Demanding that cyclists and other users of non-motorised transport (NMT) should be allowed to move freely in the city, activists have sought the intervention of the Calcutta High Court.

A PIL filed by members of the 'Chakra Satyagraha', a movement against the NMT ban, is expected to come up for hearing in a division bench of the court of Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Joymalya Bagchi on Wednesday.

KPT is in the process of drafting a proposal for renewal of leases, to soon be sent to the shipping ministry

On the heels of the Union Cabinet giving its nod to convert 1,300 acres from leasehold to freehold at Gandhidham near the Kandla Port in Gujarat, the Centre has asked the Kolkata Port Trust (KPT), too, to devise a strategy for the 2,500 acres in the port’s township area, which are under lease.

Will Sunderbans, the world's largest tiger habitat, survive a century later? Will millions living in the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin be forced to migrate?

Patna is at the bottom of the 50 liveable cities of India, while Mumbai is at the top.

Resolutions on reducing weight and kicking the drinking habit are common, but Chennaiites, going by a report by the Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council (WTERT), would do well to resolve

Mitra said there would also be smaller 20-seater buses for which license would be given to unemployed youths

A total of 1000 new buses under the JNNURM scheme would be on the roads in Kolkata by March next year, Transport Minister Madan Mitra said today.

Leaders should recognise and act on dangers facing people living on the margins in urban centres, a report states.