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The recovery rate has increased to 96.56 per cent.(Representational) In the past 24 hours, 1,253 persons tested positive for Covid-19 and 33 persons died in the state. As many as 1,861 persons were cured of the infection. The number of active cases further decreased and became 14,108. The total death toll stood at 9,569 on Saturday. The number of discharged persons is 5,22,331. The recovery rate has increased to 95.66 per cent. The total cases in West Bengal increased to 5,46,008.
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The BJP alleged that its workers were lathicharged by the police during a protest. Several BJP workers, including women, were injured after a clash between BJP workers and police outside Khardah Police Station in North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday. The BJP alleged that its workers were lathicharged by the police during a protest. “Law & order situation has collapsed in the state,” tweeted Arjun Singh, BJP MP from Barrackpore, on Thursday. Singh led a sit-in demonstration later in the day, protesting against alleged atrocities by the police. The BJP has also planned a ‘Khardah Chalo’ movement to protest against the police. ....
Kolkata: 29 injured in road accident According to sources, 14 women are among the injured. They are now at Chittaranjan National Medical College and Hospital. December 24, 2020 8:49:05 am A 40-yr-old man was beaten up for allegedly harassing a woman and then taken around the village on a donkey with his face painted black, police officials said on Wednesday. At least 29 persons were injured in an accident on AJC Bose flyover in Kolkata on Wednesday. All the injured persons were taken to Chittaranjan National Medical College and hospital and seven were admitted. According to sources, 14 women are among the injured. They are now at Chittaranjan National Medical College and Hospital. ....
A view of a vial of Russia s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. (Photo: AP) The third phase of the clinical trial of Russian Covid vaccine candidate Sputnik V is likely to begin at the state-run College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital (CMSDH) in the second week of January. The facility in Kamarhati in North 24 Parganas district is the second hospital after Peerless Hospital in Kolkata where the Russian vaccine candidate trial will be conducted. Sources in CMSDH said a technical advisory committee had already approved the third phase of the trial. “Once the ethics committee gives a green signal, the trial will start. The next meeting of the ethics committee is on January 9,” a senior doctor told ....
Agnimitra Paul The BJP Wednesday issued a show cause notice to its state Mahila Morcha president Agnimitra Paul for “anti-party remarks” after she spoke out against the against the induction of TMC MLA Jitendra Tiwari. The notice was issued by state BJP vice president Pratap Banerjee. In a press byte, Paul had said she was not in favour of Tiwari joining the party. On Tuesday, a similar notice was served to state BJP general secretary Sayantan Basu, and two other party leaders, Ganga Prasad Sharma and Santosh Hati. Basu, too, had spoken out against the induction of the former TMC MLA into the BJP. ....