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  • Ayushman Bharat patient enrolment software gets final touches

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    Ward boy tries removing IV line, clips baby’s finger at Malda hosp

    Malda: A 3-month-old’s finger was clipped at Chanchal Super Specialty Hospital while a ward boy, instead of a nurse, tried to remove the child’s IV line. A police complaint was filed against the ward boy and he was suspended.On ...

    1 July 2026 Times of India
    WBJEE counselling from today

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) in Kolkata is scheduled to begin counselling forBTech courses in engineering, technology and architecture across 95 govt and govt-aided colleges from Tuesday. The portal will remain live for the first ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Illegal pre-paid booth at airport shuts down after 9-mth stand-off

    An illegal car-rental kiosk masquerading as a “Prepaid Cab – City & Outstation” counter outside Kolkata airport has finally been shut down, nearly nine months after airport authorities ordered it to cease operations. The closure marks the end of ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    7-day notice for decades-old business hits hawkers hard

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s notice asking people to remove encroachments from under flyovers and bridges within seven days has led to fear and demands for rehabilitation among hawkers and shopkeepers who have lived and worked there for decades.The ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    NIA files charge sheet against 11 in JMB-linked terror conspiracy

    Kolkata: The NIA has filed a charge sheet against 11 people over an alleged terror conspiracy linked to Imam Mahmuder Kafila (IMK), described as an offshoot of the banned Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), aimed at expanding operations in Bengal ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta High Court Admits Atin Ghosh Anticipatory Bail Plea

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday admitted former TMC MLA Atin Ghosh’s anticipatory bail plea in an alleged land-grabbing case. It is likely to be heard this week. An FIR, based on the complaint of a Salt Lake hotelier, ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Hearing on TMC Fund Freeze

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday declined an urgent hearing sought by Trinamool over freezing of party funds in three bank accounts. The matter may be heard Thursday.Senior advocate Kishore Datta, for the Mamata Banerjee-led faction, requested urgency ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Rebel TMC MLAs 'cross-vote', abstain during passage of bills

    Kolkata: From "cross-voting" to abstaining, rebel Trinamool MLAs on Monday repeatedly floundered on the assembly floor during the passage of four bills - the first to be introduced by the BJP govt in Bengal.In the first half, after the ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Coal India plans to invest Rs 1,900 cr in R&D by FY 2030

    Kolkata: Coal India has intensified its research and development initiatives as India’s energy landscape shifts, planning to invest about Rs 1,900 crore by FY 2030.The push accelerated in FY 2024-25 with the launch of the National Centre for Coal ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Robotics enter classrooms, Kolkata schools upgrade labs for AI-driven courses

    Kolkata: The debut of a robot in a city school on Monday emphasised the growing trend of aggressively integrating AI and robotics into classroom teaching. Aiming to provide students with vital hands-on experience, several other schools in the city ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    At 42.8 cr, Kol Artist’s Work Sells At 15 Times More Than Estimate

    Kolkata: The Fisherman’ (1979), the work of Kolkata artist Ganesh Pyne, sold for Rs 42.8 crore, about 15 times more than its estimate, registering a massive 100% surge over its previous record made at London. It was auctioned on ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Massive blaze at Bengal's Haldia Petrochem pipeline leaves several injured; Haldia-Howrah train services disrupted

    HALDIA: A major fire broke out early Tuesday morning in a pipeline at Haldia Petrochemical Complex.Several workers present at the site suffered serious burn injuries and are currently undergoing treatment at Haldia Sub-Divisional Hospital.Since the location is near the ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Petition challenges move to link welfare benefits to SIR

    Kolkata: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Calcutta High Court, challenging the stoppage of ration and Annapurna Bhandar for persons excluded by Special Intensive Revision (SIR) conducted before the Assembly elections.The matter has been filed ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Arrests allay NRS fears but night security still a concern

    Kolkata: The arrest of four men accused of harassing junior doctors at NRS Medical College has brought a sense of security back to the campus, even though the accused, residents of neighbouring Convent Road, were released on bail.Women doctors ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    KMC assurance revives Kol PNG expansion plan

