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COVID-19 lockdown: Groups of migrant workers continue their journey in Wes
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Cooch Behar (West Bengal) [India], May 18 (ANI): Migrant labourers have continued to walk towards their home amid COVID-19 lockdown, two groups of workers on Monday continued their journey to Cooch Behar from Kolkata and Purulia in West Bengal.
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WB: Traffic movement on Howrah Bridge continues amid checking by Police
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 18 (ANI): A day after the nationwide lockdown was extended till May 31, traffic movement on the Howrah Bridge, which connects Kolkata and Howrah, continued amid checking by Police.
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Write to Railways for special train between Indore-Kolkata to ferry Bengal
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 18 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan wrote to his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee, requesting her to urge the Ministry of Railways for a Shramik special train between Indore to Kolkata, to enable the return of migrant w
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Vande Bharat flight to bring 169 people from Dhaka to Kolkata
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Under the Vande Bharat Mission, a total of 169 Indians will return by an Air India special flight from Dhaka to Kolkata on Monday, sources told ANI.
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Work resumes on Noapara-Bimanbander Metro Rail project in Kolkata
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 17 (ANI): The Ministry of Railways on Sunday announced that the work on Noapara-Bimanbander Metro Rail project has been resumed in Kolkata.
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COVID-19: Kolkata cabs get plastic partition to ensure safety of driver, p
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 17 (ANI): In a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus, yellow taxis in Kolkata are being sanitised and plastic shield partitions have been placed between the driver and passengers' seat to minimise human contact.
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No advisory issued asking health care workers to return: Manipur CM
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], May 17 (ANI): Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Saturday said that his government had not issued any advisory asking health workers to come back to the state.
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Suspended doctor creates ruckus on national highway, detained
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): A doctor, who was suspended for questioning Andhra Pradesh government over masks, created a ruckus on Chennai-Kolkata national highway in Vishakhapatnam on Saturday.
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Haven't appealed anyone to return to Manipur, says Chief Secretary
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], May 16 (ANI): Manipur Chief Secretary J Suresh Babu on Saturday clarified that the State government has not appealed anyone to come back, and the government has issued permits to different people and vehicles only on the request of those who want to return.
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Bengal govt to bear entire cost of train fare of migrant workers coming in
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced that the state government will bear the entire cost of movement for its migrant workers by special trains from other states to West Bengal.
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WB govt okays 105 special trains to bring back migrant workers, others fro
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): West Bengal government has given nod for 105 special trains to bring back migrant workers and others from 16 States, State Home Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay informed on Saturday.
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West Bengal reports 115 fresh COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths in last 24 hrs
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): With 115 new COVID-19 cases reported in West Bengal in the last 24 hours, the count of people infected with the virus has climbed to 2,576 including 892 recoveries.
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