COVID-19: West Bengal reports highest single-day spike of 476 cases, tally crosses 10,000-mark
Jun 12, 2020, at 08:06 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal on Friday recorded its biggest spike of Covid-19 cases with 476 new infections in the past 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 10244, including 5587 active cases, 451 deaths and 4206 discharges.
West Bengal: Number of COVID tests crosses 3 lakh-mark, cases surge to 9768
Jun 11, 2020, at 11:56 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: With 9522 Covid-19 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the number of samples tested in West Bengal on Thursday reached 3,06,941 while the state's tally mounted to 9768, including 5338 active cases, 442 deaths and 3988 discharges, reports said.
Kolkata: 52-year-old man wins battle against COVID-19 after spending a month on ventilation
May 08, 2020, at 11:51 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A 52-year-old COVID-19 patient was discharged from a Kolkata hospital on Friday, after undergoing treatment at a private health facility in the southern part of the city for the last 40 days, including more than 30 days on ventilation, reports said.
West Bengal: Covid-19 cases reach 1259 with 61 deaths
May 04, 2020, at 07:46 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in West Bengal has jumped to 1259, including 908 active ones, 61 deaths and 218 discharges, officials said on Monday evening.
Active Covid-19 cases cross 100-mark in West Bengal, death toll stands at seven
Apr 13, 2020, at 09:06 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: With 15 new confirmed cases in last 24 hours, the number of active Covid-19 positive cases in West Bengal has reached 110 while the death toll due to novel coronavirus in the state remains at seven, according to a data shared by the state health department on Monday night.
West Bengal: Three of a family killed in Darjeeling landslide
Mar 14, 2020, at 12:33 pm
Darjeeling/IBNS: Three members of a family, including a child, were killed in a landslide on Friday midnight at Rimbick village in Darjeeling district of northern West Bengal, reports said on Saturday.
West Bengal: Muslim teacher alleges he was pushed off a train for not chanting 'Jai Shree Ram'
Jun 25, 2019, at 12:21 pm
Kolkata, June 25 (IBNS): While a young Muslim man succumbed to a mob assault in Jharkhand when he was forced to utter "Jai Shree Ram" as witnessed in a viral video, a madrassa teacher in West Bengal has alleged that he was beaten up and pushed off a moving train by a group of men for not chanting 'Jai Shree Ram'. Police said they are investigating the charge, media reports said.
In support of Bengal doctors, AIIMS doctors announce complete shutdown
Jun 13, 2019, at 05:36 pm
New Delhi, Jun 13 (UNI): Members of Resident Doctors' Association of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday announced a complete shutdown against "worsening of violence against medical doctors in West Bengal."
BJP meets EC, demands repolls in WB seats
May 20, 2019, at 03:47 pm
New Delhi, May 20 (UNI) The BJP delegation, including Union Minister Piyush Goyal, met the Election Commission, on Monday and demanded that repolls be held in some constituencies where violence occurred in West Bengal and central forces be deployed for free and fair counting in the state.
Feb 07, 2019, at 03:14 pm
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IBNS): Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan today slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over alleged extortion syndicates and lack of investment issues in the state at a time when the two-day Bengal Global Business Summit 2019 is under way in Kolkata.
PM Modi can’t sleep after hearing Mamata Banerjee’s name: West Bengal Minister
Dec 04, 2018, at 07:18 pm
Guwahati, Dec 4 (IBNS): West Bengal Minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi can’t sleep for a night after hearing the name of West Bengal Chief Minister and All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) chief Mamata Banerjee.
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha parts ways with GTA, says strike will continue
Jun 23, 2017, at 09:57 pm
Darjeeling/Kolkata, Jun 23 (IBNS): Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) on Friday officially announced that it is parting ways with Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA).
Election Commission postpones polls of Rajya Sabha for three states
May 23, 2017, at 01:58 am
New Delhi, May 22 (IBNS): The Election Commission of India postponed the polls in ten seats of Rajya Sabha for three states, namely, Goa, Gujarat and West Bengal on Monday evening that would fall vacant this year.
By-poll results: BJP wins Assam, Delhi
Apr 13, 2017, at 06:20 pm
New Delhi, Apr 13 (IBNS): The BJP recorded a victory in Delhi's Rajouri Garden constituency by a huge margin, as the Assembly by-poll results were declared on Thursday afternoon, reports said.
By-poll results: BJP likely to win in Delhi, Congress in Karnataka
Apr 13, 2017, at 04:57 pm
New Delhi, Apr 13 (IBNS): While the counting of votes in the recent by-polls in 11 assembly constituencies across eight states began on Thursday morning, the BJP has taken a healthy lead in Delhi's Rajouri Garden constituency, reports said.
RSS criticises Kerala and West Bengal governments at party's annual meet
Mar 21, 2017, at 10:16 pm
Coimbatore, Mar 21 (IBNS): Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) lashed out at the ruling CPI-M led government in Kerala and the TMC in West Bengal during the party's annual general body meeting in Coimbatore, according to media reports.
Bengal engineer goes missing in Bengaluru
Mar 02, 2017, at 10:10 pm
Kolkata/Bengaluru, Mar 2 (IBNS): An engineer from West Bengal, who was working at a multi-national company in Bengaluru, has been untraceable since January, according to local media reports.
West Bengal's communal cauldron: Oppn barred from entering Dhulagarh
Dec 21, 2016, at 03:16 pm
Kolkata, Dec 21 (IBNS): A week after a village in West Bengal's Dhulagarh, barely 28 km from state capital Kolkata, was devastated by the attack on one community by the members of another during a religious procession, media started reporting the episode even as the Opposition leaders were denied entry in the area from where many families had to flee fearing for life.