West Bengal

Tokyo Games: India’s lone gymnast Pranati Nayak fails to qualify for All Round finals

6:49 pm July 25, 2021

Tokyo: India’s lone gymnast at Tokyo Olympics, Pranati Nayak failed to qualify for the All Round finals of Artistic Gymnastics competition here on Sunday. The 26-year-old from West Bengal recorded a total score of 42.565 over the four categories — floor exercise, vault, uneven bars and balance beam — at the Ariake Gymnastic centre. She […]

Gold merchant shot dead in Bengal

11:43 pm July 10, 2021

Balurghat (WB): A gold merchant has been shot dead by unidentified persons in West Bengal’s Dakshin Dinajpur district, police said on Saturday. The incident took place at Tior village in Hili police station area on Friday night when 48-year-old Pradeep Karmakar was returning home with his wife on a motorcycle, carrying gold ornaments and money, […]

TMC to protest against fuel price hike on July 10,11

11:12 pm July 5, 2021

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress will stage protests across West Bengal on July 10 and 11 against the spiralling fuel prices and the alleged lack of response towards the issue by the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, senior party leader Partha Chatterjee said Monday. TMC activists and supporters will hold sit-ins in all district towns […]

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. […]

Bengal govt urges closed jute mills to reopen by June

11:56 pm June 17, 2021

Kolkata: West Bengal Labour Minister Beecharam Manna has urged closed jute mills to reopen by this month, exuding confidence that state government measures would ensure raw material availability. Sources said the minister has been holding regular meetings with trade unions and mill managements. On Thursday, Manna met officials of Delta Jute Mill and Hanuman Jute […]

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