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  • Security in focus, govt looks at multiple options for new CM’s home & office

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Govt raises upper age limit for state job entry from 40 to 45 years

    Kolkata: The newly sworn-in BJP govt in Bengal, led by chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, raised the upper age limit for entry into state jobs from 40 to 45 years at its first cabinet meeting on Monday. The decision, announced ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Hosps log in to Ayushman after govt green signal

    Kolkata: The launch of Ayushman Bharat in Bengal on Monday sent hospitals scurrying to draw out a blueprint for a smooth transition into the new scheme, even as the facilities remained unclear if Swasthya Sathi — the universal health ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Women can travel by state buses for free from June 1: Minister

    Kolkata: State women and child development and social welfare minister Agnimitra Paul on Monday announced all women would be able to travel free on govt buses from June 1. This was on BJP's manifesto for the election."Women in Bengal ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Cabinet to discuss DA, 7th pay commission next Monday

    The new state govt is set to take up one of the state's most politically sensitive employee issues next week, with chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announcing that the cabinet will discuss DA arrears and the implementation of ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Loud-hailing, ‘religion’ roadblocks on new govt’s restriction order

    KOLKATA: The BJP govt on Monday directed police to ensure loudspeaker sound does not travel beyond religious precincts and that prayer congregations do not block roads and cause inconvenience to the public, except on special occasions.These were among the ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Hosps log in to Ayushman after govt green signal

    Kolkata: The launch of Ayushman Bharat in Bengal on Monday sent hospitals scurrying to draw out a blueprint for a smooth transition into the new scheme, even as the facilities remained unclear if Swasthya Sathi — the universal health ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    East Bengal’s title bid takes a hit with goalless draw against PFC

    Kolkata: The title race in this season's abridged ISL is set for another shift in momentum in the business end of the tournament.After back-to-back wins on the road, East Bengal FC's title charge hit a snag when they were ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Annapurna Bhandar to roll out from June

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari's announcement on Monday, confirming that the existing social welfare schemes would continue, alleviated anxiety among more than 2 crore Lakshmir Bhandar beneficiaries, who were worried whether the monthly financial aid would still be credited ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Lobera not to take Habas-less Kashi lightly

    Kolkata: Mohun Bagan SG coach Sergio Lobera is not going to take Inter Kashi for granted when the two square off at the Salt Lake Stadium on Tuesday as the struggling debutants prepare to finish the remainder of the ...

    12 May 2026 Times of India
    Underage sex: HC quashes Pocso cases against man after wife’s plea

    Kolkata: Wife's plea before the Port Blair circuit bench of the Calcutta High Court led to the quashing of two Pocso cases against her husband for having sexual relations with her when she was a minor. The division bench ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata flips in saffron surge: BJP ahead in 102 KMC wards, Trinamool in 42

    KOLKATA: The saffron tsunami in the Bengal assembly elections, which swept BJP to office for the first time in the state, resulted in the party getting a lead in as many as 102 of the 144 wards of Kolkata ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    What’s on Suvendu Adhikari govt’s agenda today: Ayushman Bharat, border fencing and bureaucratic overhaul

    KOLKATA: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari and his five cabinet colleagues will have their first meeting around noon on Monday at Nabanna and take up implementation of Ayushman Bharat, a Centre-funded health insurance scheme, in Bengal and plugging of 569km ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    Vodafone needs IPRS nod to use songs for caller tunes: HC

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on May 8 ruled that Vodafone cannot offer songs as caller tunes or ringtones solely under agreements with sound recording companies and must also obtain permission from the Indian Performing Right Society Ltd (IPRS), ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    Daily puja resumes at Asansol’s Durga Mandir after 16 yrs

    Asansol: Daily worship resumed at Asansol's Bastin Bazar Durga Mandir on Sunday — Mother's Day — fulfilling a poll promise made during the campaign, including by PM Narendra Modi, to reopen the 75-year-old temple that had been closed for ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    BJP, TMC in war of words over Hooghly death, Khejuri arson

