West Bengal confirms 23 fresh Covid-19 cases, death toll touches 12
Apr 18, 2020, at 05:54 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: With 23 new confirmed Covid-19 cases reported in past 24 hours, the number of active Covid-19 positive cases in West Bengal has reached 178 while the death count in the state has mounted to 12, state Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha said on Saturday.
West Bengal reports 24 fresh Covid-19 cases, death toll mounts to 10
Apr 16, 2020, at 06:27 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: With 24 new confirmed Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, West Bengal is currently treating 144 active Covid-19 positive cases while the death toll due to novel coronavirus in the state has reached 10, Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha said on Thursday.
Three Kolkata doctors test positive for Covid-19, West Bengal's Coronavirus death toll touches seven
Apr 12, 2020, at 09:22 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Three doctors from Kolkata and its adjoining areas have tested positive for COVID-19 as death toll due to the disease touched seven on Sunday.
Apr 09, 2020, at 03:10 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Deputy Super of North Bengal Medical College and the Super of Howrah District Hospital have tested positive for Covid-19, sources in the state health department said on Thursday.
West Bengal reports another death due to COVID-19, confusion over official toll
Apr 01, 2020, at 11:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A 66-year-old man from Kolkata's Nayabad area, who had earlier tested positive for novel coronavirus and was undergoing treatment at a private health facility at Panchasayar area, died on Wednesday evening, taking the COVID-19 death toll in the state to seven, reports said. However, the state has officially confirmed only three deaths due to novel coronavirus infection so far.
West Bengal records third COVID 19 death
Mar 31, 2020, at 10:06 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A coronavirus-infected man has died in West Bengal's Howrah district, media reports said on Tuesday.
Kolkata's three Covid-19 patients on road to recovery: Sources
Mar 29, 2020, at 06:49 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Three of the COVID-19 infected patients, who are currently undergoing treatment in Kolkata, are recovering from the disease, sources said.
Two more Kolkata people test positive for Covid-19, tally in West Bengal reaches 9
Mar 24, 2020, at 10:56 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Two persons, who are currently under surveillance in Kolkata's Beliaghata ID hospital, have tested positive for novel coronavirus, taking the total number of Covid-19 confirmed cases to nine in West Bengal, officials said on Tuesday.
COVID-19: Bengal reports second positive case, patient has travel history to London
Mar 20, 2020, at 11:01 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The eastern state of West Bengal on Friday reported the second positive Novel Coronavirus case as a 22-year old man has been infected with the deadly virus, media reports said.
Kolkata: Covid-19 infected youth's parents, drivers test negative for novel coronavirus
Mar 18, 2020, at 09:45 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal's first and so far only Covid-19 infected youth's father, mother and two drivers, who came in contact with him, tested negative for novel coronavirus, officials confirmed on Wednesday late evening.
Mar 18, 2020, at 04:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal's home secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, along with his wife Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee, who is the vice-chancellor of the Calcutta University, have moved to home quarantine a day after the home secretary held a meeting at Nabanna with a lady bureaucrat, whose son tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, reports said.
West Bengal confirms first Covid-19 case as Kolkata youth tests positive for virus
Mar 17, 2020, at 11:50 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Senior officials of West Bengal's Health and Family Welfare department on Tuesday night confirmed that an 18-year-old youth from south Kolkata, who recently returned from England, has tested positive for Covid-19, making it the first case in the state.
Bengal Govt to set up two more isolation wards at Kolkata's Rajarhat for COVID-19
Mar 14, 2020, at 10:30 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today announced two more isolation wards at Rajarhat in the eastern part of the city in view of COVID-19 threat.
West Bengal and the UK join hands to tackle degradation in the Sundarbans delta
Jan 24, 2020, at 12:47 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal government's environment department together with the British Deputy High Commission Kolkata and the Newcastle University, UK have joined hands as a ‘force for good’ to launch Living Deltas Transdisciplinary Research Hub funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF).
Cyclone Bulbul: CS holds meeting, flight operation shut till Sunday morning
Nov 09, 2019, at 07:10 pm
second review meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC), to monitor the situation and preparedness to deal with 'Very Severe Cyclone Bulbul' over the Bay of Bengal, which is likely to the affect coastal districts of the state and Odisha.
Public Smoking: Can COTPA change the lifestyle of the people in West Bengal?
Sep 27, 2019, at 01:32 pm
Kolkata: War against tobacco epidemic began more than a decade ago but could only achieve limited success with certain parts of India lagging behind in enforcing laws to combat it. According to Tobacco Free West Bengal, a non-governmental initiative which is making an effort to deliver high impact, evidence-based tobacco-control interventions, the law under which smoking in public places is prohibited must be enforced in the state.
Aug 09, 2019, at 01:29 pm
Kolkata, Aug 9 (IBNS): Dollar Industries Ltd and Society for Socio Economic and Ecological Development (SEED), an NGO, have collaborated to launch the #BeFreeBeYou campaign to improve awareness about menstrual hygiene among underprivileged adolescent girls.
Get back to work in four hours: Mamata tells striking doctors
Jun 13, 2019, at 02:05 pm
Kolkata, Jun 13 (IBNS/UNI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who paid a visit to state-run SSKM hospital this morning, issued a four-hour ultimatum to striking doctors in West Bengal to get back to work.
After India, Cyclone Fani now moves towards Bangladesh
May 04, 2019, at 04:11 pm
Kolkata, May 4 (UNI)The fast weakening cyclone Fani proved virtually harmless as it passed through West Bengal and headed towards north-east and Bangladesh early this morning.
After Odisha, cyclone Fani hits West Bengal
May 04, 2019, at 06:55 am
Kolkata, May 4 (IBNS/UNI): After destroying normal life in Odisiha, where it made a landfall on Friday, cyclone Fani hit neighbouring West Bengal on Saturday morning.
Cyclone Fani makes landfall in Odisha in morning, over 1 million evacuated
May 03, 2019, at 12:57 pm
Bhuvneshwar/Kolkata, May 3 (IBNS/UNI): After making landfall impact in Odisha on Friday morning, cyclonic storm Fani is moving north northeastwards and cross Odisha coast between Gopalpur and Chandbali close to Puri with maximum sustained wind speed of 170-180 kmph gusting to 200 kmph.
34 dengue deaths reported so far in Bengal, 18,238 persons infected : Govt
Oct 24, 2017, at 10:03 pm
Kolkata, Oct 24 (IBNS): Chief Secretary of West Bengal government, Malay Kumar De, on Tuesday confirmed that 34 persons have died due to dengue so far in the state while 18,238 people have been infected with the mosquito-borne viral disease.
Thunderstorm, downpour rock Bengal, 12 killed
May 14, 2017, at 05:05 am
Kolkata, May 13 (IBNS): At least 12 persons were killed and several others were injured in separate parts of West Bengal as a nor'wester thunderstorm lashed the state with heavy shower on Saturday evening, reports said.
West Bengal Assembly passes Clinical Establishments (Registration, Regulation and Transparency) Bill
Mar 04, 2017, at 12:18 am
Kolkata, Mar 3 (IBNS): The West Bengal Assembly on Friday passed the West Bengal Clinical Establishments (Registration, Regulation and Transparency) Bill, 2017.
The national nutrition week begins in West Bengal
Sep 04, 2016, at 12:36 am
Kolkata, Sept 3 (IBNS): National Nutrition Week is celebrated all over the country during the first week of September every year.