Tag: Mamata Banerjee
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Have lemon juice, cake, eggs: Mamata Banerjee urges health workers
Banerjee then asked district administration officials and health authorities to add a boiled egg to the menu.
March 31, 2020 -
Mamata Banerjee thanks health workers
Taking to Twitter, she wrote, “I would like to convey my heartfelt gratitude & appreciation for all the Doctors, Nurses, Paramedical Staff, Police Personnel, Govt. Officials, Emergency Response Personnel, Sanitation Workers & Volunteers who have come forward in this hour of need to fight the COVID-19”.
March 30, 2020 -
KMC as Samaritan for the city’s poor in lockdown
The KMC has gone on a war footing to extend all possible municipal services to citizens to help them survive the lockdown.
March 29, 2020 -
West Bengal Taxi Operators Coordination Committee demands financial assistance
As the lockdown continues, the transport operators including owners of buses, taxis, online app cabs, auto-rickshaws and pool cars are apprehensive about recovering from the immense losses they are suffering as the vehicles are under complete halt owing to the nationwide lockdown.
March 29, 2020 -
Police unveil single pass for all suppliers
The pass is universal and would enable transporation of commodities from any corner of the state to another.
March 29, 2020 -
Arrange for stay, food and medical aid to stranded migrants: Centre to chief secy
The Union Home Ministry has changed rules for providing assistance under SDRF.
March 29, 2020 -
India women’s team cricketer Richa Ghosh donates Rs 1 lakh in fight against COVID-19
Along with Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh was the other 16-year-old who played the final of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup which India lost to Australia.
March 29, 2020 -
Centre needs to give nod to more COVID-19 testing labs
At present, there are inadequate numbers of state run laboratories where corona virus testing facilities are being carried out, confirmed a state health department official.
March 28, 2020 -
CCPA wants tea gardens to remain open
In a letter to Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha, the Chairman of the CCPA, Vivek Goyenka, has urged the government to allow operations in tea estates, subject to adopting all safety and hygiene norms.
March 28, 2020 -
Five of family test positive; CM urges cops to act humanely
The five, including three children, all belong to the same family.
March 28, 2020 -
Mamata requests Modi to raise FRMB limits from three to five
“I have written to the Prime Minister requesting him to raise the FRBM limit from three to five per cent as we have received no other financial assistance. Some states have increased the cess on diesel and petrol but we haven’t done it as people will be affected. We have very less funds. We have to create infrastructure for tackling the disease as there is nothing. We have not got any assistance from the Centre. In such a situation we need funds,” said Miss Banerjee at a Press Conference in Nabanna.
March 25, 2020 -
Maintain social distancing: Mamata before PM’s address
Initially, the lockdown was from 23 to 27 March in Kolkata and some parts of the districts.
March 25, 2020 -
No domestic passenger flights to land at NSCBI, airport officials take steps
The Kolkata airport officials are also taking isolation measures, as per a directive issued today by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
March 24, 2020 -
West Bengal reports its first COVID-19 death
The patient, a resident of Dum Dum in the northern part of the city, was undergoing treatment in the critical care unit (CCU) equipped with life-saving devices like ECMO at the private hospital with severe respiratory trouble and high fever since Saturday.
March 24, 2020 -
2 more cases in Bengal; restos, pubs, zoo to stay closed till 31 March
Officials, however, could not confirm whether she was on home quarantine as per the protocol after returning from abroad.
March 22, 2020 -
COVID-19: Mamata Banerjee govt shuts restaurants, pubs, clubs
A state government notification ordered that all gatherings including social gatherings be avoided completely.
March 21, 2020 -
Free foodgrains to all till September: CM
Currently, these food grains are provided at Rs two per kg from ration shops,” said Miss Banerjee at a Press Conference in Nabanna.
March 21, 2020