1 week ago Rain Dampens Spirit Of Kolkata's Famous Used Books Market In Puja Season

The Kolkata downpour has left a trail of damage at Asia's largest secondhand books market in College Street. Thousands of books damaged by rainwater have been dumped into garbage bins on both sides of...

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1 week ago Need "Civic Consciousness": Mamata Banerjee After Kolkata Deluge

Kolkata flooded after six hours of unprecedented rain, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blamed it partly on the garbage dumped on roads, which, she said, interfered with the drainage system and...

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1 week ago Political Row Erupts Between BJP, Trinamool Congress Over Kolkata Rains

With large parts of Kolkata thoroughly inundated, a political slugfest broke out on social media between the BJP and Trinamool Congress.

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1 week ago 6 Hours Trump 22 Days: Why Kolkata Is Flooded After One Night Of Rainfall

Between September 1 and September 22, Kolkata received 178.6 mm of rainfall, 16 per cent lower than the normal of 213.7 mm during this period. And between 8.30 am yesterday and 8.30 am today, the City...

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1 week ago Kolkata Rains: IndiGo Airlines Issues Advisory As IMD Predicts Heavy Rain In Several South Bengal Districts

The IMD said heavy rainfall is likely to occur in Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur, South 24 Parganas, Jhargram and Bankura districts of South Bengal till Wednesday.

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1 week ago 5 Dead In Kolkata As Heavy Rain Causes Flooding, Traffic Chaos

5 Dead In Kolkata As Heavy Rain Causes Flooding, Traffic Chaos

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1 week ago Overnight Rain Leaves Kolkata Waterlogged, More Showers Predicted

Very heavy showers overnight threw life out of gear in Kolkata and its surrounding areas on Tuesday, with several places inundated under knee-deep water and traffic paralysed.

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2 w. ago Bengal, Centre Arrive At Security 'Truce' After Nepal Violence

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and the BJP-led Centre are consistently at loggerheads.

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3 w. ago Politics On Field: Trinamool, BJP Hold Football Tournaments In West Bengal

With West Bengal scheduled to witness Assembly polls next year, the games being played are literally on field with the Trinamool Congress organising the Swami Vivekananda Cup and the BJP holding the...

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4 w. ago Rekha Gupta's Husband Seen At Official Meet, BJP Says "Nothing Wrong"

A fresh political row erupted in Delhi after Chief Minister Rekha Gupta's husband, Manish Gupta - a businessman and a social worker - was seen sitting in a government meeting with her.

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4 w. ago Bengal Shocker: Trinamool MLA Threatens To Pour Acid In BJP Leader's Mouth

A few years ago, he had threatened to cut off the hands and feet of leaders and workers of the BJP, CPI(M) and Congress. Now, Malda district Trinamool Congress (TMC) President Abdur Rahim Bakshi has...

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