TOI Kolkata
- newKolkata beats other metros, reports more than 50% of good air days in 4 years: CSE study
Kolkata has emerged as the metro with the best air quality among six major Indian cities, according to a CSE study analyzing data from 2021 to 2025. The city recorded over 50% of 'very good' and 'satisfactory' air quality days, a stark contrast to Delhi's high number of 'severe' pollution days.
- 2 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 6:49am - - newKolkata weather update: Heavy rain and humidity today with monsoon forecast for the week ahead
Kolkata is set for a very wet day today, July 30, 2025, with moderate rain and high humidity dominating. Temperatures will range from 26.2°C to 30.4°C, making umbrellas essential. The city anticipates up to 19.46 mm of rain. Looking ahead, the monsoon will persist throughout the week, bringing consistent showers, especially on August 1 and 2.
- 2 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 6:25am - - newKanchenjunga inspires Bagdogra terminal design
- 3 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 5:36am - - newEye on phantom voters, Bengal CEO seeks reports on entries over past yr
- 4 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 5:11am - - newLet migrants come back, we’ll know who is lying: CM after ‘fake clip’ claim
- 4 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 5:10am - - newGoodricke plans foray into FMCG and hospitality biz
- 4 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 4:41am - - newKavi Subhash stn to be razed, truncated N-S Metro services for at least a year
- 5 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 3:52am - - newEnrolment on voter list is your biggest shield, CM tells migrants
- 5 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 3:20am - - newAt 593 mm, Kolkata records highest July rainfall in eight years, logs 62% of seasonal shower count
- 6 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 2:42am - - new‘Fabricated video, riot provocation’: Bengal BJP slams TMC over harassment claims, calls It ‘script to malign others’
Bengal BJP criticized Trinamool for allegedly fabricating claims of harassment against Bengali migrant workers, following Delhi Police's denial of such incidents. BJP leaders accused Trinamool of using a child to advance their political agenda and enabling infiltration for vote-bank politics. A complaint was filed against CM Mamata Banerjee for allegedly inciting riots through a misleading video post.
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- newCAP applications close tonight but updates can continue till Fri
- 6 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 2:20am - - newPM lost battle of narratives: TMC in Parl
- 7 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 1:52am - - newRain triggers multiple landslides, road closure on NH-10
- 7 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 1:52am - - newTMC MP delegation meets migrants in Gurgaon
- 7 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 1:52am - - newRights activists flag torture of Bengali migrants in BJP-run states
- 7 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 1:49am - - newBengal starts Krishakbandhu kharif payouts
- 7 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 1:49am - - newBengal wants to be heard, state tells SC on SIR
- 7 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 1:49am - - newChinese man crossing Nepal border held
- 7 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 1:46am - - newPrez to attend AIIMS Kalyani’s 1st convocation
- 7 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 1:22am - - newBengal BJP to start forming district panels next month
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The New Indian Express Kolkata
- The deafening and disturbing silence of Mamata Banerjee after the Kasba law college gang rape
- 26 days ago 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
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- 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
- 18 Jun 23, 3:18pm - - Union minister Nisith Pramanik's convoy attacked in Bengal
