Although the day was sultry, the sky turned dark on Tuesday evening. Earlier, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted thunderstorms and thundershowers in several parts of Bengal due to the presence of an upper air trough from Bihar to Odisha and strong moisture incursion from Bay of Bengal
Amit DattaA squall had passed over Alipore observatory (Kolkata) from the northwesterly direction on Monday evening with a maximum wind gust of 84 kmph and lasted for three minutes and over Dumdum from the westerly direction 62 kmph. It lasted for a minute. Meanwhile, several trees were uprooted due to the storm which the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) workers cleared on Tuesday
Arnab DuttaUnion minister of state for Post, Shipping and Waterways, Shantanu Thakur, handed over appointment letters to new recruits during the 5th Rozgar Mela organised by the Department of Post, government of India, West Bengal circle on Tuesday at EZCC, Salt lake
My KolkataICSE national topper from Bengal, Sambit Mukhopadhyay of St Xavier’s School, Burdwan was felicitated on Tuesday by principal Fr Dr Maria Joseph Savariappan SJ at the school
My KolkataSahitya Akademi organised the birth centenary seminar of Gour Kishore Ghosh at the Sahitya Akademi Auditorium on Tuesday. Eminent Bengali writers Subodh Sarkar and Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay, convener, Bengali Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi, Bratya Basu and others were present
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