Saturday 19 September '09
For not complying with the segregation process of bio-medical wastes, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board has given a month’s time to 32 private nursing homes across the state to follow the process otherwise they would be asked to shut down.Friday 18 September '09
This Puja, Kolkata Metro expects an increase of 10 to 15 per cent more footfalls and to help the passengers experience smooth and secure rides...Tuesday
15 September '09Four months after Cyclone Aila ravaged these islands, the importance of mangroves seems to have dawned on locals in the Sunderbans...Monday
14 September '09They are young, they are spirited and ready to make history on the soil of West Bengal. They are the first contingent of women Border Security Force (BSF) to man the South Bengal Frontier border from November.Saturday
5 September '09Breathing fresh air has been a distant dream for the people of Kolkata for some time now. But things seem to be changing owing to the ban put on 15-year old commercial vehicles and the two-stroke autos.Friday
4 September '09The tragic death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YSR Reddy in a helicopter crash came as a shock to nearly one million-strong Andhraites living in Kolkata...Thursday
27 August '09“Be strong during trying times” — Mother Teresa had told young Judy White as she taught her shorthand and typing.Wednesday
26 August '09The value of Dilip Ghosh’s flat in Bagantala, Garia, has increased three-fold in one year, as the Metro extension project has led to an increase in real estate prices along the stretch.Sunday
23 August '09What started off as a grand event in the presence of a galaxy of stars and political bigwigs soon turned into a pandemonium.Saturday
22 August '09Mega Cabs, a private player which launched about 100 radio taxis in Kolkata this week, lamented the hurdles faced in the execution of the service.Tuesday
18 August '09Issues like climate change and the changing pattern of monsoon may be high on the national agenda, but unless research in oceanography and atmospheric sciences is undertaken...Tuesday
18 August '09Bibhas Mondal, in his mid thirties, was seen frantically going through documents for his Garia-Golpark auto-rickshaw on Monday afternoon...Friday
14 August '09With Darjeeling plagued by regional tension more often than not leading to shutdown of government offices, some of the transport operators in North Bengal have demanded a permanent additional counter of the Regional Transport Office at Siliguri.Sunday
9 August '09It’s hard to think of anything that can beat the gloom out of the damp, claustrophobic lanes of Bagandi. But it was in a shanty here, ward 7B in Jhalda municipality of Purulia...Friday
7 August '09In a small one-room shanty in a serpentine lane of an old building at 7, Bandhopnagar in Belgharia, resides a helpless taxi operator with his two children...Thursday
6 August '09Shokha Ram Das (65) stares at his five bigha land in Dumdumi village under Chharra gram panchayat, nearly 12 km south of Purulia town...Wednesday
29 July '09The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha may have recoiled from their bandh decision for the time being, but the uncertainties in the hills have taken a heavy toll on the tourism market of West Bengal.Thursday
23 July '09As the countdown to the indefinite transport strike begins, transport operators are trying to rope in private school bus owners too and as a result putting school authorities in a fix.Wednesday
22 July '09The banks, which at times have to face taxi owners’ wrath for delay in sanctioning loans for new cars, say that the state government has to expedite work and help the banks in clearing the loans faster.Monday
20 July '09Remembering Indira Gandhi, the Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee saluted the former Prime Minister for putting into effect a policy which faced severe criticism in those days — the nationalisation of banks.Friday
17 July '09The state government is of the view that potential in the fisheries could be enhanced — Bengal already produces 30 per cent of country’s inland fish production...Tuesday
14 July '09Their population in Bengal is so small that the Iran Society in the city at present does not have a single Iranian as its member.Saturday
11 July '09The Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project, with funds from the Asian Development Bank, is gearing up to convert the 41 km stretch along the banks of the city’s canals into a a green strip.Monday
6 July '09The wildlife wing of the state forest department is planning to set up a Gangetic Dolphin Rescue Centre and a Red Panda Conservation Centre in the state.Saturday
4 July '09Octogenarian Gayetri Devi was not batting her eyelid as she kept glued to the TV set to see her daughter and now the country’s new Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee present the rail budget.
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