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  • Bengal invites bids for two new thermal power units worth ₹22,000cr

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt has invited applications from developers to establish two major supercritical thermal power projects under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) route. The proposed expansion includes a 2x800 MW plant at the Santaldih Thermal Power Station (STPS) ...

    16 June 2026 Times of India
    Rebel husband’s ‘loyalist’ wife says she will stay by Didi’s side

    Kolkata: North Kolkata MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay may have joined Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), but his wife Nayna Bandyopadhyay, a five-time MLA, maintained on Monday that she will stick with Mamata Banerjee "till her last breath".Speaking to TOI, ...

    16 June 2026 Times of India
    TMC mulls legal moves to get rebel MPs disqualified

    Kolkata: Trinamool is seeking legal opinion before moving court seeking disqualification of rebel MPs.The party's deliberations come on the heels of senior advocate and Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal on Sunday calling for the disqualification of rebel MLAs and ...

    16 June 2026 Times of India
    Eye on jobs & growth, we plan to bring new industrial policy in budget: CM

    Nandigram: CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Monday that state govt was planning to bring a new industrial policy featuring a plan for seamless land acquisition, a single-window clearance mechanism and incentives for investors in its budget on June 22. ...

    16 June 2026 Times of India
    USEL chief Prasoon meets CM, keen to invest in logistics park

    Kolkata: Chairman of Singapore-based Universal Success Enterprises, Prasoon Mukherjee, met CM Suvendu Adhikari on Monday and expressed interest in investing in a logistics park. Mukherjee, also the chairman of the Singapore Business Federation (India Business Council), discussed other possible ...

    16 June 2026 Times of India
    Kunal hit with egg outside Didi home, TMC blames BJP

    Kolkata: Trinamool's Beleghata MLA Kunal Ghosh was struck by an egg while speaking to the media outside party chief Mamata Banerjee's Kalighat residence on Monday. Trinamool seniors at the spot immediately dialled cops and alleged BJP involvement.Ghosh had come ...

    16 June 2026 Times of India
    Kakoli wants Kalyan expelled from LS

    Kolkata: NCPI MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar wrote to Speaker Om Birla on Monday seeking Mamata Banerjee loyalist Kalyan Banerjee's expulsion from Lok Sabha for alleged "verbal abuse, misogynistic comments and misconduct." Kalyan called the allegations "false, fabricated and made ...

    16 June 2026 Times of India
    Residents Storm TMC Ward Office, Allege Cash, Extortion Chart

    Kolkata: High drama unfolded in the city’s Mukundapur area on Monday morning after a mob allegedly stormed and ransacked the ward 109 office of Trinamool councillor Anannya Bandyopadhyay.The “’public outrage” reportedly erupted while Bandyopadhyay was ironically attending a civic ...

    16 June 2026 Times of India
    Egg hurled at TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh outside Mamata Banerjee's residence

    KOLKATA: TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh was targeted when a youth allegedly hurled an egg at him outside party supremo Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence in south Kolkata on Monday evening, shortly after he came out of the house.The incident took ...

    16 June 2026 Times of India
    Diamond Harbour police reopen Nadda convoy attack case after 6 yrs

    Falta: In a decision that will put arrested Trinamool neta Jahangir Khan aka Pushpa in further legal trouble, the Diamond Harbour District Police has re-opened a six-year-old high-profile political assault case on senior national BJP netas for re-investigation.The move ...

    16 June 2026 Times of India
    No tourism in Sundarbans from June 17-22

    Kolkata: Tourism activities will remain suspended in the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve area from June 17 (Wednesday) to June 22 (Monday), said a notice issued by the office of the chief conservator of forests and the field director, Sundarbans Tiger ...

    16 June 2026 Times of India
    Bidhannagar Police prepare report for HC on Messi fiasco

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police is preparing a report to submit before the Calcutta High Court on the alleged disorder that broke out at Salt Lake stadium during Lionel Messi’s visit to Kolkata last Dec, while they still await for former ...

    16 June 2026 Times of India
    Barrackpore civic chief, councillors step down

    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 Monday, with all 24 councillors of Barrackpore Municipality, including ...

    16 June 2026 Times of India
    Cash-for-jobs probe: ED quizzes Abhishek for 11 hrs

    Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday interrogated Trinamool neta Abhishek Banerjee in connection with the cash-for-jobs case the agency is already probing. Banerjee came out of the CGO Complex office after 11 hours of interrogation.Banerjee, who was earlier questioned ...

    16 June 2026 Times of India
    File affidavit on Sujit Bose arrest: HC to ED

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the ED to file an affidavit in connection with former minister Sujit Bose’s arrest in the alleged municipality recruitment scam by June 29. The matter will be heard on July 1.Additional Solicitor ...

