The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Election Commission and the West Bengal government to file reports within a week on a PIL which claimed that a state-government undertaking company ...

Nipah virus: What travellers need to know - Thailand and Pakistan have introduced health screenings at international airports as a result of an outbreak ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party is mobilising leaders and resources for a major push in West Bengal, focusing on four core issues ...

Because the bat-borne pathogen currently has no cure, the likes of India, Thailand, Pakistan, Hong Kong and Vietnam have taken measures to help screen for the virus. With a mortality rate of 40 to 75 ...

According to the WHO, the cases are confined to North 24 Parganas district, with no travel reported while the patients were symptomatic. Surveillance, infection prevention and control measures have ...

Airports in Thailand, Hong Kong, and Singapore have ramped up health screening measures amid rising Nipah virus (NiV) cases in January 2026.

Ex-footballer Mehtab Hossain will comply with an EC summons for electoral roll revision in West Bengal, suspecting a name discrepancy. The TMC has criticized the move, which also targeted other ...

New Delhi MP Bansuri Swaraj, Delhi minister Parvesh Verma, and MLAs Anil Sharma and Pawan Sharma among those vetted for Assam; teams being put in place for other states.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has mentioned that it does not recommend any travel or trade restrictions in response to the Nipah virus cases reported in West Bengal. It also noted that risk ...

Three trucks carrying 900 quintal of paddy were seized near Laxmannath Toll Plaza in Odisha’s Balasore district after ...

There is a low risk of the deadly Nipah virus spreading from India, the World Health Organization said on Friday, adding that it did not recommend travel or trade curbs after two infections reported ...