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PM Modi shares glimpses of Hooghly boat ride, pays tribute to Ganga

April 24, 2026 revoi editor

Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday shared glimpses of a boat ride on the Hooghly River in Kolkata, expressing gratitude to the Ganga and highlighting its deep cultural and spiritual significance for the people of Bengal. In a series of posts on X, PM Modi described the experience as “a very special morning,” noting […]

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Adani Ports to enhance Haldia Dock’s capacity in Bengal

September 16, 2022 Vinayak Barot

Ahmedabad, 15 September 2022: HDC Bulk Terminal Ltd (HBTL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited(APSEZ), India’s largest integrated transport utility and part of the Adani Group, has signed the Concession Agreement with Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK) for mechanization of Berth no. 2 at Haldia Port. This is in […]

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Cyclone Asani to Form over Bay of Bengal on May 8

May 7, 2022 Vinayak Barot

Kolkata: The first cyclonic storm of the 2022 North Indian Ocean cyclone season is now on the horizon, as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted the formation of Cyclone Asani in the Bay of Bengal on Sunday, May 8. According to its latest update, a well-marked low-pressure area is located over the southeast Bay of […]

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Cyclone Asani: Depression over BoB likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm

March 21, 2022 Vinayak Barot

Kolkata: The India Meteorological Department informed on Sunday night that the Depression over southeast BoB near latitude 10.9°N & longitude 93.2°E, about 200 km north-northeast of Car Nicobar(Nicobar Islands), 100 km south-southeast of Port Blair(Andaman Islands). To intensify into a deep depression in the next 12 hrs and into a cyclonic storm in the next 12 […]

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West Bengal: Fire breaks out at Kolkata’s Jorabagan slum area

February 19, 2022 Vinayak Barot

Kolkata: A major fire broke out at a slum cluster at Baisnabseth Lane in Jorabagan in north Kolkata on Friday night. Six fire tenders rushed to the spot with the fire brigade stating that four more tenders are being readied. However, no casualties or injuries to anyone have been reported so far in the incident. Around […]

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Income Tax Department conducts searches in West Bengal

November 19, 2021 Vinayak Barot

Kolkata: The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure operations on November 16 on a prominent Kolkata-based group engaged in the manufacturing of cement and real estate. The search action covered 24 premises spread over Kolkata, Delhi, and places in the states of Assam and Meghalaya. A large number of incriminating pieces of evidence […]

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Farmers will take the protests to Kolkata: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait

February 19, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: A Farmers’ leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday warned the central government and said that “they will take the protests to Kolkata, where the election fever may provide more fodder for the agitation.” According to a media report – The farmer protests are far from over, some farmers groups are planning a bigger congregation […]