मल से मालामाल करने वाले शख्स थे ध्रुबज्योति घोष

 ध्रुबज्योति घोष ने मल में मौजूद पोषक तत्वों की मदद से पूर्वी कोलकाता वाटरलैंड्स को पावरहाउस में तब्दील कर दिया। उन्होंने 16 फरवरी को ...

जहां थी पहले नदी, वहां बिछाई जा रही है मेट्रो लाइन?

कोलकाता के बहूबाजार में मेट्रो की सुरंग बनाते वक्त निकला पानी, आसपास के घरों में आई दरार, हादसे के डर से 700 लोगों को हटाया

The man who showed Kolkata’s kidneys to the world, no more

Ever since East Kolkata Wetlands gained worldwide fame, it has been recognised as a model system that depicts sustainable living

ईस्ट कोलकाता वेटलैंड के ताबूत में कील साबित होगा फ्लाईओवर!

सरकार ने ईस्टर्न मेट्रोपोलिटन बाइपास को न्यू टाउन से जोड़ने के लिए एक फ्लाईओवर बनाने का फैसला लिया है, जो ईस्ट कोलकाता वेटलैंड्स के ...

Cyclone Amphan: Kolkata faces fiercest storm in decades

Amphan was expected to pass through the city before moving on to Bangladesh

Bengal govt cites COVID-19 excuse for not phasing out old commercial vehicles

Large commercial vehicles, including goods carriers and buses, account for 74-80% of PM 2.5 and PM 10 in Howrah and Kolkata

A month on, NGT’s order on Kolkata wetland yet to be implemented

Vedic Dharma Sansthan Trust erected a 60-feet-tall structure in wetland region, which was deemed illegal by the National Green Tribunal

East Kolkata Wetlands: NGT warns officials for violating waste dumping norms

The National Green Tribunal directed scientific shifting of legacy waste accumulated in the wetlands for decades

Heat wave grips Kolkata; mercury touches decade's highest for April

Three people succumb to heat; norwesters give south Bengal a miss

Kolkata protests blanket ban on cycling

Police extends ban to 174 roads, extracts fines from riders illegally

धुआं-मुक्त ‘सिटी ऑफ जॉय’

धुएं की बढ़ती समस्या ने आधिकारिक चिंता और घबराहट पैदा कर दी, और वर्ष 1863 में कोलकाता धुआं रुकावट कानून लागू करने वाला विश्व ...

6.9 temblor strikes Indo-Myanmar border, tremors felt across east and Northeast India

Second consecutive quake to strike South Asia in a week; 6.6 magnitude temblor had struck Afghanistan last weekend

Cycle ban in Kolkata: activists petition high court

Police and transport department ignored months of protests by users of non-motorised transport

Odisha woman with COVID-19 symptoms dies under treatment of village quack

The woman had returned recently from Kolkata to Bhitarkanika National Park

Simply Put: Residents come together to clean Tangra lake

World Cities Day: Climate change’s impact on major cities

Here are few of the major cities in the world that are fighting the dangers of climate change

Peel filter

Grapefruit skin can remove chemical dyes from textile effluent  

Little chance of Kolkata getting CNG soon; land acquisition hiccups halt supply

The land acquisition process for the pipeline in West Bengal is slow, says GAIL, the Union government’s nodal agency for supplying CNG

Price hike: Bengal’s hot potato

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would do anything to check a price rise, even if that makes potatoes vanish or takes buses off the road

East Kolkata most vulnerable to climate change: World Bank

Study predicts loss of Rs 10,800 crore in the city by 2050 because of a one-in-100-years flood coupled with climate change impacts

These three state capitals have air quality as bad as Delhi

In the past eight days, Lucknow, Kolkata and Patna have recorded poor or very poor air quality levels

Kolkata evicts ecological refugees

Seven hundred squatters occupying prime land rendered homeless; activists demanding their rehabilitation branded Maoists

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

Phasing out environment-friendly transport in Kolkata

The state government is also trying to phase out tram lines laid in the city in 1903. Earlier, it banned cycles on more than 174 roads

COVID-19: Does Kolkata face community transmission

Strictest form of containment, super-lockdown, will be imposed in Kolkata’s 110 areas across 57 wards, according to a govt source