- 17 Jun 23, 5:40pm - - WB panchayat polls: Governor visits violence-hit Bhangore
- 16 Jun 23, 12:03pm - - Bengal panchayat polls: one shot dead, two injured during rally
- 15 Jun 23, 2:44pm - - West Bengal rural polls violence: ISF MLA fails to meet Mamata
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Indian Express Kolkata
- newHeavy rain likely: orange, yellow alerts for many Bengal districts
- 5 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 3:35am - - newFour-day Meet from Friday: BJP to form 43 district committees, to be ‘mix of veterans & new faces’
- 5 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 3:34am - - newMamata Govt moves Calcutta High Court against stay on monthly allowance to Group C, D school employees
- 8 hours ago 30 Jul 25, 12:43am - - new‘No medicine for jealousy’: Mamata Banerjee attacks BJP over ‘conspiracy to exclude voters’ from electoral rolls in West Bengal
- 16 hours ago 29 Jul 25, 4:38pm - - newIn West Bengal, voter lists appearing online sparks speculation of electoral roll revision in state
- 19 hours ago 29 Jul 25, 1:45pm - - newGiraffe cub born at Kolkata’s Alipore Zoological Garden
- 19 hours ago 29 Jul 25, 1:37pm - - Leh expedition team to name Tso-Morir peak in honour of RG Kar victim
- 1 day ago 29 Jul 25, 5:24am - - Bhasha Andolan From Tagore’s Bolpur: Mamata hyphenates ‘SIR-linguistic terror’, slams EC-BJP ‘bid to bring NRC through backdoor’
- 1 day ago 29 Jul 25, 3:14am - - After Mamata posts ‘torture’ of Malda woman by cops, Delhi Police questions her, says no proof of her claims
- 1 day ago 29 Jul 25, 3:05am - - ‘After elections, you’re under state govt again’: Mamata tells BLOs not to harass any voter unnecessarily
- 2 days ago 28 Jul 25, 4:53pm -
- Suvendu Adhikari to EC: Surge in voter registration and issuance of domicile certificates in Bengal’s border districts
- 2 days ago 28 Jul 25, 11:19am - - At Business Conclave, push for more Bengalis in business world
- 2 days ago 28 Jul 25, 5:38am - - Detention of Bangla-speaking migrants: Bhasha stir begins, Mamata to march in Birbhum today
- 2 days ago 28 Jul 25, 4:20am - - Will Durga Puja grant be hiked to Rs 1 lakh? The question on everyone’s lips ahead of CM meet
- 2 days ago 27 Jul 25, 10:16pm - - Bengal to get more rain; South Bengal districts on Yellow alert
- 2 days ago 27 Jul 25, 10:00pm - - IIM-C allows rape-accused student to resume classes, but not his return to hostel
- 3 days ago 27 Jul 25, 7:04pm - - President Droupadi Murmu to visit West Bengal, offer puja at Dakshineswar temple
- 3 days ago 27 Jul 25, 2:50pm - - Rain to stay in Bengal till July 31: Met
- 3 days ago 27 Jul 25, 1:27am - - West Bengal Governor to move Supreme Court over control of state universities
- 3 days ago 26 Jul 25, 9:37pm - - Ahead of 2026 Assembly polls, new Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya to rope in veteran leaders for his team
- 4 days ago 26 Jul 25, 7:11pm - - Election Commission begins BLO training in West Bengal amid speculation on SIR
- 4 days ago 26 Jul 25, 5:15pm - - Orange alert for southern districts of Bengal, IMD warns fishers against venturing into sea
- 4 days ago 26 Jul 25, 4:44pm - - Kolkata law college to hire ex-servicemen, install CCTV cameras to boost campus security after student’s rape
- 4 days ago 26 Jul 25, 2:15pm - - Police verification of staff, reporting out-of-station guests: Hotel security enhanced after arrest of Patna hospital murder accused from Kolkata
- 4 days ago 26 Jul 25, 12:33pm - - IIT Kharagpur’s induction program prioritizes mental health with SETU and parental collaboration
- 4 days ago 26 Jul 25, 11:46am - - Bengal: Centre raises concern over death penalty clause in Aparajita Bill, Governor sends it back to state govt
- 4 days ago 26 Jul 25, 12:22am - - TMC MLA Humayun Kabir threatens to start new political outfit again, TMC mulls stern action
- 5 days ago 25 Jul 25, 7:19pm - - ‘After detention, we found out about deportation through viral video’: Kin of Bengal migrant worker ‘pushed’ into Bangladesh
