Tag: West Bengal

Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday sought an explanation from the West Bengal government on why financial benefits under a women-oriented state government scheme had been stopped in a particular village panchayat in East Midnapore, which is the native district of Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the.

Singapore has tightened health screening at Changi Airport, including temperature checks and travel advisories, following a Nipah virus outbreak in West Bengal, India.

Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday named 15 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and 10 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers from West Bengal as special roll observers (SROs) for the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) exercises in other states.  A communique from the poll panel reached the West Bengal Secretariat ‘Nabanna’ on Wednesday,.

Thailand's Civil Aviation Authority announced that it will implement comprehensive screening for all flights arriving from India's West Bengal, a high-risk region for Nipah virus, starting from 00:00 local time on Monday to prevent the virus from entering the country.

A deadly virus once thought to be under control has returned—quietly, dangerously, and without warning. In West Bengal, two nurses are fighting for their lives after testing positive for the Nipah virus, a pathogen known for its high fatality rate and sudden outbreaks. Nearly two decades after Nipah last surfaced in the state, its reappearance.

Kolkata: A special meeting of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), chaired by its Director Rahul Navin, to review the progress of its ongoing investigation in the high-profile financial crime cases in West Bengal, started at the agency’s Kolkata office on Friday. Navin arrived in Kolkata on Thursday evening. Focus on Ongoing Investigations Sources said that in.

With elections looming in West Bengal, Assam, and Bangladesh, intelligence agencies have raised concerns over large-scale radicalisation drives in these regions.

Tamil Nadu has intensified disease surveillance and hospital preparedness following the confirmation of two Nipah virus cases in Nadia district of West Bengal, triggering a nationwide health alert.

The ongoing Nipah outbreak in West Bengal, with cases rising to five in just a week, is a warning against intruding into animal habitats, health experts said on Friday.

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Friday, accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of deliberately targeting the minority voters for deletion through the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state. She also claimed that around 90,000 voters in the minority-dominated Malda district are slated to be deleted in the final voters’.