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  • KP starts identifying night parking zones

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police has started identifying spots where parking at night will be allowed after paying the necessary fees to KMC. Following the directives from the govt, the list will be prepared and handed over to KMC.Traffic cops said ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    Turtles seized from flyer at Kol airport

    Kolkata: Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) officers of Kolkata Customs intercepted an Indian passenger at Kolkata airport on Wednesday and seized 707 live red-eared slider turtles. The passenger had arrived via an IndiGo flight and was stopped after crossing the ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    Murshidabad train tragedy: West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari directs police to seek death penalty for gateman

    KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday directed the police to expedite the investigation into the Murshidabad level crossing accident that claimed five lives.He said the prosecution should seek capital punishment for the arrested gateman, news agency ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    BJP worker alleges assault by Trinamool supporters

    Kolkata: A BJP worker and a resident of Purba Rajapur, Mangal Haldar (30), was allegedly assaulted alongside his family members by alleged Trinamool Congress workers on July 15. Two persons were detained for interrogation. Haldar stated that a group ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    Loreto College writes to Calcutta University for academic council, board of studies nominees

    Kolkata: Loreto College on Wednesday wrote to Calcutta University, requesting a list of names to construct its academic council and board of studies, following the conferment of autonomous status from the UGC.A meeting was held and the letter was ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    Loreto College plans to go coeducational

    Kolkata: The 114-year-old Loreto College plans to open its doors to boys, a proposal that will be placed before the academic council, once it is formed. The college, after getting the autonomous status, has started recruiting male teachers. Sister ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    Crime against women, children: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari gives police free rein

    Kolkata: “In case of atrocity against women and children, don’t wait for instructions, do whatever you want, this govt will protect you, stand by your side,” chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday, addressing police. He was speaking in ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    Packaged Water Price Increases By Rs 5-10 In Kol

    Kolkata: The increase in price of packaged water is giving a tough time to consumers. They have to pay Rs 5 to Rs 10 more for each bottle.The price of 10 litre and 5 litre water bottles have increased ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    2 Thai women held with drugs

    Kolkata: The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police has arrested two women from Thailand for allegedly smuggling MDMA into the city for the local rave party scene.The suspects, identified as Supawadi Sukuliyat and Suthuwana Kut, are both residents ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    RKM students back in Narendrapur school

    Kolkata: After an 18-day break, students of classes 5-7 and 11 returned to Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya on Wednesday. Regular classes will begin on Thursday.The school had declared a closure from July 5 following the death of class-12 student Diptangshu ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    Nehru Children’s Museum seeks help from govt to stay afloat after Aug 16

    Kolkata: A one-of-its kind museum on dolls that has enthralled nearly 2 crore visitors over the last 53 years has reached out to the govt and non-govt sectors to stay afloat. The Nehru Children’s Museum authorities have appealed to ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    Industries minister assures support for ‘sanatani’ Durga Pujas

    Kolkata: Industries minister Tapas Roy on Wednesday assured govt support for ‘sanatani’ Durga Pujas and said this year’s festivities would be conducted without the hurdles “faced in previous years”. Roy was at the Khuti Puja of the Mohammad Ali ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    Metro To Extend Services On Blue And Green Lines

    Kolkata: Metro Railway is all set to extend revenue services by one-and-a-half hours on the Blue Line and 65 minutes on the Green Line from next Monday.Metro will run from 6 am to 10.30 pm between Dakshineswar and Shahid ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    Amphan, all other CAG reports in House on Sat, will seek FIRs: CM

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt will table all pending CAG reports, including the one on alleged irregularities in Amphan relief distribution, in the assembly on July 25 and recommend registration of FIRs wherever audit findings establish corruption, regardless of the ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    21 KMC wards face multiple splits to take total to 200

    Kolkata: The Central Delimitation Committee set up for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) area is considering a proposal to split 21 wards to increase the total number of civic wards from 144 to 200, sources said.The Bengal govt has ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    Times of India journalists win Press Club Kolkata awards

