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  • Kolkata to celebrate International Yoga Day with PM Modi; a call for citywide participation to embrace wellness

    KOLKATA: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) administrator and commissioner Smita Pandey has appealed to citizens to participate with enthusiasm in the World Yoga Day celebrations in Kolkata on June 21, 2026.Urging people across the city to join the Maha-Yoga campaign, ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    Fire impact: Engineers set to check EVMs to assess damage

    Kolkata: Engineers from Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL) will examine each EVM to assess the impact of the fire after the police and forensics department hand over the 10th floor of the New Administrative Building at Alipore to ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    RBI governor calls on CM Adhikari

    Kolkata: RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra on Saturday met chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at Nabanna. In a Facebook post, Adhikari said that Malhotra met him on a courtesy call. Sources said they discussed enhancing cooperation to push development initiatives in ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    TMC rift deepens: Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar's son sends legal notice to Mamata Banerjee over MLA ticket claim

    KOLKATA: Amid the ongoing split in the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Dr Baidyanath Ghosh Dastidar, son of rebel TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, has issued a legal notice to former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and several party leaders. ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    After CM’s assurance, Kumartuli hopes to start getting idol orders

    Kolkata: Hope returned to the narrow lanes of Kumartuli after chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday that more Durga Pujas would be organised across the state this year.For idol-makers in the traditional artists’ hub in the city, the ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    IIM-C’s delayed placement plan to boost start-ups

    Kolkata: IIM-Calcutta, the oldest among the IIMs, has launched a new initiative for MBA students to encourage entrepreneurship. Under the initiative that kicks off from this academic year, an MBA student, interested in building a start-up, can opt out ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    Restos lay out World Cup red carpet to beat price rise blues

    Kolkata: For foodies in Kolkata, a sharper pocket pinch is set to be compensated by Messi magic. Even as several city restaurants have raised their menu prices this week following a steep hike in commercial LPG price over the ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    Patuli, Ruby parents demand justice at CM’s Janatar Darbar

    Kolkata: Two mothers who lost their sons visited CM Suvendu Adhikari's ‘Janatar Darbar' at the BJP state office in Sector V on Saturday, seeking justice. One was Tumpa Nath, resident of Patuli and mother of 8-year-old Ayush Nath, who ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    Sumit Roy: The key aide who managed access to Abhishek

    Kolkata: In West Bengal's power corridors, few names wielded as much influence while remaining outside public gaze as Sumit Roy. On Saturday, that anonymity evaporated while the man vanished.A pre-dawn police operation at Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee's ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    Mamata replaces rebel MPs Saayoni, Sudip in fresh TMC reshuffle

    Kolkata: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday replaced two more rebel MPs from key party posts — barely a week after a sweeping organisational overhaul — as she moved to consolidate control amid the continuing erosion of the party's ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘Keep files moving’: Suvendu holds governance class for ministers

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari and most of his newly appointed ministers attended a training programme titled "Mantrider Pathshala" on intricacies of running the Bengal govt administration at NSATI in Salt Lake on Saturday. Addressing the ministers, the CM said ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek’s Signgate CID date today, may face Kunal, Madan

    Kolkata: Bengal CID's special investigation team (SIT) is set to make Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and fellow party MLAs Kunal Ghosh (Beleghata) and Madan Mitra (Kamarhati) sit face-to-face during their interrogation in the Signgate case at Bhabani ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    Hemen masterpiece ‘Saqi’ heads to auction

    Kolkata: Hemen Mazumdar's masterpiece "Saqi" is a major highlight of the upcoming Collectors Choice event hosted by AstaGuru. This exceptional oil on board work, which represents a shift from the artist's celebrated portfolio of wet sari series, carries an ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    In late flip, Sudip joins TMC rebel camp, meets Shah in Del

    Kolkata: Trinamool's rebel MP camp swelled to 20 on Saturday after veteran Lok Sabha MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay took a morning flight to Delhi and first met Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav at his residence and then Union home minister ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    Cops enter Abhishek house after breaking open locks

    Kolkata/Midnapore: Kalighat and Salboni cops on Saturday broke open locks to enter Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee's Kalighat Road home in search of his personal assistant, Sumit Roy, an accused in a West Midnapore land-deal related corruption case.Trinamool chief and ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu: Report hooliganismon WhatsApp

