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
Statesman (Kolkata)
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Shahtoosh slips off Maneka's shoulders
People who possess shahtoosh shawls should perhaps not throw legal notices at others. Ms Lundquist, too, had reportedly said she wasn't aware that possessing a shahtoosh shawl was an offense. Says
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Puja sacrifice rampant in Orissa
Animal sacrifice continues unabated with reports of goats and other animals being offered to Goddess Durga trickling in from different parts of Orissa. But neither the district administrations nor
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'HIV hurts economic growth in Asia, Pacific'
The HIV/AIDS menace is assuming epidemic proportions, with a growth rate of 15 per cent annually in India and other countries of Asia and the Pacific region, posing a formidable threat to their
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PCB order may delay Metro Garia extension
The Metro railway's proposed extension from Tollygunge to Garia, running 10 months behind schedule, if faced with a new problem. The metro authorities had planned to work round the clock to make up
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Silence please, this is bird territory
The Kolkata has got a new silence zone; this time for our feathered friends. Some migratory birds have turned a small strip of land off the busy Raja Dinendra Street in north Kolkata into a
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'Mad Cow' Risk for Humans
Monkeys can contract mad cow disease if it is injected into their blood-stream, underscoring that infected tissue risks transmitting the brain-wasting illness to humans, researchers said
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Institute on fluorosis soon
The Centre will soon set up an institute on fluorosis mitigation. Fluoride contamination in groundwaters Is a major health hazard - considered smoke menacing than arsenic
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Govt doctors no to in-house I-V fluids
After the death of caesarean patients at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital and M R Bangur Hospital, the health department had instructed these two hospitals not to use the I-V fluids supplied by
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Border curbs drive elephants to paddy fields
Heightened security on both sides of the India-Nepal border along the Mechi river has cut back the movement of criminals. It has also put rakes on the movement of elephant of elephants through this
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KMDA wakes up to the waste in its backyard
Thirty five years after the first perspective plan for development of the Kolkata Metropolitan Area was drawn up, solid waste disposal in the KMA remains an "unfinished