    Khejuri/Hooghly: Trinamool on Sunday blamed BJP for the death of a party worker in Hooghly and an incident of arson in East Midnapore's Hooghly in which 60 shops were set on fire. BJP denied the allegations.Sharing a picture of ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    UPI clue opens Jharkhand angle in Suvendu aide murder probe

    Kolkata: A multi-state manhunt is underway as a special investigation team (SIT) claimed to have made a technical breakthrough that shifted the needle of the probe to Jharkhand, even as cops are questioning three men in UP's Badaun with ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    Woman jumps to death after ‘moral police’ raid on spa near City Centre II

    Kolkata: A woman in her late 20s reportedly jumped to her death from the third floor of a building near City Centre II in Rajarhat on Sunday afternoon. The deceased, a resident of Barasat, worked at a spa operating ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata saw 10% jump in accidents in 2024: NCRB

    Kolkata: The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report on Accidents and Suicides in India 2024 has found that Kolkata has witnessed a jump of 10% in accidents from 2023 to 2024. While a total of 1,129 accidents were reported ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    Two duped of 31 lakh in investment fraud

    Kolkata: A 48-year-old manager employed in a sandal manufacturing unit in Beniapukur and his employer have allegedly been swindled of Rs 31.2 lakh by a woman who befriended the manager on a popular matrimonial portal.The Kolkata Police registered a ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    Police rescue 2-day-old left at Ladies’ Park

    Dwaipayan.Ghosh@timesofindia.comKolkata: The Kolkata Police have launched a probe into the abandonment of a two-day-oldboy at Ladies' Park on CIT Road, an incident that has triggered concern in the area.The matter came to light after a 45-year-old woman was spotted ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    55-year-old man gets back use of hand after rare surgery at NRS

    Kolkata: A 55-year-old man from Baruipur has got back the use of his left hand, albeit without the thumb, after a surgery at state-run NRS Medical College and Hospital. Diagnosed with a rare tumour caused by an infection, that, ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    On morning walk, Dilip stresses law and order

    Kolkata/Kharagpur: Newly sworn-in state minister Dilip Ghosh on Sunday said the thrust will be on rebuilding the state, especially law and order, along with education and health sectors. Out on his morning walk at New Town, Ghosh, who holds ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    After poll win, BJP’s fish fest to reassure voters

    Kolkata: A day after the swearing-in ceremony, BJP MLAs Agnimitra Paul, Dilip Ghosh and Tapas Roy on Sunday sought to debunk the party's alleged aversion to non-veg food by holding a ‘fish festival' in several parts of the city, ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    Police rescue 2-day-old left at Ladies’ Park

    Dwaipayan.Ghosh@timesofindia.comKolkata: The Kolkata Police have launched a probe into the abandonment of a two-day-oldboy at Ladies' Park on CIT Road, an incident that has triggered concern in the area.The matter came to light after a 45-year-old woman was spotted ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    CU to open PG entry portal today, test must for all

    Kolkata: Calcutta University is set to begin postgraduate admissions from Monday, ahead of the undergraduate sixth-semester exams. Students will have to choose if they want to quit or continue. The university has made entrance test mandatory for every student ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    Muslims caught between caution and pragmatism after BJP win in West Bengal

    KOLKATA: On May 9, restaurants and tea stalls across parts of Kolkata’s Metiabruz remained glued to television screens broadcasting the swearing-in of Suvendu Adhikari as West Bengal’s first BJP chief minister.For many in the state’s Muslim community, the moment ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    Soujanya in Bhowanipore likely to be the new CM’s new residence

    Kolkata: Suvendu Adhikari, the first chief minister of a BJP govt in Bengal, may soon change his Kolkata address from his Chinar Park flat to the Soujanya complex in Alipore.Sources indicated on Sunday that the electrical wing of state ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    City hosps make arrangements for transition to Ayushman Bharat

    Kolkata: City hospitals are ready for a switch to Ayushman Bharat scheme or a transition of the existing Swasthya Sathi into the former, as per the govt's direction. A Swasthya Bhavan meeting on Friday took up the issue, raising ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    Near Contai old home Shantikunj, Suvendu repeats ‘CM-for-all’ mantra

    Contai: "A CM has to weigh his words. So talk less, work more. I am a CM for all," chief minister Suvendu Adhikari told a group of supporters at the Nandakumar crossing after midnight, while returning to Shantikunj for ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    Kol cops grapple with fake news flood

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police has been grappling with a fresh challenge since the past week — controlling fake news. While it initially started with fake circulars, beginning with "restrictions" on certain areas of the city, the latest fakes doing the ...