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari has urged citizens to report incidents of hooliganism or intimidation through WhatsApp at helpline number 8282082820 so that prompt action can be taken against criminals. Adhikari said attacks on police will not be tolerated, ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    Lightning strike kills 2 in West Burdwan

    Kanksa: Two persons were killed in a lightning strike at Gopalpur Uttarpara in Kanksa, West Burdwan on Saturday afternoon around 2 pm, reports Mohammad Asif.According to police, the two were sitting near a field when lightning struck them. They ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    Funds scam probe: Ashoknagar civic chief held for ‘burning docus’

    Kolkata: Chairman of Ashoknagar-Kalyangarh Municipality in North 24 Parganas, Prabodh Sarkar, was arrested on Saturday on charges of allegedly burning several municipal records and crucial documents that had been stockpiled at his residence. Investigators suspect they were destroyed to ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    Bidhannagar Police Issues Third Notice to Arup Biswas in Messi Tour Case

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar commissionerate has issued a third notice to Trinamool functionary and former minister Aroop Biswas in connection with the controversy surrounding the Lionel Messi “GOAT India Tour” event held at Salt Lake Stadium on Dec 13 last ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    After CM’s prod, KMC & KP conduct drive to remove hawkers around New Market

    Kolkata: A day after CM Suvendu Adhikari made it abundantly clear that “nobody has the right to encroach upon footpaths and roads,” referring to the area around New Market among the most encroached neighbourhoods in the city, police and ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    ED raids Madan Mitra’s homes in civic recruitment scam

    Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate on Saturday conducted searches across eight premises linked to former minister and Trinamool neta Madan Mitra, including his residence at Bhowanipore and home and office in Kamarhati and Dakshineswar. The searches, ED sources said, are linked ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    Mala exit leaves TMC shaky in its south Kol base

    Kolkata: One of Mamata Banerjee’s oldest confidantes and south Kolkata MP, Mala Roy, severed her ties with Trinamool Congress after resigning as the president of the Trinamool Mahila Congress on June 8, citing “personal reasons”.Following this, the Trinamool appointed ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    'Rape, murder, extortion': Bengal municipal chairman's son Avijit Chatterjee arrested; eggs and shoes hurled outside court

    KOLKATA: Avijit Chatterjee, the son of Naihati Municipal Chairman Ashok Chatterjee, was arrested on Saturday on multiple charges, including attempted murder, rape, extortion, criminal intimidation, illegal possession of arms, and offences under the Arms Act and the Explosives Act.Earlier, ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Stakeholders’ seminar focuses on hyena conservation in W Burdwan

    Kolkata: To commemorate World Environment Day 2026, the Durgapur Forest Division, in collaboration with the Wildlife Information and Nature Guide Society (WINGS), recently organized a stakeholder seminar on “Biodiversity Conservation and Wildlife Management in Industrial Landscapes of Paschim Bardhaman”.The ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Back-to-back twin CID summons for Abhishek

    Kolkata: CID on Friday issued back-to-back summons to Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, the first in the Signgate investigation for which he was asked to appear before the agency on June 14, and the second over comments he ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal’s Buxa to get 2 resident tigers, may be brought from Bihar or Assam

    Kolkata: If all goes well, north Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve will get two tigers this Global Tiger Day — July 29.The big cats, in all likelihood two females, may be brought either from Assam's Manas Tiger Reserve or Bihar's ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Centre and state to split costs equally to resolve long-standing river erosion: CM

    Malda/Behrampore: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Friday pledged to address the longstanding problem of erosion along the Ganges, Fulohar and Bhagirathi rivers.Speaking at an administrative review meeting in Malda involving the districts of Malda, Murshidabad, North Dinajpur and South Dinajpur, ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Lionel Messi event row: Bidhannagar police issue third notice to TMC leader Arup Biswas

    KOLKATA: The Bidhannagar commissionerate has issued a third notice to TMC leader and former minister Arup Biswas in connection with the controversy surrounding the Lionel Messi “GOAT India Tour” event held at Salt Lake Stadium on December 13 last ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal signature 'forgery' case: TMC leader Kunal Ghosh, Abhishek Banerjee asked to appear before CID on June 14

