Some of the pesticides used to kill mosquito larvae by the KMC in many parts of Kolkata for the past few months have already completed their shelf lives. That's

West Bengal finance minister, Mr Asim Dasgupta, inaugurated the Parimal Kanan, which was thrown open to the public. The park, the first of its kind in the state, was built jointly by the urban and

There have been very few oxygen cylinders in the BC Roy children's hospital (West Bengal) for the whole last week. Inquiries revealed that there had been acute oxygen shortage since last week.

As in other words, garbage is all you can see at every nook and corner of the KMC's ward 54. Charity surely does not begin at home for the KMC. The lane in front of the KMC's Central Garage and

Former Aligarh Muslim University vice-chancellor and IIT foundation professor, Mr MN faruqui, called upon scientists to find out ways to purify the atmosphere which is being polluted by industrial

The West Bengal government has ordered an assessment of the situation in Purulia, West Midnapore and Bankura where inadequate rainfall has hit sowing of paddy for the Aman crop.

The Forward Bloc said they would accept the McKinsey proposals on farm policy only if it improves the West Bengal's agricultural prospects. The Forward Bloc is not prepared to accept fully the

Legislators should first quit smoking and then perch people to follow suit, the West Bengal Assembly Speaker , Mr Hasim Abdul Halim said. He was speaking at the inauguration of a two-day workshop on

The Orissa government may ban "un-conventional fishing" within 1000 metre of the Chilka lake. A Bill to this effect is likely to be introduced in the Assembly during the winter session. The revenue

Thirty five years after the first perspective plan for development of the Kolkata Metropolitan Area was drawn up, solid waste disposal in the KMA remains an "unfinished