Cyclone Yaas

Cyclone Yaas: Central team's three-day visit to West Bengal from tomorrow, will assess impact of storm

The inter-ministerial team headed by SK Shahi, joint secretary in MHA, will take stock of the situation in South 24 Parganas, Purba Medinipur districts

MHA issues show-cause notice to Alapan Bandyopadhyay for abstaining' from PM's meeting on Cyclone Yaas

The former chief secretary of West Bengal has been asked to file a reply within three days or provisions under the stringent Disaster Management Act, that entail imprisonment for up to two years, may be invoked against him

Cyclone Yaas damaged 2.21 lakh hectares of crops in West Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee

The chief minister said that repair works for 305 embankments out of the 329 damaged ones have been started

Centre, West Bengal at loggerheads over chief secy Alapan Bandyopadhyay; an overview of the controversy

Bandyopadhyay, a 1987-batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, was scheduled to retire on 31 May after completion of 60 years of age

Mamata appeals to Centre to withdraw order recalling Bengal chief secretary, says BJP pursuing 'vendetta politics'

The TMC chief also claimed that Narendra Modi and Amit Shah were trying to create problems for her government at every step as they are unable to digest the BJP's defeat in the recent state Assembly polls

Centre recalls West Bengal chief secy to Delhi after Mamata Banerjee skips meet with Narendra Modi

Banerjee had a brief meeting with the prime minister at the Kalaikunda airbase where she handed over a memorandum on the post-cyclone situation. The BJP leaders later accused her of cutting short the planned review meeting

Cyclone Yaas: Mamata says Bengal 'might not get anything' after 15-minute meet with Narendra Modi

The West Bengal chief minister on Friday sought a Rs 20,000-crore package from the prime minister for redevelopment of areas affected by Cyclone Yaas

'Didi's conduct an unfortunate low': BJP slams Mamata for skipping cyclone review meeting with Modi

Banerjee's relations with the Centre and the BJP top brass have been far from smooth as she has often accused them of using Central agencies and also the governor's office to harass her government

Battered by Cyclone Yaas, villagers in Odisha's Balasore face damaged houses, inundated farmlands

The cyclone has damaged at least 150 kuccha houses in the Chaumukha panchayat, and caused extensive damage to prawn gheris and farmlands

Cyclone Yaas: Five dead due to lightning, electrocution in West Bengal; heavy rains likely across state

The IMD said that the likelihood of heavy rain will persist as long as the cyclone system exists in the vicinity of the state