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ED seizes Rs 20 cr cash after raids on WB minister Partha Chatterjee's aide

The Enforcement Directorate Friday said it has seized Rs 20 crore in cash after raids on the premises of Arpita Mukherjee, a close associate of West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee

Bengal logs 2,486 new Covid cases, 6 more deaths; active cases at 27,755

West Bengal's coronavirus tally increased to 20,79,491 on Thursday after 2,486 more people tested positive for the infection, the state health department said. Six more deaths due to the disease also raised the toll to 21,300 during the day. The state had on Wednesday recorded 2,455 new Covid-19 cases and six fresh fatalities. Altogether 3,124 patients recovered from the infection in the state on Thursday taking the total number of cured people to 20,30,436, the department said in a bulletin. The number of active cases now is 27,755. West Bengal tested 15,311 samples for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the bulletin added.

Mamata Banerjee congratulates Murmu on being elected as President

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday congratulated NDA presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu after she emerged victorious in the election. The Trinamool Congress supremo said that the country will sincerely look up to Murmu as the "Head of State to protect the ideals of the Constitution and the custodian of our democracy". The TMC has supported Yashwant Sinha, the joint candidate of major non-BJP parties, in the election held on July 18. "I would like to congratulate Hon'ble Presidential-Elect Smt Draupadi Murmu. The country will sincerely look up to you as the Head of State to protect the ideals of our Constitution & be the custodian of our democracy, especially when (the) nation is plagued with so many dissensions (sic)," she tweeted. Returning Office for the poll P C Mody announced that she had crossed the halfway mark of the total votes after the third round of counting. An official announcement of her win is expected after all votes are counted.

Break BJP's prison, bring people's government in 2024, says Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asserted that the saffron camp will be swept away from power at the Centre by people's mandate in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Huge gathering for TMC's Martyrs' Day rally amid high security at Esplanade

A huge number of people from across West Bengal have congregated at Esplanade, the city's downtown area, for the mega Martyr's Day rally by ruling Trinamool Congress being held amidst tight security

Bengal logs 2,455 new Covid cases, 6 fatalities; positivity rate at 15.4%

West Bengal's COVID-19 tally rose to 20,77,005 on Wednesday as 2,455 more people tested positive for the infection, while six fresh fatalities pushed the toll to 21,294, a health bulletin said. The state had reported 2,243 cases and six fatalities on the previous day. The positivity rate stood at 15.47 per cent as 15,870 samples were tested for COVID-19. The state now has 28,399 active cases, while 20,27,312 people have recovered from the disease so far, including 3,019 in the last 24 hours, it added.

CBI files charge sheet against 41 in Bengal coal pilferage case

The Central Bureau of Investigation has named 41 people, including senior officials of Eastern Coalfields Limited, in its charge sheet filed at a court in West Bengal's Asansol in a multi-crore coal pilferage scam. Among others who find mention in the charge sheet are private companies and unknown officials of the CISF and Railways, a CBI statement said. "They entered into a conspiracy and in pursuance of that, fraudulently misappropriated coal from the coal reserve of leasehold areas under the dominion of ECL, and also from the coal stock parked in the Railway sidings for sale and supply," it said. "It was further alleged that the said accused had obtained undue advantage in the form of huge and regular cash amount as bribe from said private person and facilitated misappropriation of coal from ECL leasehold area and thereby extended undue protection & patronage to the illegal coal syndicate," the statement added. The charge sheet was filed on Tuesday. Sleuths of the CBI have ...

West Bengal logs 2,243 new Covid cases, 6 deaths; active count at 28,969

As many as 20,24,293 people have recovered from the disease in Bengal, including 2,851 since Monday.

West Bengal logs 1,449 fresh Covid-19 cases, 6 deaths in 24 hours

West Bengal reported 1,449 fresh Covid-19 cases, pushing the tally to 2,072,307, while the death toll climbed to 21,282 with six more fatalities, the health department said on Monday

Marriott signs pact with BeeKay Group to launch 5 hotels in Jharkhand, WB

With this multi-agreement signing, the hotel chain is looking to urbanize and enter emerging business locations

Manipur Governor La. Ganesan sworn in to take additional charge of Bengal

Ganesan, who is also the governor of Manipur, has been given the additional charge of West Bengal.

Murmur vs Sinha: Voting for Prez Election underway at Bengal assembly

Polling for the presidential election began in West Bengal assembly at 10 am on Monday with lawmakers of both ruling TMC and opposition BJP queuing up at the assembly premises to cast their votes

Jagdeep Dhankhar vs Margaret Alva: Lawyer vs lawyer in vice-president polls

It is now definite that the post of vice president of India will be held either by NDA's Jagdeep Dhankhar or the opposition's Margaret Alva, both lawyers

President accepts resignation of WB Guv Dhankhar, gives charge to Ganesan

President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday accepted the resignation of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar who has been named as the ruling NDA's candidate for the vice presidential election

Bengal logs 2,659 new Covid cases, 5 more deaths; active tally at 30,791

West Bengal on Sunday logged 2,659 fresh Covid-19 infections, down from 2,839 the previous day, pushing the caseload to 20,70,858, the health department said in a bulletin. Five more deaths due to the disease raised the toll to 21,276, the bulletin said. Altogether 20,18,791 people have recovered from the disease in the state, 2,476 of them since Saturday. Bengal currently has 30,791 active cases, with 544 of them undergoing treatment in various hospitals. The positivity rate stood at 17.16 per cent and the fatality rate at 1.03 per cent. As many as 2,57,97,505 samples have been tested in the state thus far, including 15,492 since Saturday.

Manipur Governor La. Ganesan given additional charge of West Bengal

President Ram Nath Kovind has accepted the resignation of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who has been nominated as the vice president candidate by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)

Bengal BJP houses all its MLAs in hotel on eve of Presidential polls

The BJP's West Bengal unit has arranged accommodation of its legislators, except one, at a luxury hotel in northern Kolkata since Sunday noon to ensure that all of them can go together to the Assembly

Bengal logs 2,839 new Covid-19 cases, six deaths; positivity rate at 18.05%

The district administrations were directed to organise camps to provide booster doses to beneficiaries and ensure COVID-appropriate behaviour among people, an official said.

Kolkata BJP women cell demands Mahua Moitra's arrest for Kali comments

The Mahila Morcha members of the saffron party said police did not take any cognisance of the complaint they filed on July 6.

Eleven districts in West Bengal report cases of black fever: Official

Eleven districts of Bengal have reported at least 65 cases of black fever or 'kala-azar' in the last couple of weeks, a senior official of the health department said