    11 May 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu aide murder probe leads SIT to UP

    Kolkata: The investigation into the murder of Chandranath Rath, personal assistant to Suvendu Adhikari, has expanded into Uttar Pradesh, with a Bengal SIT-CID team pursuing technical leads in Badaun and Sambhal.The team reached Badaun late Friday night after mobile ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    EC observer is new CM advisor

    Kolkata: Forty-eight hours after he was relieved by the EC as the special observer on May 7, retired IAS officer Subrata Gupta was on Saturday appointed adviser to chief minister Suvendu Adhikari. The appointment order came within hours after ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    From Kol to Jhargram, jhalmuri, sellers find place in the sun

    Jhargram/Kolkata: The crisp rustle of puffed rice, the sharp scent of mustard oil and green chillies, and the familiar clang of steel containers became as much a part of Bengal's political transition on Saturday as the oath-taking ceremony itself.From ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    Kissa kursi ka: Chairs’ shift shows tectonic move in state politics

    Kolkata: The hallowed halls of the Bengal Legislative Assembly witnessed a symbolic and literal power shift on Saturday. In a move that local observers are calling the ultimate ‘Kissa Kursi Ka', the furniture that once defined the previous administration ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    Cops step up security at CM’s Chinar Park home

    Kolkata: Hours after Suvendu Adhikari took oath as Bengal's new chief minister on Saturday, security around his residence in Chinar Park was dramatically intensified, transforming the once-quiet residential stretch into a tightly guarded high-security zone. Till Friday, there was ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    In 16 days, 50 pvt aircraft landed at airport

    Kolkata: Kolkata airport has witnessed an unprecedented number of flights in just over a fortnight starting from the election campaign hitting a fever pitch between the first and second phase of elections in Bengal and Saturday's oath-taking ceremony that ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    Agnimitra on Prime Minister dais: Proud dad, mom break down

    Kolkata: As former fashion designer-turned-politician Agnimitra Paul took oath as the lone woman minister in the first BJP govt in West Bengal on Saturday, an emotional moment unfolded quietly in the crowd as her parents watched from afar with ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    Didi calls on Left, ultra-Left to build alliance against BJP

    Kolkata: Trinamool chairperson and former chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday exhorted all non-BJP parties in Bengal, including Left and ultra-Left, to join hands with TMC against the saffron party. Mamata said she was "personally willing" to talk to ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    Bio changes on CM’s social media

    Kolkata: With Suvendu Adhikari being sworn in as the ninth chief minister — also the first CM of Bengal under BJP, the change of power in the state was officially updated in his social media bio on Saturday. Amid ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    Kirtania, a Matua outside Thakurbari, joins BJP cabinet

    Bongaon: Ashok Kirtania, the two-time Bongaon Uttar (North) MLA, inducted into the Bengal cabinet, is the only minister from the Matua community who is not a member of the Thakurbari household. From the Thakurbari family, Union minister of state ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    People of Bengal are his guardians now: Former-MP father on CM son

    CONTAI: “ Yes, we are his guardians but only at home. Outside, the people of Bengal are his guardians, now,” Sisir Adhikari, Suvendu Adhikari’s father, himself a former junior Union minister, told reporters on Saturday after watching his son ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘I saw the ground situation in Bengal shifting’, says political strategist and predictor Vimal Singh

    Political strategist and predictor Vimal Singh on Bengal results and the road aheadYou called the Bengal and Assam elections right. While Assam’s result was more or less certain, Bengal on-ground situation was very fluid. As a political strategist, what ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari picks ex-EC observeras his adviser

