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Lockdown In Bengal For 2 Weeks From Tomorrow, Essential Services Allowed
The West Bengal government today announced that the state will go under a near lockdown for two weeks starting tomorrow. Looking to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections, all offices and educational institutions will be shut down.
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Durga Puja 2020: Migrants, Coronavirus Dominant Pandal Themes. See Pics
Durga Puja 2020: In a pandemic year, Durga Puja organizers have chosen the sudden Covid lockdown triggered migrant crisis and the 'coronavirus' as themes for the pandals. Migrants and Covid have emerged as the dominant themes of pandals and decorations in Kolkata and other places.
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For India, It's Business As Usual Despite Virus
India is on course to top the world in coronavirus cases, but from Maharashtra's whirring factories to Kolkata's thronging markets, people are back at work -- and eager to forget the pandemic for festival season.
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Kolkata Restaurant Is Offering Mask With Zip! Customers Can Eat While Wearing These Masks
A restaurant in Kolkata is now offering special masks attached with zips to all the visitors so that they can eat without having to take off the mask.
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Kolkata Airport Releases September Schedule For Flights From 6 Cities
With lockdown in West Bengal extended till September 20, the Kolkata Airport has allowed incoming flights from six cities in a limited manner.
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Bengal Extends Lockdown, Flights Banned From 6 Cities Allowed From Sept 1
Bengal has extended the coronavirus lockdown in the state to September 20, with a "hard lockdown" scheduled for September 7, 11 and 12
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Kolkata Children, Who Once Aspired To Be Doctors, Teacher, Now Cook-Clean For Survival
At a slum of about 40 plastic covered shacks next to the tracks of Majerhat Railway Station in Kolkata, 15-year-old Priyanka Khatoon has trouble remembering the name of her school. This isn't surprising as she hasn't been to school since March 25 when the nationwide lockdown was imposed to take on the coronavirus pandemic.
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No Flight Operations At Kolkata Airport On Revised Total Lockdown Days
Authorities of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport Tuesday announced that flight operations at the airport will remain suspended on all the revised seven days of total lockdown in West Bengal this month starting from August 5.
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Coronavirus: No Flights In Or Out Of Kolkata On Hard Lockdown Days
No aircrafts would be allowed to fly into or out of the state capital tomorrow and on July 29 as the Kolkata airport would remain closed for all flights on days of hard lockdown to check spread of coronavirus, the Mamata Banerjee-led state government said today.
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Bengal Actor-MP Offers Help To Elderly Man, On Crutches, Selling Masks
Actor and Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Dev has offered to help an elderly man, who has been hit hard by the coronavirus lockdown and walks several kilometres every day with the help of his crutches to sell masks and earn a living.
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Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Ministers Violated Lockdown Rules: Bengal BJP Chief Dilip Ghosh
Pinning blame on the ruling dispensation for the rise in COVID-19 cases in West Bengal, the state BJP on Thursday alleged that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee along with other Trinamool Congress (TMC) ministers has violated the lockdown norms, thereby encouraging others to follow suit.
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7-Day Lockdown For Now In Bengal, Will Extend If Needed: Mamata Banerjee
Lockdown in Bengal's containment zones will be continue for seven days and will be extended further if needed, Chief Minister Mamata Banejee said today, after clearing lists redrawn containment zones in state capital Kolkata and its neighbouring Howrah and the north 24 Parganas districts.
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Offices Shut, Transport Banned In Bengal's COVID Containment Zone Rules
Amid a spike in coronavirus cases, Bengal has declared strict lockdown from 5 pm on Thursday in redisgnated and newly expanded containment zones across Kolkata and the rest of the state. Large parts of Kolkata, among the country's worst-hit by the virus, will shut down.
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Kolkata's Iconic Coffee House Reopens After 103 Days
The iconic Indian Coffee House in Kolkata's College Street area - a favourite joint of poets, writers, painters and artists over the years - reopened on Thursday, 103 days after downing its shutters due to the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown.
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Kolkata's Air Quality Dips After Lockdown Eases
Air quality in Kolkata is witnessing a dip with more vehicles on the roads since Monday when the first phase of the unwinding of lockdown restrictions began and environmentalists are worried that the situation may worsen quickly.
