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Central team to review damage caused by cyclone Yaas in West Bengal

A seven-member central team will arrive in West Bengal on a three-day visit to make an on-spot assessment of the damage caused by cyclone Yaas, a senior official said on Saturday

Meet Alapan Bandyopadhyay, a 'good boy' in the Centre's bad books

Bandyopadhyay was recently in the midst of a political storm. At the heart of the controversy is a review meeting by PM Modi for which Bandyopadhyay and CM Mamata Banerjee arrived late

Ex-Bengal chief secy Bandyopadhyay replies to Centre's show-cause notice

Former chief secretary of West Bengal Alapan Bandyopdhayay on Thursday replied to the Centre's show-cause notice served to him under the Disaster Management Act to explain his absence from the cyclone review meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28, an official said. In his reply, Bandyopadhyay said that as per the directive of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, he left the meeting for a review of Cyclone Yaas ravaged Digha, a popular sea resort town in Purba Medinipur district, according to the highly-placed official in the secretariat. The Union Home Ministry had on May 31 served a show- cause notice to Bandyopadhyay under a stringent provision of the Disaster Management Act that entails imprisonment up to two years, amid a tug-of-war between the Centre and the Mamata Banerjee government over him. Bandyopadhyay was set to retire as the chief secretary on May 31, but the state recently sought and received permission for extension of his tenure for three month

PM Modi dials Bengal BJP leader Mukul Roy amid buzz over his return to TMC

Sources in BJP said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up Roy at around 10.30 a.m. and enquired about the health of his wife

Bengal board exams: Press conference to announce plan cancelled

No reason was assigned for the cancellation

Alapan Bandyopadhyay chapter is over, says Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

Bandyopadhyay has already started working as the chief adviser and was present at Wednesday's meeting of the state Irrigation department presided over by Banerjee.

Centre rubbishes Mamata's charges, defends action on ex Bengal Chief Secy

The Central government defended its move to summon former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay and called its transfer order 'Constitutional'

After losing in Bengal polls Swapan Dasgupta renominated to Rajya Sabha

Former journalist Swapan Dasgupta has been renominated to the Upper House of Parliament by the government

Centre notice to former Bengal chief secy Bandyopadhyay illegal: TMC MP

TMC claimed that the show-cause notice sent to the state's just-retired chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay was an "illegal" move on the part of the Centre

Centre serves show cause notice to former Bengal Chief Secy under DM Act

In an escalating row, Alapan Bandyopadhyay had on Monday retired from bureaucracy and was appointed chief advisor to Bengal govt for three years

Cyclone Yaas: 221,000 hectares of crops damaged in Bengal, says Mamata

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said the state had incurred a total loss of more than Rs 20,000 crore due to Cyclone Yaas

With Covid situation improving, Mamata eases certain restrictions in Bengal

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said as the number of active Covid-19 cases had come down in the state, her government had allowed opening of retail shops, including bookstalls, from noon to 3 pm

Construction after workers' vaccination to realty sector in Bengal: Credai

The exercise will help revive 300,000 jobs and the Rs 90,000-crore industry in the state, the real estate sector body said

Bengal chief secy retired, to act as chief advisor to CM: Mamata Banerjee

The Centre has asked him to join North Block on Tuesday but it cannot force an officer to join it without the permission of the state administration, Banerjee told a press conference

Mamata requests PM to rescind order recalling CS, says will not release him

Mamata Banerjee wrote to Narendra Modi, requesting him to withdraw the Centre's order recalling Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, and said her government "is not releasing" the top bureaucrat

West Bengal: Police arrest drug peddler with brown sugar in Siliguri

West Bengal's Siliguri Police arrested a drug peddler with 257 grams of Brown Sugar from the city's Champasari area on Sunday

Mamata's Rs 20,000-cr demand for cyclone relief unrealistic: Dilip Ghosh

West Bengal CM had sought Rs 10,000 crore each for rebuilding the seaside tourist town of Digha and the ravaged parts of the Sunderbans region post Cyclone Yaas

BJP-led govt pursuing vendetta politics: Mamata on row over meeting with PM

'If Prime Minister asks me to touch his feet for welfare of Bengal people, I am ready to do that; but I should not be insulted,' says West Bengal CM

BJP to hold programmes in Bengal from June 1 to discuss post-poll violence

It will be the party's first outreach programme after the post-poll violence in the state

Mamata Banerjee conducts aerial survey of cyclone-hit areas in Parganas

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee conducted an aerial survey of cyclone-hit areas in North and South 24 Parganas districts, and directed officials to ensure people affected get relief materials