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, 24 SEPT: Upset over the death of seven jumbos on train tracks in West Bengal, environment minister Mr Jairam Ramesh today said he would soon meet the Railway Board to press for concrete steps to ensure safety of elephants.
SILIGURI/kolkata, 23 SEPT: In the worst ever incident in living memory, seven elephants, including three female and a calf, were mowed down by a Guwahati-bound goods train at Kalibari railway crossing near Banarhat in Jalpaiguri last night. The trampling of the animals under the speeding wheels has sent shock waves …
KOLKATA: In one of the worst accidents involving trains and elephants in north Bengal, seven elephants of a herd died after being hit by a goods train in the Banarhat area of Jalpaiguri district on Wednesday night. While four were killed on the spot, the rest died on Thursday. The …
Jalpaiguri, Sept. 15: Rahul Gandhi today accused the state government of hindering the implementation of the NREGS in the tea belt to prevent poor garden workers from joining the
Aug. 20: Over 500 families of three Malda villages have moved to safer locations after the areas were gobbled up by the rising Fulhar and the Ganga in the past three days. To make matters worse, the Met Office in Jalpaiguri has forecast more rain in the sub-Himalayan Bengal and …
Siliguri, Aug. 18: An alert has been sounded in Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar districts following the rise in the water level of the Teesta after heavy rain lashed the region for 24 hours. In Siliguri, panic struck after earth from the base of the last pillar of the Mahananda Bridge …
SILIGURI, 1 AUG: To obtain detailed reports on tea plantations and the exact number of working small tea planters in north Bengal, the Tea Board of India has asked the state's land and land reforms department to conduct a thorough survey in this region. The objective of this survey is …
KOLKATA, 25 JULY: Despite implementing the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme nine years back, more than 50 per cent of the students who get enrolled in class I in the state drop out before reaching even class IX. This has been revealed by the Assembly Standing Committee on School Education. …
KOLKATA: A leopard was shot dead at Shikarpur in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal on Sunday after it entered a village and seriously injured 11 persons.
Malda, March 28: A group of farmers burnt quintals of potatoes in a Malda village yesterday to protest the lower price for the produce, prompting the district administration to order the agricultural marketing department to buy the crop at Rs 3.50 per kilo. More than 100 growers in Jairampur village …
People living on the fringes of north Bengal forests will soon have pucca houses that not only ensure a comfort but also protect them from elephant raids. The state housing department has allotted funds for the first phase of the project during which 431 houses will be constructed in Jalpaiguri …
India and Nepal are set to ink an agreement to provide railway connectivity and augment existing lines between the two countries. Once constructed, these rail lines will provide India better access to the Madhes (Terai) region of the Himalayan country. The agreement is likely to be signed during the ongoing …
AMIT AGNIHOTRI Targeting the Leftruled West Bengal government for misuse of NREGA funds, minister of state for rural development Sisir Kumar Adhikari has asked Cabinet minister C.P. Joshi to look into the matter. Sources said several instances of misuse of lakhs of rupees under NREGA funds have come to notice, …
The state forest department is facing a problem to relocate the villages situated within the Buxa Tiger Reserve after villagers started getting pattas of forest land under the Forest Rights Act. The forest department had initiated a plan to make the Buxa Tiger Reserve located in Alipurduar subdivision of Jalpaiguri …
