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Heavy rain lashes Kolkata after yoga celebrations; Leaves city waterlogged

Kolkata, June 21 -- Despite cloudy skies on International Yoga Day, rain stayed away during the early hours, allowing lakhs of people across West Bengal to participate in yoga sessions in open grounds... Read More


SC orders priority hearing in Bengal lawyer's SIR appeal

Kolkata, June 21 -- The Supreme Court has reportedly directed an appellate tribunal dealing with disputes arising from West Bengal's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to grant an out... Read More


APDR seeks halt to take over of 'three-crop' farmland

Kolkata, June 21 -- The Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) has urged the Murshidabad district administration not to hand over multi-crop agricultural land in a border area of Jalan... Read More


'Soil bacterium offers dual defence against arsenic & superbugs'

Kolkata, June 21 -- A team of scientists from Imperial College London and Jadavpur University has identified a naturally occurring soil bacterium, Bacillus subtilis, that can help tackle two major agr... Read More


BJP leader urges students to explore entrepreneurship

Kolkata, June 21 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Debjit Sarkar highlighted several government schemes aimed at helping young entrepreneurs start businesses and industrial units, and encou... Read More


Mosharraf's exit adds to Trinamool turmoil, resignation wave continues

Kolkata, June 21 -- The pressure on the Trinamool Congress' Kalighat camp appears to be mounting further as resignations continue across organisational and civic levels. In the latest setback for the ... Read More


Abhishek questions police action over armed BJP leader's presence at airport

Kolkata, June 21 -- Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday questioned whether the police would act after his party alleged that an armed BJP leader was present at ... Read More


TMC expands national executive, forms disciplinary committee

Kolkata, June 21 -- The national executive meeting of the Trinamool Congress at Kalighat concluded with key organisational decisions aimed at strengthening internal discipline and restructuring the pa... Read More


State plans modern milk processing plant at Debra

Kolkata, June 21 -- The Bengal government will set up a modern milk processing plant on more than five acres of land at Debra in West Midnapore, adjacent to the National Highway. The project, being i... Read More


Kunki elephants join Yoga Day celebrations at Jaldapara

New Delhi, June 21 -- International Yoga Day was celebrated in a unique way at Jaldapara and Gorumara National Parks, where Kunki elephants joined forest officials and staff in yoga activities. The F... Read More