KOLKATA: A student in the fourth year of the electrical engineering department at IIT Kharagpur was discovered dead in the hostel room, the institute confirmed on Wednesday. The family of the deceased student, K Kiran Chandra, who was discovered hanging in his secured room, was notified on Wednesday and has since arrived on the campus.In an official statement concerning the student's passing, the...
GANGTOK: The death toll in the devastating flash flood in Sikkim has risen to 40, with the recovery of two more bodies, news agency PTI quoted officials as saying. The tragedy, which occurred about two weeks ago, has left 76 people still missing. The flash flood, triggered by a cloudburst in the Teesta river in the early hours of October 4, caused widespread destruction in the state, affecting around...
Kolkata: Aleem Khan-nursed Ashwa Mariya is likely to win the Presence Of Mind Plate at Delhi on Tuesday.Delhi selections1.45pm: 1. Sunlight 2. Heer 3. Currency.2.15pm: 1. Ashwa Mariya 2. Night Passion 3. More Bucks.2.45pm: 1. Khaifaa 2. Molecule Boy 3.Lady Of The Light.3.15pm: 1. Xfinity 2. Estrella Star 3. Ashwa Figaro.3.45pm: 1. Ashwa Sirohi 2. Euphoria 3. Bread N Butter.4.15pm: 1. Personal 2. Jugaad...
Kolkata: In a unique initiative, a group of residents of Elita Garden Vista housing complex in New Town have started drawing street art on the service road stretch adjacent to the complex to prevent encroachment by street vendors. The residents started painting a stretch of the service road with on Sunday, with permission taken from New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA).“Vendors often occupy...
KOLKATA: A 32-year-old auto driver stabbed to death his 21-year-old wife at Haridevpur's Dolly Villa on Sunday night. Accused Suvendu Das had reportedly consumed poison after stabbing his wife. He, too, was battling for life till reports last came in.The incident, police said, took place at 10.15pm. Suvendu allegedly had a tiff with his wife, Krishna, and stabbed her multiple times, witnesses told...
KOLKATA: Police are worried about crowds next week, especially on days ahead of puja, as office-returnees, shoppers and early pandal-hoppers will all hit the roads in the evening.Apprehensive of jams, cops have urged people to check police's social media pages for real-time traffic updates before setting out. "Keep enough time in hand while going out," said an officer. "There is a steady stream of...
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: A 70-year-old man from Kolkata, afflicted by the rare condition of eosinophilic duodenal stricture alongside chronic pancreatitis, is on the road to recovery following a critical surgery at a city hospital.Eosinophilic Duodenal stricture is characterized by duodenal inflammation and an excess of eosinophils, a type of white blood cell that supports the immune system. In this particular case,...
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...
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