Kolkata: After a prolonged and sluggish start to monsoon, Kolkata was lashed by a torrential downpour on Friday, which ended a week-long dry spell and plunged temperatures. However, it left several city pockets waterlogged, resulting in slow traffic.According to Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Alipore, the city recorded approximately 53 mm of rainfall in the…
Kolkata: The young woman at the centre of a confrontation with an app biker in New Town has appealed for an end to what she called a relentless social media witch hunt, saying she had accepted responsibility but could not understand why a momentary lapse had cost her her job, peace and personal safety.“Yes, I…
Madrasa yoga Students of ap department calcutta madrasah govt higher secondary school practicing yoga at the school compound. Kolkata: On the International Day of Yoga, thousands of students at madrasas in Bengal will perform yoga — most of them for the first time in their lives. In the past three weeks, many of them have…
Steel-made stage on Red Road being restructured following SPG’s instruction on Friday. Pix:- Biplab Bhattacharjee Kolkata: The state govt is targeting a record turnout of 10 lakh participants across yoga events in Kolkata on Sunday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to lead the International Day of Yoga programme on Red Road, even as organisers…
Kolkata: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to lead the 12th International Day of Yoga celebrations on Red Road on June 21 along with chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, several gyms, yoga studios and fitness centres across Kolkata are gearing up to mark the occasion with special sessions aimed at promoting health, wellness and mindful living.The…
Kolkata: No punitive or coercive action will be taken against govt employees who do not do yoga on International Day of Yoga; their participation is not mandatory, state govt told Calcutta High Court on Friday.The state coordination committee of the govt employees had approached the single bench of Justice Amrita Sinha, where their lawyer, senior…
The 468-m bridge over Balsaon river at Dudhia, connecting Siliguri with Mirik, was washed away on Friday after a surge in the water level triggered by heavy rain Darjeeling: Incessant rain in Darjeeling district triggered landslides and flash floods on Friday, snapping a key road link between the hills and the plains, disrupting transport and…
Minister Agnimitra Paul at Alipore zoo Kolkata: Torrential rain for a couple of hours in the morning—this monsoon’s first heavy spell—flooded large areas of Kolkata as well as Salt Lake and New Town on Friday. Consequently, traffic on multiple stretches, especially in central Kolkata, slowed down in the morning peak hours.The intensity of the showers…
Survey Park Police Station Kolkata: A late-night brawl inside a pub located near Highland Park took a violent turn in the early hours of Thursday, June 18, when a disgruntled group allegedly stormed the Survey Park Women’s Police Station, tried to stop the OC and assaulted on-duty cops.A lady constable was seriously injured after being…
Kolkata: Bengal police on Friday started a probe into three accounts of Trinamool Congress at HDFC Bank under BNS sections related to organised crime, cheating and criminal conspiracy, as well as under the information technology act, following a complaint lodged by rebel MLA Biswanath Das. Police asked the bank authorities to freeze withdrawals from the…
