Lowering mortality rate ‘top priority’
GB Today West Bengal was 6th among states with the highest mortality rates, and 7th on the list of states…
West Bengal
Most TMC MPs aged over 65 yrs likely to skip Parliament session
The Parliament’s monsoon session will begin on September 14 and will continue till October 1 Calcutta: A majority…
India-Bangladesh trade halts after exporters allege corruption
Disruption in the trans-border trade for 2 consecutive days has resulted in a loss of nearly Rs 20…
Sunderbans fishermen look for safer life and better wages
Tiger attacks & depleting shoals drive them to Kerala, Tamil Nadu Subhasish Chaudhuri, Calcutta: Several fishermen from North…
Crude bomb explosion kills 2, injures another in Bengal’s North 24 Pargana
Senior police officials visited the home in Golighat in North 24 Pargana on the outskirts of Kolkata in…
West Bengal’s active Covid cases dip to 23,390
In 24 hours till Saturday 9am, the state also logged 3,042 new infections, 3,248 recoveries and 58 deaths…
Jungle Mahal gets 3 CRPF companies
Centre’s move comes as a relief for Nabanna amid intelligence reports of Maoists regrouping in the area over…
Mamata Banerjee: GST legal opinion ‘subterfuge’
The CM made it clear she thought Centre’s proposal that state govts could borrow to meet the compensation…
Covid: West Bengal 4th in recovery rate
The state reports 2,976 new cases in 24 hours till Wednesday 9am, fewer than the 3,297 recoveries in…
CM Mamata Banerjee says 75% students of Bengal couldn’t appear in JEE-Main
In other states, only half of the examinees managed to turn up due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation,…
With COVID-19 protocols in place, two-day session of West Bengal assembly to convene from September 9
A two-day session of West Bengal Legislative Assembly will be held on September 9 and 10 in strict…
West Bengal sticks to September lockdown schedule
Complete lockdown would be observed in the state on September 7,11 and 12 as announced earlier Pranesh Sarkar,…
August ends with dip in active cases in state
West Bengal’s recovery rate went up to 82.49 per cent, far ahead of the national rate of 76.93…
India announces 7-day mourning on Pranab Mukherjee’s death
A seven-day state mourning was announced by India after its former president Pranab Mukherjee died at a Delhi…
Drop in active Covid cases continues
The state logged 3,019 new cases and 50 deaths during a 24-hour period till 9am on Sunday Meghdeep…
September 9 deadline to finish comorbid survey
In West Bengal, hypertension has taken around a fourth of the lives of the Covid-19 infected persons, followed…
Erosion leaves villagers homeless in Malda district
Residents call it ‘unbelievable’ and a fresh blow to migrant workers who has returned jobless Soumya De Sarkar,…
Race to ready rail projects
Avijit Sinha,Siliguri: The Northeast Frontier Railway has said construction of the second rail bridge over the Teesta in…
State buys land for bridge
Move to overcome acquisition hurdles to link Kalna in East Burdwan and Santipur town in Nadia Subhasish Chaudhuri,…
Covid mortality rate falls below 2%
On Friday, the state reported 3,286 recoveries and 2,982 new cases Meghdeep Bhattacharyya, Calcutta: West Bengal could finally…