Calcutta

Four swab sample collection centres are being set up in the Howrah municipal area so people suspected to be carriers of the novel coronavirus need not visit hospital for a test, officials of the civic...

The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Durgapur has found that 45-50 per cent of its BTech students cannot attend online classes because they either don't have a computer or live in places with po...

A senior Bengal health department official who had tested positive for Covid-19 died at a Calcutta hospital on Sunday, officials said.Biplab Kanti Dasgupta, 60, is the first person with a role in the ...

Three Covid-19 patients from Bengal tested negative in a second round of tests on Monday, sparking hope that they could be discharged from the infectious diseases hospital in Beleghata on Tuesday, hea...

The state commission for protection of child rights has published a routine for children to keep them happy during the lockdown.Live in the “now”, be positive and stay connected with one another, ...

Ventilators from Switzerland, infrared thermometers from China and personal protection gear from Chennai — equipment for treating Covid-19 patients and those suspected to have contracted the virus �...

A 91-year-old Alzheimer’s patient, tired of being confined at home because of the lockdown, stepped out of the house in Entally on Sunday morning and was found dead on the road a few hours later.His...

A woman constable of CISF from Katwa in East Burdwan voluntarily told the Nadia administration on Sunday that she had probably travelled with four of the five Covid-19 patients from Nadia’s Tehatta ...

The archdiocese of Calcutta has requested parish priests to arrange help for those in the neighbourhood or in the parish irrespective of religion because the lockdown is affecting the poor and the mig...

The city police have asked all police stations to follow New Alipore police station’s model of delivering essentials at the doorstep of residents “wherever feasible” so that they need not go to ...