TOI Kolkata
- newGuwahati hotel sealed for hosting corona patient
The Kamrup (Metro) district administration on Wednesday sealed a hotel in the city and quarantined its employees after a woman from Tripura, who tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, revealed in her travel history that she had stayed there before returning home last month.
- 1 hour ago 9 Apr 20, 4:41pm - - newKolkata: Lockdown violator survives bullet injury
A 38-year-old man was severely injured after being shot at from a close range outside his home at Nimta on the northern fringes of the city. Cops said the man, Tanmay Das, a resident of Dum Dum Cantonment
- 2 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 4:32pm - - newKolkata lockdown news: Today's live updates
- 5 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 1:04pm - - new'Other brands fine if can’t find prescribed drugs'
Several prominent medicine brands are missing from stores though their alternatives and generic equivalents are available, say retailers and wholesellers. Consumers are often insisting on their prescribed medicines rather than settling for a substitute, which, according to doctors is unnecessary. It is creating an impression of a crisis which is not the case, they pointed out.
- 6 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 12:15pm - - newCM to meet traders for views on longer lockdown
Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to meet representatives of industry bodies, the hotel and hospitality industry, the tourism sector and MSMEs on Thursday to take their feedback after Prime Minister Narendra Modi hinted at an extension of the lockdown beyond April 14.
- 7 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 11:30am - - newPPE supply eases at govt hospitals in Bengal
upply of personal protection equipment (PPE), which has been erratic ever since the corona outbreak, has become smooth across hospitals, much to the relief of healthworkers who had been struggling to manage with inadequate stock.
- 8 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 10:25am - - newFocus on shelters for homeless after 2 go to hosp
Reports of two pavement dwellers — one from Metiabruz and the other from Bowbazar — contracting novel coronavirus have prompted Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Kolkata Police to take a closer look at shelters housing more than 10,000 vagrants and homeless across the city.
- 8 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 10:23am - - newSchools may advance summer holidays in Kolkata
At a time when uncertainty looms over withdrawal of the lockdown, several schools across the city are planning to advance the summer vacation
- 8 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 10:21am - - newKol: ‘Staying positive helped me recover quickly’
Gopi Krishna Agarwal, a 51-year-old with a history of diabetes and hypertension who survived Covid-19 and returned to his Salt Lake’s AD block home after a week in hospital, said he had never felt depressed or lonely during his treatment in isolation.
- 8 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 9:36am - - newLockdown: 20 held in 7 days from Bidhannagar
Three Covid-19 suspects from different parts of Salt Lake are undergoing treatment in hospitals and hundreds have been kept in isolation, but that is still not proving to be a deterrent for some people to go out without any emergency.
- 9 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 9:30am -
- new108 foreigners in quarantine camp: Mamata
- 16 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 2:30am - - 45,000 sanitiser bottles to reach Kolkata soon
Alcohol-based hand sanitisers, produced under the state government’s watch, are likely to be made available in the city’s retail pharmaceutical outlets by end of this week. Hand sanitisers, which are being sold at a premium by a section of pharma retail outlets in the city, is likely to be priced much below the cap set by the Union health ministry.
- 1 day ago 8 Apr 20, 4:20pm - - Kolkata lockdown news: Today's updates
- 1 day ago 8 Apr 20, 2:21pm - - Cops shift focus bylanes to enforce lockdown
Last Sunday, when Shankar Haldar attempted to open his tea shop after assurance from local ‘dadas’ that there would be no trouble, local police arrived and promptly arrested him. In north Kolkata’s Chitpur, Rajbir Shaw had decided to walk down to the pan shop on Chitpur Road after locals said there was an interesting adda taking place on coronavirus there. Half an hour later, he and others, who were hanging out, landed in the police station.
- 1 day ago 8 Apr 20, 12:20pm - - WB to procure 3 million tablets to tackle corona
The state government is going to procure 3 million hydroxychloroquine tablets and has already placed orders for it, a senior Nabanna official said on Monday. “We are expecting the supply in phases before the lockdown period is over,” the official said.
