Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Kedar Nath Yadav Vs State of West Bengal And Others dated 31/08/2016 regarding acquisition of land by Tata Motors Ltd. to an extent of about 1000 acres within the mouzas Gopalnagar, Singherberi, Beraberi, Khaserberi and Bajemelia, P.S. Singur, District Hooghly, West Bengal.

As many as 239 new dengue cases were reported from different districts of West Bengal in the last 24 hours even as the death toll due to the vector-borne disease remained unchanged at 20, officials

KOLKATA: Dengue deaths in West Bengal since January rose to 17 with medical reports today confirming the recent death of two women due to the vector-borne disease, a senior government official said

There were no reports of any Dengue deaths in the state today even as the number of people infected with the vector-borne disease in West Bengal in the last 24 hours crossed the 2,000 mark with 283

112 new cases of dengue were reported in the last 24 hours in various parts of West Bengal

One of the first announcements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi pertained to cleaning the Ganga. But this is not the first time an attempt has been made to clean the river. River cleaning schemes initiated in 1974, 1985, 1993, 1996 and 2008-09 have been monumental failures. While the Prime Minister's announcement was followed by a lot of rhetoric and initial moves towards the goal were frantic, two years later, there has been little improvement in the state-of-affairs.

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee & Others Vs Chief Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal & Others dated 05/05/2016 regarding discharge of waste water into a pond by M/s Jupiter Alloys and Steel (India) Limited, PO- Sahaganj, District Hooghly, West Bengal.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Susanta Kumar & Others Vs Chairman, West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 13/01/2016 regarding cutting of mango trees (whose age are varying from 25 to 30 years) without any permission from the competent authority under the West Bengal Trees (Protection & Conservation in Non-Forest Areas) Act 2006.

The Application stands dismissed as the Court noted that already a civil suit is pending wherefrom appropriate relief may be obtained by the applicants as per law if he succeeds.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Kolkata Giant Wheel Pvt. Ltd & Ors Vs Subhas Datta & Ors dated 08/10/2015 regarding the ferris wheel project (Kolkata Eye) on the Hooghly waterfront.

KOLKATA: The Hooghly riverfront in Kolkata will get a makeover with World Bank sanctioning funds under the National Ganga River Basin Project scheme.

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