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Some areas of UP to receive rainfall today: IMD
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 17 (ANI): Some places in Uttar Pradesh are likely to receive rainfall in the next couple of hours, predicted India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday.
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Poll body writes to WB chief secretary, seeks to know if Hakim holds two o
Updated : 5 years, 8 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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Bengal's unemployment rate at 6.5 pc, 'far better' than that of India: Mam
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 4 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that the state's unemployment rate for June stands at 6.5 per cent, which was "far better" than that of India at 11 per cent.
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WB govt makes mandatory for Air travelers to submit self-declaration form
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 26 (ANI): West Bengal Government on Tuesday issued fresh guidelines for domestic air travel keeping in mind the safety of passengers during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Cyclone Amphan: Centre sends 5 Army columns to help Kolkata
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 24 (ANI): The Central Government on Saturday sent five columns of Indian Army to help Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to restore infrastructure in Kolkata.
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Over 1 lakh evacuated in Odisha as cyclone Amphan hurtles towards Bengal c
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 20 (ANI): As many as 1,19,075 people have been evacuated from 13 vulnerable districts of Odisha as Cyclone Amphan is expected to make landfall on Wednesday between Digha in West Bengal and Hatia Island in Bangladesh.
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COVID-19: Kolkata cabs get plastic partition to ensure safety of driver, p
Updated : 5 years, 10 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.
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Internet services suspended in Hooghly district to stop the spread of fake
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hooghly (West Bengal) [India], May 13 (ANI): Hoogly District Magistrate Yeluchuri Ratnakara Rao on Wednesday suspended internet services in Chandennagore and Srerampore sub-divisions after receiving information that some people were spreading fake news which could lead to violence in the reg
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Tea gardens in Siliguri resumes operations amid lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], May 13 (ANI): After weeks of suspension of work due to the coronavirus lockdown, the tea gardens in Dagapur Tea Estate in Siliguri have resumed operations with 50 per cent labour capacity.
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COVID-19 active cases rise to 461, toll at 20 in West Bengal
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 26 (ANI): The number of active cases of COVID-19 rose to 461 in West Bengal while the toll stands at 20, state's Health Department said on Sunday.
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Psychologists visit COVID-19 patients in WB's Asansol
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Asansol (West Bengal) [India], April 11 (ANI): A team of psychologists visited coronavirus patients in three quarantine facilities here.
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BJP's Rahul Sinha urges Mamata to help people stranded in other states
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 1 (ANI): BJP leader Rahul Sinha on Wednesday wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to make efforts to rescue people who are stranded in other states due to the lockdown because of coronavirus crisis.
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