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  • Dad kills 2 kids, son kills dad in 2 Tripura dists

    Agartala: Two alleged familial killings in separate locations of Tripura in the last 24 hours left the state reeling and raised concern over the destructive effects of alcohol abuse and domestic violence.In Dhalai district, 34-year-old Lalchuanawma Bru allegedly killed ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    TMC man arrested from underground storeroom in Bagnan BJP neta murder case

    Howrah: Within six hours of CM Suvendu Adhikari’s message that “no one will be spared”, the joint forces of the state CID and Howrah Rural Police arrested the right-hand man of the prime suspect in the murder of Bagnan ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Woman loses iPhone near Nandan

    Kolkata: Two men on a motorcycle reportedly snatched an iPhone 17 from a 40-year-old woman on AJC Bose Road. The complainant, Manika Barman, a resident of Motilal Gupta Road, was standing on the footpath opposite the Maidan Police Station ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Man loses 34.5 L in ‘money mule’ scam

    Kolkata: Baguiati police have launched a probe into an alleged financial fraud in which a man was duped of Rs 34.5 lakh under the pretext of securing a business loan. According to the complaint, the victim, who was facing ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Man files plaint against two for assault, 50k extortion in Gariahat

    Kolkata: Gariahat police have registered an FIR on charges of extortion, assault and criminal intimidation following a complaint by a site in-charge of a construction firm, who alleged that two men, Chiku Manna and Uttam Mondal, and their associates ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Govt to retain welfare schemes but will probe beneficiaries

    Kolkata: The BJP govt in Bengal has decided to retain the social welfare schemes introduced during the previous Trinamool regime but plans a comprehensive review of beneficiaries to eliminate irregularities and ensure that benefits reach only deserving individuals, officials ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    After midday meal egg row, Bengal eyes Odisha model

    Kolkata: The Bengal school education department is looking at the Odisha model of paying an additional amount to schools to buy eggs for midday meals if they choose to, in order to bypass the ongoing controversy.The state administration had ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Four Men Arrested for Harassing Woman Doctors on NRS Campus in Kolkata

    Kolkata: Four men were arrested on Saturday for allegedly taunting and making vulgar comments at several woman doctors and forcing them to see obscene videos on the NRS Medical College and Hospital campus on the nights of June 23 ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Amid supply crunch, egg price surges past 8/piece

    Kolkata: Retail egg prices have shattered previous records, crossing Rs 8 per piece to pinch household budgets across the region. A standard loose egg is currently retailing between Rs 8.50 and Rs 9 in neighborhood markets, while a 30 ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    No-lawyer clause in Bengal draft bill to curb gang crime

    Kolkata: The Bengal bill seeking to allow 12 months’ preventive detention of potential violators, which is likely to be tabled in the assembly on Monday, includes a clause that seeks to prevent detainees from engaging lawyers to argue against ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Rail Authorities Demolish Hundreds of Illegal Stalls at Park Circus

    Kolkata: A large-scale eviction and demolition drive was carried out at Park Circus rail station area on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday as encroachments were cleared and hundreds of unauthorised shops and makeshift structures were demolished with ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    SIR call, quick errand save 2 at Taratala collapse site

    Kolkata: Two survivors of the Taratala warehouse collapse, 55-year-old Leela Devi — saved by the SIR queue — and Pradyut Munda — saved by a few minutes by stepping outside to get water and biscuits for his wife — ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Municipal Corporation Orders Removal of Illegal Shops Under Flyovers

    Kolkata: Following state govt directives, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is gearing up to remove illegal encroachments and shops below flyovers across the city. The authorities on Saturday issued notices to unauthorised hawkers and occupants to remove their shops ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    CM endorses oil flow ease, relief for big hospitals, farm sector, food supply

    Kolkata: In a major relief for the healthcare sector, food supply chain and farmers, the state govt has intervened to ease the recently imposed restrictions on purchasing diesel in containers. The state has directed oil marketing companies to fully ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Slain N Kol BJP man’s brother in assault row

    Kolkata: Biswajit Sarkar, whose brother Abhijit Sarkar was allegedly killed during the 2021 post-poll violence, has once again found himself at the centre of controversy after fresh allegations of assault, criminal trespass and the forcible occupation of a factory.According ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Extortion FIR against Partha

