File photo of former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya has tested positive for Covid-19 and doctors have advised him to be in home isolation, health department sources confirmed. The wife of 77-year-old Bhattacharya, Mira Bhattacharya, also tested positive for the infection, following which she was admitted to a city hospital late Tuesday evening, they said. Swab samples of Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, his wife and their attendant were collected this morning and they tested positive for the disease, a source said on Tuesday. A medical board has been formed for Mrs Bhattacharya at the hospital, he added.
Mamata Banerjee takes oath as the chief minister of West Bengal for a third consecutive term. Picture credit: (ANI)
NEW DLHI: Mamata Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief, took oath as the chief minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive term on Wednesday. She was administered the oath by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.
TMC secured 213 seats in the eight-phased West Bengal assembly elections while Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 77 seats. I thank all the people who were looking at the Bengal elections. Our first priority is tackling Covid-19. Secondly, I urge all political parties to look around so that violence to be controlled. From today onwards, I am taking law and order into my hands. I will post the police accordingly to tackle the situation, she said after taking the oath.
Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Narendra Modi seeking COVID-19 vaccines from Centre
ByJayatri NagJayatri Nag / Updated: Feb 25, 2021, 00:34 IST
Narendra Modi,
West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee urged the PM on Wednesday to help with vaccination in the state, ahead of the assembly polls.
Poll-bound Bengal is scheduled to go for elections in April-May.
Mamata, wrote in her letter, that her
government wants to provide free vaccination to all the people of the state before the polls.
“The worrying point is that in the ensuing elections, the people in general will be forced to go to the polling stations without any vaccination coverage, the