The overall sown area for Kharif crops has improved by 11.3 per cent as of June 27, 2025, on year on year basis, as South-West monsoon has picked up pace, with rainfall recorded at 9 per cent above the Long Period Average (LPA) until June 30, 2025, revealed a recent report by Bank of Baroda.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 1: In a city where skylines rise and fall with time, one landmark dares to promise what no other can: a view that will never change.
In the group stage, Empire FC dominated all four fixtures, including a 7-0 demolition of Oriental FC and a 3-0 victory over Vel Socials FC. The club continued its winning streak in the knockout rounds, defeating East West FC 5-0 in the Pre-Quarterfinal, edging Young Boys FC 1-0 in the Quarte
For the first time, two of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft carriers, the Liaoning and the Shandong, have simultaneously operated in the Western Pacific, crossing the second island chain in what analysts call a major strategic escalation, according to Taipei Times.
Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma urged everyone, including the media, to refrain from revealing the identity of the victim of the alleged gangrape case which took place inside the campus of the South Calcutta Law College on social media or anywhere else.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and West Bengal Assembly Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari met the Fact Finding Team constituted by the BJP National President JP Nadda to investigate the gangrape of a student at a law college in South Kolkata.
Delhi Police arrested 24-year-old Malya Das from West Medinipur for defrauding seniors by posing as a telecom representative. He siphoned Rs 1,51,700, which was funnelled through his HDFC account for online gaming.
Veteran Australian spinner Nathan Lyon has expressed his desire to continue playing Test cricket, with a strong focus on helping his team secure a second ICC World Test Championship crown, as per the official website of ICC.
Rajya Sabha MP Rekha Sharma has sharply criticised the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government over the alleged gangrape of a female law student at South Calcutta Law College, accusing the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of pressuring the police and hampering investigations.
Calling crimes against women in West Bengal a "pattern now," BJP leader Satpal Singh on Monday led a fact-finding team to South Kolkata following the alleged gangrape of a female student inside South Calcutta Law College on June 25.
In a major crackdown on the illicit cigarette trade, the Delhi Police's Operations Cell in South West District has busted a godown storing banned tobacco products and arrested two men involved in its distribution.
Turkiye continued to fight intense wildfires for a second straight day on Monday in its western province of Izmir, prompting the evacuation of more than 50,000 residents from 41 affected areas, Al Jazeera reported, citing local authorities.