    KOLKATA: The CID issued a fresh summons to Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh on Friday in the ongoing signature 'forgery' case, directing him to appear before investigators in the second half of June 14. Ghosh had earlier been questioned by ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Trouble mounts for TMC: Fresh hate speech complaint against Abhishek Banerjee; CID, ED summons him in 3 cases

    KOLKATA: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee has been summoned by the CID and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in three separate cases between Sunday and Tuesday, officials said on Saturday. According to officials, Banerjee has been asked to appear before the ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Report to EC: Some EVMs couldhave been damaged in Alipore fire

    Kolkata: A preliminary report submitted to EC, suggesting that some EVMs could have been damaged in the fire at the New Administrative Building in Alipore, prompted the state to form a four-member SIT team on Friday. Several floors of ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Housewife’s contribution invaluable: HC hikes accident payout

    Kolkata: A housewife’s contribution to the house was invaluable, the Calcutta High Court said on June 9 as it increased the compensation payable to the minor daughter of a woman, who was killed in a road accident, from Rs ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘Breach of peace provocation’: FIR against Didi over March 9 speech

    Kolkata: Police have registered an FIR against ex-CM and Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee over comments she made during a speech at Y Channel on March 9 on the basis of a complaint alleging the speech intended to "provoke breach ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Municipality recruitment scam: ED raids 7 premises linked to TMC MLA Madan Mitra

    KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday conducted raids at seven premises linked to TMC MLA and former minister Madan Mitra in connection with the municipal recruitment scam. According to officials, the investigation so far has revealed that Mitra ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Overnight search at Abhishek Banerjee's residence sparks political storm in Bengal

    KOLKATA: A joint team of Kolkata Police and Paschim Medinipur Police, accompanied by central security forces, conducted an overnight search operation at the Kalighat residence of Trinamool Congress national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee, triggering a major political ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    51 ITIs set to be upgraded under PM-SETU scheme

    Kolkata: State higher education minister Jagannath Chattopadhyay on Friday inaugurated the PM-SETU scheme, which aims to upgrade 51 ITIs to provide skill development training and make students industry-ready.The Pradhan Mantri Skilling and Employability Transformation through upgraded ITIs (PM-SETU) scheme ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Centre and state to split costs equally to resolve long-standing river erosion: CM

    Malda/Behrampore: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Friday pledged to address the longstanding problem of erosion along the Ganges, Fulohar and Bhagirathi rivers.Speaking at an administrative review meeting in Malda involving the districts of Malda, Murshidabad, North Dinajpur and South Dinajpur, ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal govt withdraws NIA probe challenge in Beldanga case

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt on Friday withdrew its petition challenging the NIA probe into the Beldanga case, which was pending before a division bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul.The Trinamool govt had filed the petition over the alleged rioting ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    CPM’s Tanmay at BJP office

    Kolkata: Former CPM MLA Tanmay Bhattacharya went to the BJP state headquarters at Salt Lake to meet Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Friday. With Samik absent, the former MLA had a meeting with Bengal BJP spokesperson Debjit Sarkar. ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    CM: Centre to address B’desh claims on ‘pushbacks’

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari said the Centre would address protests in Bangladesh over the "pushback" of alleged illegal immigrants after reports emerged that Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami MP Golam Sarwar Bhuyian had sought a discussion on the matter.Speaking to reporters at ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Min performs puja, ‘purifies’ office once occupied by Partha

    Kolkata: Bishal Lama, a minister of state in Bengal's BJP govt, performed a puja and an arati in his office in Nabanna, ostensibly to "purify" it, upon learning that Partha Chatterjee used the room before his arrest by ED ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Partha aide gets bail in school jobs scam case

    Kolkata: Calcutta HC granted bail to Prasanna Kumar Roy, an aide of former Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee on Friday. Roy, an accused in the alleged school recruitment scam case, was arrested by Enforcement Directorate in July 2022.A bench ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘Rs 635 cr paid to 1 event mgmt co’: Suvendu orders probe into BGBS

    Kolkata: State govt will investigate alleged corruption in the arrangement of the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS), CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday."The earlier govt had arranged BGBS. One event management company was paid a total of Rs 635 ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal has got ‘double-engine’ taste, more on menu: Suvendu

