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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Drought: State desperately seeking Central assistance
<br /> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>25 August 2010</div> <div>KOLKATA, 25 AUG: In a bid to ensure Central assistance in the wake of drought in 11 districts, the state government is apparently leaving no stone unturned.
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Smuggling heat on Eastern Coalfields
Durgapur, Aug.
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Lost in transportation
KOLKATA, 19 AUG: While six out of 25 deer died when they were being relocated to Dobanki camp in the Sunderbans from Parmadan Deer Park in North 24-Parganas, three more were killed following a fight among themselves at the Parmadan Park today. The deer were being taken from Parmadan to Dobanki to get them acclimatised with forest conditions, before releasing them in the Sunderbans.
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Activist alleges administration acedia on polluted air
KOLKATA, 19 AUG: Civil rights activist Mr Naba Dutta ( in sns photo) has accused the state government of victimising him for speaking out against
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Ire over identification of drought-hit districts
KOLKATA, 18 AUG: The state government's decision to identify certain districts as drought-hit has raised a howl of protest even within the Cabinet, with Mr Srikumar Mukherjee, the minister from CPI, pointing out that the state was making its decisions based on average rainfall received by a district instead of declaring drought according to mouzas as was the norm of the Centre. Mr Mukherjee dre
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Midnapore goes unnoticed in state drought list
TAMLUK, 17 AUG: The CPI-M ruled state government may not have included Midnapore East in the list of drought-hit districts, but this area too is facing severe drought-like situation with 18 out of 25 blocks receiving more than 35 percent deficit in rainfall this monsoon. The Trinamul Congress has demanded that Midnapore East be declared a drought-hit district in view of crop loss following defi
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That sinking feeling...
KOLKATA, 17 AUG: A casual approach to a serious civic issue, the rampant misuse of groundwater, might lead to massive subsidence in the city in the near future, engineers and geologists spoken to by The Statesman have said. Though the cave-in on Council House Street today was due to the collapse of the underground brick sewer, engineers of Kolkata Municipal Corporation and the State Water Inves
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Jharkhand, 11 Bengal districts drought-hit
RANCHI/KOLKATA, 16 AUG: Drought in the eastern parts of the country spread to more areas with all the 24 districts in Jharkhand and 11 districts in West Bengal being declared drought-hit by the respective state governments today.<br />Bihar chief minister Mr Nitish Kumar had yesterday declared the entire state drought-hit.
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State to dole out funds to keep the NREGA running
<br />KOLKATA, 16 Aug: Keeping an eye on the crucial 2011 poll, the state government is likely to spend a handsome amount from its own coffer to keep the NREGA running, after it failed to ensure the required amount of money from the Centre under the project.
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Guv urges leather sector to lay stress on cleaner technology
<br />KOLKATA, 14 AUG: Working on value addition, achieving international quality standards and a stress on