The West Bengal government on Monday changed for the second time the dates for the complete lockdown in the state to check the spread of Covid-19. As per the new changes the lockdown will be enforced on August 20 and 21 and August 27 and 28, instead of August 16, […]
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KOLKATA: At least 7,000 cops will hit the streets and another 3,000 will be on standby on Wednesday, the first lockdown day of August. Though the total number of cops on duty will remain unchanged from July 29, the police briefing has specifically asked OCs to ensure there is no […]
By: Express News Service | Kolkata | Updated: August 5, 2020 5:45:30 am More than 65 per cent of the new cases, and 43 of the deaths were reported from the pandemic epicentre in South Bengal comprising Kolkata, its adjoining districts North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas and Howrah; and […]
A man (53), sentenced for life and released on parole, fled while being taken to a hospital from a remote place in Darjeeling hills in north Bengal after he had tested coronavirus disease (Covid-19) positive. The man had murdered his wife in 2011 and was sentenced for life. He was […]
KOLKATA: Most of the earliest nCoV strains found in Bengal were of a mutated subtype found in Europe, according to a preliminary genome analysis. At least one strain was from China, while two others — found in people who hailed from East Midnapore, with no international travel history — were […]
By: Express News Service | Kolkata | Published: August 5, 2020 6:00:48 am A devotee performs puja at a Ram temple in Kolkata on Tuesday. (Photo: Partha Paul) The BJP and other Sangh Parivar outfits on Tuesday called on people in West Bengal to light “diyas” at home and perform […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) West Bengal unit has urged the Mamata Banerjee administration to withdraw the statewide lockdown restrictions, which have been enforced to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, on August 5, the day on which the bhoomi pujan for the Ram temple is scheduled. […]
Bengal on Tuesday recorded 2,752 infections taking the number of cases to 80,984. It recorded another spike in mortalities recording 54 in the past 24 hours taking the number to 1,785. The active cases have climbed to 22,315 even as the discharge ratio remains at 70.24%. Coronavirus India lockdown Day […]
KOLKATA: Authorities of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Aiprort Tuesday announced that flight operations at the airport will remain suspended on all the revised seven days of total lockdown in West Bengal this month starting from August 5. The airport had suspended flight operations on July 25 and 29 due […]
Written by Sweety Kumari | Kolkata | Published: August 5, 2020 5:20:54 am Sushant Singh Rajput (Photo: PR Handout/File) Kolkata Police has initiated an investigation after receiving a complaint over Bengali women being targeted on social media. This comes after actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s father filed a case against actor […]