Is THE TIMES OF BENGAL biased?
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The short answers
Is THE TIMES OF BENGAL biased?
THE TIMES OF BENGAL is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is THE TIMES OF BENGAL left or right?
THE TIMES OF BENGAL is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum.
Is THE TIMES OF BENGAL reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for THE TIMES OF BENGAL. A political-leaning label would not answer that question on its own, so we do not infer reliability from left, centre or right.
What THE TIMES OF BENGAL has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with THE TIMES OF BENGAL’s own report linked underneath.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. Vice President JD Vance spoke by phone on 8 August 2026, discussing trade, defence, technology, and energy cooperation under the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership. Modi congratulated Vance on the birth of his son, and the call occurred amid U.S. lawmaker criticism of India’s proposed FCRA amendments.
THE TIMES OF BENGAL reported it asUS Vice President JD Vance calls PM Modi, discusses strategic, deepening India-US relations (opens THE TIMES OF BENGAL in a new tab)
Raghav Chadha, a Rajya Sabha member who left the Aam Aadmi Party for the BJP in April, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 August 2026. Chadha described the meeting as "detailed and enriching" and shared two photographs on social media. Right-rated outlets led on speculation about his role in upcoming Punjab elections.
THE TIMES OF BENGAL reported it as‘All avenues for employment in India are closed’: Rahul Gandhi launches scathing attack on govt at ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ in Prayagraj (opens THE TIMES OF BENGAL in a new tab)
More than 100 people have died in India since July due to monsoon floods and landslides, with Assam reporting 87 deaths and Kerala 15. Scientists link the intensified rainfall to climate change, while relief efforts struggle to reach affected areas.
THE TIMES OF BENGAL reported it asAssam floods: Death toll rises to 97, over 1.68 lakh affected across 15 districts; classes to resume from Aug 10, IMD issues weather forecast (opens THE TIMES OF BENGAL in a new tab)
Who says so
No rating organisation we draw on has placed THE TIMES OF BENGAL. We asked on 10 August 2026.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
We hold no factual-reliability rating for this outlet.
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for THE TIMES OF BENGAL.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- thetimesofbengal.com
- Seen publishing on
- thetimesofbengal.com
- Access
- Free to read
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 3
- Reports listed
- 3
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 8 August 2026
3 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. THE TIMES OF BENGAL has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 3 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of THE TIMES OF BENGAL: its report arrived a median of 13 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 10 August 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 10 August 2026. Ratings pulled 10 August 2026.
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