CM Mamata Banerjee said the Centre had asked Bandyopadhyay to join North Block on Tuesday but it cannot force an officer to join without the permission of the state administration.
Bandyopadhyay, who was scheduled to retire 31 May, was given a three-month extension until 30 August this month. He was suddenly deputed to Delhi in an unprecedented move Friday.
The state health department has also constituted an expert committee to deal with the black fungus cases and formulated an advisory for the common people.
CBI also arrested former Trinamool ministers Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee in Narada case. An official said chargesheet will be filed in court today.
Any allocation less than the requested amount will adversely affect the supply, and may result in loss of lives of patients in the state, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said.
Mamata Banerjee said that if a portion of the money that the Centre spent in elections was invested in the Covid vaccination then universal vaccination would have already be done.
Mamata Banerjee presented Budget for 2021-22 as Finance Minister Amit Mitra excused himself on account of health issues. State elections are slated to be held in the next two months.
Rajiva Sinha, who has been made West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation chair, is latest civil servant to earn important post-retirement posting under Mamata govt.
At the first press meet, the govt announced 10 lockdown dates, which were later revised to nine, and then finally to 7 after the tweet by the home department.
The state will install 500 CCTV cameras in over 480 containment zones in Kolkata to see if people are violating Covid-19 norms at these zones, an official said.
The Press in a liberal democracy has to be a forum for the expression of different points of view. It must not suppress, taint or adulterate news, wrote Sachin Sen in 1960.
Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
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