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As millions of migrants return, will it be a boon or bane for home states?

Govts looking to turn labourers' return into an opportunity, but might have to rely on rural job guarantee scheme in near term

Cyclone Amphan: Amit Shah assures all possible help to Bengal, Odisha

Amit Shah took stock of the situation in West Bengal, where the cyclone is expected to make landfall on Wednesday

Delhi to Andhra, states take slow and steady steps to exit lockdown

Delhi implemented most of the demands made to the Centre in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 14 May.

A critical phase

While business opens, states must be ready for a spike in Covid cases

Fiscal stimulus package fails to provide succour to the poorest: Opposition

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said the need of the hour was to put money into the pockets of the people, particularly the poorest 130 million people

Mamata calls Modi's mega Rs 20 trillion package a 'big zero and eyewash'

West Bengal CM says extension of the deadline to file tax return is not a benefit as people are under lockdown and in any case they cannot meet the earlier deadline

Covid-19 lockdown: West Bengal govt mulls allowing relaxations in red zones

The move is a departure from the state government's stand of maintaining stricter rules than Central suggestions and protocols

Unsure whether India gains if businesses shift from China: Abhijit Banerjee

"India plans to spend less than one per cent of its GDP at Rs 1.70 trillion. We should spend a much-increased proportion of GDP," he said

Covid-19 lethal, exceptionally infective: Indian-American doctor to Mamata

It is essential to maintain strict social distancing and ensure that this dangerous virus could be prevented from spreading, the cardiologist said

Centre may extend lockdown beyond May 17 with easier norms for business

PM assures resumption of more economic activities; zone identification may be left to states

Balance Covid-19 fight with need to revive economy: Modi tells CMs

According to sources, Modi told the chief ministers that the biggest challenge for the country will be to ensure that the infection does not spread to rural India following relaxation in lockdown

How governors conduct themselves in the office during the BJP regime

Lately, Bhagat Singh Koshyari and Jagdeep Dhankar, the governors of Maharashtra and West Bengal, virtually emerged as the main challengers to the non-BJP governments for different reasons

Centre pulls up West Bengal for suspending trade on Indo-Bangla border

Operations at Petrapole checkpost in the Bongaon area of North 24 Parganas district was closed as protests erupted after rumours of Bangladeshi labourers carrying the virus

Bihar got most workers in special trains, West Bengal the least: Data

TMC MP and leader of the party in Rajya Sabha, Derek O'Brien, however, said the West Bengal government was doing "all it takes" to fight the Covid pandemic, and accused the Centre of playing politics

Curbs on transport, commerce lifted partially as West Bengal eases lockdown

Malls, shopping complexes, cinemas, parks continue to remain closed

Central teams conclude West Bengal has highest Covid-19 mortality rate

The revelation comes at a time when the national average for the mortality rate is 3.2 per cent - the lowest in the world

Bengal has highest Covid-19 mortality rate in India: IMCT tells Chief Secy

A BSF jawan deployed in the entourage of the IMCT to West Bengal has tested positive for COVID-19, following which over 50 personnel of the force were quarantined

Governor Dhankar criticises Mamata; says Bengal becoming police state

West Bengal Governor said it is time for the chief minister's "tryst with reality" and to get down to provide relief to the people suffering from the coronavirus pandemic

Mystery continues around Prashant Kishor's travel to Kolkata amid lockdown

Supposedly, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee asked him to come to Kolkata for a discussion

When nation was fighting Covid, CM was fighting Governor: Jagdeep Dhankhar

In an interview to Ishita Ayan Dutt, he says there is a need for the state government to act in tandem with the Centre, during times of Covid-19.