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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State to revamp public transport system
The state government is looking forward to revamping the public transportation system in order to decrease the number of private cars, and thereby reduce traffic congestion by improving public transport, said Mr Asok Bhattacharya, state minister for municipal affairs and urban development.
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Govt board to monitor pollution during Pujas
Kolkata, 11 Oct: The noise level and other environment-related parameters would be monitored by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board during the Puja festival beginning this week. A number of teams will monitor noise pollution from microphones and crackers from 13 October till October 17 in and around Kolkata, WBPCB chairman, Prof.
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Railways to run Sealdah-Howrah vehicles for old & infirm
KOLKATA, 11 OCT: Railway minister Miss Mamata Banerjee today inaugurated 10 battery-operated environment friendly 10-seater small vehicles at Sealdah Railway station. Miss Banerjee said the vehicles will ply between Sealdah and Howrah railway stations and will carry senior citizens and physically-challenged people free of cost. She inaugurated long-distance trains between Sealdah and Ajmer, Sea
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Extensive use of pesticides: A recipe for disaster
KOLKATA, 10 OCT: Even as chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was taking a justifiable pride at an industrialists
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Water woes galore but policies wanting
At a time when the state is reeling under acute water scarcity, the government is yet to formulate a water policy, even after eight years since the National Water Policy came into being. The National Water Policy 2002, had made the formulation of State Water Policy mandatory, backed by an operational action plan
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New stem cell research centre to be set up
In an attempt to preserve stem cells for treating various diseases, including cancer, the state government along with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Cancer Research Institute, is going to set up a stem cell research centre at Nayabadh Mouja near the EM bypass. The initiative was taken after it was found that there is a lack of stem cell research centre in the city. Dr Asish Mukherjee, director of
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River beds to be cleaned within 24 hours of immersion
The river bed as well as the banks of the Ganga stretching from Jalangi to Diamond Harbour is to be cleaned up of all debris within 24 hours after the immersion of images of Goddess Durga, the Division Bench of Justice Pinaki Ghosh and Justice Shukla Kabir Sinha held today.
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NREGS: State told to frame fund utilisation policy
While promising to release a sum of Rs 500 crore to keep the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) running in West Bengal at the earliest, the team from the Union rural development ministry that met the state panchayat minister today forced the state to frame a policy before disbursing further allotment to the districts under the scheme. The Central team, led by it
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East-West Metro: PMO intervenes
KOLKATA, 4 OCT: The Prime Minister
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Poor quality potatoes: CPI-M accused of bungling funds
TAMLUK, 27 SEPT: With Alimudding Street busy with the upcoming Assembly polls, closer home the CPI-M has been accused of misappropriating government funds by supplying poor quality potatoes through the public distribution system across the state, including Midnapore East district. This has been revealed after the state government announced the release of about 1 million tons of potato stored in