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
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
A study conducted by National Family Health Survey revealed that more than 70 per cent middle-aged Indian women are iron deficient. More than 400 million women suffer from anaemia due to iron deficiency.
KOLKATA, Mach 31: In a new twist to recent controversies surrounding the phasing out of two-stroke autorickshaws in order to bring down the pollution levels, the public vehicles department (PVD) has found out that 17,000 autorickshaws were being plied in the city without valid documents.
KOLKATA, March 30: Unable to complete its slum development projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme on time, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) now faces a cost escalation of around Rs 80 crore. This amount will be borne by the civic body.
KOLKATA, March 29: The state government has accepted that misdiagnosis and erroneous treatment has helped the spread of multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis. The state health department is all set to issue an order directing the doctors to follow the norms of the revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) in their treatment of patients.
KOLKATA, March. 29: At a time when tuberculosis cases - including multi-drug resistant strains of the disease - are on the rise in the state, the state health department is gradually reducing the intake capacity of tuberculosis sanatoriums in the state.
HALDIA, March. 24: Even in Haldia, the state
KOLKATA, March 23: The state transport minister, Mr Subhas Chakraborty, admitted today that the state government have delayed a crackdown on the huge number of unregistered auto-rickshaws plying in the city and its outskirts due to anticipated stiff resistance from their operators.
KOLKATA, March 21: After the Nano pull-out, the state government has finally woken up to the fact that setting up of proper infrastructure is key in motivating private investors to set up industry in the state.
KOLKATA, March 20 : Now it's official. The performance of the Left Front government in providing guaranteed jobs for 100 days a year for the rural people during 2007-08 is abysmally poor ~ 25 days on an average against a national average of 44 days.
BAGMUNDI (Purulia), March 19: An NGO launched a project to promote the sustainable use of biological resources last week at Kishore Bharati Ashram Vidyalaya in Bagmundi, 55 km from Purulia town.