More containment zones to be marked on the outskirts of the city to prevent the spread of the disease The Darjeeling district task force on Covid-19 on Tuesday decided to extend the ongoing... Read more

Meghdeep Bhattacharyya, Calcutta: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday tried to allay fears over the Covid-19 outbreak in Bengal, asserting there was no need to be afraid of the numbers... Read more

Appeal to state committee and district magistrates over working environment Snehamoy Chakraborty: At least eight district units of the WBCS (Executive) Officers’ Association have written to... Read more

According to the state health department, 386 new coronavirus patients have been found in the past 24 hours Telegraphindia: Senior administrative officials posted in at least three districts... Read more

Group vows to stop govt officials from ‘digging an inch’ before their demands are met Snehamoy Chakraborty: Nearly 1,000 tribal people held a meeting on Saturday evening and vowe... Read more

714 people got the full home-repair fund of Rs 20,000 each, and 1,644 others a partial fund of Rs 5,000 Anshuman Phadikar: The East Midnapore administration, which so far has found only 2,35... Read more

Snehamoy Chakraborty:A block development officer, her husband and eight-year-old daughter were stranded on a road for over three hours on Sunday morning when residents of a locality here ref... Read more

West Bengal logged a record number of infections at 1,690 on Thursday Meghdeep Bhattacharyya: Mamata Banerjee said nearly 4,000 beds would be added to the existing total of around 11,000 to... Read more

Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said government offices would operate with 50 per cent employees till July 31 considering rising number of Covid-19 cases across the state. “As of now, the depart... Read more

Situation not alarming in Bengal: Home department Meghdeep Bhattacharyya, Calcutta: Bengal reported that 718 people had been cured of Covid-19 during 24-hour period till 9am on Tuesday, sett... Read more

Echoing BJP’s state and central leaders, Debendranath Roy’s wife claimed that he had been murdered. She also said that Roy wanted to get into the rice trade and had given money to Singh and... Read more

To keep a check on the coronavirus cases in the district, the Darjeeling district task force has on Wednesday imposed a complete lockdown in 47 wards of Siliguri Municipal Corporation for se... Read more

The four districts that have reported the highest number of cases are — Kolkata, Howrah, South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas districts of the state. Kolkata: The West Bengal government o... Read more

The number of active cases in Kolkata has doubled in the last fortnight. While on June 29 the city had 1,772 active cases, on Sunday the number was 3,568. The state has 10,500 active cases a... Read more

Calcutta alone reported 374 new cases, while North 24-Parganas and Howrah recorded 328 and 130 cases, respectively Meghdeep Bhattacharyya: West Bengal reported 1,198 fresh coronavirus cases... Read more

13 deaths and 322 fresh cases reported from Calcutta alone Meghdeep Bhattacharyya: West Bengal on Thursday reported over 1,088 new Covid-19 infections and 27 deaths in the 24-hour window, th... Read more

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took umbrage on Wednesday over the CBSE’s decision to drop topics such as “citizenship”, “federalism” and “part... Read more

The government, however, did not mention how long this lockdown spell will last. A lockdown is currently in force essentially in the containment zones till July 31. Atri Mitra, Kolkata: The... Read more