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Mamata Banerjee asks Centre to provide reasons for deployment of IMCTs
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 20 (ANI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asked the Centre to give valid reasons for the deployment of Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs) in select districts across India including a few in West Bengal.
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Free ration supplies should be distributed amongst poor in state: WB Guv D
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 20 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said that free ration supplies should be distributed amongst the poor in the state under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojna.
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160 British nationals repatriated from East and North-East India
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 19 (ANI): At least 160 British Nationals stranded in East and North-East India due to coronavirus lockdown were repatriated on Sunday in a chartered flight organised by the UK government.
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West Bengal govt trying hard to turn red zones into green zones
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 19 (ANI): The West Bengal government is trying hard to pick up the red zones first and turning them into green zones, Dr Sukumar Mukherjee, member of Government nominated Gobal Advisory Committee said on Sunday.
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198 active cases of coronavirus in West Bengal
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 19 (ANI): The number of active coronavirus cases in West Bengal to date is 198, out of which 66 persons have been discharged after treatment.
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Frontline medical personnel to stay in their work headquarters: West Benga
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 19 (ANI): West Bengal Department of Health and Family Welfare has issued an order for all medical personnel who are on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, stating that they will have to stay in the vicinity of their workplaces and not at their
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Sudip Bandyopadhyay refutes allegations leveled by opposition over COVID-1
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 19 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay on Sunday denied the allegations leveled by the Opposition that TMC is suppressing the death toll due to COVID-19 and clarified saying that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee regularly briefs
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Rapid testing kits will be useful in West Bengal's corona hotspots: ICMR-N
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 19 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has sent rapid testing kits to West Bengal, which will be helpful in covering a large population in a short period of time and more so in the hotspot zones, according to Dr Shanta Dutta, Director of
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Biman Bose detained after protest against West Bengal government
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 18 (ANI): West Bengal Police on Saturday detained Left Front Chairperson Biman Bose and other party workers in Kolkata while they were protesting over "improper distribution of ration and low percentage of COVID-19 testing" in the state.
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178 active COVID-19 cases in West Bengal, death toll 12
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 18 (ANI): The total number of active COVID-19 cases in West Bengal is 178 and the death count increased to 12 in the state, said an official on Saturday.
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Delivery staff on app-based services face crisis due to lack of orders ami
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 18 (ANI): The delivery staff of app-based service providers is facing a crisis due to fewer orders in the face of coronavirus lockdown imposed across the country.
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Scoring 158* in IPL opener changed my life: Brendon McCullum
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 18 (ANI): Former New Zealand and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batsman Brendon McCullum called his unbeaten 158-run knock in the first-ever IPL match as a life-changing moment.
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