In the wake of the Nabanna Abhijan Rally called for Tuesday to protest the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case, the West Bengal police have tightened security around the West Bengal state secretariat "Nabanna".
The state cabinet at a meeting in Nabanna, helmed by the chief minister Mamata Banerjee, decided to bring all workers at the panchayat level under the state government’s health insurance scheme.
To help deport civilians, particularly Bengalis, left stranded in the violence-hit Manipur, she announced the commissioning of a 24x7 control room to fasttrack the rescue effort
The chief secretary HK Dwivedi told the district administration to ensure that all booster doses are completed within the 75-day time period.
Sources at the hospital said that he underwent first dialysis procedure after his creatinine level shot up abnormally. He is responding to treatment slowly.
The DYFI and youth members of the Left Front parties also hurled stones, footballs and oranges towards the deployed RAF and other police officials.
CPIM's youth wing DYFI had called for the Nabanna expedition to demand jobs and education for all from the TMC-led West Bengal government.
The decision comes following a letter from the state government to the Eastern Railway yesterday seeking discussions on operating a few pairs of suburban trains in the morning and afternoon hours for the general commuters maintaining Covid protocols.
The railway department has sought a meeting to decide the SOPs to resume the service. Similar letters have been sent to other state governments as well.
'Mamta didi is scared of the BJP. I have heard that she has closed the Chief Minister's Office. I like this fear, it signals Parivartan (change) in Bengal,' said Tejasvi Surva.
