May 04, 2020, at 04:59 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a counter-letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said people of the state were well aware of the usurper and the extra-constitutional fountain of power.
Your words about me and government abusive: Mamata's fresh salvo at Guv Dhankhar
May 02, 2020, at 08:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Disappointing all who had thought the letter-war between the state headquarters Nabanna and Raj Bhavan has died down, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday sent a fresh letter training her guns at Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, accusing the latter of using words which are insulting.
Crime is crime irrespective of any religion: Mamata on mob attack on cops in Tikiapara
Apr 29, 2020, at 08:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is often accused of appeasing the Muslim community by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Wednesday talked tough against an incident in Howrah's Tikiapara where a mob of a particular community attacked cops a day ago.
Covid-19: Mamata Banerjee opens factories, standalone shops in green zones of Bengal
Apr 29, 2020, at 08:12 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal on Wednesday decided to open some factories, standalone shops including tea stalls in the state's green zones which are death of Covid-19 cases.
Home quarantine is ideal model for COVID-19, govt has limited facilities: Mamata Banerjee
Apr 27, 2020, at 09:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said 'home quarantine' for COVID-19 patients is the ideal situation presently for those with space at home to isolate themselves, and the world is following the same 'model.' However, there is a confusion on whether she meant the Covid-19 positives or those in their families or in close contact in the same house. But later a Health department order said home quarintine is for the primary and secondary contacts of the Covid-19 positive person and not the patient himself.
Lockdown and relaxations can't go simultaneously: Mamata questions Centre's Covid move
Apr 27, 2020, at 05:47 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Questioning the central government's move to tackle the pandemic Coronavirus, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the lockdown and relaxations can't function simultaneously. She also said that those who have space at home to self-isolate themselves can be at home-quarantine in her state.
West Bengal Govt helping people stuck in different part of country to return home: Mamata
Apr 27, 2020, at 11:24 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her government is trying to take all steps to bring back people of her state stuck in different corners of the country.
West Bengal BJP protests state govt's mismanagement of COVID-19 situation with at-home sit-in dharna
Apr 26, 2020, at 05:36 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: BJP's West Bengal unit on Sunday held a two-hour at-home sit-in protest over mismanagement of the coronavirus situation, hiding information and alleged attack on its party workers and supporters in the lockdown period.
West Bengal health official diagnosed with Covid-19 dies at Kolkata hospital
Apr 26, 2020, at 01:20 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A senior doctor-cum-health official with West Bengal government's health and family welfare department, who had tested positive for novel coronavirus and was undergoing treatment at a private health facility in Kolkata's Salt Lake, died in the wee hours of Sunday, sources in the state health department confirmed.
Apr 25, 2020, at 05:55 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The chief of MHA's Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) in Kolkata, Apurva Chandra, on Saturday wrote another letter to West Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha, complaining non-cooperation by the state government and inadequate security arrangements for the team's movement.
Apr 25, 2020, at 02:10 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In another round of clash between the West Bengal government and Raj Bhavan over Covid-19, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday slammed the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s response to the Bengali diaspora's concern over the handling of the contagion in the state.
Prashant Kishor checks in to manage Mamata's Covid-19 crisis as Oppn mounts attack on her
Apr 24, 2020, at 07:31 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Whether he flew a cargo plane or not, Prashant Kishor has landed in Kolkata. The political strategy whizkid whom Mamata Banerjee had signed up after last year's General Elections debacle is here to be a crisis manager of the West Bengal Chief Minister wilting under the attack from New Delhi over the COVID-19 management.
Apr 24, 2020, at 06:10 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after visiting Rajarhat quarantine facility and M.R. Bangur Covid hospital, chief of the Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT), which has been sent to Kolkata by the MHA for ground level assessment of Covid-19 situation in south Bengal, on Friday wrote two letters to West Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha asking multiple questions regarding the treatment of the contagion in the state, officials said.
Apr 24, 2020, at 03:30 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: At a time when the country is in a crucial stage in combating novel coronavirus, the unprecedented letter-war between West Bengal Chief Minister and Governor continues as the Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday sent his second letter in response to CM Mamata Banerjee's letter which was sent on Thursday, reports said.
