Bengal-Jharkhand face-off: Mamata blames ally Soren for flooding, closes border

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee accused Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) of flooding 11 south Bengal districts by releasing water from reservoirs, prompting her to seal the border with Jharkhand. This move led to a retaliatory threat from Jharkhand’s JMM party to block goods trucks heading to Bengal, escalating tensions between the states.