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Lockdown In Bengal For 2 Weeks From Tomorrow, Essential Services Allowed
The West Bengal government today announced that the state will go under a near lockdown for two weeks starting tomorrow. Looking to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections, all offices and educational institutions will be shut down.
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Durga Puja 2020: Migrants, Coronavirus Dominant Pandal Themes. See Pics
Durga Puja 2020: In a pandemic year, Durga Puja organizers have chosen the sudden Covid lockdown triggered migrant crisis and the 'coronavirus' as themes for the pandals. Migrants and Covid have emerged as the dominant themes of pandals and decorations in Kolkata and other places.
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For India, It's Business As Usual Despite Virus
India is on course to top the world in coronavirus cases, but from Maharashtra's whirring factories to Kolkata's thronging markets, people are back at work -- and eager to forget the pandemic for festival season.
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Kolkata Restaurant Is Offering Mask With Zip! Customers Can Eat While Wearing These Masks
A restaurant in Kolkata is now offering special masks attached with zips to all the visitors so that they can eat without having to take off the mask.
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Kolkata Airport Releases September Schedule For Flights From 6 Cities
With lockdown in West Bengal extended till September 20, the Kolkata Airport has allowed incoming flights from six cities in a limited manner.
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Bengal Extends Lockdown, Flights Banned From 6 Cities Allowed From Sept 1
Bengal has extended the coronavirus lockdown in the state to September 20, with a "hard lockdown" scheduled for September 7, 11 and 12
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Kolkata Children, Who Once Aspired To Be Doctors, Teacher, Now Cook-Clean For Survival
At a slum of about 40 plastic covered shacks next to the tracks of Majerhat Railway Station in Kolkata, 15-year-old Priyanka Khatoon has trouble remembering the name of her school. This isn't surprising as she hasn't been to school since March 25 when the nationwide lockdown was imposed to take on the coronavirus pandemic.
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No Flight Operations At Kolkata Airport On Revised Total Lockdown Days
Authorities of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport Tuesday announced that flight operations at the airport will remain suspended on all the revised seven days of total lockdown in West Bengal this month starting from August 5.
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Coronavirus: No Flights In Or Out Of Kolkata On Hard Lockdown Days
No aircrafts would be allowed to fly into or out of the state capital tomorrow and on July 29 as the Kolkata airport would remain closed for all flights on days of hard lockdown to check spread of coronavirus, the Mamata Banerjee-led state government said today.
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Bengal Actor-MP Offers Help To Elderly Man, On Crutches, Selling Masks
Actor and Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Dev has offered to help an elderly man, who has been hit hard by the coronavirus lockdown and walks several kilometres every day with the help of his crutches to sell masks and earn a living.
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Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Ministers Violated Lockdown Rules: Bengal BJP Chief Dilip Ghosh
Pinning blame on the ruling dispensation for the rise in COVID-19 cases in West Bengal, the state BJP on Thursday alleged that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee along with other Trinamool Congress (TMC) ministers has violated the lockdown norms, thereby encouraging others to follow suit.
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7-Day Lockdown For Now In Bengal, Will Extend If Needed: Mamata Banerjee
Lockdown in Bengal's containment zones will be continue for seven days and will be extended further if needed, Chief Minister Mamata Banejee said today, after clearing lists redrawn containment zones in state capital Kolkata and its neighbouring Howrah and the north 24 Parganas districts.
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Offices Shut, Transport Banned In Bengal's COVID Containment Zone Rules
Amid a spike in coronavirus cases, Bengal has declared strict lockdown from 5 pm on Thursday in redisgnated and newly expanded containment zones across Kolkata and the rest of the state. Large parts of Kolkata, among the country's worst-hit by the virus, will shut down.
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Kolkata's Iconic Coffee House Reopens After 103 Days
The iconic Indian Coffee House in Kolkata's College Street area - a favourite joint of poets, writers, painters and artists over the years - reopened on Thursday, 103 days after downing its shutters due to the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown.
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Kolkata's Air Quality Dips After Lockdown Eases
Air quality in Kolkata is witnessing a dip with more vehicles on the roads since Monday when the first phase of the unwinding of lockdown restrictions began and environmentalists are worried that the situation may worsen quickly.