    Kolkata: Bengal has started getting taste of "double-engine sarkar" but his govt will need some more time — till next March — to fulfil all promises, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday."You are already getting the taste of ‘double-engine' ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    TCS opens India’s first Oracle AI data lab in Kolkata

    Kolkata: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has expanded its partnership with Oracle by opening India's first Oracle AI Data Platform Lab and Centre of Excellence here. The facility, located at Delta Park Lords in Salt Lake's Sector V, will help ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Lava eyes 10% share in sub-Rs 30k smartphone mkt

    Kolkata: Cellphone brand Lava is eyeing a 10% market share in the sub-Rs 30,000 smartphone market. The company, which has a 2% market share, is growing at a CAGR of 40%-50% while the industry growth is flat.Speaking at an ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Repeat trouble and you will find me the ‘worst CM’: Suvendu

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday warned "troublemakers" against trying to create disturbances similar to those witnessed in Park Circus or Asansol, adding that if such incidents are repeated, they will find him to be the "worst CM"."We ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    New envoy Dinesh Trivedi walks across border into B’desh to assume charge

    Kolkata: Dinesh Trivedi, India's high commissioner-designate to Bangladesh, crossed the Petrapole-Benapole border on foot on Friday noon on his way to Dhaka to begin his diplomatic assignment. He is expected to present his credentials to the Bangladesh govt next ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Bangladesh appoints acting dy high commissioner

    Ayesha Akter, formerly counsellor (political) took charge as the acting deputy high commissioner of the Bangladesh deputy high commission in Kolkata. She will continue to remain in charge till the new deputy high commissioner is appointed.

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    N Kol Shop Owner Files FIR After Extortion, Abuse Bid

    KOLKATA: A 48-year-old female shop owner in north Kolkata’s busy commercial district was allegedly stalked, verbally abused, and faced an extortion attempt by a fraudster, who used the name of a female municipal councillor for intimidating the victim.The incident ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Bansdroni couple assaulted, wife molested after entry to ground denied with pets

    KOLKATA: A late evening stroll turned into a nightmare for a south Kolkata pet loving couple, , who were allegedly assaulted, and the woman was molested, by some locals after they attempted to enter a neighborhood playground with their ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Bansdroni couple assaulted, wife molested after entry to ground denied with pets

    KOLKATA: A late evening stroll turned into a nightmare for a south Kolkata pet loving couple, , who were allegedly assaulted, and the woman was molested, by some locals after they attempted to enter a neighborhood playground with their ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    KMC to inspect Abhishek properties

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation buildings dept will send a team from borough IX to several Abhishek Banerjee properties in the Kalighat area for physical inspection. This inspection is needed, as per the KMC buildings rule, to determine on ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Kamarhati municipality chairman, councillor resign

    Kolkata: Mass resignations by councillors in civic bodies across the northern suburbs and Barrackpore industrial belt, including North Dum Dum, Titagarh, North Barrackpore, New Barrackpore, Bhatpara, Kanchrapara, Halisahar and Garulia, continued on Friday, with councillors of Kamarhati Municipality, including ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Jhargram reports 7th fatal elephant attack in 2 months

    Jhargram: Another fatal elephant attack was reported in Jhargram on Friday morning, taking the number of deaths in such incidents in the district over the past two months to seven.The latest incident occurred at Ramchandrapur village under Nayagram police ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Vidyasagar Setu to stay closed for 8 hrs on June 14

    Kolkata: Vidyasagar Setu will remain closed to all vehicular traffic for eight hours on Sunday, June 14, to facilitate repair and rehabilitation work.According to an official notification, the closure will be in effect from 6 am to 2 pm. ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Darjeeling Municipality serves eviction notices to hawkers in no-vending zones

    Darjeeling: Darjeeling Municipality intensified its crackdown on encroachments in designated no-vending zones, serving eviction notices on hawkers operating along Nehru Road and adjoining stretches leading to Chowrasta (Mall Road) and Toong Soong. The move comes as part of the ...

