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KOLKATA: West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday evening spent his time with the children and elderly women residing at the home of All Bengal Women's Union.The elderly citizens of the old age home along with the children had a gala time with the governor. Bose presented them with an assortment of delightful fruits and sweets, brightening their festival days.The governor invited 50 children from...

KOLKATA: A major fire broke out at at a warehouse in West Bengal's Howrah in Sankrail Industrial Park on Saturday morning.11 fire tenders have been rushed to the spot and efforts are under way to douse the blaze.Huge smoke was seen emanating from the area.The reason behind the fire is yet to be ascertained.!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) { if...

RANIGUNJ: The death of three villagers inside an open cast mine in Ranigunj -- while they were stealing coal from a government mine -- has taken senior coal officials off guard, as unlike previous instances where people have died in cave-ins at abandoned mines, Wednesday’s incident happened at an active colliery.3 killed, many feared trapped after illegal coal mine collapse near Dhanbad, JharkhandAt...

KOLKATA: The southwest monsoon is very likely to withdraw from Bengal on Friday, making it the earliest date of withdrawal in at least five years. Despite the three-day delay from the normal date of October 10, the monsoon withdrawal this year is to be a week earlier than last year. In contrast to the current absence of weather systems in the Bay of Bengal this year, frequent development of cyclonic...

KALNA: A marsh crocodile (mugger) - more than 9ft long - was found roaming a neighbourhood under ward 10 of Kalna Municipality in the wee hours of Tuesday. The incident took place at Nichujapat Pal Para of Kalna in East Burdwan. The forest department managed to capture it after a four-hour operation with the help of cops and local administration.This is the second incident in the area in two weeks....

KOLKATA: Seuli Saha, the minister of state for panchayat & rural development (P&RD), unveiled the West Bengal Panchayat Management System (WBPMS) on Tuesday. The online platform is designed to streamline and digitize all development programs, schemes, and activities undertaken by the three tiers of Panchayati Raj Institutions.A key feature of this module is the digitization of the Monthly Report...

KOLKATA: The prolonged rainfall that has gathered momentum since the last week of September is unlikely to abate before weekend, despite the gradual weakening of the low pressure in the Bay of Bengal. The well-marked low pressure area that developed in the east central Bay of Bengal reduced in force after reaching southwest Jharkhand and north Chhattisgarh on Monday. However, the cyclonic circulation...

KOLKATA: Number of cadaver organ donations in Bengal is set to rise from 15 in 2022 to at least 18 to 19 this year - an increment which is encouraging but could have been better, felt experts at a seminar on organ donation held at a city private hospital on Saturday. It stressed on the need for more brain death declarations to increase the number of deceased organ donations in which Bengal has fallen...

KOLKATA: Kolkata and Bengal could end up with a monsoon rainfall deficit this year despite a 60% rain surplus in September and a low-pressure formation over the Bay of Bengal, which promises "enhanced rainfall" in the next few days.Officially, monsoon withdraws from Bengal around October 10 after it arrives in early June. By Friday, Bengal had received 1,186.2mm rain against the normal count of...

KOLKATA: West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose on Monday cancelled his scheduled USA trip to attend the World Culture Festival as he felt that it would not be appropriate to accept foreign hospitality when the state is facing financial difficulties and dengue deaths, officials said on Monday. The governor's decision came less than 24 hours ahead of his scheduled departure. "(The) governor had initially...