Themes for Durga Pujas are being unveiled in the city as the Puja committees perform their Khunti Pujas.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to beautify the wetlands in the eastern fringes of the city.
The family members of the 13-year-old minor girl, Tamanna Khatun, who was killed in a bomb blast last month at Kaliganj in Nadia, will petition the Calcutta High Court for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the case.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today congratulated the farmers for producing 256.53 lakh metric tonnes of paddy for 2024-25, the highest ever recorded in any year in the state.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee conducted arati and took part in special puja of Lord Jagannath and his siblings this afternoon.
In anticipation of the severe impact of cyclone Dana along the coast of Odisha and West Bengal, the Indian Navy is preparing to conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operations.
From being centred at a distance of 460 km yesterday, the brewing cyclone Dana came as close as 150 km from Paradip and 250 km south of Sagar Island this afternoon.
All the municipality and panchayat areas within Hooghly district are on high alert to face any kind of emergency situation arising from the cyclone.
The fast approaching cyclone Dana is expected to hit the districts on Thursday and Friday but it has already led to panic among the farmers.
Office goers and workers might have to tweak their usual routine for the next two days.