    13 June 2026 Times of India
    Gold jewellery worth Rs 4.5 cr shipped to Oman

    Kolkata: With the India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) coming into force from June 1, eastern India's first consignment of gold jewellery, valued at around Rs 4.5 crore, was shipped from Kolkata to Muscat on Thursday. The CEPA agreement ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    From George Best to Lev Yashin, Kolkata collector’s banknotes celebrate past football legends

    KOLKATA: As the FIFA World Cup, the biggest spectacle on earth, got underway in Mexico, football has found an unusual place of celebration in the collection of Debkumar Pal, a member of the Numismatic Society of Calcutta and the ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    'I do not know': Abhishek Banerjee's replies to questions, lost temper during CID grilling; here's what happened

    KOLKATAL: TMC national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee repeatedly replied, "I do not know," during his marathon questioning by the West Bengal CID in the alleged signature forgery case on Thursday.Investigators were reportedly dissatisfied with his responses and ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Over 1 lakh take CAP admission in three days, most opt for humanities

    Kolkata: After three days of undergraduate admissions via the Centralised Admission Portal (CAP), over 1 lakh applicants have secured admission in various subjects. Multidisciplinary courses have drawn the most number of applicants, followed by Bengali, English, history and political ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Private hospitals must reserve 10% beds for free care of referral patients

    Kolkata: Private hospitals in Bengal must set aside 10% of their beds for free treatment, investigations and medicines for patients to be referred from govt hospitals, in case they did not have adequate berths in those state facilities, said ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    'Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar took Rs 5 lakh on camera': Kirti Azad launches explosive attack on rebel TMC MPs amid split crisis

    KOLKATA: TMC MP Kirti Azad on Friday accused rebel party leaders of corruption, alleging that Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar was “caught on camera accepting Rs 5 lakh” and questioning her credibility in criticising TMC chief Mamata Banerjee.Azad further claimed that ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata gets a taste of fusion & cross-cultural sounds

    John Paul, known for his live guitar performances with Arijit Singh, Amit Trivedi and Raghu Dixit to name a few, treated Kolkata to an electrifying performance at a city pub on Sunday. The musician performed tracks from Kalpana, his ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Former Bengal CM’s books to go from libraries

    Dwaipayan.GhoshKolkata: In a major policy shift following the change of guard in Bengal, the newly appointed minister for mass education Extension and library services, Gouri Shankar Ghosh, on Thursday announced that the state’s public libraries are set for a ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    May make part of Boi Para vehicle-free: Agnimitra Paul

    Kolkata: A portion of College Street was being planned to make vehicle-free with only cycles allowed on the Boi Para stretch, said urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul on Thursday.“We are looking into the possibility of making ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Minister proposes ring road to improve traffic speed, make commute easier

    Kolkata: State urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul on Thursday proposed the development of a ring road around Kolkata that will allow commuters to bypass the congested city if they need to travel between Howrah or beyond ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal school ‘sick room’ throws up Rs 1.8 crore in cash; ex-TMC civic chief named in FIR

    KOLKATA: Police recovered around Rs 1.8 crore in cash from the vault of an English-medium school in Kanchrapara, North 24 Parganas, following a raid since Wednesday night and arrested two persons, including the school accountant, in connection with the ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal signature 'forgery' case: TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee asked to appear before CID again on June 14

    KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee has been summoned again by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with the alleged signature forgery case. Officials said Banerjee has been asked to appear before ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    'Kirti Azad is not someone who gets frightened': TMC MP slams security cover removal, alleges BJP-backed intimidation

    KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kirti Azad on Friday reacted strongly to the removal of his security cover, asserting that he would not be intimidated and alleging that BJP-backed elements were targeting opposition leaders and their supporters.Speaking to PTI, ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Fans change work-life schedule to catch World Cup action 13.5 time zones away

    Kolkata: Football fans across Kolkata are getting ready to fight sleep deprivation, haywire daily routines and juggle office work even as they stay up late and wake up early to catch Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and Mbappe in action. It ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘Kolkata Eye’, 60-ft Durga idol to come up on Howrah ghat

    Howrah: Acting on instructions from chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, a ‘Kolkata Eye’ and a 60ft ashtadhatu Durga idol will be built along the Hooghly at Ramkrishnapur Ghat in Howrah. Lightning protection will be installed and seats will be set ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Govt offices to get smart prepaid electric meters

