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West Bengal Government cancels Students' Week programme amid rise in COVID
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 2 (ANI): In view of the deteriorating COVID-19 situation in West Bengal, the state government has decided to cancel the Students' Week programme scheduled to be held between January 1 and 7 at Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata.
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West Bengal Minister Aroop Biswas tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 2 (ANI): West Bengal Minister Aroop Biswas has tested positive for COVID-19, following which he was admitted to Woodlands Multispeciality Hospital in Kolkata on Saturday.
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BSF on alert at India-Bangladesh border at WB's Gunarmath to deter smuggli
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], January 2 (ANI): As the cold wave conditions prevail in northern India, the Border Security Force (BSF) jawans are on alert at the India-Bangladesh border at West Bengal's Gunarmath to keep a check on smugglers who take advantage of darkness, heavy
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BSF guards unfenced India-Bangladesh border at WB's Gunarmath amid dense f
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Gunarmath (West Bengal) [India], January 1 (ANI): Amid the dense fog and cold waves, the personnel of Border Security Force (BSF) have been patrolling undeterred at the unfenced Border Out Posts (BOP) at Gunarmath across which lies Bangladesh.
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West Bengal: Soumen Mitra appointed as Officer on Special Duty and Directo
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 1 (ANI): Soumen Mitra, retired former Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) and Director, Training on the rank of Director General of Police (DGP) for a period of two years with effect from Saturday.
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JP Nadda to visit West Bengal on January 9-10: Sources
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 1 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Jagat Prakash Nadda will be on a two-day tour to West Bengal on January 9 and 10, sources said on Friday.
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Trinamool Congress releases candidate list for civic polls in Bidhannagar,
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 31 (ANI): The All India Trinamool Congress on Thursday announced its list of candidates for the corporation elections in Bidhannagar, Chandannagar, Asansol and Siliguri, which are slated to be held on January 22, 2022.
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Mamata is like an extreme fascist, says BJP leader after she appoints VCs
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is like an extreme fascist in her state, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anirban Ganguly said on Thursday, days after West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar claimed that appointments of vice-chancellors of 24 un
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West Bengal reports 2,128 new COVID-19 cases, 12 deaths in last 24 hrs
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 30 (ANI): West Bengal reported 2,128 new COVID cases, and 12 deaths on Thursday, said the state health department.
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Kolkata Police tightens up security arrangements for New Year eve
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 30 (ANI): As the city is geared up to welcome the New Year, Kolkata Police is prepared with tight security arrangements for tomorrow. Around 3,500 police personnel will be deployed across the city on December 31.
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Health state subject, State Govts free to take decision: Civil Aviation Mi
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): Following West Bengal's decision of suspending flights from the UK, a Civil Aviation Ministry official said that health is a state subject and they are free to take decisions as per the Centre's COVID guidelines.
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COVID-19: West Bengal suspends flights from UK to Kolkata from January 3 t
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 30 (ANI): In order to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the West Bengal government on Thursday announced that it has suspended all the flights coming to Kolkata airport from the United Kingdoms from January 3 onwards till furthe
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