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  • Driver assaulted with rod over parking dispute

    Kolkata: A dispute over parking near a garage escalated into a physical assault on a commercial vehicle driver, who was intercepted on the road along with his vehicle and attacked with an iron rod in the Parnasree area. The ...

    4 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal’s education system needs fundamental rebuilding: Swapan

    Kolkata: Bengal finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said on Friday that the state’s education system needed rebuilding from fundamentals.Speaking at the Education for Viksit Bharat Conclave in Kolkata, Dasgupta said: “Education, public education in Bengal is a devastated area. It’s ...

    4 July 2026 Times of India
    From Hazra to Exide crossing, encroachers get shift notices

    Kolkata: Hawkers on both sides of Asutosh Mukherjee Road in Bhowanipore have started receiving notices from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to remove their stalls immediately.The 2.1-km stretch runs from Hazra crossing to Exide More. Around 750 hawkers run businesses ...

    4 July 2026 Times of India
    Samik meets industrialists in Mumbai in bid to secure investments for state

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya met a group of industrialists in Mumbai on Friday to discuss potential investments in the state. Following the meeting, Bhattacharya said: “The meeting involved an open exchange of ideas about the state’s welcoming ...

    4 July 2026 Times of India
    Mahua moves HC seeking protection from arrest

    Kolkata: Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra on Friday moved Calcutta High Court seeking protection from arrest after an FIR was filed against her following the July 1 egg attack on her at Nadia’s Kaliganj. The matter will be heard on ...

    4 July 2026 Times of India
    Former MLA Saokat Molla taken to Jibantala crime scene for probe

    Kolkata: Former Canning East MLA Saokat Molla, an accused in multiple criminal cases, was taken to a crime scene in Canning’s Jibantala on Thursday for a reconstruction of events as part of an ongoing police investigation. As he arrived ...

    4 July 2026 Times of India
    Congress Workers Clash in Kolkata Over TMC ex-councillor Rehana Khatun's Induction

    Kolkata: Clashes erupted outside Bidhan Bhavan, the Congress state headquarters, on Friday over the proposed induction of former Trinamool Congress councillor Rehana Khatun. It was alleged that eggs were thrown at Khatun.As senior netas tried to maintain peace, the ...

    4 July 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu orders show-cause notices against ‘absconding’ panchayat netas

    Siliguri: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday directed officials to issue show-cause notices to “absconding” gram panchayat pradhans, zilla parishad members and sabhadipatis in north Bengal, saying governance and public services must not suffer due to the prolonged absence ...

    4 July 2026 Times of India
    Hubby gets bail, ex-MP collapses after 4-hr-long interrogation

    Serampore: A special NIA court on Friday granted interim bail to Trinamool councillor Shakir Ali, husband of ex-MP Aparupa Poddar. Ali was arrested on June 30 in connection with the 2023 Ram Navami violence in Hooghly’s Rishra.Ali’s bail hearing ...

    4 July 2026 Times of India
    ER readies blueprint on redevelopment of Howrah Stn

    Kolkata: The grand old Howrah Station, Asia’s oldest railway hub, will get two new platforms, extend the existing platforms to accommodate 22-coach trains and carry out redevelopment work to upgrade the facility and ease congestion, Howrah DRM Vishal Kapoor ...

    4 July 2026 Times of India
    FIR lodged in Sebashray case, Abhishek booked under 27 penal sections

    Kolkata: Diamond Harbour Police has lodged an FIR over alleged large-scale irregularities in Sebashray health camps, implicating Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee under 27 penal sections.These include charges of cheating and forgery under BNS, as well as violations ...

    4 July 2026 Times of India
    WBJEE raises BTech engg seats to 48,683

    Kolkata: The seat count in BTech engineering courses in the state has increased from around 44,000 in 2024 to 48,683 this year, West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB) chairman Goutam Pal announced on Friday. Speaking at the inaugural ...

    4 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal clears perpetual transfer of 54.2 acres of land to fortify ‘Chicken’s Neck’

    Kolkata: The Bengal cabinet on Thursday, chaired by CM Suvendu Adhikari, decided to hand over nearly 54.2 acres of land to the Border Security Force (BSF) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on a perpetual transfer basis. The decision aims ...

