KOLKATA, 22 DEC: The city today experienced the second coldest day in the past 20 years with the mercury dipping to 10.8 degree Celsius.

BURDWAN, 29 NOV: Diarrhoea outbreak claimed three lives and affected 32 others in Kulti and Memari blocks in the last six days.

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BURDWAN, 6 NOV: Thirty lorries, loaded with illegally-extracted sand from the Ajoy riverbed, were seized by the Durgapur SDO yesterday evening.

Even as the chief minister, Miss Mamata Banerjee continues to remain silent on the crib deaths in the state, her nominee at the Centre, Union minister of state for health, Mr Sudip Bandopadhyay, to

Facing a mounting threat from pollution, the West Bengal government has constituted several committees to explore the need to frame a new environment policy.

BURDWAN/KOLKATA, 28 OCT: Close on the heels of the uproar over crib deaths at a Kolkata Hospital, the Burdwan Medical College & Hospital (BMCH) recorded deaths of 12 newborns in 24 hours.

Kolkata, 28 Oct: Facing a mounting threat from pollution, the state government has constituted several committees to explore the need to frame a new environment policy.

A day after 13 children were reported dead at the B C Roy Children’s Hospital at Kolkata, at least 16 more babies have reportedly died in two government hospitals in the state in last 24 hours.

KOLKATA, 10 OCT: As the state does not have a steady supply of compressed natural gas (CNG), the state transport department has taken up a project to use coalbed methane (CBM) as an alternative to