    Kolkata: The Thakurpukur police has registered an FIR against former cabinet minister Partha Chatterjee, former Trinamool councillor Ghanasree Bag, Tilak Bhattacharjee and Sudip Ghosh on charges of assault, extortion and criminal intimidation over an alleged 2020 incident involving a ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Phoolbagan Police Arrest Two for Abducting Businessman at Gunpoint

    Kolkata: Phoolbagan cops have arrested two men, Mohammad Ali Molla and Asraful Molla, for allegedly abducting and robbing an import-export businessman at gunpoint by posing as CID officers. The incident occurred two days ago when the victim, a resident ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Audit to start today; govt asks builders to take care of workers

    Kolkata: The audit of under-construction high-rise buildings in Kolkata, Salt Lake, New Town, Dum Dum, Joka, Howrah and other areas will start on Monday, Kolkata Municipal Corporation administrator Smita Pandey and Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay Nand told Credai functionaries ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    ISKCON Kol vice-prez Radharamn ‘relieved of all responsibilities’

    Kolkata: Iskcon Kolkata vice-president and spokesperson Radharamn Das took to X on Sunday to announce that he had been “relieved of all responsibilities within ISKCON and has been directed not to represent or speak on behalf of Iskcon before ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Mamata loyalists accuse rebels of running ‘parallel organisation’, fire 4 complaints

    Kolkata: The Trinamool bloc loyal to Mamata Banerjee filed four fresh police complaints on Sunday against the rebel faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee, accusing the breakaway group of illegally using the party’s name, symbol and designations to mislead workers.The ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Ex-councillor linked to wetland grab: Cops

    Dwaipayan.GhoshKolkata: Former ward 104 councillor and ex-borough XI chairman Tarakeswar Chakraborty illegally filled multiple public water bodies and protected wetlands in east Kolkata for commercial construction, police told the court.Seeking his custody, investigators alleged he misused his official position ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Ex-borough chairman Tarakeswar Chakraborty sent to cop custody till July 7

    Kolkata: Former KMC councillor of Ward 104 Tarakeswar Chakraborty was on Saturday remanded in police custody till July 7.Chakraborty, who is also the former chairman of Borough XI, was arrested later on Friday in connection with two FIRs registered ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Swarup Biswas custody extended till June 30

    Kolkata: A city court on Saturday extended the police custody of Trinamool functionary Swarup Biswas till June 30. He was arrested in an alleged case of financial irregularity of Rs 23 lakh, registered at the Regent Park Police Station.Investigators ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Poll campaign remark in focus as Samik Bhattacharya and Anupam Kher share a chuckle over actor’s baldness

    Kolkata: An election-time comment on Anupam Kher’s baldness recaptured netizens’ attention on Sunday as a video of the actor’s conversation with state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya went viral.Present in Kolkata for the launch of his film, Kher met Bhattacharya ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal to flag concerns at Kol GST Council meet: Swapan

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt will air its concerns and put forward its suggestions at the GST Council Meeting in Kolkata scheduled in the second week of July, state finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said on Sunday, speaking on the sidelines ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    CAP admission: Edu minister blames ‘unplanned’ UG seat hike for vacancies

    Kolkata: The previous govt increased the number of undergraduate seats in colleges in an unplanned way, which led to the problem of vacant seats every year, claimed higher education minister Jagannath Chattopadhyay. “Every year around 6 lakh to 6.5 ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    From ‘nolen gur’ to ‘sitalpati’, 23 more Bengal items bag GI tag, 7 await nod

    Kolkata: Bengal has added another feather to its cap in the field of Geographical Indication (GI) recognition, with 23 more traditional products from the state receiving GI tags.The newly GI-tagged products include ‘jalbhora' sandesh from Chandernagore, ‘monohara' from Janai, ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Bailey Bridge washed away as heavy rain batters Sikkim

    GANGTOK: A Bailey Bridge over the Phee Khola at north Sikkim's Phidang was washed away on Saturday night following heavy rainfall, disrupting road connectivity in the region.According to officials, continuous rain caused the bridge to collapse, cutting off movement ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Beam crushed his leg but shielded him from death in Taratala collapse