    4 July 2026 Times of India
    Low Pressure Intensifies, Heavy Rain Likely On Sun: Met

    Kolkata: The low-pressure area predicted by IMD formed over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Odisha-West Bengal coast on Thursday. While this system already started bringing showers in the city and other parts of south Bengal from ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata traders pledge fair prices for Bangladeshi tourists

    Kolkata: Traders across Kolkata’s ‘Mini Bangladesh’ have decided to keep prices reasonable for Bangladeshi visitors once tourism resumes, believing that rebuilding trust is more important than recovering two years of losses through steep tariff hikes.The decision follows Indian envoy ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta HC grants interim stay on demolition below Sealdah, Hastings flyovers

    Kolkata: The state on Thursday assured the Calcutta High Court of no eviction of occupiers under Sealdah flyover till July 9. In case of removal of vagabonds from under Hastings flyover, the HC has granted an interim stay till ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata court sentences man to life term for wife’s murder in 2022

    Kolkata: A city court sentenced a 56-year-old man to rigorous life imprisonment for murdering his wife in 2022. He was also fined Rs 10,000 under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.The murder happened on July 5, 2022, around ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    In less than 24 hrs of arrest, 10 more extortion cases, plaints of land-grab filed against Debraj

    Kolkata: Less than 24 hours after former Bidhannagar councillor Debraj Chakraborty’s dramatic arrest in Purulia on Wednesday in an extortion case, more complaints piled up against him.Anandapur resident Sekhar Kanti Basu, a retired deputy SP, accused him of using ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta High Court adjourns Satadru Dutta’s appeal to July 29

    Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Thursday adjourned Satadru Dutta’s appeal, challenging the interim protection granted to former minister Aroop Biswas till July 29. The division bench of ACJ Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee adjourned the matter as ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Woman gets obscene messages after mobile snatched near CU gate

    Kolkata: Two bikers snatched a high-end smartphone from a young woman standing in front of the University of Calcutta’s College Street campus. The bike they were on reportedly had no numberplate on it, CCTV footage revealed.The woman claimed ever ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Sex trade by ex-caregiver: Widow in police station

    Kolkata: A widowed senior citizen, living alone at Banerjepara in Sarsuna, alleged police inaction against a forged tenancy agreement and her tenant running a sex trade out of the ground floor of her house. She now plans to go ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Man dies after cleaver attack by neighbour

    Kolkata: A man died and two of his family members were critically injured after a neighbour allegedly attacked them with a cleaver in Cossipore on Wednesday morning. Police arrested the accused, Dilip Pal, and seized the weapon.While Ananta Manna ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Blue Line sees 5 lakh, Green Line 1.5 lakh daily footfall as Kol metro ferries 23.6 crore in a yr

    Kolkata: Around 5 lakh passengers rode Kolkata Metro’s Blue Line (Dakshineswar to New Garia) every day in FY 25-26 against the Green Line’s (Howrah Maidan-Sector V) 1.5 lakh per day. Among the shorter corridors, the Purple Line (Joka-Majerhat) saw ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Fresh complaint against Abhishek Banerjee

    Kolkata: A fresh complaint was lodged at the Kalighat PS against Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for allegedly violating the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The traffic wing of Kolkata police is probing this incident.According to the complaint, security ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Why the ‘hot haste’ in freezing TMC bank a/cs, HC asks cops

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday questioned the “hot haste” of the police in freezing three Trinamool Congress bank accounts based on a complaint filed just a day earlier and asked HDFC Bank to file a report by ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Monsoon, village relocation delay push Buxa tiger release plan to Oct 2

    Kolkata: Monsoon and delays in relocating villages from inside Buxa Tiger Reserve have pushed the much-awaited tiger augmentation project to Oct 2.State forest minister Manoj Oraon told TOI: “Considering the ongoing monsoon season and some issues related to smooth ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Viral video leads to probe into ‘cop kicking biker’

    Kolkata: A video of two traffic officials, including a sergeant, has gone viral after an alleged incident near Narkeldanga bridge on Wednesday morning.Locals claimed that a young biker was injured after a traffic sergeant allegedly kicked him while he ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Tripura becomes Northeast’s second-largest milk producer, expands dairy facilities

