Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
New Delhi: You will have to pay up to 50 paise more for cleaner motor fuels in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and nine other major cities that plan switch to Euro-IV grade. Petrol in Delhi will be costlier by 50 paise per litre at Rs 47.93 per litre and diesel …
KOLKATA, 30 March: The state land use board has recommended that the state government should set up irrigation facilities for equal quantum of single crop land land acquired to set up industry to ensure food security even as the state agriculture minister, Mr Naren De admitted in the Assembly that …
State transport minister Ranjit Kundu admitted in the Assembly on Monday that allowing vehicles older than 15 years, which are banned in Calcutta, to ply in the districts was a mistake.
Kolkata: The New Moore island in the Bay of Bengal is being swallowed by the rising sea, making it one of the earliest instances of a patch of territory ceasing to exist because of global warming. New Moore Island, also known as Purbasha island, is at the confluence of Ichhamati …
KOLKATA, 17 MARCH: Mr Nirupam Sen, minister in charge of state power department today said unavailability of requisite amount of coal, railway rake and power from the Central power sector has led to massive power cuts during Madhyamik examination. He said this in reply to Mr Brahmamoy Nanda's question on …
DVC places order; negotiations with NTPC not successful. Coal import has become critical for the power sector due to the widening demand supply gap in thermal coal. Coal India Ltd's plan to enter into thermal coal import business is yet to find many takers in the power sector. According to …
KOLKATA, 14 MARCH: Three persons were arrested from different parts of the city yesterday evening on charges of selling mineral water bottles filled with tap water. Police said, the accused ~ Rameswar Yadav, Paramananda Rai and Sadhu Pandit ~ were remanded in police custody till 20 March after being produced …
A pusher tug, a small barge that propels a bigger vessel, drowned in the Hooghly near Prinsep Ghat on Friday night, releasing oil into the river. Attempts to salvage barge Bhagadutta, owned by the Assam government, was supposed to start today, according to what Calcutta Port Trust officials had said.
Noisy work at construction sites at night could attract a fine and a jail term The state environment department on Monday banned with immediate effect construction activities that generate noise in residential areas between 10pm and 6am. Violators can be both fined and jailed, if police act on complaints. The …
A pusher tug, a small barge that propels a bigger vessel, drowned in the Hooghly near Prinsep Ghat on Friday night, releasing oil into the river. Attempts to salvage barge Bhagadutta, owned by the Assam government, might start from Monday, Calcutta Port Trust officials said.
The silt thrown up by the gigantic brick sewers under the city is enough to cover the Shahid Minar 10 times over or fill up 150 reservoirs like the Tallah tank. This is the first time the sewers are being cleaned since they were laid in 1859. The Calcutta Municipal …
Fearing negative publicity, ahead of the civic elections scheduled in May, the Left Front controlled Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to stop the screening of a documentary film aimed at creating awareness among the citizens regarding proper disposal of garbage. Orders have been given to tone down the message …
Onthespot - Topsia water body An alleged attempt to fill a pond on Topsia Road (South) has united residents in the area in a bid to save it. Water from this pond has helped douse many a fire in Topsia.
A trial of a new oral cholera vaccine in Kolkata is promising but, as Patralekha Chatterjee reports, a vaccine is only one weapon in the battle against the disease.
The infrastructure hurdles that tripped the Book Fair are posing problems for a state government handicrafts fair starting at Milon Mela on Wednesday, with the authorities sitting on an upgrade plan. A part of the fairground is yet to be levelled, toilet and drainage facilities have not been improved and …
A demand-supply mismatch induced by the fear of a bird flu outbreak and a long winter has pushed up the price of chicken in the city. On Sunday, smaller broilers were selling for Rs 95 a kg and larger ones at Rs 92 a kg in New Market, the biggest …
New Delhi, 17 Feb: Nobel laureate Dr Amartya Sen has stressed on the need for a firm recognition of the right to food and a comprehensive legislation to guarantee it to everybody. During the Eighth Kolkata Group Workshop (see SNS photo), chaired by Dr Sen and attended by people from …
The mayor on Tuesday launched a garbage recycle project the likes of which have recently failed in municipalities around Calcutta because of a lack of civic sense and awareness. As part of the pilot project, the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) will hand over a bin to each household in six …
