Search For "west bengal india"
Kolkata Port Trust to give Rs 50 lakh financial assistance if employee suc
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 18 (ANI): The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) on Monday said that Rs 50 lakh would be provided as financial assistance to the dependant members and legal heirs of an employee if he succumbs to COVID-19.
Read More
INTTUC members protest outside Ordnance Factory Board in Kolkata, say will
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 18 (ANI): Members of the Indian National Trinamool Trade Union Congress (INTTUC) on Monday staged a protest outside the Ordnance Factory Board in Kolkata.
Read More
Vande Bharat special flight carrying 169 Indians arrive in Kolkata
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 18 (ANI): A special Air India flight AI 0231 carrying 169 passengers, including 73 students, senior citizens, stranded tourists and people with medical emergencies, touched down at Kolkata airport on Monday afternoon under the Centre's ambitious 'Vande Bhar
Read More
Kolkata's Gurusaday Museum seeks financial support from Centre
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 18 (ANI): 57-year-old Gurusaday Museum in Kolkata is on the verge of shutting down as it faces financial crisis after the Central government revoked the agreement of maintenance in 2017, said Bijan K Mondal, Curator of the museum. The museum has sought fina
Read More
COVID-19 lockdown: Groups of migrant workers continue their journey in Wes
Updated : 5 years, 11 months 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.
Read More
WB: Traffic movement on Howrah Bridge continues amid checking by Police
Updated : 5 years, 11 months 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.
Read More
Work resumes on Noapara-Bimanbander Metro Rail project in Kolkata
Updated : 5 years, 11 months 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.
Read More
Migrant labourers injured in road accident in West Bengal
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) [India], May 17 (ANI): Over 30 migrant labourers injured after their bus in which they were traveling met with an accident near Dhupguri in Jalpaiguri district on Sunday.
Read More
COVID-19: Kolkata cabs get plastic partition to ensure safety of driver, p
Updated : 5 years, 11 months 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.
Read More
Bengal govt to bear entire cost of train fare of migrant workers coming in
Updated : 5 years, 11 months 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.
Read More
WB govt okays 105 special trains to bring back migrant workers, others fro
Updated : 5 years, 11 months 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.
Read More
West Bengal reports 115 fresh COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths in last 24 hrs
Updated : 5 years, 11 months 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.
Read More