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Cyclone Yaas: Central team's three-day visit to West Bengal from tomorrow, will assess impact of storm
• 4 years agoThe 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
• 4 years agoThe 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
• 4 years agoThe 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
Fp Staff • 4 years agoBandyopadhyay, 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'
• 4 years agoThe 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
• 4 years agoBanerjee 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
• 4 years agoThe 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
• 4 years agoBanerjee'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
Debi Mohanty • 4 years agoThe 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
• 4 years agoThe IMD said that the likelihood of heavy rain will persist as long as the cyclone system exists in the vicinity of the state