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Kolkata: The dismal flood situation in West Bengal, which has claimed over 70 lives, has improved but the release of water from barrages continues to be an issue, Irrigation Minister Rajib Banerjee said on Tuesday. About 37 lakh people in 12 districts of the State have been...

The flood situation in West Bengal showed improvement on Wednesday on account of little or no rainfall since Tuesday and a reduced quantity of water discharge from the barrages upstream, as the death toll rose to 85.

The death toll jumped from around 120 on Monday, after the discovery of more bodies in West Bengal and the western state of Gujarat where water levels have receded, allowing families to return home. Numerous deaths were due to drowning, collapsed masonry, lightning strikes and...

Taking strong objection to the letter, BJP asked Kejriwal to stay within his “limits” while coming down hard on him for repeated barbs at the Prime Minister.

In his “open letter”, Kejriwal urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to spare at least an hour every week for the law and order situation in the capital.

So Chief Minister Kejriwal feels it necessary to constantly battle with the central government on control over the Delhi Police – and to also be seen by the public as battling for that control.

Another Delhi Police constable today filed a criminal defamation case in a court in New Delhi against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his “thulla” remark, a slang to refer to policemen. A lawyer, in his plea, said that Kejriwal has misled public at large by making...

On AAP’s demand for bringing Delhi Police under the city government, Bassi said there is no need for any changes in its current administrative structure. “They are not concerned with the issues of the people”, Congress leader Meem Afzal told the media here.