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Inmates of Bengal jail hold staff hostage demanding bail; talks on

Most of the agitators were undertrial prisoners, officials said. The inmates separated the new and old jail complexes by locking the connecting gates. (Image used for representation).

Updated on Apr 18, 2020, 9:09 PM IST

Bengal to start pool sampling to detect Covid-19 carriers

A top official of the state health department said that pool sampling will be done for asymptomatic patients in those areas where prevalence of the disease is less than 2% of the population.

Updated on Apr 18, 2020, 6:33 PM IST

Dollar Industries among several companies eager to start production in Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister said all jute industries can start production with 15% workforce and supply bags to states such as Punjab and Telangana.

Updated on Apr 18, 2020, 11:22 AM IST

Lockdown, hailstorms and insects push mango farmers in Bengal’s Malda to the brink

Bengal’s mango farmers were initially enthused by reports that the postal department was helping their counterparts in another state to deliver their yield to customers.

Updated on Apr 17, 2020, 8:04 PM IST

‘Community transmission threat looms, no crowding in markets’: Bengal CM

She said that the situation in Howrah district “is ultra-sensitive” and that some wards in Kolkata are also ‘red zones’. (Photo by Samir Jana / Hindustan Times)

Updated on Apr 17, 2020, 8:08 PM IST

Covid-19: Kolkata, Howrah figure in red zone; Bengal’s death toll touches 10

Red zones indicate that the number of cases (in the area) is doubling in four days. Many Bengal districts are in the orange zone.

Updated on Apr 16, 2020, 9:39 PM IST

Medical staff at state-run hospitals in Bengal to work every alternate week, says Mamata

Doctors, nurses and other medical staff in state-run hospitals in West Bengal will now get a week-long holiday every alternate week, the state government has announced.

Updated on Apr 16, 2020, 2:21 PM IST

400 families block Bengal highway for 3 hours alleging no food amid lockdown

Chairman of the Trinamool Congress-run run Domkal municipality Jafikul Islam convinced the agitators to lift the blockade. (HT photo)

Updated on Apr 15, 2020, 5:10 PM IST

Hotels, luxury resorts offer quarantine deals in West Bengal

West Bengal has around 580 institutional quarantine centres, where more than 11,000 people are currently under observation. (Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)

Published on Apr 14, 2020, 7:49 PM IST

Coronavirus update: Bengal govt to sanitise secretariat as Covid-19 cases continue to rise

Banerjee said all the civic wards in Kolkata will also be sanitised jointly by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, fire brigade and Kolkata police.

Published on Apr 12, 2020, 12:25 PM IST

Bengal captain Easwaran comes out to help migrant labourers

Bengal cricketer Abhimanyu Easwaran hits a shot on the 3rd day of their Ranji Trophy cricket match.

Updated on Apr 11, 2020, 9:03 PM IST

Bengal police stops 4 weddings which were flouting lockdown; brides, 3 grooms are minors

The father of one of the brides is a migrant labourer who recently returned from Odisha and was asked to stay in home quarantine. He violated the order. (Image used for representation).

Updated on Apr 11, 2020, 3:46 PM IST

Over a hundred defy Covid-19 lockdown, gather for Friday namaz in Bengal district

More than 170 people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi’s Nizamuddin last month have been kept in quarantine at a location near Kolkata.

Updated on Apr 11, 2020, 1:19 PM IST

Assam, Bengal tea industry stares at losses due to Covid-19 lockdown

In West Bengal, 283 gardens, which are spread across the Darjeeling hills, the Terai and the Dooars, employ about 350,000 workers and another 100,000 work for 40,000 small tea growers in north Bengal.(Photo by Parwaz Khan / Hindustan Times)

Updated on Apr 10, 2020, 9:06 PM IST

Covid-19, hydroxychloroquine and Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray

Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray transformed his initiative into Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Works Pvt Ltd, with a capital of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>2 lakh, by 1901.

Updated on Apr 10, 2020, 5:09 PM IST

Forest ranger comes to aid of tea workers

A doctor wearing a protective suit stores a swab in a test tube after taking it from a man to test for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a residential area.

Updated on Apr 10, 2020, 5:57 AM IST

Data on Bengal’s Covid-19 cases appears opaque, raises questions

Unlike other states, the West Bengal government is reluctant to attribute the deaths of Covid-19 patients with pre-existing conditions like heart disease or diabetes to the virus alone, though experts say that such conditions make the Covid-19 disease deadlier.

Updated on Apr 9, 2020, 11:27 PM IST

Battle against Covid-19 takes political turn in Bengal as BJP, TMC trade barbs

As Mamata Banerjee turned down the Centre’s request to let jute mills and tea gardens functions, Union minister Babul Supriyo took digs at the state government for exempting flower, beetle leaves and sweet shops from the lockdown.

Updated on Apr 9, 2020, 7:51 PM IST

News updates from Hindustan Times: Cops, states duty-bound to protect medical professionals, says SC and all the latest news

Several incidents of medical professionals being attacked have been reported in the past few days.

Updated on Apr 8, 2020, 9:09 PM IST

With no transport, lockdown exemption a damp squib in Bengal’s bidi hub

Bidi makers in Murshidababd.

Updated on Apr 8, 2020, 11:51 PM IST

Mamata accuses Centre of allowing Tablighi Jamaat meet, says it could have been stopped

The BJP on Wednesday had accused Mamata Banerjee of indulging in vote bank politics after the West Bengal Chief Minister refused to share any update on those who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi.

Updated on Apr 8, 2020, 7:13 PM IST

7 coronavirus hotspots identified in Bengal, says CM Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Updated on Apr 8, 2020, 4:12 PM IST

Nobel winner Abhijit Banerjee in Mamata Banerjee’s Covid-19 policy team

Indian-origin Economist and Nobel winner Abhijit Banerjee .(File photo:Saumya Khandelwal/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Apr 6, 2020, 5:59 PM IST

Bengal Governor urges Mamata to work together with PM to combat Covid-19

Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to work together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to combat the coronavirus threat.

Updated on Apr 6, 2020, 1:51 PM IST

With bidi factories closed amid Covid-19 lockdown, 15 lakh labourers in Bengal district face crisis

Some factory owners have extended help to the poor workforce but most said they will not be able to pay any wage under the present circumstances.

Published on Apr 6, 2020, 7:14 AM IST

SRK, Bengal actors contribute to Mamata Banerjee’s kitty to fight Covid-19 as state goes for austerity

Updated on Apr 5, 2020, 7:46 PM IST

Coronavirus update: Man killed in clash over setting up of quarantine centre in Bengal

A man was killed in a clash between two groups of villagers allegedly over setting up of a quarantine centre at a village school in Birbhum district on Saturday night.

Updated on Apr 5, 2020, 9:45 AM IST

In Bengal, 32 arrested in 7 days for spreading fake news amid lockdown

The cyber cells of Kolkata Police and West Bengal Police have created special teams to crack down on the spread of fake news and rumours. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has also been involved. (Image used for representation).

Updated on Apr 5, 2020, 12:08 PM IST

Covid-19: 11 more test positive in Bengal, number of infections go up to 68

Workers at a workshop stitch personal protective suits for use against the coronavirus pandemic.

Updated on Apr 4, 2020, 10:44 PM IST

Coronavirus update: From boat to jungle, Bengal self isolators find unique places during lockdown

on boats.

Updated on Apr 4, 2020, 10:29 AM IST

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