In the backdrop of increasing cases of elephant poaching being reported, the US House of Representatives passed a Bill, HR 700, that would reauthorise the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, by

Twenty-four female patients of M R Bangur TB Sanatorium at Digri in Garbeta (West Bengal) became critical within minutes of taking a tablet-Ethambutal 400 mg-last morning.

Economic prosperity seems to have triggered increasing cases of deaths by elephants in south Bengal. Deaths because of man-elephant conflicts are on the rise in south Bengal.

It's a battle between Calcutta Municipal Corporation and groups involved in felling trees in Kolkata. Unfortunately, it appears that the latter is winning hands down.Even as the government started

Kala azar has been detected in six Sunderban villages. The West Bengal minister of state for health and family welfare, Mr Pratyush Mukherjee, said the World Health Organisation had recently reported

A path-breaking achievement has been made by doctors in a state run hospital in Kolkata's suburb. Here one can get the most nutrient-rich blood free of cost. The source of this blood is something our

Fifteen people have died of malaria in Kolkata and in rest of West Bengal this year, said Mr Pratyush Mukherjee, the state health minister said.

The School of Environment Studies of Jadavpur University has found arsenic contaminated water at Rajarhat and adjoining areas where West Bengal's biggest township project is coming

The West Bengal Pollution Control Board has threatened to take legal action against 20 hospitals, for irregularities in disposing clinical

The Opposition in Bidhan Nagar municipality in West Bengal has sought a ban on the plastic bags and polythene packs to keep the sewer lines clean during the