    Two journalists from The Times of India won Press Club Kolkata’s ‘Sangbad Prabhakar Shera Sangbadikata Puraskar 2026’. The awards were given away on Wednesday.Pinak Priya Bhattacharya, who reports from Jalpaiguri, won the first prize in the ‘English Print Media’ ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    MCH rids woman of 5 kg tumour

    Kolkata: A 48-year-old woman suffering from persistent abdominal pain and progressive abdominal swelling for nearly a year, who was initially being treated at a private hospital, finally got successful treatment at Medical College Hospital Kolkata (MCH). Doctors at the ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    Sikkim tunnel tragedy: Families wait as hazardous rescue continues

    Darjeeling: What began as a routine lunch delivery ended in a nightmare that Bablu Sahu will carry for the rest of his life.The Jharkhand resident entered the under-construction Head Race Tunnel (HRT) of the NHPC Teesta Stage-VI Hydroelectric Project ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    Texmaco Rail to establish locomotive plant in South Africa after Rs 4,100 crore deal

    Kolkata: City-based Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd, a part of Adventz Group, is set to establish a plant in South Africa to manufacture locomotives and wagons, with an initial investment of Rs 200-300 crore that could scale up in ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    Hours after July 21 events, netas of both TMC blocs get ED notices

    Kolkata: Hours after separate Martyrs’ Day events, netas of both Trinamool factions received ED summons. While Kamarhati MLA Madan Mitra, a part of the rebel TMC camp now, received a summons in the municipal job scam probe on Tuesday ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek sends notice to Madan

    Kolkata: Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee sent a notice to MLA Madan Mitra on Tuesday over the latter’s alleged branding of Banerjee as a “criminal and murderer”. Sources close to Mitra said that the allegations were unfounded and he would ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    Cabinet clears 50 acres for BSF, approves NIA police station

    Kolkata: The Bengal cabinet on Wednesday approved the transfer of around 50 acres of land to the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) for border fencing, border outposts and related infrastructure. It also cleared the ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    Police file supplementary chargesheet in Tamanna murder case

    Krishnanagar: Police on Tuesday filed a supplementary chargesheet in the Tamanna Khatun murder case before the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court here. The chargesheet invokes Section 25 of the Arms Act alongside provisions of the BNS and Sections 3 and ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    KP probes Rs 2.3 cr investment and supply scams

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police and Bidhannagar Police have launched separate investigations into two fraud cases that allegedly cheated residents of Ekbalpore and New Town of more than Rs 2.29 crore.In one of the biggest financial frauds reported under Kolkata Police ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Police book 4 TMC supporters for ₹3L extortion

    Kolkata: Lake Town Police have registered a criminal case against four alleged Trinamool Congress supporters after a local grocer accused them of extorting supplies and cash worth over ₹3 lakh through intimidation, assault and political pressure spanning over three ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    Entally FIR for trafficking of Falta girl

    Kolkata: Entally police has registered a case after a complaint that a 15-year-old girl from Falta was abducted, trafficked, and sexually assaulted in Kolkata.According to the complaint by her father, the girl was first lured out on May 24. ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    State to list WBPDCL on bourses in first Bengal PSU IPO

    Kolkata: The state govt will list the West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd (WBPDCL) on the stock exchanges, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced in the state assembly on Wednesday.According to senior govt officials, WBPDCL will become the first state ...

    23 July 2026 Times of India
    CM launches Bidyut Prahari app

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday launched Bidyut Prahari, a mobile application that will enable consumers to report cases of power theft and other grievances, and track the status of their complaints. A power department official said the identity ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta High Court says Aadhaar is proof of occupancy even if it is not proof of residence

    Kolkata: Even if Aadhaar is not “conclusive” proof of residence, it is “prima facie” proof of occupation of a property, Calcutta High Court on Tuesday held while restraining the Calcutta Port Trust from demolishing alleged dilapidated buildings in the ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    Making a comeback, Onida sets 5x growth target

    Kolkata: Consumer brand Onida, once known for its tagline ‘neighbour’s envy, owner’s pride’, has set a target of 5x growth as it plans to make a comeback. The company has decided to continue dancing with the iconic horned devil ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    Loreto College gets UGC autonomy, plans new courses in Kolkata

