In what seemed to be a response to the doubts raised by opposition political parties over reports of reduced Covid positivity rates within areas of Kolkata Municipal Corporation at a time when testing rates are apparently low, the civic ...
21 January 2022 StatesmanA quantum leap in the market borrowing by the West Bengal government in the current financial year gives a strong impression that the state government is currently trying to meet the additional expenses needed for social schemes like Swastha ...
21 January 2022 StatesmanConsidering the shortage of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) for the upcoming Municipal polls in West Bengal, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to supply EVMs to the State Election Commission (SEC).According to sources in the SEC, the ...
21 January 2022 StatesmanIn her second letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week, chief minister Mamata Banerjee today yet again objected at the Centre"s revised draft amendment to the IAS (Cadre) Rules, 1954 apprehending that it would "destroy the morale and ...
21 January 2022 StatesmanApart from digital campaigning for the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) elections, the Left Front has also focused on poll candidates calling voters over the phone and talking to them, so as to avoid gatherings in view of the Covid-19 ...
21 January 2022 StatesmanWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the second time in a week expressing her ‘strong’ reservations to the Centre’s proposal to amend the IAS (Cadre) Rules, 1954.The Trinamool Congress chief urged the ...
21 January 2022 StatesmanAs per the records of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, the number of micro containment zones in the city has recorded a drop in the past few days but what continues to worry civic body officials is an overwhelming number ...
20 January 2022 StatesmanBJP’s co-in-charge of the West Bengal unit and national convener of IT cell Amit Malviya today said a parallel government is being run from Diamond Harbour Parliamentary constituency to highlight poor Covid management in West Bengal.Mr Malviya tweeted this ...
20 January 2022 StatesmanIn order to boost textile manufacturing and increase scope of employment, the state administration has asked the districts to stress on setting up more powerlooms and ensure that investors are able to avail the benefits of the newly launched ...
20 January 2022 StatesmanIn a major success in implementing rural connectivity to far-flung areas, Nadia has laid 1822 kilometres of rural roads under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yajona (PMGSY) scheme till today.Recognised as a top-performing district in construction of rural roads, it ...
20 January 2022 StatesmanThe rising number of Covid19 breakthrough cases and reinfections has come up as a major cause of concern, health experts have said. As the number of Covid-19 patients increases in the third wave, the trend suggests both the unvaccinated ...
20 January 2022 StatesmanThe West Bengal government on Tuesday sought more time from the Calcutta High Court to respond to a Public Interest Litigation filed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India and CAPE Foundation seeking an end to ...
19 January 2022 StatesmanAfter the Centre rejected its tableau for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, the West Bengal government has decided to showcase the same tableau commemorating the contributions of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and his INA on his 125th ...
19 January 2022 StatesmanHinting at a fresh rift between the Centre and the state, chief minister Mamata Banerjee today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing "strong reservations" to the Centre"s proposal to amend the IAS (Cadre) Rules, 1954 to enable the ...
19 January 2022 StatesmanDifferences have once again cropped up among leaders of the ruling Trinamul Congress in Malda district.A meeting to formulate plans of the party for the upcoming municipal elections was held last evening at the Binoy Sarkar Atithi Awas in ...
19 January 2022 StatesmanSenior Trinamool Congress leader Bikash Sarkar, who was ‘expelled’ as the general secretary of the West Bengal Pradesh Trinamool Youth Congress Committee on 10 January, today came down heavily on the police and their alleged atrocities in the state.Not ...
19 January 2022 StatesmanWith the number of micro containment zones in the city rising to 44 from the previous 29, the authorities of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation have taken note of an abrupt spurt in cases in some of its boroughs, and ...
18 January 2022 StatesmanThe Delhi High Court on Monday said it would continue hearing on January 24 the plea filed by former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Principal Bench order which transferred his case concerning ...
18 January 2022 StatesmanBJP’s national vice president Dilip Ghosh today said that people of the Matua community should have patience as the Central government is quite "eager in implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)" that would grant citizenship rights to the members ...
18 January 2022 StatesmanThe disciplinary committee of Trinamul Congress today censored its Kamarhati MLA, Madan Mitra, for his Facebook post where he had questioned whom should he address his grievances to since Mamata Banerjee"s residence is under strict security cover while the ...
