Month: May 2021

By ANI KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Monday formed a three-member Committee for rehabilitation of victims of post-poll violence after Assembly polls. The Committee will comprise one representative each from State Human Rights Commission, National Human Rights Commission, Member Secretary and State Legal Services Authority. The Committee may coordinate with police and arrange for […]

!1 New UpdateClick here for latest updates China says each couple can have three children, in change of policy J&K: Indian Army & CRPF cordon area near Panzgam village A joint team of Awantipora Police, Indian Army & CRPF cordon area near Panzgam village & detected a container approx 10 liters capacity containing Improvised Explosive […]

KOLKATA: One more mucormycosis or black fungus case was detected in Kolkata on Sunday from the state-run SSKM Hospital, taking the total count of black fungus cases to 24 across the state. Four other suspected cases that are yet to undergo confirmatory tests were also reported to Swasthya Bhawan on Sunday, two of them being […]

KOLKATA: West Bengal on Sunday registered 11,284 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the caseload to 13,66,240, while the death toll rose to 15,410 with 142 more fatalities, according to a bulletin issued by the health department. As many as 18,642 patients have recovered from the infection, improving the discharge rate to 91.93 per cent. The total […]

The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted interim bail to two West Bengal ministers Subrata Mukherjee and Firhad Hakim, TMC MLA Madan Mitra and former city mayor Sovan Chatterjee, arrested by CBI in the Narada sting tapes case. Imposing conditions, a five-judge bench of the high court directed the four accused persons, who are under […]

KOLKATA: A 40-year-old gynaecologist succumbed to Covid-19 on Friday, taking the Covid tally in the Bengal doctor fraternity to 40 during the second wave. Rashmi Khandelwal, who was attached with a few private hospitals in Kolkata, died at a private hospital off EM Bypass. She was on ventilation support for over a week. According to […]

The General Officer Commanding in Chief (GOC-in-C) of Eastern Command will retire on Monday and two days before Lt Gen. Anil Chauhan hangs up his army boots he said how much Calcutta had shaped him as a soldier. Having spent his early school days at Fort William, Lt Gen. Chauhan said his association with the […]

KOLKATA: Ever since strict restrictions were imposed by the state government on May 16, there has been a significant decline in the number of Covid admissions across the city’s private hospitals, with more vacancies in general wards than in ICUs and HDUs. At least two leading hospitals said their critical-care beds, too, have started falling […]