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10 Mar

West Bengal to get Rs 952 crore loan from World Bank for welfare schemes under Jai Bangla initiative

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The West Bengal authorities will get hold of over Rs 952 crore mortgage help from the World Bank to guide its social welfare schemes beneath the 'Jai Bangla' initiative, and a tripartite settlement in this regard was inked on Thursday. The Centre, West Bengal government and the World Bank have signed a USD one hundred twenty five million (Rs 952.61 crore) mortgage agreement to assist efforts to help bad and susceptible companies get entry to social safety services in the country of West Bengal, the multilateral lending business enterprise said in a release. The West Bengal authorities runs more than…

10 Mar

Covid impact: Wary of infectious diseases, hospitals in Kolkata rejig rebuild plans

editor0 CommentsWest BengalCovid-19, kolkata

Drawing training from the Covid trip of the past two years, several private hospitals in the metropolis are chalking up their restructure and growth plans through factoring in the need to manage infectious diseases. At least three hospitals have gone returned to the drawing board to do a remodel of their under-construction buildings, in particular the air circulation system, which is now being viewed a key element. Other hospitals stated that following the pandemic, infectious diseases would determine the layout of healthcare spaces. Among the most common modification that hospitals are planning are wards that can be transformed into isolation…

06 Mar

Internet, broadband services to be suspended in several parts of WB from March 7 to 16

editor0 CommentsEducation, West Bengal

Mobile web and broadband services will be quickly suspended in numerous regions of West Bengal to forestall illegal activities. According to the state government's order, the internet offerings will be suspended in few blocks of Malda, Murshidabad, Uttar Dinajpur, Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri, Birbhum and Darjeeling districts. The services will stay suspended between 11 am to 3:15 pm from March 7 to 9, March eleven and 12, and March 14 to 16. West Bengal's Additional Chief Secretary in an respectable order stated that talent reports have been received that web transmissions and voice over web telephony may be used for unlawful things…

02 Mar

Calcutta High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Alleged Illegal Appointment Of Asst. Teachers In West Bengal

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The Calcutta excessive court docket on Monday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the alleged unlawful appointment of assistant instructors in type 9 and 10 in state-run schools.A single-judge Bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay said the investigation should be carried out underneath the supervision of a joint director of CBI, and a preliminary report be submitted by way of March 28. Appearing on behalf of petitioner Mohammed Abdul Gani Ansari, suggest Firdous Shamim said, “In type 9 and 10, recommendation for appointment of teachers was made for candidates who had received lower marks and did no longer…

01 Mar

Midnight-5am curbs to continue in West Bengal till March 15

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Despite the sharp drop in Covid numbers, the nation government on Monday said the night restrictions from nighttime to 5am will proceed until March 15. Barring indispensable services, movement of people, automobiles and all public gatherings will be prohibited in this five-hour period. Mask stays mandatory. The nation stated that owners, employers, administration bodies and supervisors will be accountable for Covid protection measures in all establishments. The midnight-to-5am restrictions had kicked in from February 15 and has led to an average each day prosecution of over 300 people on weekdays and over 400 humans on weekends for violating the night…

01 Mar

CM Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Kolkata book fair, lays stress on cultural ties with Bangladesh

editor0 CommentsWest Bengalkolkata

Underscoring the cultural ties between West Bengal and Bangladesh, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday stated she is blissful that the 45th International Kolkata Book Fair has Bangladesh as the theme united states on the 50th 12 months of its Liberation. Inaugurating the 45th version of the e book honest at the Central Park in Salt Lake, Banerjee said the ties between West Bengal and the sovereign country Bangladesh can't be “measured with a tape”. “You (Bangladesh) have Nazrul (Islam) and we have Rabindranath Tagore as our country wide poets. But they can't be divided by way of any partition,”…

26 Feb

Behala Art Fest 2022: Streets of Kolkata come alive with stunning wall paintings

editor0 CommentsWest Bengalkolkata

Streets of the City of Joy have once once more come alive with gorgeous artworks as the 1/3 edition of Behala Art Fest kickstarted on February 25, in Kolkata’s Behala area. Organised by means of Nutan Sangha, the much-anticipated art festival is showcasing works of numerous universal artists, and will go on until February 27. This year, the theme of the competition is ‘Light and darkness’ with artists sharing their revolutionary thoughts of light and darkness in today’s time. Highlighting subaltern subculture and subaltern art, the festival organisers intend to portray modern-day times, and its politics and culture, at this…

26 Feb

Ukraine emergency: West Bengal govt opens helpline number for stranded citizens

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The Bengal authorities on Friday set up a manipulate room to help college students and human beings from the state, who are presently stranded in war-hit Ukraine. A be aware issued through the state statistics and cultural affairs department stated the 12-hour manipulate room will be purposeful from 9am. "It has been opened below a senior IAS officer and manned by way of WBCS officers for supporting and assisting college students and people stranded from West Bengal in Ukraine," the be aware said. Families of those, who are caught in the war-torn country, can contact authorities on 2214-3526, 1070. The…

23 Feb

SIT authorities visit group of ‘killed’ student leader; fights accumulate steam

editor0 CommentsPolitical, West Bengal

The metropolis erupted in regularly occurring protests on Tuesday as Left-backed college students and Aliah University college students on the Park Circus campus protested towards the demise of Anis Khan. Central Kolkata came to a standstill with the blockade leaving heaps of home-bound commuters stranded for hours in the Central Business District. Students, who have just started going to faculties after two years, additionally faced shuttle difficulties. Police stated that 58 protesters have been detained and later released on bail. Large components of central and south Kolkata - lying between Park Circus-Moulali, SN Banerjee Road and College Street - have…

21 Feb

After student leader is killed in Howrah, students block road in Kolkata

editor0 CommentsPolitical, West Bengal

An understudy head of the Indian Secular Front was purportedly killed at Amta in Howrah locale, around 50 km west of Kolkata, by four unidentified individuals in the early long periods of Saturday. While one of the denounced was wearing a police uniform and was conveying a gun, the rest were wearing regalia of city volunteers. Relatives claimed that the casualty Anish Khan was lost from the subsequent floor. Following the episode, understudies of Aliah University obstructed the seven-point Park Circus crossing in Kolkata and took out a flame light walk. A fight broke out when the protestors attempted to…