KOLKATA: Does the role of tobacco in causing cancer needs further scrutiny?

The city has always been polluted but the rate at which its level is increasing has turned menacing.

Strict emission standard but lenient enforcement is what marks the city's approach to pollution control.

BALI ISLAND (Sunderbans): The water level in the Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, is rising at an "alarming" level, endangering the habitation, a World Bank report has suggested.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked Chief Ministers and representatives of Ganga Basin states to “create enough awareness to stop pollution” of the river in their respective areas.

If the Centre has its way, the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) - a key central body which monitors planning and execution of all schemes of Ganga rejuvenation in coordination with five

34 new cases of swine flu, highest reported in a day since January, today surfaced in West Bengal even as no death was recorded in the last 24 hours due to H1N1 virus, officials said here.

Latest survey shows the number at 250 in two of the State’s national parks