    Kolkata: For nearly five agonising hours, 22-year-old Ramprasad Chowdhury lay trapped under tonnes of concrete and steel, fearing each moment could be his last.A massive reinforced concrete beam fell on his right leg and crushed it. But rescuers and ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    1 held in Jorbagan with firearm, cartridges

    Kolkata: A suspected arms trafficker was arrested with an illegal firearm and live ammunition in north Kolkata’s Jorabagan area on Friday evening after police acted on a specific intelligence input about an impending arms deal.The accused, Pradip Sarkar, was ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Miraculous escape after elderly man falls on metro tracks

    Kolkata: An elderly man had a miraculous escape after he lost consciousness and fell onto the metro tracks at Kalighat station around 7.30 am on Saturday.The man, who was waiting on the platform, collapsed and landed on the track ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    KMC plans to make all civic markets encroachment-free

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is set to make all municipal markets hawker-free. The exercise will begin from New Market and will later be implemented in phases across all major markets to make them encroachment-free. The matter was discussed ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Man who duped MP of 56 lakhheld in Assam

    Kolkata: Nearly a year after Rs 56 lakh was siphoned off from Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee's bank account, Kolkata Police's cybercrime wing has arrested the alleged mastermind from Assam. Accused Mukuleswar Reza was arrested from Rangapaniand produced before a ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Chingrighata flyover closure till 8 am tomorrow

    Kolkata: Chingrighata flyover will remain shut till 8 am on Monday for conducting the first phase of Metro's Orange line work from Kavi Subhash to the Airport. The flyover was closed from 8 pm on Friday for segment launching ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Auto driver molests 14-yr-old during ride

    Kolkata: A 14-year-old schoolgirl was allegedly molested by an auto-rickshaw driver in Phoolbagan. Following a complaint by the girl's family, Phoolbagan police registered a criminal case against the auto driver and launched a manhunt to arrest him.The incident took ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    51 ex-councillors huddle as Firhad faces heat over Taratala collapse

    Kolkata: Fifty-one former Trinamool councillors met at a hotel in east Kolkata on Saturday to chalk out their future strategy amid mounting pressure on former mayor Firhad Hakim following the Taratala building collapse.Hakim skipped the meeting, which was chaired ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    CM visits slain BJP worker’s home in Bagnan, assures justice

    Howrah: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday visited the residence of slain BJP worker Prasanta Dey in Howrah’s Bagnan and assured the bereaved family that police were working to solve the case at the earliest. Adhikari also assured that one ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Warehouse Collapse: Rescue Ends, Investigation Begins

    Kolkata: After 72 hours of digging through concrete and mangled steel to retrieve trapped labourers at the collapsed Taratala warehouse, focus shifted from search-and-rescue to investigation on Saturday.The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) withdrew from the site, and the ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Man Kills Wife in Rishra, Dies by Suicide at Metro Station in Kolkata

    Kolkata: A 39-year-old resident of Hooghly’s Rishra allegedly killed his 31-year-old wife at their rented home on Saturday morning, travelled 20km to Kolkata, and died by suicide hours later by jumping in front of a metro train at Belgachhia ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    TMC seeks police nod for July 21 rally, Ritabrata camp says ‘we’ll pay true respect’

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Saturday wrote to Kolkata Police seeking permission for its July 21 Martyrs’ Day programme at Esplanade, prompting the Ritabrata Banerjee camp to also claim that they too intend to hold their July 21 rally at ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Justice for Tamanna our priority, says CM

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday said “justice for Tamanna Khatun is our priority” and praised the swift police action that led to the arrest of 12 persons in the case in just three days.The class 4 student was ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    5-Member JU Team Visits Site Of Warehouse Collapse

    Kolkata: A five-member Jadavpur University engineering team on Saturday began a technical probe into the Taratala warehouse collapse that killed 17 people, adopting a forensic engineering approach to determine why the under-construction structure failed.The team, drawn from civil engineering, ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    RSS Shakha at Jadavpur University Celebrates Hindu Samrajjyo Dibas

