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The BMCs Central Purchase Authority is procuring antifungal drug Amphotericin B which is used to treat mucormycosis. (File/PTI)

111 mucormycosis patients undergoing treatment in Mumbai

Most of these patients are from outside Mumbai, according to the BMC

12 May 2021 10:32 PM IST

TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee flashes the victory sign during interaction with media after trends show her partys wins in the State Assembly Election 2021, in Kolkata, Sunday, May 2, 2021. (PTI)

Central team in West Bengal for review

Union home ministry sent a 4-member team to review the law and order situation in the state, led by an additional...

7 May 2021 8:32 AM IST

According to the Election Commission website, the BJP was leading in only 53 places. The two parties were locked in a neck-and-neck contest in the initial stages of counting. (AP Image)

Assembly polls: TMC surges ahead of BJP in West Bengal

Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee was, however, trailing her BJP rival and sitting MLA Suvendu Adhikari in...

2 May 2021 11:16 AM IST

A woman collects water from a tap near a collapsed wall at an apartment building in Guwahati on April 28, 2021, after a strong earthquake hit Assam in northeastern India, damaging buildings, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. (AFP)

Series of earthquakes jolt Assam and most of the Northeast

The impact was felt in almost the entire Northeastern region, parts of West Bengal, Bhutan and Bangladesh

28 April 2021 3:01 PM IST

Voters wait in queues to cast votes at a polling station during the 7th phase of West Bengal Assembly elections at a village near Balurghat in South Dinajpur district, Monday, April 26, 2021. (PTI)

Bengal records 75% voting in seventh phase of polling

Four hot seats -- Bhowanipore, Rasbehari, Ballygunge and Kolkata Port -- in South Kolkata clocked only 59.91 per cent...

27 April 2021 6:27 AM IST

Activists of Peoples Democratic party (PDP) protesting against Indias new land laws that allows any Indian citizen to buy land in the disputed region shout slogans in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Until last year, Indians were not allowed to buy property in the region. But in August 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modis government scrapped the disputed regions special status, annulled its separate constitution, split the region into two federal territories. (AP)

More J&K employees may face axe for being 'anti-national'

The rules lay down that no government servant shall take part in, subscribe in aid of, or assist in any way, any...

23 April 2021 7:03 AM IST

When Didi needs funds, she doesnt waste a moment on these fine people she goes straight to those who have the requisite lolly the Marwaris of Kolkata. (PTI)

Didi cuts rally time, BJP for mini meets in West Bengal

BJP declared that it would not hold big poll campaign rallies in the state; public meetings with not more than 500...

20 April 2021 7:45 AM IST

An Indian Army soldier stands guard near Nastachun pass, also known as Sadhana pass, about 8 Km from the Line of Control (LOC) in the district of Kupwara. (AFP)

Army jawan injured in first shooting at LoC after renewal of ceasefire...

This is the first such incident that took place along the LoC since the last week of February

15 April 2021 8:08 AM IST

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. (AFP)

Night curfew imposed to check spread of Covid-19 in Maharashtra

Thackeray said he would speak to Modi to request him to provide Indian Air Force's assistance in the supply of oxygen...

14 April 2021 7:36 AM IST

Five hours before the end of the ban on her campaign, Ms Banerjee cut short her dharna at around 3 pm and headed for home at Harish Chatterjee Street in Kalighat. AP

Mamata wraps up dharna after EC acts against 3 BJP leaders

The EC ordered campaign ban against 3 BJP leaders -- Rahul Sinha, Midnapore MP Dilip Ghosh Nandigram candidate Suvendu...

14 April 2021 12:08 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a public meeting, in Cooch Behar district. (Photo: PTI)

Election Commission slaps 24-hr campaign ban on Mamata Banerjee

An angry Trinamul Congress supremo has threatened to sit on a dharna in protest in Kolkata from 12 noon on Tuesday

13 April 2021 6:41 AM IST

Security personel stand gurad beside an underground tunnel near the international border in Samba sector, suspected to have been used by terrorists killed in a recent encounter in Nagrota, in Jammu district. (PTI)

Encounters: Jammu and Kashmir police ban live coverage

If this is a part of the official policy of the police, it appears to be a tactic to coerce journalists into not...

8 April 2021 7:42 AM IST