West Bengal

06 Jul

Protests against fuel price rises in Siliguri

editor0 CommentsIndia, West Bengal

On Monday CPIM and Trinamool Congress held separate protest demonstration in Siliguri against the oil price rises. In the Darjeeling hills, petrol is now priced at Rs 101 and while in Siliguri Rs 99.61. Trinamool Congress protested by cutting a cake where it was written that petrol had crossed 100. Even they also burnt a image of PM Narendra Modi as a token of protest against the fuel price . The Darjeeling district Left front has been continuing protest against the price increse for the past few days. On Monday the DYFI staged protest demonstration in front of the Gandhi…

06 Jul

BJP workers clash with police during a march to the KMC office in Bengal to protest fake vaccines

editor0 CommentsPolitical, West Bengal

Several senior BJP leaders and members were detained by the police as they marched towards the KMC headquarters. They were eventually released. On Monday (July 5), BJP supporters clashed with police during a march to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) offices to protest the city's bogus vaccine fraud. Despite the police denying them permission, saffron party workers and leaders held protests outside the BJP state headquarters and the Hind Cinema. The agitation programme exposed cracks in the saffron camp, as Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and BJP Yuva Morcha president Saumitra Khan were conspicuously absent. The saffron party had…

05 Jul

Mega vaccination camp in siliguri helps over 600 people to get their jab

editor0 CommentsCovid Vaccine, Covid19, India, West Bengal

Over 600 people were vaccinated at the Mega vaccination camp organised by the Rotary Club of Siliguri. The camp was inaugurated by RK Jain and Dr. Rajeev Trehan. They said to the media that more and more people should get vaccinated very soon at this difficult hour. Subhomoy Mitra from Neotia Getwel said they are glad to give vaccination to the common people at places that are near their homes. Rotary Club members Rakesh Garg, Sanjay Sharma, Rajesh Agarwal along with other members were present to make the camp a successful one. After the disastrous effect of covid-19, we had…

05 Jul

A survey suggests that the plastic ban has not been successful across 11 states and two Union territories

editor0 CommentsAssam, India, West Bengal

A survey across 11 states and two Union Territories across the Himalayan region in the country works on the issue of waste suggests that while most people were aware of the existence of plastic bag ban in their areas, most believe the ban has not succeeded. The report published by Roshan Rai, Priyadarshinee Shrestha, and Rajendra P. Gurung, suggests that only 19 percent felt the ban was highly effective, while 82 percent of the respondents were aware of the existence of the plastic bag ban in their region. In Bengal, plastic carry bags are banned in Darjeeling and the Sunderbans;…

03 Jul

Price of one litre petrol crosses Rs 100 in north Bengal

editor0 CommentsBusiness, West Bengal

Motorists have started to shell out over Rs 100 for one litre petrol at some north Bengal towns, following many other parts of the country where the fuel had already breached the three digit mark. In Darjeeling, pumps were charging Rs 100.56 a litre on Friday after the overnight hike by 40 paisa. The price there had jumped to Rs 100.16 on June 29. The price crossed Rs 100 in Cooch Behar, Alipurduar and some parts of North Dinajpur district fort the first time on Friday. One litre petrol was sold at Rs 100.10 at those places. Prices at the…

03 Jul

Bengal Govt fixes medical test rates for private labs and hospitals

editor0 CommentsCovid Vaccine, Covid19, West Bengal

On Friday, West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) fixed the charges on five radiological tests and 15 pathological tests which are conducted by private hospitals. The health department has issued an order that all private hospitals with more than 150 beds would follow the order. Among pathological tests, the Procalcitonin test cannot cost more than Rs 4,000, the upper limit for the IL-6 test has been fixed at Rs 3,500, for D-dimer, it is Rs 2,300. According to the commission, Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, many had complained about exorbitant rates of tests at private hospitals. The commission said it has…

03 Jul

Union health ministry decided would set up two oxygen plants at north Bengal hospitals

editor0 CommentsCovid19, India, North Bengal, West Bengal

The Union health ministry has assigned two central agencies to set up two oxygen plants at the district hospitals of Darjeeling and Kalimpong and decided conduct the projects. On Friday,the BJP MP of Darjeeling Raju Bista said that Pressure Swing Adsorption i.e. medical oxygen generator plants which would be irst-of-its-kind facility in the hills,would be available at the hospitals very soon. The MP, Raju Bista has said that I had written a letter to the Prime Minister , mentioning that and requested him for oxygen plants, one each in these two places and another in Siliguri where patients from all…

02 Jul

Half of the compensation claims for Cyclone Yaas are rejected by the government because they do not pass a scrutiny test

editor0 CommentsWest Bengal

Following spot checks, the Mamata Banerjee government rejected nearly half of the compensation claims in the aftermath of Cyclone Yaas as fake. “Through the Duare Tran programme, the state received 3,81,774 petitions for compensation following Yaas. However, block development officers or heads of urban local bodies have rejected 1,86,815 applications because they were not proven to be legitimate, according to a senior government official. “This time, the whole point of state teams reviewing applications was to catch false claims in the act. Following Amphan last year, complaints of misdeeds surfaced after doles were distributed, and officials conducted verifications. Sudipta Porel,…

02 Jul

TET results set to be published before Puja in West Bengal

editor0 CommentsEducation, West Bengal

on Wednesday, West Bengal Board of Primary Education president Manik Bhattacharya said that The results of TET examination will be disclosed before the Puja.Accordingly, the recruitment will be done on the basis of merit list . Before that the answers of the question paper will also be published.Nearly 2.5 lakh candidates had appeared for the TET exam before the outbreak of the second wave of the pandemic. Next Tuesday the counselling mode will be published on the board website. Earlier, the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced last week that 24,500 teachers would be recruited for primary and secondary schools across the state…

01 Jul

West Bengal government will set up two cancer hospitals in the state

editor0 CommentsWest Bengal

The state government will set up two cancer hospitals in the state, at SSKM Hospital and the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, in association with the Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said. Surgical oncologist Gautam Mukhopadhyay, a former student of the hospital, said the Mumbai institute had set up cancer hospitals in Visakhapatnam and Varanasi. It has also taken over and is now running a cancer hospital in Guwahati. Around 25 per cent of the cancer patients from the state go to the Mumbai hospital for treatment, Mamata said. Such patients and their families have…