    Agartala: Tripura has become the second-largest producer of milk in the Northeast, showcasing the effects of ongoing investments in dairy development, veterinary care and livestock services, Animal Resource Development and Fisheries Minister Sudhangshu Das said.Das indicated that the ARD ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Debraj Chakraborty arrest follow up

    Kolkata: Former Bidhannagar councillor Debraj Chakraborty’s three-week attempt to stay off the police radar by criss-crossing north Bengal and north India on public transport, paying only in cash and avoiding regular calls came to an end after investigators traced ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Cops parade ex-MLA Saokat in Jibantala for crime scene reconstruction

    Kolkata: Former Canning East MLA Saokat Molla, an accused in multiple criminal cases, was paraded in Canning’s Jibantala on Thursday while being taken to the crime scene for reconstruction of events as part of an ongoing investigation.As he arrived ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata CM Launches Cyber Help Desks to Tackle Rising Online Fraud

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday described cybercrime as a “social epidemic” and called for a stronger, technology-driven policing framework to tackle the growing menace.After inaugurating cyber help desks in all 500 police stations across the state, he ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal launches VBGRAM rural jobs scheme after 4.5 years

    Kolkata: The newly launched 125-workday Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (VBGRAM), the revamped version of the 100-workday MGNREGA scheme, was officially rolled out across several districts of Bengal on Thursday. The scheme permits 318 types of ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal Launches Women’s Help Desks, Increases Police Patrols

    Kolkata: The state has adopted a zero-tolerance policy towards crime against women, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Thursday after launching dedicated women’s help desks across all police stations in Bengal.“We have given the topmost priority to ensuring women’s safety. ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Jute carpets, health kiosks for Tarakeswar pilgrims

    Kolkata: The state govt is making elaborate arrangements for the upcoming Shrabani Mela at Tarakeswar, including laying jute carpets along the 35-km route from Seoraphuli to the temple to help barefoot pilgrims.The carpets will be sprinkled with water to ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    22-yr-old bride to be found dead in Habra pond

    Kolkata: Mystery shrouds the death of a 22-year-old bride-to-be whose body was found floating in a pond at Habra on Thursday evening just 10 days before her wedding. The body of the deceased, Mridula Saha, was found floating in ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Roll out Ayushman by July 15, reiterates CM

    CM Adhikari on Thursday reiterated a July 15 timeframe for the Ayushman Bharat rollout and set a Sept 30 deadline to integrate it with the state’s Swasthya Sathi scheme. The state cabinet also set up two committees — one ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal cabinet clears expert panel to vet draft UCC bill

    Kolkata: The Bengal cabinet on Thursday cleared the formation of an expert committee, headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, to examine the draft Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill for West Bengal and set a four-week time ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    52-yr-old Darj woman fights off leopard to save grandson, pet dog

    Darjeeling: A 52-year-old woman fought off a leopard for nearly an hour to protect her eight-year-old grandson and pet dog in Darjeeling on Wednesday evening.The incident took place at Devkota village in the Lower Bhutia area. The woman, Devika ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    ‘Accused in Gandhi statue vandal case suffers from mental illness’

    Katwa: Police have identified the man accused of tying a black cloth around the face and hands of the Mahatma Gandhi statue at Station Bazar in Katwa on Wednesday.The accused has been identified as Raman Kumar Jha. During interrogation, ...

    3 July 2026 Times of India
    Deleted from SIR list, Agniveer aspirant gets police clearance after HC prod

    Kolkata: A 20-year-old Agniveer aspirant, who was initially denied a police clearance certificate as his and his father’s names were struck off the SIR roll, secured relief from the SIR appellate tribunal in Cooch Behar, leading to police clearance ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal emerges as major Black Carbon hotspot; CSE calls for urgent national strategy

    KOLKATA: West Bengal has emerged as a critical industrial hotspot for black carbon emissions, discharging a staggering 95,901 tonnes annually into the atmosphere. A pioneering study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) reveals that the state is ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    Jio BlackRock to pare debt share in AUM

