Kolkata, May 30 -- Amid eyebrows raising in the medical fraternity and the opposition circles the Bengal Government has decided to safeguard "Jaan" and operationalise "Jahan" even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday declared that the State will be fully functional from the first week of June with the opening of both religious places and public offices.

"While temples, mosques, churches and gurudwaras will open from June 1, the public and private sector will become fully functional from June 8," she said adding not more than 10 persons will be allowed entry in religious places.

Public and private sector offices too will begin work with full staff strength, she said allowing public transport to ferry passengers to their full capacit...