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Suvendu flags hotel 'lock-in' practice | Tarapith will get Rs 5 crore ahead of Kaushiki Amavasya, says CM

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced an additional Rs 5 crore for the beautification and development of Tarapith in Birbhum ahead of Kaushiki Amavasya, one of th... Read More


Nepal flood: At least 675 dead, thousands still missing

Kathmandu, Aug. 29 -- The death toll from flash floods in central Nepal rose to 675 on Saturday, with more bodies being recovered on Saturday even as more than 2,400 people still remained missing foll... Read More


Nepal flood: Toll rises to 675 as India, China join tunnel rescue; morgues overflow

Kathmandu, Aug. 29 -- The death toll from the devastating flash floods in central Nepal rose to 669 on Saturday as rescue teams continued recovering bodies from the affected areas, while more than 2,4... Read More


KMC, Metro launch citywide drive against dengue

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Metro Railway on Saturday launched a joint "special drive" against dengue, beginning at Esplanade Metro station and extending to all metro... Read More


SC to hear plea seeking mandatory disclosure of ethanol content in petrol on Aug 31

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a petition on August 31 seeking a directive to the Centre and others to ensure mandatory and uniform labelling on every dispensing nozzle a... Read More


State Food and Supplies Minister vows to root out 'institutionalised corruption'

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- State Food and Supplies Minister Ashok Kirtania on Saturday said the state government was committed to rooting out the institutionalised corruption that had allegedly plagued the... Read More


Bengal government to introduce two 100-passenger hybrid-electric ferries for Hooghly River tourism

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- As part of its wider plan to develop eco-friendly river tourism along the Hooghly, the West Bengal government, for the first time in the country's history, is going to introduce ... Read More


'Fresh low pressure to bring heavy rain'

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- The Coastal and western districts of West Bengal are likely to receive heavy rainfall till August 31 under the influence of a fresh low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Be... Read More


BJP suspends Entally leader over P.S agitation

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- BJP has temporarily suspended local leader Sudip Ram for staging a protest by locking the main gate of the Entally police station in Kolkata, sources said. Sudip had earlier bee... Read More


TMC raps Dilip Ghosh over 'Vande Mataram' attribution

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- A political row erupted after the TMC objected to the remarks of Panchayat minister Dilip Ghosh, who allegedly attributed the writing of 'Vande Mataram' to Rabindranath Tagore. T... Read More