Mamata also held a review meeting at the state secretariat after spending the night there to monitor the situation and directed the officials to ensure that relief materials reach all those affected by the cyclone.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that the emergency administrative activities at the two coastal districts East Midnapore and South 24 Parganas

BHUBANESWAR/KOLKATA: The landfall process of the severe cyclonic storm Dana, which began shortly after midnight, was complete on Friday morning, the India Meteo

Authorities in Odisha and West Bengal evacuated lakhs of people, shut schools, cancelled more than 400 trains and suspended flight operations as they braced on Thursday for severe cyclonic storm Dana,

Cyclone Dana made landfall on Odisha’s coast near Bhitarkanika and Dhama as a severe storm, prompting the evacuation of over 6 lakh people.

One person died in West Bengal following the brutal aftermath of Cyclone Dana, said CM Mamata Banerjee. In addition, several areas of the state's capital Kolkata were also inundated because of heavy r

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned that Cyclone Dana is moving north-northwestward and is expected to make landfall between Puri and Sagar Island in Odisha and West Bengal in the next 3-4 hours.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that the administration identified over 3.5 lakh people to be evacuated from low-lying areas of the state in the wake of the approaching cyclone Dana.