Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts on Tuesday reported the first confirmed cases of the Delta variant of novel coronavirus. Five Covid-19 positive samples, sent for genome sequencing earlier this mon...

The chief secretary on Tuesday asked all police commissioners, police superintendents and the excise department to step up vigil on all major thoroughfares to ensure strict compliance of the 9pm-to-5a...

Chaotic scenes outside most Covid vaccination centres run by the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) have become a daily affair. People join the queue while it’s still dark and wait for hours ...

The number of Covid patients getting admitted to private hospitals in Calcutta is increasing again but the demand for vaccines at these facilities has reduced significantly, leaving public health expe...

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IIT Kharagpur has informed students, barring 500 who are facing resource constraints, that they will continue to attend online classes in the autumn semester as the authorities want to “avoid th...

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Scores of people without limbs got prosthetic legs and Covid-19 vaccines at a camp organised by young entrepreneurs on Sunday. Around 150 people attended the camp at Ekbalpore. Over 70 people got art...

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