Kolkata: The last batch of IndiGo passengers stranded in the city following last week's mass cancellations finally departed on Wednesday. IndiGo's operations at Kolkata airport, which hit a low of 37 flight departures on Dec 5, made a steady ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    AI steps up game, tries to fill IndiGo vacuum in fog season

    Kolkata: In light of recent disruptions in the aviation sector, Air India (AI) is stepping up its game to ensure a seamless travel experience for its passengers during the challenging fog season. With focus on aircraft to crew, AI ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Dad, son crash Ferrari into median near Victoria, injure PWD staffer

    Kolkata: At least four persons were reportedly injured — two of them seriously — after a high-end luxury car, a Ferrari, spiralled out of control, hit a lamp post, and then a roadside tree in the middle of Hospital ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    All flights from Kol go full, wide-body aircraft deployed to handle rush

    Kolkata: All flights operating out of Kolkata airport are registering full, including those of IndiGo, despite the airline's mass cancellations and delays last week that shook passenger confidence.An official said all flights, which flew out of Kolkata on Monday, ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    6 out of 23 shopping centres in city have less than 50% shops open

    Kolkata: One in four shopping centres in the city has been classified as a ‘ghost facility', given the high number of vacant shops and prolonged underperformance. Real estate consultancy firm Knight India reviewed 365 shopping centres in 32 cities ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Bongaon civic body chief finally resigns

    Kolkata: After days of holding on to his seat despite a party instruction, Bongaon municipality chairman Gopal Seth finally stepped down on Wednesday morning. Following this, councillors took out celebratory rallies .With assembly polls ahead, TMC leadership directed several ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Hijras enter prof’s Behala home, demand 1L, thrash elderly mom

    Kolkata: A senior citizen residing in a flat at Udayan Pally in Behala Thakurpukur, Shib Narayan Roy (65), filed an FIR against a group of transgenders for allegedly assaulting his family on Dec 5 and demanding money following his ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    ISI staffers urge Centre to retain council

    Kolkata: The Workers' Association of the Indian Statistical Institute has urged the Centre not to replace the council structure with the board of governors in the ISI Bill 2025. It is also wary of the efforts to shift the ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Apologise: CM, party keep up ‘Bankim insult’ heat in Parl and outside

    Kolkata/New Delhi: Was Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay "some Shyam-da or Hari-da", CM Mamata Banerjee asked PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday, as the Trinamool stepped up its protests in the Parliament and on Kolkata streets a day after the latter called ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    'No govt can be formed without me': Humayun Kabir claims he will be 'kingmaker' in Bengal polls; TMC says 'daydreaming'

    KOLKATA: Suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir on Tuesday claimed he would emerge as a "kingmaker" in the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections, asserting that no government could be formed without the support of his proposed new political outfit.Kabir ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    New feature on app to weed out duplicate voters

    Kolkata: The EC on Monday introduced a new feature, Duplicate Elector Verification, in the BLO App to identify duplicate voters, based on demographic or photo similarity. The EC provided records from the registrar of deaths and UIDAI data on ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    Glenary’s bar & live music sections closed for 90 days, Edwards says move ‘politically motivated’

    Darjeeling: The iconic Glenary's Bakery and Café in Darjeeling, established in 1885, has shut its bar and live music section for 90 days following an excise department raid on Monday, the sudden closure coming at a time when tourism ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    Mamata trains SIR guns on EC, links Feb final rolls to poll call

    Kolkata/New Delhi: CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the Election Commission would announce the Bengal assembly polls immediately after publication of the final voters' list in Feb to prevent any legal challenge to it following the Special Intensive ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    ZSI scientists discover two new species of jumping spiders in Meghalaya

    Kolkata: In a significant boost to India's biodiversity records, scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered two new species of jumping spiders in Meghalaya, one of the world's richest ecological frontiers. The species — Asemonea dentis ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    2 men assaulted for selling chicken puffs to Gita recital attendees

    Kolkata: Two persons who have been selling chicken puffs in the Esplanade area for years lodged FIRs on Tuesday alleging that a few men assaulted them, hurled religious abuses at them and threw away the food for selling non-veg ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
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