    Kolkata: The 114-year-old Loreto College on Tuesday received conferment of autonomous status from the University Grants Commission (UGC).The college had applied for autonomy to the UGC earlier this year, with a vision to design its own curriculum by introducing ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    Traffic crawls on waterlogged VIP Road as rain exposes craters

    Kolkata: Traffic on VIP Road crawled for the second day on Tuesday as prolonged rain and widespread waterlogging exposed deep craters and potholes across multiple stretches of the arterial road leading to Kolkata airport, triggering massive congestion and forcing ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    Sharadwat Mukherjee inspects Kolkata’s Mayo Hospital, orders probe into ‘misuse’

    Kolkata: After a surprise visit to RG Kar Medical College on Saturday, state health minister Sharadwat Mukherjee along with local MLA and minister of state information cultural affairs and trourism Purnima Chakraborty made a surprise inspection of Mayo Hospital ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    KP constable beaten up in Bhangar

    Kolkata: A Kolkata Police constable, Ananta Kumar Ray, was allegedly attacked in Bhangar on Monday after he tried to stop illegal unloading of sand on a public road in Padmapukur. Cops said a sand-laden vehicle was blocking the road ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    State govt finds 2k acres in Kalyani for second airport

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday said the state govt identified 2,000 acres in Kalyani, Nadia, for a greenfield project to develop Kolkata’s second airport.An official said land, identified for the second airport, stretched from the rear side ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    Will replace diesel fleet with CNG, electric-buses: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari

    Kolkata: The state has unveiled a roadmap to transform Kolkata’s public transport system by phasing out diesel buses and replacing them with electric and CNG vehicles, marking a shift towards cleaner and sustainable urban mobility. Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    Man abducted from Sec V mall, rescued in Nadia

    Kolkata: A 39-year-old man was allegedly abducted from the parking lot of RDB mall in Salt Lake sector V on Tuesday evening but thanks to prompt reaction by mall security personnel who dialled 100 and informed cops about the ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    New Town to get 2 more smart bus stops

    Kolkata: The NKDA has revived plans to set up two more smart bus passenger shelters in New Town.The locations—on two sides of Street No. 372 near National Insurance Co Ltd office—were decided long ago and there would be o ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    Woman biker dies in accident near Kharagpur

    Midnapore: A 44-year-old private firm employee and a passionate biker from Dhakuria, Debahuti Banerjee, died in an accident on the National Highway near Balihati, under the jurisdiction of Kharagpur PS on Sunday.Banerjee, who spent her holidays exploring unfamiliar routes ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    2 ‘Friends’ push boy, girl into Hooghly

    Kolkata: Two 18-year-old college students were allegedly pushed into the Hooghly by two ‘friends’ following an argument at Nawabganj Ghat in Ichhapur, North 24-Parganas, on Tuesday afternoon.Police have detained the two accused, Ashutosh Saha, a resident of Hindmotor, and ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    3 in hospital with Covid, doctors say nothing to panic

    Kolkata: At least three Covid patients—a child and two elderly persons—were currently receiving treatment at two private hospitals in Kolkata, a health department official said. The condition of all three was stable, the official said.Allaying fears, health officials pointed ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    20 bodies recovered from Sikkim tunnel collapse site, 11 from north Bengal

    JALPAIGURI/SILIGURI: At least 20 of the 27 people trapped in a collapsed tunnel of an under-construction hydro-electric project in Sikkim’s Namchi district have died. Two workers have exited the tunnel and search is on for the rest.Of the 20 ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    Ban fare-bidding facility, app cab operators urge minister Arjun Singh

    Kolkata: The Online Cab Operators Guild has urged state transport minister Arjun Singh to ban the fare-bidding feature, used by private ride-hailing apps, saying the system was “hurting drivers and passengers alike”. They asked the department to “mandate uniform, ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    City reports surge in H1N1 cases, hospital admission, experts point at temp fluctuations, high humidity

    Kolkata: The city has reported a surge in swine flu cases (H1N1) over the past fortnight, with several patients being hospitalised with severe symptoms. The surge peaked with monsoon rain gaining intensity, as H1N1—one of the several subtypes of ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal finalises 7th Pay Comm guidelines, revised pay likely by March 2027

