West Bengal

Chandrodaya Temple reopens for devotees after more than 3 months

4:17 pm July 5, 2020

Kolkata: The gates of Chandrodaya Temple, Mayapur, world headquarters of the ISKCON, reopened for devotees on Sunday, more than three months after they were shut in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. The ‘darshan’ of the deities began from 9 am and around 100 devotees came inside the premises through sanitiser tunnel, ISKCON (International Society […]

Need robust global cooperation to fight cross-border tax evasion, avoidance: FM

TMC MP calls FM “venomous snake”, BJP says he’s talking “nonsense”

3:24 pm July 5, 2020

Kolkata: In controversial remarks, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee has equated Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with a “venomous snake” for her handling of the economy, drawing a sharp reaction from the BJP which said Mamata Banerjee has lost control over her party leaders who are “uttering nonsense” out of frustration. Addressing a protest rally at Bankura against rising fuel prices and the proposed privatization of trains on […]

India registers highest single-day spike of nearly 23K COVID cases

11:14 pm July 4, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally neared 6.5 lakh cases on Saturday with a record single-day spike of 22,771 new infections, even as the recovery rate further improved to 60.81 per cent. The government said several people-centric measures taken as part of the “test, trace, treat” strategy have removed the impediments for COVID-19 testing. Facilitation of […]

Monsoon arrives in Delhi but rainfall activity to remain weak for next 3 days

9:09 pm June 25, 2020

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department on Thursday declared the onset of monsoon in the national capital, two days earlier than the usual date of June 27. However, rainfall activity over Delhi, Haryana and Chandigarh is likely to remain weak for the next three days, said Sathi Devi, the head of National Weather Forecasting Centre […]

Tailor found dead at Noida home, suicide suspected

11:54 pm June 24, 2020

Noida: A 26-year-old man was found dead inside his rented accommodation here on Wednesday in a suspected suicide case, police said. The deceased, who hailed from Bettiah in Bihar’s West Champaran district, was staying in Ilahabas village and worked as a tailor, the police said. The locals had informed the police about the incident, saying […]