TOI Kolkata
- newBJP urges EC to conduct 2026 West Bengal Assembly election in not more than 3 phases
A BJP delegation urged the Election Commission of India to conduct the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections in a maximum of three phases. They also called for violence-free polls, expressing dissatisfaction with the state police's deployment of central forces and demanding stricter identification of sensitive polling booths.
- 5 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 12:44pm - - newKolkata Fatafat lottery result today (March 9): Check winning numbers and full winners' list
Kolkata Fatafat, a popular lottery game in West Bengal, offers multiple daily draws for players. The article provides the winning numbers for March 7 and 8, 2026, and outlines the schedule for the eight rounds of draws on March 9, 2026, with results announced approximately every 90 minutes.
- 5 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 11:50am - - newPrez row: State replies to MHA. Centre to blame, CM tells PM
The Union Home Ministry has sought an explanation from Bengal's chief secretary regarding a protocol breach during President Murmu's visit. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the Centre of targeting Bengal due to upcoming polls, highlighting state warnings about the event's organizers.
- 6 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 11:46am - - newCricket fans in USA's Houston celebrate India's cup win
Indian fans in Houston, USA, celebrated the nation's T20 World Cup triumph with patriotic fervor. Gathered at screening parties, they relived past victories and danced to anthems. This shared passion underscores the deep connection expatriates feel with the Men in Blue, living and breathing every match from afar.
- 8 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 9:09am - - newPhoto in hand, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee flags ‘proof of who respects President’
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee countered PM Modi's accusation of disrespecting the presidential chair by sharing a photo of him seated while President Murmu stood. She argued the state government had informed organizers of its inability to attend the Siliguri event, placing responsibility on the Centre.
- 9 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 7:53am - - newWith SIR, BJP dug own grave: Abhishek
- 10 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 7:29am - - newCEO greets CEC at airport, says EC will put out supp lists of voters under adjudication
- 10 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 7:29am - - newWest Bengal STF arrests Bangladesh activist Sharif Osman Hadi’s killers in Bongaon
Two prime suspects in the murder of Bangladeshi youth activist Sharif Osman Hadi were arrested by the Bengal Special Task Force in Bongaon. The duo had entered India from Bangladesh after the fatal attack on Hadi in Dhaka and were attempting to return to their home country. Hadi was a prominent critic of the former Bangladeshi government.
- 10 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 7:17am - - newSMPK signs Rs 260cr deal for LNG facility at Haldia
- 10 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 7:14am - - newState minorities panel probes 14-yr-old’s death after kin allege fraud
- 10 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 7:05am -
- newGuv-designate Ravi likely to reach Bengal on Mar 11
- 10 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 7:00am - - newMukutmani-Thakur ‘courtesy’ meet sparks buzz
- 10 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 6:57am - - newBJP wants to replace Constitution with manifesto, says CM Mamata Banerjee; TMC women’s brigade protests LPG price hike & SIR
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared that Bengal will lead the BJP's downfall, accusing the party of attempting to replace the Constitution with its manifesto. On International Women's Day, Trinamool supporters protested LPG price hikes and voter deletion, highlighting the economic strain on women and their struggle for dignity.
- 11 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 6:39am - - newExperts stress health, empowerment at Women’s Day events across Kol
- 16 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 1:15am - - newKMC seals 15 shops at shopping arcade over property tax dues
