RK NEWS ( বাংলা )

The West Bengal governor’s tweet on New Year’s Eve drew sharp responses from writers and politicians, prompting Jagdeep Dhankhar to remove it along with a photograph from his Twitter handle. from https://ift.tt/2tnN9Qp via IFTTT

City’s first transgender couple, Tista Das and Dipan Chakraborty, got their marriage legalized at the registrar’s office in Sodepur on Tuesday. from https://ift.tt/2sG0uUr via IFTTT

Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will issue a special circular to notify a revision in building rules for construction of homes of less than 200 sqm on 3 cottah plots in the city. The amendment to the KMC Building Rules 2009 will thereafter be passed in the House in January. from https://ift.tt/2rLGvDp via IFTTT

A woman allegedly hit her mother on her head with a hammer after a disagreement between the two on Tuesday morning. The mother-daughter duo had returned to their Salt Lake home from Bengaluru last week. Her father, a former engineer, was not at home when the incident took place. from https://ift.tt/37ofjJY via IFTTT

দেহ ঘিরে এলাকায় উত্তেজনা ছড়িয়েছে। বুধবার সকালে পাতিপুকুর ও বিধাননগর স্টেশনের মাঝে রক্তাক্ত অবস্থায় দেহ দুটি পড়ে থাকতে দেখেন স্থানীয়রা।  from https://ift.tt/35fAe0r via IFTTT

নতুন সকালে হৃদয় উদ্ভাসিত হোক আলোকমালায়। from https://ift.tt/2ZHxiIU via IFTTT

Expect warmer nights as the minimum temperature is expected to rise from Wednesday. For the past few days, the minimum temperature has been below 12°C. On Tuesday, it was 11.6°C, two notches below the normal mark. By Wednesday this could jump up 12°C mark or a little over it. from https://ift.tt/2Qc7dOW via IFTTT

The state public works department (PWD) is gearing up to start dismantling the Tallah Bridge from January 5. They have planned to close the bridge from January 3 night. Around Rs 2 crore will be spent to demolish the bridge. from https://ift.tt/2rOOW0M via IFTTT

The city partied in style, ringing in the New Year on Tuesday night. Only a few drink-driving cases surfaced, with 20 being registered from Monday till 8pm on Tuesday. Last year, the figure was 45 around the same time. Cops booked over 1,500 motorists till 8pm on Tuesday. Of this, 248 were booked for helmetless riding and 312 for honking. from https://ift.tt/37sD0ka via IFTTT

It is not often that Kolkata Police seizes over a crore of fake Indian currency in a single year. But the Special Task Force did exactly that in 2019 — the seizures was almost 1.5 times that of 2018 and around six times that of 2017. The face value of total seized notes stood at Rs 1,00,63,000 as against Rs 64,46,000 in 2018 and Rs 17,26,000 in 2017. from https://ift.tt/39vMn4I via IFTTT

A young photographer and film-maker from Salt Lake was allegedly assaulted by an acquaintance, who brandished a knife, following a difference in opinion over Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC). The trigger was apprently something that the photographer had posted on his social media page. from https://ift.tt/37oUIVP via IFTTT

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কার্জনের চেয়ারে বসে কেন গর্ব অনুভব করছেন রাজ‍্যপাল? সমালোচনার ঝড় সোশ্যাল মিডিয়ায়। from https://ift.tt/2QbOR0t via IFTTT

২০১৮ সালের ৪ সেপ্টেম্বর বিকালে ভেঙে পড়ে মাঝেরহাট ব্রিজ। from https://ift.tt/2F5Up6g via IFTTT

২০২০ সালে আমজনতা থেকে রাজনৈতিক মহলের নজর থাকবে সেদিকেই... from https://ift.tt/2SFUci1 via IFTTT

Three robbers in a Scorpio, who broke into an IMFL shop at Kasba Shantipally in the wee hours of Monday and looted cash worth more than Rs 2 lakh and a dozen foreign liquor bottles, rammed their SUV in a police patrol van before fleeing towards EM Bypass. from https://ift.tt/37oQQEl via IFTTT

সভাস্থলে গোলমাল হচ্ছে দেখে এগিয়ে যান পিনাকী ধোলে ও রাহি হালদার নামে বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের দুই পড়ুয়া। তারা দেখেন এক মহিলাকে মারধর করছে জনতা from https://ift.tt/2Q9znKg via IFTTT

