Around 1,480 hectares of land along the Ganga-Padma in Murshidabad district of West Bengal have been eroded during the last 15 years, according to Government of West Bengal, said Tudu. The erosion was observed in Farakka, Samsergunj, Suti-I & II, Raghunathgunj-II, Lalgola, Bhawangola-II, Raninagar-II, Jalangi blocks and Dhuliyan municipality of …
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. …
Calcutta, July 18: Just as India was making progress in checking polio, Bengal threatens to spoil the effort because of what state officials themselves admit to be
KOLKATA, 9 MAY: The Centre has recently cleared five important projects in West Bengal involving construction, widening and strengthening of roads and construction of an international standard carriageway way along the State Highway 2. The work under the projects would start after municipal elections are over and the state government …
The continuing hot spell across the state has claimed three lives today. A 53-year-old man, Sanat Kumar Brambha, fell ill near Liluah auto-rickshaw stand in Howrah while he was on his way to work. He was declared brought dead when taken to the TL Jaiswal Hospital. A doctor of the …
- Nandigram in another protest, land scarce for substations ANSHUMAN PHADIKAR Tamluk, March 28: Farmers in East Midnapore have refused to give land for power substations needed to electrify about 2,800 villages, demanding more than double the price being offered in some places. Among the seven substations planned in East …
- Late melting of glaciers & dry spell decrease ganga flow OUR CORRESPONDENT The Farakka barrage in Murshidabad Malda, March 22: The dry spell sweeping across north India has resulted in the Ganga flowing at a very low level, an alarming situation that is likely to affect the power production …
BALASORE: The outbreak of bird flu in Murshidabad district of neighbouring West Bengal has spread panic among the poultry farmers in Balasore district. While the border villages in Balasore and Mayurbhanj have been put on alert, Chief District Veterinary Officers (CDVOs) of both the districts have been asked to inspect …
The Centre on Sunday said it was monitoring the situation in West Bengal in event of the outbreak of avian flu in two villages in the state. The health ministry in its report on the current situation over the flu said that culling of birds have commenced and more than …
Less than three months after the country was declared free from avian influenza (bird flu) in October, it has again been hit by another outbreak in the Khargram block of Murshidabad district of West Bengal. Poultry samples collected from the block tested positive for H5 strain of avian influenza during …
Behrampore, Jan. 14: A fresh outbreak of bird flu was reported in Murshidabad district today, prompting the authorities to announce a culling drive in the area from tomorrow. Four gram panchayats in Murshidabad are said to be affected. Officials said the Kirtipur gram panchayat was the worst hit. The other …
At least five people have died and over 1,000 villages across south Bengal have gone under water following heavy rain and discharge from reservoirs. Hooghly appears the worst hit, with almost half of the estimated 15 lakh flood victims living in that district.
The brass metal workers are affected by the flakes of brass during making of brass made utensils that causes the decrement as well as impairments of pulmonary functions. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the pulmonary function status of the workers engaged in manufacturing of brass made …
Buyers from Singapore, Malaysia, Qatar and Sri Lanka and farmers from various districts of Bengal as well as experts turned up at Mango Mahotsava 2009, held from June12 to 14. The meet, organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce and the Agri Horticultural Society of India with support from the …
Malda, May 3: Eight jawans of the railway protection special force have been diagnosed with malignant malaria and kept isolated in a ward of a hospital here. While five jawans were admitted to the isolated ward specially set up at the Malda railway hospital on Saturday, three were brought there …
BEHRAMPORE: A major share of the MPLAD funds allotted for Murshidabad MP, Mr Abdul Mannan Hossain, was used to construct metal and concrete roads both in rural and urban areas of his constituency. Mr Hossain claimed that never in the history of Murshidabad, could any parliamentarian from his constituency could …
ALAMGIR HOSSAIN Domkal, Jan. 13: Farmers of a Murshidabad village have donated three bighas (an acre) and promised to raise money to buy more land for a hospital at a time the government is struggling to arrange plots for new projects. Shaukat Mondal, 45, who owns about nine bighas in …
Beedi is prepared in unorganized sectors and the biddi binders are mostly perform the whole procedure at their home. Beedi is smoked, like the cigarette though there are a lot of differences. Beedi is wrapped by kendu leaves, tobacco is less roasted and lenght is shorter compared to cigarettes. The …
