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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

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'