In a bid to help the Information Technology (IT) professionals who have returned home during the COVID-19 crisis, the West Bengal government has launched a web portal for providing them jobs in the state’s IT companies. Information about the portal, karmabhumi.nltr.org, was shared by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee through her […]
West Bengal’s Covid-19 deaths cross 400-mark but fatality rate improves
Even as West Bengal’s death toll due to coronavirus disease Covid-19 has crossed the 400-mark, its fatality rate has improved. With nine more deaths reported on Monday, the state’s death count now stands at 405, according to the state health department bulletin released on Monday night. Of the 405 deaths, […]
West Bengal, Odisha flooded as cyclone Amphan wreaks havoc
Cyclone Amphan killed at least 72 people and left a trail of destruction and damage in West Bengal, where rescue teams on Thursday struggled to reach ruined coastal hamlets that bore the brunt of the storm’s fury before it moved on to neighbouring Bangladesh. The toll in India from the […]
WBSE 2020: West Bengal announces dates for postponed class 12 state board exams
West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee announced on Tuesday the dates of the postponed examinations for the class 12 state boards. The exams, which couldn’t be held on the scheduled dates due to the coronavirus-forced lockdown, will be conducted on June 29, July 2 and July 6, Chatterjee told reporters. […]
10 more die of Covid-19 in West Bengal; 84 fresh cases reported
West Bengal registered 10 more Covid-19 fatalities in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll in the state to 153, a health bulletin said on Friday. Of them five were from the city, three from North 24 Parganas district and two from Howrah, it said. The deaths were directly […]
Injustice with migrants in West Bengal, says Amit Shah
Union home minister Amit Shah has written to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee that the Centre was not receiving the “expected support” from her government in helping migrant workers reach home, an allegation the Trinamool Congress (TMC) rubbished as “outright lies”. The state government is doing “injustice” to Bengali […]
West Bengal para-teachers launch indefinite fast for hike in salary
Over 30 para-teachers have launched an indefinite fast near Bikash Bhavan, the building housing the state Education department here, demanding hike in their salaries, a member of the teachers organisation said on Sunday. Co-Convenor of ‘Para Teacher Oikyo Manch’ Bhagirath Ghosh told reporters on Sunday that over 1,000 para teachers […]
Teachers should be respected and paid their due, says West Bengal Governor Dhankhar
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday said that teachers should be treated with respect and paid their due. The governor, in a statement issued on the eve of the birthday of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, independent India’s first education minister, said, “It is a sad spectacle to see that […]