Kolkata Apr 26 PTI The Left parties Tuesday held a huge rally in Kolkata for peace and communal harmonyCPIM CPI All India Forward Bloc RSP CPIML Liberation SUCI Communist RCPI MFB and Workers Party were among the Left parties that took part in the rally which began at Moulali in central Kolkata and concluded in NarkeldangaLeft Front chairman Biman Bose CPIM state general secretary Md Salim and RSP general secretary Manoj Bhattacharya were among the leaders who participated in the marchThe rally for harmony and peace against communal discord was organised in view of the recent incidents in Delhi and politics of identity and divisive narratives in different places of the country CPIM state committee member Anadi Sahu saidThe accused in a case should be dealt with as per law and not by using bulldozers bringing down the houses and shops of a certain section of people thus depriving them of their livelihood he saidSahu said that it was also to protest alleged incidents of sexual assault against women and other incidents of violence in West BengalSahu claimed that unlawful forces have been building up in the state who think that they can get away by doing anythingThis is bad for society and democracy he said PTI AMR SOM SOM
Kolkata Feb 21 PTI A lawyer on Monday made an oral prayer before the Calcutta High Court seeking initiation of a suo motu motion into the mysterious death of student leader Anish Khan at Amta in Howrah district which led to widespread protests and demands for investigation by an independent agencyJustice Rajasekhar Mantha asked the lawyer to appear before the court with a written prayer at 2 pmThe lawyer made the oral plea before Justice Mantha praying for the courts intervention by way of a suo motu motion into finding who are the persons responsible for the death of KhanAlleging that four persons had come to their house on Friday night donning police and civic volunteer uniforms Khans father has claimed that his son was pushed off the third floor of their house in Amta Khans family has been demanding a CBI investigation into the death PTI AMR SOM SOM
Kolkata Dec 20 PTI Kolkata shivered on Monday as the mercury plummeted to 112 degrees Celsius while Darjeeling recorded the lowest temperature in West Bengal at 35 degrees CelsiusThe weather office said that low day and night temperatures will continue for another couple of days in Kolkata following which there will be a slight thawKolkatas maximum temperature was 228 degrees Celsius while the minimum was 112 degrees Celsius both of which was four notches below normal it saidThere will be no major change in the night temperature in West Bengal for the next two days following which there will be a gradual rise by 2-3 degrees Celsius during the subsequent three daysSriniketan was the coldest in the plains of the state recording the lowest temperature of 71 degrees Celsius it saidThe other places which recorded sub-10 degrees Celsius temperatures are Kalimpong 75 Purulia 75 Panagarh 76 Kalaikunda 75 Siliguri 86 Burdwan 86 Cooch Behar 93 and Digha 96 the weather office said PTI AMR SOM SOM
Kolkata Sep 19 PTI Expressing his anguish against the partys leadership BJPs Raiganj MLA Krishna Kalyani on Sunday said he will take a decision on his political future soon if his grievances are not addressedSpeaking to reporters Kalyani said those leaving the BJP must have serious grievances which have not been taken care ofI have distanced myself from all programmes of the party and have given a deadline by which issues raised by me should be addressed or else I will have to think he saidKalyani however did not elaborate on his grievancesAsked whether he will join some other party Kalyani said that he was contemplating options and would make public his decision at the right timeMP Babul Supriyo and four MLAs including Mukul Roy have left the BJP to join TMC after assembly election results were declared on May 2It has to be seen on what circumstances they are leaving Kalyani saidThe TMC district leadership in Uttar Dinajpur said that they would welcome Kalyani to the party PTI AMR SOM SOM
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