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Depression intensifies into deep depression, to cross TN- Puducherry coasts on Nov 25

‘Amphan’ to weaken into extremely severe cyclonic storm: Met

11:20 am May 19, 2020

Kolkata: The super cyclonic storm ‘Amphan’ in west-central Bay of Bengal is likely to weaken into an ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’ by noon on Tuesday, the Met department said here. The system, which was situated 670 km south-southwest of Digha in West Bengal, is very likely to move north-northeastwards across northwest Bay of Bengal, and […]

India Post mobile app helps deliver masks, medicines

India Post helping people get pension money at doorstep

8:13 pm April 23, 2020

Kolkata: Over 1,000 elderly people of Kolkata and five districts of south Bengal have received pension at their doorstep during the last fortnight of the lockdown, thanks to the efforts of the India Post. Payments to the tune of more than Rs 90 lakh have been made to these people of North and South 24 […]

Amit Shah holds colourful roadshow in Bengal's Kharagpur

Ahead of Shah’s visit to WB, BJP loses control of civic body

1:48 pm October 1, 2019

Kolkata: Ahead of BJP president Amit Shah’s visit to the city, the saffron party has lost control of the Garulia municipality in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, after its chairman Sunil Singh resigned from his post, paving way for the TMC to regain control of the civic body. Sunil Singh, the brother-in-law of BJP […]

Candidate forced to breastfeed baby outside exam centre

11:02 pm September 1, 2019

Kolkata: A candidate of the West Bengal Integrated Child Development Society (ICDS) examination on Sunday was allegedly compelled to breastfeed her baby in the open outside due to lack of facilities for it inside the building. The incident took place at a school building in South 24 Parganas district’s Baruipur. The 21-year-old woman’s husband told […]

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