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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urges Centre to give migrant workers Rs 10,000...
Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday appealed to the Centre to give one-time assistance of Rs 10,000 each to migrant workers amid the COVID-19 crisis.In a tweet, she said...
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North Bengal: Pandemic is new, neglect endemic
2020 has been an exceptional year. The entire world is shut in; with governments tearing their hair out trying to figure out how to fight this pandemic. No one foresaw this. Don't believe anyone who...
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Covid-19 cases go north in north Bengal
North Bengal saw a spike in novel coronavirus cases on Wednesday with 38 new patients from five districts.In Cooch Behar, all new 16 patients were migrant workers who came back from Maharashtra, Delhi...
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Aasymptomatic Covid-19 second case in Sikkim
One Covid-19 case was reported from Sikkim, the second such in the Himalayan state that had been virtually Covid-19-free till recently. The asymptomatic patient, a man in his mid-50s who was at a...
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Nod for Covid-19 lab, machines , Political shadow-boxing during pandemic
Darjeeling BJP MP Raju Bista has announced the Centre’s decision to set up a Covid-19 testing lab “as requested by me” at a nursing home in Siliguri.On Wednesday, Anit Thapa, the chairman of the board...
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Former TMC leaders get top slots in Bengal BJP
Netaji’s relative Chandra Kumar Bose is dropped from post of vice president With an eye on the 2021 Assembly polls in the State, the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has undertaken...
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Homestays as safe getaways
The state government and tourism industry stakeholders in north Bengal are planning to highlight homestays in the hills and plains to revive the tourism sector that has taken a beating in the wake of...
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Decision by owners to shut hotels in Darj from July draws flak
Darjeeling: The Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) has threatened to take legal recourse against the Darjeeling Hotel Owners' Association for their decision to close down hotels in Darjeeling from...
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5 resorts to reopen
Five resorts run by the state tourism department will reopen from June 8, minister Gautam Deb has said.The five resorts are in Diamond Harbour, Bishnupur, Maithan, Rangabitan (Birbhum) and Tilottam at...
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COVID-19 death toll in Bengal rises to 294; total cases at 7,303
Kolkata, Jun 5 (PTI) West Bengal reported 11 more COVID-19 deaths on Friday, taking the toll to 294 while the state also registered its highest single-day spike in cases with 427 new patients, pushing...
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80 more Covid patients in North Bengal
Eighty new coronavirus positive cases were reported in north Bengal on Friday, mostly from the districts of Malda and North Dinajpur.A coronavirus positive patient died in north Bengal on Friday.In...
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One more death and 278 new cases take Nepal’s Covid-19 tally to 2,912
Nepal on Friday reported it’s 11th fatality due to Covid-19 and 278 new cases, taking the national tally to 2,912.According to the Health Ministry, the polymerase chain reaction test on swab samples of...
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Family denied Sikkim entry over ID proof
Family of four from Sazong Rumtek village in East Sikkim has been rendered without a place to call their home after they were denied entry to the state on their return from a visit to Nepal since none...
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Indian returns through India-Nepal border in West Bengal's Darjeeling
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], June 7 (ANI): Some Indian nationals, who were stranded in Nepal amid coronavirus-induced lockdown, returned to India through India-Nepal border in Panitanki of...
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New SARI hospital & another upgraded COVID hosp in Hills
Darjeeling: The Department of Health and Family Welfare in a notification has designated 8 hospitals in the State as Covid/SARI hospitals. The list includes new facilities also. Among the 8 is a SARI...
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2,237 cases in 6 days, Bengal equals Delhi’s Covid growth rate
Amid the easing of lockdown restrictions, West Bengal on Saturday reported another highest single-day jump in number of Covid-19 cases and fatalities, taking the total positive cases close to 8,000 and...
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Four new COVID19 cases reported in Sikkim total 7
Four new COVID19 cases were reported in Sikkim today, taking the total number of active cases in the state to seven. Director general of state health department Dr Pempa Tshering Bhutia informed this...
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Darjeeling town records first Covid-19 case
Darjeeling: Darjeeling town recorded the first Covid-19 case on Sunday. There are three more cases in the surrounding areas. "There are two cases in the Darjeeling Municipality area. Both have travel...
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Highest single-day spike for 3rd day in a row in Bengal with 449 cases, 13...
Kolkata, Jun 7 (PTI) West Bengal witnessed the highest single-day surge in COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive day on Sunday, with 449 people testing positive for the infection in 24 hours, taking...
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Britain announces more funds to help Nepal fight COVID-19
LONDON: The British government has announced additional funds to help Nepal fight the increasing rate of coronavirus in the country.The support is to be provided through the British Department for...
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