Bank sealed in Kolkata after officer's mother tests positive for COVID-19
India | Apr 10, 2020, 08:19 PM ISTA branch of a public sector bank in south Kolkata was sealed on Friday after the mother of a bank official tested positive for coronavirus.
A branch of a public sector bank in south Kolkata was sealed on Friday after the mother of a bank official tested positive for coronavirus.
They are singing the iconic song "We shall overcome" and encouraging the audience to sing along with them. It sounds very normal, doesn't it? Well, the singers are Kolkata Police officials who, in a bid to uplift the spirits of the people confined at home by the lockdown, have worn a different hat.
Coronavirus lockdown: Of the 980 apprehended, 284 people were from the central division, 166 from the south division and 112 from the eastern suburban division. Another 111 were nabbed from the south suburban division, 61 from the southeast division and 84 held from the north division.
A massive fire broke out on the 16th floor of an apartment in Kolkata on Monday morning, according to media reports. Ten fire engines are at the spot, trying to douse the flames.
In a bizarre incident, a young woman in Kolkata licked the uniform of a police man on Wednesday after he stopped her car during the ongoing lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Most of the major cities in West Bengal, including Kolkata will remain on lockdown till March 27 as an initiative taken by the state government to counter the growing threat of coronavirus. The lockdown will begin at 5:00 pm on Monday and last till 12:00 midnight on March 27.
A cow urine consumption programme was organised in north Kolkata on Monday out of the belief that it will protect people from the coronavirus or cure them in case they have already been infected.
A massive fire broke out on Saturday evening at a slum beside railway tracks in south Kolkata's Selimpore area, partially affecting train services, officials said.
The West Bengal government has allotted a "prime" land to IIM Calcutta in New Town area for setting up a satellite campus, the institute said in a statement here on Wednesday.
An Air Asia flight to Bagdogra from here with 171 passengers including West Bengal minister Arup Biswas was forced to return shortly after takeoff due to a thunderstorm on Tuesday evening.
Thunderclouds, aided by a trough over Gangetic West Bengal, triggered heavy showers in parts of Kolkata and several districts across south Bengal on Tuesday evening.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit out at the Centre over Delhi riots saying she is deeply pained by the killing of innocent people in Delhi and think it was genocide. The violence in Delhi was state-sponsored, she added.
Kolkata Police has arrested three BJP supporters, who raised 'goli maaro...' slogans allegedly while they were en route to Home Minister Amit Shah's rally in the city on Sunday.
En route to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's rally in Kolkata, some BJP workers raised 'goli maro...' slogans in Kolkata on Sunday, as reported by PTI. A while ago, a man with a licensed pistol was caught as he was trying to enter Shah's rally. After being questioned, the man claimed to be a BJP supporter.
A man with a licensed pistol tried to enter Amit Shah's rally venue in Kolkata today. The man was stopped by volunteers and police and has been sent back. The man has been identified as ex-CAPF personnel, Jadu Nandy from Durgapur who has claimed to be a BJP supporter.
Twelve shanties were gutted and many damaged, leaving 70 people homeless as a fire broke out at a slum in Kamarhati area near Kolkata, officials said.
A major fire broke out at a car workshop of a leading four-wheeler manufacturer in Kolkata this afternoon. Ten fire tenders were rushed to douse the flames. According to reports, 40 brand new cars have burnt in the fire that erupted in Anandapur.
If proven guilty, they may have to face imprisonment for two years for defaming the current Secretary of the BCA, who is also a member of the Education Commission of FIDE.
A purported image of the Bengali question paper started making rounds on WhatsApp soon after the first language examination of the class 10 state boards began on Tuesday, even as the authorities said there was no report of any leak.
A massive fire broke out in a cluster of shanties in the Rajabazar area in central Kolkata on Sunday, officials said.
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