18 January 2022 StatesmanIn an effort to keep the trials of the prisoners moving without getting them infected by the Covid virus, the state correctional home administration has decided to start online trial of inmates experimentally at Presidency Correctional Home in Kolkata. ...
18 January 2022 StatesmanShaoli Mitra, famous theatre personality and daughter of ‘legendary’ Sambhu Mitra and Tripti Mitra, passed away at her Kolkata residence on Sunday evening. She was 74 and was suffering from age related ailments for long.The gifted actor, director, and ...
18 January 2022 StatesmanWith strict restrictions in place, the number of Covid-19 infections has reduced significantly in West Bengal, as per the state health department.The number of daily cases in the state came down by more than 10,000 in the state in ...
18 January 2022 StatesmanAmidst rising Covid cases, state government today extended Covid related restrictions till 31 January but allowed fairs to be organised on open grounds in a "very restricted manner" as well as permitted marriage functions with 200 attendees or 50 ...
17 January 2022 StatesmanThe Centre has yet again rejected West Bengal"s Republic Day tableau. This time, the theme of the tableau was Netaji and INA.The state government has received a verbal communication in this regard but no reason has been given by ...
17 January 2022 StatesmanA tweet from controversial BJP veteran Tathagata Roy has been making the rounds in political circles here since the morning of January 11.The tweet from Roy read: “Suppressing a serious disease will not cure it; instead, it may hasten ...
17 January 2022 StatesmanAccepting the recommendation of the Calcutta High Court to defer the election due to the rising Covid cases in West Bengal, the state election commission (SEC) has cancelled the earlier dates, and announced that the election will be held ...
16 January 2022 StatesmanAmid an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases, the Calcutta High Court on Friday asked the West Bengal state election commission to consider postponing the election in four Municipal Corporations by at least four to six weeks.The commission ...
15 January 2022 StatesmanThe death count in the Guwahati-Bikaner Express train accident in north Bengal climbed to nine and the officials said tracks have been cleared for traffic. Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw arrived at the spot on Friday.Twelve coaches of the ...
15 January 2022 StatesmanThe state-of-the-art National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD) laboratory at Beliaghata run by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) under the Union health ministry has handed over huge quantities of kits required for RT-PCR tests for Covid-19 confirmation ...
15 January 2022 StatesmanAbout 0.63 per cent of devotees who were headed towards the Gangasagar Mela have been found to be Covid positive, informed the state minister for Women and Child Development and Social Welfare Department, Shashi Panja, today. According to official ...
15 January 2022 StatesmanA tragedy unfurled in North Bengal as four to five bogies of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express got derailed today evening. Rescue teams and ambulances have reached the spot while the passengers are being rescued from inside the train using gas ...
14 January 2022 StatesmanChief Minister Mamata Banerjee today urged pilgrims visiting Gangasagar Mela to follow Covid protocols and directed the mela organisers to abide by the High Court directives.Miss Banerjee said that the RT-PCR test is mandatory and pilgrims would not be ...
14 January 2022 StatesmanWith Kolkata witnessing a massive spurt in covid cases, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, too, has fallen victim to the pandemic as a large number of its staff in various departments have tested positive which in turn has affected the ...
14 January 2022 StatesmanWith an apparently uncontrolled alarming spike in number of COVID-19 patients triggered by the highly contagious Omicron, new variant of the novel coronavirus, the state government has decided to utilize nursing students for management and care of affected cases.The ...
14 January 2022 StatesmanAll leaders of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) in Siliguri are slogging it out to lay hands on the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC), which was under the Congress and the Left Front in the last two terms, even ...
14 January 2022 StatesmanWith more than one-fifth of the government employees testing positive in the last seven days, the state general administration is reeling under extreme pressure to discharge the regular duties even amidst the third Covid wave in the state.According to ...
13 January 2022 StatesmanFew hours after West Bengal Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi, and DGP Manoj Malaviya skipped their meeting with the Governor — second time in three days — a furious Jagdeep Dhankhar criticised the two top government officials, saying it “has ...
13 January 2022 StatesmanWith hundreds of cases of Covid reported throughout the city, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has highlighted that as of today, wards in areas under police stations of Phoolbagan, West Port, South Port and Sarsuna have registered a considerable spurt ...
13 January 2022 StatesmanThe CPI-M has once again called out what it termed as a “bluff” by the state government to allegedly deceive the people of the state by putting their lives in jeopardy by going ahead with the Gangasagar Mela but ...
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