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Sweetmeat shops to open for four hours in Bengal |
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Kolkata | Tuesday, 2020 3:15:06 AM IST |
| Bengalis can relish their favourite rosogolla, sandesh and mishti doi (sweet yoghurt) from Tuesday with the West Bengal government permitting sweetmeat shops to remain open for four hours daily during the lockdown period. ... read.. |
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Bhaichung offers own building in Sikkim to help migrant workers |
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Kolkata | Monday, 2020 11:15:05 PM IST |
| Former India football captain Bhaichung Bhutia on Monday offered his building in Lumsey,Tadong, Sikkim to the migrant workers in the state at a time they are struggling to reach their homes amid the 21-day nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandem ... read.. |
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Bengal orders employers to pay full and timely wages to workers (Ld) |
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Kolkata | Monday, 2020 4:45:05 AM IST |
| The West Bengal government on Saturday came up with a series of measures to prevent movement of migrant labourers, directing district administrations to arrange for temporary shelters and provisions of food, and all employers to pay full wages on the due ... read.. |
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They lived for days at quarantine centre, a banyan tree |
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Kolkata | Sunday, 2020 10:15:05 PM IST |
| Seven migrant workers, who came back home to West Bengal's Purulia district from Chennai amidst the Coronavirus-induced lockdown, perched themselves on a banyan tree to remain in quarantine, in the absence of separate room for self-isolation in their smal ... read.. |
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GSI DG urges staffers to donate one day's salary to PMNRF |
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Kolkata | Saturday, 2020 11:45:05 PM IST |
| Geological Survey of India (GSI) Director General M. Sridhar here on Saturday urged the organisation's staffers to contribute one day's salary from the pay bills of April towards the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF), set up to fight the COVID ... read.. |
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Mamata violating lockdown norms: Dilip Ghosh |
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Kolkata | Saturday, 2020 2:45:05 PM IST |
| Accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of violating the ongoing coronavirus induced lockdown by hitting the streets regularly, state BJP President Dilip Ghosh has wondered why people would abide by the law when she's herself was breaking it. ... read.. |
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Mamata govt to review lockdown related situation on March 31 |
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Kolkata | Saturday, 2020 4:15:05 AM IST |
| While Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a 21-day lockdown in the country to combat the deadly coronavirus outbreak, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that her government would hold a review on March 31 and "take a decision ... read.. |
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Bengal govt removes cops from duty excesses during lockdown |
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Kolkata | Saturday, 2020 2:15:06 AM IST |
| The West Bengal government removed seven-eight police personnel from duty for committing excesses on the people during the ongoing lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Friday. ... read.. |
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India need Dhoni's experience in World T20: Coach |
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Kolkata | Saturday, 2020 1:15:06 AM IST |
| M.S. Dhoni should be part of India's T20 World Cup squad even if he does not play the Indian Premier League (IPL), due to the coronavirus outbreak, feels his childhood coach Keshav Banerjee. ... read.. |
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LR Shukla helps groundsmen with rice, pulses; donates salary |
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Kolkata | Friday, 2020 7:45:05 PM IST |
| Laxmi Ratan Shukla, the minister of state minister of state (sports and youth affairs) in West Bengal, has not only donated his three months' MLA salary and BCCI pension for the same period to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the former India allrounder has a ... read.. |
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Mamata pays surprise visit to markets, pulls up police |
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Kolkata | Friday, 2020 5:15:05 AM IST |
| West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday paid surprise visits to markets, pulling up police officers for shutting shops selling essentials and marking circles to denotie how people should queue up in markets and before retail and wholesale o ... read.. |
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Mamata composes song on coronavirus |
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Kolkata | Friday, 2020 4:15:05 AM IST |
| West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has penned a song alerting people of the state about the cornonavirus pandemic, assuring them of their ultimate victory in fighting the disease amidst the ongoing nationwide lockdown. ... read.. |
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Mamata urges CMs of 18 states to help stranded workers from Bengal |
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Kolkata | Friday, 2020 3:15:05 AM IST |
| West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote to her counterparts in 18 states requesting them to provide basic shelter, food and medical support to migrants workers from Bengal who have got stuck at their place of work due to the complete ... read.. |
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Youth dies in Howrah, family alleges police thrashed him |
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Kolkata | Thursday, 2020 8:45:05 PM IST |
| A youth allegedly died after a police baton charge for violating the ongoing lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID 19, with his family claiming that he had gone out to buy milk when the cops beat him up in West Bengal's Howrah district. ... read.. |
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Trinamool workers shave head to stay indoors during lockdown |
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Kolkata | Thursday, 2020 4:45:05 AM IST |
| A group of Trinamool Congress workers in West Bengal's Malda district have shaved their heads together to resist the temptation of going outdoor during the ongoing lockdown to prevent the spread of Coronavirus infection. ... read.. |
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Mamata warns of action against officials stopping vegetable vendors |
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Kolkata | Thursday, 2020 4:15:05 AM IST |
| West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday warned state government officials that action would be taken against them if they tried to stop vegetable vendors and personnel engaged in home delivery of essentials during the ongoing lockdown to p ... read.. |
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Mamata asks for donations to combat COVID 19 |
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Kolkata | Thursday, 2020 3:45:05 AM IST |
| Complaining that the state is yet to receive any fund from the Central government to combat the coronavirus outbreak, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday urged people, including those living in foreign countries, to come forward and ma ... read.. |
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Trinamool councillor arrested for heckling police |
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Kolkata | Wednesday, 2020 2:15:05 PM IST |
| A Trinamool Congress councillor was arrested for trying to prevent the police from closing a sweet shop in Hooghly district during the ongoing lockdown in West Bengal to prevent the spread of the coronavirus infection. ... read.. |
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Mamata asks people not to crowd markets |
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Kolkata | Wednesday, 2020 4:15:05 AM IST |
| Worried over huge gatherings before shops selling essential commodities amid the coronavirus scare, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asked people not to crowd markets or retail outlets and maintain social distance. ... read.. |
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Never thought would see my city like this: Sourav Ganguly |
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Kolkata | Tuesday, 2020 9:15:05 PM IST |
| Locked at home amid the lockdown in West Bengal due to the coronavirus pandemic, BCCI President and former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday said he never thought his city would wear a deserted look with virtually no one on the streets. ... read.. |
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Lockdown begins in Kolkata, other parts of Bengal |
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Kolkata | Tuesday, 2020 2:15:05 AM IST |
| People rushed indoor while police personnel hauled up those on the streets as a complete lockdown began in large parts of West Bengal, including the whole of Kolkata and eight districts on Monday to combat the spread of novel coronavirus infection, as the ... read.. |
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Pitcher full of cowries unearthed in Bengal village |
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Kolkata | Thursday, 2020 8:15:05 PM IST |
| A pitcher full of cowries used as currency in ancient times has been unearthed while digging for the construction of a house in a village in north West Bengal's Cooch Behar district, officials said. ... read.. |
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