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West Bengal: Counting begins in three assembly seats
Kolkata: Counting of votes for the Bhabanipur bypoll as well as Jangipur and Samserganj assembly elections in West Bengal began at 8 am on Sunday amid tight security, an official said. Chief Minister…
- India
COVID-19: West Bengal logs 761 new cases, 9 more fatalities
Kolkata: West Bengal’s COVID-19 tally rose to 15,70,539 on Saturday as 761 more people tested positive for the infection, while nine fresh fatalities pushed the state’s toll to 18,815, a bulletin issued by…
- India
West Bengal: Indian Army deployed in flood-affected areas
Kolkata: The Indian Army has been deployed in the flood-affected areas in West Bengal including Asansol, Durgapur, Howrah, Hooghly districts, informed the Eastern Command on Friday. The Eastern Command further informed that…
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ICICI bank manager accused of fraud arrested from West Bengal
Hyderabad: A bank manager, who was the prime suspect in an organized fraud case was arrested on Monday by the Cyber Crime police. He was taken into custody two months after his accomplices…
- India
West Bengal forms commission to investigate Pegasus spyware issue
Kolkata: Amid the Pegasus spyware controversy, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that West Bengal has formed a commission to investigate the matter. The announcement was made by Banerjee before her…
- Politics
West Bengal: BJP stages walkout after Mukul Roy made PAC chairman
Kolkata: Veteran politician Mukul Roy, who recently joined the Trinamool Congress after winning the Assembly polls from Krishnanagar North on a BJP ticket, was made the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman on the…
- Politics
West Bengal: Government’s decision to hire plane sparks political controversy
Kolkata: The West Bengal state transport department’s decision to hire a 10-seater air-conditioned plane on a “wet lease” of three to five years, has sparked huge political controversy. The BJP is labelling the…
- India
Centre not providing enough vaccine doses to West Bengal: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday took a jibe at the Centre over the suspended supply of vaccine doses to the state, alleging that when other states are getting more…
- Politics
BJP grappling to keep party intact in West Bengal
Kolkata: Mukul Roy was the first one to leave the BJP and rejoin the Trinamool Congress but he is not the last because several frontline leaders who had joined the BJP before the…
- India
West Bengal FM says his voice ‘muzzled’ in GST Council meet, dissent not heard
New Delhi: West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Saturday alleged that his voice was “muzzled” during the GST Council meeting on Saturday and his opposition to levy taxes on Covid essentials like…
- India
The youth from West Bengal who unearthed the origin of SARS-Cov-2
Kolkata: He prefers to be called ‘The Seeker’. To protect his anonymity, he communicates through Twitter handle ‘@TheSeeker268’, with the logo of a little-known tribal art of Bankura or Birbhum but this West…
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West Bengal gets Rs 7,000 cr grant for Jal Jeevan Mission
New Delhi, June 2 : In an attempt to provide every household with assured tap water supply on regular and long-term basis, the Centre has allocated Rs 6,998.97 crore grant to West…
- India
Cyclone Yaas: Over 11.5 lakh people evacuated in West Bengal
Kolkata: Over 11.5 lakh people have been evacuated from vulnerable places in West Bengal on Tuesday in view of the impending cyclone Yaas, informed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Meanwhile, two…
- India
Two succumb to ‘black fungus’ in West Bengal
Kolkata: The West Bengal Health Department late on Monday confirmed that two persons died of mucormycosis, commonly known as ‘black fungus’, out of the 12 confirmed cases and five suspected cases in the…
- India
Covid-19: Top West Bengal editor succumbs to virus
By Anwesha Bhaumik Kolkata: COVID-19 has claimed West Bengal’s top editor Anjan Bandopadhyay, family sources said. Bandopadhyay, the Chief Editor of Zee Bangla, succumbed to the virus after a battle for more…