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  • West Bengal Unveils Fiscal Policy, Projects 16-Year Low Debt Ratio

    Kolkata: Bengal finance minister Swapan Dasgupta on Wednesday tabled state govt’s medium-term fiscal policy statement and fiscal policy strategy statement in assembly. According to estimates of state govt, total debt as a percentage of GSDP projected for 2026-27 is ...

    25 June 2026 Times of India
    KMC suspends all construction work across Kolkata till July 31

    Debashis Konar, Dipawali Mitra & Saikat RayKolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has suspended all construction work in the city until July 31 after chief minister Suvendu Adhikari ordered an audit of all building plans sanctioned by the civic ...

    25 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata warehouse collapse: CM Suvendu Adhikari suspends all under-construction commercial projects till July 31

    KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday suspended work on all under-construction commercial projects approved by the previous TMC government till July 31.The CM ordered a comprehensive audit of such projects following the warehouse collapse in the ...

    25 June 2026 Times of India
    RTI harassment: JU panel punishes 8 students

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University’s anti-ragging committee has imposed varying punishments on 8 students accused of threatening and harassing a third-year engineering student after details of his RTI seeking placement-related data were leaked from the placement officer’s office. VC Chiranjib Bhattacharjee ...

    25 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata godown collapse: Workers trapped under debris as army, NDRF lead rescue; toll rises to 5

    KOLKATA: At least five workers died after an under-construction godown shed collapsed in Kolkata’s Taratala area on Tuesday afternoon.The incident left 20 others injured, two of whom were undergoing treatment in the ICU.Following the collapse, a massive search and ...

    25 June 2026 Times of India
    24x7 push may drive Kolkata’s late-night joints from 300 to 3,000

    Kolkata: From around 300 restaurants, momo joints, cafes and ice-cream parlours that currently operate late into the night in Kolkata, the number could spiral to over 3,000 within a year if the state government implements its budget proposal to ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata godown collapse: 3 dead, 21 rescued, many still trapped; top developments

    KOLKATA: Cranes were mobilised, gas cutters deployed and ambulance sirens pierced through the chaos as a massive rescue operation unfolded at the Kolkata godown collapse site on Wednesday afternoon.21 people have been rescued so far, three of whom have ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    Fraudsters siphon off Rs 39.7 lakh in city cyber fraud cases

    Kolkata: The city police registered two separate cases of cyber fraud involving the siphoning of over Rs 39.7 lakh through credit card data manipulation and medical emergency impersonation.In the first incident, the Park Street police initiated a probe into ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    Forget dates, rape survivor deserves compensation: HC

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the State Legal Services Authority to ensure that a rape survivor receives compensation under the victim compensation scheme, even though the incident occurred in 1998 — before the scheme was introduced in ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    Under-construction warehouse collapses in Kolkata, several feared trapped

    KOLKATA: Several people are feared trapped after an under-construction warehouse collapsed in the Taratala area of west Kolkata on Wednesday afternoon, triggering a large-scale rescue operation involving multiple agencies.Police said four people have so far been rescued from the ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    Goal-den night for fans as big guns fire again, book knockout berths

    Kolkata: The big guns fired again at the World Cup on Monday, much to the delight of football lovers in the city and across the world. While Lionel Messi scored twice in Argentina’s 2-0 victory against Austria, French superstar ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    Trinamool Nominates Madan Mitra to Replace Firhad Hakim as West Bengal Assembly Chief Whip Amid Show-Cause Notices

    Kolkata: Trinamool has moved to replace Firhad Hakim as chief whip, signalling a sharper break with neta. The party emailed the assembly speaker late on Monday, nominating MLA Madan Mitra for the post. On Tuesday, TMC MLA Sovandeb Chattopadhyay ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    State issues notification declaring holiday on Syama Prasad birth anniv

    Kolkata: The state govt on Tuesday issued a notification declaring Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s birth anniversary on July 6 as a holiday. The chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday, after the budget, declared that from this year onwards July 6 ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    HC scraps 2 STF police stations in Salt Lake and Siliguri

    Kolkata: The state on behalf of Bengal Special Task force (STF), has moved a Special Leave Petition in Supreme Court challenging the order of the division bench of Calcutta High Court’s Jalpaiguri circuit bench on June 19 ruled that ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    Let’s overcome despair, reclaim Bengal’s glory: Min

