Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) at Alipore has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall across south Bengal districts, including Kolkata, till Monday, as a low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into a depression. “A low pressure is present in the northwest Bay of Bengal. It will increase in strength and turn into a depression. Then this new system will move west and northwest. This will cause heavy to very heavy rain in south Be…
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Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Kolkata’s Alipore on Sunday issued an orange alert for rain in six south Bengal districts from Tuesday to Friday, while a red alert has been sounded for north Bengal till Monday.Heavy rain has been predicted in the south Bengal districts and Kolkata on Tuesday and Wednesday. Light to moderate rain with thunderstorms is likely in Kolkata later in the day on Sunday and Monday.The weather department has said that heavy rain may c…
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) Kalicharan Banerjee, alias Kali, the then Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to former Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim, who was arrested on June 25 evening in connection with the collapse of the roof of an under-construction warehouse in the Taratala area of Kolkata, was on Friday remanded to police custody till July 4 by a court in Kolkata.Banerjee was produced before the lower court at Alipore in South Kolkata on Friday evening. Public prosecutor Sourin Ghoshal, in his arguments,…
Kolkata, June 18 (IANS) Former state minister Aroop Biswas on Thursday faced protests from a section of lawyers at the Judge’s Court in Kolkata, where he had gone to meet his lawyer. On hearing that he had arrived there, a group of lawyers appeared outside his lawyer’s chamber with eggs and began protesting. They demanded that the proceeds from ticket sales for Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour event at Yuva Bharati Krirangan in December last year be refunded.Meanwhile, another section of lawye…
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) A fire broke out at a government office in south Kolkata’s Alipore area on Wednesday morning, officials said. According to the locals, black smoke started coming out of the multi-storey office of South 24 Parganas Zilla Parishad in Alipore at around 10 a.m., and the Fire Department was informed.The area was covered in black smoke, while a portion of the roof had collapsed.At least 10 fire engines have already reached the spot to douse the fire. While two people were rescu…
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has directed civic authorities to give sufficient time to the concerned families and residents before taking strict action against any illegal construction, a government official said on Monday.According to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) sources, the Chief Minister held an important meeting with officials of Borough-9 in the Alipore area on Saturday. It is learnt that Adhikari expressed dissatisfaction with the action taken …
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MLA Javed Khan surrendered before a court in Alipore on Thursday and was granted bail in a recent unrest case. A complaint had been filed against him in connection with unrest in Tiljala on the day the West Bengal Assembly election results were declared.Javed Khan and 10 others were named in the FIR. According to court sources, the MLA surrendered before the court in connection with that case.According to the police, unrest broke out in Tiljala following…
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday was conducting searches at three places, including the houses of two businessmen in Anandapur and Alipore areas, in Kolkata. According to ED officials, this search was linked to its investigation into a criminal-linked syndicate of Sona Pappu alias Biswajit Poddar.The ED has already arrested Joy Kamdar, a businessman close to Sona Pappu. Kamdar is currently in the ED’s custody. It is reported that these businessmen, whose premis…
Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) Coming as a respite from the sweltering heat in West Bengal, the Regional Meteorological Centre, Alipore, on Thursday predicted Nor’wester over Kolkata and south Bengal districts later in the day and on Friday.There is a high probability of thunderstorms with lightning and rain, locally known as ‘Kal baisakhi’. Scattered rains are likely to occur in all districts of West Bengal, including Kolkata.A yellow alert has already been issued in Howrah and South 24 Parganas di…
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) Trouble broke out during the filing of nominations by Opposition candidates in two separate places in Howrah and Kolkata on Monday. In Howrah, Left activists were accused of harassing Trinamool supporters. It was even alleged that women supporters of the Trinamool Congress were pushed.The police stopped a Left supporters’ procession in front of the Howrah District Magistrate’s office. Right then, the Left raised slogans of “Thief, thief” towards the Trinamool worke…