KOLKATA, 14 FEB: Alarmed at the detection of a fresh polio case in the state in the midst of intensified campaign against the diseases the state government has been compelled to conduct a polio immunisation drive in selected five districts, including Kolkata.

Officials said the polio immunisation drive has been ordered after an 18-month-old child Rupsana Khatun of Panchla in Howrah was found to

Taking yet another dig at the state government for its

KOLKATA, 12 JAN: The School of Oceanographic Studies, Jadavpur University, in a study found that water level in the Bay of Bengal off the Sunderbans coast has risen four times over the past nine years. The sudden rise is posing a real threat to the Sagar Island among other islands in the Sunderbans.

A thick film of oil spreads on the waters in the Hooghly after a collision between cargo ships at Nurpur in South 24 Parganas district on Tuesday.

NURPUR (SOUTH 24 PARGANAS DISTRICT): A cargo vessel on its way to the Kolkata port rammed another such ship bound for Colombo on the Hooghly river here on Tuesday.

Though none of the crew was injured, both vessels suffered extensive damage and a l

KOLKATA: Over 500 people engaged in small-scale fishing and related activities held a demonstration here on Friday in protest against the Draft Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification 2010.

KOLKATA, 10 OCT: Even as chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was taking a justifiable pride at an industrialists

Kolkata: Eleven West Bengal districts were declared

KOLKATA, 27, JULY: Ramakrishna Mission has sunk six tubewells in the Aila-affected areas in South 24 Parganas using the Statesman Calamity Relief Fund. Three tubewells have been sunk in Chotomollakhali, Bazarpara, two in Kumirmari and one in Amtali in South 24 Parganas under the Aila cyclone relief project taken up by the RKM.

KOLKATA, 13 JULY: According to the District Human Development Report on South 24-Parganas, which was released yesterday, 15 per cent of Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forests, may be submerged by the year 2020. However, an uncertainty prevails over the data.

KOLKATA, 13 JULY: At least 15 per cent of the Sunderbans ~ the world's largest mangrove forests ~ will be submerged by 2020 and neglecting the area further can have global implications as it is highly vulnerable to climate change, says a UNDP report.