    KOLKATA: Forty-eight hours after he was relieved by the EC as the special observer on May 7, retired IAS officer Subrata Gupta was on Saturday appointed adviser to chief minister Suvendu Adhikari. The appointment order came within hours after ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    I'm CM for all, says Suvendu Adhikari, shuts up 'Jai Shri Ram' chant

    KOLKATA: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday asked supporters to stop raising 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans at Jorasanko Thakurbari, saying that as CM he now "belongs to everyone"."Eta political kochkochir somoy na (this is not the time for political ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    Green Brigade to saffron: Victory celebrations, homage to martyrs set stage for a new era

    Kolkata: The Brigade Parade Ground, long seen as the stage for Bengal's shifting political tides — from the Left's sea of red to the Trinamool Congress's green dominance — turned decisively saffron on Saturday as the BJP formed its ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    BJP balances regional and identity aspirations

    Kolkata: The first Bengal BJP cabinet, sworn in on Saturday, includes a Brahmin from coastal Midnapore, an OBC and a Santhal from Jangalmahal, a woman from the industrial belt, a Rajbongshi from north Bengal and a Matua from the ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    Bangaliyana takes centre stage on new govt’s first day

    Kolkata: Bangaliyana took centre stage on the very first day of the new BJP govt in Bengal as CM Suvendu Adhikari sought to project his administration as a custodian of Bengal's cultural identity and heritage, marking a sharp shift ...

    10 May 2026 Times of India
    BJP’s 1st, Bengal’s 9th: Suvendu to take oath as CM today in Modi-Shah presence

    Kolkata: Suvendu Adhikari was on Friday unanimously elected the BJP legislative party leader at a meeting of newly elected MLAs in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah, paving the way for him to become Bengal's ninth chief ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    HC: Release woman left in hosp for 4 yrs without bill

    Kolkata: A homemaker, left disabled from an accident, kept at Apollo Multispeciality Hospitals for nearly four years without payment of bills, which crossed Rs 1 crore, was directed by the Calcutta High Court on Friday to be released without ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Tribals vulnerable’: Cal HC admits PIL on Great Nicobar project

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday upheld the maintainability of a PIL alleging Forest Rights Act violations in the Great Nicobar infrastructure project and observed that "the tribal population in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a very vulnerable tribal ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Tribals vulnerable’: Cal HC admits PIL on Great Nicobar project

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday upheld the maintainability of a PIL alleging Forest Rights Act violations in the Great Nicobar infrastructure project and observed that "the tribal population in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a very vulnerable tribal ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Bata aims to add 1k stores in 3 yrs with focus on franchisee model

    Kolkata: Bata India is targeting 3,000 retail outlets within three years, having crossed the 2,000-store milestone in late April — a first for any footwear company in the country, ahead of rivals such as Adidas, Nike, Metro and Khadim's. ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    131 share Madhyamik top-10 ranks, none from Kol schools

    Kolkata: One-hundred and thirty-one students made it to the Top 10 list of Madhyamik this year—the highest in recent years—with Avirup Bhadra from Sarada Vidyamandir (Raiganj) High School bagging the first position with 698 marks (99.7%). Madhyamik results were ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Youngsters who spin tales of grit & determination

    Kolkata: Be it financial constraints or severe health issues, nothing could stop these youngsters from scoring high in Madhyamik, paving the way for their journey towards realising their career dreams.Jodhpur Park Boy's School Arnab Naskar was a regular youngster ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata airport braces for rush as Narendra Modi, Rajnath Singh, CMs set to land together ahead of oath-taking ceremony

    KOLKATA: In a first at Kolkata airport, the Prime Minister will land in the city along with defence minister Rajnath Singh and nearly two dozen chief ministers of various states on Saturday morning in what will mark the busiest ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Only one who escaped unhurt’: Probe shifts focus to 3rd man in SUV in Suvedu Adhikari’s close aide Chandranath Rath murder case

