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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SSKM Hospital to have new neonatal care unit by next month
KOLKATA, 18 APRIL: The SSKM Hospital is set to start a neonatal care unit next month. This will be first such facility to come up in a state-run hospital in the city. The 30-bed facility will be opened
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Singur case hearing
KOLKATA, 17 APRIL: The Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act has nothing to do with agrarian reform, counsel of the vendors of Tata Motors Limited (TML) at Singur, Mr SK Kapur, submitted before
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New state energy policy soon
The state government will soon release their new renewable energy policy, the principal secretary of the department of power and non-conventional energy sources said today. The policy “has gone through
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Seismicity may affect methane hunt
DURGAPUR, 12 APRIL: Just a day after an earthquake shook several districts of the state, experts are now mulling over the question whether seismicity can affect Coal Bed Methane (CBM) exploration adversely
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City feels tremors, people hit streets
KOLKATA, 11 APRIL: Tremors felt in several districts of the state due to an earthquake, measuring 8.5 on the Richer scale, that hit off the western coast of northern Sumatra, triggered panic in the city
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Tribals to get clean drinking water soon
DURGAPUR, 11 APRIL: To provide filtered drinking water to the tribal population, the public health engineering (PHE) department plans to install a Rs 2.78 crore Rig bored scheme in Kanksa, Burdwan. According
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Singur Act redundant: Tata
KOLKATA, 10 APRIL: The entire Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act is redundant as, on one hand, the state is passing the Act and, on the other, submitting that the property had been returned
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Bengal Plan outlay fixed at `25,910 cr
The annual Plan outlay for West Bengal for the year 2012-13 has been finalised at Rs. 25,910 crore, a 16 per cent hike from the Plan outlay of 2011-12, which was pegged at Rs 22,214 crore. The Plan outlay
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11 child deaths in Malda
MALDA, 6 APRIL: At least 11 children died in Malda Medical College and Hospital in last 36 hours. State health department spokesman Asit Biswas confirmed the deaths of nine children in a 24-hour period
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City tops in lung cancer cases: Experts
Night pollution a major contributor. KOLKATA, 5 APRIL: There is a piece of bad news for those Kolkatans who are non-smokers and turn over in their sleep assured in the knowledge that they will never end