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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KMC to install solar power lights in all parks and gardens
KOLKATA, 23 JAN: To reduce consumption of electricity the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) plans to install solar power lights in all parks and gardens in the city. A senior civic official said solar
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Mamata’s move to protect farmland, for food security
KOLKATA, 23 JAN: Going a step ahead of what former land and land reforms reforms minister Abdur Rezzak Mollah had proposed about barring non-farmers from buying farmland, chief minister Mamata Banerjee
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Greener Kolkata? Polluting factory puts Mamata & party leaders on collision course
KOLKATA, 23 JAN: At a time when the chief minister, Miss Mamata Banerjee, has assured to provide a cleaner and greener city, her party leaders are backing a wagon-manufacturing factory on Jamir Lane in
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Teesta water-sharing: Expert panel meets CM
KOLKATA, 18 JAN: River expert Kalyan Rudra today said that few more issues have to be studied before submitting the report on sharing of the Teesta river water with Bangladesh. Mr Rudra heads the one-man
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Trinamul leaders to bank on rural electrification
KOLKATA, 16 JAN: In spite of the allegations of non-performance and corruption in Trinamul Congress-led Zilla Parishad, Trinamul Congress leaders are not worried. They are, in fact, confident that they
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Govt to spend `7.7 crore for watershed farming
KOLKATA, 15 JAN: The state government's decision to facilitate farming through watershed management in around 3.40 lakh hectares of land that has been lying barren due to water scarcity reinstates the
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KMC to upgrade garbage disposal system
KOLKATA, 15 JAN: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will revamp its existing garbage disposal system by introducing new compactor vehicles. The civic body will purchase 20 portable compactors within
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Poverty not sole cause of malnourishment
KOLKATA, 12 JAN: A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released a survey report which put 42 per cent of India's children under 5 years as malnourished; the principal advisor to the Planning Commission,
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Conventional power at mela for the first time
For the first time in the history of Gangasagar mela, the Kapil Muni mandir and ashram has been lit up using conventional power supply. After a long struggle the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution
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Govt decision hits paddy farmers hard
KOLKATA, 10 JAN: The state government's decision to do away with middlemen for selling paddy to the rice mills has, ironically enough, hit the farmers hard, many of whom can't sell their produce, the mills