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt has finalised the terms of reference for the Seventh Pay Commission and aims to extend the revised pay benefits to state govt employees and pensioners by the end of the current financial year, CM Suvendu ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    ED Conducts Searches in Kolkata, North 24 Parganas in Rs 160-Crore Scam

    Kolkata: ED on Tuesday conducted searches at eight locations in Kolkata and North 24 Parganas in connection with a Rs 160-crore money-laundering case. According to official sources, as many as 19,000 people were lured with Bengal govt’s social welfare ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    After Samik’s warning, Kamarhati board collapses in 17 days

    Kolkata: After Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya read the riot act, the newly formed Kamarhati Municipality board collapsed on Tuesday — just 17 days after its formation — following the resignation of chairman Sushanta Chatterjee and 18 councillors.Independent councillor ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    Rebel NCPI MPs mark Martyr’s Day at Raj Ghat

    Kolkata: Twenty rebel Trinamool MPs, who recently joined the Nationalist Citizen Party of India (NCPI), observed Martyrs’ Day in New Delhi on Tuesday by paying floral tributes at Raj Ghat to the 13 Youth Congress workers killed in police ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    Bikers' group, which suspended rides after PM Narendra Modi's appeal, to resume adventures

    KOLKATA: After three months off the road, the Enfield Tigers Motorcycle Riders Club, a collective of Royal Enfield owners and riders, is set to restart its breakfast and overnight rides from Aug 7, 2026.The club had voluntarily suspended all ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    Report if female students absent for a week, Bengal govt tells schools

    Kolkata: The state education department has asked all school principals in Malda to report any girl student who is absent for seven days in a row without prior notice.The order was issued by the District Inspector of Schools, Secondary ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal Congress Demands 1993 Martyr’s Day Firing Reinvestigation

    Kolkata: While Pradesh Congress demanded reinvestigation into the role of former Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Manish Gupta, the then home secretary of West Bengal when police opened fire on Congress workers at the martyr’s day rally, it also used ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    State to roll out PM SHRI schools, raise midday meal fund

    Kolkata: The state govt on Tuesday announced a series of initiatives to improve school infrastructure, strengthen nutrition support and promote higher education for girls, including the implementation of the Centre’s PM SHRI scheme and enhanced funding for the PM ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    HC: Vandalism of venue despite order tarnishes image

    Kolkata: If incidents like this take place, the court’s image will be tarnished, the Calcutta High Court remarked on Tuesday while hearing an urgent plea by the Trinamool Congress, which alleged that miscreants had attacked its July 21 rally ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    Schism in martyrs’ families reflects schism with TMC

    Kolkata: The political schism within the Trinamool Congress spilled into the families of the July 21, 1993, firing victims on Tuesday, with the son of one of the martyrs announcing plans to file an FIR against former chief minister ...

    22 July 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta high court orders police to arrest cricketer Abhishek Porel, seize electronic devices

    KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court in a July 14 order directed Bengal Police to arrest cricketer Abhishek Porel and seize his electronic devices.Porel is facing criminal charges of rape lodged by a third-year medical student who alleged she was ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    Woman found hanging in New Town flat, live-in partner discovered with slit wrists

    Kolkata: A 25-year-old woman was found hanging inside a rented apartment in New Town on Sunday night while her live-in partner was discovered with slit wrists, lying in a pool of blood. Cops are probing whether the case involves ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    Former TMC MLA Asit Mazumdar arrested in 2014 case, court grants bail

    Chinsurah: Former Trinamool MLA and district neta Asit Mazumdar was arrested on Tuesday morning and later released on bail by a Chinsurah court in the evening.Mazumdar was preparing to lead supporters to Kolkata for Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee’s July ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta High Court Grants Interim Protection to Mahua Moitra

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted interim protection against coercive action to Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra in cases lodged against her for allegedly hurting religious sentiments but directed her to appear on Aug 14, with Parliament monsoon ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    After Torres goal, city relives U-17 memories

    Kolkata: Long before Ferran Torres broke Argentine hearts in the Fifa World Cup final on Sunday night, Kolkata witnessed his talent first-hand.Nine years ago, a teenage Torres turned out at a packed Salt Lake stadium in the 2017 Fifa ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    Rain swamps Kol airport, blocks access