    Kolkata: The RSS Shakha at Jadavpur University, named after Rishi Aurobindo, celebrated ‘Hindu Samrajjyo Dibas’ commemorating the coronation of the Maratha warrior-king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj during their morning drill on Saturday. They hoisted the saffron ‘dhwaj’ for the first ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    BJP MLA Rudranil alleges Rs 1,200 crore kirtan dole scam in Bengal

    Kolkata: BJP MLA Rudranil Ghosh on Saturday alleged widespread corruption in the monthly dole of Rs 4,000 to kirtan singers in the state since 2016. He claimed that among the 5 lakh registered kirtan singers in the state, as ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Couple from Bangladesh held in Tripura

    Agartala: A couple from Bangladesh was taken into custody in South Tripura on Friday night for allegedly entering Indian territory through an unauthorised route and without valid documents.Police reported that Santanu Debnath and his wife, who are from Chattogram ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    3 held Rs 90 lakh investment fraud cases

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar cyber crime police have arrested three people in connection with two separate investment fraud cases involving a total of nearly Rs 90 lakh, officials said on Saturday.Two of the accused were arrested in a case involving a ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Scientists Discover New Wasp Species in Rajarhat, Name It After Narayan Debnath

    Kolkata: A new wasp ('bolta') species discovered in Rajarhat by a team of Kalyani University and Cairo University scientists and research scholars has been named after award-winning cartoonist and creator of 'Batul' and 'Nonte-Phonte', Narayan Debnath.The new species of ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Taratala Collapse: 3 Lives Saved, Two Crushed To Death

    Kolkata: Five men instinctively clasped hands and formed a chain beneath a massive concrete slab moments after an under-construction warehouse in Taratala came crashing down around them. The desperate human chain created just enough space to stop the slab ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Audit Committee To Finalize SOP For High-Rise Building Inspections

    Kolkata: The high level inquiry committee set up by the state govt is finalising a standard operating procedure based on which audit of high-rises and commercial buildings in 12 civic body areas, including Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), will be ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Family Donates Organs, Saves Lives Across Multiple Hospitals

    Kolkata: The family of 72-year-old Kamalendu Chowdhury, who was declared brain dead at Apollo Multispeciality Hospitals, has given a new lease of life and sight to multiple patients through organ donation. Following the family’s consent, a swift final allocation ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    KMC to make all civic mkts encroachment-free

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is set to make all municipal markets hawker-free. The exercise will begin from New Market and will later be implemented in phases across all major markets to make them encroachment-free. The matter was discussed ...

    28 June 2026 Times of India
    Salt Lake stretches cleared of unauthorised stalls

    Kolkata: Illegal stalls, occupying road space and pavements in Salt Lake, have started moving out after instructions from the civic administration. So far, encroachments had reportedly been cleared of two stretches, one of them being the pavement outside the ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Swapan Dasgupta Urges Revival of Calcutta University’s Legacy

    Kolkata: Finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said that the best tribute to Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee will be to restore the glorious tradition of Calcutta University. He requested vice chancellor Ashutosh Ghosh to take small steps in that direction and ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata sees spike in monsoon viruses as temperature fluctuates

    Kolkata: Temperature fluctuations triggered by rains since last Thursday have unleashed the first spate of monsoon viruses. Hundreds across Kolkata have been laid low with fever, severe cough and body ache since last week. With maximum temperature plunging sharply ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Central govt employee dies after fall from Salt Lake office

    Kolkata: A 39-year-old central government employee, Emon Roy, died after falling from the balcony-cum-refuge area of a commercial building in DJ Block, Salt Lake, on Friday evening.Police said Roy, a resident of Graham Road in Regent Park, fell from ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Taki Municipality sends demolition notice to 2 guest houses along Ichhamati

    The Taki Municipality has issued demolition notices to two multi-storey guest houses, Taki City Guest House and Disha Riverside Hotel, built illegally on the banks of the Ichhamati, directing the facilities to complying with a directive from the Calcutta ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata metro services get briefly disrupted after suicide attempt at Kalighat station

    KOLKATA: Metro services on Kolkata's Blue Line were briefly disrupted on Saturday morning after a person allegedly attempted suicide by jumping onto the tracks at Kalighat station, news agency PTI reported.The incident took place around 7.20am, following which metro ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Int’l airline to return from July 1, connect Kol with Bangkok after 11-week gap