    Kolkata: A day after presenting the BJP govt's first Bengal budget, finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said the positive response reflected renewed hope after "50 years of despair". Speaking on Tuesday at Lions Safari Park, Dasgupta said many Bengalis had ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    Gusty winds uproot trees, lamp posts, cripple evening traffic across central Kol

    Kolkata: The hailstorm with a wind speed of 75 kmph barrelled through central Kolkata on Tuesday afternoon, leaving behind a trail of uprooted trees and lamp posts that threw traffic out of gear in the central business district and ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    CA students gain industry insights at national meet

    Kolkata: Thousands of aspiring chartered accountants filled the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre as the National Conference of CA Students 2026 brought together over 4,000 students from across India on June 20 and 21. Organised by the Board of Studies ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    Cops probe attack on ex-civic chief Swapan Samanta

    Tarakeswar: A viral video showing a brutal assault on councillor and former chairman of Tarakeswar municipality Swapan Samanta last Monday, in which his clothes were torn off, has prompted the Hooghly Police to initiate a probe.While Samanta was speaking ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    CM claims 10,000 infiltrators expelled, accuses former govt of misleading Muslims

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday claimed that his govt had expelled 10,000 illegal infiltrators from the state and was holding another 1,800 at 12 centres awaiting deportation, while accusing the previous Mamata Banerjee-led govt of misleading Muslims for ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    Gold ornaments worth Rs 4.4cr seized from Sabyasachi aide’s home

    Kolkata/Krishnanagar: Nearly 3 kg of gold ornaments worth an estimated Rs 4.4 crore were recovered during a midnight police raid at a Trinamool functionary’s ancestral home in Nadia, who is believed to be a close associate of former Rajarhat-New ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    On Syama Prasad death anniv, CM trains guns on TMC & Left for erasing his legacy

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Trinamool and Left govts for systematically erasing the legacy of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee even as he hailed the BJP-led state administration’s efforts to restore Bengal’s “forgotten ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    ISKCON to Take Over PM POSHAN Midday Meals in Kolkata, Likely to Drop Eggs from Menu in State-Run Schools

    Kolkata: Most state-run schools in Kolkata may stop serving eggs to students after ISKCON takes charge of the midday meal programme under PM POSHANISKCON is gearing up to cook and serve midday meals to around 1 lakh students up ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    Our govt’s motto is Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas & Sabka Hisaab: CM

    Kolkata: “Along with Sabka Saath and Sabka Vikaas, there will also be Sabka Hisaab. This is the motto of our govt,” CM Suvendu Adhikari said while speaking on the Governor’s budget session address in the Assembly on Tuesday. He ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta High Court Adjourns Hearing on Challenge to Interim Protection for Ex-Sports Minister Aroop Biswas to July 2

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court’s division bench on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of a case challenging interim protection granted to former sports minister Aroop Biswas till July 2.Satadru Dutta, the organiser of Messi’s ‘GOAT India Tour’, had filed a ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    Demolish order against Saokat’s son’s illegal riverside cafe

    Kolkata: The South 24 Parganas district administration has ordered the demolition of the controversial riverside cafe Aranyer Koole at Moukhali within seven days, warning that bulldozers will be deployed if the owner fails to comply and the demolition cost ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    ADB holds talks on Bengal infra plan

    Kolkata: Senior officials of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) met state officials at Nabanna on Tuesday to discuss possible support for Bengal’s industrialisation and infrastructure agenda, a day after the state govt presented its first budget.The meeting, attended by ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    CBI nabs accused in 2022 Bogtui case

    Kolkata: The CBI on Tuesday arrested proclaimed offender Rohan Sk, alias Kismot Sk, from Mirza Ghalib Street in Kolkata in connection with the 2022 Bogtui carnage case.Rohan had been absconding since the CBI took over the probe on March ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    250 illegal slums, shops demolished on railway land in Tikiapara

    Howrah: Railway authorities, with support from the Howrah Municipal Corporation, on Tuesday used payloaders to clear around 250 illegal huts, slums, and shops from railway land near Tikiapara. The structures had been built beside the tracks and over a ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal Reduces Minority Affairs Budget, Leaders Seek Accountability

    Kolkata: Concern over the sharp reduction in West Bengal’s minority affairs and madrasa education budget has been accompanied by a call for accountability from politicians and religious figures belonging to the minority community, many of whom argued that large ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    TMC factions trade barbs in Assembly, BJP watches on

    Kolkata: Laughter and high drama reverberated through the Bengal Assembly on Tuesday as the debate on the governor’s address descended into an open display of Trinamool infighting, with rival factions trading barbs and overshadowing legislative business.The House appeared divided ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘What’s the need for minority affairs dept?’

