Call to solve Siliguri pollution problems
Concerned about the rising pollution levels in Siliguri, a voluntary organisation on Tuesday sought measures to be taken against the same. Members of the Green Forum also demanded that authorities concerned
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DVC to set up dams in Belpahari and Panchet
KOLKATA, 20 JUNE: Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) will set up dams in Belpahari and Panchet for controlling floods in those areas. Mr Rabindranath Sen, chairman of DVC, today met chief minister Mamata
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New menu for mid-day meals
KOLKATA, 19 JUNE: Children at the anganwadi centres will no longer have to satisfy themselves with khichdi and half an egg in their meals daily. The state child development department has prepared a menu
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CDs to teach water preservation
KOLKATA, 16 JUNE: The state water resources investigation department has come up with a 10-minute documentary film to generate awareness and train people on preservation and conservation of water. CDs
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Private dairy farms being quizzed for irregularities
KOLKATA, 19 JUNE: The state government has started inquiry into some private dairy firms because of several irregularities, said the state animal resources development minister Nure Alam Chowdhury today
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Kolkata engineer designs wonder rickshaw
KOLKATA, 15 JUNE: A Kolkata engineer has designed a cycle-rickshaw that uses passenger load to push the vehicle and reduces the puller's drudgery by using bumps on the road for propulsion. Mr Pratik Kumar
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Too old for the road ...
KOLKATA, 15 JUNE: Environmental activist Subhash Dutta met transport minister Madan Mitra to urge him to replace 15-year-old private buses. Mr Dutta said the process of replacing 15-year-old vehicles such
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KoPT wants to auction land, awaits Centre’s green light
KOLKATA, 12 JUNE: The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) is planning to auction around 100 acres of its land in and around Kolkata and is awaiting a nod from the Centre. All this to raise funds to meet future liabilities
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Centre seeks dismissal of petitions against Koodankulam project
Chennai, 12 June: Asserting that the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) belonged to the “highest safety category” of plants currently in operation in the world, the Centre today sought dismissal of
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Heatwave claims five more in districts
KOLKATA, 11 JUNE: Today the season's death toll due to heatstroke rose higher, with five more dying as a result of persistent high temperature. In a tribal area in Birbhum, Laxmi Murmu (45) died of a sunstroke
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Bats lose in the battle of life
MIDNAPORE, 7 JUNE: Hundreds of bats dropped dead in searing heat in Jhargram in West Midnapore today. More than 300 bats were found dead under a tree near Jhargram Rajbari. Local residents said the forest