Kolkata: The temperature has started rising once again a day after thundershowers pulled it down below the normal mark. On Friday, the maximum temperature in Kolkata rose to 34°C from 32.4°C the previous day. With no possibility of rain in the next few days, brace for hot and sultry days ahead. Met officials said the…
Kolkata: IIT-Kharagpur is set to establish an interdisciplinary research initiative aimed at advancing data-driven innovation in the mining sector, named Vikram Sodhi Centre of Excellence for AI-Enabled Geological & Mining Systems, with a funding commitment of Rs 15 crore over five years from Vikram Sodhi, vice chairman of Mineros SA and managing partner of Sun…
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress candidate for Rashbehari constituency Debasish Kumar has always been a late riser. Friday morning would have been no different. Kumar had been on a whirlwind tour of his constituency on Thursday night, returned home well past midnight and went to sleep at 2 am. But he was rudely woken up at 6…
Kolkata: Experts at the India-Germany Climate Talks in Kolkata on Thursday said it was time to recognise and monetise the economic value of wetlands, like the East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW), citing their potential to generate carbon credits while delivering ecological and livelihood benefits.The discussion, titled ‘Beautiful Wetlands: Partnering for Water, Partnering for Life’, was hosted…
Kolkata: Political violence and alleged violations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) surfaced in the Behala West constituency over the past 48 hours as supporters of rival political parties clashed in Ward 119, even as a functionary of Congress alleged that he was targeted in a life-threatening assault.A complaint filed with the election authorities…
Kolkata: West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS), Kolkata, on Thursday decided that some students who, following the death of a first-year law student on Monday, were too distraught to take the end-semester exams from Friday could take their exams at a later date. An official said, “Some of the students, who were close…
Kolkata: Shooting of ‘Kone Dekha Alo’ will resume on Friday after the production house and channel agreed to West Bengal Motion Picture Artists’ Forum’s demand to provide all necessary documentary evidence confirming that Leena Gangopadhyay has been officially removed from the board of directors of Organinc Studios Pvt Ltd.On Thursday, Forum’s general secretary Shantilal Mukherjee…
Kolkata: Spells of thundershower pushed the mercury down on Thursday in Kolkata. While the showers were not uniform across the city in terms of intensity and duration, most pockets received a spell or two, bringing a respite from the scorching sun. The Met office has not ruled out another nor’wester spell between Thursday and Friday…
Kolkata: In a dramatic four-hour operation that pushed the city’s disaster management units to their limits, a fully grown cow was pulled from the depths of the city’s subterranean drainage network on Thursday evening.The rescue near the perennially busy Haldiram crossing on VIP Road, necessitated a coordinated effort by the Bidhannagar Traffic Police, the Fire…
Kolkata: Calling the state’s requisition of eight buses of South Point High School for election duty “arbitrary”, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday quashed the requisition order under Section 160 of the Representation of the People Act, which gave the state the power to requisition “any” vehicle for polls.The officer-in-charge of Jadavpur East and RTO…