    Kolkata: BJP MLA Sajal Ghosh on Tuesday asked in the Bengal assembly whether a secular govt can have a minority department.He said, “After the budget was presented aon Monday, many people asked me what specific provisions were made for ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    FIR demanded against Diamond Harbour MP-linked ‘Shraddhargyo’ pension initiative

    Kolkata: A complaint has been lodged at Bishnupur Police Station seeking an investigation into the funding, administration, and beneficiary selection process of the Trinamool Congress-backed private pension initiative, Shraddhargyo, which has been publicly associated with Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    Mamata, Ritabrata camp move EC over TMC control

    Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee camp and the rival Ritabrata Banerjee faction submitted separate national working committee (NWC) lists to the Election Commission (EC) on Monday, each seeking to establish its claim over the party and its election symbol.Mamata Banerjee ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek Banerjee Moves Calcutta High Court Seeking Permission to Travel Abroad for Eye Treatment

    Kolkata: The CID on Tuesday received permission from a Bidhannagar court to collect the voice sample of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in its ongoing probe against him for making the ‘DJ’ remark during a poll camapaign. The magistrate ...

    24 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal budget allocates Rs 900 cr for New Town-Chingrighata elevated link

    Kolkata: The proposed EM Bypass to New Town connecting flyover project is all set to roll on. State finance minister Swapan Dasgupta on Monday announced a funding outlay of Rs 900 crore setting up the flyover which will ease ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal budget seeks to reverse decades of despair, says Finance minister Swapan Dasgupta

    KOLKATA: A day after presenting the maiden BJP budget in the state, finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said much of the praise that has been heaped on the proposals is because people are overwhelmed to discover hope after half a ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Budget pushes for keeping establishments open 24x7

    Kolkata: The state will amend the existing West Bengal Shops and Establishments Act, 1963, to enable shops, restaurants, offices, logistics services and hospitality establishments to operate 24×7.In the state budget placed in the Assembly on Monday, finance minister Swapan ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Budget plans: IIT, IIM for N Bengal, 6 girls’ colleges, 1 sports varsity

    Kolkata: A new IIT and an IIM would be set up in north Bengal, announced state finance minister Swapan Dasgupta in his budget speech on Monday, adding that the Centre-backed initiative would offer “world-class” technical and management education. He ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Why West Bengal lags in India’s rooftop solar revolution

    India’s rooftop solar sector is booming, but West Bengal is being left in the dark. Despite a nationwide surge in clean energy, West Bengal remains one of the country's slowest adopters, holding just 67 megawatts (MW) of installed rooftop ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal budget proposes 2nd Kolkata airport near Kalyani, 3 new airports

    KOLKATA: Signalling a major aviation and infrastructure push, the Bengal BJP govt's maiden budget unveiled plans for a second airport serving the Kolkata region and new airports at Purulia, Balurghat and Malda under the Centre's UDAN scheme.It also announced ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Kol, Basirhat, Sundarbans, Jangipur, Arambag To Be Five New Districts

    Kolkata: The state is all set to have five new districts, including Kolkata as district borders are all set to be redrawn. Swapan Dasgupta, the state finance minister, announced the setting up of the new districts in his first ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Metro Wings For Siliguri-Jalpaiguri, Durgapur-Asansol Business Hubs

    Kolkata/Siliguri: The Bengal govt will conduct a techno-economic feasibility study for developing metro links in the Durgapur-Asansol industrial corridor and the Siliguri-Jalpaiguri business hub.The announcement made in the BJP govt’s maiden state budget on Monday is also the first ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘Forced to do sit-ups’: Viral videos show TMC leader Sapan Samanta paraded with shoe garland; eggs, tomatoes hurled

    KOLKATA: Former Tarakeswar municipality chairman and senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sapan Samanta was allegedly humiliated by local residents in West Bengal's Hooghly district over allegations of corruption.According to news agency ANI, an angry group of locals garlanded Samanta ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Cloud kitchens

    The govt will implement a new policy for cloud kitchens, aiming to help women establish micro-entrepreneurship. This initiative will encourage women to earn money by converting their home kitchens into cloud kitchens.

