Kolkata
West Bengal Suspends Direct Flights from UK, At-risk Countries from January 3
State's Home Secretary B P Gopalika wrote to the Union civil aviation ministry informing it about the state's decision due to the rising number of patients detected with the omicron strain.
I-League Suspended for At Least a Week After 8 Players Test Positive for Covid-19
Coronavirus breached the I-League bio-bubble and it had to be suspended for at least a week.
Police Won't Treat You With Kid Gloves If You Flex Muscles In Civic Polls: TMC MLA Tells Party Workers
Bhowmik, at a party workers’ meeting in Ichhapore, said they should not repeat muscle-flexing exercise if that was pursued in any local body polls in the past.
Unhappy Over Not Getting Chance to Speak in Last Meet, Mamata to Skip PM's Conference on Friday
Her decision came a day after Banerjee was apparently not given a chance to speak during a virtual meeting of chief ministers with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
KMC Polls: Ruckus Outside Suvendu Adhikari's House After Cops Stop BJP Delegation to Meet Guv
Adhikari was seen having a heated argument with the police and was heard asking the cops why he and other party members were prevented from travelling to Kolkata.
Unnatural Death of Shooter Konica Layak Throws Questions Which Urgently Need Answers
28-year old Konica Layak was found hanging in her room with a dupatta tied around her neck.
Bengal Reports Its First Omicron Case as 7-year-old Boy Tests Positive in Murshidabad
The boy, the official said, recently returned to Bengal from Abu Dhabi via Hyderabad.
Bengal BJP Takes a Leaf out of Mamata's Playbook, Launches 3-day Farm Protest in Singur
The BJP Kisan Morcha's protest has raised allegations that farmers in Bengal get a lower MSP than in other states, they don’t get any protection for natural calamities and they don’t get subsidised electricity, etc.
Mamata Banerjee Pushes for Knowing Local Language to Work at Administrative Level
The Chief Minister said it is important to know the Bengali language to understand the problems of the common people.
Inform Court About Plans to Conduct Elections to All Civic Bodies: Cal HC to Bengal Govt, Poll Panel
Elections to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation are scheduled to be held on December 19.
Kolkata Civic Polls Announced, BJP Questions SEC Notification with Matter Still Pending in High Court
According to the notification issued by the SEC, polling will be held on December 19 and counting on December 21. Model code of conduct in force from today.
This Fake Call Center Duped People Promising To Install Mobile Towers
The cops figured out that something murky was being done in the name of installing mobile towers.
Calcutta HC Orders CBI Probe Into Irregularities of Staff Appointments in State-run Schools
During the hearing, the chief justice said that the culprits must be identified and action must be taken against them.
Bengal's Covid Positivity Rate Below 2% For Second Consecutive Day
The state recorded a positivity rate of 1.95 per cent on Thursday, as against 1.97 per cent on the previous day, a health department bulletin said.
Going Green: Kolkata to Have Over 1,000 CNG Buses Soon; EV Charging Stations to Come Up
West Bengal Transport minister Firhad Hakim had recently said that Kolkata will have only e-vehicles and CNG vehicles by 2030.
Bengal Medicos Write to Union Health Minister for Covid-19 Booster Dose
The West Bengal Doctors Forum (WBDF) in its two-page letter to Mandaviya cited studies stating that administration of booster doses is an effective measure to prevent COVID infection.