    Kolkata: Jio BlackRock, the mutual fund unit of Reliance, plans to gradually reduce the share of debt in its assets under management (AUM) as it expands its product portfolio, chief investment officer Rishi Kohli said on Wednesday.Debt currently accounts ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    Jupiter Wagons to set up new Vande Bharat, Metro coach plant in Hooghly

    Kolkata: City-based Jupiter Wagons is setting up a new manufacturing plant in Hooghly district dedicated to producing Vande Bharat and Metro coaches, making it Bengal’s second facility for railway rolling stock after Titagarh Rail Systems’ plant at Uttarpara, which ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    Rooted in partnership: How Meghalaya’s living root bridges are redefining global conservation

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent Mann Ki Baat address has cast a national spotlight on Meghalaya’s iconic Living Root Bridges, elevating a localized indigenous tradition into a premier national model for community-led climate resilience.Far from being mere tourist attractions, ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    Ayushman Bharat patient enrolment software gets final touches

    Kolkata: While some private hospitals in the state are already enlisted to be part of the Ayushman Bharat scheme, patient enrolment is yet to begin. Sources in the health department said the software through which patient enrolment will begin ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    Portal opens for senior residents’ merit-based counselling

    Kolkata: The state health department has started the process of reverting to merit-based counselling for the appointment of senior resident doctors (SR) with the launch of the portal, where eligible candidates can fill their choice for the place of ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    State renames SL hosp after B C Roy, CM announces women’s safety measures

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday attended a programme to rename Bidhannagar Sub-Divisional Hospital as Bidhan Chandra Roy Multispecialty Hospital. Later, at a Netaji Indoor Stadium event, he announced a series of measures aimed at strengthening women’s safety ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    Tollygunge MLA in Tollywood ‘confederation status’ row

    Kolkata: BJP MLA Papiya Adhikary’s statement that the Eastern India Motion Pictures & Cultural Confederation (EIMPCC) is a non-profit organization, registered under the Societies Registration Act, has elicited significant scrutiny, as it contradicts corporate records, identifying the entity as ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    One more city bus route stops ops

    Kolkata: All 41 odd buses plying on route 239 and operating on two alignments – one connecting Shapoorji to Babughat and Salt Lake 12 number Tank to Babughat – have stopped plying from Monday throwing hundreds of regular passengers ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    Begin security planning for Durga Puja: Top cop

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police has directed all city police stations to begin advance security and crowd management planning for Durga Puja, with a focus on identifying potentially controversial pandal themes and preparing crowd circulation plans well before the festival.The instruction ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    Rider dies, passenger injured in Bypass app-bike crash

    Kolkata: A 31-year-old app-bike driver died and his 21-year-old passenger was critically injured after their bike crashed into a metro pillar on EM Bypass near Ruby crossing early on Wednesday.Police said the accident happened around 7.35 am near Hemanta ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    Two arrested for gang rape of teen

    Kolkata: Police arrested two men on Wednesday for allegedly gang-raping and blackmailing a 16-year-old girl in the Rajabagan area of the Port division.The arrested men have been identified as Imraj Molla (23), and Islamuddin Mondal (36). Both are residents ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    Indo-Bangla trains set to resume cross-border runs

    Kolkata: Eastern Railway is ready to resume the direct, cross-border passenger train operations between India and Bangladesh.An official said diplomatic talks were underway to restore the vital services though no date was announced for the resumption of the Kolkata-Dhaka ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    HC seeks proof of land sale denial for SIR deletions

    Kolkata: A PIL has been filed in the Calcutta High Court, claiming those deleted from the electoral roll after SIR were unable to sell property. The HC on Wednesday directed the petitioner to specify the cases where such sales ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    No new vendor at stations with high footfall, says Railways

    Kolkata: No new hawker will be given vending rights in stations with high footfall, Eastern Railway’s Sealdah division has decided. Stations with relatively lower footfall may be allowed to accommodate a drinking water stall or two, but vendors will ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    School transfer portal for teachers, staff reopens after 4 years

    Kolkata: The Utsashree portal for receiving transfer applications from schoolteachers reopened on Wednesday, after a gap of four years.The portal was first temporarily suspended on Sept 29, 2022, and stopped accepting applications from teachers and staff of aided schools, ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    NKDA issues notice to New Town hawkers to clear pavement encroachments

