Tag: North 24-Parganas
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Daring shootout at Dakshineswar hotel
Three miscreants were later arrested. According to police, a civic volunteer sustained bullet injuries when a raid was being carried out to nab a group of miscreants
January 14, 2023 -
Nabanna special meet on Covid-19 as cases rise
The chief secretary HK Dwivedi told the district administration to ensure that all booster doses are completed within the 75-day time period.
July 17, 2022 -
Man killed, another injured in bomb blast
Several bomb explosions rocked the Megna jute mill area, a furlong from the office-cum-residence of Singh, last night.
April 22, 2021 -
2,341 new cases take state’s Covid tally to 58,718; death toll 1,327
Of the 40 deaths, Kolkata registered 17 deaths, Howrah nine deaths, North 24-Parganas five, South 24-Parganas four while two deaths were recorded in Darjeeling and Hooghly and one person died in North Dinajpur.
July 27, 2020 -
2,216 fresh cases 35 deaths in state; no flights today
Currently, there are a total of 1,002 containment zones in the state, of which 28 zones are in Kolkata, 110 in North 24 Parganas, 80 in Howrah and 79 in South 24 Parganas.
July 25, 2020 -
New cases, deaths soar in state; fresh lockdown today
There are 18,450 active Covid cases, though till now 49,321 people have been detected positive in the state, while a total of 1,221 Covid patients have died.
July 23, 2020 -
West Bengal sees 2,198 fresh Covid cases, 27 new deaths
If the team finds lapses on the part of hospitals then show-cause will be slapped and if required legal or penal action would be taken.
July 19, 2020 -
Bengal adds 1,560 more cases
Kolkata reported 454 new Covid infections on Sunday, surpassing the previous single day record of 412 that was set on Saturday.
July 13, 2020 -
Bengal unveils detailed list of containment zones
A review would be conducted after a week and if it is revealed that Covid cases are under control then lockdown will be lifted but it would be extended if cases continue to surge, said chief minister Mamata Banerjee in Nabanna today.
July 9, 2020 -
Of 861 fresh cases in Bengal, 281 in Kolkata
Till now, 15,235 Covid patients were cured in the state with 524 people being discharged from hospitals in a single day.
July 7, 2020 -
Bengal: Steepest 1-day spike of 435
Ever since the influx of migrant workers, the districts have started witnessing a sharp spurt in cases with Hooghly recording 82 cases in a single day.
June 7, 2020 -
10 days after Amphan, many areas still without power
“Neither the local political representative like MLA nor officials of the state electricity board is active to restore the supply. We have never had to spend such a long harrowing period living in darkness,” said Mr Sudhir Pal of Dhamua village in the district.
May 31, 2020 -
Didi ke bolo helps out in medical emergency situations
Recently, a total of seven persons who needed aid in medical emergency situations, received prompt relief after they conveyed their distress on the Didi Ke Bolo number.
August 19, 2019 -
Mamata takes dig at Sabyasachi Dutta
The chief minister, who spoke to the MLAs on issues concerning their Assembly segments at the North 24- Parganas district administrative meeting held at Madhyamgram yesterday, ticked off the former Mayor of Bidhanangar Municipal Corporation, for not being astute enough to deal with such issues of concern when he was the mayor of the Bidhannagar civic body.
July 28, 2019 -
H5N1 virus yet to be confirmed as state fails to send samples for test
The state animal resource development (ARD) department is yet to send samples of dead poultry birds to laboratories for confirmation of avian influenza virus at a time when deaths of hundreds of chickens are being reported from several parts of the state. Sources in the ARD department said that hundreds of chickens are dying in …
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March 21, 2018 -
Rarefied kerfuffle
The worthies must hold their fire and strive to restore normal conditions at Baduria in West Bengal’s North 24-Parganas district, bordering Bangladesh. It is a volatile region where tension rages beneath the tenor of normal life and violence a further inch beneath tension… as witnessed during the food riots in February 1966. Fifty years later, …
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July 6, 2017