TOI Kolkata
- newAbused, assaulted for feeding strays: Picnic Garden woman
- 6 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 5:33am - - newHomes and docus lost to erosion, SIR jitters for Malda’s displaced thousands
- 6 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 4:50am - - new‘Banglar Mati, Banglar Jal': West Begal state song made mandatory at school assemblies; govt issues directive
West Bengal schools must now sing the state song, 'Banglar Mati, Banglar Jal', daily at morning assemblies. Education Minister Bratya Basu stated this, alongside the National Anthem, aims to foster unity. The directive follows a convention that chose Tagore's 1905 composition as the state song, previously mandated for state functions.
- 7 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 4:11am - - new‘Porobashi’ resonates with SIR worry
- 8 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 3:46am - - newJU asks 8 ragging-accused boys to vacate Main Hostel block
- 8 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 3:34am - - newOnline stays off, adds to voters’ worries
- 8 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 3:20am - - newSuvendu files RTI with KMC over ‘fake’ birth certs
- 8 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 3:02am - - newHC to EC: Explain how 2025 & 2002 rolls being linked
- 9 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 2:42am - - newIn West Bengal’s border districts, SIR-wary Muslim couples rush to get marriages registered
Married Muslim couples in Bengal's border districts are registering their marriages under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, seeking a more universally accepted citizenship document. This trend saw a spike during Bihar's electoral roll revision, with officials linking it to anxiety over impending similar processes in Bengal.
- 9 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 2:39am - - newLaw college under rape cloud fills up 84% UG seats in first round
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- newCPM’s ‘Bangla Bachao Jatra’ from Nov 29 to cover Darjeeling to N 24 Pgns
- 9 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 2:33am - - newSmoke envelops central biz dist after blaze, sparks panic
- 9 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 2:31am - - newKIFF showcases global cinema, celebrates Bengali film tradition
- 9 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 2:23am - - newUphill task, tight deadline: BLOs feel SIR duty heat
- 9 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 2:22am - - newSukanta blames TMC after convoy come s under attack in Nabadwip
- 9 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 2:18am - - newCal HC confirms RG Kar posting for protest doc
- 9 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 2:02am - - newBehrampore man ended life over SIR fears, claim kin
- 10 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 1:21am - - newSunali’s counsel seeks contempt plea hearing in HC
- 10 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 1:18am - - newSiliguri military camp labourer held for having B’desh & Indian IDs
- 10 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 1:12am - - newSIR nothing but a ruse for backdoor NRC, says TMC MP
- 11 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 12:34am -
The New Indian Express Kolkata
- Shillong rapper-singer Reble on roots, rebellion, and the art of keeping it raw
- 33 days ago 5 Oct 25, 1:04pm - - How ChatGPT and other AI engines are spicing up this year's Durga Puja festival
- 39 days ago 29 Sep 25, 7:08pm - - Sleepless nights, clay-smeared hands: It's that time of year again for Kumartuli's artisans
- 45 days ago 23 Sep 25, 8:13pm - - Mamata slams Centre "for using Army" to dismantle TMC's stage, calls it unethical, undemocratic
- 67 days ago 1 Sep 25, 5:57pm - - The deafening and disturbing silence of Mamata Banerjee after the Kasba law college gang rape
- 3 Jul 25, 9:24pm - - Chennai to Kolkata in 3 hours on a Rs 600 ticket possible, claims this IIT-M-backed startup