    Kolkata: The state govt has issued fresh guidelines to facilitate the transition of all state govt offices to prepaid smart electricity meters, allowing departments, autonomous bodies and govt-controlled entities to clear outstanding power dues either in a lump sum ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    War hit: Bread price rises by 4-5, bakers blame hike in milk and packaging costs

    Kolkata: Kolkata households will have to spend more money for their morning bread. The price of 400 gm white sliced loaf is set to rise by Rs 4, from Rs 36 to Rs 40, by either June 15 or ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Holoflex to invest Rs 100 crore in reflective film venture

    Kolkata: Holoflex Ltd, a city-based manufacturer of holograms and allied products for brand protection and security, is planning to diversify its production to manufacture reflective films used in vehicle registration plates and highway signages. The company, which has manufacturing ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Nippon Paint eyes plant in Bengal, aims to double market share in East

    Kolkata: Nippon Paint, the only multinational paint company in the country, may look for a manufacturing facility in Bengal in the near future, according to Nippon Paint India managing director Sharad Malhotra. The company is eyeing a double-digit market ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    At NITI meet, CM underlines Bengal’s economic ‘infirmities’

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari attended the NITI Aayog's governing council meeting on Thursday — first time in two years that a Bengal representative has been at such a meeting — and highlighted the "infirmities" of Bengal and touched upon ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    HC upholds life terms of 2 in ’10 pol murder case

    Kolkata: The character of a witness is never a principal issue in a criminal trial — it is the accused who is on trial, not the witness, the Calcutta HC on Thursday held while upholding the life sentence of ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Will produce BGBS white paper: Tapas

    Kolkata: Newly appointed commerce and industry minister Tapas Roy has said he has instructed officials to prepare a white paper on the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS), detailing how many editions of the summit have been held, the expenditure ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    N Bengal a priority in budget: Swapan

    Siliguri: Bengal finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said on Thursday that north Bengal was a priority for the state govt, and his department had been reaching out to people from different sectors to understand their expectations before presenting the budget ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Baraik becomes third MP to resign from Trinamool & RS

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress descended into deeper crisis on Thursday after its Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Chik Baraik resigned from the party and Upper House, making him the third to do so since Monday.With its Lok Sabha MPs Saayoni Ghosh ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta HC to hear TMC challenge on expelled MLA being appointed LoP

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday asked the Bengal assembly speaker if an expelled MLA can be appointed leader of the opposition.The HC — hearing a Trinamool Congress challenge to speaker Rathindra Bose's order appointing Ritabrata Banerjee as LoP ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal assembly adopts paperless e-Vidhan system

    Kolkata: Bengal assembly is set to undergo a major digital transformation, with a newly signed tripartite MoU paving the way for the House to function as a fully paperless ‘e-assembly'.The initiative will bring all legislative business, including bills, notices ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Police Detain Two After BJP-TMC Clash in Bansdroni over trying to extortion

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police has detained two individuals following a violent clash between BJP and Trinamool workers at Brahmapur in the Bansdroni area.While the BJP alleged that two of its members were severely assaulted for trying to stop an extortion ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Police ‘reconstruct crime’, ‘Pushpa’ walks in shorts

    Falta: Trinamool functionary and Falta candidate Jahangir Khan, who was nicknamed ‘Pushpa’ during the assembly election, was paraded through the Falta and Saharahat areas of South 24 Parganas in Bermudas and a T-shirt by the Diamond Harbour Police on ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal STF recovers arms cache in Sandeshkhali raid

    Kolkata: In a fresh crackdown on illegal arms and ammunition stockpiles in Sandeshkhali, a team of West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) on Thursday recovered a massive cache of weapons and ammunition from the Nazat area, once considered a ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Relief Materials Seized From Ex-TMC MLA’s Office in Rajarhat-Gopalpur

    A political controversy erupted in Rajarhat-Gopalpur on Thursday after govt relief materials were allegedly recovered from the office of former Trinamool MLA Aditi Munshi. Following a tip-off, BJP MLA Tarunjyoti Tewari visited the premises near Baguiati bus stand on ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Miscreants pelt eggs, bricks at former KMC councillor over signing of form

    Kolkata: Tension gripped north Kolkata’s Jorabagan area after a mob allegedly assaulted a former Trinamool Congress councillor and her family member, pelting them with eggs and bricks and reportedly vandalising her property.According to the police complaint, the incident took ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Fresh extortion FIR against Sushanta, 4 of his aides

    Kolkata: The Anandapur police cops lodged yet another FIR against Trinamool (TMC) Kasba ex-councillor Sushanta Ghosh and four of his aides for allegedly defrauding a resident of Rs 7.7 lakh by selling a footpath stall using forged KMC documents.The ...

