New Delhi: After Malda, infant deaths were reported from the West Bengal state-run Behrampore Hospital in Murshidabad district, where nine babies have died during the last 48 hours. Sources said they were suffering from Pneumonia. Malda Sadar Hospital had reported 110 deaths between January 1 and January 27. The hospital's vice-principal, MA Rashid, told reporters on Saturday that of the 110 deceased, 87 were below one-year-old. According to him, the...
08:31 AM, Jan 29, 2012
New Delhi: Five more infants died at Malda Sadar Hospital on Friday, taking the death toll in one week to 37. "37 infants have died since the last seven days. Three infants and two children have died in the last 24 hours," reports said. Most of the children have died after they were referred from rural hospitals in critical state, the hospital said. The babies, who were born underweight and...
10:55 AM, Jan 27, 2012
Malda: Four more children have died at the Malda Medical College and Hospital in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 38 in the past one week. The infants were suffering from bronchitis and cold related diseases. One of the babies was admitted after being referred from another hospital in a very serious condition, but the baby didn't survive for more than one hour. However, hospital authorities say that ...
11:46 AM, Jan 24, 2012
Malda: Four more children have died at the Malda Medical College and Hospital in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 38 in the past one week. The infants were suffering from bronchitis and cold related diseases. One of the babies was admitted after being referred from another hospital in a very serious condition, but the baby didn't survive for more than one hour. However, hospital authorities say that...
11:46 AM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: Taking the crib death toll to 26 in Malda, two more babies died on Sunday at the Malda Medical College. "Two more babies have died last night. Both were suffering from pneumonia," Officials said. Seven babies had died on January 18 while three had passed away on January 19 in the same hospital attached to the Malda Medical College. Earlier officials had said that the babies were brought...
10:30 AM, Jan 22, 2012
Kolkata: Twenty infants have died at the Malada Medical College over the last 72 hours - 3 in the last 24 hours alone. The hospital authorities say the babies were all malnourished, underweight and brought at the last stage. The authorities also maintain that the parents were not aware. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had blasted the media for spreading misinformation on Thursday and urged her party workers not...
12:26 PM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: West Bengal Mamata Banjeree defended her government in the case of several infants dying in Malda, blaming the media and criticising her party workers for blowing events out of proportion. Claiming that 40,000 kids died during the Left rule, she said that a large number of children in the state are undernourished. "We have brought down crib deaths by 2 per cent and we will bring them down...
03:26 PM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: Seven more baby deaths were reported in Malda Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) in West Bengal within last 30 hours, reports said on Wednesday. According to the reports, the hospital officials deny any negligence. The babies were brought in serious condition. The Malda district administration has asked for a report from the hospital. ...
02:27 PM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: In nationwide raids, NIA has arrested 14 people and smashed an international racket which involved in the smuggling and distribution of fake Indian currency notes being supplied by Pakistani agents through the porous Indo-Bangla and Indo-Nepal borders. According to a NIA spokesperson, there was information that few individuals belonging to Malda of West Bengal were engaged in organised smuggling and circulation of high quality and high value fakes...
09:09 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Kolkata: Reports on Thursday said that six infants died at the Malda District Hopsital in West Bengal within the last twenty-four hours. All the infants were allegedly malnourished and underweight and died after being critically ill, sources claimed. So far there have been no allegations of negligence or other complaints against the hospital authorities. Sources said the babies were between one day and four months old. They added that three...
01:39 PM, Nov 10, 2011
Kolkata: Several small airports will be built in different cities in West Bengal to improve air connectivity, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday. "A number of small airports will come up in different cities, tourist attractions and district headquarters like Malda, Digha and Asansol," Banerjee said while laying the foundation stone of a beautification project at Patuli in the outskirts. "This will improve connectivity, we have already...
10:04 PM, Aug 19, 2011
Malda: At least 20 people were injured as the Azimganj-Malda passenger train hit the engine of the Guwahati-Bangalore Express which had derailed earlier in West Bengal. The accident occurred between Gour Malda and Jamirghata stations in Malda division of Eastern Railway. Two bogies and the engine of the Guwahati-Bengaluru Express, which was on its way to the southern city, derailed first and were hit by the Azimganj-Malda Town Passenger leading...
07:16 AM, Aug 01, 2011
Kolkata: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Sunday night said the first priority was rescue of the victims of the rail mishap involving Guwahati-Bangalore Express and Azimganj-Malda passenger train. "Our first priority is to rescue victims and our second priority is to restore normal traffic. We will also see that the stranded passengers are put up at a hotel, given food and made to feel comfortable," Trivedi told newsmen. Stating that...
10:57 PM, Jul 31, 2011
Kolkata: At least one person was killed and 50 were injured when 11 bogies of Guwahati-Bengaluru Express and a passenger train derailed after a collision this evening at Jamirghata in West Bengal's Malda district. Malda GRP sources said one passenger was killed and 50 were injured. Railway spokesperson Anil Kumar Saxena said the body of an elderly woman was found near the derailed engine of the Guwahati-Bengaluru Express. The accident...
08:31 PM, Jul 31, 2011
Kolkata: In fresh post-poll violence, a Trinamool Congress worker's hand was on Tuesday chopped off allegedly by a CPI-M activist in Malda district, even as more illegal firearms were seized from the office of the Left party and other places. The attack on Biswajit Mondal took place close on the heels of two persons, both CPI-M supporters, being burnt to death in Murshidabad district in West Bengal, which has witnessed...
08:23 PM, May 24, 2011
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen maintains terror training camps in West Bengal's Murshidabad, Malda and Nadia districts. ...
11:54 AM, Jun 17, 2010
Around 100 tonnes of mangoes from Malda will be sold at several food courts in South Africa during World Cup. ...
09:36 AM, Jun 12, 2010
Brother of late leader who won in Malda several times denied ticket. ...
10:00 PM, Mar 26, 2009
Villagers whose birds are being culled are demanding higher compensation. ...
02:30 PM, Dec 18, 2008
This is the second time in a year that Malda has been hit by the avian flu. ...
02:09 PM, Dec 18, 2008