    16 June 2026 Times of India
    Arrest warrant against Abhishek aide

    Midnapore: A Midnapore court on Monday issued an arrest warrant against Abhishek Banerjee’s personal assistant, Sumit Roy, in an extortion case related to a Salboni land deal. Roy has moved the Calcutta High Court with an anticipatory bail plea ...

    16 June 2026 Times of India
    Several injured in clash over gym ‘feedback’

    Kolkata: A clash over alleged “negative feedback” given to potential clients about gym facilities escalated into violence in Behala Parnasree, leading to a case and a counter-case being registered by the police.The incident, which took place on the evening ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls to be held in December, says CM Suvendu Adhikari

    KOLKATA: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced that elections to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) would be held by December this year. He signalled the BJP government’s intent to restore an elected civic board just days after dissolving ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    Salt Lake in Kolkata sees cleaner streets after BMC board dissolution; residents credit new civic push

    KOLKATA: A week after the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) board of councillors was dissolved and an administrator took charge of the civic body, streets across Salt Lake have started to look cleaner. The civic authorities have been regularly collecting ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    CM to visit KMC HQ on Mon

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari is scheduled to visit the KMC headquarters on Monday, when the civic body will begin a five-day cleanliness drive. The drive is being undertaken ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s arrival on June 20, the ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    Academic loses Rs 7 lakh in 3-day digital arrest scam

    Kolkata: Another case of digital arrest scam - worth more than Rs 7 lakh - has been reported from Phoolbagan area in eastern suburban Kolkata. The victim is a senior resident residing at Raipur in Chhattisgarh and had come ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee appears before ED in Kolkata for questioning in school jobs scam

    KOLKATA: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee reached the Enforcement Directorate's CGO Complex office in Kolkata around 11 am on Monday in response to a summons issued in connection with the money laundering probe into the alleged school jobs scam, officials ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘Didi was pushed, attacked’: Rebel TMC MP’s explosive claim opens new front in Mamata Banerjee vs family war

    KOLKATA: The ongoing rift within the Trinamool Congress escalated further on Monday morning after rebel MP Arup Chakraborty made explosive claims about the circumstances surrounding party chief Mamata Banerjee’s leadership and the role of her family in the party’s ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    HelpAge India study flags rising climate risks for rural elderly

    KOLKATA: Marking World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, HelpAge India launched its first-of-its-kind landmark study, ‘Climate Resilient Ageing – Ensuring Care, Dignity & Agency’ on Monday. The report presents urgent evidence on how climate change is reshaping ageing in rural ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    Howrah Jewellery Shop Owner Robbed, Survives Shooting in Sankrail

    Howrah: A gold jewellery shop owner was robbed of his bag containing gold and silver ornaments worth several lakh rupees on Saturday night at Ranihati Puratan bazaar in Howrah. A youth and a jewellery trader have been detained for ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    3 held: First hawker arrests after CM tough talk

    Kolkata: The New Market cops carried out its first set of hawker arrests from the Betram Street-Lindsay Street crossing on Friday, barely hours after chief minister Suvendu Adhikari made it clear that “nobody has the right to encroach upon ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    BJP mins, MLAS allay Durga Puja fears: Make it grand but apolitical

    Kolkata: Ministers and MLAs who attended a marquee blood donation event organized by the Forum for Durgotsab, an umbrella body representing more than 500 Durga Pujas in Kolkata and elsewhere, sought to allay concerns over how the festival would ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    CU allays quality-dip worry over 30% fourth-year entry marks

    s Calcutta University (CU) has raised concerns over academic quality following its decision to allow students to progress into the fourth year of their degree programme after securing a minimum of just 30% marks in all papers across the ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    Govt kicks off Jan Kalyan Shivir across Bengal today

    Kolkata: The BJP govt's flagship outreach programme, Jan Kalyan Shivir, will be launched in Bengal from Monday, with camps offering a range of citizen-centric services, including assistance for Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) applications, Aadhaar enrolment, opening of bank accounts ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    Get NOC to collect soil: SOP route out of month-long Kumartuli clay crisis

    Kolkata: A meeting held on Saturday has resolved the ongoing clay supply crisis. Supplies are expected to resume by the middle of next week. It was decided that before extracting soil, the supplier must obtain an NOC from the ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    Man held for Rs 10L forex heist on Sudder Street

    Kolkata: The Park Street Police have arrested a man for allegedly robbing a forex enterprise employee of foreign and Indian currency worth over Rs 10 lakh after temporarily blinding him with a chemical spray on Sudder Street.The accused, Amanul ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘Will return Didi gifts,’ says Kakoli son, gets trolled