    12 June 2026 Times of India
    Dhiraj Kumar Trivedi Appointed ASG For Cal HC

    Kolkata: Senior advocate Dhiraj Kumar Trivedi was appointed as additional solicitor general (ASG) for high court on Tuesday. His appointment would be effective for three years from June 9. Trivedi was previously the deputy solicitor general in Calcutta high ...

    11 June 2026 Times of India
    Is Aroop Biswas Lionel Messi’s childhood friend, Calcutta high court asks ex-minister’s lawyer

    KOLKATA: Calling the Messi fiasco at the Salt Lake stadium a “blot” on the city’s image, the Calcutta high court on Wednesday slammed former state sports minister Aroop Biswas’s “close proximity” to football great Lionel Messi. Though Justice Saugata ...

    11 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata notaphilist maps 2026 FIFA World Cup through currency

    KOLKATA: At a time when the FIFA World Cup is expanding its footballing map, Kolkata-based notaphilist Anindya Kar has built a paper trail of the tournament through currency.Kar’s collection brings together bank notes representing all 48 participating countries of ...

    11 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘Not a dustbin’: TMC veteran Kalyan Banerjee says he won’t fight legal battles of Mamata’s nephew anymore

    KOLKATA: Senior Trinamool Congress leader and MP Kalyan Banerjee on Thursday escalated his public criticism of party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, accusing him of “arrogance” and a “fluctuating mindset”.According to news agency PTI, the senior advocate said he ...

    11 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘Pushpa of Falta’, TMC leader Jahangir Khan paraded in shorts after arrest

    KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress leader Jahangir Khan, also known as ‘Pushpa’, was paraded through the Falta area by police on Thursday after his arrest in connection with extortion and other charges.In the video, Khan is seen walking through Falta under ...

    11 June 2026 Times of India
    We have hills to sea, let us put Bengal on global map: New tourism minister

    Siliguri: Bengal’s unique feature of the Himalayas on one side and the coastline on the other gave the state enormous tourism potential, said the new tourism minister, Sankar Ghosh, who is also the Siliguri MLA, on Wednesday. He urged ...

    11 June 2026 Times of India
    TMC turmoil worsens: Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Chik Baraik quits as Mamata Banerjee faces full-blown revolt

    KOLKATA: In another setback for Mamata Banerjee-led TMC, Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Chik Baraik resigned from the Upper House on Thursday, becoming the third TMC member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha to quit amid signs of growing unrest ...

    11 June 2026 Times of India
    Another KMC senior in cop net

    Kolkata: Swapan Samaddar, the KMC ward 56 municipal councilor and MMiC (environment and bustee) ,was arrested on Wednesday on charges of carrying out post-poll violence in 2022.On Wednesday morning, Narkeldanga cops detained him from his home in the Phoolbagan ...

    11 June 2026 Times of India
    No nepotism, syndicate in Maidan clubs: Indranil

    Kolkata: Rooting out corrupt practices from the state sports arena and bringing glory to Bengal were his main tasks now, said Indranil Khan, after becoming the minister of state (independent charge) for sports and youth affairs and consumer affairs ...

    11 June 2026 Times of India
    Education, health, finance & industry focus of BJP’s 1st Bengal cabinet, CM Suvendu Adhikari keeps home

    KOLKATA: Bengal’s first BJP govt announced the distribution of cabinet portfolios on Wednesday, putting qualified ministers and veteran politicians in charge of critical departments like health, education, finance and commerce and industry.CM Suvendu Adhikari kept the key home portfolio ...

    11 June 2026 Times of India
    Merger, alliance or just help? Buzz after back-to-back Congress-TMC huddles in Delhi

    KOLKATA: Congress and Trinamool Congress on Wednesday denied there was any proposal or discussion about the Mamata Banerjee-headed party merging with Congress even as TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee met Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi for ...

    11 June 2026 Times of India
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