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PM Modi announces interim relief of Rs 1,000 cr to Amphan-hit West Bengal
At least 77 people have been reported killed so far in the state due to the extremely severe cyclone
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Cyclone Amphan: PM Modi to conduct aerial survey of Bengal with CM Mamata
CM Mamata Banerjee said it will take time to restore normalcy, with cyclone Amphan having ravaged, at least, seven to eight districts in Bengal
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Cyclone Amphan ravages West Bengal; PM Narendra Modi to visit today
State readies initial fund of Rs 1,000 crore for relief and restoration work
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72 dead in Bengal, have never seen such devastation: Mamata appeals to PM
The chief minister also announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh for the family members of each of the deceased
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'Covid-19 took my job, Amphan the rest': Cyclone devastates Bengal
Half a dozen districts, including large parts of Kolkata, wore a battered look as lakhs of people were homeless and low-lying areas swamped by the cyclone that slammed the Digha coast of West Bengal
 "'Covid-19 took my job, Amphan the rest': Cyclone devastates Bengal")
Cyclone Amphan: Mamata Banerjee says damages could be worth Rs 1 trillion
Banerjee, who is monitoring the situation from Nabanna, the state secretariat, however, claimed at least 10-12 people lost their lives
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Cyclone 'Amphan' batters Bengal, Odisha as 650,000 evacuated; 3 dead
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is monitoring the situation from Nabanna, the state secretariat, however, claimed at least 10-12 people lost their lives.
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'Amphan': India facing second super cyclone, says NDRF chief S N Pradhan
The landfall of cyclone 'Amphan' would be on May 20 between Digha in West Bengal and Hatia Island in Bangladesh, he said.
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Delhi to Andhra, states take slow and steady steps to exit lockdown
Delhi implemented most of the demands made to the Centre in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 14 May.
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'Amphan' is serious'; will make landfall in Bengal, Odisha on Wed: NDRF
Pradhan said 'Amphan' will be an extremely severe cyclonic storm, a notch below the 'super cyclone' category, when it makes landfall
Cyclone Amphan: Things you should know about this severe cyclone
The NDRF said that it was ready to undertake massive evacuation of 1.1 million people likely to be hit by it
Cyclone Amphan to intensify into 'extremely severe storm': Things to know
Cyclone Amphan is likely to cross West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts between Sagar Islands in Bengal and Hatiya islands in Bangladesh on May 20
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Cyclonic storm heads for east India, crisis team reviews readiness
Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall, accompanied by high speed winds and tidal waves are expected
Covid-19 Factoid: Crisis in Bengal the most fatal among all Indian states
Even as the global death toll has been rising consistently, reaching 300,000 deaths from 200,000 took longer time than reaching 100,000 to 200,000
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Bengal migrant workers denied Jan, Feb pays, while contractors go missing
Several migrant workers who are back in West Bengal have not been paid dues for close to two and half months, when they slogged for close to eight hours a day
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How governors conduct themselves in the office during the BJP regime
Lately, Bhagat Singh Koshyari and Jagdeep Dhankar, the governors of Maharashtra and West Bengal, virtually emerged as the main challengers to the non-BJP governments for different reasons
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West Bengal's SLBC to increase rural loans from Rs 4400 cr to Rs 10000 cr
In addition, West Bengal will also request the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to increase the additional credit limit to MSMEs, to 30 per cent from the existing 10 per cent.
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Bengal has highest Covid-19 mortality rate in India: IMCT tells Chief Secy
A BSF jawan deployed in the entourage of the IMCT to West Bengal has tested positive for COVID-19, following which over 50 personnel of the force were quarantined
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Work relaxation amid lockdown fails to convince migrants to stay put
Most labourers are more concerned about getting on trains and buses to get back home, rather than returning to work
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Calcutta HC hearings held up after driver's mom tests positive for Covid-19
A notification by the high court registrar general also recalled the sitting of division and single benches on May 4, 7, 12, and 15
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