With two more deaths, the toll in rain-related mishaps across West Bengal rose to 29 on Wednesday even as some major rivers continued to flow above the danger mark. Altogether 26 lakh people in 14 districts have been affected by the heavy rain pounding the State for a week now and still continuing sporadically.
The West Bengal government will commence its arguments on the petition filed by Tata Motors challenging the Constitutional validity of the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011 before the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday.
Rains have claimed 21 lives in a week in West Bengal. Around 25 lakh people have been affected by incessant rains whose ravages spilled over to 14 districts against the nine announced earlier by the State government.
The government is drawing up a five-year health plan with focus on strengthening rural health care and bringing down the death rate of newborns and their mothers.
The West Bengal government on Thursday said that excess rainfall in the Gangetic West Bengal and catchment areas of Damodar Valley in Jharkhand had triggered floods in large parts of the State, cla
Tata Motors today told the Calcutta High Court that the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011 was legislated in the interest of Trinamool Congress sympathisers.
Even after the Maithon dam substantially reduced its discharge after responding to an SOS by chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee today, the state government has instructed officials in most distric
The West Bengal Chief Minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday sanctioned a grant of Rs 88 crore for the Aila-affected families in Sundarbans in South 24 Parganas.
