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Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, principal correspondent, Hindustan Times, Kolkata, has been covering politics, socio-economic and cultural affairs for over 10 years. He takes special interest in monitoring developments related to Maoist insurgency and religious extremism.

Articles by Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

Amit Shah targets Mamata Banerjee on CAA, Covid-19

Union home minister and BJP leader Amit Shah addressing ‘West Bengal Jan-Samvad Rally’ through video conferencing in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Updated on Jun 10, 2020 24:51 IST

‘Hungry only for votes’: TMC attacks BJP after Amit Shah’s virtual rally

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O'Brien said Union Home Minister Amit Shah raised the issue of the Citizenship Amendment Act with an eye on Bengal’s Assembly elections next year.

Updated on Jun 9, 2020 14:47 IST

Bengal tally doubles in 12 days, crosses 7k-mark

Reaching 3,667 cases took more than two months, with the state’s first case being reported on March 17.

Updated on Jun 5, 2020 18:28 IST

In Amphan’s trail of destruction, Sunderbans turn red, yellow

The effect, an MLA said, is less on mangroves and more on the other trees, such as mango, banyan, jambul, neem, and jackfruit. Leaves of almost all trees on the land are turning yellow or red.

Updated on May 30, 2020 16:43 IST

BJP launches 2021 assembly poll campaign in Bengal, calls it ‘Aar Noi Mamata’

The party on Wednesday released a 57-second video clip calling for the removal of the TMC regime and launched a Twitter hashtag named #AarNoiMamata.

Updated on May 27, 2020 11:32 IST

Returning migrants cause surge of Covid-19 cases in rural Bengal

The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has spread to Bengal’s rural areas with nearly 200 migrant workers who recently returned from other states testing positive for the infection, and the numbers likely to rise as more arrive.

Updated on May 26, 2020 21:21 IST

Bengal Guv tells Mamata not to inflate figures on losses due to cyclone Amphan

In advice to the chief minister, the governor wrote, “Share real loss @PMOIndia: Inflating figures is counter-productive.”

Updated on May 25, 2020 02:41 IST

Biggest 1-day spike in Bengal with 200 cases

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Updated on May 24, 2020 18:37 IST

Bengal parties spar over cyclone relief

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Updated on May 23, 2020 21:28 IST

Cyclone-ravaged Bengal records highest Covid-19 tests at 9,009 on Saturday

Bengal’s low testing rate – one of the poorest among the major states in testing per million population – had triggered a massive controversy in April but the state, from the first week of May, started improving the number of tests. (Photo by Samir Jana / Hindustan Times)

Updated on May 23, 2020 16:48 IST

In Bengal, increase in testing but rise in cases the same

Updated on May 19, 2020 22:58 IST

WB to bear entire cost of migrants returning home to state by special trains: Mamata

On Saturday, BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha described West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s decision as “flawed and meaningless”.

Updated on May 16, 2020 11:59 IST

Children among biggest victims of Covid-19 lockdown with multiple side-effects: CRY report

The study found that around 54% of parents reported that they sat and discussed the situation over Covid-19 and lockdown at length with the child, whereas around 47% tried to divert the mind of the child.

Updated on May 13, 2020 08:21 IST

Mamata plans more relaxations in red zone areas

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Updated on May 12, 2020 18:24 IST

After food secretary, West Bengal removes health secretary; BJP targets Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal, May 11 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attends the 5th video conference meeting of Chief Ministers of States under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on COVID-19 situation, in Kolkata on Monday. (ANI Photo)

Updated on May 12, 2020 09:46 IST

With Mamata hitting out at Centre during meeting with Modi, TMC-BJP verbal duel intensifies

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the 5th video conference meeting of chief ministers of states under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Covid-19 situation in Kolkata on Monday.

Updated on May 12, 2020 02:15 IST

Kolkata registers 276 new Covid-19 cases, 29 deaths in 7 days

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), however, has blamed a lax lockdown in Kolkata for this steep rise in coronavirus cases.

Updated on May 9, 2020 18:19 IST

‘Have 7-stage plan to bring back migrants’: Trinamool on Amit Shah’s letter

Amit Shah told Mamata Banerjee in a letter that West Bengal was meting out “injustice” to Bengali migrant workers stranded across the country by not allowing “shramik” (worker) trains run by the railways to reach the state. (Photo by Biplov Bhuyan/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on May 9, 2020 10:17 IST

Discrepancies in Bengal’s Covid-19 infection data, toll doubles in 5 days

Kolkata Police personnel screen commuters in Sealdah during lockdown in Kolkata, West Bengal.

Updated on May 6, 2020 01:23 IST

Covid-19 deaths in Bengal double in 5 days as govt junks casualty audit panel

The West Bengal Doctors’ Forum told Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee late last month that the deaths needed to be declared as per World Health Organisation (WHO)’s guidelines, using International Classification of Disease (ICD) 10 coding.

Updated on May 6, 2020 24:45 IST

‘Bengal becoming a police state’: Governor sharpens attack on CM Mamata

Monday’s development was the latest in a “letter war” between West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and state Governor Jagdeep Dhankar.

Updated on May 4, 2020 15:08 IST

Bengal CM, guv spar over Covid figures

The controversy over data mismatch was triggered by state health secretary Vivek Kumar’s letter to union health secretary Preeti Sudan on April 30, putting the total number of persons testing positive for Covid-19 in the state at 931.

Updated on May 2, 2020 21:54 IST

Bengal Covid-19 data shows huge mismatch as letter stokes fresh controversy

People crowd seen at Rashmoni Bazar during the violation of nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, in Kolkata on Saturday.

Updated on May 2, 2020 17:30 IST

Covid-19 cases spike in West Bengal, docs say testing rate too low

In Kolkata, however, the situation is bleaker. Of the 227 containment zones in the city, only 18 have not reported any case in the past two weeks.

Updated on Apr 28, 2020 01:06 IST

Bengal’s Covid-19 graph shows sharp spike, cases more than double in 1 week

Only four of Bengal’s 23 districts are in the ‘red zone’ and 80% of the state’s Covid-19 cases are from the state capital of Kolkata.

Updated on Apr 27, 2020 15:40 IST

Man, 75, cycles 320 km to reach home. Seeks quarantine after villagers object

Surya Kanta Chowdhury who cycled 320 km to get to home in Bengal. (HT photo)

Updated on Apr 25, 2020 15:41 IST

In Bengal Covid-19 crisis, guv Dhankhar and CM Mamata caught in letter wars

File photo of CM Mamata Banerjee and governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. (HT Photo)

Updated on Apr 24, 2020 11:48 IST

Bengal CM, guv trade barbs over inspections

On Thursday afternoon, Banerjee shot off a five-page letter to Raj Bhawan

Updated on Apr 23, 2020 21:57 IST

11 health workers test Covid-19 positive at Kolkata Medical College

The house staff, also called junior doctors, alleged that despite the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s latest guideline to provide N-95 masks to all healthcare workers, it was denied at the hospital, in spite of repeated demands.

Updated on Apr 22, 2020 18:14 IST

Amid lockdown, Bengal governor and government lock horns over ‘PDS scam’

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has clashed several times with the Mamata Banerjee’s government over a range of issues.

Updated on Apr 19, 2020 16:21 IST

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