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Infrastructure built by state doubles up as quarantine centre at Gangasagar
28 March 2020 12:07 AM ISTKolkata: Infrastructure developed by the Mamata Banerjee government to ensure better facilities for pilgrims during Gangasagar Mela has now come as a...
Take care of migrant labourers from Bengal, says Mamata
27 March 2020 12:24 AM ISTKolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to 18 other Chief Ministers urging them to "shelter" and "take care of" migrant workers from...
PHE dept starts packaging 4 lakh bottles of drinking water for healthcare workers
27 March 2020 12:16 AM ISTKolkata: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, state Public Health Engineering (PHE) department has started production of 4 lakh bottles of packaged drinking...
City's homeless get shelter thanks to govt, KMC & police
27 March 2020 12:06 AM ISTKolkata: As Bengal hankered down for the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of Coronavirus, the state government, Kolkata Municipal Corporation...
Don't stop those involved in essential services: CM
26 March 2020 12:46 AM ISTKolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday gave strict directions to the police to ensure that people involved in essential services should...
Lockdown extended
25 March 2020 1:28 AM ISTPM Modi announces 21-day nationwide shutdown; Mamata invokes ‘complete safety restriction’
Urge Centre to provide special package for all states to combat COVID-19: CM
24 March 2020 12:53 AM ISTKolkata: A resolution has been proposed in the all-party meeting that was held at Nabanna on Monday to urge the Centre for a special package for all...
Residents from other states clamour to get on goods trucks to return home
24 March 2020 12:49 AM ISTKolkata: With restrictions imposed on inter-state passenger transport to check spread of COVID-19, a large section of residents of neighbouring states...
Bengal intensifies war against COVID-19 with 5-day restriction
23 March 2020 1:15 AM ISTpritesh basu Kolkata: Taking a major step in its war against COVID-19 in the state, the Mamata Banerjee government imposed "complete safety...
Locals demand 'permit from ID Hospital' to allow people returning from other states into their homes
23 March 2020 12:57 AM ISTPritesh Basu Kolkata: Being conscious about the risk of spreading of COVID-19, local people in various parts of the state are allowing neighbours...
Self-isolate for 14 days if coming from abroad
22 March 2020 1:22 AM ISTKolkata: Urging people returning from abroad and other states to be in self-isolation for 14 days, the Mamata Banerjee's government has appealed to...
Entry of outside training personnel stopped in correctional homes
17 March 2020 11:06 PM ISTKolkata: In a bid to check spreading of COVID-19, entry of members of different organisations to provide training to inmates in correctional homes in...