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City paralysed: Firhad Hakim cites swollen Hooghly River, backflow for waterlogging

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- With torrential rain paralysing the city on Tuesday, leaving its streets submerged and services disrupted, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) found itself grappling with a cr... Read More


CM postpones Puja inaugurations in city, virtually opens district pujas

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday postponed her planned Durga Puja inaugurations in Kolkata due to heavy rainfall and adverse weather conditions but conducted virtual inau... Read More


Hatibagan to Jodhpur Park: Heavy rains wreak havoc on Puja preps

KOLKATA, Sept. 23 -- Dark clouds have gathered not only over Kolkata's skies, submerging the city, but also over Durga Puja organisers struggling to save their pandals. Crowd-pulling pandals such as K... Read More


State advances Durga Puja vacation in schools and colleges amid heavy rain

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Heavy overnight rain that brought normal life across Kolkata and surrounding areas to a standstill on Tuesday, coupled with forecasts of further inclement weather, prompted the st... Read More


Bengali TV & film industry reel under relentless downpour, flooding

KOLKATA, Sept. 23 -- Aratrika Maity, popularly known as Uji from Zee Bangla's serial 'Jowar Bhata', usually leaves her Ruby More residence around 7.45 pm, reaching Technician Studio within 15 minutes.... Read More


Monsoon mayhem: More rain in a day than in 3 weeks

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- A torrential downpour brought Kolkata to its knees on Tuesday morning, inundating large parts of the city and crippling transport systems just days ahead of the Durga Puja festivi... Read More


Gorumara, Chapramari ESZs: Resorts under review, no immediate eviction

Jalpaiguri, Sept. 23 -- No government or private resorts within the eco-sensitive zones (ESZ) of Gorumara National Park and Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary are being evicted at present. However, a joint... Read More


GNLF seeks intervention of Amit Shah after ECI delists party

Darjeeling, Sept. 23 -- The Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) has sought the intervention of Union Home minister Amit Shah after the Election Commission of India (ECI) delisted the party for not... Read More


Locals protest against BSF restrictions

Cooch Behar, Sept. 23 -- Residents of the Nazirhat-Shyamganj border area in Dinhata subdivision staged a road blockade on Tuesday, protesting against the new battalion of the Border Security Force (BS... Read More


Inadvertent border crossing: BSF reunites girl with kin

BALURGHAT, Sept. 23 -- The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday reunited a 20-year-old woman from Malda with her family after she accidentally crossed into Bangladesh. According to BSF officials, th... Read More