Smoke from cement factory leaves toddlers gasping for air in Howrah

Breathlessness, skin allergy and eye infections is all too common for villagers in Dhulagarh in Bengal’s Howrah district 

Toxic winter so far for Kolkata, 3 other Bengal cities: CSE

Action in key sectors of pollution will have to be scaled up across region to further bend annual air pollution curve, says non-profit

Chikungunya hits West Bengal

167 persons take ill

COVID-19: Losses stoke fear among Bengal’s betel leaf farmers

More than 1.5 mln betel leaf farmers stare at losses in the state

Bengal green activist urges PM Modi to save country’s oldest botanical garden from Ganga erosion

The prime minister cleared Rs 2,550 crore to augment Ganga-bound sewage in Bengal; no funds to stop Ganga erosion  

Shaking trade

Mayors of the world unite

Want to lead failing climate talks  

Elephants unsafe in Odisha

Killing of five elephants in Saturday's train accident takes toll of unnatural deaths of jumbos in past five years up to 194

COVID-19 lockdown in Bengal: Experts claim containment strategy failed

Health experts claimed that the state’s failure to impose containment norms is why COVID-19 cases continue to be on the rise  

Martyr and a court ruling

Wetlands in Howrah still ravaged by real estate

Radio collars for elephants in forests along rail tracks

Environment ministry wants to tag jumbos to track their movements and avert rail accidents

Hunger stalks government schools in West Bengal

Pilot survey under Project Dipankar in four prosperous districts shows 87 per cent class I students of government schools are undernourished