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Centre is continuously working for fast development of West Bengal: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the people of West Bengal today on the commencement of Durga Puja virtually and said this festival reflects the unity and strength of India.

HC allows drummers inside Durga Puja marquees in Bengal in modified order

The bench ordered that the number of people who can stay inside the marquees be increased from 25 to 60 for big Pujas but retained it at 15 for the small ones

West Bengal reports record 4,029 new coronavirus cases, 61 deaths

The Covid-19 tally in West Bengal mounted to 329,057 on Tuesday after the state reported a record spike of 4,029 fresh cases, the health department said in a bulletin

Several Durga Puja committees put up barricades 10-metre from pandal

Several Durga Puja committees in West Bengal started putting up barricades at a distance of 10-metre from the marquee entrance, a day after the Calcutta HC declared puja pandals as 'no entry zones'

West Bengal governor hails court order on Durga Puja pandal hopping

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday hailed the Calcutta High Court order to declare all community Durga puja pandals as no entry

Number of seats in MBBS course increased to 4,000 in West Bengal: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the number of seats in the MBBS course has increased to 4,000 in the state with the addition of 250 seats in two medical colleges. Banerjee had earlier underscored the need for increasing the number of medical seats in the state. "I am pleased to announce that we now have 4,000 MBBS seats for Bengal's vibrant medical students with the initiation of the first MBBS batch in Purulia Govt MCH consisting of 100 seats & the addition of 150 MBBS seats in Gouri Devi Medical College," Banerjee said on Twitter. Last year, minister of state for health Chandrima Bhattacharya had informed the assembly that the number of MBBS seats in West Bengal was 1,355 when the Trinamool Congress government came to power in the state in 2011.

37,000 Durga pujas across Bengal: Can the state avoid a Covid-19 surge?

This year, 37,000 pujas will be organised across Bengal, including 2,509 in Kolkata, even as the fifth phase of the "Unlock" is underway

Nadda asks BJP workers to fight against TMC's 'state-sponsored terror'

BJP national president J P Nadda urged party workers to continue their fight against "state-sponsored terror" by the TMC in West Bengal and exuded confidence of winning 2021 assembly polls

Mamata urges residents of old age home to stay indoors during Durga Puja

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged residents of an old age home in the southern part of the city's Chetla area to stay indoors during the Durga Puja to combat Covid-19

Durga Puja 2020: Mamata holds meeting to prepare crowd management blueprint

State security advisor Surajit Kar Purakayastha was also present in the meeting.

Thousands flout distancing norms to throng Durga puja pandals in Kolkata

At some of the popular marquees in the city, such as Ekdalia Evergreen, Singhi Park, Sribhumi Sporting and Badamtala Asar Sangha, people were not allowed to step inside without masks

Actor Soumitra Chatterjee's health improves, doctors plan to make him walk

Doctors said the octogenarian was administered "rigorous" physiotherapy to help him improve quickly and they are planning to read out stories to him, besides continuing his music therapy

Declare all Durga Puja pandals no-entry zones in Bengal, says Calcutta HC

Only the organisers will be allowed inside the pandals to prevent the spread of COVID-19

2.5-3 mn sq ft of warehousing space to come up in Bengal in 3 yrs: Report

In its report ''Looking East: Warehousing in Kolkata'', the US-based property consultant highlighted that Kolkata and adjoining areas currently have 17.2 million sq ft of organised warehousing space

JP Nadda to be on a day-long visit to West Bengal's Siliguri on Monday

BJP president J P Nadda will be on a day-long visit to Siliguri in West Bengal on Monday to attend several events

Covid-19 community transmission not happening across country: Vardhan

Vardhan added that as yet, no mutation of the coronavirus has been detected in India that is either more transmission-efficient or more pathogenic

PM Modi's address to be streamed live at 10 Durga puja pandals

The West Bengal BJP has made arrangements to live-stream Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the people of the state, sources in the saffron party here said.

'Look at UP before commenting on law and order in Bengal': TMC tells Shah

The Trinamool Congress came down heavily on Union Home Minister for his comments on the law-and-order situation in West Bengal

West Bengal coronavirus update: State records 3,865 new cases, 61 deaths

The Covid-19 tally in West Bengal mounted to 3,17,053 with a record single-day spike amid a rising trend for a fifth consecutive day

West Bengal achieves 99.9% rural household electrification: Official

West Bengal has achieved 99.9 per cent rural household electrification with Darjeeling district getting completely electrified, a senior official of the state Power department said on Saturday