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Poll body writes to WB chief secretary, seeks to know if Hakim holds two o
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 13 (ANI): The Election Commission has written to West Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha, seeking to know if state Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim, who is also the chairman of Kolkata Municipal Corporation Board, is holding two offices of profit.
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Hindu Samhati leader Tapan Ghosh dies battling COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 13 (ANI): Hindu Samhati founder and senior leader, Tapan Ghosh who had tested positive for COVID-19, died at a hospital here on Sunday.
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West Bengal: BSF rescues Bangladeshi woman, child from human traffickers
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], July 12 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) has rescued one young Bangladeshi woman along with her child from human traffickers in West Bengal's Gojadanga area.
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1,560 new COVID-19 cases reported in WB, count reaches 30,013
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 12 (ANI): As many as 1,560 new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from West Bengal on Sunday, taking the state tally to 30,013.
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West Bengal: Saumitra Khan accuses TMC 'goons' of attacking BJP leaders
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], July 12 (ANI): West Bengal BJP MP Saumitra Khan on Sunday alleged that Trinamool Congress 'goons' were behind the attack on Alipurduar MP John Barla and Madarihat MLA Manoj Tigga at the Dalmor tea garden area of Birpara on Wednesday evening.
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Combatting COVID-19: Quarantine facilities to be set up at Eden Gardens, s
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 12 (ANI): In a bid to combat COVID-19, quarantine facilities for police personnel will be set up at Eden Gardens, said Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Avishek Dalmiya.
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West Bengal reports 1,344 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 12 (ANI): A total of 1,344 new COVID-19 cases and 26 deaths reported in West Bengal on Saturday, according to the bulletin of State's health department.
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Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi, requests to revise UGC guidelines
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 11 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revise the advisory issued by Ministry of Human Resource Development and UGC with regard to conducting the terminal examinations in colleges and
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COVID-19: Eden Gardens to be used as quarantine facility for police person
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 11 (ANI): The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on Friday allowed the Kolkata Police to make use of under galleries of Eden Gardens for makeshift quarantine facility for police personnel.
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COVID-19: Siliguri admin making offenders wait for 2 hours as 'soft punish
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], July 11 (ANI): If anyone in Siliguri found without masks in public places then he or she will be made to wait for at least two hours by the police as "soft punishment".
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1,198 new COVID-19 cases in West Bengal
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 10 (ANI): A total of 1,198 new COVID-19 cases and 26 deaths due to the disease were reported in West Bengal in the last 24 hours.
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COVID-19: WB imposes strict lockdown in 25 containment zones in Kolkata
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 9 (ANI): West Bengal government has imposed lockdown with strict restrictions in 25 containment zones in Kolkata for seven days in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases.
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