Dr Harsh Vardhan’s letter dated March 25 reportedly said that Bengal has four testing centres, the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) and Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) in Kolkata, Midnapore Medical College and the North Bengal Medical College.
An Asansol councillor from the ruling party TMC had appealed to Muslims on social media that the only way to defeat and cure coronavirus is to perform Azaan.
A student of Presidency University, Kolkata has alleged that she was asked by a member of the SFI to 'sleep with' people associated with the BJP on the campus so that she could then play the victim card when SFI would come to 'rescue' her.
The Press Council of India has issued a showcase notice to the Bengal based ultra-left wing rag Telegraph for comparing President of India Ramnath Kovind with the deadly global pandemic COVID-19.