After suffering reverses in panchayat polls in several districts of West Bengal, the CPI (M) on Thursday said industrialisation in the state would continue, though steps to acquire land would be taken "cautiously". "The process of industrialisation will continue. However, we have to take steps cautiously (to acquire land) and decide on where industries would be set up," party Politburo member Biman Bose told reporters here. Mr Bose, who is here to attend the Central Committee meeting, said, "We have to take the people into confidence and move forward."

The land-losers who had sacrificed their cultivation quarters to help installation of DVC's Mejia Thermal Power Station in Bankura blocked the coal consignments and entrance of the power utility causing severe inconvenience to its expansion work for 12 hours today. They demanded absorption against land acquisition. The stir was withdrawn only after the Bankura district administration assured one to one conciliation meeting on 27 May.

The continuing heat wave with heat wave claimed six lives in Burdwan and Bankura districts today. Most of the victims were residents of Asansol-Durgapur industrial zone where mercury touched nearly 43 degree Celsius. Gouri Mondal (80), a resident of Taldangra, Bankura was found dead at her courtyard at about 11.30 am today. The doctors said that she died of sunstroke.

Tourism has become a part of Bankura ever since other parts of the state came to know about places like Jhilimili, Mukutmonipur, Bishnupur. The district has been trying for the past few years to woo the tourists who would be interested in exploring the unique natural beauty of Bankura. Last week a new tourist destination, Sunukpahari was added to the district tourism map.

A pull of the neck and then a twist is all that is needed to bring silent death to a hen or a duck. In scientific terms, the bird

violent protests against the public distribution system have spread across many districts in West Bengal over the past weeks.

Sept. 17: The Centre today announced a diesel subsidy of up to Rs 500 per hectare to farmers in drought-hit Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand to help them irrigate their fields.

BANKURA : Though the government initiatives didn't fetch any effective results, Bankura may have a solar power plant within the next two fiscals. This has been proposed by a multinational non-conventional power major. Besides, electronic giant Videocon too has proposed for solar power plants in Bankura and Purulia. The district administration is looking for land availability for the upcoming power projects.