Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 19 (ANI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that around 3 lakh people have been evacuated and kept in relief camps till now in wake of cyclone Amphan.
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah has spoken to the Chief Ministers of West Bengal and Odisha, Mamata Banerjee and Naveen Patnaik respectively, and assured them of assistance from the Central government in dealing with Cyclone Amphan.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 18 (ANI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that the government will request for 120 more Shramik Special trains in the next few days to bring back migrant labourers and the state government will bear the train fares.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 18 (ANI): A day after the Centre announced the extension of coronavirus lockdown, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that the extension will be applied in the state as well till May 31.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 18 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan wrote to his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee, requesting her to urge the Ministry of Railways for a Shramik special train between Indore to Kolkata, to enable the return of migrant w
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced that the state government will bear the entire cost of movement for its migrant workers by special trains from other states to West Bengal.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): West Bengal government has given nod for 105 special trains to bring back migrant workers and others from 16 States, State Home Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay informed on Saturday.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): Condoling the death of 25 migrant labourrers in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh, the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal on Saturday offered compensation for the family of the deceased.
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to up the ante against Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government and has launched an attack over its stance on trains carrying migrant labourers to the state in the crisis created by coronavirus.
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], May 15 (ANI): Workers from West Bengal residing here on Friday demanded that they should be sent back to their native places in special trains as they have lost their jobs due to coronavirus-induced lockdown.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): BJP Member of Parliament from Barrackpore Arjun Singh on Friday wrote to Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar alleging that that Joint Police Commissioner Ajay Thakur attempted to assassinate him and his family yesterday "under the instruction of Chief Minis
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): The West Bengal government said that it is keen to welcome back people hailing from state stranded in different countries and has long back communicated its agreement to the Centre.