Dibyendu Mondal, Author at The Sunday Guardian Live

No doctors unless you are on deathbed: China tells stranded Indian sailors

At least 41 Indian sailors aboard two ships have been stranded off the coast in China for over seven months now, with no respite...

In a major blow to Mamata, TMC heavyweight Suvendu joins BJP

At least 40 other senior leaders quit TMC to join BJP. NEW DELHI: A few months ahead of the 2021 Assembly elections in West Bengal,...

TMC, BJP go all out to woo Bengal’s Matuas

The Matuas form 17% of the population and can sway votes in 40 Assembly seats. NEW DELHI: Both the BJP and the Trinamool Congress (TMC)...

‘Trifurcation led to tussle between MCDs, Delhi govt’

MCDs’ mayors are protesting outside the Chief Minister’s house over alleged non-payment of dues to the MCDs by the Delhi government. New Delhi: The genesis...

India witnesses high Covid recovery, low death rates

Daily recovery rate has been more than the daily confirmed Covid-19 positive cases in the country. New Delhi: With an increasing number of recoveries and one...

Ahead of 2021 polls, Mamata risks losing minority vote bank

New Delhi: The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) is likely to face a fierce challenger in the run-up to the 2021 Assembly elections, slated for...

‘SpiceHealth to provide low-cost healthcare’

CEO Avani Singh says that this would be done without compromising on quality. New Delhi: SpiceJet’s new subsidiary company, SpiceHealth, aims to provide one of...

Unhappiness with Prashant Kishor brews in Mamata’s party

New Delhi: In the run up to the 2021 Assembly elections in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee’s political “tutor”, Prashant Kishor is facing heat from...

SC takes note of petition on price of Covid tests

Plea seeks direction to Centre to fix maximum rate of RT-PCR test at Rs 400 uniformly across the country. New Delhi: As the prices for...

Suvendu Adhikari’s exit is a huge blow to TMC

Back-channel negotiations are currently underway between Adhikari and the BJP. New Delhi: The exit of Suvendu Adhikari from the Mamata Banerjee Cabinet on Friday has come...

‘Delhi govt spent just 1.6% of green cess to tackle pollution’

A major chunk of the environmental cess is collected from trucks that enter Delhi every day. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led Delhi government has...

Raids by Central agencies may reveal big names in Bengal coal, cattle smuggling

New Delhi: Central agencies have conducted multiple raids in West Bengal in connection with coal and cattle smuggling. Sources in these agencies say that...

International gold smuggling racket busted

New Delhi: The Railway unit of Delhi Police on Thursday busted an international gold smuggling racket with the arrest of an accused who was...

TMC bigwig Suvendu Adhikari may join BJP

Adhikari is miffed with the TMC leadership. New Delhi: A few months ahead of the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)...

AIMIM may contest 70 minority dominated seats in Bengal

The Hyderabad based All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) is likely to contest over 70 Assembly constituencies in the West Bengal elections scheduled to be held...

Left to replicate ‘Bihar model’ in Bengal

New Delhi: After coming up with a surprising performance by bagging 16 out of the 30 seats contested in the recent Bihar Assembly elections,...

Victory in Bihar bolsters the BJP in Bengal

‘Constituencies with Hindi-speaking people would be impacted by Bihar results’. New Delhi: The resounding victory of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the BJP...

‘Pollution-related ailments affecting 73% Delhi-NCR households’

New Delhi: Over 73% of the households in Delhi NCR (national capital region) have one or more individuals suffering from pollution-related ailments in their...

Therapeutic treatment helping Covid patients

New Delhi: As the Covid-19 pandemic has progressed over the last eight months, multiple therapeutic treatments have evolved over these months, many of which...

BJP to woo Bengali ‘intellectual community’ ahead of polls

New Delhi: Following Union Home Minister and former BJP president Amit Shah’s visit to Bengal ahead of the 2021 Assembly elections in the state,...

Amit Shah charts 23-point poll programme for Bengal BJP

New Delhi: Former BJP President and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was on a two-day visit to poll-bound West Bengal, has charted an...

Rising Covid cases in some states worry Officials

The Covid graph in Maharashtra, Delhi, Kerala and Bengal has seen a sharp rise. New Delhi: Even as India is inching towards flattening the Covid-19...

Delhi police sees 5,000 Covid cases, 21 deaths so far

Cops have been at the forefront in the war against Covid-19. New Delhi: As the coronavirus wreaks havoc in the national capital which has witnessed...