- 18 Feb 25, 1:02am - - RG Kar issue: Junior doctors' hunger strike enters 11th day, two more ill
- 15 Oct 24, 11:25am - - Kolkata's own Tahrir Square moment: City of joy turns into city of righteous anger
- 4 Sep 24, 6:51am - - RIP Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee: Marxist, bhadralok and poet with big dreams for Bengal
- 8 Aug 24, 8:18pm - - 'Victory will be fitting reply to expulsion from LS', says confident Mahua Moitra
- 3 Apr 24, 7:13pm -
- Bengal's Cooch Behar braces for high-octane campaign as Modi, Mamata set for back-to-back rallies
Bengal's Cooch Behar braces for high-octane campaign as Modi, Mamata set for back-to-back rallies
- 3 Apr 24, 6:41pm - - Battle of Plassey back in spotlight as TMC, BJP trade barbs over role of former Maharaja
- 2 Apr 24, 7:58pm - - Under-construction ‘illegal’ building collapses in Kolkata, 9 killed & 15 hurt
- 30 Mar 24, 4:36pm - - Bengal youth dies by suicide fearing CAA would deny citizenship, say relatives
- 21 Mar 24, 7:45pm - - Sanjay Mukherjee, son of special advisor to ex-Home Minister, appointed as West Bengal DGP
- 19 Mar 24, 3:05pm - - Left trying to control INDIA bloc's agenda, will not accept it: Mamata
- 22 Jan 24, 8:32pm - - CM Mamata begins all-faith harmony rally in Kolkata
Mamata begins all-faith harmony rally in Kolkata
- 22 Jan 24, 4:28pm - - School jobs scam: ED conducts raids at 9 locations in Kolkata
- 28 Dec 23, 10:51pm - - JU convocation illegal, seeking legal opinion: Bengal guv Ananda Bose
- 26 Dec 23, 11:56pm - - Arrested West Bengal Jyoti Priya Mallick's health condition deteriorates, expert team formed
- 23 Nov 23, 10:53am - - A day after Diwali, air quality 'poor' in Kolkata, neighbourhood
- 13 Nov 23, 11:39am - - World Cup: Kolkata cops send notice to CAB over 'mishandling' of tickets for India vs S Africa match
- 3 Nov 23, 9:35pm - - Kolkata's premium car owners fail to clear road tax dues worth Rs 70 crore, govt mulls crackdown
- 19 Oct 23, 8:43pm - - West Bengal: Seven feared killed in Raniganj after opencast mine caves in
- 12 Oct 23, 10:31pm - - Renowned nuclear physicist Bikash Sinha dies at 78
- 11 Aug 23, 5:17pm - - Trans-woman prevented from donating blood in Kolkata
- 8 Aug 23, 7:08pm - - Minor crushed to death by speeding truck in Kolkata, massive protests erupt, vehicles set on fire
- 4 Aug 23, 1:04pm - - Former Bengal Chief Minister Budhhadeb Bhattacharjee hospitalised
- 29 Jul 23, 8:31pm - - Armed suspect rounded up from near CM Mamata Banerjee's house
- 21 Jul 23, 1:30pm - - Sealed ballot boxes found in counting centre in Bengal
- 18 Jul 23, 1:01pm - - WB teacher scam: SC refuses to halt probe against TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee
- 10 Jul 23, 2:51pm - - Phenomenon of Furfura Sharif: Decoding minority vote in Bengal
- 3 Jul 23, 4:55pm - - West Bengal panchayat polls: SEC tells Kolkata HC withdrawal of candidates much less compared to 2018
- 29 Jun 23, 9:32pm - - Mamata's helicopter makes emergency landing near Siliguri
- 27 Jun 23, 3:19pm - - One killed, four injured in clash between two groups in West Bengal's Cooch Behar
- 27 Jun 23, 2:25pm - - Calcutta HC sets aside order for CBI probe into 'tampering' with rural poll nomination papers
- 26 Jun 23, 7:07pm - - Bengal panchayat polls: Central forces start route march to instil confidence among voters in Bolpur
- 24 Jun 23, 4:40pm - - Former Bengal CM's 41-year-old offspring to undergo sex-change surgery
- 21 Jun 23, 9:50pm - - Bengal rural polls: Body of BJP candidate's kin found with stab wounds
- 18 Jun 23, 4:32pm - - West Bengal radio club, police help reunite missing woman with family after a decade
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Indian Express Kolkata
- new‘We are solving all SIR problems here’ – inside TMC’s blue and white camp, a laptop hectic phone calls and a long queue
- 4 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 7:00am - - newAt 31st Kolkata International Film Festival, Mamata seeks foreign film collaborations: ‘World is one’
