KOLKATA: The Indian Sundarbans has registered a rise of at least 14% in its tiger population, recording the presence of a minimum of 100 big cats - from 88 in 2019 - in the all-India tiger estimation report released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mysuru on Sunday.Foresters said the "at least 100" figure was based on evidence of that many unique individuals clicked by camera-traps; the actual number...
KOLKATA: Members of the NGO--Fact Finding Committee on Human Rights Violations were stopped by the police on Sunday morning before they entered Howrah to speak to the victims. Six of the team members were supposed to meet the victims at Howrah where clashes over Ram Navami procession left many injured.The team was stopped near the Second Hooghly bridge on Sunday morning as cops requested them not to...
KOLKATA: The drive against retreaded tyres and manipulated fitness certificates of buses and minibuses in the past seven days showed the biggest violators were buses to and from Howrah, all of them touching the city centre - Esplanade, BBD Bag and Sealdah -revealed Lalbazar on Saturday.At the very Mayo Road-Dufferin Road crossing in Esplanade, where a minibus had keeled over a week ago, killing two...
KOLKATA: The maximum temperature in Kolkata has been at a steady 36.5°C for three consecutive days since Thursday. However, the city is likely to witness a heat surge, with the temperature potentially crossing 40°C by Wednesday.The Met office predicted a major surge in heat between April 10 and 15, when the possibility of rain in the city is exceptionally low. The rising heat will be accompanied by a...
KOLKATA: The city cops on Thursday evening arrested an 11-member team of fraudsters from Jamtara after KKR's home match at Eden Gardens. The men, all sporting KKR jerseys, were seated in the G-block stand when they were spotted by detective department officers deployed there. The sleuths followed them after the match and arrested them when they reached their hotel.The accused are part of a gang that has...
KOLKATA: Metro Railway general manager P Uday Kumar Reddy inspected Sealdah to Salt Lake Sector V stretch of the East-West Metro Corridor (Green Line) on Friday and asked the staff to maintain the highest standard of cleanliness. Reddy reached Sealdah station on Friday morning and started the inspection from there. At Sealdah, he inspected entry-exit points, platforms, crew lobby, ticket vending...
KOLKATA: TMC panchayat-level leader Neelima Barman, her husband Bimal Barman (also an active member of TMC) and their daughter Runa Barman were hacked to death after being allegedly attacked by a sharp weapon by some miscreants at Sitalkuchi in the Cooch Behar district of West Bengal on Friday, ANI reported. The couple's other daughter Iti Barman is under treatment in the hospital."Three people have...
KOLKATA: Thursday turned out to be the hottest day so far this year with the maximum temperature breaching the 35°C mark. Following a two-degree jump, the mercury touched 36.5°C. The rise in temperature signals the beginning of a hot spell, which is predicted to continue till mid-April. It would pave the way for a scorching and dry spell when the mercury might climb close to 40°C, said weathermen....
KOLKATA: Sealdah divisional railway manager (DRM) Deepak Nigam and commissioner of Customes inspected the border railway station in Gede on Wednesday facilitate faster movement of cargo and passengers trains across the border. The officers conducted a joint inspection of the facilities available at the Customs checking point at railway station on April 5.It is well-known that, apart from handling two...
KOLKATA: Amidst the current situation of hatred and religious divisiveness, boarders of Hindu Hostel like Arpan Maji, Rajarshi Barman and Gobinda Barman hosted an iftar for Muslim boarders to spread the message of communal harmony and show that Presidency students uphold the spirit of plurality. The event was not restricted to only boarders, rather students from Presidency University, Jadavpur...
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