- 1 day ago 8 Apr 20, 11:41am - - West Bengal favours quarantine of hotspots
Unlike some states, the Bengal government is not in favour of extending the lockdown beyond April 15 across the state and has instead identified seven hotspots that may be put under quarantine in the post-lockdown days to contain the novel coronavirus from spreading.
- 1 day ago 8 Apr 20, 11:30am - - 30 NRS staffers test negative for Covid-19
Swab samples of 30 healthcare providers attached with NRS Medical College and Hospital have tested negative to Covid-19, much to the relief of the hospital authority and the state health department. Currently, 79 healthcare workers are under isolation at the government’s quarantine centre at New Town. More samples are being sent for confirmatory tests.
- 1 day ago 8 Apr 20, 10:07am - - Vet hosp resumes outdoor after 9-day closure
The West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, popularly known as Belgachhia veterinary hospital and university, resumed services from Monday.
- 1 day ago 8 Apr 20, 10:05am - - CM comes up with film on city’s senior citizens
How does Kolkata come in aid of senior citizens living in isolation during lockdown? That’s the logline of the short film titled ‘Jhhar Themey Jabe Ekdin’ conceived by Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and will be directed by Arindam Sil. This is perhaps the first time that any chief minister of India has come up with the concept for a film to create awareness about Covid-19.
- 1 day ago 8 Apr 20, 10:01am - - Shutdown may delay real estate projects by a year
Those who had booked apartments and were hoping to move in after the lockdown ends, be prepared for a long wait and pray the builder does not go bankrupt. Leading developers say the lockdown will lead to projects being delayed by a year.
- 1 day ago 8 Apr 20, 9:41am -
The New Indian Express Kolkata
- Diabetics need not overly worry about coronavirus: Kolkata's COVID-19 survivorMedical experts have been saying that if diabetes is kept under control, a coronavirus patient with diabetes can be treated as any other non-diabetic COVID-19 patient.
- 2 days ago 7 Apr 20, 8:48pm - - Don’t panic, have faith in doctors: COVID-19 Kolkata survivorWhen Monami Biswas, a postgraduate management student at the University of Edinburgh, landed at the Mumbai airport from Scotland on March 16, she had a fever.
- 4 days ago 5 Apr 20, 8:21am - - Lockdown: Students stuck in Presidency's Hindu hostel help raise fund for wage earnersThe 10 students are regularly in touch with their friends over the phone and social media and coordinating with others in raising the fund.
- 5 days ago 4 Apr 20, 8:45pm - - Lockdown: RJs with private FM stations in Kolkata working from home to engage listenersActor-RJ-comedian Mir Afsar Ali, popularly known as Mir, has moved to work-from-mode since March 24.
- 6 days ago 3 Apr 20, 11:15pm - - Microbiologists in Bengal emerge unlikely heroes in COVID-19 timeWelcome to the world of NICED, where samples taken from suspected coronavirus cases are re-examined for confirmation.
- 6 days ago 3 Apr 20, 9:38pm - - WATCH | Kolkata police sing 'We shall overcome' to cheer people amid COVID-19 lockdownThrough their performance cops of Gariahat Police Station urged people to stay at their homes during the lockdown.
- 6 days ago 3 Apr 20, 10:24am - - Air India cabin crew member tests positive for coronavirus; admitted to Mumbai hospitalThis is at least the second instance of an Air India group staff testing positive.
- 7 days ago 2 Apr 20, 8:25pm - - Two coronavirus patients die in West Bengal taking death count in state to sixA 57-year-old man, who was admitted to a private hospital in Golabari area of Howrah district two days ago, died on Tuesday night and another man died in a hospital in Belghoria.
- 8 days ago 1 Apr 20, 12:42pm - - Mishti must: Mamata government allows sweet shops to remain open for four hours from TuesdayThe ubiquitous #39;rosogolla #39;, #39;sondesh #39;, #39;misti doi #39; have been off the platters of the sweet-toothed Bengalis during the unprecedented lockdown over the coronavirus threat.
- 10 days ago 31 Mar 20, 12:47am - - Kolkata woman arrested for posting fake news on WhatsApp groupThe woman, in her early 30s, was arrested on Sunday after a few people in the locality, who had received the message on a WhatsApp group, lodged a complaint.
