Severe rains have caused havoc in many parts of West Bengal with reports of severe water logging, electricity disruption, and deaths by electrocution coming in from the State. In Purba Burdwan standing crop fields were submerged due to heavy rains, with vegetable cultivation also getting damaged. Many parts of Bankura were also submerged due to heavy showers and endless rains …
Chhatradhar Mahato, surrounded by security guards with AK-47 rifles, greets visitors at the local Trinamool Congress office in Jhargram. The BJP is also citing issues such as rampant corruption in government schemes under the TMC rule and irregularities in allotment of jobs under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. At a rally in Bhelapahari in Jhargram on Monday, …
Kolkata: It was around 11.45 pm and there was nip in the air on that fateful night in January 2007. “It’s good to reach Nandigram police station early otherwise we will not be able to reach due to dug up roads and extra vigilant armed guards of Bhumi Uchchhed Pratirodh Committee There is a risk if we travel during daytime.” …
At least 11 people died and four others injured in lightning strikes in West Bengal's Bankura, Purba Bardhaman and Howrah districts on Monday, as thunderstorms affected parts of the southern areas of the state, official sources said. In Bankura, two persons, including a woman, died in Onda and Bankura Sadar police station areas when lightning struck the fields where they …
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