KOLKATA: The city's air qual-ity index (AQI) finishing ab-ove 450 at 10am, when most of Kolkata's working popula-tion and students are out on the street, has prompted environmentalists and health e

KOLKATA: Air pollution levels shot off the charts in Kolkata early on Tuesday, earning for the city the unenviable distinction of having the most foul air in the world.

KOLKATA: Pollutants hung heavy in the ambient air of the city and refused to dissipate even in the evening when the ambient air tends to get cleaner.

KOLKATA: The state government has set up an inter-departmental committee, under the chairmanship of environment minister Sovon Chatterjee, for a concerted effort to combat air pollution.

KOLKATA: The city is experiencing its longest cold spell since 2004.

Environment ministry bats for real estate exemption

KOLKATA: Struggling to get control over the dengue situation, Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Thursday used a drone to find out if there was stagnant water or garbage on rooftops and complexes of

KOLKATA: The dengue outbreak is set to persist for the whole of December, something that has never happened in the recent past, believe experts.