Tag: Bengal
'Can't Live Without Didi', Turncoat Trinamool Leader Writes To Mamata Banerjee
Sonali Guha, the turncoat Trinamool Congress leader, who switched to the saffron camp just before the Assembly polls in West Bengal, has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressing her willingness to return to her old party. ....
Two Succumb To 'black Fungus' In West Bengal
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 state. ....
Mamata Banerjee Skips PM's 'Cyclone Yaas' Review Meeting, Meets Modi Personally
In a surprise development, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday skipped a review meeting conducted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Kalaikunda Air Force Station near Kharagpur to assess the damages caused by severe cyclonic storm Yaas that hit the state on Wednesday. ....
6 Workers Injured In Blast Near Bengaluru Airport
An explosion in a molten plastic paint machine near the underpass of the second terminal of the Kempegowda International Airport caused injury to six workers early Monday, the police said. ....
MoS Finance Counters Bengal FM's Charge Of Ignoring Dissent, Says GST Council Reflects Collective Spirit
Following the conclusion of the 44th meeting of the GST Council on Saturday, a war of words erupted on Twitter between Union Minister of State for Finance, Anurag Thakur, and West Bengal Finance Minister, Amit Mitra, over the way the important meeting of the state and Central Finance Ministers to decide on GST rate for Covid relief items was conducted. ....
West Bengal Lockdown Extended Till July 1 With Relaxations
Though there has been a sharp fall in the number of fresh Covid cases in West Bengal, the state government on Monday decided to extend the lockdown for another 15 days till July 1, with some relaxations to give a boost to economic activities. ....
West Bengal Governor Meets Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Keeps Everyone Guessing In Congress
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who is on a visit to the national capital, has created a buzz in the Congress circles after meeting Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury at his residence here. ....
Bengal Forms High Level Panel To Deal With 3rd Covid Wave
Though the daily infection level in West Bengal has come down to below 2,000 but the state government is not leaving anything to chance and has set up a high-level committee to effectively control the third wave of coronavirus that is likely to hit the country in the next two months. The committee that will have its first official meeting on Wednesday will formulate a strategy to develop infrastructure and also determine the treatment procedure so that the disease can be controlled from the beginning. ....
Bengal Govt Extends Partial Lockdown Till July 15
With new Covid cases showing signs of slowing down in the state, the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government on Monday decided to provide some more relaxations on the restrictions imposed on the state till July 15. ....
Moderate Quake Hits Assam, Meghalaya, Bengal
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale was reported in western Assam, neighbouring Meghalaya and North Bengal on Wednesday, officials said. ....
