A low-pressure area over the northwestern Bay of Bengal is intensifying and is likely to bring heavy to very heavy rainfall across West Bengal, including Kolkata, until Tuesday, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) officials said today.
Daily commuters in the morning faced chaos on Monday as heavy overnight rain flooded crucial Metro tracks in the city centre, forcing a partial shutdown of services and leaving thousands stranded.
At a time when many people have lost interest in books and libraries in the city are shutting down, a small hamlet in Alipurduar district has won the statues of Kitab Gaon or book village.
The Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers called for the resumption of negotiations to reach a comprehensive, verifiable and durable agreement that addresses Iran’s nuclear program.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has dispatched a high-profile fact-finding team to Kolkata after a law student was allegedly gang-raped inside a south Kolkata college hostel, a case that has ignited fierce political tensions and renewed criticism of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamul Congress (TMC) government.
Siliguri Ace Round Table 232, under the aegis of Round Table India, inaugurated a newly constructed three-classroom block at Bharati Hindi Vidyalaya Higher Secondary School on Sunday, marking a major boost to the school’s educational infrastructure.
Trinamul Congress MLA from Debra and retired IPS officer Humayun Kabir on Monday replied to the show-cause notice served to him on 26 June by the party.
On the occasion of the 171st Hul Divas, a vibrant procession was organised by the Haripal Block Sidhu Murmu and Kanu Murmu Memorial Preservation Committee.
In a renewed crackdown on illegal immigration, the Odisha Police on Monday detained 18 suspected Bangladeshi nationals from various villages in the coastal Kendrapara district.
Acting on court orders, the Bhuli police on Monday carried out a seizure operation at the residence of Ritik Khan, brother of Wasseypur’s most wanted gangster Prince Khan.
