A mobile app will soon be put to use to help the West Bengal government monitor sanitation initiatives in schools across districts. "In Malda district all school inspectors and teachers will be equipped with the mobile app from next month. "They will be monitoring whether toilets are functional, whether they …
MALDA, 29 JAN: Five more babies died at the Malda Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) in the past 24 hours taking the toll to 116 this month. A CPI-M delegation, including party’s Central committee leaders Mr Shyamal Chakraborty, Md Selim and Ms Shyamali Gupta, visited the hospital today. Mr Chakraborty …
With five more babies dying at the State-run Malda Medical College and Hospital on Monday, the number of children died in the facility over the past week has reached 32. West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan told journalists here that the State government was deeply concerned about the deaths and Chief …
The death toll of infants in the last seven days has risen to 21 with five more newborn dying on Thursday in the government-run Malda Sadar Hospital here, according to acting superintendent of the hospital M.A. Rashid. He said the cause of the death of the five new born babies, …
Severe cold claimed the lives of at least seven infants at Malda state hospital in West Bengal on Friday. Sources said all the babies were less than three months old. "The infants were brought in a critical condition and died within one hour because of birth asphyxia and hypothermia," Malda's …
KOLKATA, 22 DEC: The city today experienced the second coldest day in the past 20 years with the mercury dipping to 10.8 degree Celsius. In the past 20 years, the minimum temperatures had dipped below 11 degrees Celsius only twice with 10.5 degrees Celsius on 30 December 1991 and 10.8 …
Calcutta, Nov. 23: The state government has decided to upgrade primary health centres to provide round-the-clock service, including “basic obstetrics” such as neo and post-natal care and child immunisation, the move aimed at reducing the burden of referrals on medical college hospitals in Calcutta. According to a report prepared by …
Malda, Nov. 14: A fresh spate of crib deaths at the Malda Medical College and Hospital has left 11 babies dead in a day. Eight of them died this morning. Of them, one is a year-old. The rest are newborns. Hospital superintendent Himadri Anri said no efforts were spared to …
Death of nine infants was reported over two days at the Malda Sadar Hospital in West Bengal's Malda district on Thursday. While six were reported dead on Wednesday, three more deaths were reported till Thursday evening. According to the hospital authorities, of the three infants that died during the day, …
MALDA/BALURGHAT, 1 SEPT: With erosion wrecking havoc, the only school under Hiranandapur gram panchayat at Bhutni islet, Munilaltola Primary School with 200-odd students, is facing serious consequences. On Wednesday, the village education committee (VEC) had proposed to put the school on sale. Mr Ramprabesh Mandal, the chairman of the district …
Malda, Aug. 25: The district administration today asked the people of Hiranandapur gram panchayat on Bhutni island to move to safer places as an embankment along the Ganga would be breached anytime. Addressing her first news conference after taking charge as the Malda district magistrate, Archana said the irrigation department …
KOLKATA/MALDA, 24 AUG: Four more flood-related deaths have been reported from Nadia and Burdwan over the past 24 hours taking the death toll to 62. Flood situation in north Bengal is likely to deteriorate as heavy to very heavy rains have been predicted in the next 24 hours. Central Water …
KOLKATA, 22 AUG: The flood situation in 15 districts of the state continued to remain grim with the death toll touching 50. Several rivers are in spate with a few flowing above the danger level in some flood-hit districts. Three flood-related deaths were reported in the past 48 hours. Government …
KOLKATA, 19 AUG: Four more persons died today in West Midnapore and Malda taking flood-related death toll to 40 even as the meteorological department predicted heavy rainfall in the state over the next 24 hours. Though the flood situation has marginally improved in south Bengal districts, the threat of devastation …
Despite a brief respite from heavy rain in Kolkata on Tuesday, the threat of floods loomed large over south Bengal even as some of the low-lying areas remained inundated and train services continued to be disrupted. With the authorities of the Damodar Valley Corporation releasing 70,000 cusecs of water from …
Calcutta, Aug. 7: The hospital chain run by cardiac surgeon Devi Shetty has submitted a detailed proposal to the Mamata Banerjee government for the development of crucial infrastructure now missing in rural hospitals. The blueprint proposes to set up dialysis units, diagnostic laboratories, cardiac catheterisation laboratories and coronary care units …
Soil erosion below the railway tracks led to the derailment of the Guwahati-Bangalore Express and the subsequent collision with the Azimgunj Fast Passenger in Malda district of West Bengal on Sunday evening, a preliminary inquiry has revealed. Railway officials probing the collision said a major tragedy was averted as the …
The compensation sum of around Rs 19 lakh allotted by the state government for re-building the houses flattened by storms were returned to the state government. The district administration is reported to have failed to use the amount for the purpose. Official records said that the amount was returned on …
Malda, July 4: The rising rivers in the district, especially the Fulahar whose level has increased by three metres in the past 48 hours, have put in danger around 10,000 people who live along the banks in Ratua, Harishchandrapur and Manikchak. According to irrigation department officials, the Fulahar has already …
Seventeen people have died and over nine lakh people have been affected in the nearly fortnight-long spell of rains in West Bengal. Ten districts have been affected by heavy floods, Disaster Management Minister Javed Khan has said in the Assembly. He said that 25,750 mud houses have been damaged or …
Around 80,000 people living in Manikchak are in panic with rains bringing to halt anti-erosion work along a 4km stretch of the Ganga. Heavy rain last night inundated low-lying areas in Malda district and increased water levels in many rivers. People of Domhat in Manikchak have rued that the anti-erosion …
