West Bengal

Yaas: NDRF deputes highest-ever number of teams for Odisha, Bengal; over 10L evacuated

8:40 pm May 25, 2021

New Delhi: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has earmarked its highest-ever number of teams for deployment in Odisha and West Bengal to undertake relief and rescue operations during cyclone Yaas, its chief S N Pradhan said on Tuesday. He added that according to reports received from the state governments, more than 8 lakh people have been evacuated to safety in West Bengal, the same figures for Odisha were […]

Five-fold increase of cyclones in Bengal: Study

Coast Guard gears up to take on cyclone ‘Yaas’

10:03 pm May 22, 2021

Visakhapatnam: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has geared up to meet the likely challenges from the developing cyclonic storm Yaas on the east coast. The low pressure predicted over north Andaman Sea and adjoining East Central Bay of Bengal on 22 May would intensify into a cyclonic storm by 24 May, said a press release […]

Cong asks PM why he is not adopting “India First” approach in vaccination

11:51 pm May 14, 2021

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi why he is not adopting ”India First” approach in vaccinating its citizens and questioned why six crore vaccine doses were exported out of the country when Indians were not getting them. Congress spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil said at a virtual press conference that the government should bring […]

BJP to boycott WB speaker’s election, not attend Assembly

9:36 pm May 7, 2021

Kolkata: West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh Friday said that party legislatures will boycott the election for the speaker in West Bengal assembly and its newly elected lawmakers will not attend the House till the post poll violence in the state is controlled. The speaker’s election is slated for Saturday. The BJP lawmakers will not […]

BJP congratulates Mamata, TMC for winning WB polls

10:16 pm May 2, 2021

Kolkata: BJP Sunday congratulated Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress for winning the West Bengal assembly election for the third successive term and assured that the saffron party will work as a constructive opposition. BJP will cooperate with the government in all its pro-people activities, the party’s state vice-president Jay Prakash Majumdar said. “We will play […]