    Kolkata: New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has issued notices to hawkers and encroachers occupying pavements across New Town, asking them to vacate the spaces within seven days. The notice mentions several unauthorised shops and temporary structures set up ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    ATM guard held for Rs 10L bag-swap theft

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police arrested an ATM security guard, Sachchidananda Mondal, for allegedly helping steal Rs 10.57 lakh from a businessman at an ATM kiosk in Bhawanipore.Police said Mondal knew the businessman often came to the ATM with large amounts ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    1.3cr found eligible for Annapurna Yojana, 26L forms rejected: CM

    Kolkata: More than 1.3 crore women across Bengal werefound to be eligible for benefits under Annapurna Yojana, and the state govt has transferred Rs 3,000 each to the bank accounts of more than one crore beneficiaries at 1 pm ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    Less than 1% appeals disposed of by Bengal SIR tribunals in 100 days

    Kolkata: Bengal’s SIR tribunals, burdened with 33 lakh appeals, have disposed of only about 30,000 cases — less than 1% of the total — in the 100 days since they became operational. If proceedings move at the current pace, ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    As visa norms ease, Bangla patients start returning to city; 3 hosps record 50% of pre-unrest arrivals

    Kolkata: he arrival of Bangladeshi patients at Kolkata hospitals has increased over the last couple of months or so, with at least three facilities reporting a turnout close to 50% of the arrivals till mid-2024. The flow of patients ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    RG Kar victim’s dad at centre of Panihati temple donation row

    Sanjib ChakrabortyKolkata: A controversy has erupted in Panihati after allegations surfaced that the husband of the local MLA Ratna Debnath, who is also the father of the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder victim, pressured the priest of a ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    RKM boy dies after gulping down hot tea, school head offers to quit

    Kolkata: Diptangshu Mahato, a class 12 student of Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, died hours after drinking hot tea at school on Tuesday. The headmaster, Swami Ishteshananda, on Wednesday offered to resign while three staffers — Sourav Taru Biswas, Somnath ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    Black cloth on Gandhi statue in Katwa sparks outrage

    Katwa: Anger gripped Katwa town in East Burdwan district on Wednesday morning after a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was found with black cloth tied around its face and hands.The incident took place in the Station Bazaar area. The statue ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal Invites Aditya Birla Group to Invest After Decades Away

    Kolkata: Almost five decades after industrialist Aditya Birla was forced to leave Bengal and relocate to Mumbai in the face of labour unrest, Bengal govt has requested the Birlas to invest in the state.Saying that he was hopeful of ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    State begins demolishing 2 illegal hotels on banks of Ichhamati in Taki

    Kolkata: Acting on a Calcutta High Court order, the state administration on Wednesday began demolishing two illegally constructed hotels along the banks of the Ichhamati River in Taki. The Taki Municipality had earlier served demolition notices to the hotel ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    Centre rolls out VB-G RAM G, hikes Bengal rural daily wage to Rs 300

    Kolkata: Job card holders in Bengal under the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) programme will receive a daily wage of Rs 300. The Centre on Wednesday rolled out the VB-G RAM ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    Kunal questioned by cops over ‘road blocking’

    Kolkata: Trinamool Beleghata MLA Kunal Ghosh was questioned by Hare Street police on Wednesday over complaints that he caused a road blockage at Esplanade while taking measurements for the July 21 rally. Ghosh said he was not holding any ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    Class 12 student dies hours after gulping down scalding hot tea in school

    Kolkata: Diptangshu Mahato, a class 12 student of Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, died hours after consuming a hot tea at school. His family has lodged a complaint with Narendrapur PS, alleging gross negligence on the part of the school ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    RG Kar victim’s dad at centre of Panihati temple donation row

    Kolkata: A controversy has erupted in Panihati after allegations that the husband of local MLA Ratna Debnath pressured the priest of the nearly 200-year-old Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Temple to have donations from all the temple’s collection boxes counted at ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    HC upholds RKM decision to deny job over social media posts