- 10 days ago 30 Mar 20, 3:59pm -
- Crime rate down by 50 per cent in Kolkata amid lockdown: Senior copCases of snatching and pick-pocketing have also reduced in the city amid the nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19, he said.
- 10 days ago 30 Mar 20, 2:52pm - - Fire breaks out at high-rise in Kolkata, no casualtiesThe blaze erupted on the 15th floor of the building around 10 am
- 10 days ago 30 Mar 20, 2:45pm - - To beat price rise amid lockdown, Bengal government starts selling fish onlineThe West Bengal Fisheries Development Corporation Limited will also be selling fish in the districts from its vehicles.
- 11 days ago 29 Mar 20, 9:36pm - - Kolkata Municipal Corporation reserves burial grounds, cremation centre for coronavirus victimsKMC officials said the municipal solid waste dumping ground at Dhapa was identified for cremating the COVID-19 fatalities as the area is sparsely populated.
- 13 days ago 27 Mar 20, 6:22pm - - Elderly man with no history of travel tests positive for COVID-19 in KolkataHis family members have been placed under home quarantine, he said, adding that police have been posted outside their residence.
- 14 days ago 26 Mar 20, 5:57pm - - Chinese-origin people in Kolkata face racist slurs amid coronavirus outbreakFrancis Yee Lepcha (41), whose grandfather had migrated from China decades ago, said he had been encountering glares and cold stares since the outbreak of the disease.
- 14 days ago 26 Mar 20, 9:22am - - West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee demands Rs 1,500 cr package from Centre to tackle coronavirus outbreakThe chief minister said that while the state has created a Rs 200-crore fund, it is inadequate to procure all necessary equipment such as ventilators.
- 15 days ago 25 Mar 20, 11:29pm - - COVID-19: 871 held in Kolkata for defying lockdown orderThe arrests were made by the Kolkata Police during naka-checking and patrolling across the length and breadth of the city
- 15 days ago 25 Mar 20, 9:35pm - - Kolkata: Airline crew member claims neighbours harassing her and mother; cops initiate actionThe woman said that neighbours turn up at her home when she is not there to harass her mother and local shopkeepers refuse to sell goods to them.
- 16 days ago 24 Mar 20, 8:42pm - - 255 arrested for violating coronavirus lockdown in KolkataDuring the lockdown, all shops, commercial establishments, offices and factories, workshops, godowns etc will close their operations except essential services.
- 16 days ago 24 Mar 20, 12:58pm - - Two headmasters transferred for violating coronavirus prevention guidelines in KolkataWhile the school authorities refuted the charge of some guardians not wearing masks, they pleaded helplessness to the media in preventing some students from accompanying their guardians.
- 16 days ago 24 Mar 20, 12:16pm - - Work of Class 12 board exams put off in Bengal amid coronavirus outbreak While higher secondary exams were conducted from March 13 to 21, examinations for three papers scheduled on March 23, March 25 and March 27 will now be held after April 15.
- 17 days ago 23 Mar 20, 12:50pm - - Three test positive in Kolkata, total COVID-19 cases in Bengal rise to sevenThe three are parents of a UK-returned youth, the second positive case of the deadly infection in the state, and a maid working at their residence in Ballygunge area.
- 17 days ago 23 Mar 20, 8:49am - - Coronavirus outbreak: Trinamool asks its MPs to withdraw from ParliamentTMC said that the party has been urging the government to defer Parliament for the past 10 days but no action has been taken so far.
- 18 days ago 22 Mar 20, 1:25pm - - Coronavirus: Bengal registers fourth case, around 1,000 passengers screened at Howrah StationThe health department officials sent the man rsquo;s wife, son and two other family members to the quarantine centre at Rajarhat and the domestic help of the family was admitted to Beleghata ID Hospital.
- 18 days ago 22 Mar 20, 1:09pm - - Coronavirus: Bengal shuts down restaurants, pubs, bars till March 31, postpones class 12 examsThe order, which aims to prevent all non-essential social gatherings, comes into effect on Sunday morning.