With party spots being no longer confined to the ever-vibrant Park Street any more, cops have decided to fan out their teams across the city, even to residential neighbourhoods that have grown into eat streets in their own rights, to ensure a trouble-free year-end festivity. To make sure revellers can avail of secure parking spots and can enjoy themselves without being harassed by rogue bikers and drunk motorists, police have drawn up a detailed plan. from https://ift.tt/2SQdD8f via IFTTT

The mercury is set to rise in the city, but the Met office predicted that the cold feeling will persist. However, Kolkata is likely to get rain on January 2. from https://ift.tt/2tdi56b via IFTTT

Bengal’s pollution control board (WBPCB) on Monday announced they would maintain same level of vigil and enforcement on New Year’s Eve just as they did on Diwali night. With complaints pouring in about high-decibel revelry across the city, WBPCB will run its control room and field-level vigil along with police commissionerates in Kolkata metropolitan area (KMA). from https://ift.tt/2tYMDsu via IFTTT

Tallah Bridge is likely to be shut down from January 3 so that work to dismantle the bridge can take off. Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), meanwhile, may take up work to repair and strengthen RG Kar bridge in north Kolkata from the second week of January after completing the ongoing repair work of Chitpore bridge. from https://ift.tt/39sp9wn via IFTTT

Constructions of individual homes of less than 200 sqm on 3 cottah plots will no longer require the building plan to be sanctioned by the civic authority in Kolkata. This will not only lead to removal of red tape around plan sanction at local borough offices, it will do away with harrassment and delays that people aspiring to build homes on small plots currently face. The move is expected to particularly benefit land owners in areas like EM Bypass, Joka and Behala that have in recent years been brought under the jurisdiction of KMC. from https://ift.tt/367FBzU via IFTTT

পার্ক স্ট্রিট ও গোটা শহরের নিরাপত্তায় মোতায়েন থাকবে মোট পাঁচ হাজার পুলিসকর্মী। from https://ift.tt/37nlgXz via IFTTT

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তবে এদিন ক্ষিতি গোস্বামীর স্মরণসভায় উপস্থিত ছিলেন জোটসঙ্গী কংগ্রেসের কোনও নেতা। from https://ift.tt/2smjk2R via IFTTT

Touts have returned to airport to cash in on the festive season, when passengers come back home from abroad or other cities on vacation from https://ift.tt/36bJO5F via IFTTT

A 54-year-old retired Army officer reportedly died under mysterious circumstances after falling on the staircase of his apartment in Behala on Saturday night. from https://ift.tt/2u5sZv9 via IFTTT

The city’s first ever night marathon, exclusively for women, is going to be organized by the Bidhannagar Police in January. The message that the police are trying to send out to people by organising the marathon is that the city is safe for women. from https://ift.tt/2tioWuN via IFTTT

"কায়দা করে মানুষকে ভুল বুঝিয়ে মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় অন্য রাজ্যে গিয়ে টাকা দিয়ে আসছেন" from https://ift.tt/36fwEVu via IFTTT

Government hospitals and state-run medical colleges may soon have experts from private hospitals performing surgeries and providing training apart from helping to build skills of students and faculty. from https://ift.tt/2Q7OZ0L via IFTTT

lmost 72 hours after the alleged physical abuse of a three-year-old girl near Beliaghata diesel locomotive yard, the Sealdah GRP said they were trying to establish the identity of the accused. from https://ift.tt/2Qtax76 via IFTTT

In a couple of years, people could virtually watch the launch of rockets and spacecrafts from a gallery off Gurusaday Road in the heart of south Kolkata. from https://ift.tt/368ZJBN via IFTTT

Even as the chill persisted in Kolkata on Sunday, an approaching western disturbance (WD) raised chances of rain in the city and across south Bengal on January 2. from https://ift.tt/358uiWI via IFTTT

The nurse of a private clinic on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Road was allegedly molested and abused by a drunk patient on December 23. from https://ift.tt/2QsMlBO via IFTTT

The severed head of a newborn was found in a market area near Habra State General Hospital in North 24 Parganas on Sunday afternoon. The incident has sent shock waves among the residents of Post Office Road in Habra. from https://ift.tt/39mp50Z via IFTTT

With the year-end chill getting sharper, Kolkatans are raising a toast to warm alcohol. While whisky still rules the roost across the city’s pubs and bars, room-temperature beer and rum with hot water have seen a four-fold jump in orders since Christmas Eve. from https://ift.tt/2Q8GAdK via IFTTT