Apr 24, 2020, at 12:00 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A war of letters has broken out between West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over combating COVID-19 on Thursday with the Guv now responding to the CM's missive within hours.
Apr 23, 2020, at 07:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the ongoing exchange of barbs between the state and centre over combating Covid-19, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote an open letter to Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar, accusing the latter of transgressing constitutional norms by his direct attacks on her as well as her ministers and officials.
After Babul Supriyo's 'dead body' video went viral, Bengal bans mobile phones at hospitals
Apr 22, 2020, at 08:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After a video showing dead bodies were lying with the suspected COVID-19 patients at a hospital here went viral on internet following a tweet by Union Minister Babul Supriyo, the West Bengal government has banned the usage of mobile phones in all Coronavirus hospitals, media reports said.
Bengal government's showdown with Centre over COVID-19 ends as IMCT teams begin tour
Apr 22, 2020, at 01:57 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: An ugly confrontation between the West Bengal government and the Centre finally ended as the two Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (ICMTs) began its tour in seven districts across the state to take a stock of the Coronavirus situation.
Babul Supriyo tweets video of 'suspected COVID patients lying with dead in Kolkata hospital'
Apr 21, 2020, at 10:36 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a video tweeted by Union Minister Babul Supriyo, several isolated suspected Novel Coronavirus patients were found sharing a ward with few deceased at a hospital here pointing a finger at the health infrastructure of West Bengal.
Bengal beautifully followed ICMR guidelines: TMC over lower COVID-19 testing allegations
Apr 21, 2020, at 01:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: At a time the West Bengal government has come under heavy criticism for its alleged lack of testing to detect Coronavirus, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday claimed the state has "beautifully" followed all the guidelines of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
Apr 20, 2020, at 09:00 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the Ministry of Home Affairs' decision to send two Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCT) to her state was done without prior intimation and therefore was a breach of protocol.
Basis on which Centre deploying IMCT in Bengal unclear: Mamata Banerjee
Apr 20, 2020, at 04:13 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she was unable to understand the basis on which the Centre has taken the decision to deploy two Inter-Ministerial Central teams to seven districts of West Bengal for making spot-assessment of the COVID-19 situation.
No indication of economic package for states by PM in today's meet, says Puducherry CM Narayanasamy
Apr 11, 2020, at 11:57 pm
New Delhi/ IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi maintained silence in Saturday's video conference meet with Chief Ministers over the demands of economic package to cope with financial distress amid coronavirus lockdown, Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy said, according to media reports.
Centre asks West Bengal govt to enforce lockdown strictly, objects to gradual 'dilution'
Apr 11, 2020, at 09:36 pm
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Amid reports that West Bengal is not enforcing lockdown measures in some pockets of the state, the Centre on Saturday asked the Mamata Banerjee-led government to enforce containment measures in letter and spirit.
PM Modi announced extension of anti-COVID lockdown till Apr 30: Mamata Banerjee confirms
Apr 11, 2020, at 04:56 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After Arvind Kejriwal, now West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has confirmed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended the anti-Coronavirus nationwide lockdown till Apr 30.
Mamata Banerjee wishes people on Good Friday
Apr 10, 2020, at 02:11 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today greeted the people to mark Good Friday saying it is the day of sacrifice.
India witnesses surge of 591 cases in 24 hours, total positive cases stand at 5,865
Apr 09, 2020, at 06:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India recorded fresh 591 positive Novel Coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours taking the tally across the country to close to 6,000, informed the Union Health Ministry on Thursday.
Lockdown can't be stopped as COVID-19 cases surging: Mamata Banerjee
Apr 09, 2020, at 04:46 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After Odisha extended the anti-Novel Coronavirus lockdown till Apr 30, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday hinted at continuing the shutdown amid the surge in COVID-19 cases across the country.
West Bengal has 69 active COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths recorded: Mamata Banerjee
Apr 07, 2020, at 05:49 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said 69 COVID-19 infected patients are currently undergoing treatment in the state.
Apr 06, 2020, at 09:54 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has hit out at BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya, who had accused the state government of fudging the COVID-19 deaths.