Doctors at JGMC&H said a number of victims were shifted to the Intensive Care Unit owing to the severity of their injuries. Medical teams are closely monitoring the condition of the critically injured passengers.
The decision to rename the major arterial road conneting the Park Circus 7-Point Crossing to the Don Bosco Circle, was taken on Saturday on the occassion of Paschimbanga Divas.
As many as 150 TMC members from different villages in Bidbihar Gram Panchayat in the Kanksa block of Paschim Bardhaman sided with the Congress in the presence of party's district president Debesh Chakraborty on Sunday.
TMC MP Mahua Moitra claimed that the 20 parliamentarians switched sides in lieu of payouts worth Rs 40 crore, payable in Rs 4 crore up front and Rs 1 crore a month over a span of 36 months.
Currently, a 800 metre bamboo or wooden structure connecting Burnpur with the Biharinath Hill of Bankura, which remains inaccessible during the monsoon season.
State minister for finance and also health, Chandrima Bhattacharya said a serious issue has come to light concerning the free and fair conduct of elections in West Bengal, pointing to procedural manipulation and biased intent in the tender process.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee reacting to the HC order pertaining to 100 days’ work said: “We will review the petition and are not opposing that. But our question is clear, you sent about 155-156 teams to Bengal for clarification and GoWB gave all clarification.
Anuradha Talwar, member of Paschim Banga Khet Majoor Samity, who is in the US, due to personal commitments, was very happy to hear the court’s ruling. The PBKMS has been relentlessly pursuing the matter for the last couple of years at various levels.
In a major boost to the West Bengal government, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the central government to resume the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme in West Bengal from 1 August.
The Alipore Meteorological Office has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall today throughout the week across West Bengal, under the combined influence of the monsoon trough and a developing low-pressure area.
