Raju Bista faces tough challenge within BJP in Darjeeling
Breaking the BJP’s tradition in Darjeeling, sitting MP Raju Bista has won the first round as his name was announced by the party as a candidate from Darjeeling LS constituency.
A 35-year-old resident of Bhaktinagar area in Siliguri died at the dedicated hospital for Covid-19 patients at Kawakahli here today. Another 78-yearold person of the same area also died in the same hospital today, sources said. A 78-year-old person from Jalpaiguri and a 45-year-old female resident of the same district also died at the hospital today, the sources added.
A 62-year-old from Darjeeling died at another designated hospital at Matigara last evening, while a 55-yearold resident of Kishanganj in Bihar, died at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital today. A 20-year-old from Islampur in North Dinajpur district also died there.
Both had been tested positive for Covid-19, sources said. 25 new cases in Malda district Malda saw a dip in Covid cases today, as only 25 of the 221 samples were tested positive for the virus last night, sources said. “Among the 221 samples tested through RT-PCR at the VRDL in the Malda Medical College and Hospital, only 22 were found positive, while the other three cases were detected through rapid antigen tests,” a source said.
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Nine of the fresh cases were areas under the English Bazaar Municipality alone, while the remaining cases were spread across other blocks of the district, sources said.
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