A central team headed by a joint secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs will visit West Bengal to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Yaas, days after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee abstained from a cyclone review meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi triggering a controversy. A central team led by a joint secretary of the MHA will visit …
Former West Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopdhayay on Thursday replied to the Centre’s show-cause notice served to him under the Disaster Management Act to explain his absence from the prime minister’s meeting on May 28, saying that he had to leave for a cyclone-hit area on orders from the chief minister, highly placed sources said. In his reply, Bandyopadhyay said …
Former West Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay on Thursday wrote a four-page reply to the central government’s show-cause notice served to him under the Disaster Management Act to explain his absence from the cyclone yaas review meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28. In his reply, Bandyopadhyay said that as per the directive of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, …
The Centre sent a reminder to West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay who "retired" on Monday to report to the Personnel Ministry in Delhi at 10 am on Tuesday, failing which disciplinary action would be initiated against him, officials said. She said the central government had asked Bandopadhyay to report to Delhi's North Block on Tuesday, but added an officer …