Kolkata Police has on Thursday night arrested one person in connection with the COVID vaccination fraud case where Debanjan Deb allegedly impersonated as an IAS officer. The arrested accused, Arbinda Baidya, was the security personnel of Deb. He had knowledge of Deb’s illegal activities and had also participated in some of them, the […]
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Kolkata, East, and West Medinipur likely to receive moderate rainfall
West Bengal’s Kolkata, East and West Medinipur districts is likely to receive moderate rainfall and experience thunderstorm with lightning during morning hours of Thursday “Thunderstorm with lightning and light to moderate rainfall are likely to affect parts of Kolkata, East and West Medinipur districts of West Bengal during next 1 to 2 hours from 5:55 […]
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3 schools in Kolkata shut as students, teachers test positive for Covid-19
Three schools in Kolkata have been shut down due to the spread of Covid-19 on their campuses. Several students and teachers tested positive for the virus and hence the decision to shut down the campuses was taken by the authorities on Wednesday. La Martiniere for Boys and The Frank Anthony […]
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Kolkata allocated the highest number of Covid vaccines in West Bengal
Kolkata has been allocated the highest number of Covid vaccines in West Bengal, at 93,500, for the first phase of the vaccination drive scheduled to begin on January 16, a senior health official said on Thursday. North 24 Parganas district has been allocated the second-highest number of Covid vaccines at […]
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Zomato employees in Kolkata burn company T-shirts to protest Ladakh standoff
A group of Zomato food delivery platform employees in Kolkata tore and burnt their official T-shirts on Saturday in protest against the killing of 20 Indian soldiers by the Chinese Army in Ladakh last week. During the protest at Behala, some of them claimed that they had quit their job […]
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Kolkata man becomes 1st Indian to beat Covid-19 after 38 days on ventilator
Nitaidas Mukherjee, a 52-year-old resident of south Kolkata who trumped Covid-19 after being on a ventilator for 38 days, returned home to a hero’s welcome by his neighbours earlier this week. Doctors said that it was a remarkable feat by the hospital authorities and nothing less than a miracle, because […]