Weather forecast for Tuesday (16.1.2024)
The maximum and minimum temperatures on Tuesday are likely to be around 21°C and 13°C, respectively.
Fog in the morning. Later, mainly clear sky
Sunset: 5.14pm
Sunrise: 6.19am
Yesterday’s weather update (15.1.2024)
Temperature
Maximum: 20.2°C (-4.6)
Minimum: 13.9°C (+0.1)
Rainfall: Nil
Humidity
Maximum: 96%
Minimum: 57%
Kolkata Traffic Police posted a list of programmes that might affect the city traffic on Tuesday (16.1.2024)
- 1pm: Procession along SN Banerjee Road and Jawaharlal Nehru Road
- 3pm: Religious procession along SP Mukherjee Road, Deshapran Sashmal Road and Tollygunge Circular Road
Primary education
A petition was moved in the court of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of Calcutta High Court on Monday seeking an order asking the state primary education department to include Class V in government-aided schools under the control of the primary education board. The petitioner s contention was that the department should include Class V under the primary board considering the age of the students in the fifth standard. Justice Gangopadhyay sent the case before Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and said: "Since large public interest is involved in the issue, I am sending it to the Chief Justice for considering the case as a public interest litigation."
Rabindra Bharati University registrar
The registrar of Rabindra Bharati University has been suspended by the officiating vice-chancellor of the university, said an RBU official. Justice Kaushik Chanda of Calcutta High Court asked the VC to take steps against him following a contempt of court regarding increasing the age of accompanists (persons who provide musical accompaniment to another musician or a singer), the official said. Officiating VC Suvro Kamal Mukhopadhyay said he suspended registrar Subir Maitra on Monday following the court order.
Pilgrim dies
A 64-year-old woman who came from Bihar as a Gangasagar pilgrim fell while trying to bring down her luggage from the roof of a bus on Strand Road on Monday. Sabitri Devi was taken to SSKM Hospital where she was declared dead.