- 16 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 1:12am - - newRoad project: Greens see red over uprooted trees
- 16 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 1:11am - - newGreen crematoria at Bkp, Kalyani to check pollution
- 16 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 1:09am - - new255-year-old city church celebrates Michael Madhusudan connect
- 17 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 12:32am - - new6.8 lakh take SSC Gr D test
- 17 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 12:30am - - newPotato distress sale starts, no change in retail price in city mkts
- 17 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 12:11am -
Indian Express Kolkata
- newBJP, CPI(M) seek fewer polling phases as ECI full bench begins West Bengal visit ahead of elections
- 41 mins ago 9 Mar 26, 4:37pm - - new‘Go Back’ slogans and black flags as CEC Gyanesh Kumar visits Kalighat Temple in Kolkata
- 4 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 1:10pm - - newIt’s Modi who insulted President, never us: Mamata hits back
- 10 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 7:15am - - new‘Reasons are confidential’: C V Ananda Bose on his sudden resignation as Bengal Governor
- 13 hours ago 9 Mar 26, 4:40am - - newTwo Bangladesh nationals linked to murder of activist Sharif Osman Hadi arrested in Bengal
- 21 hours ago 8 Mar 26, 8:16pm - - newWho welcomed President Droupadi Murmu on her visits to Bengal since 2023: Here is the list
- 23 hours ago 8 Mar 26, 6:46pm - - BJP MP Khagen Murmu targets Bengal govt over ‘insult’ to President Droupadi Murmu, seeks resignation of CM Mamata Banerjee
- 1 day ago 8 Mar 26, 1:49pm - - TMC hurting pride of Bengal by allowing infiltration: Vaishnaw
- 1 day ago 8 Mar 26, 6:25am - - Day 2 of Dharna: LPG hike protest today, Yuva Sathi doles begin
- 2 days ago 8 Mar 26, 4:42am - - ‘Don’t play politics at time of elections on BJP’s advice’: Mamata responds to President Droupadi Murmu; PM hits out
- 2 days ago 7 Mar 26, 10:25pm -
- RS polls: TMC asks EC to cancel Rahul Sinha’s nomination for ‘hiding’ information
- 2 days ago 7 Mar 26, 5:28pm - - ‘Mamata my sister, maybe she’s angry’: President Droupadi Murmu flags ‘protocol breach’, Santhal event venue shifted in Bengal
- 2 days ago 7 Mar 26, 5:17pm - - ‘May have done whatever you wanted in TN, can’t do that here’: Mamata sounds warning to new governor R N Ravi
- 2 days ago 7 Mar 26, 4:35pm - - Crude bombs set off in abandoned clubroom, trigger panic in north Kolkata neighbourhood
- 2 days ago 7 Mar 26, 1:06pm - - ‘Tomorrow to fresh woods and pastures anew’: Here’s what C V Ananda Bose wrote after resigning as Bengal governor
- 2 days ago 7 Mar 26, 12:40pm - - Publish supplementary rolls with status of ‘adjudication’ cases: Abhishek Banerjee writes to CEC, CEO
- 2 days ago 7 Mar 26, 10:05am - - Para teachers take protest to dharna site, earns Mamata’s rebuke: ‘Do politics at some other place’
- 2 days ago 7 Mar 26, 8:11am - - Bengal SIR: 11% of 60 lakh cases under scrutiny resolved in 1 week
- 3 days ago 7 Mar 26, 4:23am - - Abnormality is the new normal’: Rajnath Singh warns of ‘highly unusual’ West Asia crisis threatening global energy security
- 3 days ago 6 Mar 26, 4:58pm - - West Bengal elections: CEC Gyanesh Kumar to lead ECI delegation on 3-day Kolkata visit from Monday
- 3 days ago 6 Mar 26, 4:22pm - - ‘VVIP activity surge four times’ : Kolkata airport plans dedicated zone for helicopters and chartered flights
- 3 days ago 6 Mar 26, 6:25am - - ‘SIR deliberating excluding Matuas, won’t accept injustice’: Mamata targets BJP ahead of sit-in
- 3 days ago 6 Mar 26, 6:09am - - CM Pushkar Dhami hits out at TMC’s ‘loot tantra’, flags off Parivartan Yatra in Basirhat
- 3 days ago 6 Mar 26, 6:09am - - 84 lakh applications for Rs 1,500 a month: On SIR sidelines, another rush in Bengal
- 3 days ago 6 Mar 26, 5:30am - - Light rain likely from next week, IMD issues yellow alert for three North Bengal districts
- 3 days ago 6 Mar 26, 5:19am - - Left leaders meet CEO, says no polls in Bengal till all adjudication cases are resolved
- 4 days ago 5 Mar 26, 10:20pm - - Bengal Governor Ananda Bose quits ahead of Assembly polls; CM Mamata alleges possible ‘pressure’ from Amit Shah
