Women's College Calcutta (WCC) has taken a slew of programmes to commemorate the birth anniversary of Pritilata Waddedar, the first woman martyr of Bengal.
West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose's office on Thursday announced that he has sanctioned the prosecution of two heavyweight Trinamool Congress leaders in the case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the multi-crore cash-for-school job scam.
Bengal unit of the BJP have aggravated further as senior party leader and former state president Dilip Ghosh on Thursday, vehemently criticised his colleagues for attacking him after he attended the inauguration ceremony of the Lord Jagannath temple at Digha in East Midnapore district.
The ongoing unrest and violent activities in certain parts of Bengal have shaken the self-confidence, trust, and sense of safety among ordinary people.
A fresh bout of factionalism has rocked the Trinamul Congress in Cooch Behar after a section of senior party leaders launched a new outreach programme without consulting the district leadership.
"People who are coming from Britain tested Omicron positive. They are getting irritated in the testing process but they should cooperate with the government and the health department."
In the last 24 hours, the fresh Covid infections in the state have crossed the 1,000 mark - for the first time in the last 177 days. According to data available, of the total 1,089 cases, 540 were detected in Kolkata, 145 in North 24 Parganas, 79 in South 24-Parganas and 60 in Howrah in the last 24 hours. The health department headed by the chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee has also expressed concern over the rerun of community transmissions of Covid-19 infections this time.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared on Thursday that there will be no lockdown in the state for the time being.
The health experts are of the opinion that the rapid spread of the virus is a major concern.
Malviya took charge on 1 September this year as acting DG since his name was due to be cleared by the UPSC state consultative process. His predecessor Virendra, who was appointed as DG in 2018 was removed by the Election Commission during the Assembly election but was reinstated by the Mamata Banerjee government after coming to power for the third time in a row.
