KOLKATA: The sense of despair over the foul air that hangs like a shroud over Kolkata can change to hope if it learns from American cities that were as polluted but have since cleaned up their act,

KOLKATA: Reeling under the severest spell of dengue in over half a decade, Bengal is fighting another battle this year -the high fatality rate of the vector-borne disease.

Door-to-door surveys of over 75 lakh homes in the past eight months have conclusively proved that the city's upper-crust is to blame for the current surge in dengue cases.

Taxi scrap used in decoration of the pandal.Taxi scrap used in decoration of the pandal.

Kolkata: Abnormally high PM2.5 (particulate matter measuring less than 2.5 micron in diameter) levels in Kolkata's air nearly all through the year, except monsoon, is a major killer and may assume

Necessary permissions related to construction of a planned pumped storage hydro power plant have been received from the Centre, power and renewable energy minister Sovandeb Chattopadhyay said on Th

KOLKATA: In the past two-and-ahalf years, Kolkata's air qualified as 'good' only once for a fortnight in August 2015.

KOLKATA: In the past 12 months, the city has lost over 1,000 full-grown trees, around 100 of them uprooted in storms and the rest hacked down to make way for infrastructure projects.

For the first time, the residents of a locality in Bidhannagar has come together to install solar panels in the rooftop of their community centre.

KOLKATA: The dengue onslaught refuses to stop even after claims of combative steps by health officials and civic bodies.