New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The government on Saturday dismissed as false the claims circulating on social media that the Centre is planning to create a new Union Territory by combining certain districts from Bihar and West Bengal located near the strategically important Siliguri corridor.The Press Information Bureau (PIB), the government’s official fact-checking agency, clarified that the claim has no basis and urged people not to rely on unverified information circulating online.”Social media po…
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Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday criticised the Mamata Banerjee government after a protest broke out at a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing centre in North Dinajpur district’s Itahar.Taking to his social media platform X, Adhikari said the state administration “failed” to provide security to officials engaged in SIR duty following the mob rampage.”Direct defiance of Hon’ble Supreme Court’s order by West Bengal Police …
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The World Bank on Friday approved a loan of $286 million for a new programme to enhance access to healthcare for over 90 million people in West Bengal.The West Bengal Health System Reform Programme Operation will support delivery of personalised healthcare services across the state for people over 30 years through digital tracking measures for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension and diabetes.It will also bring a patient-centric care approach to the stat…
Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress district youth vice-president in Uttar Dinajpur district was allegedly murdered on New Year’s Eve, said the police on Thursday. His body was recovered from the Milanpara area near Mohanbati market in Raiganj. The police are investigating whether the murder was politically motivated or if there was another reason behind it.Nabyendu Ghosh had only recently become the district youth vice-president of the Trinamool Congress in Uttar Dinajpur in north Bengal…