A mobile app will soon be put to use to help the West Bengal government monitor sanitation initiatives in schools across districts.

Five persons have died of dengue in Kaliachak in the last three days, district health department sources said here today.

Union Health Minister writes to CM expressing concern

Scientific investigations into the outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in West Bengal, which has claimed 105 lives since June, have revealed a pesticide has been found “above minimum safe

Bengal has recorded a phenomenal growth in its forest cover in last two years.

More children were admitted to Malda Medical College and Hospital with “litchi syndrome“, bringing the total number of afflicted to 37.

Affected children are largely from around a litchi plantation in Malda

Even as the toll in infant deaths in Malda Medical College Hospital rose to 14, a three-member expert team on Sunday ascertained that the casualties were caused due to malnutrition and low weight.

Malda: Bidis bind villagers of Malda’s Uttar Dariyapur together, and so does cancer.

KOLKATA, 25 JULY: The state water resources investigation and development department today formed a seven-member committee to assess the situation with the state's groundwater ahead of preparing th