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The institute had in June asked all students, who got stranded because of lockdown, to leave the campus by June 30 and return two months later for the next semester, but a few of them remained there.

Police identified the body as that of Sujamani Gayen, who was allegedly beaten with sticks and then strangulated todeath by her daughter-in-law and three others over a family fight

The move was initiated by Shovon Mukherjee, also known as 'Kolkata's Padman'.

As per the new changes the lockdown will be enforced on August 20 and 21 and August 27 and 28, instead of August 16, 17, 23 and 24 as announced earlier

The factory has been operating with 100 per cent staff strength to meet its production and supply commitments, according to an RFI official.

BJP MLA Debendra Nath Roy was found dangling from a nylon rope early Monday morning under mysterious circumstances close to his home in Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district.

Asked whether the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will extend the moratorium on loan repayments till end of the year, the SBI chief said there is no need for extending it across the board beyond August 31, 2020.

The troops fired five rounds from their non-lethal pump action gun in self-defence and subsequently, the miscreants ran across the border towards Bangladesh.

Nusrat Jahan’s statement came two days after the Union Home Ministry announced the ban 59 Chinese mobile applications in India, including popularly used TikTok and UC Browser.

The metro authorities will hold discussions with the state government in this regard after receiving necessary clearances from the ministry, an official said.

BJP MP from Bankura, Locket Chatterjee, was given the charge of general secretary of the party's West Bengal unit.

With lakhs of people rendered homeless in the districts of East Midnapore, Howrah and North 24 Parganas, the state administration has put them up at several shelter homes and temporary relief camps, where the words "social distancing" sound like a luxury.

According to sources at the airport, operations recommenced at noon with the arrival of a Russian chartered plane for evacuation of stranded Russian nationals.

According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bengal is in the 12th slot (as of April 21) among the 32 states and union territories in terms of COVID-19 cases and fatalities.

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Inside the pandal, the walls are crafted using nails with threads mounted on them and crisscrossing each other to form patterns and words such as "Ma" and "Jai Ma Durga" in Braille.