Kolkata: Thousands of residents along India’s eastern coast evacuated to safer inland storm shelters on Wednesday in anticipation of a strong cyclone expected to arrive later this week. Cyclone Dana i

As Odisha and West Bengal are bracing for a severe cyclonic storm, governments of both states have decided to evacuate people and close educational institutions in vulnerable areas

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) personnel are working in coordination with the local administration and disaster management authorities in West Bengal and Odisha

A depression over the Bay of Bengal is set to intensify into Cyclone Dana, likely making landfall between Odisha’s Puri and Bengal’s Sagar Island on October 24-25. Central agencies, along with NDRF teams,

Six districts of Bengal, including North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly, East Medinipur, and West Medinipur, have been put on high alert for Cyclone Dana, which is likely to make landfall between Puri and Ganga Sagar on4.

The inauguration of the ₹450 crore modern passenger terminal at Petrapole on the Indo-Bangladesh border, scheduled for October 23 has been postponed.