Kolkata experienced rain in some pockets Kolkata: Despite a cloudy sky and moderate rain in some parts, Kolkata experienced a humid Sunday when the maximum temperature climbed up to 34°C, nearly two degrees above normal.While the cloud cover has been predicted to persist on Monday, the mercury may not slide, said the Met office. Light…
Police recover cash found in Minar Mondal’s house on Thursday Suri: Police on Thursday arrested stone trader Tullu Mondal’s (alias Mohammad Najibuddin) manager and brother-in-law Minar following an overnight raid and sealed his residence in Birbhum’s Deocha village.Tullu figured in a CBI probe into a cattle smuggling case and has been on the run since…
New Delhi/Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday met Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla and submitted two letters, urging him to expedite a decision on the party’s petitions to disqualify 20 rebel MPs and to revoke recent changes made to the seating arrangements of its parliamentarians.Banerjee’s move comes just a day before CM…
Cops check files at the KMC headquarters on Thursday Kolkata: Police on Thursday carried out searches at Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC), and several municipalities and gram panchayats across Bengal as part of a statewide probe into alleged irregularities in the issuance of birth and death certificates since 1997.The action coincided with…
Kolkata: The rebel faction of Trinamool MLAs led by Ritabrata Banerjee on Saturday made Mamata Banerjee loyalists Anubrata Mondal, Jyotipriya Mullick and Debasish Kumar office-bearers of the state committee, sealing their defections. Mondal was appointed president of the Birbhum unit.With its ranks swelling, the dissident camp also drew the battle lines, announcing its first public…
Striped hyena in the industrial landscape of West Burdwan Striped hyena in industrial landscape of West Burdwan Kolkata: After elephant, tiger and wolf corridors, researchers have now unearthed two hyena movement corridors in south Bengal — one inter-state connecting the population of mining belt of West Burdwan to the larger source population of neighbouring Jharkhand…
Kolkata: In a bid to overhaul the state’s healthcare landscape, the govt on Monday announced a series of medical and health initiatives during the presentation of the state budget. The major highlights include the setting up of a second AIIMS and a dedicated cancer specialty hospital in north Bengal, alongside the creation of four new…
Kolkata/Tarakeswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented to the state projects worth over Rs 1,492 crore spanning agriculture, railways, connectivity and healthcare at an event to mark Paschimbanga Divas in Tarakeswar on Saturday. Addressing his first public rally since the new CM’s swearing-in, Modi said winds of change have brought “a new freshness and fragrance” to…
Bolpur/Kolkata: Bengal govt on Sunday upgraded security of five Trinamool MLAs, all of whom are part of the Ritabrata Banerjee-led rebel camp of 58 MLAs.The five are Chandranath Sinha (Bolpur), Rajendra Prasad Singh (Nalhati), Mosaraf Hossain (Murarai), Bidhan Chandra Majhi (Nanoor) and Kajal Sheikh (Hasan). They represent the entire contingent of Trinamool legislators elected from…
Rainy weather in Kolkata on Saturday photo by Sayantan Chakraborty Kolkata: The city woke up to a grey sky and a spell of showers that was heavier in the northern and eastern parts of the city than the south, that received a steady drizzle for more than an hour from 11 am. Even though a…