    Kolkata: TMC rebel camp MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar's son Baidyanath announced on X that he would return all gifts received from TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, including a gold necklace gifted to his wife on their wedding two years ago ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    NCPI: The 6-yr-old Tripura party registered in Hwh is now NDA’s 2nd biggest member

    Agartala: The only Bengal link of the Nationalist Citizens' Party of India (NCPI), oddly, is its Howrah address. Interestingly enough, the six-year-old Tripura-based party, registered in Howrah's Sankrail, is now tipped to be BJP's biggest coalition partner with 20 ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    CM’s infra push for coastal spots

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday announced an infrastructure and security overhaul and upgrade blueprint for the coastal areas of Digha, Mandarmani, Tajpur, Shankarpur and Udaypur.Adhikari said that the existing Rs 10 tourist subscription fee will be withdrawn from ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek’s second CID session goes on for 8.5 hrs

    Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was questioned by CID for over eight-and-a-half hours at Bhawani Bhawan on Sunday, his second session with the agency in connection with the Signgate investigation. Part of the questioning involved Banerjee being ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    20 Trinamool Congress rebels seek to take Lok Sabha control via Tripura route

    New Delhi/Kolkata: Twenty rebel Trinamool MPs informed Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday that they will merge with a relatively unknown party from Tripura— Nationalist Citizens' Party of India (NCPI) — and urged him to allot them a ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘It’s their choice,’ BJP says onTMC rebels’ NCPI merger plan

    Kolkata: With Trinamool's rebel MPs announcing that their bloc would merge with the Tripura-based Nationalist Citizens' Party of India (NCPI), BJP on Sunday said the decision would put all speculation to rest.While unease was brewing in BJP over the ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    Durgapur Residents Protest Alleged Land Patta Bribery, Demand Answers

    An unusual protest was staged at Mahananda Colony under ward 41 of Durgapur Municipal Corporation over alleged corruption in land ownership certificate (patta) distribution. On Saturday, instead of throwing eggs at Sukumar Chakraborty, aide of ex-TMC councillor Shipul Saha, ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    Battle of real ‘TMC’ begins as rebel MPs merge with Nationalist Citizens Party

    NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: The internal crisis in the Trinamool Congress appeared to intensify on Sunday after a group of dissident MPs claimed they had broken away from the party and announced their merger with the Nationalist Citizens Party.The rebel MPs ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    Messi case: Ex-min Aroop’s day of reckoning today

    Kolkata: Even as the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate has issued a third summons to former state minister and Trinamool Congress functionary Aroop Biswas and the Monday deadline approaches, there is still no clarity on the plan of action by the ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    Tribeni couple celebrates daughter’s menarche, challenges taboo

    Kolkata: A couple from Tribeni celebrated their daughter’s first menstruation day , challenging societal taboo and stigma. Thirty two years old Moumita Das posted the pictures of 12-year-old Ahona and the celebration on a social networking site. Her post ...

    15 June 2026 Times of India
    City remains warm despite monsoon onset

    Kolkata: The city remained warm and humid a day after monsoon onset even as the Met office predicted scanty rain in and around Kolkata during the next one week. While maximum temperature reached 35.3°C in Kolkata on Saturday, the ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    4 drown in river, pond in Kol, Nadia

    Kolkata/Kalyani: Two boys drowned in a pond in Khardah while taking a bath on Saturday. Meanwhile, in Nadia's Santipur, two youths were swept away while bathing in the Bhagirathi on Saturday. tnn

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    Illegal turtle meat trade busted in Haldibari; one arrested in joint raid

    In a crackdown on illegal wildlife trade, a joint operation conducted by the Society for Protecting Ophiofauna & Animal Rights (SPOAR) in collaboration with officials of the West Bengal forest dept led to the busting of an illegal turtle ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    Trinamool netas return alleged housing scheme kickbacks in Falta

    Falta: A controversy erupted in Debipur under Falta block of South 24 Parganas over the return of alleged kickback money linked to a housing scheme.According to allegations, two close aides of the local Debipur Trinamool functionaries — Sumit Haldar ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    Beleghata real estate promoter assaulted and extorted at party office

    Kolkata: A 51-year-old real estate promoter was allegedly wrongfully confined, assaulted, and extorted inside a political party office in Beleghata over an old monetary dispute, police said on Sunday.The attackers allegedly also forced the victim to transfer a hefty ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    Mahua to lodge FIR againt egg-pelting, a first

    Kolkata: Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra on Sunday said she will lodge FIR against BJP workers planning to hurl eggs and tomatoes at her, saying political opposition cannot be allowed to degenerate into “physical intimidation” and warned that she was ...

    14 June 2026 Times of India
    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
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