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 …
MIDNAPORE, 3 JULY: The dredging of canals of Keleghai-Kapaleswari-Bagui river scheme which had been held up for years is proceeding on a war footing. It is likely to be completed in three years. The state irrigation minister, Dr Manas Bhuniya, who had inspected the dredging work recently at several canals …
KOLKATA, 26 JUNE: The state water resource investigation and development department has declared 38 blocks out of 341 blocks as "black zone'' where the groundwater level has gone down alarmingly. Mr Swapan Mahapatra, state minister for water resource, investigation and development department, said, these blocks have been identified in Burdwan, …
- Partha to answer questions of industrialists at closed-door session today Will private investors get the government’s help in getting land for industry? What is the status of the state’s land bank? How can investors secure permission to get ceiling-surplus land from government companies? Answers to some of these questions …
MIDNAPORE, 7 JUNE: Hundreds of bats dropped dead in searing heat in Jhargram in West Midnapore today. More than 300 bats were found dead under a tree near Jhargram Rajbari. Local residents said the forest officials had no knowledge about the incident. As mercury hovered above 45 degrees Celsius in …
Heat-related death toll reaches 48; rain in North India brings temperature down Showers in most parts of North India brought the mercury down on Wednesday providing relief to the people bearing the brunt of the heat wave even as the toll due to scorching weather in West Bengal peaked to …
MIDNAPORE, 6 JUNE: An intense heatwave is prevailing in most parts of West Midnapore district for the past one week, paralysing normal life as day temperature continues to hover above 45 degrees Celsius in most places. Although unofficial sources have reported 26 sunstroke deaths across the district in the last …
TAMLUK, 1 JUNE: Protests over land acquisition for a proposed chemical hub in Nandigram saw police fire at villagers, killing about 14 of them and wounding many others. The event, dated 14 March 2007, is etched in the memory of almost every individual of this state and triggered political movements …
DURGAPUR/MALDA : Rain, accompanied by a thunderstorm, brought much-needed relief to the parched district of Burdwan but not before claiming 10 lives in lightning and injuring 12 others this evening. Three persons, including a woman and a minor girl, were killed when lightning struck Habibpur block in Malda this afternoon. …
- Poverty-stricken parents demand ICDS classes be shut but want to take home food for kids Going to school in peak summer heat is cruel, but going without the meal even more so for many children in East Midnapore. Parents of children enrolled in a pre-school educational programme under the …
Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh today rejected 18,000 km of road projects under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) proposed by the West Bengal government. He made the announcement at a high-level meeting attended among others by West Bengal rural development secretary Saurav Das. The state government delegation had …
KOLKATA, 11 APRIL: Tremors felt in several districts of the state due to an earthquake, measuring 8.5 on the Richer scale, that hit off the western coast of northern Sumatra, triggered panic in the city and caused people to evacuate their workplaces and houses and come out on the streets. …
KOLKATA, 23 FEB: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has written to the Prime Minister asking him for a national iron ore policy, state industry and commerce minister Partha Chatterjee said today. Back on 9 January, JWS Steel chairman Sajjan Jindal said that problems sourcing iron ore were holding up the company's …
The World Bank will provide a financial assistance of Rs 1,250 crore for minor irrigation schemes in West Bengal to help the state raise farm sector output, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here today. He also noted that not much work was done in West Bengal for undertaking minor irrigation …
KOLKATA, 13 FEB: The state public health engineering (PHE) department has invited experts from across the world to tour the four districts affected by arsenic seeking suggestions for the use of modern technology to tackle the problem. Apart from visiting the four districts ~ North 24-Parganas, Nadia, Murshidabad and South …
NAYACHAR, 6 JAN: The state government seems to have earned the confidence of Nayachar residents allowing it to set up a 1,980 MW thermal power plant. The project has been stalled after the Centre delayed the environmental clearance saying it would affect the livelihoods of nearly 5,000 fishermen and their …
Jyotip Mahato, 56, has cultivated his 12 bighas in of Kuldiha village, West Midnapore, for the first time in two years. Paddy and potato have grown and his small mudhouse bustles once again with the sound of grain being husked by women of the village. Jyotip returned home only a …
Nandigram: Five years after a movement that catapulted it into spotlight at the national level and spelt the beginning of the end of the 34-year Left rule, Nandigram is still counting the losses of the bloody anti-land acquisition movement. Development is at a standstill and many of those who had …
MIDNAPORE, 3 JAN: Farmers in West Midnapore district are spending sleepless nights due to the delay in paddy procurement by the government. So far, the district administration has failed to achieve its target of paddy procurement. The government had decided to procure 3 lakh metric tons of paddy in the …
Nandigram, 3 Jan: Five years after a movement that catapulted it into the national spotlight and spelt the beginning of the end of the 34-year Left rule, Nandigram is still counting the losses of the bloody anti-land acquisition movement. Development is at a standstill and many of those who had …
DIGHA, 1 JAN: Digha has turned out to be the hottest spot in state for tourists who are in mood to celebrate. This popular sea resort, located 180 kilometres from Kolkata, is now bustling with party hoppers celebrating the New Year. The number of domestic tourists have outnumbered their international …
