West Bengal

Hindutva leader Tapan Ghosh dies battling COVID-19

10:31 pm July 12, 2020

Kolkata: Hindutva leader Tapan Ghosh, who had tested positive for COVID-19, died at a hospital on Sunday, his associates said. Ghosh, 67, was the founder of far-right group Hindu Samhati. He was admitted to a private hospital last week after he tested positive for COVID-19. Tapan-da passed away this evening. He is survived by two […]

Centre approves AIIMS for Bihar's Darbhanga

Priority is close monitoring, guiding containment work in areas with high infection rate: PM Modi

8:41 pm July 11, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appreciated the efforts of the Centre, state and the local authorities in containing the COVID-19 situation in Delhi, and directed that a similar approach be replicated in checking the pandemic in the entire NCR area. “Priority is close monitoring and guiding the containment works in regions where the infection rate is high,” […]

Record single-day spike in COVID-19 cases in Bengal on second day of lockdown in containment zones

11:41 pm July 10, 2020

Kolkata: West Bengal registered a record single-day spike of 1,198 COVID-19 cases on Friday, even as the second day of the lockdown in the containment zones was by and large effective with people staying indoors and shops closed. The total number of cases in the state stands at 27,109, while 26 more people succumbed to […]

Boy dies after being run over by pick-up van in Bengal; agitators torch traffic police motorbike

7:22 pm July 8, 2020

Jalpaiguri: A 12-year-old boy died on the spot after being run over by a speeding pick-up van on National Highway 31C in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district on Wednesday, police said. The incident occurred near Laxmipara tea estate in Banarhat area around 11.30 am, an officer said, adding that the driver fled the spot with the […]

Vistara starts operating flights on Mumbai-Male route

COVID-19: Vistara will let passenger book adjacent seat at discount to keep it vacant

8:34 pm July 6, 2020

New Delhi: A passenger planning to travel on a Vistara flight will soon be able to book the adjacent seat as well at a discounted rate so as to keep it vacant, said its Chief Commercial Officer Vinod Kannan on Monday. This statement came after Vistara released a survey on Monday that stated 24 per […]