Four years after making waste disposal compulsory in hospitals, the West Bengal government has finally realised that not much has been done for its implementation. Hence, it has asked NGOs to conduct

The West Bengal forest department will set up a rescue centre at a cost of Rs 1.5 crore at Khayerhat in North Bengal. Besides sheltering fawns and other animal offspring, it will be the first centre

The Union minister for water resources development, Mr Arjun Charan Sethi, visited Farakka to survey erosion along the Ganga and how it affects Malda and

Unlike other housing projects in West Bengal the new township at Rajarhat will have its own landscape and greenery. The Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation will fund a project to provide

Mr. Jiten Gogoi is the MLA from Bokakhat. A major section of the nearly 450 sq kilometer Kaziranga National Park, famous for its one-horned rhinoceros, falls within his constituency. Little has been

A census of endangered animals hitherto not covered in any similar count has been launched for the first time in the country this week. Species to be covered by the census include estuarine

The West Bengal government is planning to let farmer sell their products directly to buyers. Every sub-divisional and block headquarters will have markets modelled after apni mandis found in Punjab

The Orissa government's Animal Disease Research Institute has confirmed claims of an Australian veterinarian that the alarming incidence of tuberculosis in a number of villages in Malkangiri had a

More than 20 elephants have been poisoned to death in Bhalukpong area in the last two months. Forest department officials admit people have been encroaching upon the habitat of elephants. Capturing

Local environmentalists and forest department officials are peeved at the recent release of two Russain nationals, who were charged with stealing rare species of butterflies, noths and beetles from