Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) An unusual 11-degree drop in maximum temperature has been recorded in Kolkata in the spring season following two days of rain.Until now, the maximum temperature had consistently hovered above 30 degrees Celsius. However, due to incessant overnight rainfall (starting on Friday evening and continuing on Saturday, the mercury plummeted sharply by 11 degrees in a single stroke. A sudden winter chill has descended upon Kolkata and South Bengal.The Meteorological Department sa…
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Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Kolkata’s Alipore on Saturday predicted rain accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds across several districts of South Bengal, including Kolkata, for the next few days. The impact of the rainfall is expected to be relatively more in north Bengal as heavy rain is anticipated in a few districts of the region, while the remaining areas may experience light to moderate rainfall.According to the forecast, heavy rainfall is like…
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) at Alipore has forecast rainfall in several districts of West Bengal, including Kolkata, from Thursday onwards.According to the weather office, scattered showers are likely to continue in Kolkata till next Tuesday. Similar conditions are expected in districts such as Howrah, Hooghly, Purulia, Bankura, East Burdwan, West Burdwan, Birbhum and Murshidabad. Rain alerts have been issued for 12 districts of south Bengal.The Met Office s…
Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) IT Cell Chief and party’s central observer for West Bengal, Amit Malviya, on Tuesday, criticised the Mamata Banerjee government for not participating in the Central government-led Aspirational Blocks Programme through the NITI Aayog. Taking to his official X account, BJP leader Malviya said that the West Bengal government also shared no official reason for choosing to not take part in the said programme.”The Central government launched the As…
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has given details of the advance deployment of the 480 companies of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) in two phases in West Bengal before the announcement of the polling dates for the Assembly election.Of these 480 companies, 240 companies have already been deployed on March 1, and the remaining 240 companies will be deployed on March 10.The maximum deployment will be in the North 24 Parganas district at 58, followed by 35 in Mur…
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday announced the details of the 240 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel that will be deployed in the first phase on March 1, amid the preparations for the Assembly polls in West Bengal.Incidentally, this is the first time that the ECI has decided to deploy CAPF in the state so early, and that too before the announcement of the polling dates and enforcement of the model code of conduct.While 240 companies…
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee on Friday alleged that there is a pattern in attacks on Bengali-speaking people in other states, particularly those ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Banerjee visited Purulia district and met the family members of Sukhen Mahato, a migrant worker from the district who was recently murdered in Pune, Maharashtra.While the Trinamool Congress has claimed that Mahato was targeted because he…
Kolkata, Feb 12 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Thursday rejected the Pune Police’s claim that a migrant worker from West Bengal was killed in a drunken altercation, even as party national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee is scheduled to visit the deceased’s residence in Purulia on Friday.Pune Police issued a statement earlier in the day regarding the death of Sukhen Mahato, a migrant worker from Purulia district, stating that he was allegedly under the influence of alcohol at the time of th…
Kolkata, Feb 12 (IANS) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday condemned the death of a migrant worker from West Bengal in Maharashtra’s Pune and slammed the ‘weaponisation of xenophobia’ to target innocent lives.Using her X handle, CM Banerjee shared a video of the incident and expressed her anger at the rising hate crimes in the country.”I am shaken, enraged, and sickened beyond words by the barbaric murder of Sukhen Mahato, a 24-year-old migrant worker from Bandwan in Purulia, the sole ear…
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) The authorities of Deben Mahata Government Medical College and Hospital in Purulia district of West Bengal on Saturday suspended two students for two years for their alleged involvement in a ragging incident against a first-year student.As part of the punishment, the two accused medical students will also never be allowed to stay in the college hostel again.The parents of the victim student expressed satisfaction with the college’s action, which was announced on Saturday….