Traffic on Sunday morning almost came to a standstill as Trinamul Congress activists today took to the streets, blocking arterial roads in several parts in the city, to protest against Centre's decision to hike the price of petroleum products.

Marking an important step in its plans to set up a chemical hub in the State, the West Bengal government on Friday handed over a

Bird flu has hit West Bengal barely a month after India presented a roadmap for pandemic preparedness and human security at the New Delhi International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic

KOLKATA, Feb 12- The state government today decided to lift from tomorrow the ban on trading and transportation of chicken and eggs imposed on 5 February, except in the 48 blocks and five municipalities where the avian flu had broken out. Poultry products would be allowed in and out of Murshidabad and Birbhum - the first to have been hit by the flu - only from authorised farms, though the ban would continue to be in force in 22 affected blocks in the two districts.

tribal villagers in West Bengal's West Midnapore district chopped down around 6,600 young eucalyptus trees on a six-hectare state forest department plantation recently. The residents claim the

The land in question in Khorikashuli, West Midnapore district, was originally a jungle mahal

Persistent organic pollutants found Rising sea level and erosion aside, the Sundarbans now face a new threat. An international research team has detected polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pbde), a

In 1988, Nayachar was handed over to the West Bengal fisheries department and renamed Meendwip. Not much was done till 2000 when 13 fishing cooperatives were set up and 316 ponds dug and leased annually to local fisherfolk and entrepreneurs. The enterprise hasn't been too successful. Fisheries department officials say only 100 ponds are functioning. The department has asked the state for Rs 220 million to wind up the project and repay a loan it had taken from the centre. The cooperatives also engaged about 600 fisherfolk, many of whom commute via the twice-a-day ferry service from Haldia.

science has just discovered a better and cheaper medium for growing fish food. Researchers from West Bengal's Kalyani University recently found human urine could be an excellent liquid incentive for