` Now, an app to monitor sanitation
A mobile app will soon be put to use to help the West Bengal government monitor sanitation initiatives in schools across districts. "In Malda district all school inspectors and teachers will be equipped
Maldah
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Plastic ban from August
Malda: The district administration will enforce a ban on plastic bags below the thickness of 40 microns from August 1 and slap fines on those who violate the rule. Although the ban on plastic bags below
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Residents block truck with waste
Englishbazar Municipality trucks meant for dumping garbage had to return because of stiff resistance from the residents of Madhabnagar, in the northern fringes of the town, here today. “They chased away
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Tribals lose land in north Bengal, legal complications block govt help
KOLKATA, 3 JULY: Plots belonging to the tribals in north Bengal have been occupied by non-tribals but the state backward classes welfare department is unable to restore them because of legal complications
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Thunderstorm kills 13, injures 12 in dists
DURGAPUR/MALDA : Rain, accompanied by a thunderstorm, brought much-needed relief to the parched district of Burdwan but not before claiming 10 lives in lightning and injuring 12 others this evening. Three
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Heat wave alert in season high: City goes from sweaty to dry in 24 hours
The Celsius soared to a season high of 40.5 degrees on Wednesday, prompting the weather office to sound the summer’s first heat-wave warning for Calcutta. The hottest day of the year so far was also the
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11 child deaths in Malda
MALDA, 6 APRIL: At least 11 children died in Malda Medical College and Hospital in last 36 hours. State health department spokesman Asit Biswas confirmed the deaths of nine children in a 24-hour period
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Nine more babies die in Malda; officials mum
MALDA, 4 MARCH: Under the state health department's new communications policy, Malda Medical College and Hospital has been tight-lipped about the deaths of nine babies in 48 hours. Neither the names of
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Eight babies die at Malda in 24 Hours
MALDA, 23 FEB: At least eight babies died at Malda Medical College and Hospital over the past 24 hours. All but three were born in the hospital, and one had been admitted to the Sick Neonatal Care Unit
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19 babies die in Malda, Bankura in past 48 hours; malnutrition, say officials
MALDA/BANKURA, 3 FEB: Nine babies at Malda Medical College and Hospital, and 10 babies at Bankura Sammiloni Medical College and Hospital have died in the last 48 hours. In Malda, health officials said
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Crib deaths: Health dept blames socio-economic factors
KOLKATA, 30 JAN: With the recent crib deaths in state-run hospitals causing widespread public anger, the state health department is now blaming socio-economic factors for the high level of infant mortalities.