NEW DELHI: The Center raised concerns about five states, Kerala, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Delhi, which account for nearly 50% of new Covid cases detected on Monday, even as active cases now stand at 6.25 lakh. Of this, 35% are from just 18 districts. The Center said it is …
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NEW DELHI: With 45,149 new Covid-19 cases, India’s total cases rose to 79,09,960 on Monday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. With 480 new deaths, the number of Covid-19 victims rose to 1,19,014, according to the Union Ministry of Health. The total number of active Covid-19 cases …
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Governor Jagdeep Dhankar has been criticized for posting pictures with Buddhadeb Bhattacharya. (Proceedings) Calcutta: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar has been severely criticized for posting photos of former West Bengal Prime Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya on Twitter. The photo was taken when Jagdeep Dhankar and his wife went to meet the …
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached out to citizens of West Bengal, which is linked to the polls, on Thursday, saying that an Aatma Nirbhar Bharat was the vision of Bengal fans and that it can only be done from the ground of the state. Modi said that the …
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Invoking the goddess Durga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reaffirmed his government’s irrevocable commitment to the empowerment of women. Reaching out to the people of West Bengal during the state’s largest festival, the prime minister said that although it was being celebrated on a limited scale due to the …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the people of West Bengal on Thursday to mark the start of Durga Puja, the state’s largest festival. Prime Minister Modi’s speech, which he delivered virtually, took place on Durga Shasthi or the sixth day of the current nine-day Navratri festival. Last night, the …
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PM Modi will virtually inaugurate a pandal that BJP has established in Salt Lake in Kolkata. Calcutta: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Durga Puja pandalos in Kolkata today via video conference as the five-day celebrations kick off in West Bengal amid the pandemic. The BJP claims that it …
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NEW DELHI: Some states with high numbers of coronavirus cases, such as Maharashtra, Rajasthan and West Bengal, have reduced testing even though their positivity rates (total confirmed cases per 100 tests) are at alarming levels of 15% , 10% and 9% respectively. Maharashtra’s total testing over 14-day periods fell to …
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CALCUTTA / DARJEELING: Dodging a red corner notice for three years since Darjeeling’s violent statehood upheaval in 2017, fugitive official Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Bimal Gurung dramatically resurfaced Wednesday in Kolkata to announce that he was severing all ties with BJP and she would support “Mamata Banerjee as the chief …
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MUMBAI: One day after the CBI responded swiftly to a request from UP police and orders from the Center taking over a ‘TRP scam’ Investigation In Lucknow, the coalition government led by Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday prevented the central agency from investigating any cases in Maharashtra without the prior consent …
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