- 19 days ago 21 Mar 20, 7:15pm - - Coronavirus outbreak: Mamata to chair all-party meeting on MondayCPI(M) legislative party leader Sujan Chakraborty said his party would attend the meeting and place a few suggestions to tackle the pandemic.
- 19 days ago 21 Mar 20, 7:14pm - - Amusement parks remain open in Kolkata despite advisories to avoid public gatheringAmusement parks such as Nicco Park, water theme park Aquatica, Millennium Park on the banks of river Hooghly, Eco Park in Rajarhat are still open.
- 19 days ago 21 Mar 20, 2:49pm - - Bengal woman, advised quarantine after returning from Spain, goes out to walk her dog; triggers panicThe woman is pursuing higher studies in the European country, according to local sources.
- 20 days ago 20 Mar 20, 8:06pm - - Bengal reports second coronavirus case as Kolkata man who returned from UK tests positiveThe swabs of the patient were collected and the reports received from the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases confirmed that he had contracted the deadly virus.
- 20 days ago 20 Mar 20, 4:08pm - - UK returnee tests positive in Kolkata for COVID-19, 2nd case in BengalThe man returned from the UK on March 13 and was admitted to the Beliaghata ID Hospital in the city on March 19 with symptoms of COVID-19, the state government official said.
- 20 days ago 20 Mar 20, 10:32am - - Coronavirus scare: Kolkata restaurants stare at losses amid dwindling footfallThere has been a 30 per cent dip in customer count since the last few days, the owners of a popular rooftop lounge in Russel Street area, said.
- 21 days ago 19 Mar 20, 6:34pm - - Calcutta HC sets aside Centre's 'Leave India' notice to Polish student who participated in anti-CAA protestsJustice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya directed the central government not to give effect to the notice served on the Poland citizen, who studies at the Jadavpur University.
- 22 days ago 18 Mar 20, 8:13pm - - COVID-19: Bengal officials to stay at home after coming in contact with officer whose son tested positiveAlapan Bandyopadhyay, a few other officials and some Group D staff at state secretariat #39;Nabanna #39; and at the Home Department office in the Writers #39; Building were asked to stay in isolation at home.
- 22 days ago 18 Mar 20, 4:57pm - - BJP activist arrested in Kolkata for hosting cow urine consumption event to fight COVID-19He was arrested late Tuesday night following a complaint filed by a civic volunteer who fall ill after drinking the cow urine.
- 22 days ago 18 Mar 20, 4:32pm - - Coronavirus: Kolkata Metro sees dip in footfall, two put in isolationOn Monday, passenger footfall stood at 5.32 lakh against an average of 6.2 to 6.5 lakh on any weekday, she said.
- 23 days ago 17 Mar 20, 7:30pm - - COVID-19: Kolkata High Court to begin thermal screening of visitors from TuesdayThe Bar Association of Calcutta High Court also welcomed the decision of the Registrar General of Calcutta HC to only hear urgent matters in the court in the wake of COVID-19.
- 24 days ago 16 Mar 20, 4:28pm - - Coronavirus scare: Calcutta HC, subordinate courts to hear only urgent matters from March 17In a notification, Calcutta HC registrar general Rai Chattopadhyay said no adverse orders will be passed on matters where parties are found absent till the situation persists.
- 25 days ago 15 Mar 20, 6:04pm - - Sex workers in Bengal in quandary amid growing COVID-19 scareWith just a handful of them out on the streets, Asia #39;s largest red-light area in the city - Sonagachi - wore a deserted look on Sunday afternoon, a time when clients are usually seen making a beeline.
- 25 days ago 15 Mar 20, 5:47pm - - Coronavirus: Italian couple, Thai national in isolation ward at Kolkata hospitalTwo other foreigners -- one from Malaysia and another from Australia -- who were visiting ISKCON in Mayapur have been admitted to a medical facility run by the organisation.
- 27 days ago 13 Mar 20, 11:34am - - Two fresh coronavirus suspects admitted to Kolkata hospitalMeanwhile, a resident of Murshidabad district, who was admitted to the ID Hospital on Sunday, has been diagnosed with swine flu.
- 30 days ago 11 Mar 20, 12:55am - - Complaint filed against Roddur Roy for Tagore's parody songsRoy #39;s name surfaced after young men and women, who took part in #39;Basanta Utsav #39; on RBU campus posed with cuss words written on their bodies.
