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City gets 4 times more rain than normal: Met

With incessant downpour since the past few days, the city has received a rainfall of over four times more than the normal. Kolkata recorded 4.46 times more rainfall between 1 and 4 October than what the city used to get during this time of the year, according to the local weather office.

CM reviews flood situation, regrets missing soldiers

Sources said thataround 6,475 persons were rescued, 6,572 persons were evacuated

Sikkim: Glacial lake outburst causes flash floods, CM assures support to victims

Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang expressed shock over nature's fury and promised all support to the victims after the Glacial Lake Lhonak outburst flood in Mangan district in North Sikkim that caused the rise of water levels with very high velocities downstream along the river Teesta in the early hours today affecting Mangan, Gangtok, Pakyong, and Namchi districts.

Educators want Guv's consent to the Bill making the CM as chancellor

The Educationists’ Forum, consisting of former vicechancellors of state universities and teachers held a media meet within the Jadavpur University campus on Tuesday stating that the Governor was deliberately delaying the formation of the search committee for finding VCs and indulging in illegal practices.

Asansol in turmoil after back-to-back protests

A ruckus broke out in the streets of Asansol as Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) prevented BJP workers and leaders from moving ahead with their proposed rally here today.

TMC stages protest at RSS office

A group of Trinamul Congress activists staged a protest at the RSS office, Keshav Bhavan, late on Tuesday night when Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, was present at the venue.

Dams reduce discharge, barrage flow breaks Mundeswari wall

Damodar Valley Corporation has reduced the discharges from it’s Maithon and Panchetupper dams

Nobel Prize 2023 in Chemistry honours innovators of quantum dots'technology

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the year 2023 has been awarded to three scientists Moungi G Bawendi, Louis E Brus, and Alexei I Ekimov for their discovery and synthesis of 'quantum dots'.

Centre hikes Ujjwala LPG cylinder subsidy by ₹100

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday decided to provide an additional subsidy of Rs 100 per LPG cylinder to women beneficiaries of the Ujjwala scheme.

Liquor scam: ED arrests AAP MP Sanjay Singh

Sanjay Singh's associates & staff had been questioned by ED earlier

Flood-Like Situation Due To Illegal Sand Mining: Ahluwalia

The member of Parliament of Burdwan—Durgapur, Surendar Singh Ahluwalia, visited the Durgapur barrage today afternoon and allegedly blamed the rampant illegal sand mining behind the floodlike situation in the seven districts of the state.

Nobel In Physics Goes To 3 For Exploring Electrons With Attosecond Pulses

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Tuesday awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 for exploring the world of electrons with extremely short pulses of light.

Asian Games: Yashasvi hits maiden T20 ton, Bishnoi, Avesh scalp three as India seal semifinal spot

Riding on Yashasvi Jaiswal's 49-ball century followed by a scintillating bowling display from Avesh Khan and Ravi Bishnoi, India beat Nepal by 23 runs to enter the semifinal, at the 19th Asian Games, here on Tuesday.

Asian Games: Parul, Annu golds help India inch closer to equal Jakarta medal haul

INdianow have 15 golds at Hangzhou 2023 with the total haul rising to 69, including 26silverand 28 bronze

Indefinite shutdown in Manipur dist against arrest of 4 Kuki-Zopeople ends

The indefinite shutdown, which began on Monday morning in Manipur’s Churachandpur district to protest against the arrest of four Kuki-Zo people by the CBI in connection with the killing of two young students, ended on Tuesday evening.

Nanded hospital horror: 7 more die, including 4 infants

The dance of death continued at the government hospital in Maharashtra's Nanded with seven more, including four infants succumbing to various health issues since October 2 night.

Europe Union's top diplomat dismisses concern about bloc's long-term support for Ukraine

The European Union’s foreign policy chief on Monday led a delegation of top diplomats on an unannounced visit to Kyiv and dismissed concerns about political tension in the bloc over its long-term support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia.

Trump's civil fraud trial to get down to business

Lawyers to take up plodding task of going through years of Trump's financial documents

India's services exports go up 8.4 pc to $28.72 bn in August

India's services exports went up by 8.4 per cent to $28.72 billion in August this year over the same month of the previous year, while imports fell 0.8 per cent to $15.10 billion, provisional data released by the RBI on Tuesday showed.

Stock market closes in red after trading in negative on weak international cues

Top gainersamong the Nifty firms included Bajaj Finance, L&T, Titan, Bajaj Finserv, AdaniPorts, signallingsome resilience inselectsectors

PM's messages to Raj CM & BJP leaders makes it Modi vs Gehlot contest

Many hidden messages were given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his speech in Chittorgarh, and sources say they were meant both for the Gehlot government and the BJP as well.

Union minister rakes up issue of separate Western UP state

Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Union Minister of State for Animal Husbandry Dr. Sanjeev Balyan has raked up the contentious issue of a separate state of Western Uttar Pradesh.

Bihar: All-party meet welcomes caste survey, BJP says there are irregularities

Bihar’s all party meeting, which was called by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday, has welcomed the caste based survey released by the Bihar government.

'Jitni abadi, utna haq' could lead to majoritarianism: Singhvi

Have not departed from Congress line, he says after flutter created by his comments

Kerala HC refuses to suspend conviction of Lakshdweep MP Mohammed Faizalin attempt to murder case

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday refused to suspend the conviction of PP Mohammed Faizal, Lok Sabha member from Lakshadweep, in an attempt-tomurder case

No interim relief to Naidu, SC to hear plea on 9 October

Top courtseeksall the documents that were before Andhra Pradesh HC

Dengue deaths in city; physician files PIL in HC

Two more dengue deaths were reported on Tuesday in the city and its outskirts, south Dum Dum, respectively, raising the unofficial death toll to 50 across the state during this ongoing monsoon season.

ED summons: approaches Abhishek HC Division Bench

Banerjee can appear for questioning on Wednesday: ED to Calcutta High Court

Students' council elections in state varsities not possible without permanent VCs: Govt tells HC

The West Bengal government informed the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday that students’ council elections in different state universities can't be held without the appointment of permanent vicechancellors (VCs) there.

DTA apprehends law and order problem over bonus issue

Apprehending law and order problems in tea plantations in the Hills over the issue of bonus, the Darjeeling Tea Association (DTA) has served a memorandum to the district administration.