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday upheld the Ramakrishna Mission’s decision to deny appointment to an assistant professor recommended by the West Bengal College Service Commission (WBCSC), citing his social media posts against the order, its monks and ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu: Won’t use officers as political workers

    Kolkata: Stressing on the need for a politically neutral administration, CM Suvendu Adhikari assured West Bengal Civil Service officers that his govt would not use the bureaucracy for political purposes.He was speaking at a meeting at Dhana Dhanya auditorium ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu: Won’t use officers as political workers

    Kolkata: Stressing on the need for a politically neutral administration, CM Suvendu Adhikari assured West Bengal Civil Service officers that his govt would not use the bureaucracy for political purposes.He was speaking at a meeting at Dhana Dhanya auditorium ...

    2 July 2026 Times of India
    24x7 control room to keep tabs on govt hosp services in Bengal

    Kolkata: The integrated control room aimed at improving services in govt hospitals across the state is set to become operational at Swasthya Bhawan from Wednesday. The state health department has deployed a 28-personnel-strong contingent to man the control room ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Police vows to root out drug abuse

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Tuesday held a public awareness programme to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, focusing on drug prevention, rehabilitation and community involvement. The initiative aligned with the global theme of ‘World Drug ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Biz bodies write to FM, seek lower GST on paper, paperboard

    Kolkata: Federation of Corrugated Box Manufacturers of India (FCBM) and Eastern India Corrugated Box Manufacturers’ Association (EICMA), along with Bharat Chamber of Commerce, have submitted representations to Union finance minister and chairperson of GST Council Nirmala Sitharaman, seeking rationalisation ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Demolition drive begins at slum near Shalimar station

    Kolkata: Demolition began on Tuesday at the Shalimar rail slum area in Howrah, known locally as Nepali Basti, as railway authorities and police started the first phase of a major eviction drive outside Shalimar station.The operation was carried out ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Encroachments near Kolkata flyovers on KMC radar

    Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation is getting ready to not just evict encroachers from under the city’s flyovers and bridges but also from pavements alongside them.KMC executive engineers in the respective boroughs are preparing to launch drives to free the ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    JU proposes AI lab, guest house revamp to utilise RUSA 2.0 funds

    Kolkata: Proposals to set up an artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI & ML) lab at Jadavpur University, revamp the university guest house and Gandhi Bhavan, financial help for seminars and support departments to repair buildings and buy equipment ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Man loses Rs 2 lakh at ATM after ‘helpline’ call

    Kolkata: If you find an ATM not dispensing cash, do not call up on the helpline numbers pasted on the kiosk walls or the machine, without checking. You could lose your money with such a call.After a year’s gap, ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Drive carefully, obey rules: School tells carpool owners

    Kolkata: Drive carefully, follow traffic signals, obey all transport department rules and ensure drivers don’t have records of traffic violations: Loreto Day School, Elliot Road, on Tuesday reiterated the safety protocol to car pool owners, a day after one ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Woman ‘poisons’ neighbour’s dog near Garia, faces cop action

    Kolkata: A woman in Atabagan near Garia, in the Bansdroni PS area, has accused her neighbour of abducting and poisoning her dog. The complainant, Monalisa Roy, said the incident happened on Saturday. According to her, her husband took their ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Man arrestedfor 1.6-crore Watgunge cheating case

    Kolkata: Police have arrested, Tauhid Muhammad alias Sunny, the main accused in a cheating and criminal intimidation case worth Rs 1.6 crore that was registered at Watgunge Police Station. The accused was produced before the Alipore Court on Monday, ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    City likely to get very heavy rain on weekend: Met

    Kolkata: The cyclonic circulation over the north Bay of Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh is likely to trigger the formation of a low-pressure area over northwest Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood around Friday. With this system set to revive ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    State’s responsibility to protect life and honour of accused: Calcutta HC on egg attacks

    Kolkata: “When the state takes custody of a person, it is its duty to protect his life and honour,” the Calcutta High Court observed on Tuesday while directing the state to frame guidelines for the transportation of accused persons ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Police Deny Both TMC Factions Martyrs’ Day Rally Nod at Esplanade

    Kolkata: Neither faction of Trinamool Congress will be allowed to hold its Martyrs’ Day rally near Victoria House at Esplanade this July 21. Citing prohibitory orders, Kolkata Police on Tuesday denied permission to both camps to use the site, ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Samik’s tough talk against new Tolly confederation

