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 …
The National Disaster Management Authority, New Delhi, and the Regional Meteorological Centre, Kolkata, today issued a caution stating that a cyclonic storm could hit coastal parts of the state in the next 48 hours. The cyclonic trough, named Bijli, formed over the west central part of the Bay of Bengal, …
Five months after the Tatas shifted their small car project from West Bengal, the group is set to launch a new project in the state from the Tata Housing stable. In two weeks, the first phase of an integrated township spread over 50 acres at Rajarhat, close to Kolkata, would …
ONTHESPOT - DUM DUM MARKET The huge mound of garbage adjoining Dum Dum Co-operative New Market on Dum Dum Road is a major hindrance for traffic and pedestrian movement but talk of a solution only triggers a blame game between the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) and local shopkeepers. While shopkeepers …
ONTHESPOT - AJC BOSE ROAD FLYOVER Ragpickers have made their home under the AJC Bose Road flyover and (above) traffic flow has increased fivefold after the flyover was commissioned. Pictures by Talat Salahuddin Circus Avenue in south Calcutta is one of the oldest affluent areas of the city.
KOLKATA, April 11: The Science Express was flagged off by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to create awareness and develop a scientific temperament among people, particularly among students. The train, displaying gadgets in 16 of its coaches, arrived at Sealdah Station this morning and will be open to visitors …
The city police has issued a notification asking owners of hotels, restaurants, pubs, bars, shopping malls and work places to display the names of the persons to whom the complaints regarding the flouting of smoking ban may be addressed. If the person fails to act on the complaint, the concerned …
Engineers involved in the East-West Metro project would rather miss the 2012 deadline than mess with the drainage pipes, electricity lines and telecom cables criss-crossing Salt Lake. Sources in the Calcutta Metro Railway Corporation, which is overseeing the project, blamed the unavailability of maps of underground utilities for the delay …
First lac and silk cultivation and now state farmers will receive training to extract natural dyes from flowers. The training will start among self-help groups (SHG) in Ichagarh block of Seraikela-Kharsawan.
- Two-decade study reveals link between male infertility and vehicle pollution T.V. JAYAN AND JAYANTA BASU tt for city: foul air John Abraham was the final showstopper on the last day of Kolkata Fashion Week, held in association with t2 at the PC Chandra Gardens.
A Metro report on the DYFI rally in December The DYFI, the youth wing of the CPM, will not be allowed to hold another rally on the Maidan, the local army authorities told the high court on Thursday. In a 15-page report placed before the division bench headed by Justice …
The fisheries department stands accused of violating its brief to protect water bodies across the state by constructing an auditorium on the East Calcutta Wetlands. Benfish, an agency of the department that has been executing the project, has even ignored a stop-work order from the chief secretary. A high court …
One person died and seven others were admitted following reports of a diarrhoea outbreak because of suspected water contamination in Ward 20 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) over the past few days. Civic officials are yet to determine the cause of diarrhoea. The deceased, Pappu Ajay Varma, was a …
KOLKATA, April 2: After the state government rejected a proposal by the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) to acquire 2,500 acres of land for dumping dredged soil near Nandigram, the port authorities have urged the Centre to help them purchase land for the process. The KoPT recently sent a letter to …
A study conducted by National Family Health Survey revealed that more than 70 per cent middle-aged Indian women are iron deficient. More than 400 million women suffer from anaemia due to iron deficiency. In West Bengal, it has been found out, that two out of every five women are prone …
KOLKATA, Mach 31: In a new twist to recent controversies surrounding the phasing out of two-stroke autorickshaws in order to bring down the pollution levels, the public vehicles department (PVD) has found out that 17,000 autorickshaws were being plied in the city without valid documents. This has brought to light …
