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.
Continuous rainfall has been lashing Kolkata and large parts of South Bengal since Monday night, with heavy showers forecast to continue through Tuesday and Wednesday, the regional meteorological office said.
West Bengal’s Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari today visited the fire-ravaged Kidderpore market in Kolkata and raised questions over the delay in firefighting response, suggesting the blaze may not have been accidental.
At a meeting of the state cabinet on Monday, the Chief Minister directed her cabinet ministers to start a large outreach programme explaining to common people about the preparation of the new OBC list.
One Trinamul Congress worker was murdered on Monday night in the Basirhat area of North 24-Parganas district. Four persons have been arrested by police so far in connection with the incident.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was presented with a framed photograph of the Jagannath Temple at Digha beach by Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee at the state legislature.
