The IMD has issued an alert message and warned the fishermen not to venture into North Bay of Bengal along and off West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts on May 27.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Despite an alert issued from the administration and India Meteorological Department (IMD), fishermen were seen fishing in the Mohana near Digha area in West Bengal's East Medinipur…
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday filed a chargesheet against former Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan who has been described as the mastermind in the incident of attack on an ED team and CAPF personnel outside…
West Bengal on Monday said nearly 29,500 houses in 24 blocks and 79 municipal wards, mostly in the south coastal areas of West Bengal, were partially or entirely damaged by Cyclone Remal. The state officials...
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Urging the intervention of the Election Commission of India, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Saumitra Khan on Monday wrote a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar alleging that a…
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. In all, 48 polling stations, mostly located in North and South 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal, were damaged due to the impact of Cyclone Remal, a senior poll official said on…
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Nearly 29,500 houses in 24 blocks and 79 municipal wards, mostly in the south coastal areas of West Bengal, were partially or entirely damaged by Cyclone Remal, a state government…
Windspeed reached 120 kmph over Sagar islands and at 90 kmph at Dum Dum. The rainfall received in Kolkata was 140 mm, Haldia 110mm and many places had more than 60 mm rainfall. Rainfall led to inundation in many areas of Sunderbans.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. In the aftermath of cyclone 'Remal' Metro services were disrupted on Monday due to waterlogging on tracks between Park Street and Esplanade Metro station amidst the heavy downpour in…
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. West Bengal chief secretary Bhagwati Prasad Gopalika has been granted a three-month extension until August, an official said on Monday.
Kolkata: At least six people in West Bengal and 10 in Bangladesh have been reported dead due to Cyclone Remal, Reuters reported. Heavy rains and wind gushed the entire region as the Cyclone Remal made landfall on Sunday. “Packing speeds of…
Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim said that Kolkata Municipal Corporation has been regularly reminding the owners and residents of dilapidated buildings to repair them. “But they conveniently ignore our advice,” Hakim said.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Monday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee of issuing "fake" OBC certificates in order to appease a particular…
As the severe cyclonic storm 'Remal' makes landfall between Bangladesh and the adjoining West Bengal coast, the Indian Coast Guard said on Monday that it is closely monitoring the landfall of the cyclone with a disaster response team,…
With winds gusting up to 135 kilometres per hour, severe cyclonic storm 'Remal' made landfall between the coasts of Bangladesh and adjoining West Bengal, bringing heavy rains that flooded homes and farmland, and leaving a trail of…
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Widespread devastation is visible across coastal areas of West Bengal on Monday, a day after severe cyclonic storm 'Remal' made landfall packing winds up to 135 kilometres per hour.