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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Nabard to increase priority lending by `20,000 crore
KOLKATA, 5 APRIL: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has decided to increase the priority lending by Rs 20,000 crore for the state in 2011-12, said Mr PVS Suryakumar, general manager of Nabard. Speaking at a Press conference held in the city today, Mr Suryakumar said in 2010-2011 financial year the priority lending limit was Rs 29,000 crore.
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Ganga erosion issue may cost LF dear
KRISHNAGAR, 1 APRIL: The indifferent attitude of the Left Front government to address issues including checking erosion of the Ganga river bank, providing electricity to a large number of people residing near the river banks has clearly put the Opposition candidate of Kalyani Assembly seat far ahead of the Left contestant. For the past few years, the unabated erosion of the river embankment has p
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Bird catchers turn conservationists
KOLKATA, 21 MARCH: A campaign that has transformed traditional bird catchers into conservationists was launched by an NGO, Peoples
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Anti-nuclear group criticises role of administration in dealing with hazards
KOLKATA, 21 MARCH: Incidents of nuclear accidents are frequent across the world but the governments suppress the news and fabricate facts when it comes to the extent of causing damage, said the former director of the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Dr Manoj Pal, at a press meet organised by Paramanu Bidyut Birodhi Prachaar Andolan Manch at the Press Club today. The conference was organised t
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Panchayats responsible for failure of cooked food scheme, claims minister
KOLKATA: The poor aged people, residing in 91 blocks across the districts of West Bengal, could not be brought under the state government's scheme to provide cooked food to them due to various reasons, including lack of initiative from panchayat authorities, Mr Anisur Rahman, state panchayat and rural development minister, told the Assembly today. He was answering a question raised by DSP MLA M
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Hidco accused of illegally filling 33 water bodies
KOLKATA, 13 MARCH: About 33 water bodies in the Ramsar-protected East Kolkata Wetlands were filled illegally for the construction of the Newtown-Rajarhat Township. A letter (No.
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Full state budget on 21 March
EC should have consulted me and Governor: Halim KOLKATA, 4 MARCH : The Speaker, Mr HA Halim, today said the Election Commission should have consulted him and the Governor before declaring election dates and that the state government is left with no other option but to go ahead with its plan to place the full budget in the Assembly on 21 March. Asked whether it would violate the model code of
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Green rules await contesting parties
KOLKATA, 3 March: In a bid to keep the environment clean and free from pollution during the campaign of the political parties prior to the Assembly poll, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has decided to make an appeal to all the parties to follow a set of
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Lowest-ever polio cases recorded in 2010
Kolkata, 1 March: India has moved closer to eradication of polio, recording only 42 cases in 2010 compared to 741 in the previous year. Till February this year, only a single case has been reported from Howrah, according to the India National Polioplus Committee of Rotary International.
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New polio case prompts fresh drive in 5 dists
KOLKATA, 14 FEB: Alarmed at the detection of a fresh polio case in the state in the midst of intensified campaign against the diseases the state government has been compelled to conduct a polio immunisation drive in selected five districts, including Kolkata. Officials said the polio immunisation drive has been ordered after an 18-month-old child Rupsana Khatun of Panchla in Howrah was found to