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    Interview: ‘Good chance that BJP will co-opt Cockroach Janta Party’s demands’

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    Karnataka minister resigns over portfolio allocation two days after Shivakumar Cabinet takes office

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    ‘Brown’ review: Gripping series overcomes plotting holes through memorable characters

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    ‘100 is just a number’: PM’s economic adviser says rupee should ‘find its own value’

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    ‘Bandar’ review: A relentlessly grim, needling statement on MeToo

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    Bhopal’s Barkatullah University to be renamed Vagdevi Bhojpal University

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    For young readers: How wrestler Aman Sehrawat became the youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal

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    Mumbai is worried about water, but its control over mainland dams is depriving others

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Watch: Tornado hits West Bengal’s Hooghly district, killing two ahead of Cyclone Yaas

Reports said the tornado lasted for a minute and a half on Tuesday and destroyed 40 houses.

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May 26, 2021 · 10:08 am
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Few hours before the landfall of cyclone Yass a small tornado created havoc in Hooghly district. Trees uprooted and tin shed of houses flown away. pic.twitter.com/nsgpdnvjFm

— Anupam Mishra (@Anupammishra777) May 25, 2021

Hooghly chinsurah experience sudden #tornado type weather devastating situation here in #WestBengal #YaasCyclone #NewsAlert pic.twitter.com/bIBuMCcyZY

— Bikash Kumar Jha (@vicks_jha) May 25, 2021

A tornado hit Bengal's Hooghly district ahead of #CycloneYaas. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that two people died after being electrocuted due to the storm

More here: https://t.co/9QlasGIobT pic.twitter.com/NEBZydCOtZ

— NDTV (@ndtv) May 25, 2021

Sudden #tornado like situation in Bandel and Hooghly this afternoon @derekobrienmp @abpanandatv @ttindia pic.twitter.com/gyGYjUaCrV

— Ritabrata Maitra (@RitabrataMaitra) May 25, 2021

The tornado that hit Bandel-Halishahar as seen over Hooghly river, 40 houses party damaged, some people received minor injuries pic.twitter.com/jiGfHwzipQ

— Soumyajit Majumder (@SoumyajitWrites) May 25, 2021
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