Water doesn't drain in Kolkata, West Bengal

Drama around Tata's proposed car plant in West Bengal

Miles to go

High carbon in paddy fields questions India's methane emission levels

In short

West Bengal withdraws land acquisition notification in Nandigram

Heavy damage

FIR against Durgapur plant

A sustainable engineering disaster

Shrimp does not pay

Centre identifies 62 new elephant corridors; total now 150

East central region has the most corridors at 52; among states, West Bengal tops list at 26 corridors

West Bengal: Illegal acquisition of forest land for Turga and Bandu Pump Storage Projects, claim tribal residents

Gram Sabha consent not taken for transferring the land, says forum for tribal communities

West Bengal Panchayat election: Candidates in fray campaign on green issues

Environmentalists welcome trend, but point out slack from mainstream political parties 

Labour union raises concerns over housing scheme for Bengal tea workers

Pashchim Banga Cha Majoor Samiti Study presents analytical report based on RTI, workers’ replies; shows scheme will reduce income, …

Graft claims in MGNREGA squeezing poor workers, millions unpaid for months

Zero funds to Bengal, Lakshadweep this year, Centre admits in Parliament; activists ask to use pre-existing mechanisms to handle graft

Germs of terror

As terrorists arm themselves with biological weapons, India wakes up to find how ill equipped it is to face this deadly reality

Kolkata revokes earlier order, restricts cycling ban to 62 roads

On some roads in the ban list, restriction on cyclists will be only during day time

In rural West Bengal, debts mount and socioeconomic fabric collapses in absence of MGNREGS

Local economy hangs by a thread as residents desperately demand revival of the rural employment scheme

Cyclone Hamoon: Deep depression in Bay of Bengal may intensify into cyclonic storm on October 23, says IMD

Isolated heavy rainfall over Mizoram and heavy to very rainfall over Tripura expected on October 23 and 24

Expect Assam floods to worsen in the next few days

Possibility of fresh floods in Meghalaya, Arunachal, Sikkim, north Bengal too

Lac grows on plant

Scientists find a way to cultivate lac that is less labourintensive and more profitable

It's not fishy

Protein from fish scales

Cholera control

Through a group of viruses

Mother's touch

Poultry trade down with bird flu