The West Bengal government plans to launch a drive to improve the city's environment with a little help from the Asian Development Bank. The city's sewerage and drainage system will be overhauled

West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd has chalked out a plan to eliminate the fly ash menace in Kolaghat Thermal Power Station. It plans to build dry ash silos to do away with the present

A red signal was hoisted at the protected zone comprising five blocks in the district on the left bank of the Ganga. The water level of the Ganga, at 25.33 metre has crossed the danger level at

They travel deep into the woods, in search of honey and firewood. Stepping into a world where the options often are to kill or be killed. In an effort to check the escalating man-animal conflict in

The West Bengal Pollution Control Board has fined over a dozen shops in south Kolkata for using plastic carry bags below 10 microns, a senior official said. A PCB official said that the errant shop

Unauthorised extraction of coal by the authorities has endangered the pit of a viable colliery under the Eastern Coalfields Ltd. A recent survey brought the matter to light. The pit no 2 of ECL's

The air around the Minto Park crossing south Kolkata is more polluted than in other parts of the city. No Prizes of guessing that one: construction of the AJC Bose Road flyover. Ultadanga, Moulalim

The minister of West Bengal for Sunderbans development, Mr Kanti Ganguly, said the Centre should immediately release funds to repair the damage caused to bunds in the

The West Bengal government's high hopes of containing the commercial trade of tiger skin, elephant tusks and other wildlife articles through voluntary disclosure of such assets may fall through for

Residents of ward 49 in south Howrah (West Bengal) are bogged down by malignant malaria which has wrecked havoc for the past few month. Most parts of the ward has became a breeding ground for