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Help for gig workers

    Finance minister Swapan Dasgupta proposed to constitute a welfare board to implement social measures for gig workers. Drinking water and mobile charging facilities will be provided to them for free at “appropriate locations”. tnn

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    State offers Rs 50k for every unmarried girl in college

    Kolkata: In a fresh drive to discourage child marriage and improve female participation in higher education, the Bengal govt on Monday announced a one-time financial assistance of Rs 50,000 for every unmarried girl student enrolling in undergraduate courses at ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Profession tax exemption doubled

    Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Monday proposed a restructuring of the Profession Tax regime in the 2026-27 budget, including a doubling of the exemption limit for salaried employees to Rs 20,000 per month.Traders and businesses will also benefit ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    State slashes funds for madrasa education

    Kolkata: The BJP govt in Bengal has reduced the fund allocation for the minority affairs and madrassa education department in its first state budget, cutting the outlay by Rs 3,548 crore, or over 60%, compared with the previous Trinamool ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    State plans to induct 20,000 cops, set up more woman PS

    Kolkata: The state will induct 20,000 policemen in both Bengal police and Kolkata Police, state finance minister Swapan Dasgupta announced in his maiden budget speech on Monday. This will be in addition to the 16,000 cops – around 12,000 ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Syama Prasad birth anniv now a holiday

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced that July 6 will be observed as a state holiday every year to mark the birth anniversary of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh and the first Union industry minister in ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    200cr to protect ecosystem, support green livelihood

    Kolkata: Finance minister Swapan Dasgupta announced a climate-focused budget framework to strengthen resilience, protect ecosystems and support sustainable livelihoods across West Bengal.For 2026-27, the govt allocated Rs 200 crore to establish the Bengal Climate Resilience Fund and the West ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    State health dept orders fresh counselling for senior residents

    Kolkata: The state health department has ordered all senior residents (SRs) posted across various medical colleges and other government health facilities via an order in March to register for fresh counselling, following an uproar over a bypassed merit-based selection ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Rebel bloc removes Didi from TMC chief’s post, to tell EC it’s the ‘real party’

    Kolkata: The rebel Trinamool bloc led by leader of opposition in the state assembly Ritabrata Banerjee on Monday removed Mamata Banerjee from the post of party’s chairperson and replaced her with former minister and four-time Howrah MLA Arup Roy.The ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Separate law to protect businesses from extortion, syndicates

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt will introduce a legislation to protect “lawful businesses from syndicate charges” and other forms of “informal extortion”, finance minister Swapan Dasgupta announced while presenting the state budget on Monday.He described the move as a key ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Rs 36k cr allocated for Annapurna Yojana, all existing social schemes to continue

    Kolkata: All existing direct-benefit schemes will continue under the new BJP dispensation in Bengal, finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said in his opening remarks as he placed his maiden budget on Monday, and expanded the social security net further by ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    BJP welcomes ‘all-encompassing’ budget, oppn goes slow on criticism

    Kolkata: South 24 Parganas’ Falta, in the eye of a political storm, will be turned into a model block.While presenting the state budget on Monday, finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said, “Falta area in South 24 Parganas is planned to ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    1 lakh posts to be filled, 33% kept for women

    Kolkata: The BJP govt in Bengal announced in its first budget on Monday that it would fill 1 lakh vacancies across departments, with women accounting for 33% of the recruits.State finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said in his budget speech ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal budget bets big on infra with deep sea port, freight corridors, Ro-Ro terminals

    Kolkata: The newly elected BJP govt’s first Bengal budget, tabled by state finance minister Swapan Dasgupta, placed strong emphasis on infrastructure, with proposals spanning a deep sea port, minor ports, freight corridors, bridges and Ro-Ro services.Citing the low draft ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    HC shields Indranil in UNESCO Puja row, seeks probe report

