The government suspects that I-V fluids, manufactured by Senbo and Infusion India Limited, caused the recent Caesarian deaths at RG Kar Medical College and MR Bangur Hospital in Kolkata. It has
Jammu and Kashmir is now facing a drought situation. The state got 72 per cent less rainfall during the year, hence the discharge in rivers was low and the water table has
The West Bengal Pollution Control Board has submitted a report to the Division Bench of the Chief Justice, Mr AK Mathur and Mr Justice Girish Chandra Gupta of Calcutta High Court on the action it has
West Bengal's first eco-friendly housing complex is coming up on two acres at Rajarhat, North 24-Parganas. The power ministry said it's a joint venture of the Renewable Energy Sources Development
West Bengal's health authorities are working on an action plan to detect tuberculosis among tea garden workers in the Jalpaiguri region, given the fact that it is still a major disease in the
The Orissa forest minister, Mr AP Singh, has said five of the 10 elephants that died in the state's forests last year were killed by poachers. Two elephants were killed in accidents and one died a
The special relief commissioner, Mr Hrushikesh Panda, has said the report that three people have died to starvation was false. He, however, recommended that the present procurement process, which
The Unicef has agreed to fund a project for the identification and mapping of landslide prone areas in the Darjeeling hills. The first phase of the project estimated to cost Rs 3.75 lakh has been
The CMC has formed a core committee to fight the arsenic menance in Calcutta. The committee was formed last month after a meeting between representatives of CMC, All India Institute of Hygiene and