- 4 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 7:00am - - newIn a race of BLAs in Bengal, ruling and opposition fail to touch halfway mark of over 80,000 polling booths
- 5 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 6:47am - - newAfter 38-year-old ‘dies by suicide’ in Bengal, family says he couldn’t find parents’ documents for SIR, broke down a day ago
- 5 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 6:47am - - newHappening today in Bengal: BJP to celebrate 150 years of Vande Mataram with a rally, TMC pushes state anthem, Banglar Mati, Banglar Jol
- 5 hours ago 7 Nov 25, 6:00am - - new‘Forced to wear garland of shoes’, BJP BLA allegedly assaulted by TMC workers in North Bengal
- 18 hours ago 6 Nov 25, 5:35pm - - new‘Won’t fill my SIR form till all of Bengal does’: Mamata, a day after BLO’s visit to her residence
- 19 hours ago 6 Nov 25, 4:40pm - - newFire breaks out near Lalbazar in Kolkata; smoke hinders firefighting ops and traffic: VIDEO
- 22 hours ago 6 Nov 25, 1:12pm - - Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar says his convoy vandalised in Nadia: ‘2 BJP leaders injured’
- 1 day ago 6 Nov 25, 7:00am - - Happening today in Bengal: KIFF kicks off, BJP Bengal’s in-charge in town
- 1 day ago 6 Nov 25, 6:00am -
- Day 2 of Bengal SIR: Assault, intimidation charges fly, TMC, BJP point fingers at each other
- 2 days ago 5 Nov 25, 10:27pm - - IMD: Low-pressure over Bay of Bengal weakens; coastal districts may see light showers
- 2 days ago 5 Nov 25, 7:37pm - - ‘Told her she was sick’: Bengal man tried to sell wife’s kidney for Rs 11 lakh, held along with 3 others
- 2 days ago 5 Nov 25, 5:17pm - - ‘Mithun Yoddhas’: Actor-turned-BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty creates WhatsApp group to mobilise workers on ground
- 2 days ago 5 Nov 25, 1:58pm - - Will bring down Modi govt if one voter’s name is deleted: Mamata Banerjee
- 2 days ago 5 Nov 25, 7:30am - - West Bengal: Electoral roll revision gains momentum as BLOs start door-to-door drive; 18 lakh enumeration forms issued
- 2 days ago 5 Nov 25, 7:26am - - At BJP’s pro-SIR rally, Suvendu calls TMC padyatra ‘jamaati’, assures Matuas :‘you are Hindus, so safe ’
- 2 days ago 5 Nov 25, 7:08am - - 28-year-old labourer found dead in Howrah, family says ‘was terrified of SIR’
- 2 days ago 5 Nov 25, 7:03am - - Happening today in Bengal: EC team arrives to review SIR roll out, ‘panic suicides’ to give fresh ammo to TMC
- 2 days ago 5 Nov 25, 6:00am - - Blood-stained trolley bag, a mother-daughter plot — Kolkata court delivers life sentence in 9 months
- 3 days ago 4 Nov 25, 1:50pm - - Mamata-Abhishek padayatra in Kolkata today: Check march route, time, and traffic diversions here
- 3 days ago 4 Nov 25, 8:25am - - ‘Didi like family’: Former Kolkata Mayor back in TMC with Baishakhi after 7 years
- 3 days ago 4 Nov 25, 8:11am - - What is happening in Bengal today?
- 3 days ago 4 Nov 25, 7:39am - - In a first, a non-South Asian nation is focal theme country of Kolkata book fair
- 3 days ago 4 Nov 25, 6:45am - - Women’s participation key to Atmanirbhar Bharat, says Lok Sabha Speaker Birla
- 3 days ago 4 Nov 25, 6:30am - - BJP flags documents issued by Mamata govt, tells EC not to accept birth certificates issued after June 24 for SIR
- 3 days ago 4 Nov 25, 6:10am - - Bengal SIR: Don’t accept birth certificates issued after June 24, BJP to EC
- 4 days ago 3 Nov 25, 8:19pm - - 37-year-old woman shot at early morning in Kolkata’s Haridevpur
- 4 days ago 3 Nov 25, 2:52pm - - Attacker of TMC’s Jyotipriya Mallick ‘had told the MLA’s house staff he wanted a job’
- 4 days ago 3 Nov 25, 2:03pm - - ‘Don’t doubt your daughters, give them wings’: Father of Richa Ghosh on her journey to World Cup-winning podium
- 4 days ago 3 Nov 25, 12:19pm - - 13 trains on South Eastern Railway line stopped to give way to a moving herd of elephants
- 4 days ago 3 Nov 25, 7:00am - - Several women say Bengali actor Riju Biswas filled DMs with ‘you look good in saree’; he calls it ‘breach of privacy’
