West Bengal

05 Feb

SRL Diagnostics launches laboratory in Durgapur

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SRL Diagnostics, India’s largest diagnostics service provider has announced the launch of a new laboratory in Durgapur, West Bengal. The state of the art laboratory has the capacity to conduct 30,000+ tests in a month ranging from simple routine tests to semi-specialized and specialized tests. Recognizing the rising demand for quality diagnostic services, SRL has expanded its capabilities by launching the additional laboratory in the state of West Bengal. The citizens of Durgapur will now have access to SRL’s extensive test menu comprising of 3500+ tests and a range of well-curated preventive healthcare packages. Mr. Anand K, Chief Executive Officer,…

01 Feb

FNP Cakes ‘N’ More Unveils its first outlet in Howrah, West Bengal

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FNP Cakes ‘N’ More (A unit of Ferns N Petals) has opened its first outlet in Howrah in West Bengal. With the launch of the 9thcake outlet in the state, the bakery brand now has 143 retail outlets PAN India.Located at138, GT Road Shree Apartments, Shibpur, the new outlet is spread across 250 Square feet of space, offering all kinds of cream cakes, fondant cakes, dry cakes, and many more. The store also offers a wide range of bakery products, chocolates, quick snacks, beverages, other savouries and soft toys. To maintain the quality standards, the company has set up a…

22 Jan

Tram to mark Netaji’s birth anniversary flagged off in Kolkata

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Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Madan Mitra on Saturday flagged off a tram in Kolkata themed on the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, calling it a "befitting" response to the Centre's rejection of West Bengal's Republic Day tableau that had the same theme. Hitting back, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president Sukanta Majumdar said Mr. Mitra's comments showed that the TMC was looking to reap political dividends from every project of the State government. The single-bogey tram was flagged off by Mr. Mitra, the chairman of West Bengal Transport Corp. Ltd., at the Gariahat depot in south Kolkata.…

10 Jan

West Bengal reports all-time high of 24,287 Covid-19 cases

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West Bengal health department on Sunday reported an all-time high of 24,287 new cases of Covid-19 infections, the highest since the first wave of infections hit the country in 2020. Kolkata registered the highest number of new cases at 8,712 compared to 7,337 cases on Saturday. The state's positivity rate stands at 33.89%, while Kolkata's positivity rate stands at 41.93%. While neighbouring North 24 Parganas with several of Kolkata's satellite towns including Salt Lake and its infotech and commercial hub accounting for 5,053 cases against the previous day's 3,286 cases. In the last 24 hours, 71,664 samples have been tested…

06 Jan

Coronavirus: West Bengal makes RT-PCR mandatory for inter-state movement

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India has logged 90,928 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours, and the daily positivity rate is at 4.18 per cent the Union Health Ministry informed on Thursday. The active caseload of COVID cases in the country now stands at 2,85,401. As per the Ministry, 2,135 cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in India, of which 828 have recovered. As many as 4,82,551 recoveries and 534 deaths from the virus in the last 24 hours were also reported by the Ministry. While the cumulative recoveries from the virus stand at 3,43,21,803, the total COVID deaths were reported…

03 Jan

Bengal announces fresh COVID curbs: Schools and colleges shut, offices at 50% strength

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Bengal on Sunday re-imposed certain Covid restrictions - closing of schools and colleges, and capping attendance at private and government offices at 50 per cent - in the light of a worrying increase in daily cases, including those of the Omicron variant.A 10 pm - 5 am night curfew has been ordered, following in the footsteps of Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Only essential and emergency services can operate in this time. Starting tomorrow (Monday), schools, colleges and universities in Bengal will be closed, as will swimming pools, gyms, spas and beauty salons, and wellness centres. Flights from Mumbai and…

31 Dec

Prayag launches sturdy Water Tanks

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Prayag, has unveiled extra strong and durable water tanks in the inspiring Achievers Meet 2021 held in Kolkata. More than 400 Dealers and distributors of Prayag Bath Fittings thronged the exciting event that was also attended by the celebrity Jasleen Mathias. A perfect combination of technology and innovation Prayag Tanks have been rigorously tested for durability and are virtually unbreakable. Prayag Tanks have the unique dual advantage of being lightweight and much tougher than other ordinary tanks. Mr. Nitin Aggarwal, CEO, Prayag said, “With our high-quality and reliable products we have successfully been able to garner consumer trust across the…

31 Dec

Abir Chatterjee’s next film “KranaSubarner guptodhon” with Arjun Chakrabarty and Ishaa Saha

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Sona daa is ready for a new adventure and as usual, Abir and Jhinuk will accompany him. Another film from the ‘Guptodhon’ franchise has been announced on the last day of the year and it has made all fans too excited for it. Director Dhrubo Banerjee will direct ‘Karnasubarner Guptodhon’ and the title suggests, once again it will be a deep journey into the Bengal’s rich history along with mystery and adventure. Abir Chatterjee, Arjun Chakrabarty and Ishaa Saha will reprise their roles of Sona daa, Abir and Jhinuk respectively. In his previous two films ‘Guptodhoner Sondhane’ and ‘Durgeshgorer Guptodhon’, Dhrubo had mixed the thrills of history…

31 Dec

A new play “SOB CHORITRO JIBONTO” staged in Kolkata

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Kolkata: According to the information from the Government of West Bengal, with the support of department of information and cultural affairs, the play “SOB CHORITRO JIBONTO” was staged on October 29 , Friday at the Yogesh Mime Theatre in Kolkata .This wonderful play is written and directed by Raja Sarkar. In this play, it is seen that Rana Dutta who is a well-paid employee staggers home every night after drinking alcohol. He has a small family of two-he and his beautiful wife. But in their married life there is only emptiness. In the evening a theatre troupe rehearsals regularly in…

30 Dec

Dr Mohan’s Diabetes Specialties Centre

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New Delhi/ Mumbai/ Siliguri, December 2021: Dr Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre has launched a diabetes comprehensive care centre in Siliguri. It will provide complete diabetes care under one roof. This will be the 3rd centre in West Bengal and the 50th centre in India. The Siliguri centre will be opened for appointments from 3 January 2022. Renowned Gynaecologist and Head of New Ramkrishna Seva Sadan, Dr. G.B. Das was the Chief Guest of the occasion and Chief Executive Officer of Siliguri Greater Lions Eye Hospital, Dr. Rajesh Saini was the Guest of Honour. Dr. Manodip Acharyya was present along with…