Kolkata

In West Bengal, the four dignitaries have been allowed to use beacon lights despite the Centre's ban on the use of it by anyone other than those involved in emergency or disaster management duties.

Principals of city colleges as well as of Jadavpur University said the results of this year's West Bengal higher secondary examination were more scientific and rational.

West Bengal Madhyamik Result: Students will be able to access it on the official website www.wbbse.wb.gov.in, wbresults.nic.in, wbchse.nic.in.

The West Bengal government has no plans to open schools at any level in the near future as there is the threat of a third wave of the Covid19 pandemic.

The condition of the Consumer Affairs and Self Help and Self Employment minister is "very critical" and he has been put on ventilator support at the ICU of a private hospital in Kolkata.

Bimal’s return before the recent Bengal assembly polls did not help the TMC much as the BJP won all the seats in the Hills.

Even if not as a minister, Amit Mitra’s services could be retained by chief minister Mamata Banerjee in some form of an advisory role to the Bengal government.

Seventy-three-year-old Mitra, who has been the state finance minister since 2011 when the TMC came to power after ending the 34-year-long rule of the Left Front, had refrained from contesting this year's assembly elections.

"The gender ratio for COVID-19 beds in West Bengal at present is around 60:40 for males. We are planning to reverse this by reducing the number of beds for male patients and increasing those for the females and make it 40:60," Director of Health Services...

Congress West Bengal president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who is also Congress leader in Lok Sabha, added the state government should ensure there is no violence after the state polls are over and none should be attacked in vengeance.

There will be, however, some relaxations from June 16, the govt said while clarifying on the fresh lockdown measures.

Mukul Roy had silenced all journalists with his famous Garry Sobers reference in 2015.

Two people were held in police custody on Wednesday for allegedly threatening and abusing a traffic policeman in Kolkata.

Following the incident, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar accused the police of inaction and questioned the law and order situation in the state.

The path of the eclipse will not touch almost any part of India, barring the North-Eastern extremes of the country in Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said the decision to vaccinate all above 18 years of age for free should have been taken long back and the delay has cost many lives.