There are more animals in the State Zoo than the authorities can manage

•The West Bengal government has introduced a water pricing policy for affluent users and industries. Accordingly, they will not only have to pay the operation and maintenance costs of

THE blasting Of Chandardinga hills source of granite rocks - situated on the banks of Brahmaputra in Dhubri district of Assam has blown up into a big issue (Down To Earth, Vol 4, No 18). The

ENVIRONMENTAL activists have blasted the Assam government for giving permission to a private party to carry out blasting of the Chandardinga Hill in Dhubri district. Saumyadeep Dutta,

IN 1987, the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi offered to set up an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Assam as one of the sops to quell the student agitation in the state. Five years later, the