Amit Shah may take direct charge of BJP in Bengal before polls

New Delhi: To contain the infighting within the Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the central leadership of the party has decided to...

‘Wanted’ Gurung may have struck a ‘deal’ with Mamata

‘Mamata’s political tutor Prashant Kishor could be behind Gurung’s move to break alliance with BJP in Bengal’. New Delhi: The sudden break-up of the long-standing...

‘There are many other diseases in India, corona is not the only one’

Renowned epidemiologist Jayaprakash Muliyil says the ‘shutdown’ over the current pandemic has affected people diagnosed with other serious illnesses like cancer. New Delhi: One of...

Delhi’s air quality drops as stubble burning rises

‘Most farmers are poor and cannot afford a machine to remove stubbles from fields’. New Delhi: With winter slowly setting in, the air quality in the...

Delhi will have a low key festival season this year

New Delhi: Delhi will see muted festivities and celebrations during the upcoming festive season this year, keeping in mind the Covid-19 pandemic that has...

CPM goes young and digital

Party launches an aggressive social media strategy to stay relevant in Bengal politics. New Delhi: The Communist Party of India (Marxist), which has otherwise followed...

Bengal will sanitize TMC out of Nabanno: Tejasvi Surya

Mamata government’s action against a peaceful march proved that it is a Syndicate Raj, says the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha chief. New Delhi: The Bharatiya...

Covid-19 protocols being flouted with impunity

New Delhi: Despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare repeatedly requesting people to wear masks and maintain social...

Cash shortage, rising costs trouble aviation sector

‘The government has hardly provided any benefits and help to the industry’. New Delhi: Despite the civil aviation market in India picking up slightly...

‘Pak-based hackers targeting Indian defence units, officials’

‘The cyberattacks are meant to gather intelligence against India’. New Delhi: A Pakistan-backed hacker group is reportedly behind cyberattacks that have been targeting officials of...

Ensuring fair, violence-free polls a challenge in Bengal: Anupam Hazra

Hazra, along with Mukul Roy and Raju Bishta, got a position in the new BJP national team. New Delhi: Three prominent leaders from West Bengal...

Relief for cinema owners, but still a long road ahead

Multiplexes to restart operations keeping in mind Covid-19 safety guidelines. New Delhi: After facing a loss of over Rs 9,000 crore in the last six...

NIA arrests point to Wahhabi extremism in Bengal

Many entities are recruiting jobless youngsters to prepare them for ‘jihad’. New Delhi: The arrest of seven suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists from West Bengal’s Murshidabad district...

‘Hathras horror relives Nirbhaya case memories’

Data shows nothing has changed since the Nirbhaya case, and crimes against women have risen. New Delhi: The gangrape and murder of a 20-year-old Dalit...

Air India ferries over 12 lakh people under Vande Bharat plan

NEW DELHI: Debt-ridden national carrier Air India, which is still looking for a prospective buyer, has ferried more than 12,69,000 people over the last...

Unrecognised varsities operate despite blacklisting by UGC

New Delhi: Several unrecognised universities still continue to operate in different parts of the country, despite the University Grants Commission (UGC) repeatedly listing their...

Rising pollution threatens to make Covid-19 situation worse

New Delhi: The pollution levels which rise quickly in the Indo-Gangetic plains with the onset of winter could worsen the Covid-19 situation in India, doctors...

‘Drunk driving led to 38,000 road mishaps in three years’

Centre passed a strict law last year to increase punishment, penalty for drunk driving. New Delhi: Drunk driving led to over 38,000 road accidents over the...

‘Over 50% of promised loans disbursed to MSME sector’

‘Largest distributor of loans to the distressed MSME sector is the SBI’. New Delhi: The ailing MSME sector, which had been one of the hardest...

At least 14 BJP workers killed in Bengal in nine months

New Delhi: At least 14 BJP workers from West Bengal have lost their lives allegedly at the hands of Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers in...

Grim projections for India in Covid models are far from reality

NEW DELHI: The multiple epidemiological models that came into existence in March and April predicted a grim picture of how the spread of Covid-19...

7 candidates reach vaccine Phase III trial stage

In Phase III, the drug is given to many people to study its effectiveness and safety. New Delhi: In the global race to find a...

Ahead of polls, TMC mulls changing 50% of its sitting MLAs

New Delhi: In a bid to arrest anti-incumbency and complaints of widespread corruption, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is mulling over changing at least 50%...

GST collection falls, Centre, states face revenue deficit

The drop in GST collection has been due to the Covid-19 pandemic hitting economic activities. The depression in economic activities in India due to the...