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Covid-19 Factoid: Crisis in Bengal the most fatal among all Indian states
Even as the global death toll has been rising consistently, reaching 300,000 deaths from 200,000 took longer time than reaching 100,000 to 200,000
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Bengal migrant workers denied Jan, Feb pays, while contractors go missing
Several migrant workers who are back in West Bengal have not been paid dues for close to two and half months, when they slogged for close to eight hours a day
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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
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West Bengal's SLBC to increase rural loans from Rs 4400 cr to Rs 10000 cr
In addition, West Bengal will also request the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to increase the additional credit limit to MSMEs, to 30 per cent from the existing 10 per cent.
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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
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Work relaxation amid lockdown fails to convince migrants to stay put
Most labourers are more concerned about getting on trains and buses to get back home, rather than returning to work
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Calcutta HC hearings held up after driver's mom tests positive for Covid-19
A notification by the high court registrar general also recalled the sitting of division and single benches on May 4, 7, 12, and 15
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Covid-19 outbreak: West Bengal readies ground for life after lockdown
Electronics, stationery, tea stalls, and paint and hardware stores to open from Monday
Centre's policies on lockdown confusing, arbitrary: Mamata Banerjee
Will follow Centre's orders but it has to be 'proper, transparent and without any political interference', says chief minister.
Guv Dhankar will be in driver's seat if TMC performs below par in polls
Dhankar has been vocal against the state government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic
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Amid row over death toll, PDS 'scam', Mamata & BJP are nearing a flashpoint
The attack sharpened after the Centre decided to send two inter-ministerial central teams (IMCTs) to assess the situation in the state
Lift coronavirus lockdown by mid-May, Mamata Banerjee tells Centre
For the third day in a row, Banerjee hit the streets of Kolkata and advised people to strictly follow the lockdown norms, saying this was needed to break the chain of coronavirus transmission.
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Centre cannot throttle us, says Bengal FM Mitra amid political slugfest
In an interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, Mitra said the decision to send two inter-ministerial Central teams to West Bengal without consulting the state government was a breach of protocol
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Prices remain muted despite decline in crop arrivals across mandis: CRISIL
Report points to the possibility of grains being hoarded by farmers and traders to be sold at a later date when mandi operations and logistics normalise
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'Adventure tourism': TMC on central teams' visit to WB to assess Covid-19
West Bengal Chief Minister had shot off a letter to the Prime Minister on Monday, underscoring the "unilateral" and "undesirable" action, keeping her government in the dark
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Easing the Covid-19 lockdown: How states plan to implement guidelines
According to MHA guidelines, while states and union territories cannot dilute the protocols, they are at liberty to impose stricter measures according to the requirements of local areas.
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Key takeaways from PM Modi's lockdown extension speech
Mr Modi has warned, "In the next few days, you will see more strict actions to contain the damage. Till April 20, there will be a careful survey and evaluation
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PM spoke about lockdown extension till April 30, Bengal in favour: Mamata
Banerjee said West Bengal, too, is in favour of continuing the restrictions till the end of April
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Workers to owners count losses as Bengal's small factory hub shuts down
Howrah is the hub for castings, machine parts, forged and assembled parts and it caters to India and the world.
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Coronavirus impact: States can now borrow up to 50% of limit in April
Centre's resource crunch owing to dwindling revenues prompts move
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