    KOLKATA: Montu Mondal, a 33-year-old driver from Banikantha Nagar in Barasat, was travelling in the SUV with Suvedu Adhikari’s close aide Chandranath Rath and driver Buddhadeb Bera when the killers attacked.Mondal is the only one who escaped unhurt.Over 48 ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Traffic restrictions in Kolkata ahead of BJP govt swearing-in ceremony; check routes to avoid

    KOLKATA: Extensive security arrangements have been made across Kolkata ahead of the new government’s swearing-in ceremony at Brigade Parade Ground on Saturday, which is expected to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief ministers from several BJP-ruled ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Centre set to release Rs 2,700 crore in pending funds to West Bengal under Jal Jeevan mission, begins preparations for implementation Ayushman Bharat scheme

    KOLKATA: The Bengal administration has begun preparations for the implementation of the Centre’s flagship health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat, in the state ahead of the swearing-in of the new BJP govt on Saturday.A high-level meeting was held on Friday ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Nandigram to writers’ buildings: The political journey of Suvendu Adhikari

    KOLKATA: In a historic political shift in West Bengal, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari is set to take oath as the state’s first BJP chief minister at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on Saturday, marking the end of the Trinamool ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Contai cannot contain its pride as homeboy Suvendu Adhikari takes Bengal CM mantle

    CONTAI: Nestled in Contai's Korkuli Para, barely 600 metres from the central bus stand, lies 'Shantikunj'. The lane leading to the house has now gained a new identity: The residence of Bengal's CM-designate.In a first in five decades, a ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    With flowers and flags, Kolkata drapes itself in saffron to welcome new govt

    KOLKATA: Writers' Buildings and several other govt offices in the city turned orange after dusk on Friday ahead of the inaugural day of the first-ever BJP govt to be sworn into office in Bengal. The illumination trials were held ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Jhalmuri, lotus witness sales boom

    Kolkata: As preparations gather pace for the BJP cabinet's swearing-in on Saturday, lotus and jhalmuri—the first, the party symbol and the latter turned into a prominent motif during the campaign—witness an unexpected sales rise.Traders and vendors said demand had ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    50k seats, 10k invites, 20 gates: Brigade gears up for Bengal’s 1st BJP CM’s oath

    KOLKATA: The Brigade Parade Ground is set to don a carnivalesque look on Saturday, the day Bengal's first BJP chief minister takes his oath. As party functionaries and workers get cracking on the preparations, massive waterproof, hangar tents are ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Police unfollows Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee on X; follows PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah after BJP win

    KOLKATA: Following the BJP's landmark victory in the Bengal assembly elections, the Kolkata Police's official X (formerly Twitter) handle has undergone a symbolic digital shift. The account has reportedly now unfollowed former chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool national general ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    BJP’s 1st, Bengal’s 9th: Suvendu Adhikari to take oath as CM today in Narendra Modi-Amit Shah presence

    KOLKATA: Suvendu Adhikari was on Friday unanimously elected the BJP legislative party leader at a meeting of newly elected MLAs in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah, paving the way for him to become Bengal's ninth chief ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu Adhikari aide murder probe spreads to UP, other states; footage shows red car tailing Chandranath Rath's SUV

    KOLKATA: The investigation into the Wednesday night murder of Chandranath Rath, chief minister-designate Suvendu Adhikari's aide, has expanded to include surveillance of alleged contract killers from other states, including Uttar Pradesh and Odisha.Sources said a team of investigators left ...

    9 May 2026 Times of India
    Chandranath Rath murder: No trace of gunmen, police draw blank from seized bike as fears grow that killers may flee Bengal

    KOLKATA: Police stations in border districts of West Bengal intensified surveillance and searches as cops suspect the involvement of professional shooters from neighbouring states in the killing of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's close aide Chandranath Rath, news agency PTI ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu Adhikari’s aide murder case: Eyewitness found Chandranath Rath slouched on SUV seat, another claims handiwork of 'professional killers'

    KOLKATA: A late-night shooting in Madhyamgram, on the outskirts of Kolkata, left Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath critically injured before he later succumbed to his wounds, with witnesses recalling how he was still breathing moments after the attack but ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Private hospitals in Bengal shut door on Didi's healthcare scheme

