Weather forecast for Tuesday (20.6.2023)
The maximum and minimum temperatures on Tuesday are likely to be around 33°C and 27°C, respectively.
Thundershower
Sunset: 6.23pm
Sunrise: 4.53am
Yesterday’s weather update (19.6.2023)
Temperature
Maximum: 31.1°C (-2.7)
Minimum: 26.6°C (-0.4)
Rainfall: 1.8mm
Humidity
Maximum: 94%
Minimum: 71%
Kolkata Traffic Police posted a list of programmes that might affect the city traffic on Tuesday (20.6.2023)
- 11.30am: Procession from Chittaranjan Avenue near Ram Mandir that will move along Chittaranjan Avenue – Jatindra Mohan Avenue - Girish Avenue – Bagbazar crossing – Hanuman Mandir (near Girish Mancha)
- 1pm: Procession from 3C, Albert Road to TAI Ground via Hungerford Street – AJC Bose Road – Sarat Bose Road – Hazra Road – SP Mukherjee Road - Ashutosh Mukherjee Road – Jawaharlal Nehru Road - Exide crossing - Jawaharlal Nehru Road – Outram Road
- 1pm: Procession from Kolkata Port Trust Compound on Dock East Boundary Road to Subhas Udyan (Northern Park) via Circular Garden Reach Road, Ramnath Paul Road, Hem Chandra Street, Mohan Chandra Dutta Road, Michael Dutta Street, Diamond Harbour Road, Ekbalpore crossing, National Library Avenue, Belvedere Road, DL Khan Road, Sambhu Nath Pandit Street, Elgin Road, Allenby Road
- 2pm: Procession organised from Sri Sri Jagannath Trust Alipore, 50H/1, Alipore Raod to 32/1C, Judges Court Road via Alipore Park Road – Raja Santosh Road – Alipore Road – Chetla Hat Road – Rakhal Das Auddy Road – Chetla Central Road – Raja Santosh Road – Alipore Park Road – Alipore Road – Burdwan Road – New Road – Judges Court Road
- 3pm: Procession from the front of Sarbamangala Ghat and move along Khagen Chatterjee Road - Baranagar Bazar - Kashinath Dutta Road - Sinthi More - Barrackpore Trunk Road - Chiria More - Dum Dum Road
- 3.30pm: Procession from 143, DKD Railway Colony Belgachia to Madhab Bati, 143, Bidhan Sarani via DKD Railway Colony - Belgachia Villa - Milk Colony - Dutta Bagan Crossing - Raja Manindra Road, Monmatha Dutta Road, Indra Biswas Road, Kshudiram Bose Sarani, Belgachia Road, RG Kar Road, Raja Dinendra Street, Aurobinda Sarani, Bidhan Sarani (Hatibagan crossing)
- 5.30pm: Procession from in front of Deshbandhu Park to its place of origin via Raja Dinendra Street, Vivekananda Road, Manicktala crossing, APC Road, Shyambazar 5 point crossing, R.G. Kar Road, Raja Dinendra Street
Id on June 29
Id Ul Azha will be celebrated on June 29, Nakhoda Masjid announced on Monday. The Id prayers will be held at 6.30am at the mosque.
I-card scan must for IIT students
IIT Kharagpur has made it mandatory for all its students to carry their I-cards in hard or soft copy and get them scanned by a barcode scanner each and every time they enter or exit the campus. The move, the institute has said, is intended "to have a check on the movement of IIT Kharagpur students" and "to restrict unauthorised entry".
VC appointments
The high court on Monday asked the state government to file an affidavit within three weeks on the ordinance it has brought for appointing full-term vice-chancellors in state-aided universities. The order followed a case by an advocate who alleged that the state had violated the norms set by the UGC while bringing the ordinance. She contended that according to the UGC, there should be three members in the search committee for the selection of a VC and the state has kept provisions for five members.
IIT Kharagpur death probe
Rehana Ahmed, mother of the deceased IIT Kharagpur student, has written to Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee seeking her intervention so the new investigation team to probe the death of Faizan Ahmed may be allowed to function without any hindrance.
Bagdogra expansion
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista said on Monday that the central government had sanctioned Rs 3,000 crore for the expansion of the Bagdogra airport and the upgrade would begin soon.