The West Bengal state government's decision to engage crop doctors to advice farmers to augment yield has nose-dived because of failure to select right kind of persons for the job. The agriculture

Kolkata is fast turning into ' a city of garbage', while the people are facing acute water shortage because of the civic administration's total collapse' and the mayor in council members'

The West Bengal state government has set December 2005 as the target date to eradicate leprosy in the four districts of Bankura, Birbhum, Midnapor West and Purulia where prevalence of the disease is

Car owners are not fully at fault for the pollution created through emission of exhaust fumes, as the fumes depend largely on the quality of the fuel they receive from the petrol pumps, Mr Manabendra

An appeal to the Supreme Court to extend its 28 February deadline for shift of city tanneries to the new leather complex at Bantala (West Bengal) seems on the cards. While the government maintains

The West Bengal government hasn't been able to distribute enough non-land inputs like mini-kits and fertiliser among farmers, says a survey report on beneficiaries of land reforms released by the

Greenery on both sides of the Feeder Canal, stretching from Farakka to Jangipur, may soon disappear, thanks to the smugglers ruling the roost in the area. The departments concerned admitted to

The West Bengal government will organise a two day sensitization programme against chewing tobacco and smoking, director of health services, Dr Prabhakar Chatterjee said. A report by the Centre says

The West Bengal environment department, for the first time in the country, is going to map the respiratory health of school children across the state. The project has been undertaken to provide a

Pune -based Serum Institute of India has slashed prices of its Hepatitis B vaccine, Genevac B, by up to 40 per cent. The 10 ml vial, which was earlier available for Rs 1,400 will now be cost Rs 875.