The Left Front, which takes pride in decentralisation and devlution of powers to panchayats, has reversed its stand to tackle drought in some districts in West Bengal. The Prime Minister's Gram

The Supreme Court may have declared a ban on prenatal sex determination tests and asked state health secretaries to appear before it for alleged failure to implement the Pre-natal Diagnostic

Increasing pollution in the Bay of Bengal is threatening the existence of Olive Ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea), a pilot survey on marine pollution at the micro-layer level, conducted by the

The issue of Kolkata Municipal Corporation's figures on malaria has taken a bizarre turn with the Trinamul led civic board claiming the death toll to be 20 this year as of now while the Left

The new year will bring a new added responsibility for school teachers, who are teaching in government primary schools. The West Bengal government is planning a project to train rural school teachers

Water samples were collected from 50 different places in West Bengal and on examination about 66.66 per cent of the tested water was found unfit for human consumption.

KMDA and Salt Lake Municipality (Kolkata) have jointly taken up a project for producing manure by recycling garbage at a waste disposal ground. This is part of the project taken up by KMDA and other

Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has landed the first punch in the battle against malaria. Compared to last year, the number of malaria cases has come down. And if the trend continues, then the

The Patton group has come up with arsenic removal units that it claims can purify water having arsenic level up to 1.4mg/litre. The units comprise four tanks. Water stored in the tanks is passed

West Bengal's new farm policy is likely to emphasis on cooperatives instead of capitalist farming, Left Front sources said. A draft of the new policy may be placed before the Cabinet.