No-objection certificates from the state pollution control board will become mandaroty for nursing homes and health centers that are coming up in congested residential areas, West Bengal environment

The number of patients suffering from tuberculosis in the West Bengal has gone down after the introduction and proper monitoring of the Directly Observed Treatment short course (DOTS), the health

Last year, Olive Ridley turtles skipped visiting lare sections of the Orissa coast for their elaborate mass nesting ritual. Around 50500 Olive Ridley turtles have perished since 1999. Understandably,

The centre has provided Rs 2.24 crore for the production of clean milk, Mr Anisur Rahman, West Bengal state minister for animal resources said. With the money sophicated gadgets, including chilling

The West Bengal Pollution Control Board has ordered the closure of 56 industrial units in Kolkata, for failing to meet emission norms over the last years. The industries comprise rubber units in

Every year about 150000 fresh cases of tuberculosis are detected in West Bengal and 40000 patients die of the disease. The status report prepared by the state health department carries some startling

Two separate surveys recently conducted by West Bengal health officials in Haldia, and international surveyor TNS Mode, in dock-based cities show that the situation is

Even as the year's first Nor'wester claimed 22 lives, rendered at least 1.2 lakh people homeless, and destroyed field crops worth several thousands of rupees in Hooghly (West Bengal) last night, many

Sale! Sale! Elephants for sale! Do not be surprised if such as advertisement appears in the newspapers soon, courtesy the West Bengal forest department. Suffering the effects of a reduced budget, the

Hailstorm killed around 12 persons in Hooghly and disrupted life across the state. About 350 people were injured in Bankura, 20 in Hooghly and three at NSC Bose Airport. The season's first