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 …
Shokha Ram Das (65) stares at his five bigha land in Dumdumi village under Chharra gram panchayat, nearly 12 km south of Purulia town, awaiting the rains. With just 2 per cent cultivation till date, nearly 280,000 hectares of agricultural land in the district is lying vacant, facing a near …
Purulia, July 19: Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today admitted that there might be villages in the Ayodhya hills of Purulia where water was so scarce that people and animals were drinking from the same source.
The political movement that came up from among the people of Lalgarh in November 2008 cried out for help and support from the civil and democratic society
KOLKATA, March 21: After the Nano pull-out, the state government has finally woken up to the fact that setting up of proper infrastructure is key in motivating private investors to set up industry in the state. According to the economic review 2008-09, published by the state government, developing both social …
BAGMUNDI (Purulia), March 19: An NGO launched a project to promote the sustainable use of biological resources last week at Kishore Bharati Ashram Vidyalaya in Bagmundi, 55 km from Purulia town. The stated mission of the non-governmental organisation, ENDEV, is to ensure "participatory management of bio-resources" and promote "benefit sharing …
Drawing upon a micro-study of two villages in two non-Left gram panchayats in West Bengal, this paper puts one issue in the foreground, namely, the idea and practice of local politics. Using two counter examples to prove a general point about contemporary West Bengal
RAGHUNATHPUR (Purulia), Feb. 26: While laying the foundation stone for Shyam Steel Industries Ltd's greenfield steel plant at Loshmanpur village mouza, near Purulia, chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee expressed his hope that the area would soon grow into an industrial hub. The chief minister used the foundation-laying occasion to urge …
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today laid a foundation stone of the proposed Rs 3,500-crore integrated steel plant in Purulia district. The project, which will include a power plant, will be implemented jointly by Shyam Industries Ltd and the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC). About 150 acres of …
KUMUD JENAMANI Jamshedpur, Jan. 18: A migratory herd of tuskers from the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary have been pushed back halfway from the bordering Purulia district of Bengal. Forest officials engaged a hulla party to chase away the herd after a tusker allegedly trampled a villager and damaged vast swathes of …
The 12th National Animal Husbandry week concluded at Purulia Polytechnic ground, in the outskirts of Purulia town last week. This was the first time that this seminar was conducted in the state. Mr Anisur Rahman, state minister of animal husbandry narrated why Purulia played host to such a programme.
Kalyan, a youth welfare organisation in the district has started a 'Millennium Village' programme supported by German Agro Action in a small pocket of Purulia district since September 2006. This organisation falls under the umbrella of Ramakrishna Mission Lokasiksha Parishad, Narendrapur and their aim is to achieve certain developmental goals …
A team of agriculture scientists zeroed in on a gene that imparts salt stress tolerance to paddy plants for long time and found that it remains suppressed in Gobindobhog. Gobindobhog aromatic rice is essential to many delicacies in eastern India. This small-grain rice variety commands high premium in domestic and …
Nani Gopal Pal PURULIA- The Supreme Court has doled out an order to strip bare, the amusement parks and mini zoos in India, of their recognition, if they are not sanctioned by the Central Zoo, New Delhi. Captive animals can only be returned to the nearest divisional forest officer, or …
After suffering reverses in panchayat polls in several districts of West Bengal, the CPI (M) on Thursday said industrialisation in the state would continue, though steps to acquire land would be taken "cautiously". "The process of industrialisation will continue. However, we have to take steps cautiously (to acquire land) 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
Realising a shortage of doctors will continue to be a major hurdle to run neonatal care units in the state, the experts, who have developed the units in the districts to lower the newborn mortality rate, are now planning to train nursing staff to meet the crisis. Dr A Singh, …
At a time when the poor infrastructure of the state's heath department has been constantly inviting criticism from every nook and corner, a model developed in West Bengal to reduce mortality rate of newborns, has been praised and recognised by the United Nations. The newborn care unit model of the …
