Guwahati, Jan 29 (IANS) In a significant passenger-centric initiative, Indian Railway has approved 202 additional stoppages of trains at 82 stations across Assam, West Bengal and Bihar under the jurisdiction of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), officials said on Wednesday. NFR’s Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said that these additional 202 halts have been sanctioned on an experimental basis with the objective of enhancing rail connectivity, improving accessibilit…
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Kolkata, Jan 25 (IANS) An elderly man has been arrested on charges of raping a minor girl in Cooch Behar district’s Mekhliganj area in North Bengal, the police said on Sunday.The girl studying in Class 6 had gone to the riverbank to collect firewood, where the elderly man, whom she affectionately called grandfather, assaulted her. The matter came to light on Saturday, and based on the complaint lodged by the family of the minor girl, the police arrested the accused person.According to police sou…
Malda, Jan 17 (IANS) A large number of people thronged West Bengal’s Malda district on Saturday to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public rally, with visible enthusiasm ahead of his arrival.The Prime Minister is scheduled to participate in three programmes later in the day in the minority-dominated district, including two administrative events and one political programme.The visit is part of the Centre’s broader push to strengthen and expand modern rail connectivity across eastern and nort…
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IANS) Following instructions from the Election Commission, the West Bengal government has decided to transfer police officers who have been in their posts for three years or more. A state secretariat official said on Thursday that a formal notification in this regard is likely to be issued soon.This directive will apply to those who are serving in their home district or have been in the same position for an extended period. This directive has already been sent to all senior poli…
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) Cold conditions continued unabated in West Bengal on Tuesday, with Kolkata recording the coldest day in past 13 years. On Tuesday, the minimum temperature in the city dropped to 10.2 degrees Celsius, 3.7 degrees below normal. The maximum temperature in Kolkata on Monday was 18.4 degrees Celsius, which is 6.7 degrees below normal.This sharp drop in minimum temperature, coupled with the free flow of northerly winds, resulted in bone-chilling cold in Kolkata and across the sta…
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) The West Bengal Government on Monday announced a massive reshuffle in the state police ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.According to a notification issued by the West Bengal Police Directorate, as many as 26 senior police officials, both of the Indian Police Service (IPS) and West Bengal Police Service (WBPS), have been shifted.However, the maximum of the transferred officials — 23 — are of the IPS, while the remaining are of the state police service.Three of the …
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 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…
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Tuesday directed BJP legislators to focus fully on their respective Assembly constituencies from the New Year, beginning next week.He also instructed that if any party legislator from the districts needs to visit Kolkata for official work, they should attempt to arrive in the state capital in the morning and return to their constituencies the same evening after completing their tasks.“He has direc…