With the monsoon yet to run its course, north Bengal, where the rivers are already in spate, lives in fear.

As northern Bihar reels under heavy floods, the worst in a decade, the State government struggles hard to take relief to the people.

Every year the Brahmaputra and its tributaries bring death and destruction to Assam. Yet, there is no long-term plan to tackle floods in the State.

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya admitted in the state Assembly that there was a situation of starvation and poverty at Amlasole in West Midnapore district and the government was

In the dark cloud of poverty and hunger deaths in Amlasole and Kankrajhore in West Bengal, the silver lining is the colour of red

The West Bengal Governement yesterday received directives from the States Human Rights Commission (WBHRC) in three cases. The WBHRC chairman, Justice Shyamal Sen dircted the District Magistrate to

Reports of starvation deaths in a West Bengal village are predictably raising a storm in Kolkata with opposition parties seeking to put the ruling Communists on the mat over their "failure" to care

Local officla sin the Sudanese twon of Zalingei have decided it is time for their guests to go home. Ibrahim Adam Irrahim, the acting head of local government in the market town says