A maximum of 36,952 applications have been received from South 24 Parganas where 174 camps have been held till June 6, the official said.

A central team led by a joint secretary of the MHA will visit West Bengal for three days to assess the damage caused by the cyclone, a Home...

The inter-ministerial team headed by SK Shahi, joint secretary in the ministry of home affairs, will take stock of the situation in South 2...

When senior leaders of the BJP claimed that it was the chief minister's ego that resisted her from staying away from the review meeting wit...

The Centre-state tussle reached a new height when leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari reached the Kalaikunda airport and attended the...

"Initial assessment of the damage suggests collapse of 76 houses while partial damage was caused to 1,432 houses due to incessant rains in ...

The meeting between the two leaders lasted for around 15 minutes. The CM has briefed PM Modi about the situation in the worst-hit areas of ...

Nadda said Modi holds the principle of cooperative federalism "very sacred" and has been actively working with all chief ministers irrespec...

The Prime Minister was received by Governor Ganeshi Lal, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Saran...

The PM will visit Odisha and West Bengal on Friday to review the impact of Yaas and the relief efforts undertaken till now. Sources said he...

Sheets of rain blurred the vast coastline, as the cyclone made landfall around 9 am near Dhamra port in Odisha, with surging waters swampin...

Lock gates help Haldia dock to maintain the required draught level at berths. Being a riverine port, the level of draught (the depth of wat...

Cautioning people that high tide in seas, caused by the storm surge, would persist, Banerjee claimed that Bengal happens to be the "most-af...

With the cyclone fast approaching the coast, many parts of West Bengal experienced a weather change with rain lashing over Kolkata and Barr...

'Yaas' is likely to move north-northwestwards and intensify further into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm during the next 12 hours, the IMD sai...

NDRF director general (DG) S N Pradhan said the force has earmarked a total of 149 teams for undertaking evacuation and rescue operations, ...

"Low pressure of the new cyclonic storm is expected to start forming in the Bay of Bengal by May 22. May 23 should mark depression stage, a...