Bengal Flood

Trinamool Congress MP Rachana Banerjee's "quintals of water" remark during a visit to flood-affected areas has sparked a meme fest on social media.

The firestorm over a Kolkata doctor's gruesome rape and murder and the flood crisis threaten to severely impact Bengal's Rs 50,000 crore Durga Puja economy.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote another letter to PM Narendra Modi on the flood situation in West Bengal.

Repeating her charge that the floods in West Bengal are man-made, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to PM Narendra Modi and blamed the release of water by the Damodar Valley Corporation from reservoirs in Jharkhand for the situation.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee rushed to flood-hit areas in Hooghly and other parts of South Bengal today, which have been massively affected by the release of water from dams upstream in Jharkhand.

Reports in Bangladesh have claimed that the flooding in the country is caused partially due to the opening of the Farakka barrage in West Bengal, prompting a fact-check by the Government of India, which trashed all such reports as "fake".

India on Monday trashed reports in Bangladesh that the opening of the Farakka barrage in West Bengal is causing floods in some areas in the neighbouring country.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that she spoke to her Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren and requested him to look into the issue of release of water from dams in the neighbouring state.

A flood-like situation prevails in several parts of West Bengal with heavy rain over the last few days.

Flight operations at Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport are proceeding smoothly despite the heavy downpour that has inundated the West Bengal capital and its surrounding districts.

The forest officials rescued 73 hog deer, two otters, two sambar deer, a scops owl, one rhino calf, an Indian hare and a jungle cat.

Heavy rain in Sikkim has led to flash floods and landslides, killing three and damaging several houses. Debris from the landslides have blocked National Highway-10, which serves as a lifeline between Sikkim and Kalimpong in West Bengal, said official

With winds gusting up to 135 kilometres per hour, severe cyclonic storm 'Remal' made landfall between the coasts of Bangladesh and adjoining West Bengal, bringing heavy rains that flooded homes and farmland, and leaving a trail of destruction.

Cyclone Michaung made landfall yesterday following heavy rain in Andhra Pradesh and flooding in Chennai. The severe cyclonic storm that originated in the Bay of Bengal weakened into a depression, the India Meteorological Department said.

Sikkim floods: The Sikkim government has confirmed 33 deaths in the state due to flash floods caused by a glacial lake burst last week. Another 40 bodies were found in the river bed of a raging Teesta in the neighbouring West Bengal

Trinamool Congress MP Rachana Banerjee's "quintals of water" remark during a visit to flood-affected areas has sparked a meme fest on social media.

The firestorm over a Kolkata doctor's gruesome rape and murder and the flood crisis threaten to severely impact Bengal's Rs 50,000 crore Durga Puja economy.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote another letter to PM Narendra Modi on the flood situation in West Bengal.

Repeating her charge that the floods in West Bengal are man-made, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to PM Narendra Modi and blamed the release of water by the Damodar Valley Corporation from reservoirs in Jharkhand for the situation.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee rushed to flood-hit areas in Hooghly and other parts of South Bengal today, which have been massively affected by the release of water from dams upstream in Jharkhand.

Reports in Bangladesh have claimed that the flooding in the country is caused partially due to the opening of the Farakka barrage in West Bengal, prompting a fact-check by the Government of India, which trashed all such reports as "fake".

India on Monday trashed reports in Bangladesh that the opening of the Farakka barrage in West Bengal is causing floods in some areas in the neighbouring country.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that she spoke to her Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren and requested him to look into the issue of release of water from dams in the neighbouring state.

A flood-like situation prevails in several parts of West Bengal with heavy rain over the last few days.

Flight operations at Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport are proceeding smoothly despite the heavy downpour that has inundated the West Bengal capital and its surrounding districts.

The forest officials rescued 73 hog deer, two otters, two sambar deer, a scops owl, one rhino calf, an Indian hare and a jungle cat.

Heavy rain in Sikkim has led to flash floods and landslides, killing three and damaging several houses. Debris from the landslides have blocked National Highway-10, which serves as a lifeline between Sikkim and Kalimpong in West Bengal, said official

With winds gusting up to 135 kilometres per hour, severe cyclonic storm 'Remal' made landfall between the coasts of Bangladesh and adjoining West Bengal, bringing heavy rains that flooded homes and farmland, and leaving a trail of destruction.

Cyclone Michaung made landfall yesterday following heavy rain in Andhra Pradesh and flooding in Chennai. The severe cyclonic storm that originated in the Bay of Bengal weakened into a depression, the India Meteorological Department said.

Sikkim floods: The Sikkim government has confirmed 33 deaths in the state due to flash floods caused by a glacial lake burst last week. Another 40 bodies were found in the river bed of a raging Teesta in the neighbouring West Bengal