    Kolkata: Bengal Gas Co Ltd (BGCL) is set to submit a detailed plan to KMC, seeking permission to lay piped natural gas (PNG) pipelines across nine stretches in the city in the first phase, following an assurance from the ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Commercial crude oil extraction in Ashoknagar to start in July

    Kolkata: Ashoknagar in North 24 Parganas is poised to emerge as Bengal’s newest energy hub, with commercial crude oil production expected to begin in July at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) Baigachhi project in Ashoknagar.The Ashoknagar oilfield is ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Kol Bucks India Trend, Sees Growth In Real Estate Sales

    Kolkata: Kolkata emerged as one of the few resilient housing markets in April-June 2026, reporting annual sales growth at a time when most major cities saw demand weakening. Across the top seven cities, housing sales fell to about 90,715 ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Why night search by cops at Abhishek home, Cal HC asks state

    Kolkata: “Why was the search operation conducted in the dead of night?” Calcutta High Court on Monday quizzed the state on the search and seizure operation conducted by West Midnapore Police at Trinamool general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s residence on ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Man re-arrested, wife held for murder

    Kolkata: Police re-arrested a man, Mohammad Nehaluddin, and arrested his wife, Neha Parvin, on murder charge in Beniapukur on Monday, hours after the man returned home on bail to meet his two-month old child. Nehaluddin had been jailed previously ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Three students injured in pool car crash

    Kolkata: At least three students were injured – one of them seriously – after the pool car they were travelling in was hit by a private car near the J&N Island, next to the Red Road-Outram Road-Dufferin Road Crossing. ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Panel headed by retired SC judge to formulate Bengal UCC bill

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt will prepare its draft bill on a uniform civil code (UCC) based on the recommendations of a five-member committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari told the assembly ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal Assembly Passes Bills for Tougher Action on Organised Crime

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari promised a “goon-free Bengal” and vowed to make “rioters homeless” while introducing a bill on preventive detention and another on confiscation of properties of accused in the Assembly on Monday.He assured the House that ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Opposition to ISI draft bill takes centre stage on Mahalanobis anniv

    Kolkata: The issue of the ISI draft bill, that has generated much debate over the autonomy of the institution, weighed heavily at an event organised to mark the birth anniversary of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, founder of Indian Statistical Institute. ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Waterlogging, high tide inundate S Kol pockets

    Kolkata: Another thunderstorm lashed Kolkata on Monday afternoon, leaving several pockets in the southern part of the city under water. This was the fifth significant thunderstorm to strike the city in the past 11 days. The Met office has ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal’s 'anti-goonda bill' cleared: Who can be detained, what properties can be seized and why it matters

    KOLKATA: The West Bengal Assembly on Monday passed the West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill, 2026, paving the way for stricter action against organised anti-social activities, including provisions for preventive detention, property seizure and the ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Govt sends 3-page SOP form to builders for construction audit

    Kolkata: The state govt on Monday issued an SOP to all builders, asking them to fill out a three-page application form with details of project sanction, permit number and key personnel involved in the project.Major developers in Kolkata welcomed ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Fund freeze: HC asks TMC to send notices to bank, cops

    Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Monday directed TMC to give notice to bank and police authorities in connection with freezing of the political party’s funds. The case may be taken up for hearing on Tuesday.Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Calcutta High Court Refuses to Quash FIR Against CM Suvendu Adhikari, extends interim protection

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to quash an FIR against CM Suvendu Adhikari in connection with a 2024 Kolaghat case during his tenure as the leader of the opposition, but extended his interim protection until Sept ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Suvendu seeks Canadian investment for Kalyani airport project

    Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari sought Canadian investment for the proposed second airport near Kalyani, announced in the recent state budget, during a meeting with Canadian High Commissioner Chris Cooter at Nabanna on Monday.Cooter told TOI the meeting covered a ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    SIT seizes mobiles, docus at ex-OSD’s house, asks KMC officials to join probe

    Kolkata: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Taratala warehouse collapse has recovered two mobile phones and several documents during a raid at the Shibpur residence of Kalicharan Banerjee on Sunday. Banerjee served as the officer on special duty ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    BJP won’t interfere in govt, control cultural fronts: Samik

