Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) Three persons have died in three separate districts of North 24 Parganas, Nadia and Birbhum over fear of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing process. Police sources said on Monday that while two died by suicide, one died of a heart attack. Their families alleged that fear over the SIR process was the cause of their deaths.At Hingalganj in North 24 Parganas district, a father died of a heart attack after his son and daughter received SIR hearing notices for ‘logica…
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New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The World Bank on Friday approved a loan of $286 million for a new programme to enhance access to healthcare for over 90 million people in West Bengal.The West Bengal Health System Reform Programme Operation will support delivery of personalised healthcare services across the state for people over 30 years through digital tracking measures for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension and diabetes.It will also bring a patient-centric care approach to the stat…
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) Even as Kolkata and other south Bengal districts recorded an almost four degrees Celsius rise in minimum temperature on Sunday, the cold spell made a surprise comeback on Monday as temperatures dropped again.In Kolkata, the minimum temperature had risen significantly on Sunday, reaching 15 degrees Celsius. On Monday morning, however, the minimum temperature in the city dipped to 12.4 degrees Celsius, 1.4 degrees below normal.Meanwhile, Kolkata’s maximum temperature on Su…
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 8 (IANS) Acting on a call given by party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, leaders and workers of the Trinamool Congress on Thursday evening held protest rallies across the state to condemn the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at the Kolkata office of political consultancy firm I-PAC and the residence of its director and co-founder, Pratik Jain.Banerjee announced the protest programme after visiting the I-PAC office at Salt Lake in Kolkata earlier in the day….
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) Cold conditions in West Bengal will continue in the next few days, the Meteorological office said on Wednesday.The cold spell will continue for the next few days, with the minimum temperature likely to drop further.Tuesday was the coldest day in the last 13 years when the city’s temperature dropped to 10.2 degrees Celsius.The same weather continued on Wednesday, when the minimum temperature in Kolkata was 10.3 degrees Celsius, 3.6 degrees below normal.The Regional Meteorolo…
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) The impact of a western disturbance has led to a rise in temperatures across Kolkata and several south Bengal districts, offering brief relief after days of bone-chilling cold when the mercury had dipped to around 11 degrees Celsius.On Saturday morning, the minimum temperature in Kolkata was recorded at 14.2 degrees Celsius, close to normal for this time of the year. On Friday, the city had logged a minimum of 13.1 degrees Celsius, while December 31 marked the coldest day o…
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) Cold conditions continued unabated in West Bengal, with Darjeeling recording a minimum temperature of 4 degrees Celsius.At 11 degrees Celsius, Kolkata recorded the coldest day of the season.With clear skies, the temperature is likely to remain similar for the next few days, with the possibility of the minimum temperature dropping further.The weather office has forecast rain and snowfall in Darjeeling between January 1 and 2.”The northerly winds are gripping districts acros…
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 27 (IANS) The unusual dip in minimum temperatures continued across West Bengal due to the free flow of cool northerly winds even as Kolkata recorded its coldest day of the season on Saturday, with the minimum temperature dropping to 12.8 degrees Celsius.Winter has firmly set in across the state during the final week of December, with minimum temperatures in Kolkata and other parts of south Bengal steadily declining over the past few days. The mercury fell further on Saturday, making…