Kolkata Apr 25 PTI Heat wave conditions prevailed over some districts of south Bengal on Monday with the Met office predicting no improvement in the situation till April 28The weatherman said that dry north-westerly wind was sweeping the regionBankura registered the highest day temperature in the state at 439 degree Celsius followed by Purulia at 423 degree CelsiusKolkata recorded 395 degree Celsius marginally less than Sundays 396 which was by far the citys highest this seasonDum Dum on the northern outskirts of the metropolis was hotter at 409 degree CelsiusFewer people were seen on the streets of Kolkata owing to the heat and humidity despite Monday being the first working day of the weekOther districts in the state that have come under the grip of heat wave include Jhargram Howrah Paschim Bardhaman Paschim Medinipur Birbhum and North 24 Parganas district the weather office added PTI AMR RMS RMS

Mumbai Apr 20 PTI The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted interim protection from arrest till April 28 to BJP leader Kirit Somaiyas son Neil Somaiya in a case of alleged misappropriation of public money collected for conserving the decommissioned aircraft carrier INS Vikrant A single bench of Justice Anuja Prabhudessai said that in the event of his arrest Neil Somaiya should be released on a personal bond of Rs 50000 An FIR was registered against former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya and Neil Somaiya on April 6 at the Trombay police station in the city based on a complaint by an ex-Army person who claimed that the Somaiyas had collected Rs 57 crore from the public in 2013 for saving the decommissioned warship from being scrapped However this money was never used or deposited with the state governors office the complaint stated Kirit Somaiya had denied all the allegations and contested the Rs 57 crore figure The high court had last week granted a similar relief from arrest to Kirit Somaiya On Wednesday the court granted protection to Neil Somaiya and posted his pre-arrest bail plea for hearing along with the one filed by Kirit Somaiya on April 28 Advocate Shirish Gupte appearing for the police told the high court that the police has questioned Kirit Somaiya and would like to interrogate Neil Somaiya too Justice Prabhudessai directed Neil Somaiya to appear before the police from April 25 to April 28 between 11 am and 2 pm for questioning PTI SP NSK NSK