    KOLKATA: Patients enrolled in Swasthya Sathi, the outgoing Mamata Banerjee govt's flagship universal health insurance scheme offering Rs 5 lakh annual coverage, are being refused admission or turned away from several private hospitals across Kolkata as the facilities wait ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘I heard a faint noise': Chandranath Rath was on phone with BJP MLA when attackers struck, call got snapped mid-conversation

    KOLKATA: BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh was speaking to Chandranath Rath about upcoming party programmes when the call suddenly went silent on Wednesday night, moments before Rath was gunned down in a meticulously planned attack near his Madhyamgram home.“I was ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    From Maidan, new CM to make a pit stop at old secretariat, to start innings from second floor

    Kolkata: After the swearing-in ceremony on Saturday, the first BJP chief minister of Bengal will make a symbolic trip to Writers' Buildings, which has served as the seat of power for over 200 years, before heading to Vidhan Sabha, ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Emami to acquire 60% stake in IncNut Digital for Rs 321 crore

    Kolkata: FMCG major Emami Ltd has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 60% stake in IncNut Digital for a cash consideration of Rs 321 crore. The company is engaged in the personalised beauty and personal care segment ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Family of four gets life term for teacher-son murders in Bankura

    Kolkata: A local court in Bankura on Wednesday sentenced four members of a family to life imprisonment for the murder of a retired teacher and his son in Dec 2023, special public prosecutor Bivas Chatterjee said.The convicts — Pintu ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    ‘Didi, you have not lost’: Akhilesh meets Mamata

    Kolkata: "Didi, you have not lost," said Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav to Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee while visiting her Kalighat residence on Thursday and accused BJP and the Election Commission of orchestrating a "multi-layered mafia-style" electoral manipulation in ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Sivagnanam resigns from SIR tribunal, says it will take 4 yrs to clear Kol appeals

    Kolkata: Former Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, Justice TS Sivagnanam, on Thursday resigned from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) tribunal on personal grounds. After clearing 1,777 appeals over 22 days and rejecting none, Justice Sivagnanam said at its ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    My son’s murder TMC revenge for Mamata’s Bhowanipore defeat: Suvendu aide’s mother

    Chandipur (East Midnapore): Hasirani Rath, the 65-year-old mother of Chandranath Rath — Suvendu Adhikari's aide who was shot dead by bike-borne assailants late Wednesday night — alleged on Thursday that her son was killed as revenge for Adhikari's performance ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu urges peace, Samik rips into TMC

    Kolkata: A day after Suvendu Adhikari's aide Chandranath Rath was shot dead, Bengal BJP seniors on Thursday appealed for calm and restraint.Calling the killing heartbreaking, a distraught Suvendu Adhikari, who reached Barasat medical college on Thursday night, said: "Politicians ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    TMC for CBI probe under court watch

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Thursday demanded a court-monitored CBI investigation into the killing of Suvendu Adhikari's aide Chandranath Rath, while firmly denying any involvement in the murder.In a late-night statement on Wednesday, the party condemned "the brutal murder of Chandranath ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Singur arbitration: HC refuses WBIDC plea

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday refused West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation's (WBIDC) prayer for an unconditional stay of an arbitration award in favour of Tata Motors over the Singur land dispute.The court directed WBIDC to file an undertaking, ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Rumblings grow within TMC after assembly poll debacle

    Kolkata: Trinamool's former MLA from Barrackpore, filmmaker Raj Chakraborty, announced on Thursday that he is quitting politics.Chakraborty's statement comes in the wake of former ministers and TMC functionaries publicly turning on the leadership, blaming organisational arrogance and grassroots disconnect ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Pvt hosps start refusing Swasthya Sathi cards

    Kolkata: With Trinamool voted out of office, several private hospitals have slammed the brakes on admission of patients enrolled under Swasthya Sathi, a flagship scheme of the Mamata Banerjee govt that offers universal health insurance with an annual coverage ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    HC: Onus on infiltrator to prove ‘religious persecution’