    Kolkata: Heavy afternoon rain and extensive waterlogging brought air traffic to a crawl and crippled access to Kolkata airport on Monday, disrupting flight operations for hours and leaving thousands stranded in snarls. While no flight was cancelled, multiple diversions ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    ‘Worse than Jallianwala Bagh,’ says report on firing on 1993 West Bengal rally

    KOLKATA: “There was no need to fire bullets to control the crowd located far away from Writers’ Building,” Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari read out from the Sushanta Chatterjee Commission’s report on police firing on a Mamata Banerjeeled Youth Congress ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    Kol Hits The Streets, Rallies Behind Sonam Wangchuk

    Kolkata: Citizens from different walks of life either took to the streets or observed a symbolic hunger strike on Monday in solidarity with activist Sonam Wangchuk, the students and the Cockroach Janata Party. They highlighted the irregularities at national ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    4 Rehab Staff In Cop Net After Minor’s Death in Bansdroni

    Kolkata: Police have arrested four employees of a local rehabilitation center after a 17-year-old boy, who was suffering from mental health issues, was allegedly thrashed to death in Bansdroni on Sunday.Parents of the deceased boy, who was a resident ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    Spaniards’ victory lap 8,500 km from home

    Kolkata: For around 45 young Spaniards living thousands of kilometres away from home, Kolkata became a little corner of Spain on Sunday night as La Roja defeated Argentina 1-0 to lift the 2026 Fifa World Cup.Working for an NGO ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    La Roja ecstasy in Kol pockets as Spain derails ‘Comeback Express’

    Kolkata: The city was stunned into silence as Spain demolished Argentina and snatched the World Cup away to halt Messi’s dream run. While a vast majority mourned the loss, pockets of the city erupted in celebrations after a mesmerising ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    163.3 mm in Dum Dum, 5.9 mm in Alipore: Rainfall throws up north-south divide

    Kolkata: The city received a few spells of rain for most part of Monday, but the rainfall pattern was marked by a massive north-south divide. While Dum Dum clocked a whopping 163.3 mm of rainfall between 5.30 pm Sunday ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    Saurav Palodhi Dedicates National Award For Film To Sonam Wangchuk’s Protest

    Kolkata: Saurav Palodhi, director of “Onko Ki Kothin”, which saw its three child actors win National Awards, has publicly declared his support for Sonam Wangchuk. Palodhi dedicated the film’s recent success to Wangchuk, who is leading a youth-driven movement ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    40-Year-Old Arrested For Sexual Assault On Minor

    Kolkata: A 40-year-old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl after distracting her by handing over a mobile phone, triggering widespread protests in Dum Dum. Police also arrested a former councillor of Dum Dum ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    Centre to train state officials on VB-G RAM G implementation

    Kolkata: The Union rural development ministry will conduct a four-day training programme for Bengal govt officials this week to accelerate the implementation of the VB-G RAM G scheme. According to officials, the programme will be held from Tuesday to ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    HC denies TMC relief over ED bank a/c freeze

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to grant interim relief to the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of Trinamool against the ED’s freeze on three of its bank accounts, observing that the remaining 36 accounts — holding around Rs 164 ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    The great empty: Sudden void after days of football fiesta

    Kolkata: For the past one and half months, evenings had a fixed routine. Dinner was planned well ahead kick-off times, sleep schedules were abandoned, WhatsApp groups buzzed through the night and neighbourhoods echoed with cheers and groans till dawn.Then, ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    July 21 firing unnecessary: CM quotes judicial commission

    Kolkata: “There was no need to fire bullets to control the crowd located far away from Writers’ Buildings,” CM Suvendu Adhikari read out from the Sushanta Chatterjee Commission’s report on the police firing on a Mamata Banerjee-led Youth Congress ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengali must for all official state government work: Suvendu

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced on Monday that Bengali will become mandatory for all official work in the state from Sept 1, a day after Union home minister Amit Shah suggested the move in a letter to him.“From ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    Three Martyrs’ Day rallies at three points may choke city heart today

