Sanjib Bandopadhyay, director of the Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata, said the rerecorded temperature till Thursday afternoon was three to five degrees above normal
Since April 5, several organisations belonging to the Kurmi community observed protests as they blocked railway tracks and roads demanding the inclusion of the Kurmi community in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) list
The Kurmi community has been raising the demand for their inclusion in the ST list for a long time. It has held several agitations in the last one year for its demand