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WB: Mamata Banerjee to carry out aerial survey in Cyclone-affected areas t
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Nov 10 (ANI): After cyclonic storm 'Bulbul' created havoc in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced that she will conduct an aerial survey in affected areas around Namkhana and Bakkhali to take stock of the situation.
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Cyclone Bulbul: Approx 200 locals given shelter, food at Sagar Pilot Stati
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
South 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], Nov 10 (ANI): Close to 200 people of the villages struck by cyclone Bulbul here have taken shelter at the Sagar Pilot Station of the Kolkata Port Trust on Sunday.
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Cyclone Bulbul wreaks havoc in WB, trees uprooted
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
South 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], Nov 10 (ANI): The severe cyclonic storm Bulbul has wreaked havoc in states' South 24 Parganas region on Sunday. Due to the speedy winds, several trees were uprooted and roads were blocked forcing the administration to carry out road clearance work.
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WB: 1 killed, 2 injured as tree falls over house in North 24 Parganas
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], Nov 10 (ANI): A woman was killed and two others sustained injuries after a tree uprooted by high-speed winds fell over their makeshift house in North 24 Parganas on Sunday.
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WB chief minister Mamata Banerjee visits Cyclone Bulbul control centre in
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], Nov 10 (ANI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited a control room at the state secretariat to monitor the situation arising out of Cyclone Bulbul on Saturday.
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North coastal Odisha, WB likely to receive rainfall due to Cyclonic Storm
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 9 (ANI): According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday, light to moderate rainfall is expected over north coastal districts of Odisha as the Very Severe Cyclonic Storm 'Bulbul' has moved towards the northwest and adjoining the west-central Bay o
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WB: 11 injured in stampede on overbridge at Barddhaman railway station
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Bardhaman (West Bengal) [India], Nov 8 (ANI): At least 11 people were injured due to stampede at an overbridge at Barddhaman railway station on Friday.
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Cyclone Bulbul to head towards WB and Bangladesh: IMD
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Nov 8 (ANI): Cyclone Bulbul formed over the Bay of Bengal intensified and is set to head towards the West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday.
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After Mamata calls him 'BJP party man', WB Guv says 'I shouldn't be dragge
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Nov 7 (ANI): Snapping back at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for calling him a "BJP party man", state Governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Thursday said that he should not be dragged into inter-party politics and asserted that everyone should think about the
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WB: Forest dept planning to erect electric fences in villages under Kurseo
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Siliguri (West-Bengal) [India], Nov 7 (ANI): The forest department is planning to erect electric fences to minimise human-elephant conflict, to keep the animals away from villagers and raiding crops around the forest villages under Kurseong Forest Division in Siliguri.
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WB: Local BJP leader's house vandalised in Siliguri
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Nov 7 (ANI): A local Bharatiya Janata Party leader's house in Siliguri's Tikiyapara was attacked and vandalised by an unidentified group of assailants on Wednesday.
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Inclusion of Bengali in JEE is highly justified: WB Education Dept to NTA
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 7 (ANI): The Department of Higher Education West Bengal on Thursday wrote to National Testing Agency (NTA) saying that inclusion of Bengali is highly justified when JEE (Main)-2020 question paper will also be in the Gujarati language.
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