Clik here to view.
Highest single-day spike of 344 cases takes total to 4,536 in Bengal; death...
Kolkata, May 28 (PTI) West Bengal recorded the biggest single-day spike of 344 COVID-19 cases on Thursday which took the total tally to 4,536, while the death toll rose to 223 with six more fatalities...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Covid-19 cases go up in north Bengal
State health department officials said on Thursday that 21 new coronavirus cases had been reported in north Bengal in the past 24 hours.Most of the Covid-19 patients were from North Dinajpur district....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Four test COVID - 19 positive in Darjeeling Hills
Darjeeling: In the first ever instance there were four Covid-19 cases in the Darjeeling Hills. Two persons from Kurseong and two persons from Sonada have tested Covid-19 positive. Interestingly all...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tenzing Norgay Sherpa Bharat Ratna plea
The demand to confer India’s highest civilian award of Bharat Ratna on Tenzing Norgay Sherpa gathered steam on Everest Day.On May 29, 1953, Tenzing, along with Sir Edmund Hillary, had conquered Mount...
View ArticleClik here to view.
GTA Chairman asks Darjeeling MP to get approval for opening of COVID-19...
Darjeeling: "Till date the BJP MP of Darjeeling has written about 280 letters to different ministers and various ministries. I hope the letter dates 20-05-2020 with reference number Darj/GN/287 is not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Raju Bista in north Bengal coronavirus test push
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista of the BJP has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on “the urgent need to start move Covid testing laboratories” in north Bengal.Bista arrived in his constituency on the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Minister blames Centre for migrant issues, Covid spread
As people in North Bengal districts said they have witnessed bitter experiences of people coming in from neighbouring countries like Bangladesh and going to such countries from here during the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Infected youth in forest ride to hospital
A 24-year-old youth travelled through forests and tea estates of the Dooars on a motorcycle on Friday to reach a designated Covid hospital here after he tested positive for the novel coronavirus,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Coronavirus cases peak in north Bengal
The number of coronavirus patients continued to increase in north Bengal on Sunday with Cooch Behar reporting 37 new cases and the Siliguri subdivision recording six cases.In the region, Cooch Behar...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BSF inspector of North Bengal Frontier tests positive for COVID-19
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], May 31 (ANI): A Border Security Force (BSF) inspector of North Bengal Frontier tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, said Rajib Ranjan Sharma, Deputy Inspector General...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Private bus owners in West Bengal divided over resuming services
The West Bengal government has allowed inter-district movement of state transport undertaking and private bus services from Monday, but the private operators are divided over recommencing services with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sikkim begins RT-PCR testing for COVID-19 from Sunday
Sikkim is all set to make RT-PCR testing at the new Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratory at STNM Hospital fully functional from Sunday.This was informed by director general-cum-secretary Health...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Paid quarantine for returnees helps Sikkim hotels recover lockdown losses
Sikkim’s hotel industry has suffered huge losses due to the lockdown and the state’s decision to ban the entry of foreigners and Indian citizens before other states did so, has also led to financial...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Two more Covid-19 hospitals in Bengal
The Bengal government has decided to open Covid-19 hospitals in Cooch Behar and Alipurduar as the two districts have recorded a large number of cases and there is pressure on the facility to treat...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kurseong shops shut; Darj plans alternate days
Keeping in mind the four Covid-19 cases detected in the Kurseong sub-division, the Kurseong Byabasayik Sangathan has decided to shut all business establishments dealing with non-essential goods in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
North Bengal sees spike in Covid-19 cases, 59 fresh patients in the past 24...
North Bengal saw another spike in the number of Covid- 19 cases as it reported at least 59 fresh patients in the past 24 hours. Six cases were detected in the Siliguri Sub Division today, while Cooch...
View ArticleClik here to view.
8 more die of COVID-19 in West Bengal, 271 fresh cases reported
Kolkata, Jun 1 () West Bengal reported has eight more COVID-19 fatalities, raising the death toll in the state to 253, the Health Department said on Monday. The total number of coronavirus cases rose...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Darjeeling hotels to shut
Hotels in Darjeeling have decided to close down from July 1 for an indefinite period saying it is not feasible to operate when hardly any tourist will visit the hills. The Bengal government has said...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Souring relationship between India and Nepal may help Darjeeling tea industry
Kolkata: The souring relationship between India and Nepal in recent weeks may help Darjeeling tea industry, which has lost export markets for its premium first flush teas owing to the spread of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
9 docs including 3 from Corona hospital test positive in Siliguri
Darjeeling: 11 persons tested Covid-19 positive in Darjeeling district on Tuesday including 9 doctors and a lab technician. 30 persons also recovered and were discharged from the Covid-19 hospital in...
View Article