TMC-BJP political slugfest in time of Corona virus pandemic as state accuses Center of copying relief plans, 6 crore donation received in state emergency relief fund

KOLKATA 26 MARCH:  Few hours after Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a financial package of Rs 1.7 lakh crore to combat the economic slowdown due to Coronavirus pandemic,... Read more »

Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee instructs cops to ensure strict action against landlords harassing health care personnel, says state has liberty to relax lockdown if it seems fit

KOLKATA 25 MARCH : A day after media published reports of alleged ostracisation and harassment of  health care workers treating  COVID 19 patients at the  hand of their landlords in... Read more »

Mamata steps up vigil against the spread of COVID19, visits hospitals unannounced, PM announced lockdown for next three week

KOLKATA 24 MARCH : In the wake of the national lockdown announced by Prime Ministre Narendra Modi for  21 days, chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that she... Read more »

Bengal enters casualty list with first Covid death happening on first day of lockdown

KOLKATA, 23 March: On the first day of the  lockdown in West Bengal, starting from 5.30 pm the first death of Covid positive patient was also reported in Bengal.... Read more »

Dum Dum correctional home sanitised a day after clash between inmates & staff

Kolkata 22 March: A day after the clash took place between inmates of Dum Dum Correctional Home and the jail officals security has been beefed up on Sunday. The... Read more »

Panic grips West Bengal after bureaucrat’s son tests positive for Covid 19, CM condemns ‘irresponsible’ act,

KOLKATA 18 March : A day after the first case of Coronavirus was detected in West Bengal where an 18-year-old boy who returned from UK tested positive for the... Read more »

Drinking cow urine continues unabated amid Coronavirus scare, Kolkata Police gets complaint against a BJP leader

Kolkata 17 March : With the Coronavirus pandemic spreading across the world, the Hindu Mahasabha ritual of drinking cow-urine to cure Coronavirus, has created immense criticism with doctors. They... Read more »

Coronavirus gives a jolt to crucial civic polls in WestBengal , SEC to defer dates

Kolkata 16 March: The West Bengal State Election Commission has decided to defer the municipal polls amidst the growing Coronavirus scare. After a meeting with all the political parties,... Read more »

BJP chief of Bengal Dilip Ghosh again created furore in the state by claiming that people with blessings of Hindu gods and goddesses need not harbour fears of contracting the coronavirus infection. Chinese consulate shames him

Kolkata 12 March : As the world is grappling to come to terms with Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), with it refusing to die down and WHO declaring it as a... Read more »

Mamata fires fresh salvo at Amit Shah for his speech at Kolkata rally, doesen’t spare Trump’s mispronunciation of Vivekananda as well 

Kolkata 2 March: Just a couple of days after there was a meeting for lunch, which earned her flak both from the Congree and the CPI(M), chief minister Mamata... Read more »