MCI derecognises 51 medical colleges in country, only one in state
1 Aug 2016 6:58 AM ISTThe Centre has come down heavily on 51 medical colleges across the country, including one from West Bengal, derecognising them for failing to meet the...
Prime Minister’s tall promises ring hollow as West Bengal gets deprived of State Cancer Institute
29 July 2016 5:52 AM ISTThe Union Health Ministry has announced that around 16 SCIs will be set up throughout the country, but interestingly West Bengal and all the...
State government encourages use of bio-fertilizers instead of chemical ones
29 July 2016 3:58 AM ISTThe Biotechnology department has already formed various committees for the smooth implementation of various projects taken up by the department. One...
Online sapling purchase now possible from Tall Tree Nursery in Rajarhat
28 July 2016 5:29 AM ISTThe state forest department has set up the unique nursery on 7 acre land which is a joint venture of West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development...
Cigarettes and lung cancer: new agents of death in Kolkata
26 July 2016 6:12 AM ISTDespite having received appreciation from several people for his business sense, Partho seemed to have failed to take the right decision as far as his...
Foam artist Rakhal Das hopes to present his works to CM on Martyrs’ Day
21 July 2016 5:45 AM ISTBut his dream of presenting a replica of her party symbol to the Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee remains unrealised. Das, a middle aged artist from...
Doms play active role in smuggling illegal bone sets into city
20 July 2016 6:29 AM ISTWho knows it better than the doms at various medical colleges in the city that a human body has greater value after death? It may sound odd to many of...
WBJEE to hold medical joint entrance examination on July 20
19 July 2016 6:24 AM ISTThe confusion has cropped up among the candidates as the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations (WBJEE) Board, in its prospectus, did not mention on...
Government to construct toilets in and around forest areas
19 July 2016 5:07 AM ISTThe move taken by the forest department has been widely appreciated by various sections of the society in the state. It has been observed that in the...
All villages in state to get electricity by March 2017
18 July 2016 3:29 AM ISTChief Minister, Mamata Banerjee had recently held a meeting with the power minister Sovandeb Chatterjee and other senior officials of his department...
Government to introduce patients’ satisfaction survey
14 July 2016 6:22 AM ISTThe decision was taken after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who is also in charge of the health department, in a recent meeting had directed the...
State to examine quality, content of waterbodies using satellite images
13 July 2016 6:10 AM ISTFor this, the State Fisheries Department will procure most advanced satellite images through which senior officials of the department will be able to...
