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SEE: Kolkata airport flooded due to cyclone Amphan

A part of the Kolkata airport was flooded as cyclone Amphan wreaked havoc across West Bengal on Wednesday, damaging infrastructure and uprooting trees in the state capital. Visuals from the......

Cyclone Amphan toll rises to 85 in Bengal

The death toll due to Cyclone Amphan in West Bengal has risen to 85, as angry Kolkatans resorted to protest and road blockades in various parts of the city over the administration's failure to......

72 dead as Super Cyclone Amphan devastates West Bengal

The fiercest cyclone to hit Bengal in 100 yrs destroyed mud houses and crops, and uprooted trees and electric poles.Windows buckled from the pressure of the storm, cars floated on water-logged......

Super Cyclone Amphan devastates Bengal, Odisha; 3 dead

An extremely severe cyclone packing winds of up to 190 kmph Wednesday rampaged through coastal Odisha and West Bengal, dumping heavy rain, swamping homes and farmland, and leaving at least three......

Cyclone Amphan even more destructive than Cyclone Aila: UN

Cyclone Amphan, which has killed 77 people and left thousands homeless in West Bengal, is now considered even more destructive than Cyclone Aila which slammed southern Bangladesh and eastern India......

Bandhan Bank founder CEO C S Ghosh to retire in July

Private sector lender Bandhan Bank on Friday said its founder, managing director and CEO Chandra Shekhar Ghosh has tendered his resignation. Ghosh would retire from the services of the bank as MD......

Consumer goods: How lockdown 4.0 was different

From fast food and athleisure to ACs, the demand for several non-discretionary items has spiked since May 17, when Lockdown 4.0 was extended till May 31. If the first three phases of the......

The Marie Antoinette of Indian politics

'Everybody knows that any solution would upstage and expose official bungling.''That is something Mrs Sitharaman's masters will not allow.''No matter how high the cost in human misery, they will......

PIX: Ganguly fixes tree damaged by cyclone Amphan

IMAGE: Sourav Ganguly along with some help managed to pull the tree. Photographs: Sourav Ganguly/Twitter As Cyclone Amphan wreaked havoc in West Bengal, former India skipper Sourav Ganguly on......

Footballers set out to help Amphan-affected West Bengal

'Life is all about helping each other in times of crisis -- it's about humanity.' IMAGE: A man salvages his belongings from the rubble of a damaged shop after Cyclone Amphan made its landfall, in......

Eden Gardens spared from cyclone Amphan's wrath

IMAGE: Eden Gardens' pitch and the outfield areas remained totally unaffected. Photograph: PTI The iconic Eden Gardens was spared from the fury of Cyclone Amphan that ravaged the city, leaving......

Chhetri urges people to help Cyclone Amphan victims

IMAGE: A passerby looks at car damaged by an uprooted tree in Kolkata, on Thursday, May 21. Photograph: PTI Photo India football captain Sunil Chhetri has requested fans, followers and fellow......

Mission 'Amphan relief' for archer Banerjee

'Everything has been washed or blown away. I had to park my car far away and the civic police escorted us to the locals and when they spotted us it was like they had struck gold, so eager to grab a......