Calcutta

Calcutta: The Bengal government has identified inadequate supplies from the Centre and Opposition instigation of hungry people as the main reasons for the violence blighting the public distribution sy...

The city received a sharp spell of rain on Friday and the weather department said the next 72 hours are likely to see more than one similar spell. A low-pressure area over south Andaman Sea gave filli...

Parts of three blocks in Salt Lake have been sealed off after residents were admitted to different hospitals with Covid-19 like symptoms.Pranay Kumar Ray, the mayoral council member health of the Bidh...

Following last Friday’s orders from the government allowing standalone shops to open despite the lockdown, some shops across the township have started lifting shutters. However a few of these drew s...

The Bengal government has asked the district magistrates of seven districts that have been identified as Covid-19 green zones to make a realistic assessment of the bus routes where services can resume...

The National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur, has abandoned plans of an online exam after realising half of its students do not have proper access to the Net.Students will be evaluated on thei...

Some private hospitals, not the ones designated as Covid-19 treatment centres, have been accused of overcharging patients for personal protective equipment (PPE) and masks. State health department off...

Cancer patients and their families are among the worst affected in this Covid crisis. Those who have been diagnosed during this period seek immediate treatment but are held back because of logistic an...

The School of Tropical Medicine (STM) has sought additional staff from the health department after five healthcare providers of the institution tested positive for the coronavirus and as many as 30 em...

More than 100 migrant workers stranded in Howrah’s Tikiapara are living on food from a community kitchen that has come up at Rebecca Belilious English Institution, a day-boarding school for the unde...