    Kolkata: VietJet Thailand is set to fly into the city again on July 1, some 11 weeks after it had withdrawn the Kolkata-Bangkok flight citing rising fuel costs in the wake of the war in Iran.The airline will resume ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Biz Revival Hope For Mini Bangla Post Tourist Visa Move

    Kolkata: Indian envoy to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi’s announcement that India will resume issuing tourist visas to Bangladeshi citizens has brought relief to businesses in Kolkata’s Mini Bangladesh, where hotels, restaurants and shops have struggled since the suspension began nearly ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Vidyasagar Setu Closed From 6am To 6pm Tomorrow

    Kolkata: Vidyasagar Setu will be closed for 12 hours from 6am to 6pm on Sunday for the Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC) to undertake the ongoing repair and rehabilitation work including replacement of the stay and holding down cables ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    3-Language Rule: Clarification By Minister A Relief For CBSE Students

    Kolkata: CBSE-affiliated schools in and around the city that offer foreign languages to the students heaved a sigh of relief after a clarification on the circular on its foreign language policy was issued.The Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Ex-councillor booked for 2021 post-poll attack

    Kolkata: A criminal case has been registered against former councillor Shantiranjan Kundu, based on a complaint by a homemaker, over five years after an alleged attack on her. The woman alleged post-poll violence, physical assault and outrage of modesty ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Lucky escape: Daughter’s pleas kept man away from disaster site

    Kolkata: A family disagreement turned into a life-saving decision for 35-year-old metal casting worker Dharmendra Chowdhury of Jagaddal in North 24-Parganas, who narrowly escaped becoming a victim of the Taratala warehouse roof collapse after deciding not to take up ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Taratala tragedy: Sliced off left thumb, copper bracelet help kin identify bodies

    Kolkata: A partly sliced off left thumb and a copper bracelet helped families identify two workers who died in the Taratala warehouse collapse. Their bodies were kept at SSKM Hospital's morgue on Friday.The two workers were Suman Karmakar (37) ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Ex-councillor quits TMC, cites Taratala, Garden Reach

    Kolkata: Citing the Garden Reach and Taratala disasters, former KMC councillor of ward 48 Biswarup Dey quits Trinamool Congress, hours after attending the workers' conference, organised for the North Kolkata party workers, under the banner "we are not traitors" ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Luck runs out for teen in hosp who used cellphone to get out of debris

    Kolkata: A 19-year-old worker, who called his family for help while he was trapped under the debris of the collapsed warehouse in Taratala, has died. The death toll in the accident has now risen to 16.Mannu Kumar, a migrant ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal to bring tough laws on love jihad, conversion: CM

    Kolkata: Bengal govt will not only implement Uniform Civil Code (UCC) but also bring tough laws on land jihad, love jihad and forcible conversions, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday, adding, “Keep the faith. Please allow us some ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Taratala warehouse collapse toll rises to 16, rescue team battles to reach basement

    Kolkata: The toll in the Taratala warehouse collapse rose to 16 on Friday after three more bodies were pulled out of the debris, the last around 1.10 am, and two injured workers died at SSKM Hospital on Thursday night ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    G+4 buildings out of audit ambit but state adds Kolkata fringe areas

    Kolkata: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari on Friday widened the ambit of the special audit of building plans and the construction pause at private high-rise and commercial projects to include more municipalities around Kolkata, but clarified that residential buildings up ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    State plans to revive trams, extend network to Salt Lake, New Town

    Kolkata: In a push for clean urban mobility, the state has engaged RITES (Rail India Technical and Economic Service) to prepare a blueprint for the revival of trams in the city. The initiative aims at modernising and restoring Asia-Pacific’s ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Rs 1 crore extortion plaint against ex-councillor

    Kolkata: Chandan Sarker, owner of a construction firm, has lodged a complaint at the Survey Park PS against Tarak Chakraborty, former councillor and a former KMC borough chairman, accusing him of Rs 1 crore extortion, death threats and property ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Decriminalisation of public life needed for growth of biz in Bengal: Swapan Dasgupta

    Kolkata: Decriminalisation of public life was necessary in Bengal for the growth of business, said finance minister Swapan Dasgupta on Friday. Speaking on the need for a govt that would enable business, Dasgupta said, “Apart from sops, we need ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Man Allegedly Abuses 11-Year-Old Boy in Joynagar, Police Search Ongoing

