Kolkata: While West Bengal has largely been spared from the worst of the season’s extreme temperatures so far, Kolkata’s retail kitchens are feeling the heat of heatwaves raging across the rest of India.A sharp drop in agricultural arrivals from southern and western India has triggered a severe supply crunch, sending the prices of kitchen staples…
Kolkata: Three separate snatching incidents were reported across the city between May 14 and May 16, leaving the victims — two of them senior citizens — shaken and police probing possible linkages, officials said on Sunday. Police said, all three incidents involved men on bikes.The first incident involved a reported snatching of a 9g gold…
Kolkata: Death toll in Tiljala leather factory fire has risen to three after 37-year-old Mohd Ibrar, also known as Yusuf, succumbed to his injuries late on Saturday night. He had been undergoing treatment at Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital. With severe burns, his condition was stated to be critical after he was admitted to…
Kolkata: Amid a growing unease ahead of the festival of Bakrid, also known as Eid al-Adha, set to be observed in the last week of May, Muslim intellectuals and religious figures across Kolkata have urged the community to follow all legal guidelines on animal sacrifice after the newly elected BJP govt in Bengal reiterated existing…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Saturday — in an urgent hearing — granted interim stay on eviction from a 50-year-old multi-storey building on Diamond Harbour Road till June 30. The fire and emergency services dept ordered eviction within 24 hours on May 15, citing inadequacy of fire prevention and fire safety measures.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya observed…
Bulldozers roll outside Howrah station in midnight anti-encroachment drive KOLKATA: A massive anti-encroachment drive was carried out outside Howrah railway station past midnight, with bulldozers demolishing rows of makeshift shops and illegal structures along the stretch from the Ganga ghat to the station premises, officials said on Sunday.The operation was jointly conducted by the Railway…
Kolkata: Despite being lashed by a squall on Friday night, the city remained warm and humid, with the maximum temperature touching 34.8°C on Saturday. While it will continue to be warm during the day, with the maximum temperature hovering around 35°C in Kolkata till at least Tuesday, chances of thunderstorms and rain were high due…
Kolkata: Screening of films at Inox in Metropolitan Mall at Hiland Park off EM Bypass stopped from Saturday as the fire licence did not get renewed due to lack of pressurisation in the stairs and exhaust system in the basement. Mall authorities said they have started work to comply with the fire norms.The multiplex that…
Kolkata: Kolkata Police arrested a man accused of sending a fake email to Bhowanipore police station claiming that a plot was being hatched to assassinate chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, officials said on Saturday.The email, received by Bhowanipore police station at 10.45am on May 14, claimed that a woman was planning to kill the CM. It…
KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari launched a fresh attack against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, claiming that he has obtained a list of properties linked to Abhishek’s company, Leaps and Bounds, and warning that the assets would be probed.Addressing a public gathering in Diamond Harbour, Adhikari alleged that he possesses details of multiple…
