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End blame game, need of hour is to engage in relief on ground: WB Governor
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 27 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to update him on the situation "as expected under Constitution" and said that need of the hour is to engage in relief on the ground.
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Adhir Ranjan requests PM Modi for more contingents of Army personnel in WB
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Alleging that West Bengal administration has miserably failed to cope with this disastrous situation due to cyclone Amphan, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday wrote to PM Narendra Modi requesting him to send more contingents of Army personnel i
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WB govt makes mandatory for Air travelers to submit self-declaration form
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 26 (ANI): West Bengal Government on Tuesday issued fresh guidelines for domestic air travel keeping in mind the safety of passengers during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Electricity restored in parts of cyclone-affected areas in West Bengal
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 24 (ANI): Giving updates about the restoration work post-cyclone Amphan, West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) has restored electricity in parts of cyclone-affected areas. The super cyclone has claimed 86 lives so far.
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Cyclone Amphan: WB Governor targets Mamata for delay in seeking Army's hel
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 24 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, stating that the Army would have been called three days back to carry out post-cyclone relief work if the TMC supremo had kept the Governor's of
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WB govt taking every effort under Mamata's leadership to tackle cyclone Am
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 22 (ANI): West Bengal government has taken all efforts under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to tackle the situation caused by Cyclone Amphan and COVID-19 crisis, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday.
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Centre should provide financial aid to WB, Odisha: Manoj Jha on Cyclone Am
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Terming the devastation caused by cyclone Amphan in West Bengal and Odisha as massive, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha said Centre should provide financial aid to the affected states and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce cyclone Amphan as a nat
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Cyclone Amphan: MHA team will visit WB, Odisha to assess damage, says NDRF
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Director General SN Pradhan on Thursday said that a team of Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will visit the states (Odisha and West Bengal) to evaluate the damages done by cyclone Amphan.
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Closely monitoring cyclone Amphan, assured all possible help to Odisha, WB
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that the central government is closely monitoring the cyclone Amphan and stated that he has talked to the Chief Ministers of Odisha and West Bengal and assured all possible help to both the states.
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Cyclone Amphan: Road clearance, restoration work underway in WB
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 21 (ANI): Road clearance and restoration work by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel are underway after extremely severe cyclonic storm Amphan hit West Bengal on Wednesday.
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Cyclone Amphan crosses WB-Bangladesh coasts as 'very severe cyclonic storm
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Super cyclone Amphan has crossed West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts as a 'very severe cyclonic storm' with the speed of 155-165 Kmph gusting to 185 km per hour across Sunderban, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday.
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Rainfall, strong winds in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas as cyclone Ampha
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], May 20 (ANI): As cyclone Amphan, which has weakened into a 'very severe cyclone storm, makes landfall in West Bengal, rainfall and heavy winds hit North 24 Parganas on Wednesday.
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