Monideepa Banerjie

Wearing PPE, Trinamool Youth Leader Takes Man With Covid Symptoms To Hospital

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday August 13, 2020

Wearing PPE, a TMC leader in West Bengal's Jhargram district carried a man having COVID-like symptoms on a bike to the hospital after his family failed to arrange an ambulance.

Mamata Banerjee Changes Lockdown Dates Again, Opposition Fumes

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday August 13, 2020

The Mamata Banerjee government has once again tweaked the dates for the lockdown in West Bengal in August. This is at least the third time that it has amended its original list of lockdown dates, inviting offensives from the opposition parties.

"Request Everyone To Continue Prayers": Pranab Mukherjee's Son Tweets

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday August 12, 2020

Former President Pranab Mukherjee is "haemodynamically stable", his son Abhijit Mukherjee tweeted this evening amid concerns over the health of the 84-year-old, who had an emergency brain surgery two days ago and is battling coronavirus. In a statement yesterday, Delhi's Army hospital, where he is admitted, said his condition is "worsening".

Extracorporeal Life Support Helps Patients With Severe COVID-19 Symptoms In Kolkata

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Wednesday August 12, 2020

Doctors at private hospitals in West Bengal's Kolkata are making use of a different technique to help certain patients with severe COVID-19 symptoms like pneumonia when even ventilators fail to help with their recovery.

At COVID-19 Meet, Mamata Banerjee Asks PM Modi For Funds, Ventilators

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday August 11, 2020

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for funds and medical devices including ventilators and nasal cannulae to combat coronavirus. The Centre, the Chief Minister also said, should point to the vaccine to be procured and used and issue guidelines in this regard.

"Big Day For Andaman, Nicobar": PM On Submarine Cable To Boost Network

India News | Reported By Monideepa Banerjie, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Monday August 10, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today dedicated to the nation via video conferencing the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair, which "will enable delivery of faster and more reliable mobile and landline telecom services to Andaman & Nicobar Islands, at par with other parts of India," said an official statement.

Bengal Blames Comorbidity For 87% COVID Deaths Amid Record Spike In Cases

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Saturday August 8, 2020

West Bengal reported 2,954 new cases of coronavirus and 56 deaths on a day the state chief secretary said that the COVID-19 death rate in Bengal stands at 2.2 per cent and that 87 per cent patients who died had severe comorbid conditions.

CPI-M Leader Shyamal Chakraborty Dies In Kolkata At 76, Had Coronavirus

India News | Reported By Monideepa Banerjie, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Thursday August 6, 2020

A seasoned leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI-M in Bengal- Shyamal Chakraborty - died this afternoon of coronavirus at a hospital in Kolkata.

West Bengal Logs Biggest 24-Hour Jump In Coronavirus Cases, Deaths

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday August 6, 2020

West Bengal logged the highest number of fresh coronavirus cases and virus fatalities on Wednesday. 2,816 new cases were registered on Wednesday in the state while 61 COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours. In a first, the state's North 24 Parganas raced past Kolkata and reported 709 new coronavirus cases, 44 more than the state capital.

As Bengal Celebrates Temple Event, Mamata Banerjee's Unity Tweet

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday August 6, 2020

In Bengal, an anti-COVID-19 lock down today ensured Ayodhya Bhoomi Poojan celebrations were few and far between. But that they took place at all signalled countdown to the 2021 electoral face-off that the Trinamool and BJP are hurtling towards in this state.

On Big Day For Ayodhya, Mamata Banerjee's Post On "Unity In Diversity"

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday August 5, 2020

Mamata Banerjee tweeted a message of communal harmony and unity in diversity on the day of the mega Ram temple "Bhoomi Pujan" at Ayodhya. The Bengal Chief Minister said the country had "always upheld" the age-old legacy of unity in diversity and it must be preserved.

BSF Jawan Shoots Two Colleagues In North Bengal, Surrenders

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday August 4, 2020

Two BSF soldiers were shot dead by a constable of their unit in the early hours today in Bengal's North Dinajpur district. The unit's company commander had to persuade the constable for a long time to drop his weapon.

"Parliament Not Consulted": Bengal To Run Fine Comb On Education Policy

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Monday August 3, 2020

A six-member committee of educationists in West Bengal will look into the National Education Policy - a major reform in decades that will affect millions of students in India - over allegations that the centre's move doesn't have the sanction of parliament or concurrence of the states.

Bengal Government's Grievance Redressal System Gets Top Award

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Saturday August 1, 2020

The West Bengal government has received the top award from the Skoch Foundation for the performance of the grievance redressal cell of the Chief Minister's Office. The prestigious and highest Digital India Platinum Award was given away digitally at the 66th Skoch Summit on Thursday at New Delhi.

Somen Mitra Was "Youngest Older Brother" Who Bridged Past, Future Of Congress In Bengal

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday July 30, 2020

Somen Mitra, Bengal's stalwart Congress leader and state unit chief since September 2018, died in the early hours today, leaving behind his wife and son and innumerable political followers. He was 78.