Drink driving, rogue bikers and unnecessary honking — these are three major targets for cops as they gear up for night-long raids on the last few days of the year. from https://ift.tt/2u4nAED via IFTTT

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Sunday arrested two Chinese nationals for carrying nine gold pieces worth approximately Rs 75 lakh, concealed in body cavity at Kolkata Airport today. from https://ift.tt/2F1AXaN via IFTTT

দিলীপ ঘোষ বলেন, "এখন তাঁদের ইতিহাস কেউ পড়ে না। সত্যি কথা বলতে কি তারপর ওনার কোনও ইতিহাস লেখাও নেই।" from https://ift.tt/2ZvHVyj via IFTTT

"এখন তাঁদের ইতিহাস কেউ পড়ে না। সত্যি কথা বলতে কি তারপর ওনার কোনও ইতিহাস লেখাও নেই।" from https://ift.tt/2F6bj4w via IFTTT

A leading expert on bridges feels that the state public works department (PWD) should consider a pair of bowstring bridges as per the standard design approved by Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) at Tallah instead of a cable-stayed suspension bridge that will be expensive and time-consuming. from https://ift.tt/2ZxJ744 via IFTTT

Seven members of a gang were arrested from the Nimta area on Saturday morning for cheating and abducting two persons from the Nagerbazar area on December 11. from https://ift.tt/2MCjZEc via IFTTT

The body of a youth who accidentally fell into a well on Friday was finally brought up on Saturday. Rescue efforts were carried out for 16 hours, with an eight-hour overnight gap, and a well digger finally managed to bring up Samrat Sarkar’s body around 8.30am. from https://ift.tt/37hqt3a via IFTTT

The stand-off between the state government and the governor showed signs of a let-up on Saturday after chief minister Mamata Banerjee forwarded governor Jagdeep Dhankhar’s letter to education minister Partha Chatterjee for response. Accordingly, the minister will be writing to the governor early next week. from https://ift.tt/3577MOe via IFTTT

Nearly 1,700 tourists from various parts of the country, including West Bengal, had to be rescued by the Army in Sikkim while they were returning from the Nathu La–Tsomgo Lake circuit on Friday evening. The tourists, travelling in nearly 300 taxis, got stranded at various locations along Jawaharlal Nehru Road between 13th Mile and Nathu La due to heavy snowfall. The soldiers risked their lives to rescue the stranded tourists and also shared meals and accommodation for the night. from https://ift.tt/2ZDwxQT via IFTTT

Two persons were apprehended at the Kolkata airport on Saturday for allegedly trying to carry foreign currency concealed inside packets of papad. The air intelligence unit of the Kolkata Customs seized foreign currency worth more than Rs 1 crore. from https://ift.tt/2Q6lmNn via IFTTT

The mercury plunged to season’s lowest on Saturday, when the city woke up to a shivering 11.1 degrees Celsius. At 19.9 degrees Celsius, even the maximum temperature was the lowest so far this season, recorded five degrees below normal. Cold winds and the mere 9-degree difference the minimum and maximum temperature kept the city cold, with residents wrapping themselves in woollens and caps. from https://ift.tt/39iqTrQ via IFTTT

The blue sari that economics Nobel joint-winner Esther Duflo wore to the awards ceremony in Stockholm on December 10 caught many eyeballs. But there were two more items you might have overlooked: a gold chain adorning her neck and a bracelet on her left wrist. from https://ift.tt/357Etea via IFTTT

দমকল,বিপর্যয় মোকাবিলা বাহিনী,পুলিস পারেনি। দু'ঘণ্টার চেষ্টায় তাই করে দেখালেন পাতকুয়ো কর্মীরা।  from https://ift.tt/39ml6Sf via IFTTT

রাস্তায় নেমে লাগাতার কর্মসূচি নিয়ে চলেছেন মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্য়ায়। পিছিয়ে নেই বাম-কংগ্রেসও।  from https://ift.tt/353F0hi via IFTTT

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 7.3kg of smuggled gold valued at Rs 2.84 crore and arrested 2 persons at New Farakka Junction railway station. from https://ift.tt/2tZ2Yxu via IFTTT

A gang of youths broke open an ATM at State Bank of India’s Belgachhia branch in Howrah and made off with Rs 29 lakh. Cops suspect they had used gas cutters to break open the machine. The ATM does not have a security guard. from https://ift.tt/2Q60ypw via IFTTT

