According to the state heath bulletin issued on Sunday, the state has so far reported 19,600 Covid-19 deaths and 16,23,191 cases. It has 7,548 active cases.

Revealing the sequence of the event, police said the woman, said to be in her 20s, was heading to a friend’s house from her residence in Asansol on Thursday night.

Former Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy claimed that these workers have been planted by Kishor's firm I-Pac and he had been informed of this by a committed member in the grassroots.

According to police sources, a joint operation was conducted on Monday night. Sumit, son of former deputy mayor Minati Adhikari, was arrested from his house during the raid.

Heavy police force was deployed in the area to prevent any untoward incident.

In a circular issued by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) on Sunday, students of classes 10 and 12 have been asked to come to school on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Those in classes 9 and 11 can visit school on Tuesday and Thursday.

The case has kicked up a political row with the BJP alleging the involvement of a TMC leader and demanding a fair probe.

It was the TMC who trumped the BJP in terms of the election campaign expenses, by a margin of Rs 3 crore.

Mamata Banerjee said the vehicles ferrying ration will be stationed every 500 metres and the dealers can hire two staff to personally deliver ration at every doorstep.

Court directed the SEC and the state government to file their affidavits detailing their positions on the petition by the next date of hearing.

In the complaint filed on Monday, the woman claimed that the accused called her over to a vacant house in August to discuss matters related to their wedding. She alleged that the accused raped her and on learning she was pregnant, he forced her abort.

We will submit the list before the court. We are hopeful that under the leadership of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, we will be able to provide jobs to around 20,000 teachers," the education minister said.

The authorities of New Alipore College in south Kolkata decided to come up with a database of students who are yet to get Covid-19 vaccines or are awaiting their second dose to ensure that they benefit from the free vaccination campaign on campus at a later date.

Nandigram Diwas is observed every year to pay tribute to 14 people killed in police firing on March 14 in 2007 while protesting against the forceful land acquisition by the then Left Front government.

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar had challenged CM’s claim of hosting the event next April.

West Bengal now has 7,945 active cases. At present, 6,700 are in home isolation while 208 are in safe homes.

A team of frontline workers would also be formed to ensure 100 per cent vaccination, said an order issued by the state health and family welfare department.

A senior official of State Election Commission said, “We will have plenty of police personnel during the municipal elections. Every booth will be guarded by armed police personnel.

Sources said the boy, Sakibul, was being shifted to Kolkata after he suffered head injuries in a fall. Police said five protesters have been arrested.

The state also recorded 880 more Covid-19 recoveries. The number of people cured of the disease in the state has now gone up to 15,64,558, the health department bulletin said.

A section of doctors questioned the timing of this decision, saying it would have made more sense to open these wards at least four months back when there were genuine fears of a third wave.

Peaceful voting was recorded with 63.90 per cent turnout till 5 pm on Saturday. Many turned up to vote, held by younger family members.

“The prime minister went to Bangladesh during the West Bengal Assembly elections and chanted ‘Jai Bangla’ slogan there, standing behind Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. But they never chanted ‘Jai Bangla’ here in West Bengal," Banerjee said.

On October 22, the tribunal’s principal Bench in New Delhi transferred from its Kolkata bench to itself the hearing into Bandyopadhyay’s plea against the disciplinary proceedings initiated by the Centre.