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Man killed for refusing daughter’s hand in marriage

An elderly businessman died after being attacked by a young man. The attacker demanded to marry the elderly man's daughter. The murder sparked tension in the area, leading to the accused's house being vandalised and demolished by angry locals.

Wet day for city, heavy rains in dists: Met dept

Lashed by heavy downpour during the afternoon, the city plunged into darkness around 3pm. The heavy showers were triggered by deep depression over Northeast Bay of Bengal, off the Bangladesh coast, bringing ‘orange warning’ of heavy to very heavy rainfall between 7-20cm by the weather office for Kolkata and seven other districts of south Bengal, today.

Ex-CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharya still critical

The condition of ailing former chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharya remains critical on Sunday though there has been a slight improvement, according to hospital authorities.