The Global Advisory Body, led by Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, has advised the Mamata Banerjee-administration in Bengal to ramp up testing and identify high infection clusters, which could be declared as local containment zones to check the spread of Covid-19. Bengal has witnessed a sharp spike with more than […]
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More than 650 Kolkata Police personnel have been diagnosed with COVID-19 over the past four months, of whom around 512 have recovered and several others are undergoing treatment at hospitals, a senior officer said. A few of them have been advised home isolation, the officer said on Thursday. At least […]
KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday urged people to stay alert, saying experts predict Covid infection to peak in the next two months. The CM’s words of caution came during the announcement of the state cabinet’s decision to salute Covid warriors who have died in the line of duty […]
নিজস্ব প্রতিবেদন: যার হাতে CESC-র ইলেকট্রিক বিল তাঁরই চক্ষু চড়কগাছ! ক্যালকুলেটর হাতে বসে পড়ছেন হিসেব করতে। খোদ রাজ্যের বিদ্যুতমন্ত্রী শোভনদেব চট্টোপাধ্যায়ের একই অবস্থা। তাঁর বাড়িতে বিদ্যুত্ বিল আসে গড়ে ৩-৪ হাজার টাকা। এবার সেই বিল এসেছে ১২ হাজার টাকা! শহর কলকাতার একজন উপভোক্তার বিলের অঙ্ক তো ক্যালকুলেটরের সব ডিজিটে ধরছে […]
Gurugram (Haryana) [India] July 16 (ANI/BusinessWire India): BMW Motorrad India has launched its internationally best-selling adventure sportbike, the all-new BMW S 1000 XR in India. The new bike can be ordered as a completely built-up unit (CBU) from today onwards throughout the BMW Motorrad dealer network. The all-new BMW S […]
कोलकाता। कोलकाता हाई कोर्ट के मुख्य न्यायाधीश को अब माई लॉर्ड या लॉर्डशिप नहीं कहा जाएगा। खुद मुख्य न्यायाधीश ने ऐसा निर्देश जारी किया है। हाईकोर्ट के रजिस्ट्रार ने ईमेल के जरिए बाकी जजों और कोर्ट स्टाफ को यह जानकारी दी है। जिला न्यायालय और रजिस्ट्री स्टाफ अब चीफ जस्टिस […]
Written by Neha Banka | Kolkata | Updated: July 16, 2020 3:57:47 pm Inside the “snake museum” at the Nepal Red Cross Snake Bite Treatment centre at Damak, 16 species of snakes are on display. Photo credit: Khem Chandra Adhikari Sonia Jabbar first learned of the Chaarali Snakebite Treatment centre […]
Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TBN Radhakrishnan has said that he would want to be addressed as ‘Sir’ by all judiciary officers in Bengal and Andaman instead of ‘My Lord’ or ‘Lordship’, as was the practice so far. In a letter to the district judges and chief judges of lower […]
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly’s elder brother and Cricket Association of Bengal joint secretary Snehasish Ganguly is “doing alright” after testing positive for COVID-19, which forced the former India captain and CAB chief Avishek Dalmiya to be in home quarantine. Due to the continuing rise in COVID-19 cases, Ganguly was handling […]
KOLKATA: The Global Advisory Board set to help Bengal to form its Covid-19 Response Policy On Wednesday — the day when the number of Covid deaths touched 1,000 in Bengal — suggested several measures to help free hospital beds to treat those at risk. To control the spread of the […]