The cyclone 'Sitrang' is very likely to continue to move north-northeastwards and is expected to cross Bangladesh's coast between Tinkona Island and Sandwip close to Barisal in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 24 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday said that the cyclonic storm 'Sitrang' is at present situated about 520 km south of Sagar Island and 670 km south-southwest of Barisal in Bangladesh.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 24 (ANI): In the wake of Cyclone Sitrang, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an advisory pertaining to the suspension of offshore activities in the north Bay of Bengal from October 24-25 along with issuing a warning of the possible impact
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 24 (ANI): India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday said that cyclonic storm 'Sitrang' is very likely to move north-northeastwards and intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm on October 24.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 23 (ANI): The deep depression over the central Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm Sitrang, said the India Meteorological Department on Sunday.
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Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], October 22 (ANI): The most important station of Northeast, New Jalpaiguri (NJP), gets a Diwali gift, "Coach Restaurant" beside the entry point of the station.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 22 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and party's West Bengal vice president Saumitra Khan wrote to the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, over the prevailing corruption at various levels in the teacher recruitment process in the state.
Champahati (West Bengal) [India], October 21 (ANI): Champahati, one of the largest wholesale firecracker hub in West Bengal, which was badly affected due to lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two years is gradually slowly limping back to business.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 21 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday wrote to his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee requesting her intervention for a thorough investigation into the into the death of a student from Assam at the Indian Institute of Technology
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 21 (ANI): West Bengal Police in an operation on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, detained the Teacher's Eligibility Test (TET) 2014 qualified students protesting outside the education board's office in Kolkata's Salt Lake.