    Kolkata: An 11-year-old boy in Joynagar was allegedly abused by a local man after a minor accident during play.The boy was playing with friends after school when a stick in his hand accidentally hit a passerby, Tapan Haldar. Haldar ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    L&T plans Rs 4,500 crore investment, data centre in Bengal

    Kolkata: Larsen & Toubro (L&T) plans to invest more than Rs 4,500 crore in Bengal over the next few years, with chairman S N Subrahmanyan expected to meet CM Suvendu Adhikari next month to discuss a series of investment ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal UCC implementation to follow U’khand, Guj, Assam process: CM

    Kolkata: Bengal will follow the procedure adopted in Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Assam for implementation of the Uniform Civil Code where retired judges headed committees that sought public and stakeholder feedback, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday, adding that the ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata birders seek rethink on Rabindra Sarobar fee plan

    Kolkata: A proposal to introduce an entry fee at Rabindra Sarobar after 10am has unsettled Kolkata’s birding community, with members of Biodiversity of Rabindra Sarobar (BoRS) planning to approach urban development minister Agnimitra Paul and KMDA to seek a ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    BJP-backed publishers’ body to contest Guild’s monopoly at Kolkata Book Fair

    Kolkata: The Bengal BJP is planning to challenge the “dominating presence” of the Publishers and Booksellers Guild at the International Kolkata Book Fair and promote alternative organisations of publishers and stakeholders as the mega event enters its 50th year ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Now, attempt-to-murder FIR against Aroop Biswas

    Dwaipayan.GhoshKolkata: Former minister Aroop Biswas has been named in a fresh FIR over an alleged attempt on a lawyer’s life inside the Alipore court complex. The FIR was registered at Alipore Police Station under BNS sections 109 (attempt to ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Cong to observe 21 July at Shahid Minar

    Kolkata: Bengal Pradesh Congress will observe Martyr’s Day on July 21 at Kolkata’s Shahid Minar ground and demand the reopening of the case files of the 1993 police firing that killed 13 Congress workers. State Congress president Subhankar Sarkar ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Teach youth meaning behind Vande Mataram: Governor Ravi

    Kolkata: Governor R N Ravi, the chancellor of Jadavpur University, stressed the need to acquaint the current generation with the legacy of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and the profound meaning behind Vande Mataram on the author’s birth anniversary on Friday. ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    Producers and films return to shoot in Bengal, Wins State Backing

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari met actor-producer Anupam Kher on Friday and pledged full support for his upcoming co-production, 'Shuru Theke Shuru’, which is set in Kolkata. Kher’s return to Bengali film production — his first since Rituparno Ghosh’s 'Bariwali’ ...

    27 June 2026 Times of India
    6 Flats In 1 Complex: Cops Nab Bizman Who Took Land On Lease After 10-Hour Hunt

    Kolkata: The sole proprietor of Behera Brothers, Shambhunath Behera, the firm that owned the collapsed warehouse at Taratala, was arrested in the early hours of Thursday after police spent nearly 10 hours combing a residential complex on James Long ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Doctors Work Round The Clock To Treat 19 Taratala Collapse Victims

    Kolkata: Doctors across multiple specialties at IPGMER-SSKM’s Trauma Care Centre are working round the clock to treat the 19 injured rescued from the Taratala collapse site, even as one of the critically injured patients died on Thursday morning.The hospital ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    12-km cloud column brings 84.6 mm rain, lightnings carpet-bomb Kolkata, mercury plunges by 6°C

    Kolkata: Tall, dark cumulonimbus clouds (CB) exploded on Kolkata on Thursday, triggering the heaviest 24-hour rain this June in the city. Alipore recorded 84.6 mm of rain. While the downpour forced the mercury to plunge by around six degrees ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    NIA files chargesheet against 11 terror accused

    Agartala: The NIA has filed a chargesheet against 11 individuals accused of involvement in terrorism and an anti-national conspiracy tied to a faction of the outlawed JMB. Among them, Nasimuddin has been identified as the suspected leader of IMK’s ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Tripura hosts Northeast Growth Lab Roadshow to encourage startups