    Kolkata: "The onus to prove religious persecution as reason for migrating from Bangladesh to India lies on the infiltrator and not state," Calcutta High Court on May 6 held, refusing to quash case against a 27-year-old Hindu woman from ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Showers bring temp down, Met predicts more thunderstorms over next few days

    Kolkata: Spells of showers since morning on Thursday kept the city cool. Brace for more rain in the next few days as the Met office has predicted thunderstorm activities in the city as well as many other parts of ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Car number plate traced to N Bengal, seized bike’s chassis number erased

    Siliguri/Barasat: Siliguri police on Wednesday night detained a vehicle owner in north Bengal for questioning in connection with the murder of Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant of Suvendu Adhikari, after investigators found that the vehicle used in the crime ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    VVIPs queue up at BJP office for spl invites to Brigade swearing-in

    Kolkata: BJP has sent out 1,000 special invites for VVIPs — that include judges, industrialists, writers, actors and other important members of the society — to attend the swearing-in on Saturday. That apart, 9,000 other invites are being sent ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Remove ‘anti-nat’l elements’ from JU: Univ workers’ body

    Kolkata: Members of West Bengal University Karmachari Parishad held a gathering at Aurobindo Bhavan, the administrative building of Jadavpur University (JU), on Wednesday to celebrate the victory of BJP in the Assembly elections. The members said there was "a ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Violence continues across Kolkata pockets, 40 held after Topsia unrest

    Kolkata: There was tension in Topsia on Tuesday night after residents claimed some miscreants had foul-mouthed several of the local women. The two-and-a-half-hour stand-off led to former state minister and newly elected Kasba MLA Javed Ahmed Khan rushing to ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Changes in Didi’s own neighbourhood reflect sea change in Bengal politics

    Kolkata: Multiple changes — some administrative and others violent takeovers — in outgoing CM Mamata Banerjee's Kalighat neighbourhood reflect the current upheaval in Bengal politics. Cops have removed all peripheral security from outside her home and from around Trinamool ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Spurt in fake news since result day

    Kolkata: The city police have flagged multiple fake posts on its social media between Wednesday and Thursday amid a surge of politically charged misinformation, and issued a series of warnings against such posts, urging citizens to rely only on ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Hawkers, shoppers back at New Market, union offices razed

    Kolkata: The dismantling of all three hawkers' union offices around New Market marked the transition of hawkers from the Trinamool fold to BJP, and the return of full-fledged hawking in the shopping zone on Thursday.While the bulldozing of the ...

    8 May 2026 Times of India
    Chandranath Rath's killing: CCTV clip from Madhyamgram shows suspects fleeing on bike after murder

    KOLKATA: Fresh CCTV footage has surfaced in the chilling murder of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s close aide Chandranath Rath, capturing two helmeted suspects fleeing on a motorcycle minutes after the deadly shooting near Madhyamgram on Wednesday night.The 49-second footage, ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Chandranath Rath murder sparks political row in West Bengal; BJP blames TMC for ‘lawlessness’

    KOLKATA: The murder of Chandranath Rath, a close aide of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, sparked a political confrontation in West Bengal on Thursday, with the BJP accusing the ruling TMC of fostering “lawlessness” in the state. The Mamata Banerjee-led ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Chandranath Rath: BJP’s Bhabanipur strategist who took on Mamata Banerjee during dramatic strongroom standoff silenced in midnight ambush

    KOLKATA: Chandranath Rath, the close aide of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari who was shot dead in North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday night, had emerged as one of the key backroom figures behind the BJP’s fiercest political offensive against ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Bengal violence: 5 BJP workers injured in bomb attack hours after Suvendu Adhikari aide’s killing

    KOLKATA: Five BJP supporters were allegedly injured in a bomb attack in Panihati area of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place late on Wednesday night, just hours after Chandranath Rath, a ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
    Chandranath Rath murder: Bullet-riddled Scorpio, blood-stained seats, casings strewn on road point to planned hit; what we know

    KOLKATA: Bullet marks on a black Scorpio, blood-stained seats and cartridge shells strewn across a road near Madhyamgram have become the focus of an intense investigation into the killing of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath, with police ...

    7 May 2026 Times of India
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