Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) The winter chill has made a brief comeback in Kolkata, with the city’s minimum temperature dropping to around 14 degrees Celsius on Saturday.A renewed cold spell has been felt across the city since Friday and is likely to persist over Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal for the next few days. Minimum temperatures have been steadily falling from north to south across the state. Notably, Kalyani in Nadia district is currently recording temperatures comparable to Kalimpon…
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Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday, told that the State Agriculture department had been able to develop four new high-yielding rice varieties suitable for the state’s weather and climate. “After several years of research at the Purulia Drought Resistance Research Centre and the Chinsurah Rice Research Centre, it has been possible to create these varieties. I extend my heartfelt congratulations to all the scientists involved in this work,” the Chief Mini…
Kolkata, Jan 10 (IANS) The ongoing cold spell in West Bengal intensified on Saturday as temperatures dropped further in Kolkata and several districts, and the chill is expected to continue for the next few days.According to the Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata’s Alipore, the temperature dropped as cold northerly winds are freely entering the state, resulting in biting cold. There is also a significant presence of fog at several places.The minimum temperature in the city rose slightly to…
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to set up 160 special decentralised hearing centres in certain districts of West Bengal for marginalised communities residing in remote pockets. The 12 districts where such 160 centres would be set up include Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Jhargram, Purulia, West Midnapore, Bankura, Nadia, West Burdwan, Howrah, and North 24 Parganas, insiders from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal….
Bhubaneswar, Jan 2 (IANS) The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Police has arrested the main accused in a Rs 40 crore share trading fraud case from West Bengal, a senior official said on Friday. The accused was identified as Amit Mandal, a resident of South Boilapara under Bishnupur police station area in Bankura district of West Bengal. He was arrested on December 31, 2025 in connection with a case registered over the allegations of Sushant Kumar Das of Odisha’s Khordha district. Das a…
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The political heat escalated on Wednesday as Bihar Minister Dilip Jaiswal launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her opposition to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, saying that she has lost her mind.Responding to Banerjee’s threat to gherao the Election Commission (EC) office in Delhi, Jaiswal said, “Mamata Banerjee has lost her mind. The people of Bengal will never accept the way she has supported illegal…
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday, claimed that the names of voters are being deleted from the voters’ list with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and demanded Amit Shah’s resignation as the Union Home Minister for it. Addressing a public meeting at Barjora in Bankura district, Chief Minister Banerjee said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has set a target to removing 1.5 crore names from Bengal’s voters’ list.”Don’t believe every video on the so…
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) In a counter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on infiltration, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asked how the Pahalgam terrorist attack and Delhi car bomb blast took place if infiltration was only taking place in West Bengal.Addressing a public meeting at Barjora in Bankura district, CM Mamata Banerjee described Amit Shah as “Dushasana”, who, according to her, has come to Bengal to “destroy” the state.”Dushasana, a disciple of Shakuni, has come to Bengal…
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) Kolkata and several parts of West Bengal on Monday woke up to a blanket of fog, with temperatures dropping further and cold conditions intensifying towards the end of the year.The minimum temperature in Kolkata settled at 13.5 degrees Celsius, 0.3 degrees below normal. On Sunday, the minimum temperature had stood at 14 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature also failed to rise beyond 21.4 degrees Celsius, around four degrees below normal, adding to the chill. Frequent te…
Kolkata, Dec 28 (IANS) Another Booth Level Officer (BLO) died by suicide in the Ranibandh Assembly constituency in Bankura district in West Bengal on Sunday. The hanging body of a BLO was recovered from a school classroom in the Rajakata area of the district.Preliminary investigations suggested that Haradhan Mandal, a primary school headmaster by profession, died by suicide.A suicide note was recovered from the scene. In the note, the teacher wrote about the excessive work pressure d…