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Md Milan had left behind his wife and two children. Kolkata: Cyclonic storm Remal, which ravaged parts of India and Bangladesh recently, came as a blessing in disguise for at least one family. A man, presumed dead by his family in Bangladesh nearly four years ago, was traced to Namkhana in West Bengal’s South 24-Parganas…
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At least 40 people have died and over two lakh have been affected across the northeast after flash floods, heavy rains, and landslides triggered by Cyclone Remal over the last four days. Incessant rain and landslides have left parts of the northeast isolated as flood waters have submerged railway tracks. The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR)…
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The NFR had cancelled a large number of express, passenger and goods trains. Guwahati/Agartala: Several northeastern states, including Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram, and Assam (southern part), remained cut off from the rest of the country by rail as railway tracks were waterlogged and damaged after landslides triggered by incessant rain in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal,…
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Cyclone Remal, which made landfall in low-lying Bangladesh and neighbouring India on May 26 evening with fierce gales and crashing waves, left at least 38 people dead, destroyed thousands of homes, smashed seawalls and flooded cities across the two countries. | Photo Credit: AFP Bangladeshi weather experts said on May 28 that a deadly cyclone…
Schools have been shut in the affected districts amid heavy rain New Delhi: Heavy rain and storms have disrupted the normal life in Assam leaving one student dead and 12 injured. The student died after a tree fell on the auto-rickshaw in which he was travelling at Dighalbori in Morigaon district. In a separate incident,…
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Bangladesh shut down electricity supply to some areas in advance to avoid accidents. Satkhira, Bangladesh: Strong gales and heavy rain triggered by the first major cyclone of the year lashed the coastlines of India and Bangladesh on Monday, killing at least 16 people and cutting power to millions. The winds had not stopped as night…
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File photo New Delhi/ Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she will not attend the meeting of the INDIA bloc on June 1 due to the last phase of Lok Sabha polls and ongoing relief work after cyclone ‘Remal’ hit the state’s coastal regions. According to sources, Congress…
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Cyclone Remal News: Waterlogging has been witnessed in parts of Kolkata New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department on Monday informed that Cyclone Remal over Coastal Bangladesh and adjoining Coastal West Bengal moved nearly northwards, with a speed of 15 kilometres per hour. “The Cyclonic Storm ‘Remal’ over Coastal Bangladesh and adjoining Coastal West Bengal moved…
The last flight to depart from Kolkata airport on Sunday was at 12.16 pm. Kolkata: Flights services from the Kolkata airport resumed on Tuesday after remaining suspended for 21 hours in view of cyclone Remal, an official said on Monday. The first plane to depart on Monday was IndiGo’s Kolkata-Port Blair flight at 8.59 am,…
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