- 30 days ago 10 Mar 20, 10:41pm - - Kolkata Police sets up team to investigate RBU 'Basanta Utsav' photos with expletivesAt this year #39;s spring festival at the RBU campus, some young men and women posed for photos with swear words written with colours on their bodies.
- 32 days ago 8 Mar 20, 11:03pm - - Bengal schoolgirls sing lewd parody of Tagore song; video goes viralAs of now, the four have been allowed to appear for class tests, Depashree Roy, the headmistress of the girls #39; school, told reporters.
- 32 days ago 8 Mar 20, 8:12am - - BJP invites Kolkata Municipal Corporation election aspirants to put CVs in dropboxThe prospective candidate need not be an activist of the party but should be popular in his/her locality and have a good image, a senior BJP leader said on Saturday.
- 33 days ago 7 Mar 20, 5:47pm - - Presidency students block Kolkata's College Street for 16 hoursThe students had started a sit-in protest at the intersection of Bidhan Sarani and Mahatma Gandhi road from Thursday evening, blocking the bustling arterial thoroughfare.
- 34 days ago 6 Mar 20, 1:16pm - - Amid tussle with Mamata government, Bengal Governor to meet Amit Shah on FridayAccording to sources, during the meeting being held at the initiative of the governor, he is likely to discuss law and order and other #39;critical #39; issues with Shah.
- 34 days ago 6 Mar 20, 9:25am - - Mamata Banerjee creating disturbance to win civic polls, sys BJP's Dilip GhoshGhosh had earlier warned that his party workers will gherao every police station if police atrocities across the state do not stop immediately.
- 37 days ago 3 Mar 20, 2:31pm - - Congress, CPM students' wings 'purify' Kolkata's Shahid Minar ground where Shah held rallyThe groups claimed that the #39;historic ground #39; in Kolkata had been maligned by the provocative #39;goli maro #39; slogan raised by some BJP workers.
- 37 days ago 3 Mar 20, 8:21am - - Three BJP workers arrested in Kolkata over 'Goli maaro...' slogans during Amit Shah's rallyThe three arrested BJP workers have been identified as Surendra Kumar Tiwari, Dhruba Basu and Pankaj Prasad.
- 38 days ago 2 Mar 20, 4:09pm - - Disturbed over Delhi riots, Bengali actor Subhadra Mukherjee quits BJPThe actor said she did not want to be associated with #39;this brand of politics #39; where people can be judged by their religion and not as fellow humans.
- 39 days ago 2 Mar 20, 4:53am - - Home Minister Amit Shah arrives in Kolkata amid anti-CAA protestsShah was greeted by the West Bengal BJP leadership, led by state party president Dilip Ghosh.
- 39 days ago 1 Mar 20, 12:36pm - - Amit Shah to visit Kolkata Sunday to 'clear confusion' on Citizenship ActThe Home Minister is scheduled to address the rally at the Shaheed Minar Ground, where the state unit of the BJP will felicitate him for the passage of the act in Parliament.
- 39 days ago 1 Mar 20, 8:29am - - Kolkata Police detain two BJP MPsPolice said the two along with some activists had gone to the area and were taken to Thakurpukur police station on the apprehension of breach of law and order in the locality.
- 40 days ago 1 Mar 20, 12:25am - - Hairline cracks appear on Kolkata's Bowbazar houses as east-west metro tunnelling work resumesA few residents of the area in central Kolkata alleged that hairline cracks appeared on their houses after the tunnel boring work resumed earlier this week.
- 41 days ago 28 Feb 20, 11:28pm - - West Bengal government offers penalty waiver on tax default for vehiclesAn official said that the state government expects that the waiver will encourage owners of both private and commercial vehicles to pay the due taxes which amount to around Rs 500 crore.
- 41 days ago 28 Feb 20, 2:48pm - - Bengal planning to opt out of Centre's 'One Nation, One Ration Card' schemeThe system ensures that no poor is deprived of PDS entitlement even if that person shifts from one place to another.
