Winter air too toxic to breathe: Study
Calcutta: Calcutta's air is unbreathable in the current season, figures thrown up by the measuring stations of the state pollution control board reveal. Metro has accessed the pollution data generated
Jayanta Basu
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Green task cut out for government
The government must protect the wetlands, plant trees and phase out polluting vehicles for the city
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Bengal comes under global polio glare
Calcutta, March 27: Bengal confronts today what India almost banished yesterday. The state has become the focal point of international polio-control efforts after it reported the country
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Cautious support for Jairam tightrope act
Cancun (Mexico), Dec.
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Night of noise after quiet start
Diwali fireworks in Salt Lake, where the festival of lights turned noisy.
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Hint of more mining vetoes
JAYANTA BASU Calcutta, Sept.
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Bengal spoiler in polio fight
Calcutta, July 18: Just as India was making progress in checking polio, Bengal threatens to spoil the effort because of what state officials themselves admit to be
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Green panel push for lead-free colours
A committee set up by the environment department has recommended that a
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Pollution big boys ply at night - Over 99 per cent fail test after 10
More than 99 per cent of the commercial vehicles plying on Calcutta roads after 10pm failed the foul fume, noise or age test over three months of random pollution policing ordered by the high court.
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Bhopal panic seeps into Singur Ash from factory with blot on record
KINSUK BASU AND JAYANTA BASU Singur, June 8: Bhopal cast a pall on Singur today, fed by a cocktail of pollution, panic and politics.
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Closure rap on emission test hubs
The state pollution control board has directed 11 auto emission testing centres in the city and its fringes to stop issuing