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Doctors associations welcomed the initiative, but said private doctors should also get it and the government should give importance to provide assistance to family members of healthcare workers who succumbed to the virus.

The Publishers and Booksellers Guild had initially decided to postpone the 45th edition of the book fair to a later date.

Chatterjee, when asked about a 12-hour gherao of the university's vice chancellor, pro-VC and registrar by some engineering students last week, said the students should not resort to such forms of agitation that cause physical stress to their teachers.

Resumption of services over the full 88-km length of the DHR between Darjeeling and New Jalpaiguri stations in the plains at Siliguri will be considered after necessary permission is accorded by the state government.

Baul singer Basude Das, whom TMC Birbhum district chief Anubrata Mondal promised financial help from the West Bengal government, said he will attend Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's rally in the district on December 29.

The BJP's 'false campaign' will not work in the state, Trinamool Congress general secretary Partha Chatterjee told reporters.

Their swab samples have been sent to an ICMR-approved laboratory to examine whether they contain the new Covid-19 strain.

People gathered to watch the phenomenon, which took place after about 400 years, on rooftops and open grounds in different parts of Kolkata and West Bengal though the winter fog partially hindered the view.

To boost the morale of TMC leaders and workers, she said that all should work together in North Bengal to ensure the defeat of BJP in West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021, which are likely to be held in April-May.

35-year old Arya Banerjee, who was found dead at her Kolkata apartment on Saturday, did not die of a 'homicide,' according to the autopsy done on her.

The team of doctors, after reviewing his condition on Saturday morning, found the veteran politician's oxygen saturation at 94 per cent, while the blood pressure, pulse rate and other clinical parametres are also stable, she said.

Dhankhar also commended the country's leadership in effectively handling the Covid-19 pandemic. “It happened due to visionary leadership in our country,” he added.

The accused got angry when her son started vomiting after allegedly being served stale biryani by the victim.

A swarm of bees was seen sticking to the body of a parked Vistara flight in Netaji Subhash Chandra airport in Kolkata recently and the fire department had to use water jets to wash it off.