    Kolkata: Calcutta high court on Monday verbally directed no coercive action till July 8 against former minister Indranil Sen in alleged Durga puja preview show controversy. The HC also directed the state to submit a progress report on the ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal budget: State to re-examine Urban Land Ceiling Act

    Kolkata: In the state budget presented on Monday, Bengal govt has announced it will “re-examine” the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, a move aimed at easing restrictions on developable urban land and attracting fresh investment.Presenting the budget, ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    BJP takes control of E Midnapore zilla parishad for first time

    Tamluk: BJP on Monday officially took control of East Midnapore zilla parishad, ending 18 years of uninterrupted Trinamool dominance. The transition occurred smoothly despite TMC holding a numerical majority of 56 seats against BJP’s 14 out of a total ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Cal HC refuses urgent hearing on TMC a/c freeze

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday refused an urgent hearing sought by Trinamool Congress over the freeze on its three bank accounts. The HC directed that notice be served on all parties and called for filing of the plea ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Footballs hurled at Aroop’s car after police questioning

    Kolkata: Former state sports minister Aroop Biswas faced fresh embarrassment on Monday when footballs were hurled at his SUV outside Bidhannagar South police station after he underwent nearly three hours of questioning in connection with alleged irregularities surrounding Lionel ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Suhrawardy Avenue renaming row intensifies as BJP, rivals trade barbs

    Kolkata: Controversy over the renaming of Park Circus’s Suhrawardy Avenue as Gopal Mukherjee Road intensified on Monday, with CM Suvendu Adhikari indicating that more such renamings could follow, while Trinamool, Congress and Left leaders accused the BJP govt of ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    BJP does not endorse ‘dim-ocracy’, says Samik

    Kolkata: BJP does not endorse ‘dim-ocracy’ and it is tarnishing the state’s image, Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Monday.“This is not a model to register your protest in BJP. We have condemned this and we are condemning ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal BJP Govt’s Maiden Budget Announces GCC Policy, Rs 5,000-Crore Investment Framework and AI Data Centre Incentives

    Kolkata: In its maiden budget, Bengal’s BJP govt announced it would formulate a global capability centre (GCC) policy, after consultation with stakeholders to attract multinational corporations and high-value technology operations, as part of a broader strategy to position the ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    TMC moves Calcutta HC over attacks on party workers

    Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Monday moved the Calcutta High Court against a “synchronised attack on political workers and taking down offices of opposition political parties”, including instances of egg pelting, and sought an urgent hearing.Advocate Sirsanya Bandhopadhyay mentioned ...

    23 June 2026 Times of India
    First BJP budget in Bengal: DA hike, 1 lakh jobs, 5 new districts in interim allocations; 50% cut in Madrassa edu funds

    KOLKATA: The BJP government in West Bengal on Monday presented its first full budget, announcing a wide-ranging set of measures. The budget includes a 20% point hike in dearness allowance (DA) for state employees, recruitment to one lakh government ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal Budget 2026 Highlights: Rs 40,000 crore development push; industry, jobs in focus in BJP govt’s 1st budget

    KOLKATA: The BJP government in the state presented its first budget on Monday, focusing on the remaining eight months of the current financial year.Finance minister Swapan Dasgupta tabled the 2026–27 budget of the government led by chief minister Suvendu ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata to get 2nd airport, 3 new airfields proposed in West Bengal's 1st BJP budget

    KOLKATA: Signalling a major aviation and infrastructure push, the BJP government's maiden budget in West Bengal on Monday unveiled plans for a second airport serving the Kolkata region, with finance minister Swapan Dasgupta announcing that 1,000 acres would be ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    KMC deploys workers as heavy downpour, waterlogging disrupt traffic across Kolkata

    Kolkata: The city and its adjoining areas witnessed heavy rainfall on Sunday in the latter half of the morning, causing waterlogging in many parts of the city and slowing down traffic at several parts of the city, including stretches ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    'Washed bloodstains in hospital bathroom': Parents of RG Kar rape-murder victim want CBI to quiz Mamata Banerjee’s nephew

    KOLKATA: Parents of the RG Kar rape-murder victim have now alleged that Abesh Banerjee, a doctor and nephew of former CM Mamata Banerjee, was involved in efforts to conceal evidence after the crime. They have demanded that the CBI ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    Second FIR against Abhishek PA

