The Sealdah division has set up Emergency control rooms from May 25 to May 27 and installed pumps at all critical places to mitigate water logging. Public announcements were also made frequently at all stations, the Railways said.
As heavy rain and gusty winds continue in Kolkata following the landfall of severe cyclonic storm 'Remal', the Kolkata Municipality team and Kolkata Police Disaster Management team are engaged in clearing uprooted trees in the Alipore area of the city.
Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, Congress MP Manish Tewari on Sunday hailed Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and said that despite hot weather people in large numbers attended her election rally held in Chandigarh.
A social organisation has placed nearly 70 water tubs at different locations from Kalibari to Hatli Morh to provide drinking water to stray animals during the extremely hot weather.
Pakistan's vocal endorsement of China's position on Taiwan comes amidst growing global attention on the Taiwan Strait tensions and heightened diplomatic manoeuvers surrounding the island's status.
The latest victim, a 12-year-old girl from the Kili Malak Haqdad area of Darozai union council in Balochistan's Killa Abdullah district, succumbed to the relentless grip of polio.
Passengers complained that the airlines did not inform them about the cancellation of their flights through email or registered phone number. Some of them demanded hotel costs and food allowance from the airline.
Earlier this month, Hamas greenlit a ceasefire proposal mediated by Qatar and Egypt, aimed at ending the seven-month Gaza conflict, despite Israel deeming the offer inadequate.
Singapore and Vietnam have called for regional peace and stability at a time when China was conducting large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan, Taiwan News reported.
Italy has announced that it will restore the funding for the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) months after it suspended aid to the agency over Israel's allegations linking UN staff to the October 7 attack, Al Jazeera reported.
Following the successful inaugural US-Japan-Philippines trilateral summit and joint maritime patrols in the South China Sea in April this year, a new multilateral group, the 'Squad' has emerged - a four-way counterbalance to China amid escalating tensions between China and the Philippines