- 5 days ago 25 Jul 25, 6:05pm - - ‘From 26 million passengers to 45 million annually’: Kolkata Airport’s old domestic terminal to be demolished for new international facility
- 5 days ago 25 Jul 25, 4:27pm - - At least 16 dead from lightning strikes in Bengal on July 25
- 5 days ago 25 Jul 25, 1:13pm - - Amid S.I.R. controversy, EC doubles pay of BLOs, gives incentives for ‘special drives’
- 5 days ago 25 Jul 25, 6:12am - - Promote Bangla through films and TV series, Mamata tells Tollywood
- 5 days ago 25 Jul 25, 5:57am - - ‘Scared to leave Bengal… but will get Rs 700 a day here, Rs 1,400 there’: Migrants deported from Mumbai to Bangladesh plan return
- 5 days ago 25 Jul 25, 4:40am - - BJP-ruled states have unleashed linguistic terror against Bangla speakers: Mamata Banerjee
- 5 days ago 25 Jul 25, 4:20am - - WBSSC announces September 7 and 14 as examination dates for teacher recruitment
- 5 days ago 25 Jul 25, 2:10am - - ‘We did not even get paid’: Four migrants from Murshidabad allegedly beaten up in Tamil Nadu, lodge complaint in Bengal
- 5 days ago 25 Jul 25, 1:51am - - BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty counters Mamata Banerjee’s migrant claims, slams EC gherao call
- 6 days ago 24 Jul 25, 5:59pm - - ‘Can’t believe I topped UGC NET JRF,’ says Nilufa Yasmin with a perfect 100
- 6 days ago 24 Jul 25, 5:45pm - - In 5th murder of TMC members in 2 weeks, party worker hacked to death in Murshidabad
- 6 days ago 24 Jul 25, 5:08pm - - IIT-Kharagpur to launch new mental health programme for students with AI-powered tool for mental health monitoring
- 6 days ago 24 Jul 25, 4:07pm - - Kolkata Metro launches manhunt, asks commuters to identify man who defaced coaches
- 6 days ago 24 Jul 25, 2:01am - - EC asks Bengal to create separate Election Dept: ‘CEO lacks financial, administrative autonomy’
- 6 days ago 24 Jul 25, 1:59am - - Calcutta HC asks Odisha to file affidavit on detention of Bengali migrants
- 6 days ago 24 Jul 25, 1:57am - - Over 300 animals ‘disappear’ from Alipore zoo, HC to hear plea for probe today
- 6 days ago 24 Jul 25, 12:58am - - Guest houses to complexes: Kolkata’s accommodation under scrutiny after arrest of Chandan Mishra’s accused killers
- 7 days ago 23 Jul 25, 4:38pm - - ‘No arrest, only lawful document verification’: Odisha Advocate General tells Calcutta HC on migrant detentions
- 7 days ago 23 Jul 25, 3:27pm - - ‘His health is absolutely fine’: Mamata on V-P Dhankhar’s resignation
- 7 days ago 23 Jul 25, 5:20am - - ‘BJP crossing all limits, its states Haryana and Assam detaining, sending NRC notices to Bengal residents’: Mamata
- 7 days ago 23 Jul 25, 5:10am - - Polls ahead, Mamata to bring officials to resolve problems at neighbourhood level
- 7 days ago 23 Jul 25, 5:00am - - Kolkata law college rape: What was govt doing if 12 complaints were (against accused) from 2023, asks court
- 7 days ago 23 Jul 25, 4:30am - - Bengal: 56 women being trafficked rescued from Patna-bound train, 2 traffickers arrested
- 7 days ago 23 Jul 25, 1:51am - - Rain, thunderstorms in West Bengal likely to last till July 28: IMD
- 8 days ago 22 Jul 25, 5:50pm - - IIT Kharagpur student dies while trying to swallow tablet
- 8 days ago 22 Jul 25, 12:05pm - - Azizul Haque (1942-2025): He was the face of 1970s Naxalbari movement, believed in ‘power grows out of gun barrel’
- 8 days ago 22 Jul 25, 5:18am - - Martyrs’ Day Rally: Abhishek sets poll tone: ‘BJP forced to chant Joy Bangla, now lotus will be uprooted from Bengal’
- 9 days ago 21 Jul 25, 8:07pm - - ‘Alcohol, biryani lured crowd’: Suvendu Adhikari on TMC Martyrs’ Day rally turnout
- 9 days ago 21 Jul 25, 6:56pm - - On Martyrs’ Day in Bengal, sacked teachers head to Delhi to highlight ‘plight’
- 9 days ago 21 Jul 25, 5:06pm - - ‘Bangla speakers being hounded, sent to detention camps’: Mamata calls for language movement
- 9 days ago 21 Jul 25, 5:05pm - - Patna hospital murder suspect held in Kolkata: How Bihar-Bengal criminal nexus is ‘deepening’
- 9 days ago 21 Jul 25, 1:14pm - - Traffic ‘maintained very well,’ Calcutta HC praises Kolkata police on Shaheed Diwas rally day
- 9 days ago 21 Jul 25, 1:10pm -