    Midnapore: A fresh FIR has been filed against TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s personal assistant Sumit Roy in connection with the cash-for-jobs scam. The FIR was registered at Debra PS on June 16.The development comes amid a police ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    Rain and flooding add to NEET re-exam pain for over 93k candidates

    Kolkata: Amid gusty winds and heavy rainfall, examinees struggled to reach their examination halls for the NEET re-test on Sunday. Out of 109,527 registered candidates, 93,878 appeared for the exam, while 15,649 skipped the re-test. Candidates appearing for the ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata posts 2nd-highest daily June rainfall in five years

    Kolkata: The city experienced its rainiest monsoon day of the year on Sunday, as torrential downpours lashed the streets and brought a welcome respite from the sweltering summer heat. By Sunday evening, the city had recorded 62.1 mm of ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    Aroop Biswas responds to show-cause, says wasn’t aware why signatures were taken on cheques

    Kolkata: Slapped with a show-cause notice on Saturday for his June 12 letter to HDFC Bank seeking a debit freeze on Trinamool’s bank accounts, former state minister Aroop Biswas has responded with a three-page letter on Sunday, claiming that ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    Lost-&-found Bangla man waits to return home

    Kolkata: A 25-year-old Bangladeshi youth with mental disabilities, Mohammad Harun Rashid, was rescued in Basirhat, nearly eight months after he went missing from his home. Members of the West Bengal Radio Club (WBRC), traced and contacted the man's family ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    CM X post: Suhrawardy Avenue becomes Gopal Mukherjee Road

    Kolkata: Suhrawardy Ave-nue in Park Circus has been renamed Gopal Mukherjee Road after ‘Gopal Pattha’, one of the key defenders of central Calcutta’s Hindu neighbourhoods during the Direct Action Day communal clashes of Aug 1946.CM Suvendu Adhikari announced the ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    Right way to do it: PM steps off yoga dais to guide participants

    Kolkata: The 12th International Day of Yoga celebrations on Red Road saw PM Narendra Modi step off the dais after delivering his speech, join the participants in performing asanas and help at least three of them correct their postures.Around ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    Mother And Child Among 6 Killed In Jalpaiguri Accident

    Jalpaiguri: Six persons, including a mother and her one-and-a-half-year-old child, were killed and 26 others critically injured when a Cooch Behar-bound state bus from Siliguri collided with a lorry on NH 27 at Ulladabri near Maynaguri on Sunday.The injured ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    Kol sees more robotic heart surgeries that ensure precision, quick recovery and reduce blood loss

    Kolkata: Robotic cardiac surgery is scaling up across Kolkata, with leading hospitals now offering minimally invasive procedures that promise greater precision and faster recovery for patients.Last week, BM Birla Heart Hospital launched its cardiac robotic surgery facilities. The hospital ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    LPAI plans 7 new integrated land ports, 5 in Siliguri Corridor

    Kolkata: The Land Ports Authority of India is planning to set up seven more integrated land ports along Bengal’s border with Bangladesh over the next five to six years, with the majority concentrated in the strategically vital Siliguri Corridor, ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    TMC minority cell chief quits, joins Ritabrata camp

    Kolkata/Malda: Itahar MLA Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday became the latest senior Trinamool neta to quit the party, resigning as state president of Trinamool minority cell and declaring his alignment with Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee.Hossain said he had already ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu Adhikari Inspects Salt Lake Bungalow for Janatar Darbar

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday visited state irrigation department’s bungalow situated next to Sech Abasan in Salt Lake’s FF block. Sources said the CM was there to take stock of the building’s infrastructure and facilities and that his ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    All roads lead to Red Rd on Yoga Day: 35k within security ring, 30k outside as Kolkata tries to get into record books

    Kolkata: Around 65,000 yoga enthusiasts from all over the state, including a few from outside Bengal, converged on Red Road, a little after sunrise, to participate in the 12th International Day of Yoga celebrations led by Prime Minister Narendra ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    Online harassment: FIR on Sourav plaint

    Dwaipayan.GhoshKolkata: Four days after receiving a complaint from former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly alleging online harassment and defamation, Kolkata Police registered an FIR after finding prima facie evidence supporting his allegations.The case was registered at Thakurpukur PS on ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta HC quashes case against doctor

