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A low-pressure zone designed over the Bay of Bengal on Thursday and it is likely to provoke heavy rain in Kolkata over the next 24 hours. While it is the third such system over the Bay in August, it is also the nearest to the West Bengal coast this monsoon, said Met officials. “Kolkata is…
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The city Kolkata obtained 35mm of rain between Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon and the sky remained cloudy through the day. Similar clouded sky and drizzles are likely through the first half of Monday, the Alipore Met office said. The possibility of heavy rain was excluded by the Met office because the depression over the…
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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that a school in West Bengal’s Howrah district has been named one of the world’s top ten inspirational schools. She complimented Howrah’s Samaritan Mission School on their achievement, also noting that it was by T4 Education, a UK-based research organisation, in collaboration with some internationally renowned agencies. Mamata…
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On Thursday, parts of Delhi experienced a heat wave for the seventh day in a row, despite the India Meteorological Department predicting no significant reprieve till June 16. The maximum temperature at Delhi’s base station, Safdarjung Observatory, was 43.8 degrees Celsius, four degrees above normal. On Thursday, three of Delhi’s 11 meteorological stations registered a…
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On Monday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the Delhi government is preparing to go to war against waterlogging and is focusing on micro-planning to solve the problem. According to an official release, the Public Works Department (PWD) will establish up a Central Control Room on June 15 from which 10 important waterlogging locations in…
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On Monday, a local court sentenced terror convict Waliullah Khan to death for a series of bombs in Varanasi 16 years ago that killed at least 20 people. District Sessions Judge Jitendra Kumar Sinha found Khan guilty on Saturday, but deferred ruling on the sentence for the 2006 explosives at Varanasi’s Sankat Mochan Hanuman temple…
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On the occasion of World Environment Day, locals in an Assam village, together with officials from the state’s forest department and district government, planted 1 lakh seedlings.The locals are from Assam’s Golaghat district’s Dhansiri sub-division. This endeavour was taken in the interest of preserving the environment and setting a new record. “There is about 500…
On Monday evening, heavy rain and strong winds dropped the temperature in the national capital by nearly 16 degrees Celsius. Strong winds and a heavy deluge hit Delhi-NCR, uprooting trees and causing traffic congestion in numerous areas. Waterlogging has been recorded in various locations as a result of heavy rains. The India Meteorological Department said,…
WB CM Mamata now requested the state cabinet ministers not to use red beacons atop their cars while travelling. The Trinamool Congress chief said this during a felicitation function for the Kolkata police. “I have asked the state cabinet ministers not to use red beacons atop their cars while moving. Even the police use red…
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A 14-year-old girl raped at a government hospital’s delivery room in Rajasthan’s Barmer district. The survivor went to the hospital complaining of stomach pain. The accused raped the girl at knife point and also took vulgar photos and videos of the survivor, the police said. Mularam Choudhary, station house officer at the Gudamalani police station…
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