Kolkata

Though domestic flight operations across the country began on May 25, they could not be restarted in Kolkata as the state machinery was involved in relief and restoration work after Cyclone Amphan whiplashed many areas of the state.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the cyclone-affected districts and provide help to "rebuild those areas from scratch".

"Lockdown would continue, as it has been in place in the state, since the beginning. Any sort of violation would be dealt with strictly," the official added.

The nurses quit their private hospital jobs in Kolkata as they were feeling unsafe and also due to parental pressure to return home due to Covid-19.

West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra said that the recently announced economic stimulus to boost the economy has major discrepancies and lack clarity.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had on Monday said that the process to bring back students stuck in Kota had been initiated and they would soon start the journey back home.

West bengal CM Mamata Banerjee further hit out at the Modi-led government for issuing lockdown-related circulars without consulting the state governments and which did not have adequate clarity.

In a strongly worded seven-page letter to the governor, Banerjee said Dhankhar has forgotten she is the "elected chief minister of a proud Indian state" whereas he is nominated.

The National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), ICMR's nodal COVID-19 testing facility in Kolkata, had recently said the state government is not sending enough samples for tests.

A notification issued by the state higher education department regarding appointments of all employees in colleges and universities has sparked a row, as it also asks whether candidates were originally residents of “Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, or any oth...

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The bridge, which is CM Mamata Banerjee's pet project, was due to be completed in 2010 and has missed 8 deadlines till date.

"Now that actually looks like @GautamGambhir size bat," Yuvraj tweeted after the KKR skipper's bat broke in half during the IPL8 opener in Kolkata on Wednesday.

Rohit's 98* went in vain as Kolkata Knight Riders crushed Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets thanks to Gambhir's 57 and a brilliant 46* off 20 balls from Suryakumar Yadav.