- 42 days ago 27 Feb 20, 12:30pm - - BJP threatened to 'skin me alive' for removing pro-CAA flex, alleges documentary filmmakerBJP alleged that the woman had torn the flex and threatened to attack BJP activists, besides bad-mouthing the prime minister.
- 43 days ago 26 Feb 20, 9:30pm - - Fake notes of Rs 5 lakh face value seized in Kolkata, 3 heldAll the three accused were living in Mumbai and were involved in the racket for quite some time, the officer added.
- 43 days ago 26 Feb 20, 6:17pm - - Woman, on way to office, molested inside Kolkata busThe woman was travelling from Gariahat to Jadavpur in the bus, plying on route number 234.
- 43 days ago 26 Feb 20, 4:47pm -
Indian Express Kolkata
- newWork at Calcutta HC, subordinate courts to remain suspended till April 30
- 3 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 3:06pm - - newBengal govt forms 3 task forces — one to look into easing of lockdown
- 14 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 3:58am - - newBengal: Forests of prehistoric Susunia Hills burn for more than 18 hours
- 19 hours ago 8 Apr 20, 10:56pm - - Two more deaths, eight fresh cases in Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee
- 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 4:25am - - Kolkata: 24 more NRS staffers put under isolation
- 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 2:19am - - Identify symptomatic people, ramp up testing: Abhijit’s suggestions to Mamata
- 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 2:07am - - COVID-19 lockdown: As crime-fighting takes backseat, Kolkata Police come up with creative ways to help residents
- 2 days ago 7 Apr 20, 8:24pm - - Kolkata gets its first ‘disinfectant tunnel’ at iconic New Market
- 2 days ago 7 Apr 20, 6:17pm - - Bengal: CM says active cases in state 61, 55 linked to seven families
- 3 days ago 7 Apr 20, 2:53am - - A Kolkata sweet shop creates corona-misti to fight fear against the pandemic
- 3 days ago 6 Apr 20, 10:09pm -
- Bengal: Stores running out of stock, online services hit, SFI cushions sanitary pad scarcity
- 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 5:40am - - West Bengal: Tantuja stitches in time, patches PPE shortfall holes
- 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 5:39am - - PM dials Mamata, TMC says it’s too little too late
- 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 5:26am - - Bengal: Govt sets up 5-member expert panel to determine corona deaths
- 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 5:20am - - Kolkata: Recovered COVID-19 patient wants India to understand severity of virus
- 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 12:53am - - Lockdown stories from a Kolkata slum, far away from social distancing
- 4 days ago 5 Apr 20, 6:46pm - - Bengal: One dead after two groups clash with crude bombs, guns over quarantine centre
- 4 days ago 5 Apr 20, 1:08pm - - Kolkata Police give corona twist to ‘Goopy Gyne’ track to spread awareness
- 4 days ago 5 Apr 20, 9:50am - - Bengal Coronavirus Count: Govt not concealing deaths, not the time to fudge data, says Chief Secy
- 5 days ago 5 Apr 20, 1:11am - - Bengal: Oppn blames govt’s ‘profligacy’ for funds crisis
- 5 days ago 5 Apr 20, 1:07am - - Bengal: Union minister booked for flouting lockdown norms
- 5 days ago 5 Apr 20, 12:55am - - As yeast becomes scarce and flour supply dwindles, half of Kolkata’s bread units shut down
- 6 days ago 4 Apr 20, 5:23am - - West Bengal: Toll count revised to 3, Oppn accuses govt of ‘hiding truth’
- 6 days ago 4 Apr 20, 5:22am - - West Bengal: As revenue dries up, govt curbs spending
- 6 days ago 4 Apr 20, 5:09am - - Bengal: CM revises COVID-19 numbers, says 38 active cases, 3 deaths