After Bhowanipore, Southern Avenue and Park Street, it was New Alipore’s turn to have the mess of cable TV wires removed from lamp posts this week. The civic authorities chopped the wires along Tollygunge Circular Road that leads to the upscale neighbourhood as well as to some of the lanes of New Alipore. from https://ift.tt/2F20WPe via IFTTT

All water sports will remain suspended at Eco Park this festive season till the Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO), the park’s custodian, completes a safety audit. from https://ift.tt/2Sx5Eg3 via IFTTT

On an average, a Kolkatan leave for work much later than those in other metro cities. But they also stay back later than most, busting the perception that the average person shirks work in Kolkata. Commute time in Kolkata, though, is higher than elsewhere, as the average speed is the slowest among big cities. from https://ift.tt/2Q1SfLa via IFTTT

A college student in her early twenties was rescued by cops from a guest house off EM Bypass on Thursday night. The woman had allegedly called her mother claiming she was held captive by a classmate in a room. from https://ift.tt/2QqeI3t via IFTTT

কুয়োয় ডুবুরি নামে সন্ধে সাড়ে পাঁচটায়। দমকলকর্মীরা ওই যুবককে উদ্ধারের চেষ্টা করছেন। দমকলের তিনটি ইঞ্জিন কাজ শুরু করে। দমকল কর্মীরা পাম্প চালিয়ে জল বের করা শুরু করেন কুয়ো থেকে from https://ift.tt/3569JdE via IFTTT

The new year could begin on a wet note in Kolkata and south Bengal, Met officials said on Friday. The city was drenched by repeated spells of overnight drizzle from Thursday night and more rain is likely to lash Kolkata between January 1 and 3. from https://ift.tt/2ZrXXJw via IFTTT

A 15-year-old schoolgirl learning to ride a scooterette died in an accident at Habra in North 24 Parganas on Friday morning. Her friend, who was riding pillion, was injured and is currently battling for life in a hospital. from https://ift.tt/358dzTP via IFTTT

December-end is usually the time when revellers buy red-and-white Santa caps and scarves to sport at Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations. But this year, a sudden spike in the demand for the national flag has had traders scrambling to stock the Tricolour. from https://ift.tt/39jz1bs via IFTTT

The Election Commission of India will provide new coloured voter ID cards to those who are registering their names for the first time. from https://ift.tt/2tVOs9D via IFTTT

Anticipating an early rush of revellers and crowd surge at hotspots on the four days leading up to the New Year, Kolkata and Bidhannagar cops will start implementing their plans for New Year’s eve from this weekend itself. from https://ift.tt/2t7KSc7 via IFTTT

বছরের শেষটা একটু একটু কুয়াশাঢাকা। মেঘলা।  মাঝেমধ্যে ঝিরঝিরে বৃষ্টি। এভাবেই এগিয়ে চলেছে ক্যালেন্ডার।  কখনও পারদ নামছে আবার কখনও পারদ চড়ছে। কখনও হাল্কা সোয়েটারেই কাজ হচ্ছে from https://ift.tt/2Q3Y76T via IFTTT

কুয়োয় ডুবুরি নামে সন্ধে সাড়ে পাঁচটায়। দমকলকর্মীরা ওই যুবককে উদ্ধারের চেষ্টা করছেন। দমকলের তিনটি ইঞ্জিন কাজ শুরু করে। দমকল কর্মীরা পাম্প চালিয়ে জল বের করা শুরু করেন কুয়ো থেকে from https://ift.tt/2tdACyX via IFTTT

উত্সবের মরসুমে কলকাতায় ভিড় বা নিউমার্কেটের মতো ব্যস্ত এলাকায় মোবাইল, মানি ব্যাগ চুরির ঘটনা আকছার ঘটে।   from https://ift.tt/39meaoe via IFTTT

Three persons were killed and 12 injured when a pickup van carrying construction workers fell into a culvert in West Bengal's Howrah district on Friday, police said. from https://ift.tt/39eET5U via IFTTT

কংগ্রেস থেকে বেরিয়ে ১৯৯৮ সালে তৃণমূল কংগ্রেস শুরু করেছিলেন মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় from https://ift.tt/2SxEPbq via IFTTT

ফের বিতর্কিত মন্তব্য দিলীপ ঘোষের।  from https://ift.tt/2MBYp2G via IFTTT

 রাজ্যের এনআরসি-সিএএ বিরোধী মানুষের কাছে বার্তা যাচ্ছে, মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ই প্রতিবাদের মুখ।  from https://ift.tt/2SsQZm1 via IFTTT

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