- 4 days ago 5 Mar 26, 8:22pm - - West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose resigns: ‘Shocked and deeply concerned,’ says Mamata Banerjee
- 4 days ago 5 Mar 26, 7:51pm - - Tollywood actress, former top cop, legal icon and party old-timer: TMC, BJP picks file nominations for Rajya Sabha polls
- 4 days ago 5 Mar 26, 3:21pm - - Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee attacks Centre over ‘high-voter deletions’ in Matua-dominated areas, says will ‘not accept injustice’
- 4 days ago 5 Mar 26, 3:20pm - - ‘Political exit inevitable’: BJP slams TMC after Parivartan Yatra chariot vandalised in Cooch Behar
- 4 days ago 5 Mar 26, 1:48pm - - TMC attacking our workers, forcing them to flee homes: Bengal BJP chief
- 4 days ago 5 Mar 26, 6:37am - - Left leaders sit on night-long dharna outside CEO office over SIR
- 5 days ago 5 Mar 26, 12:27am - - Two ‘SIR-stress’ deaths in Bengal, TMC protests, seeks action against EC, BJP
- 5 days ago 4 Mar 26, 6:11pm - - ‘Modi busy keeping Donald Trump happy’: TMC’s Saugata Roy slams Govt response to West Asia conflict
- 5 days ago 4 Mar 26, 6:02pm - - 2.5 hours to 45 minutes: How new signal-free Kalyani Expressway is transforming commuting in Kolkata
- 5 days ago 4 Mar 26, 3:59pm - - Bengal’s Yuva Sathi Scheme: Here is how to check your application status
- 5 days ago 4 Mar 26, 2:40pm - - West Bengal SIR: your name missing from final voter list? Here’s how to apply
- 5 days ago 4 Mar 26, 1:55pm - - Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal defends wife after war of words with TMC over electoral roll turns personal
- 6 days ago 3 Mar 26, 5:26pm - - EC-BJP nexus in SIR… 10,000 to 30,000 voters’ names deleted from seats where TMC won: Mamata Banerjee
- 6 days ago 3 Mar 26, 5:36am - - Rajnath questions Mamata over attacking ED, CBI; Nabin says only BJP can replicate Assam’s ‘detect, delete and deport’ model in Bengal
- 7 days ago 3 Mar 26, 5:15am - - Teachers lock toddler inside Kolkata school cupboard to ‘punish’ her; child right’s panel orders probe
- 7 days ago 3 Mar 26, 5:04am - - Parivartan means freeing Bengal of infiltrators, corruption of TMC: Shah hits out at TMC govt
- 7 days ago 3 Mar 26, 5:00am - - Bengal CEO blames EROs, AEROs for 60 lakh adjudication cases
- 7 days ago 3 Mar 26, 4:15am - - ‘Navigating go-bags, grounded flights’: Actress Subhashree Ganguly, several others from Bengal caught in West Asia conflict
- 7 days ago 2 Mar 26, 5:33pm - - West Asia conflict: Kolkata tourists cancel travel plans, tour operators left in the lurch
- 7 days ago 2 Mar 26, 4:23pm - - West Bengal weather update: Kolkata records 32.2°C before Holi while Darjeeling shivers at 4°C
- 7 days ago 2 Mar 26, 2:18pm - - BJP rolls out Parivartan Yatra, targets TMC on ‘infiltration’, jobs, women’s safety, and corruption
- 7 days ago 2 Mar 26, 5:30am - - Abhishek questions SIR deletion figures; Mamata to sit on dharna next week
- 8 days ago 2 Mar 26, 5:07am - - West Bengal SIR: High voter deletions in Matua-dominated areas in second phase
- 8 days ago 1 Mar 26, 5:43pm - - Kolkata’s ‘gateway to the West’ shut as several flights cancelled, fares soar amid Iran crisis
- 8 days ago 1 Mar 26, 5:08pm - - Filmmaker Goutam Ghose named new Sheriff of Kolkata after 5-year vacancy
- 8 days ago 1 Mar 26, 4:08pm - - Bengal electoral list: ‘Voter purge conspiracy’ versus ‘dirty politics’, political slugfest begins
- 9 days ago 28 Feb 26, 10:56pm - - West Bengal Voter List: Over 63 Lakh Names Deleted in Final Roll
- 9 days ago 28 Feb 26, 5:23pm - - CM Mamata Banerjee unveils ‘Pink Booths’, ‘SHINING’ patrol teams to protect Kolkata’s late-night working women
- 9 days ago 28 Feb 26, 3:32pm - - West Bengal electoral roll to have 7 crore electors, around 60 lakh in limbo
- 9 days ago 28 Feb 26, 3:12pm - - ‘We get Rs 300 a day to drive away elephants’: Why ‘hula parties’ persist in Bengal despite SC order
- 9 days ago 28 Feb 26, 8:48am - - As EC rolls out voter list in West Bengal, here’s what to do if you’re name is under scrutiny
- 9 days ago 28 Feb 26, 7:27am - - ‘A big platform for me to work for people’: Asian Games gold medallist Swapna Barman joins Trinamool Congress
- 10 days ago 27 Feb 26, 5:15pm - - Decomposed body of medical student found in Kalyani’s JNM Medical College and Hospital hostel, boarders blame management for ‘lack of security’
- 10 days ago 27 Feb 26, 4:22pm -