` 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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Hailstorm hits bumper hope
Malda: A hailstorm wreaked havoc in four blocks of Malda district last night, destroying ripening mangoes and damaging the boro crop. The hailstorm left Sabera Bibi, 30, dead in a lightning strike at Mandi village near Vaisnabnagar. Her husband suffered severe burn injuries and was admitted to the Malda District Hospital.
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Storm rips before alarm rings
Radar too far, response too slow Bengal found itself handicapped when a thunderstorm
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Protest yields potato purchase order
Malda, March 28: A group of farmers burnt quintals of potatoes in a Malda village yesterday to protest the lower price for the produce, prompting the district administration to order the agricultural marketing department to buy the crop at Rs 3.50 per kilo.
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Arsenic-free water supply hit in Malda
- Late melting of glaciers & dry spell decrease ganga flow OUR CORRESPONDENT The Farakka barrage in Murshidabad
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Baby dies after polio vaccination
Malda, March 15: A five-month-old girl died soon after being administered a dose of polio vaccine at a pulse polio booth in a village in Kaliachak yesterday. Another girl, the one-year-old Priya Karmakar, was admitted to a health centre in Gajole after she started vomiting yesterday. The girl had been given polio drops at a camp in Mongalbari.
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MoS: Bengal misusing NREGA
AMIT AGNIHOTRI Targeting the Leftruled West Bengal government for misuse of NREGA funds, minister of state for rural development Sisir Kumar Adhikari has asked Cabinet minister C.P. Joshi to look into the matter.
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Sarva Siksha to fund 400 schools on PMO order
The state government has decided to set up over 400 primary schools
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Multi-purpose cold storage units on the anvil
KOLKATA, 10 DEC: The West Bengal horticulture department is planning to set up six multi-purpose cold storage units in the state under the National Horticulture Mission.
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On road, losing home to river
More than 20,000 people displaced by the Ganga came down to the streets today, demanding relief and rehabilitation for more than 1.5 lakh victims who have lost their home and hearth to the river in the past two decades. The people flocked here under the banner of the Panchanandapur Ganga Bhangan Pratirodh Action Committee and surrounded the collectorate around 11am, staying there till 3pm.
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Malda flooded, bridge snaps
More than 25,000 people have been affected by widespread waterlogging in Malda