West Bengal labour department's tea garden survey kept under wraps

Excerpts and recommendations from the unpublished survey report of all tea gardens in the state that reveals miserable living conditions of …

Panchayat polls in West Bengal in July

Bitter fight between election commission and state government ends; questions over bureaucratic interference in Panchayat matters remain

From job card holders to migrants: Former MGNREGS workers in West Bengal lament loss of identity and dignity

Workers now falling back into trap of migration with no fixed jobs, income 

New fish species discovered in Bengal’s Digha harbour

It is the fourth species of Pterygotrigla genus reported in India so far

Deocha-Pachami mining project: Bengal CM proposes heftier compensation. Here‘s why locals aren‘t convinced

The project will impact 4,314 households

Power packed green

Leafy vegetable that is a great substitute for spinach

See it’s easy

Simple ways to detect arsenic and fluoride contamination in water

The Last Car

West Bengal bans ammonia use as refrigerant

State pollution board’s decision comes after three gas leaks hit Kolkata

Arsenic food

Sudden death

A mystery disease kills 35 people in Siliguri

Rash of ailments

Followed by new scheme to track diseases

In short

What fuels Nano

Bird flu hits West Bengal again

2-stroke defiance

Alipore hospital to close down

Flouted waste disposal norms  

Illegal mining forces Raniganj residents to eat now and die tomorrow

Villages in Asansol-Raniganj coal belt, which go to polls on April 29, 2019, stand on precarious land that might collapse any day, but the …

Cyclone Amphan: How brick homes, Aila embankments saved the day at Sundarbans village

The embankments made in the aftermath of Cylone Aila of 2009 stood firm against the disaster, claimed officials

India may have highest climate risk globally but its banks are unprepared to support climate action: Report

Yes Bank emerged as leader in climate-risk preparedness; State Bank of India most exposed to coal sector

Bengal government plans to turn part of Ganga in Kolkata into drain in name of rejuvenation

Activists cry contradiction as hundreds of crores recently approved to clean river  

Deocha-Pachami mining project: Compensation disbursal begins but details of plan hazy

A total of 203 landowners have received job letters and compensation, said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

Not just groundwater, flouride has poisoned agricultural soil, crops in Bengal

Farmers in Bankura and Purulia rely on groundwater, heavily contaminated with flouride, to cultivate crops  

Choking Mahananda: How Siliguri’s waste, water crisis is turning on its people

Rapid urbanisation, inefficient waste management and encroachment have turned the Mahananda into a drain. And farmers are losing livelihoods

Loan burden increased across India in 2020 amid pandemic: Study

Among marginalised groups, indebtedness was highest in Muslim-majority and Scheduled Caste-majority hamlets