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NEW DELHI: The excise department of the Delhi government late on Friday notified six dry days from October to December when the sale of liquor will remain prohibited at the state-run retail stores in the capital.According to officials, the city's 637 retail shops, run by four government corporations, will remain closed on October 2 (Gandhi Jayanti), October 24 (Dussehra), October 28 (Valmiki Jayanti),...

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...

HANGZHOU: From Uncha Gaon to Hangzhou. The pains faced and endured along the way have been worth it for Eabad Ali -- India's first sailor to win an international medal in windsurfing. When this call went to Eabad, he was at his Asian Games base at the Ningbo Xiangshan Sailing Centre, a 140 km drive from the main city bustling with Games activity.Asian Games 2023: India's Neha Thakur wins silver in...

NEW DELHI: There is a chance of mist developing in the morning hours from Wednesday to Friday with the weather expected to remain dry. The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 36-37 degrees Celsius for the next few days.Kuldeep Srivastava, IMD scientist, said, "The visibility during morning hours due to mist formation is likely to dip to 2,000-1,500 metres."The maximum temperature on Tuesday...

GUWAHATI: Browsers and bookmarks on phones sprung back to life in strife-ridden Manipur on Saturday after 143 days as the BJP-led state government ended the country's second longest mobile internet blackout after the one in J&K since August 4, 2019, that lasted a record 552 days. The return of mobile internet coincided with the administration lifting total curfew for a day in the twin valley...

KOLKATA: The city has recorded 1,100 dengue cases in the past one week, taking the total numbers to 3,800 till the third week of September. Dengue surge in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area, too, continues with another 373 fresh cases being reported last week, taking the total figures of dengue affected this year to 1,764 till the third week of September. The BMC areas recorded 300+ cases for...

KOLKATA: The Bangladesh government on Wednesday permitted export of nearly 4,000 tonnes of hilsa to India over a 40-day period. Around 90% of the exports reach Kolkata, by far the largest market in the country. The first consignment of around 60 tonnes is expected to roll into the city on Thursday and hit the retail markets on Friday with steady supplies set to commence from Friday at 100 tonnes-120...

KOLKATA: A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly murdering a 16-year-old girl who had gone missing from her Kolkata Leather Complex area home on March 25 and whose body was found a week ago. The accused, Tufan Pramanik, is a cycle shop owner and had been hiding in the Dhapa landfill site for the past 60 hours.Pramanik was picked up from Khanaberia Sarderpara on Monday. "He was trying to get a job...

MUMBAI: The city recorded 27 "poor air" days, when daily average PM2.5 levels were between 90 and 120 ug/m3, in January and February, compared with just six such days in the corresponding period last year, reports Chittaranjan Tembhekar.In fact, there were zero "good air" days-average PM2.5 levels under 30 ug/m3-in February, shows data from the National Clean Air Programme.Track the pollution level in...

CHENNAI: The traffic police have booked and fined nearly 42,000 violators in the last 22 days, deploying personnel at key junctions to photograph the offences. Of these, 17,043 were booked for not complying with the stopline rule, 13,484 for not wearing helmets, 7,564 for riding on the wrong side and causing hindrance to motorists, 3,511 for jumping signals and 1,103 for riding/driving with defective...