Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kanu Sarkar Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 07/01/2020 regarding noise and air pollution caused by a husking mill at village Azadpur, District Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The NGT directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kanu Sarkar Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 07/01/2020 regarding noise and air pollution caused by a husking mill at village Azadpur, District Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The NGT directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board to …
The sweltering heat wave that has captured the entire South Dinajpur district, caused the death of a middle aged man here, according to locals. The district administration and health department officials have however not confirmed excessive heat as the cause of the man’s (identified as Sushil Mardi) death. “It is …
The death toll in the Japanese encephalitis outbreak in north Bengal went up to 49 on Sunday even as the state government intensified its efforts to control the disease. Forty-nine patients have died in the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) in the last 12 days, Hospital Superintendent Dr …
Sticking to her stand of not acquiring land forcibly, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she would prefer death than agree to it. "I am against acquisition of land forcibly. We will not acquire land by pointing guns at farmers. I will prefer death than acquire land …
The Celsius soared to a season high of 40.5 degrees on Wednesday, prompting the weather office to sound the summer’s first heat-wave warning for Calcutta. The hottest day of the year so far was also the second hottest May day of the decade after a 42.1-degree scorcher on May 9, …
MALDA, 29 JAN: Five more babies died at the Malda Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) in the past 24 hours taking the toll to 116 this month. A CPI-M delegation, including party’s Central committee leaders Mr Shyamal Chakraborty, Md Selim and Ms Shyamali Gupta, visited the hospital today. Mr Chakraborty …
Calcutta, April 5: The rate of population growth in nine Bengal districts that share their borders with Bangladesh has come down in the past decade, a trend mainly attributed to an expansion in barbed-wire fencing and tighter vigil on illegal immigrants. The provisional data released by the Directorate of Census …
KOLKATA, 18 AUG: The state government's decision to identify certain districts as drought-hit has raised a howl of protest even within the Cabinet, with Mr Srikumar Mukherjee, the minister from CPI, pointing out that the state was making its decisions based on average rainfall received by a district instead of …
The Malda district administration has been told to start culling chickens in Englishbazar block after reports confirmed the presence of the avian flu virus in dead birds, samples of which had been sent to the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal. The Bengal animal resources development (ARD) department received …
Some of the injured birds at the Kulik sanctuary in North Dinajpur dry their wings in the sun. Picture by Nantu Dey Sept. 29: Over 1,500 birds were killed in a storm that ripped through north Bengal last evening and the rain that came with it.Most of the birds found …
A congested NH34 in Malda. The highway passes right through the town. Picture by Surajit Roy Malda, July 1: The expansion of NH34 from Barasat to Dalkhola will be completed by 2011, National Highways Authority officials said today. The stretch between Barasat in North 24 Parganas and Dalkhola in North …
Islampur : At least 12 children have died of an unknown fever in villages of two gram panchayats in North Dinajpur over the past four days. The outbreak of the fever has prompted the district health department to send a team of doctors to the affected villages in Rasakhawa and …
The problem of chronic hunger that afflicts around 10 million rural people in West Bengal has largely been ignored. What is the Left Front government doing to alleviate the situation? May 3-9, 2008
Dinajpur district in West Bengal, India is traditionally famous for its indigenous rice biodiversity. However, this highly valuable biodiversity is under threat. The indigenous rice biodiversity of old alluvial region of North and South Dinajpur has been highlighted in this paper.
