Patna: Noted mathematician K C Sinha, who contested the Nov assembly election on a Jan Suraaj ticket, joined BJP on Wednesday. Ritesh Ranjan Singh alias Bittu Singh and Sandeep Kumar Singh alias Gopal Singh, who were also Jan Suraaj candidates in the last assembly polls from Digha and Maner seats respectively, also joined the BJP.An…
Locals demand inclusion of Rajnagar area in the proposed coastal highway project Kendrapada: Residents of several seaside villages under Rajnagar block in Kendrapada district have intensified their agitation, demanding construction of a coastal highway to protect the region from sea erosion and natural disasters. Environmentalists have countered their agitation to save mangrove forests of Bhitarkanika…
The trawler Joy Maa Kali after it was spotted on Sunday Kolkata: Nine bodies were recovered on Sunday from a fishing trawler that capsized in the Bay of Bengal around a week ago. Six fishermen are still untraced. Coast Guard and state agencies are carrying out search operations.The trawler, Joy Ma Kali, sailed from Shankarpur…
CM Suvendu Adhikari at Indrajit Mondal’s house in Baruipur on Saturday Baruipur: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday said Indrajit Mondal’s death in Baruipur last Sunday following the rape-murder of a schoolgirl was not mob lynching but pre-meditated murder. The 35-year-old was targeted after his “naam ar parichay (name and identity)” were verified, he said.“I…
Digha: A video showing a BJP panchayat neta in East Midnapore smearing eggs on a veteran Trinamool Congress functionary and saying it was a “govt order” has gone viral. Subrata Jana, BJP Ramnagar II block panchayat opposition neta, later denied he was referring to the state govt, saying the Bengali word “sarkar” could have meant…
Puri king Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb Bhubaneswar: Following the recent removal of the term ‘dham’ from Digha Jagannath temple, Puri king Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb has urged the Centre to request the West Bengal govt to speak to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) on the issue of untimely Rath Yatra.With Iskcon’s headquarters located at Mayapur…
A dug-up road at Rajeev Nagar in Patna on Monday Patna: Even a brief spell of rain is enough to disrupt traffic and make commuting hazardous across Patna, with roads dug up for water pipelines, sewer lines, drainage networks and other utility projects turning into muddy, waterlogged stretches.Across several localities, incomplete restoration has left roads…
A waterlogged locality over the weekend Bhubaneswar: Widespread rainfall that started in the beginning of July continued to lash the state on Sunday. Places received heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in past 24 hours under the influence of Thursday’s low pressure that intensified into a depression over Bay of Bengal.Such heavy rainfall, accompanied by waterlogging,…
A family out in the rain in Esplanade on Sunday afternoon photo by Sayantan Chakraborty Kolkata: The first big weather system formed over Bay of Bengal during this monsoon assumed the status of a depression on Sunday. While this system will cross the land through Odisha neighbouring coastal Bengal Met officials said parts of south…
Heavy rain is likely at isolated places in Ranchi and other districts on Monday Ranchi: The Met office on Sunday issued a yellow alert for heavy rain, thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds at isolated places in the state for four days due to a depression over the Bay of Bengal.Officials at the Ranchi Meteorological Centre…
