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WB: Smuggling of fake currency notes continues
West Bengal: Cap on stocking masks, sanitizers
The health and family welfare department has issued a notification so that retailers, stockists and distributors stop hoarding masks and sanitizers.
Artist finds opportunity in lockdown
The lockdown may have disrupted the lives of many but for artist Swaroop Mukerji, it's been his most productive week. With no guests dropping by and nowhere to step out,
Online platforms switch to e-payment mode in WB
The Covid-19 scare has led online food delivery platforms Swiggy and Zomato to switch to electronic modes of payment as part of their social distancing norms.
Bengal: One dead after two groups clash with crude bombs, guns over quarantine centre
Kolkata lockdown: Today's updates from city
Covid-19: M R Bangur hosp finalizes infra push
After the Bengal government designated M R Bangur Hospital in Tollygunge as the city's Covid-19 treatment facility, doctors and administrative officials spent the better
4 hosps to add 150 isolation beds to meet demand
The city is set to see a jump in the number of Covid-19-treatment units by next week with both state and private hospitals adding more isolation beds. More than 150 beds
Kolkata: Cops find decomposed bodies in Salt Lake
Amid the lockdown when domestic helps are not being able to visit homes, two instances of people having died without anyone knowing have come to the fore.
4, including 76-yr-old woman, return home cured
Four Covid-19 patients were cured and sent home from ID Hospital on Saturday, taking the total count of discharged patients to seven.
Kolkata Police give corona twist to Goopy Gyne track to spread awareness
11 fresh cases in WB, active corona cases at 49
Bengal recorded 11 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday taking the tally of active Covid patients to 49 while four patients were released from Beliaghata ID hospital after reco
Bengal Coronavirus Count: Govt not concealing deaths, not the time to fudge data, says Chief Secy
Bengal: Oppn blames govts profligacy for funds crisis
Bengal: Union minister booked for flouting lockdown norms
Another new Covid case in Assam, total 25 cases
Another person tested positive for COVID-19 in Assam on Saturday, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 25, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma sai
Six Northeast states seal borders with Assam
Guwahati/ After Assam reporteda spurt of Covid-19 positive cases, six northeastern states sealed their interstate borders and barred general entry from Assam, ministers a
Kol: 1.7k held in 48 hrs for breaking lockdown
The police, on Friday, intensified checks on vehicles plying on city roads and arrested an ambulance driver and six migrant labourers who were being ferried in the vehicl
Kolkata lockdown: Today's news from the city
Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city.
MR Bangur Kolkatas first Covid-19 hospital
The Bengal government on Friday designated MR Bangur Hospital in Tollygunge as the citys first Covid-19 hospital, on a day the states total number of active Covid-19-posi
Sanitization drive in Salt Lake to combat corona
With three more Covid-19 suspects being sent to hospital isolation in Salt Lake, the administration has gone into a sanitization overdrive in the township particularly i
Kol: 140 US citizens to be flown back on Sunday
After Armenians and Europeans, its evacuation time for American and Russian visitors stranded in Kolkata and other parts of eastern India.
WB govt fastens purse strings to fight Covid-19
From banning purchase of vehicles, computers, water coolers, furniture, IT accessories and AC installations, the state government has put on hold all kinds of renovation,
35 staffers of Dum Dum hosp in home quarantine
Around 35 staffmembers at a private hospital in Dum Dum, including doctors, nurses and other workers, have been sent to home quarantine after a 48-year-old nursing superi
Kolkata: 76-yr-old, 8 others set to be discharged
A 76-year-old Covid-19 patient who also had several other medical conditions, is likely to be among four patients who will be released from Beliaghata ID Hospital on Satu
As yeast becomes scarce and flour supply dwindles, half of Kolkatas bread units shut down
West Bengal: Toll count revised to 3, Oppn accuses govt of hiding truth
West Bengal: As revenue dries up, govt curbs spending
Bengal: CM revises COVID-19 numbers, says 38 active cases, 3 deaths
Bengal: Blood banks face supply shortage as pandemic hits donation camps
WB guv donates Rs 15L for fight against corona
West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday donated Rs 10 lakh to the chief minister's relief fund to support efforts of the administration in fighting the Covid-19 p
Must-try beauty hacks for #lockdown days
Watch: Kolkata cop dons singers hat to cheer locked down people
New Town tele-medicine unit to answer queries
The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) on Wednesday launched a tele-medicine centre where township residents can consult doctors about Covid-19 through Skype.
Kolkata lockdown: Today's updates from the city
Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city.
Single-day collection of samples crosses 100-mark
The number of samples collected from Covid-19 suspects on a single day crossed 100 on Wednesday the figure touched 116, the highest so far. Though the number dropped sli
Kol: Woman with symptoms gives birth to baby boy
Amidst the corona pandemic, a pregnant woman who arrived at the emergency unit Medical College Hospital Kolkata (MCHK) on Wednesday morning with cough, cold and fever, ga
Coronavirus lockdown: Bread manufacturers in Kolkata face hard times
Lockdown removal may fuel 2nd wave of infection
A phased withdrawal of lockdown, instead of a sudden and complete one, will help to ensure that Covid 19 transmission is not renewed through a second wave thus negating t
'34 corona active cases in WB, toll stays 3'
There are 34 active Covid-19 cases in Bengal, with three deaths till date, the government said on Thursday evening.
225 related to Tablighi meet quarantined in WB
The state government has quarantined 225 people, including attendees to the Tablighi Jamaat meet in Delhis Nizamuddin Markaz and people they have met on their return to B
Kol lockdown: Lemon price sours as supply falters
Lemon on Thursday retailed at two-three times the price of an orange, while the price of one kilogram of raw papaya sold at 25% higher than that of guava.