High nitrate levels have been found in groundwater of 440 districts across India, with 20 per cent of the samples collected exceeding the permissible nitrate concentration, the Central Ground Water......
The death toll due to a storm that wreaked havoc in parts of Jalpaiguri district in northern West Bengal has risen to five, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said. IMAGE: Among the most affected......
'The power sector accounts for much of the financial burden of state governments in India.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com State governments have announced over Rs 1 trillion in......
The West Bengal Cabinet on Thursday gave its nod to the 'Rajya Purohit Kalyan Prokolpo', a scheme under which a monthly allowance of Rs 1,000 and free housing would be allotted to......
The power failure at Salt Lake Stadium during yesterday's World Cup qualifier football match between India and Japan has been attributed to 'the rat factor' by the West Bengal State Electricity......
The government on Thursday ruled out giving another extension to various states for unbundling their electricity boards as part of measures to encourage non-government entities in the power sector.......
A committee constituted under the aegis of the governor of West Bengal, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, may seek more time to submit its final report on land to be provided to the agitating farmers. After a......
Protestors to the Tata Motors project to make the Nano in Singur claim that more than 300 acres in the 997-acre factory site can be returned to unwilling farmers, even as West Bengal government......
Tata Motors has more than doubled its investment plans for the small car project in Singur in West Bengal.The company is set to invest Rs 1,500 crore (Rs 15 billion) for the mother plant on......
The West Bengal government is keen to appoint global IT and consultancy major PricewaterhouseCoopers to restructure the state government owned transport corporations in the state. The chief......
IMAGE: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly. Photograph: BCCI BCCI president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly Saturday suffered a "mild" heart attack and had to undergo a quick "primary......