The KMC(Kolkata Municipal Corporation) vans which collect clinical waste from government run hospitals generally return empty. The reason, hospitals are not supplying the waste to civic authorities.

A herd of 54 wild elephants has sneaked into Kadmapukuria and Chandabilla Forest Range of Nayagram in Jhargram subdivision (West Bengal) and is doing extensive damage to the villages in the area over

Lack of awareness is depriving people of Cooch Behar district from availing basic healthcare facilities offered by the West Bengal government. Keeping this in view the Cooch Behar district health

The West Bengal government has decided to hand over 57 acres of land of the state's agriculture department to the Indian Council of Agriculture Research free of cost for the setting up a mango and

Several pharmaceutical companies are using endangered plants to manufacture ayurvedic medicine despite a Union environment ministry ban on collecting such plants from forests. This has been reveled

Industrial units which cause pollution will not be allowed near human settlements in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) said in a circular issued.

Patenting of Basmati rice by an US company is an instance of immorality said noted plant taxonomist Sir Ghillean Prance. This underscores the need to obtain US ratification for regulations laid down

Erosion of the banks of the Ganga, caused by the ravaging floods annually, has finally made irrigation officials in Malda sit up and take notice. Malda irrigation division officials have urged the

A lake adjoining to Mrs Debjani Jana's residence in West Bengal, which houses thousands of winter guests coming from places such as the Himalayan foothills and even as far as Siberia. The site a

North Bengal is readying for a curious headcount that too, close on the heels of the National Census that has only just been tabulated. Foresters, wildlife officials, zoologists administrators, and