According to the forecast, Sundarbans, on both sides of the international border, is likely to receive the maximum impact.

Former TMC president of Cooch Behar district Partha Pratim Roy, who was present at the event, too, warned Opposition parties against any mischievous act. “No one will be spared. If they attack us then we will pull out their teeth. Today we have to take the pledge for this,” said Roy.

The protesters were dropped at various locations such as Sealdah railway station so that they could take trains or buses to their homes.

Those who signed the statement are filmmaker Aparna Sen, public health specialist Dr Binayak Sen, doctor Kunal Sarkar, thespian Bibhas Chakraborty, film personalities Koushik Sen, Riddhi Sen and others.

Three of the accused, identified as Shailesh Kumar Pandey (49), Arvind Kumar Pandey (35) and Rohit Pandey (29) were arrested from Rourkela in Odisha, police claimed.

In response to an RTI query of one Sayak Sen, the CFSL, however, agreed that the electropherogram report of DNA sample of Gumnami Baba, who died in 1985, is in its custody.

Sewerage Department officials said there are 430 pumps in 79 pumping stations in the city. To ensure that they work properly, instructions have been given to the officials on duty at the pumping stations.

Though there is no clear indication of where exactly the storm will hit, an administrative meeting was held in Nabanna, the state secretariat, on Friday.

On October 14, Faizan Ahmed (23), a third-year mechanical engineering student, was found dead in his hostel room at the institute.

The 10.8-km tunnel, with a small section running below the Hooghly, will be part of the 16.5-km East-West corridor connecting Sector V in Salt Lake City with Howrah Maidan.

Opposition parties, however, criticised Banerjee for her statement. Bengal Congress president Adhir Chowdhury said, “She will be the best liar in the world. She has never spoken a single truth in her life. She ruined this state and no industry will ever come here.”

According to sources, Trinamool councillor and mayor in the council of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation Debraj Chakraborty appeared before CBI officials at CGO Complex in Salt Lake at 11 am on Tuesday. Chakraborty was questioned for two hours.

During an administrative review meeting at Malbazar in Jalpaiguri district, Banerjee also met family members of eight people who were killed in the flash flood on October 5 and handed over a cheque for Rs 2 lakh (as announced earlier) each and job offer letters.

“There is no truth in this claim. The election is due to be held in May in the normal course. Nothing has been decided so far," another senior SEC official said.

The ongoing protest by a large number of candidates outside the education board's office in Kolkata's Salt Lake entered the second day on Tuesday with some beginning a hunger strike demanding appointment letters immediately.

Tapas Roy had first attacked Bandyopadhyay at BJP's North Kolkata district president Tamaghno Ghosh's residence where Leader of Opposition in Assembly Suvendu Adhikari and party leader Kalyan Choubey were also present.

In a surprising move, national executive committee member Mithun Chakraborty has been included in the core committee. Earlier, the committee had 12 members which were selected by the state BJP leadership.

The protesters claimed that despite appearing in the interviews after clearing the TET 2014 they did not get jobs through a panel constituted for the same. The board had said that the tenure of the panel has expired and these candidates would have to appear in fresh exams.

A look-out circular (LOC) has been issued against Shailesh, a businessman and chartered accountant, and his brothers Arvind Pandey and Rohit Pandey, police said.

Meanwhile, Ganguly recently announced that he would contest for the post of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president, scheduled on October 31. On the same day, the annual general meeting of CAB is scheduled to be held.

Shortly after reaching Malbazar, Banerjee visited the residence of one of the deceased, where relatives of the other five victims had also gathered. “The incident was unfortunate. I will stand with the families,” she said.

Victor reached Vidhan Bhavan around 2 pm on Monday. He was accompanied by his uncle and former minister and Forward Blok leader Hafiz Alam Sairani. Sairani is also likely to join the Congress in future, party sources claimed.

Police sources said the unit was found inside the house of one Shahjahan Khan. The raid was conducted by a Special Task Force (STF) of the Kolkata Police.

After quitting the TMC, Singh won the 2019 parliamentary election from the Barrackpore constituency on a BJP ticket. But he returned to the TMC fold in July after the 2021 state Assembly polls without resigning as a BJP.