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Cyclone Amphan damages habitat of living fossil horseshoe crabs in Bengal

The local fishermen will be involved as Cyclone Amphan has also affected their livelihood. A threshold population will be allowed to stay on the Sagar Island.

Updated on Jun 8, 2020, 12:50 AM IST

Normalcy yet to return to Amphan-hit Bengal

Large swathes of farmland are still under water.

Updated on Jun 8, 2020, 1:49 AM IST

Unspent funds, incomplete work mark gram panchayats in rural Bengal: Mahua Moitra

According to an officer of the Nadia district administration, more than 90% of the panchayats within Moitra’s constituency were run by her own party, the Trinamool Congress.

Updated on Jun 7, 2020, 11:38 PM IST

Mamata Banerjee govt fudging Covid figures in Bengal, says state’s BJP chief

West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh also accused chief minister Mamata Banerjee of giving conflicting figures about the total affected people in Cyclone Amphan.

Published on Jun 7, 2020, 7:51 AM IST

Thousands to be evacuated as Bengal’s cyclone-hit villages brace for spring tide on June 6

The water will gush into the villages through the breaches in the embankments left behind by Cyclone Amphan inundating new areas. Saline water had gushed into the villages through these gaps destroying farmlands, ponds and huts.

Updated on Jun 4, 2020, 11:45 PM IST

News updates from Hindustan Times: Large number of shark teeth found at Rajasthan’s fossil site and all the latest news

Teeth of Ginglymostoma sokotoense (A-D), Abdounia recticona (A-B), Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) peypouqueti (G-N). Eotorpedo hilgendorfi (O-P), Squatiscyllium nigeriensis (Q-T).

Published on Jun 4, 2020, 4:43 PM IST

Bengal rolls out red carpet for central team for cyclone damage assessment

Cyclone Amphan left a trail devastation across south Bengal last month.

Published on Jun 4, 2020, 2:50 PM IST

Amid spike in Covid-19 cases, Bengal’s testing matches up to national level

Bengal’s testing per million population has also risen to 2,264 as on May 31. The national average has been around 2,500 tests per million over the past week.

Updated on May 31, 2020, 11:50 PM IST

Dhankhar seeks meeting with Press Club Kolkata to discuss move to curb press freedom

Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has sought an interaction with members of the Press Club, Kolkata, to discuss the alleged curtailing of press freedom by the Mamata Banerjee-led government.

Updated on May 31, 2020, 8:00 PM IST

Covid-19 sparks unrest in Kolkata Police, Governor Dhankhar tweets concern

There have bene at least three incidents of unrest in the Kolkata Police this month.

Published on May 31, 2020, 3:18 PM IST

State-run Bengal varsities recommend continued suspension of classes till June 30

Representational image.

Updated on May 30, 2020, 5:08 PM IST

Rituparna Sengupta on Amphan devastation: I had panic attacks thinking about my city, my mother, in-laws and friends

Rituparna Sengupta’s latest Bengali film Parcel that released in March could only run for three days in the theatre.

Updated on May 30, 2020, 1:29 PM IST

Amid lockdown, this Kolkata hospital is conducting dialysis at ₹50 only

A small hospital in Kolkata is conducting dialysis for patients with kidney ailments at <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>50 only amid the lockdown imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus.

Updated on May 30, 2020, 9:05 AM IST

Cyclone Amphan brings sea birds into Bengal

NDRF personnel work to clear an uprooted tree from a road, in the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan, in Kolkata on May 26, 2020.

Updated on May 30, 2020, 7:35 AM IST

Lockdown 4.0: Bengal to open religious places, Goa backs limited ops for malls

A Karnataka government official said the stated had opened most sectors and life is back to normal except in containment zones, which can be broadly defined as the epicentre of an infection with strict perimeter controls.

Updated on May 30, 2020, 4:31 AM IST

Bengal selector tests positive for COVID-19

Kolkata: A view of the Eden Garden Stadium ahead in Kolkata

Updated on May 29, 2020, 10:04 PM IST

Cyclone Amphan death toll mounts to 98; Bengal govt announces Rs 6,250 crore package

More than half a million villagers who have lost their huts and more than two million farmers will be provided grants and assistance from the Rs 6,250 crore package.

Published on May 29, 2020, 7:08 PM IST

Ice cream worth Rs 15 crore lost due to power cuts in Cyclone Amphan hit Kolkata

Once the ice cream melts it can’t be refrigerated and frozen again. It won’t retain the same texture, taste and look. Customers won’t like it any more, an ice cream manufacturer said.

Updated on May 29, 2020, 5:02 PM IST

In Bengal, more than 400 migrants test positive for Covid-19, state count soars

On Wednesday, chief minister Mamata Banerjee blamed the Centre for forcing the state to accept more migrant workers than its intake capacity, given the precautions that needed to be maintained.

Updated on May 28, 2020, 8:57 PM IST

In fresh trouble for Bengal’s cyclone hit areas, squall kills two

A man points towards a pond filled with saline water that has killed fresh water fish and was brought upstream due to Cyclone Amphan, at Kakdwip in the Sunderbans, South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India on Frisday, May 22, 2020.

Updated on May 28, 2020, 6:15 PM IST

Review: My Mother’s Lover and Other Stories by Sumana Roy

Plastic, not fantastic: One of the stories in this collection features a woman who attempts to throw every bit of plastic out of her home.

Updated on May 28, 2020, 4:29 PM IST

Heavy rain, gusty winds claim two lives, disrupt restoration work in cyclone-hit Bengal

Rain clouds hover over the city in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, May 27, 2020.

Updated on May 28, 2020, 3:29 PM IST

News updates from Hindustan Times: Kolkata airport welcomes passengers as flight services resume in Bengal and all the latest news

AirAsia staff members stand on social distancing markings, as they wait to enter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, on Wednesday.

Published on May 28, 2020, 8:53 AM IST

Cyclone Amphan: A trail of death, misery and destruction

A man stands next to a house damaged in Cyclone Amphan in Sunderbans region’s Sagar island.

Updated on May 28, 2020, 9:33 PM IST

Migrant worker hitching to his home in Bengal dies in Raipur

The man had arrived in Raipur in a a truck in the evening and died soon after.

Updated on May 27, 2020, 11:26 PM IST

BJP launches 2021 assembly poll campaign in Bengal, calls it ‘Aar Noi Mamata’

The party on Wednesday released a 57-second video clip calling for the removal of the TMC regime and launched a Twitter hashtag named #AarNoiMamata.

Updated on May 27, 2020, 5:02 PM IST

Heatwave likely to continue during next 24 hours: IMD

Heatwave conditions at many places with severe heatwave in isolated pockets are very likely over Vidarbha, west Rajasthan, the IMD said.

Updated on May 27, 2020, 5:06 PM IST

TMC vs TMC: Bengal minister slams Kolkata civic body over post-cyclone mess

An electric pole uprooted during cyclone Amphan last week continues to hamper the movement of commuters in a Kolkata locality.

Published on May 26, 2020, 11:09 PM IST

Amphan leaves Bengal’s crisis-ridden jute mills battered and bruised

File: Workers busy in day shift at India Jute Mill, Serampore, Hooghly, West Bengal.

Updated on May 24, 2020, 6:58 PM IST

Bengal parties spar over cyclone relief

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Updated on May 24, 2020, 2:58 AM IST

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