- 6 days ago 4 Apr 20, 4:59am - - Bengal: Blood banks face supply shortage as pandemic hits donation camps
- 6 days ago 4 Apr 20, 4:53am - - Watch: Kolkata cop dons singer’s hat to cheer locked down people
- 6 days ago 3 Apr 20, 3:03pm - - Coronavirus lockdown: Bread manufacturers in Kolkata face hard times
- 6 days ago 3 Apr 20, 9:32am - - Bengal: Nine cops injured in attacks during lockdown enforcement
- 7 days ago 3 Apr 20, 1:25am - - Devotees assemble in temples on Ram Navami in Bengal defying lockdown
- 7 days ago 2 Apr 20, 6:52pm - - ‘No labourers, running out of stock’: How eastern India’s largest wholesale market is dealing with the lockdown
- 7 days ago 2 Apr 20, 6:48am - - Rainwear instead of PPEs? Bengal govt rushes to make protective gear
- 7 days ago 2 Apr 20, 6:41am - - Kolkata: On first day of free ration supply, police forced to step in to control situation
- 8 days ago 2 Apr 20, 1:58am - - Week after being stranded at Kolkata airport, Delhi woman reunited with family
- 8 days ago 1 Apr 20, 10:08pm - - Coronavirus: 3 deaths in 24 hrs in Bengal, one patient was kept in general ward
- 9 days ago 1 Apr 20, 1:53am - - West Bengal: 15 more test positive — highest single day jump takes count to 37
- 9 days ago 1 Apr 20, 1:38am - - Kolkata: Hungry and desperate, ragpickers fear starvation more than the virus
- 9 days ago 1 Apr 20, 12:35am - - Coronavirus lockdown: Stranded and running low on money, truckers in a bind
- 9 days ago 1 Apr 20, 12:14am - - West Bengal: Shop owners want morning slot for business, not afternoon
- 9 days ago 1 Apr 20, 12:06am - - Lockdown promo: Stay home and win a trip to Darjeeling, courtesy a mountaineering institute
- 10 days ago 31 Mar 20, 5:47am - - Coronavirus: Second death in Bengal, CM Mamata Banerjee steps up preparations
- 10 days ago 31 Mar 20, 5:41am - - Kolkata: One more arrested for ‘spreading fake news’ about coronavirus pandemic
- 10 days ago 31 Mar 20, 5:40am - - Fire breaks out at 17th floor of Kolkata building, 10 engines rushed to spot
- 10 days ago 30 Mar 20, 11:33am - - Pay salaries without cut: Bengal govt to private employers
- 11 days ago 30 Mar 20, 4:53am - - Walking home: Who they are, why they are leaving
- 11 days ago 30 Mar 20, 1:55am - - West Bengal: With sweet shops closed, no takers for 3 lakh-litre milk daily
- 11 days ago 30 Mar 20, 1:22am - - West Bengal: Army officer among three new COVID-19 cases
- 11 days ago 30 Mar 20, 1:04am - - Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, S Jaishankar call Mamata Banerjee; assure her of Centre’s assistance
- 11 days ago 29 Mar 20, 6:30am - - West Bengal: 3 more cases; first from Darjeeling hills
- 11 days ago 29 Mar 20, 6:12am - - ‘Don’t play with fire’: CM Mamta Banerjee warns against sharing fake news related to coronavirus
- 13 days ago 28 Mar 20, 2:22am - - Kolkata: Infant, among five of family, tests positive for COVID-19
- 13 days ago 28 Mar 20, 2:08am - - 10th Kolkata covid-19 patient attended a wedding
- 14 days ago 27 Mar 20, 2:38am - - Offer namaz at home, spend less time at mosques: Imams
- 14 days ago 27 Mar 20, 2:14am - - Special bus services to transport essentials, 453 held
- 14 days ago 27 Mar 20, 1:53am - - Bengal Muslim bodies urge people not to pray in mosques
- 14 days ago 26 Mar 20, 6:57pm - - Don’t boycott health staff: CM Mamata Banerjee
- 14 days ago 26 Mar 20, 6:17am - - Bankers battle virus risk to keep services rolling amid lockdown
- 14 days ago 26 Mar 20, 6:08am - - Radio Quarantine an antidote for anxieties in time of isolation
- 15 days ago 26 Mar 20, 5:55am - - India lockdown: Vegetables prices soar, hundreds arrested for flouting restrictions
- 15 days ago 26 Mar 20, 5:45am - - Airline staff racially abused, says cops refused to file FIR
- 15 days ago 26 Mar 20, 5:39am -