- 5 days ago 2 Nov 25, 6:19pm - - West Bengal SIR: BJP to deploy more than 50,000 booth-level agents
- 5 days ago 2 Nov 25, 3:26pm - - Kolkata’s 2nd Hooghly Bridge closed for 8 hours today: Check traffic diversions here
- 5 days ago 2 Nov 25, 11:23am - - ‘Do your job or carry TMC flag’: Alipurduar BJP MP Manoj Tigga lashes out at Madarihat BDO over flood relief aid, video goes viral
- 5 days ago 2 Nov 25, 7:00am - - Mamata, Abhishek Banerjee to march against SIR in Kolkata on November 4
- 6 days ago 1 Nov 25, 6:05pm - - ‘Our names on 2002 Bengal voter list, what more shall we do to bring her back’: Parents of pregnant woman ‘deported’ to Bangladesh
- 6 days ago 1 Nov 25, 5:20pm - - BLO training begins in Bengal; 80,861 officers to be readied before SIR
- 6 days ago 1 Nov 25, 3:26pm - - ‘Orange alert’ issued in North Bengal districts as Cyclone Montha effect continues, Kolkata to receive sporadic rains
- 6 days ago 1 Nov 25, 3:05pm - - West Bengal Police gets a tech upgrade with new AI Cell
- 6 days ago 1 Nov 25, 2:12pm - - Bengal weather update: Are rainy days over? What will be the weather like in Kolkata? Check 5-day forecast
- 6 days ago 1 Nov 25, 7:50am - - ED files PMLA complaint against Amrit Feeds, promoter Harish Bagla in Rs 144.68-cr bank fraud; assets attached
- 6 days ago 1 Nov 25, 7:11am - - In chargesheet, Bengal medical student’s friend charged with rape, 3 villagers with gangrape
- 6 days ago 1 Nov 25, 7:00am - - Ahead of S.I.R. in West Bengal, as EC starts training BLOs, TMC launches parallel booth-level assistance operation
- 6 days ago 1 Nov 25, 6:45am - - ‘She once missed a board exam to play a T20 cricket match’: Richa Ghosh’s father reflects on her journey from Siliguri to World Cup glory
- 7 days ago 31 Oct 25, 5:35pm - - Flash flood and landslide risks high: Cyclone after-effect drenches North Bengal, with red alert for three districts
- 7 days ago 31 Oct 25, 4:55pm - - 3rd semester Bengal HS results: 93.72% pass rate, highest since 2011; 69 students share top 10 ranks
- 7 days ago 31 Oct 25, 4:14pm - - Former TV actress arrested in Kolkata purse-lifting case; stolen gold ‘recovered’ from her residence
- 7 days ago 31 Oct 25, 12:55pm - - From Andrews High School in Kolkata to Vigyan Yuva Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2025: IISER scientist Dibyendu Das’s journey
- 7 days ago 31 Oct 25, 12:13pm - - 3 die as car with 8 passengers skids off slippery road, plunges into gorge in Darjeeling
- 7 days ago 31 Oct 25, 11:57am - - Amid ‘SIR panic suicides’ in Bengal, Mamata urges people not to lose faith: ‘Will not let a single legitimate citizen be branded outsider’
- 7 days ago 31 Oct 25, 8:00am - - 95-year-old man found hanging in Bengal, family says SIR panic: ‘Was worried about getting deported to Bangladesh at this age’
- 8 days ago 30 Oct 25, 7:32pm - - ‘Was there, but not involved’ – in Kolkata Club Molestation case Naser Khan also accused in Park Street rape contacts police
- 8 days ago 30 Oct 25, 5:13pm - - After EC ultimatum in run-up to SIR, reluctant BLOs in Bengal accept appointment
- 8 days ago 30 Oct 25, 4:51pm - - ‘Rent ghagras at Rs 25’ – Mahakal temple in Darjeeling bans short skirts and dresses.
- 8 days ago 30 Oct 25, 4:26pm - - Kolkata Municipal recruitment ‘scam’: ED raids businessman’s premises, seizes over Rs 1.2 crore
- 8 days ago 30 Oct 25, 11:16am - - Dhormo jaar jaar, utsav shobar, living together is our culture: Mamata
- 8 days ago 30 Oct 25, 9:21am - - ‘Khoirul and Khairul, spellings of my name are different… fear my name will be deleted’: Bengal farmer who tried to kill himself after SIR roll out
- 8 days ago 30 Oct 25, 8:00am - - Abhishek says CEC, Amit Shah responsible for SIR panic, tells people to tie up BJP leaders and ask for their parents’ certificates
- 9 days ago 29 Oct 25, 4:51pm - - Cyclone Montha: West Bengal, including Kolkata, braces for 72 hours of rain; read 7-day forecast here
- 9 days ago 29 Oct 25, 12:40pm -