Buddhadev meets Basu
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee met the Marxist patriarch on Sunday night at his Salt Lake residence.
By HT Correspondent | PTI, Kolkata
UPDATED ON JUL 13, 2008 09:13 PM IST
Hours after Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee's meeting with veteran CPI(M) leader Jyoti Basu, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee met the Marxist patriarch on Sunday night at his Salt Lake residence.
CPI(M) sources said that Basu told the Chief Minister about what he had discussed with Chatterjee and also the meeting External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee had with him earlier in the day.
Emerging from the brief meeting, the Chief Minister drove away without speaking to waiting mediamen.
Chatterjee had airdashed here this morning to meet Basu. During the discussion they had, the issue of his quitting the Speaker's office had figured, a party insider said.
According to him, Basu advised Chatterjee to follow the party line.
The External Affairs Minister, during his 50-minute meeting, explained to Basu the circumstances that led to the collapse of the UPA-Left coalition.
'Will bear cost': Mamata Banerjee requests Centre for adequate supply of vaccine
By HT Correspondent, Kolkata
UPDATED ON JAN 17, 2021 12:01 AM IST
- As many as 14 out of 15,707 vaccine recipients developed adverse effects after immunisation while health of a nurse turned serious after taking the jab.
'To err is human,' says TMC as MLA’s name figures in list of vaccine recipients
By HT Correspondent, Kolkata/siliguri
UPDATED ON JAN 16, 2021 09:31 PM IST
- The TMC leadership downplayed the incident calling it an error that was being blown out of proportion.
Vaccination hits a hurdle in Bengal as Co-WIN app develops glitches on 1st day
By Joydeep Thakur | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON JAN 16, 2021 03:16 PM IST
- The app was not opening. We had to log in and log out several times. It was also too slow, said an official.
Bengal ready for Covid-19 vaccination drive; CM to monitor exercise
PTI
UPDATED ON JAN 15, 2021 10:37 PM IST
Vials of Covishield, which arrived in the city from Pune's Serum Institute on Tuesday, have been ferried to cold chain facilities at the five medical colleges in Kolkata as well as other hospitals in the districts, an official said.
TMC’s to send crack team to secure Matua votes ahead of Shah’s Bengal visit
By Joydeep Thakur, Kolkata
UPDATED ON JAN 15, 2021 09:43 PM IST
- For the Matua community, permanent citizenship is a longstanding demand.
First consignment of Covishield vaccine reaches West Bengal's Siliguri
ANI
UPDATED ON JAN 14, 2021 02:18 PM IST
The Home Department of West Bengal government on January 12 had tweeted, "The first consignment of 6.89 lakh Covishield vaccines arrived today in our state at 2:30 PM by a special cargo flight of Spicejet at Kolkata airport."
Kolkata allocated highest number of Covid vaccines in Bengal
PTI, Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON JAN 14, 2021 11:16 AM IST
North 24 Parganas district has been allocated the second-highest number of Covid vaccines at 47,000, followed by Murshidabad at 37,500, he said.
Fire breaks out at a slum in Kolkata's Baghbazar area
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Harshit Sabarwal, Kolkata
UPDATED ON JAN 13, 2021 08:46 PM IST
This is the second fire incident reported in the capital city of West Bengal today. Earlier, a fire broke out at a go-down in the Manicktala area with five fire tenders rushed to the spot, according to police officials.
Deputy Election Commissioner oversees poll preparedness in Bengal
PTI
UPDATED ON JAN 13, 2021 10:20 PM IST
Sudeep Jain, who is on a two-day visit to Bengal, interacted with senior police officials of Kolkata Police, district magistrates (DMs) and superintendents of police (SPs) of central and southern parts of the state in the first half of the day, a senior official at the CEO's office said.
No e-passes needed in Kolkata Metro from Monday, weekday services to increase
PTI, Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON JAN 13, 2021 03:44 PM IST
The metro will also increase the frequency of its weekday services on the North-South Line from 228 to 240, the official said.
'They'll be removed from Bengal!' Adhikari on father's removal as DSDA chief
By HT Correspondent, Kolkata
UPDATED ON JAN 12, 2021 08:20 PM IST
- Sisir Adhikari has been removed from the post of chairman of Digha Shankharpur Development Authority (DSDA) in East Midnapore district.
Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet 2021 put off due to Covid-19 pandemic
PTI, Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON JAN 12, 2021 06:27 PM IST
However, as a gesture to mark the year and the iconic festival, a set of five webinars across the three evenings of January 29-31, 2021 will be organised, they said.
First lot of Covid-19 vaccine vials to arrive in Kolkata on Tuesday
By Harshit Sabarwal | PTI, Kolkata
UPDATED ON JAN 11, 2021 07:56 PM IST
The central government had last week said that the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive would begin on January 16. Frontline workers will be among the first ones to receive the dose.
'No difference!' Mamata Banerjee compares BJP with Donald Trump’s followers
By HT Correspondent, Kolkata
UPDATED ON JAN 11, 2021 07:35 PM IST
- Attacking the BJP over the three contentious farm bills, Banerjee alleged that BJP leaders have staged lunch with farmer’s family in rural Bengal after arriving in chartered flights.
BJP-TMC clashes break out in two districts of West Bengal
By HT Correspondent, Kolkata
UPDATED ON JAN 11, 2021 12:43 AM IST
- This comes a day after the TMC supporters allegedly ransacked Suvendu Adhikari’s office in Nandigram in the same district.