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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Singur Act clear on compensation
If the criterion of computing compensation in an Act does not boil down to payment of just and equivalent of what the owner has been deprived of, then it is a bad legislation, advocate-general Anindya
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Nine more babies die in Malda; officials mum
MALDA, 4 MARCH: Under the state health department's new communications policy, Malda Medical College and Hospital has been tight-lipped about the deaths of nine babies in 48 hours. Neither the names of
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BPL housing scheme ‘scam’
- Family members & loyalists of RSP leaders among beneficiaries Naoda: Several undeserving candidates have allegedly been allotted money in a Murshidabad pocket under a central housing scheme for below-poverty-line
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Pilot project to measure water wastage
KOLKATA, 2 MARCH: In a significant step towards levying of water tax in the city, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through the KMC will launch a pilot project to supply round-the-clock water to a ward
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Govt to set up more rice mills in rural areas
KOLKATA, 2 MARCH: The state food department will set up rice mills on the public-private partnership (PPP) model at 158 blocks of the state. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has initiated the process to
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Forest dept seals 75 illegal sawmills in Birbhum
SURI, 29 FEB: In a major crackdown on illegal sawmills in the district, officials of the forest department have sealed at least 75 establishments in the past five days. Forest department officials claimed
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Bengal needs to check crib deaths, malnutrition: Unicef
Kolkata, 29 Feb: The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) today said West Bengal needs to improve its infant mortality rate, primary education and malnutrition of poor children, and should address the
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HC asks Victoria Memorial curator to submit affidavit
KOLKATA, 29 FEB: The curator of Victoria Memorial was directed by the Division Bench of Mr Justice Pinaki Ghosh and Mr Justice Mrinalkanti Choudhuri of Calcutta High Court today to make an inventory of
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HC order on water bodies flouted
KOLKATA, 28 FEB: Some of the flora over portions of the 273 acres of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Botanical Gardens are not getting their share of underground water. In all, 24 interconnected lakes and
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Court observation in Singur case
KOLKATA, 27 FEB: “How will the court reach a conclusion whether the compensation paid is illusory, if the recipient is not allowed to approach the court with a grievance?” the Division Bench of Mr Justice