Amid rising Coronavirus cases across the country, the West Bengal government issued a Covid-19 advisory on Tuesday. It advises people to avoid mass gatherings especially by the elderly, children, pregnant women and persons with co-morbidities.
Ministry of Home Affairs has sought a detailed report from the West Bengal government on violence that broke out between two groups when a Ram Navami procession was taken out in Howrah city last week.
Slamming Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government over violence during Ram Navami celebrations, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national vice president Dilip Ghosh on Monday said the situation in the State has become like Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday hit out at the Bihar and West Bengal governments, over the communal clashes in the states during the Ram Navami festivities.
The BJP and Trinamool Congress engaged in a war of words on Friday over violence in Howrah during Ram Navami celebrations with West Bengal government handing over the probe to Criminal Investigation Department (CID)
Following violence in Howrah during Ram Navami celebrations, West Bengal government on Friday handed over the probe to Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
'Pathashree-Rastashree' is a flagship project of the West Bengal government to strengthen road infrastructure and enhance connectivity to villages by constructing 12,000 km of roads in 22 districts of the state.
The West Bengal Government will give a civic reception to President Droupadi Murmu at Netaji Indoor Stadium during her maiden visit to the state on March 27.
In view of a strike called by several organisations on March 10, the West Bengal government on Thursday issued a memorandum mentioning show cause notice will be served to state government employees whoever apart from medical emergency abstain from the work.
Lashing out at the West Bengal government over the Adenovirus, spreading among children in the State, Dr Manas Gumta, general secretary of the Association of Health Service Doctors alleged that the State government "underreported" the number of deaths, caused by infection of the virus.
The West Bengal Government has stated that sufficient infrastructure has been created across the state in recent years to deal with the rising cases of Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) and Adenovirus cases in the state.
Ghulam Nabi Azad was in Kolkata to attend the 155th birth anniversary of Professor Hakim Ajmal Khan and the celebration of World Unani Day, organised by K F Memorial Trust on Saturday.