West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on May 31 wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that her government cannot release Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay who has been asked to report to the Centre in what she called a "unilateral order".
Amid the concerns regarding shortage of COVID vaccines, the Centre on Sunday said India will have nearly 12 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines available for domestic use in June. This is a significant jump from the 79.4 million doses that were available in May.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has once again hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and held him responsible for the second Covid-19 wave in the country.
A large number of farmers arrived at Hisar in Haryana on Monday to gherao the Hisar police commissionerate. In a bid to avert any untoward incident, the Hisar district authorities have intensified security.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure the assured supply of essential medicines for the treatment of mucormycosis (black fungus) and cost-free care to those affected. In a letter to the prime minister, she also pointed out that the illness is not covered under Ayushman Bharat and most other health insurance plans and sought immediate action on the issue.
Watch Muqabla show as Health Ministers talk about Black Fungus and fighting the deadly disease.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that she felt "humiliated" as she was not allowed to speak during the meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Banerjee was present in the meeting with the Prime Minister on handling of Covid-19. The meeting was attended by DMs of 54 districts from 10 states including West Bengal with high Covid cases.
The Congress on Wednesday once again slammed the BJP over the alleged tool kit shared by BJP National Spokersperson Sambit Patra on the central vista project of the government and said that he should use his degree to save the lives of the people instead of indulging in theatrics.
BJP hit out at the Congress over an alleged toolkit of the opposition party on tuesday, saying it wants to tarnish the image of the country and Prime Minister Narendra Modi by calling the new strain of the coronavirus the "India strain" or the "Modi strain".
Hundreds of TMC activists on Monday took out protest rallies in Kolkata and elsewhere in West Bengal, thumbing their noses at lockdown regulations, after the CBI arrested two state ministers, an MLA, and a former party leader in connection with the Narada sting case.
Amid the Vaccine shortage in many states the government has said that between August and December, India would get 216 crore doses of vaccines, if things went as planned. If this pans out, the doses should be sufficient to ensure that the entire adult population of the country is vaccinated.
People living near the banks of the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur once again witnessed the ghastly sight of dead bodies washing up on the ghats of the river on Saturday. Similar scenes were witnessed on Tuesday in the same area, a day after bodies of suspected Covid patients washed up on banks of Ganga in Bihar's Buxar district.
Few officers of Delhi Police on Friday arrived at the office of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) to enquire how it has been managing to provide medicines, oxygen cylinders and several other things required by Covid patients.
Violators continue to flout norms of COVID protocols and guidelines. Hundreds of people were gathered at Charminar, Madina Market at Hyderabad. People were seen violating social distancing and many were seen without masks.
After overwhelming the health apparatus in cities and towns across states, Covid is spreading into the rural areas. watch full debate in Muqabla on india tv.
Since India opened vaccinations to all adults this month, the pace of administering the shots has dropped with states saying they only have limited stock to give out. Cases meanwhile are still rising at record pace in the world’s second-most populous nation.
Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed the government over the goods and services tax (GST) on vaccines, saying the lives of can be lost but the Prime Minister's tax collection should not be lost. In a tweet in Hindi, Rahul Gandhi said, "Lives of people can be lost, but the tax collection of the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) should not be lost."
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the supply of medical oxygen in the state for COVID-19 treatment.
Union Minister V Muralidharan's convoy was attacked allegedly by Trinamool Congress workers in West Bengal on Thursday afternoon. The incident took place in Panchkhudi area of West Midnapore.
Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Tuesday came down heavily on Mamata Banerjee-led-Trinamool Congress over widespread violence in parts of West Bengal following the party's win in the just-concluded Assembly elections. Speaking to reporters in Kolkata, Nadda said that sacrifice of BJP workers will not go in vain, adding that the ideological fight will reach a logical conclusion.
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