    Kolkata: A doctor cannot be held liable for negligence merely because an alternative course or a better treatment method was available, Calcutta high court held while quashing a criminal case against a gynaecologist from Alipore’s Woodland Multi-Speciality Hospital.Father of ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    Rebel MPs threaten libel suit against Mahua over NCPI jibe

    Kolkata: Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra’s sustained jibes at rebel MPs have prompted at least two of them — Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Satabdi Roy — to indicate they will pursue legal action against her for libel.The trigger was Moitra’s ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata joins Yoga Day celebrations

    Twelve years old Samridhhi Pandey, a New Town resident, woke up at 4 am and rushed to his school SPK Jain Futuristic Academy for attending a yoga session. At Mahanayak Uttam Kumar (Tollygunge) and Esplanade stations, Metro railway officials ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    Naval trio symbolises India’s self-reliance resolve: Modi

    Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said three indigenously built naval vessels commissioned into the Indian Navy on Sunday symbolised “India’s self-reliance resolve”, declaring that the country “does not want to remain a mere purchaser in the defence sector” and ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    Case delay no ground for payout hike in divorce case: HC

    Srishti LakhotiaKolkata: Delay in a divorce case caused by miscellaneous petitions filed by the wife cannot be used as a ground to seek enhanced financial relief, Calcutta High Court held on Thursday, while refusing to raise a woman’s maintenance ...

    22 June 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal set to bring 2 bills to deal with public disorder, attacks on police personnel

    KOLKATA: The West Bengal government is set to introduce two bills in the Assembly aimed at dealing strictly with public disorder, vandalism and attacks on police personnel and public servants, a senior official said on Sunday.The official said that ...

    21 June 2026 Times of India
    4 dead, 30 injured as bus rams truck on NH-27 in Bengal's Jalpaiguri, government announces compensation

    KOLKATA: Four persons were killed and 30 others were injured after a passenger bus collided with a truck on National Highway-27 in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Sunday, with preliminary findings suggesting rain-slick roads may have contributed to the ...

    21 June 2026 Times of India
    Tackling Bengal’s debt, raising revenue focus of BJP govt’s 1st budget today

    Kolkata: The BJP government in the state will present its first budget on Monday, focusing on the eight months of the current fiscal year. A key challenge before the government is to augment its own revenue generation, despite having ...

    21 June 2026 Times of India
    India’s first Polar & Ocean Museum to come up at NCPOR campus in Goa

    KOLKATA: Creative Museum Designers (CMD), a wholly owned Section-8 company of the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), Ministry of Culture, Government of India, has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the National Centre for Polar and Ocean ...

    21 June 2026 Times of India
    Jadavpur University in Kolkata restores rare 1962 football team photo, celebrating national trophy win

    Sagnik BhaduriKOLKATA: Jadavpur University (JU) has restored a rare photograph of the 1962 inter-university football team holding the Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy clicked at Howrah Station and placed it at the vice-chancellor’s room at Aurobindo Bhavan.The win for the ...

    21 June 2026 Times of India
    Elephant tramples cow to death in Jhargram

    Jhargram: An elephant dragged a cow out of its shed and trampled it to death in Jhargram’s Pukuria village on Friday night, plunging local residents into panic and prompting a road blockade the following morning.The elephant reportedly broke down ...

    21 June 2026 Times of India
    State govt takes possession of Petrapole police station

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt on Saturday formally took possession of Petrapole police station from the Land Port Authority of India (LPAI), marking the end of prolonged administrative and political hurdles that had stalled its operational takeover since its inauguration ...

    21 June 2026 Times of India
    CID takes over Howrah BJP man’s murder probe

    Howrah: Acting on CM’s orders, CID on Saturday took over the investigation into the murder of BJP functionary Prasanta Dey in Bagnan. A CID team visited Dey’s home and spoke to his wife, Soma Dey, and other family members.The ...

    21 June 2026 Times of India
    35k to join Modi in showpiece yoga event on Red Rd

    Kolkata: On the eve of the 12th International Day of Yoga, last-minute preparations gathered pace across Kolkata on Saturday, with the spotlight on Red Road, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to lead Sunday’s mega event. An arrangement ...

    21 June 2026 Times of India
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