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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DSPs radioactive material found in slum
DURGAPUR, 16 JAN: Radioactive material stolen from inside SAIL
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Cold wave toll raises to 4, temperature to rise
KOLKATA/MALDA: Even though the city dwellers were expected to get a breather from the chill, cold wave claimed another three victims, including a 106-year-old woman, today in Malda taking the toll to four in the state. Annapurna Saha (63), a resident of Malda town, and Radharani Das (106), a resident of Birampur died of cold late last night while 49-year-old Budhai Tutu passed away last night i
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Another cold storage triggers row
BURDWAN, 13 JAN: While the state agricultural marketing department is all set to sue the Panagarh cold storage that had thrown out 360 tons of potato meant for midday meal for the ICDS centres and Sisu Siksha Kendras, yet another cold storage in Burdwan town has thrown out 7500 tons of potato. The state run apex cooperatives, Benfed & Confed, owners of the potato packets, however, are yet to pr
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Sagar Islands: A victim of hungry tides
KOLKATA, 12 JAN: The School of Oceanographic Studies, Jadavpur University, in a study found that water level in the Bay of Bengal off the Sunderbans coast has risen four times over the past nine years. The sudden rise is posing a real threat to the Sagar Island among other islands in the Sunderbans.
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Forest departments move to maintain food chain
SILIGURI, 10 JAN: In order to maintain proper food chain the forest department released a total of 58-spotted deer in Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary today.
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Free potato for mid-day meal
The state government would distribute 70,000 metric tons of potato, lying in cold storages in five districts, free of cost for mid-day meal and ICDS, finance minister Mr Asim Dasgupta announced today, admitting that the state exchequer had to drain off Rs 60 crore to
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Issue of buying water meters mentioned in KEIP agenda paper
Rubbishing the claim of mayor, Mr Shovan Chatterjee, that the Trinamul Congress-led Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) board never wanted to install water meters in the city, the state municipal affairs minister, Mr Asok Bhattacharya, today said the issue of purchasing water meters was mentioned in the agenda paper of the KEIP steering committee meeting that was held on 4 Januray and the paper wa
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Sen questions Jaiswals Aerotropolis remark
State industry minister Mr Nirupam Sen today expressed surprise over Union coal minister
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Process on to check Bird Flu
SURI, 27 DEC: The district animal resource development (ARD) department has begun vaccinating country chickens as part of its anti-bird flu measure. The department has engaged self-help groups (SHG) from various blocks to do the job. The ARD department started the vaccination programme after temperature started dipping from the middle of December as H5N1 virus usually spreads at low temperature.
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Desilting of sewers in city a distant dream
KOLKATA, 27 DEC: The desilting and strengthening of underground sewers with glass-reinforced polymer pipes (GRP) in south and north Kolkata is a distant dream and is not possible before September next year, senior civic officials feel. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has floated a global tender to find out a firm after it cancelled the contract of APS Michigan as it failed to do the job.