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Bengal logs 1,501 fresh COVID-19 cases, 27 fatalities

11:50 pm July 1, 2021

Kolkata: West Bengal reported 1,501 fresh cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, raising the tally to 15,01,284, while the death toll climbed to 17,735 with 27 more fatalities, a health department bulletin said. The state now has 20,170 active cases and 14,63,379 patients have recovered from the disease so far, including 1,889 since Wednesday, it said. […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Bengal logs 225 new COVID-19 cases, two more deaths

11:20 pm March 16, 2021

Kolkata: Two more people died of COVID-19 in West Bengal on Tuesday, raising the toll to 10,297, the state health department said in its bulletin. Both of them — one in North 24 Parganas and the other in Howrah — died due to comorbidities, where COVID-19 was incidental, the department said. At least 255 new […]

Tiger kills fisherman in Bengal’s Sundarbans

10:32 pm October 30, 2020

Canning (WB): A 45-year-old fisherman was killed by a tiger in Sundarban National Park in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Friday, a forest officer said. The incident took place when Shashanka Mondal and two other fishermen from Lahiripur village went to catch crabs in a canal near Sajnekhali range office, he said. As […]

Tailor found dead at Noida home, suicide suspected

11:54 pm June 24, 2020

Noida: A 26-year-old man was found dead inside his rented accommodation here on Wednesday in a suspected suicide case, police said. The deceased, who hailed from Bettiah in Bihar’s West Champaran district, was staying in Ilahabas village and worked as a tailor, the police said. The locals had informed the police about the incident, saying […]

Army, NDRF teams start restoration work in cyclone-hit Bengal

Cyclone Amphan dumps rain on India, Bangladesh

10:11 am May 20, 2020

New Delhi: A powerful cyclone began dumping rain on coastal India and Bangladesh early Wednesday as more than 2 million people were being moved to shelters before the storm hits land in the afternoon. Cyclone Amphan slowed slightly as it reached cooler waters near the coast. But with wind speeds ranging between 160 and 170 […]

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