The five-member committee, formed by Calcutta high court in response to a PIL filed against rampant felling of trees on Camac Street, will probe into the diminishing greenery at areas where develop

All major real estate projects in the city and rest of the state have remained stalled since April because the state mechanism to clear them has been lying dormant for over six months.

A Bengali scientist has made a path-breaking discovery that has the potential to free the city from the plastic "noose".

The city might boast of its stringent emission norms and the scrap policy for commercial vehicles ageing 15 years, but polluting vehicles go unchecked in the city.

Believe it or not, Kolkata's energy efficiency has doubled since the turn of the century and is projected to increase by two times in the next 12 years.

Strict vigil and stringent law have spared river Hooghly from bearing the brunt of pollution triggered by idol immersion, but local waterbodies were not so lucky.

The mention of another spell of rain may make you grumble, but nothing short of a downpour will clean up the toxins in the air after Diwali.

The fate of the Nayachar project in West Bengal for the proposed power plant along with downstream units at the island hangs in balance.

The tradition of immersing idols may soon be ripped off puja celebrations with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) taking cognizance of an application by environment activist Subhas Datta, seeking a

If you are planning a weekend trip to the Sunderbans, you can now look beyond the Sajnekhali wildlife sanctuary.