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Left Cyclone Yaas review meet after taking PM's permission: Mamata

'As far as our estimation, damage of Rs 20,000 crore was caused (by the cyclone). So, we asked Rs 10,000 crore package each for the development of Digha and Sundarban,' says West Bengal CM

HC grants interim bail to 4 Trinamool Congress leaders in Narada Case

Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, MLA Madan Mitra and Former Mayor of Kolkata Sovan Chatterjee are the four leaders

CM Mamata conducts aerial survey of cyclone-hit areas in West Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday conducted an aerial survey of cyclone-hit areas in North 24 Parganas district, officials said

West Bengal coronavirus update: Count of new cases drops to 13,046

West Bengal continued to record a declining trend in fresh Covid-19 cases as it recorded 13,046 new infections, raising the tally to 1,331,249

Cyclone Yaas LIVE: PM Modi to visit Odisha, West Bengal tomorrow

Cyclone Yaas LIVE updates: Track cyclone Yaas landfall, cyclone alert, weather updates and more on Business Standard

Class XII board exams in late July, Class X in August: Mamata Banerjee

This is in view of the ongoing Covid crisis

Cyclone Yaas impact: PM Modi to visit Odisha, Bengal on Friday

Yaas has now weakened into a "deep depression"

Ongoing Covid restrictions extended in West Bengal till June 15: Mamata

The announcement for extension of the curbs came three days before they were scheduled to come to an end

Former Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's health condition stable

Bhattacharjee is undergoing treatment at a private hospital after being diagnosed with Covid

Yaas weakens into deep depression, likely to move north-westwards

The cyclone is likely to weaken gradually during the next 12 hours.

Kolkata, East, and West Medinipur likely to receive moderate rainfall

West Bengal's Kolkata, East and West Medinipur districts is likely to receive moderate rainfall and experience thunderstorm with lightning during morning hours of Thursday

Cyclone Yaas weakens after pounding Odisha, West Bengal; 2 mn evacuated

The storm impacted several flights in the affected states as airports in Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Rourkela and Durgapur remained shut. Ports and refineries were also on alert

Cyclone Yaas ravages Bengal, Odisha as over 2 mn evacuated; four dead

The Bengal chief minister has claimed that her state is the "worst-affected"

Cyclone Yaas: 300k houses damaged, over 10 mn people affected, says WB CM

Cautioning people that high tide in seas, caused by the storm surge, would persist, Mamata Banerjee claimed that Bengal happens to be the 'most-affected state'

Cyclone Yaas pounds Odisha-Bengal coasts, may move to J'khand by midnight

Cyclone Yaas pounded the beach towns in north Odisha and neighbouring West Bengal as it hit the coast around 9 am on Wednesday with a wind speed of 130-140 kmph

Bengal govt declares black fungus as notifiable disease amid rise in cases

The West Bengal government has declared mucormycosis or black fungus as a 'notifiable disease' considering the gravity of the situation and following the advice of the union health ministry

West Bengal reports 157 Covid-19 deaths, 17,005 cases in last 24 hours

The Covid-19 toll in West Bengal rose to 14,674 after 157 more people succumbed to the disease on Tuesday while there has been a slight dip in the number of daily cases

Cyclone Yaas: Odisha, WB, Jharkhand to receive light to moderate rainfall

In view of the impending landfall of Cyclone Yaas, light to moderate rainfall are expected at most places in Odisha, West Bengal, and Jharkhand, informed India Meteorological Department (IMD)

Cyclone Yaas: Bengal, Odisha evacuate hundreds of thousands to safety

Neighbouring Jharkhand has also sounded an alert and is preparing for the cyclone's impact

Narada: CBI withdraws SC plea challenging HC order on house-arrest

The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed it did not approve of dharna by the Chief Minister of West Bengal and her law minister laying siege of the CBI office in Kolkata