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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Unicef to fund landslide mapping
The Unicef has agreed to fund a project for the identification and mapping of landslide prone areas in the Darjeeling hills. The first phase of the project estimated to cost Rs 3.75 lakh has been
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Recycled syringes being sold on city roads
The ban on recycling of biomedical wastes is flouted with impurity in Kolkata. Disposable syringes needles, saline bottles and cotton are washed cleaned and sold in the open. These make their way
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SC verdict or not, sex determination tests go on
The Supreme Court may have declared a ban on prenatal sex determination tests and asked state health secretaries to appear before it for alleged failure to implement the Pre-natal Diagnostic
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Water in state unfit for consumption
Water samples were collected from 50 different places in West Bengal and on examination about 66.66 per cent of the tested water was found unfit for human consumption.
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All's not well with the big cat
It's been 72 years since the first survey of the Sunderbans was done by a British officer named Curtis. A similar survey is yet to be done by West Bengal forest department
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Erosion in Garden reach at alarming level
To see erosion along the banks of the Ganga, one does not have to go to Malda or Murshidabad. A visit to Badartala in Garden Reach, which is just 18 km from the headquarters of West Bengal irrigation
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City tanneries may move supreme court
An appeal to the Supreme Court to extend its 28 February deadline for shift of city tanneries to the new leather complex at Bantala (West Bengal) seems on the cards. While the government maintains
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Buddha censures delinquent doctors
The West Bengal Chief Minister said his government would not tolerate delinquent doctors anymore. Doctors sign in, but remain engaged in running nursing homes, said Mr Buddhadev Bhattacharya.
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Tribals ride road to extinction
Mashaharpara, 10 kilometer away from the district headquarters in West Bengal, has continuously been stalked by poverty, disease and death in the last few years. Two years ago a disease broke out in
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Animal slaughter banned in municipal areas
Slaughter of chicken goats and sheep in public areas, particularly pavements will be prohibited from early next month in all municipal markets in West