Gangetic dolphins are dwindling in number. There are several reasons for this. Pollution is the most important of them. Construction of dams, scarcity of food and illegal trade in dolphin fat have

The total number of malaria cases in the Kolkata has gone up since last September. While the number of cases in September 2001 was 8406, the corresponding figure this year is 8877.

The manner in which a recent exercise to identify the below poverty lien (BPL) population has been carried out has given rise to the impression that the West Bengal Government would like to underplay

West Bengal has the highest number of cancer patients, according to a report published by Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. The issue came up for discussion at a press conference on the establishment

The West Bengal state pollution control board secretary Mr Ravi Kant called on rolling, foundry and forging industries in Howrah to adopt pollution control measures or risk being made to move by the

If your 'para' club uses loudspeakers after 10 p.m. during the Pujas, you can call up and lodge a complaint with the pollution control board. The offender might be jailed or fined up to Rs 1 lakh. A

The West Bengal health and family welfare department will promote two contraception method in August. People will be encouraged to try non-scalpel vasectomy and intra-uterine devices in a World

Villagers from Khatra, Ranibandh and Shimlipal in Bankura (West Bengal) saw a milky drizzle last Friday(26th) and Saturday (27th). The BDO, Shimlipal, Mr Purnendu Majhi said,'We have preserved

Hazi Md Mohsin Square, popularly known as Gltalab, on Ripon Street (West Bengal) is in a mess. Goltalab, unfortunately is a thing of the past, as it is covered with water hyacinths and has become a

About 30000 villagers have been marooned in Raiganj block of North Dinajpur district (West Bengal) as two rivers, Kilick and Nagar are in spate. The BDO Raiganj block, Mr Pratip Kumar Mandal has