    Agartala: Aiming to empower entrepreneurs and foster sustainable growth for startups in the region, the Tripura IT department hosted the Northeast Growth Lab Roadshow here, an initiative aimed at enhancing the local startup ecosystem through innovation, mentorship and investment ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Agartala flat blast claims first victim; CM orders high-level probe into gas leak

    Agartala: The tragic explosion at a flat in the Ramnagar locality here on Thursday claimed its first victim on Friday, as Shubhrajit Choudhury, who sustained critical injuries in the blast, succumbed during treatment at Gobind Ballabh Pant (GBP) Hospital.Shubhrajit ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal to tweak law to recover violence, property damage costs

    Kolkata: The Bengal assembly is set to amend the West Bengal Maintenance of Public Order Act, 1972, to empower the administration to recover compensation from people involved in violence and damage to public or private property, including those accused ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata warehouse collapse death toll rises to 14

    KOLKATA: The death toll in the collapse of an under-construction warehouse in Kolkata's Taratala area has risen to 14, with 19 others injured, as rescue teams continued to search through the debris on Friday.The warehouse, located off Hyde Road, ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Autocracy and arrogance not part of BJP’s ideology: Suvendu & Samik

    Kolkata: Autocracy and arrogance are not part of BJP’s ideology, and Bengal’s history has never accepted them, CM Suvendu Adhikari and Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Thursday.At an event to mark the day when Emergency was declared ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Signals go on blink mode, cops deploy manual control

    Kolkata: Even as rains caused a major headache to Kolkata traffic cops vehicular movement remained a major headache even deep in to the evening after multiple signals malfunctioned – including those that had been malfunctioning since last Tuesday.Among those ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    State to set up 200-member elite emergency response team

    Kolkata: The state govt on Thursday announced the setting up of a 200-member, highly skilled, elite team for quick response to an emergency, like the Taratala tragedy. “The rescue operation at Taratala is continuing. Keeping the need for emergency ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    The importance of being Asgar: Dead contractor opens a can of worms

    Kolkata: Long before rescuers recovered his body from beneath tonnes of twisted steel and concrete at Taratala, Asgar Hussain had emerged as one of the central figures in the warehouse collapse in Taratala.To some, he was a contractor. To ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Work stops at 700 sites across city; developers, contractors worried as daily loss pegged at Rs 25 cr

    Kolkata: Construction activity came to a standstill at nearly 700 sites across the city on Thursday after the govt issued a stop-work notice following the warehouse collapse and deaths near Taratala.The real estate industry spent an anxious day, hoping ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu blames Trinamool’s ‘sins’ for Taratala warehouse collapse, ex-mayor’s OSD arrested

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday blamed the previous Trinamool Congress dispensation for the collapse of the under-construction warehouse in Taratala, telling off the party, “This is the result of the sins you committed.”Holding a copy of the sanctioned ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Warehouse collapse toll rises to 11, rescuers race to bring out those trapped

    Kolkata: The death toll in Wednesday’s collapse of an under-construction warehouse in Taratala rose to 11 after five more bodies were pulled out of the rubble and one critically injured person died in hospital on Thursday. Rescuers feared the ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal govt likely to introduce UCC bill in assembly on Monday

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt is likely to introduce a bill on Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the Assembly on Monday. The Assembly’s Business Advisory Committee, chaired by Speaker Rathindra Bose, decided to email the draft UCC Bill to all ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    One-hour downpour: Water floods roads, enters houses & hospitals

    Kolkata: Over 100 mm rain in less than one-and-a-half hours on Thursday afternoon inundated thoroughfares across the city uprooting trees and crippling traffic system. Storm water entered major hospitals such as SSKM, RG Kar Medical College, Belle Vue Clinic ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    CM exemption for emergency, relief projects

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday announced a four-week suspension of all construction projects in Kolkata and adjoining municipal areas, barring emergency and relief-related work, to facilitate a safety audit of under-construction buildings. The suspension will cover all ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
    HC defers Abhishek aide’s bail plea in land scam case

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday adjourned the anticipatory bail hearing of Sumit Roy, personal assistant to Trinamool national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee, in connection with an alleged land scam case. The court directed Roy to ...

    26 June 2026 Times of India
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