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Centre playing politics over funds, not releasing money for Bengal, alleges TMC“Around Rs 28,700 crore is due only in regard to our shares in different schemes," Senior Bengal minister Chandrima Bhattacharya said.
Cyclone threat looms over east coast, Odisha on alertThe low-pressure area is very likely to move north-westwards and intensify into a depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal, and into a c...
Disaster response teams on standby as Odisha braces for heavy rainsDirector-General of Fire Services SK Upadhaya said all leaves of fire services personnel have been cancelled. Under the influence of a cycl...
Delhi HC dismisses former West Bengal chief secretary's challenge to transfer of CAT proceedingsThe high court stated that the transfer order was passed within the four corners of the law which confers power on the CAT Chairman to tran...
2021: Mamata magic prevails in Bengal as BJP bites dustMamata Banerjee's battle cry 'Khela Hobe' (game will happen) was emblematic of the hostility and confrontation that lay in store for West B...
Extreme weather costs world billions in 2021: StudyAmong them is Hurricane Ida, which struck the US in August, costing $65 billion and killing 95 people. July floods in Europe cost $43 billi...
Bengal bypolls: Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress win four seatsIn all four seats, BJP holds the second position while in Santipur, Left Front has recovered its position while Left Front is in the third ...
Growing a sustainable family tree: Why we’ve nurtured mangroves since the 1940sApart from their strengthening powers, mangroves, with saltmarshes and seagrasses, are among just three marine blue carbon ecosystems recog...
View: The cost of inaction in a changing climateCEEW estimates that the direct costs of India’s lack of disaster preparedness in the last two decades amounted to Rs 13.14 lakh crore. Extr...
Mamata Banerjee's mangrove project does not enthuse eco-watchersSpecialists who have been observing Sunderbans’ ecology wondered whether it was possible to plant five crore or even more saplings in this ...
This year's summer is coolest in 44 years, fourth-coolest in recorded historyRainfall in the month of May at 107.9 mm was also the second-highest since 1901, when the weather office started recording official data.
India receives second highest rainfall in May in 121 yearsThe Western Disturbance (WD) activity in the month of May 2021 was higher than normal as a total of eight WD moved across Western Himalayan...
May records second highest rainfall in 121 years; no significant heat wave spellThe lowest ever temperature recorded for May was 32.68 degrees Celsius in 1917. The temperature was lowest since 1977 when it was of 33.84 ...
West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's aide arrested for alleged role in job scamRakhal Bera, the accused was arrested by Manicktala Police Station on Saturday. According to police, Bera along with others allegedly duped...
Raise states' borrowing limits to 5 pc of GSDP sans condition, Bengal urges FM"You are aware that just like last year, there has been (a) sudden dip in revenue, threatening the fiscal viability of the states. In our c...
Cyclone Yaas: Bengal government to begin relief at district levelsThe victims, whose houses have been washed away by the Cyclone, or are victims of other losses also, will have to submit their handwritten ...
Cyclone Yaas to hit coastal regions of West Bengal, Odisha by May 26The new cyclone will also bring the crucial southwest monsoon winds along with it to the Andaman Sea by May 21, the first major milestone i...