    Kolkata: With former Cine Technicians & Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI) president Swarup Biswas in police custody, Tollywood faces deep uncertainty regarding technician operations. This has been compounded by confusion over the status of Eastern India Motion Pictures & ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    With 350mm rainfall, Kolkata records wettest June in 5 yrs

    Kolkata: With a rain count of a little over 350 mm, this is the wettest June in Kolkata in the last five years. Fuelled by five significant thundershower spells in the past 12 days, the city now has a ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    India’s faunal tally hits 1.05 lakh species; Bengal emerges as no. 2 biodiversity hotspot

    Kolkata: ZSI has added 709 new records to its faunal database over the past year, pushing the nation’s total known faunal diversity to a staggering 1,05,953 species. The breakthrough reinforced India’s position as one of the world’s 17 megadiverse ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    ‘DJ Remark’: Calcutta High Court Refuses Abhishek Banerjee’s Plea Against Voice Sample Collection

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s plea challenging a lower court’s direction of providing his voice sample in connection with the alleged ‘DJ remark’.Banerjee’s counsel had argued in court that the ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Audit panel to review 60 New Town high-rises

    Kolkata: About 60 residential high-rise and commercial buildings that have been constructed in the last three years in New Town have come under the scanner of the govt’s high level audit committee as the verification process of all G+5 ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    VB-G RAM G scheme to roll out in Bengal today, will benefit over 2.5 crore rural workers

    Kolkata: Bengal has notified the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) scheme, which will take effect from July 1 and replace the MGNREGS. The programme aligns with Centre’s Viksit Bharat @2047 vision and is ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal govt introduces biometric attendance in schools

    Kolkata: All govt and state-aided schools will soon get a biometric facial recognition machine for streamlining attendance systems for employees. School education minister Dipak Barman on Tuesday said his department will also hold a rationalisation programme across schools, reallocating ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    NIA arrests ex-TMC MP Aparupa’s husband in 2023 Ram Navami violence

    Rishra: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested Trinamool neta and Rishra councillor Shakir Ali, husband of former two-time Arambagh TMC MP Aparupa Poddar, in connection with a 2023 Ram Navami violence case.An NIA team, comprising six officials ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Tripura court sentences man to life for wife’s murder

    Agartala: A Tripura district and sessions court in Khowai sentenced Pradip Nath Chowdhury, 40, of Gourangatilla under Kalyanpur Police Station to life imprisonment for murdering his wife in 2024, said Tripura Police.Chowdhury was convicted under IPC Section 302 and ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Murshidabad Police Arrest Three AJUP Leaders, Summon MLA Kabir for Questioning

    Behrampore: A day after CM Suvendu Adhikari’s assembly statement promising action against AJUP chairman and Nowda MLA Humayun Kabir, three AJUP workers were arrested in Murshidabad on Tuesday. Police also served notices at Kabir’s Manikyahar residence, directing him to ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Taratala crash: KMC suspends ex-OSD of former mayor Firhad

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Tuesday suspended Kalicharan Banerjee, the former OSD of ex-mayor Firhad Hakim. Banerjee was working as a manager in the MP LAD dept when he was arrested by thr SIT probing the Taratala warehouse ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal Ministers Urge Local Entrepreneurs to Boost State Investment

    Kolkata: Bengal wants investment from homegrown entrepreneurs, and the state govt is ready to help them in these endeavours, finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said on Tuesday. Speaking at a meeting of the Bengal Business Council, Dasgupta and industries, commerce ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal to release 2 officers on central deputation

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt will release IPS officer C Sudhakar and IAS officer Manish Mishra on central deputation.The Centre had wanted the two officers to be placed on central deputation in Mid-March. There were complaints regarding breach of protocol ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Bengal Cong likely to fight civic polls, by-elections alone

    Kolkata: West Bengal Pradesh Congress is likely to contest the forthcoming municipal polls and the three by-elections alone, the party’s national general secretary (organisation), K C Venugopal, said in Kolkata on Tuesday.Winding up his 2-day visit that focused on ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
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