Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) Trinamool Chhatra Parishad’s (TMCP) Purulia district president, Kiriti Acharya, has been arrested on charges of alleged financial fraud, police said on Sunday. He was arrested in Purulia on Saturday night and is scheduled to be produced before a local court. Police are expected to seek his custody for further investigation. According to police, multiple complaints had been lodged against Acharya, including allegations of financial irregularities. He had not been seen sinc…
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Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) A well-marked low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is likely to bring widespread rainfall across several districts of south Bengal over the next few days, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Kolkata said on Sunday. According to the Met Office, the low-pressure area has formed over the northwest Bay of Bengal under the influence of a cyclonic circulation over south Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh. The system is likely to intensify further over the next two …
Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has initiated a full-fledged probe into an excise duty irregularities case by conducting a raid and search operation at two locations in West Bengal on Friday.The two places where the ED raid and search operations are being conducted are in Kolkata and Purulia town in Purulia district.In Kolkata, the operation is being conducted at the office of a liquor sales company.Another team of ED officials is conducting a raid and search operation a…
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday forecast moderate to heavy rainfall across Kolkata and several south Bengal districts over the next four days, with adverse weather likely to affect Jagannath Rath Yatra celebrations on Thursday.According to an official of the Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata’s Alipore, there is a possibility of moderate to heavy rain across south Bengal districts, including Kolkata, over the next four days. The weather may c…
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) Due to a well-marked low-pressure area, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Kolkata’s Alipore on Tuesday predicted heavy spells of rain in south Bengal districts including Kolkata till Saturday. At the same time, there is a possibility of thunderstorms in the state throughout the week. The districts of south Bengal will experience more thunderstorms till next Saturday. After that, the intensity of thunderstorms may increase. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is predict…
Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) at Alipore in Kolkata on Sunday predicted that rain will continue across south Bengal districts, including Kolkata, for the next seven days. At the same time, the Met office issued a warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall in north Bengal.A senior RMC official said the monsoon axis currently extends from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to Manipur. In addition, a cyclonic circulation is active over north Bangladesh and adjoining areas. It…
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) As internal factionalism in the Trinamool Congress becomes more acute with every passing day, the CPI(M), which currently has only one representative in the West Bengal Assembly, is working on a well-calculated strategy to regain the space of the principal opposition party in the state as fast as possible. The logic of the CPI(M) leadership on this count is simple. While the “original and minority” faction in Trinamool Congress led by former West Bengal Chief Minister Mama…
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…
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) Former Trinamool Congress councillor from the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, Debraj Chakraborty, who was arrested on July 1 by the West Bengal Police in connection with a disproportionate assets case, was on Thursday remanded to seven days in police custody by a district court.When Chakraborty, also the husband of former Trinamool legislator and acclaimed devotional singer Aditi Munshi, was produced before the Barasat Court …
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) Districts in south Bengal are likely to witness heavy to very heavy rainfall over the next few days due to a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal, the Met Office said on Wednesday.According to the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Kolkata’s Alipore area, the low pressure will soon transform into a depression, which will bring heavy rain in South Bengal, including Kolkata, from Saturday onwards. Till then, scattered rain will continue in Kolkata and adjoining di…