The state government on Tuesday blamed the railway authorities for the slow progress of the East-West Metro project that aims to connect Sector V with Howrah Maidan.
KOLKATA, 14 SEPT: The state government today held the railways responsible for the delay in commencing work for the underground portion of the East-West Metro. After a review meeting of the Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC), convened by the chief minister today, the state transport minister, Mr Ranjit Kundu, said …
KOLKATA, 13 SEPT: While the Public Vehicles Department and the state transport department continue haggling over the numbers of two-stroke autos scrapped in almost two years after the Calcutta High Court verdict, old but repainted autos continue to rule the city suburbs. Mr Sumantra Chowdhury, state transport secretary, said that …
Calcutta got its first real taste of monsoon 2010 with Monday emerging as the wettest day of the year under the influence of a cyclonic circulation. Three months after the monsoon had entered the state, on June 13, the city received 99.2mm of rainfall till 5.30pm on Monday, beating the …
KOLKATA, 2 SEPT: The state pollution control board has lodged an FIR against a person who operated an illegal biomedical waste dump yard in Chowbaga, South 24 Parganas and used to sell the waste from several big and reputed private hospitals and nursing homes of the city as plastic scrap …
When all else fails turn to Ayurveda. This has become the norm among researchers lately. From turmeric for cancer to the fig bark remedy for joint pains, modern medical practitioners have been nodding their heads in approval. The latest addition to the list is snake venom and it shows promise …
KOLKATA, 19 AUG: While six out of 25 deer died when they were being relocated to Dobanki camp in the Sunderbans from Parmadan Deer Park in North 24-Parganas, three more were killed following a fight among themselves at the Parmadan Park today. The deer were being taken from Parmadan to …
KOLKATA, 18, Aug: The private bus and taxi owners will inform the state government about their decision regarding the transport strike shortly. The state transport minister Mr Ranjit Kundu today met leaders of taxi and bus owners to discuss the matter. Leaders of the taxi unions said they were not …
KOLKATA, 17 AUG: A casual approach to a serious civic issue, the rampant misuse of groundwater, might lead to massive subsidence in the city in the near future, engineers and geologists spoken to by The Statesman have said. Though the cave-in on Council House Street today was due to the …
The state government on Monday doubled the subsidy on diesel for buses, minibuses and taxis to Rs 2 per litre and lifted the cap on the total subsidy offered to each transport operator.For a taxi, up to 20 litres of diesel was being subsidised per day. The limit for buses …
In May 1833, Daniel Wilson, Calcutta's Lord Bishop, wrote to his family in England: "The weather is perfectly suffocating. None can pity us but those who know our sufferings. The mind, body, functions, tempers, words, and feelings are all morbidly affected…a constant heat which unnerves, depresses, annihilates the European mind …
When the city is burning under the scorching sun, 50 air-conditioned buses are cooling their wheels in a slushy field.The Tata buses, acquired by the state transport department under JNNURM, are stranded in Barasat since April because conditions set by the government have kept potential operators away.
Kolkata, 9 Aug: With a drop in marine fish catch, the fish cultivation in ponds and tanks should be increased, vice-chancellor of West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences Prof CS Chakrabarti said today.
KOLKATA, 30 JULY: With Swine Flu claiming its third victim in the state in less than a fortnight, the state health department seems to have swung into action to combat the disease. But hitches remain. The department is yet to speak to the railway authorities to set up an isolation …
New Delhi, July 27: A 150-bed hospital coming up in Rajarhat will join a national cancer grid proposed by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to introduce uniform standards of care and reduce patient flow to its flagship hospital in Mumbai. The proposed grid will link the department
The H1N1 virus continued to invade Kolkata and infect its citizens as never before, with the State Health Ministry reporting 12 new cases on Tuesday. With this, the toll has gone up to 72 in the past month. An alarmed State Government on Tuesday decided to open quarantine wards in …