    Kolkata: Three rallies marking the July 21 Shahid Diwas—one led by the Mamata Banerjee faction of Trinamool Congress, one by the Ritabrata faction and the third by the Congress—are set to hit the city on Tuesday, putting Kolkata’s traffic ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    40% students stay off classrooms

    Kolkata: Several schools and colleges on Monday saw half-filled classrooms, as on average 30 to 40% of students were absent. The hangover from last night went on almost all day, as several school teachers and principals noticed that during ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    After 8-day gap, rain and cloud cover pull temp below 30°C

    Kolkata: Brace for more rain between Tuesday and Thursday as the three synoptic conditions become more favourable for enhanced rain activity in Kolkata and its surrounding along with other south Bengal districts. Met officials said that the city will ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    ‘DJ remark’ case: HC extends Abhishek Banerjee protection to Oct 6, rejects urgent hearing of fly abroad plea

    Kolkata: Even while extending the interim protection against coercive action granted to Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee in the ‘DJ remark’ case till Oct 6, the Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected Banerjee’s urgent plea to fly abroad for eye ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    Adhikari directs officials to fast-track Rs 55,000-crore central projects

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari has sought faster implementation of 12 infrastructure projects worth more than Rs 55,000 crore that have remained stuck in Bengal over the past several years due to various bottlenecks.Officials said the projects — by central ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    Himadri to set up carbon nanotube manufacturing unit

    Kolkata: Kolkata-based Himadri Speciality Chemical may soon become the first company in India to set up a carbon nanotube (CNT) manufacturing unit, said company’s CMD and CEO Anurag Choudhary.“We have successfully developed indigenous carbon nanotube (CNT) technology through our ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    July 21 martyrs’ families caught between loyalty & uncertainty

    Kolkata: On the eve of July 21, a date etched in Bengal’s political history, the families of those killed in the 1993 police firing find themselves caught between loyalty, uncertainty and fresh political controversy after CM Suvendu Adhikari’s dramatic ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    Devotees brave rain as Tarakeswar Shravani Mela starts

    Tarakeswar: The century-old Shravani Mela commenced at the Tarakeswar temple on Monday with massive security and enhanced pilgrim infrastructure under a special initiative by chief minister Suvendu Adhikari.While a spectacular helicopter flower shower (pushpa brishti) delighted thousands of devotees ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal targets 27cr person-days under 125-day job scheme

    Kolkata: With focus to expand livelihood opportunities while strengthening rural infrastructure, the state aims to generate 27.2 crore person-days in the remaining nine months of the financial year under the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) ...

    21 July 2026 Times of India
    Lalbazar’s Get-Off-Cellphone Order For Cops On Road

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police has prohibited its personnel from using mobile phones along with other hearing devices on duty.The top brass has warned that any violation of this directive will attract severe disciplinary action.The official order, which was sent ...

    20 July 2026 Times of India
    Declare holiday or relax attendance for World Cup final, govt tells morning schools

    Kolkata: The state on Sunday asked all state schools which have morning classes to either declare holiday, or relax attendance, due to the post-midnight start of the Fifa WC final. The order said, “In view of the fact that ...

    20 July 2026 Times of India
    Jury’s bias or dip in standard: Behind the decline of Bengali wins at the National Awards

    KOLKATA: At this year’s National Film Awards, the regional jury selected five Bengali films — Anjan Dutt’s "Chaalchitra Ekhon", Aditya Vikram Sengupta’s "Mayanagar", Saurav Palodhi’s "Onko Ki Kothin", Samik Roychowdhury's "Beline", and Sayan Bandyopadhyay’s "Doaansh" — from a pool ...

    20 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal targets 27.23cr person-days under 125-day job scheme

    Kolkata: The state govt on Monday announced the rollout of the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025 (VB-G RAM G) from July 1, replacing the MGNREGS 100-day employment guarantee with a 125-day rural employment ...

    20 July 2026 Times of India
    Asansol-Durgapur Metro Survey Soon

    Kolkata: The state govt has engaged RITES to conduct a feasibility survey for setting up the proposed aerial metro alignment connecting Asansol and Durgapur. The plan is a part of developing Asansol as a smart city.Urban development & municipal ...

