City giants East Bengal kept their title hopes alive with a thrilling 3-1 victory over Mumbai FC in a 22nd round I-League match at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Friday.
IMD director general Mrutunjay Mohapatra said that cyclone Asani has already achieved maximum stage of intensification and is gradually getting weakened.
It is in more than a decade that the IMD has predicted 'above-normal' rains in the country.
In his first season as a coach in an Indian club, East Bengal's English coach Trevor Morgan has drawn appreciation from all circles.
A well-marked low-pressure area over southwest Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression on Thursday morning packing wind speed of 40-50 kmph as it moved towards the north Tamil Nadu coast, the weather office said.
While West Punjab became part of West Pakistan, East Punjab was given to India, and Bengal's division saw a large swathe of its eastern territory forming part of East Pakistan.
The eagerly-awaited clash between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan ended in a 1-1 draw at the near-packed Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Sunday.
The ongoing crisis in Manipur has affected several others in the country in one way or the other. Over the years Manipur has produced brilliant sports person in the country.
While man and a woman were reported killed when trees came crashing down on them in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, a 13-year-old girl died in a similar incident in adjoining Howrah. No casualties have been reported from Odisha yet.
Mohun Bagan and East Bengal two giants in Kolkata football - have failed to groom new talents since quite a long time and that, in turn, has contributed to a downslide of the beautiful game's standard in the city, feels former India player Subrata Bhattacharya.
East Bengal named Bikash Panji as the interim coach for the upcoming Durand Cup
Pune FC staged a comeback 2-1 victory over title chasers East Bengal in an I-League Round 22 encounter at the Balewadi Sports Complex, in Pune on Monday.
India internationals Steven Dias and N P Pradeep, who are in a transfer controversy with their employer, said since Mahindra United has agreed to a hike in their salary they have no issues in playing for the Mumbai club if the promise is kept.
A spirited East Bengal rode Beingaichho Beiokhokhei's double strike to register a 2-1 win over Chirag United in their round 24 I-League clash at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Tuesday.
India captain and East Bengal forward Bhaichung Bhutia, recovering from a hamstring injury, will take two more weeks to be match fit, the red-and-gold coach Philippe de Ridder said in Kolkata on Thursday.
'The life of his political career is dependent on success in this constituency.'
The memory of their nightmarish defeat to Mohun Bagan fresh in their minds, East Bengal will take on an upbeat Salgaocar in their round five I-League encounter at Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake in Kolkata on Thursday.
"I sometimes think of leaving it, but the chief minister's post doesn't leave me," Ashok Gehlot famously said earlier this year, in part as a signal to the Congress top brass not to pick someone else for the job if the party wins the assembly polls.
Muritala Ali scored a fine brace as Mahindra United beat East Bengal 3-2 to register their first victory in the I-League at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Wednesday.
East Bengal coach Subhash Bhowmick is disappointed at being forced to go into Wednesday's I-League second round clash against Mahindra United without the benefit of a full practice session for his team.
Among the fatalities recorded on Friday, the maximum 17 were from Uttar Pradesh, 14 from Bihar, five from Odisha and four from Jharkhand, where officials said more than 1,300 people are hospitalised with heatstroke conditions.
United SC entered the semi-finals of the IFA shield after a 4-2 win over East Bengal on Saturday, while Pune FC's 2-0 win over AS Douanes of Senegal enabled Air India set up a final-four clash with Churchill Brothers.
Mahindra United clinched their maiden National Football League title after East Bengal lost to Sporting Club de Goa 1-3.
Current I-League leaders Sporting Clube de Goa began their campaign in the 30th Federation Cup on a disastrous note, going down 0-2 to JCT in a Group C encounter at the Vidyasagar Krirangan in Barasat on Thursday. In another match East Bengal beat New Delhi Heroes by a similar margin.
The ongoing naval exercise is testing new platforms, weapons sensors, communication systems and tactics in order to optimise the network combat power of the fleet, which included over 40 surface combatants of various classes, submarines and a large number of aircraft, including unmanned aerial vehicles, reports RS Chauhan
Jayanta Roy Chowdhury reports on how the West Bengal elections are being fought by the BJP and Trinalool Congress amid COVID challenges, 'Bangaliana', and campaigns based on religion, region, and caste.
East Bengal and United SC squandered chances galore to settle for a goalless draw in their Round 12 encounter of the final leg of the ONGC I-League at Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Saturday.
India striker Sunil Chhetri will appear for trials at English club Coventry City. Chhetri, who plays for East Bengal, has been granted a week's leave (from January 25-31) by his club, said an official. 'We have granted him a week's permission with an official letter. We hope he won't miss out on any matches on account of the trials,' the official said.
Do you think the presence of Brazilian medio Douglas da Silva, defender Suley Musah of Ghana and Nigerian striker Mike Okoro gave East Bengal the winning edge?
Having missed the IFA Shield and Durand Cup, Baichung Bhutia said he is not fully fit and will take some time to settle down when he dons the East Bengal jersey in the I-League.
The third phase of polling will take place on May 7, 2024.
June rainfall accounts for 15 percent of the total precipitation of 87 cm recorded during the four-month monsoon season in the country.
Mboyo Iyomi's spectacular strike enabled Churchill Brothers, Goa, edge out ten-man East Bengal and catch up leaders Dempo Sports Club on points in the I-league on Sunday.
Besides the national capital, polling for the sixth round of the marathon seven-phase elections will be held Saturday in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, all 10 seats of Haryana, eight seats each in Bihar and West Bengal, six seats in Odisha, four seats in Jharkhand and one seat in Jammu and Kashmir.
Bhaichung Bhutia scored the solitary goal as Mohun Bagan beat East Bengal 1-0 in their eighth outing of the I-League football tournament.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday reviewed the post-cyclone situation and damages caused by Cyclone Yaas in the state at a meeting in Bhubaneswar where Odisha government demanded long term solutions to mitigate problems of repeated cyclones and provision of disaster resilient power systems.
Even as the BJP makes inroads into previously unfamiliar territories in eastern India, the party will have to be wary of losing out elsewhere, says Amulya Ganguli.
Mohun Bagan rallied to pip arch-rivals East Bengal 2-1 in an exciting National Football League match.
The prolific Nigerian scored a hat-trick as Churchill Brothers returned to winning ways with a 3-2 win over East bengal.