    Kolkata: BJP will work in coordination with the state govt but won’t interfere in administrative functions nor will it exercise external control over cultural fronts, said the party’s state unit president Samik Bhattacharya on Monday.Speaking at a meeting of ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    SIT asks 5 KMC officials to join probe

    Kolkata: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Taratala warehouse collapse has recovered two mobile phones and several documents during a raid at the Shibpur residence of Kalicharan Banerjee on Sunday. Banerjee served as the officer on special duty ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘Can’t march down Kol streets with tape in hand’: CM slams Trinamool over July 21 ‘recce’, cops file FIR against 3 netas

    Kolkata: Barely hours after CM Suvendu Adhikari chose the floor of the Assembly on Monday to warn Trinamool “Mamata Banerjee-loyalists” against “marching down Kolkata’s streets with a measuring tape in hand without permission,” Hare Street PS lodged an FIR ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘Enough is enough’: Suvendu slams Humayun over ‘reckless’ remarks

    Kolkata: “Enough is enough, it’s time to teach such people a lesson,” roared CM Suvendu Adhikari in the assembly on Monday referring to AJUP chief Humayun Kabir, adding that he would not allow the Nowda MLA to make “reckless ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Will remain loyal to Iskcon, Radharamn says in open letter

    Kolkata: A day after his “removal” from the posts of Iskcon Kolkata vice-president and spokesperson, Radharamn Das issued an open letter on Monday, saying he accepts the organisation’s authority and had no intention of fighting it, forming a separate ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal clears OBC quota bills for 66 communities, nixes TMC-era expansion

    Kolkata: The Bengal assembly on Monday passed two amendment bills aimed at overhauling the legal framework governing reservations for OBCs, specifying 66 communities (54 Hindu and 12 Muslim communities) outside the SC and ST categories will be eligible for ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Too late for my family, but new laws will keep others safe: Lynch victims’ kin

    Kolkata: The state assembly on Monday passed the WB Public Safety & Control of Antisocial Activities Bill 2026 and the WB Maintenance of Public Order (Amendment) Bill 2026, with the families of several victims of political violence watching from ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Constable arrested for molesting college student in West Midnapore

    Midnapore: A police constable was arrested on Sunday evening for allegedly assaulting and molesting a college student while she was returning home from a computer class in the Khirai area of West Midnapore district. The incident has triggered widespread ...

    30 June 2026 Times of India
    Union finance minister, CMs of dozen states to attend Kol’s 1st GST Council meet on July 16-17

    Kolkata: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and chief ministers of at least a dozen states are likely to attend the GST Council meeting in Kolkata, proposed to be held on July 16-17. CM Suvendu Adhikari, state finance minister Swapan ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Tripura court grants police custody for 8 Bangladeshi nationals

    Agartala: A local court sent eight Bangladeshi nationals, apprehended on Sunday evening for allegedly entering the state illegally and attempting to depart from Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, to police custody on Monday.The police reported that the operation was initiated ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Tripura issues 18 Letters of Intent at pineapple festival

    Agartala: Tripura govt issued 18 letters of intent worth about Rs 11 crore at the Buyer-Seller Meet during the three-day Tripura Queen Pineapple Global Festival 2026 in Delhi.Agriculture minister Ratan Lal Nath said the festival’s second day drew policymakers, ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata rower becomes first Indian to win Open Men's Double Sculls Gold at Grand Moscow Regatta

    National rower Sanglap Bose, who is based in Kolkata, became the first Indian to win the Open Men's Double Sculls event at the 65th Grand Moscow Regatta, held in Moscow from June 3 to 9, 2026. Competing at one ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    Former councillor Shams Iqbal arrested in Kolkata in Rs 70 lakh extortion case

    KOLKATA: Former councillor Shams Iqbal was arrested on Monday in connection with a Rs 70 lakh extortion case registered in 2023, police said, clarifying that the arrest is not related to the recent Taratala warehouse collapse that claimed 16 ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
    SIT raids ex-mayor OSD’s properties in warehouse collapse probe

    Dwaipayan.Ghosh & Saikat RayKolkata: Barely three days after Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s former Mayor Firhad Hakim’s then Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Kalicharan Banerjee was arrested in connection with the Taratala warehouse collapse incident where 16 persons have lost their ...

    29 June 2026 Times of India
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