    20 July 2026 Times of India
    Banabitan waives daily entry fee for morning walkers

    Kolkata: The daily entry fee of Rs 10 for morning walkers from 5 am to 7 am at Banabitan bio-diversity park in Salt Lake has been waived. The green projects wing under West Bengal Forest Development Corporation issued a ...

    20 July 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal govt to mandate Bengali in official communications from September 1

    KOLKATA: The West Bengal government will make Bengali mandatory for all official communications from September 1, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced in the Assembly on Monday,The CM was reportedly reading out a letter from Union home minister Amit Shah ...

    20 July 2026 Times of India
    Study Finds Clear Link Between Pollution And Lung Health

    Kolkata: From airway inflammation to increased susceptibility to respiratory infection and reduced lung function, pollution is taking an increasing toll on lung health of individuals.Doctors said children whose lungs are yet to get developed are the most vulnerable to ...

    20 July 2026 Times of India
    Demand-Supply Gap: At 1,100 & More, Mutton Prices Stay Firm At City Markets

    Kolkata: Mutton prices in Kolkata have climbed to Rs 1,100-1,200 per kg at several meat shops across the city following a fresh spike in wholesale livestock prices that traders attribute to a wide demand-supply gap.Retailers across the city said ...

    20 July 2026 Times of India
    Minister’s Assurance On Water Body Fill-Up

    Kolkata: The state urban development & municipal affairs department is taking up stern action against filling up of water bodies and illegal building construction in all 144 wards under Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).Minister Agnimitra Paul on Saturday received several ...

    20 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal plans to restrict totos to last-mile routes, ease congestion on main roads

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Transport Department has drawn up a plan to realign the operation of toto, or e-rickshaw, services across urban local bodies (ULBs), restricting them primarily to last-mile connectivity and keeping them off major roads and highways. ...

    20 July 2026 Times of India
    Woman molested at night club, fiance assaulted

    Kolkata: A 30-year-old woman was molested at a night club on Park Street in the early hours of Sunday. A venue employee was also involved in allegedly assaulting the woman’s fiance when the latter tried to intervene, the woman ...

    20 July 2026 Times of India
    Woman arrested, cops find guns, ammo in purse

    Kolkata: A 38-year-old woman was arrested and CID found her handbag packed with pistols, ammunition and cash in Ashoknagar on Sunday, exposing what investigators suspect could be an interstate arms trafficking network.“Dressed in a salwar-kameez with her head covered ...

    20 July 2026 Times of India
    Stressed pvt bus routes plot fare revision in Kol

    Kolkata: There is a flux among bus operators struggling to cope with rising diesel prices. After the route 37 (Dhakuria-Howrah) buses tried it a few weeks ago, before reversing the decision, route 237 (Birati-Babughat) buses have started charging extra ...

    20 July 2026 Times of India
    Woman held for tying up & robbing senior citizen

    Kolkata: A 40-year-old woman was arrested for leading a robbery in which the victim had been tied up at her own house. Cops have recovered the stolen gold jewellery worth lakhs within days of the robbery in the Rajabagan ...

    20 July 2026 Times of India
    FIR after teen, friend tortured & filmed

    Kolkata: A 19-year-old youth and his friend were allegedly ambushed, abducted, and tortured by a group of men over a grudge in the early hours of Friday, before being stripped and filmed. The victim, a resident of Kabi Tirtha ...

    20 July 2026 Times of India
    Shah’s law-and-order review meet mulls NIA-type agency for Bengal

    Kolkata: Bengal can become the first state to have a Special Investigation Agency (SIA) modelled on National Investigation Agency (NIA). The proposal was among several discussed at a law-and-order review meeting chaired by Union home minister Amit Shah and ...

    20 July 2026 Times of India
    Gujarat will keep bringing investments to Bengal: Amit Shah

    Kolkata: Gujarat will keep bringing investments to Bengal, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Sunday while virtually laying the foundation stone for Amul’s Rs 700-crore integrated dairy complex. The plant, to come up at Sankrail Food Park in ...

    20 July 2026 Times of India
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