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File photo of Union Interior Minister Amit Shah. (PTI) The Union Interior Minister also expressed dissatisfaction with the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic by the Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee. News18.com Last update: October 18, 2020 12:43 PM IST FOLLOW US: Union Interior Minister Amit Shah on Saturday expressed confidence that …

The West Bengal government has decided to offer a special “Durga Puja gift” to technicians in the state. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Friday that employees of state-owned Webel Ltd and technicians from contracted agencies will now be treated as contract employees of the state government. The prime minister …

With the Center agreeing to borrow ₹ 1.1 lakh crore from a special window of the Reserve Bank of India and re-lend it to states, some of the seven states that have not yet accepted the plan are now able to sign it, the Government officials with direct knowledge of …

Rain clouds loom over the Hooghly River in Kolkata, India. (AP) Although the system is likely to move towards the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh coast, wind flow from the southwest will increase in West Bengal, resulting in the likelihood of rain, the Met department said. PTI Last update: October 16, 2020 7:09 …

More than 50 families were trapped in a fire in an eight-story building on Ganesh Avenue in central Kolkata on Friday night, leading to two deaths, including that of a minor child, who jumped from the building’s seventh floor. because of fear. An elderly woman, who died charred after being …

As daily cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India continue to decline, states such as Kerala, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have bucked the national trend, data analyzed by HT shows. All of these four states have rapidly increasing case numbers, increasing positivity rates, and the last three …

In the steepest biweekly drop in Covid-19 cases and deaths in the country, the first half of October saw an 18% drop in new infections from the previous 15-day period, while deaths fell by almost 19 %. India recorded 10,55,068 Covid-19 cases in the first 15 days of this month, …

As the world struggled against the coronavirus pandemic, people also saw the plight of migrant workers in India, who had to walk days and days, barefoot, in the scorching sun, only to return to their places of origin with little savings. and with an uncertain future ahead. . With industries …

“The fatality rate has continuously decreased. At the current 1.52%, it is the lowest since March 22, “said the Ministry of Health. The Union Health Ministry on Friday delegated teams to Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, which have been reporting an increase in the number of new COVID-19 …

The Calcutta High Court, in an interim order, on Friday ordered the West Bengal government to use financial aid given to Durga Puja clubs to improve policing and public engagement, and increase the number of women in community policing. . The court also ordered the government that the funds be …