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Monday, November 10, 2025
TopicWest Bengal

Topic: West Bengal

These Bengal villagers found ways to keep Covid-19 out, instead of waiting for govt help

Residents of tribal villages in Purulia, West Midnapore, Bankura, Birbhum voluntarily inform district authorities about people returning from other states, say officials.

Kerala Police probe finds role of ‘Islamic fundamentalist groups’ in migrant protest

A massive protest broke out Sunday in Kerala’s Kottayam where over 2,000 migrant workers demanded food and transportation back to their home states.

This is how prisons across India plan to release and track 34,000 inmates

Decision on prisoners was made after Supreme Court ordered states to consider releasing some inmates on parole to reduce overcrowding because of coronavirus outbreak.  

‘Mishti essential for Bengalis’: After appeal to Mamata, sweet shops to run for 4 hrs daily

The Mamata Banerjee govt said sweet shops will be allowed to operate only for take away from 12 noon to 4 pm everyday.

Mamata Banerjee hits the streets to spread Covid-19 awareness, but forgets social distancing

Mamata tours hospitals & markets as part of her awareness drive, accompanied by a team of govt officials and police officers, and a posse of mediapersons.

Labour shortage amid coronavirus may hamper agricultural production & hit supply chain

As people flock home during the 21-day Covid-19 lockdown, dearth of labourers at cold storages & godowns in West Bengal signal a potential crisis in supply chain.

West Bengal blood banks run dry due to lockdown

The nationwide lockdown has forced blood donation camps, which provide blood to more than 108 banks in the state, to shut down due to the pandemic.

Funeral of Bengal’s COVID-19 patient triggers protest, 16 people arrested

Residents near Nimtala crematorium in north Kolkata protest, saying cremation will spread coronavirus. Cremation takes place at midnight after police intervene.

Bengal has only 40 COVID-19 testing kits, flagged issue to PM Modi last week: CM Mamata

At all-party meeting, leaders ask CM Mamata Banerjee to step up testing for the coronavirus. She says 90 kits sanctioned by ICMR haven’t arrived.

West Bengal records first coronavirus death as 57-year-old man dies

The patient had no recent travel history of going abroad but had visited Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh last month. He was at a private hospital in Kolkata since 16 February.

On Camera

The govt’s ‘fix’ to speed up insolvency could add at least a year to the process

The proposed amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code aims to reduce timelines and provide for a mechanism that involves minimal interaction with the court. It fails on both counts.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.