AFAG project to be brought under MGNREGA scheme
3 Sept 2016 5:49 AM ISTThe state agriculture marketing department provides financial aid under AFAG project to farmers to help them construct storehouses. Now the step taken...
Leaders close to struggle recall CM’s unflinching commitment
1 Sept 2016 5:57 AM ISTPurnendu Basu, the state agriculture minister, who at that time used to work independently with Naxal leader Kanu Sanyal, said that he had then...
Encroachment of govt land causing problems for two major Howrah hospitals
1 Sept 2016 4:13 AM ISTRecently, the administration has identified that a major plot of the vacant space in the hospital premises was being encroached. Interestingly, the...
Education programme to curb accident rate to start in three Commissionerates
29 Aug 2016 7:11 AM ISTAfter initiation in the jurisdiction under Kolkata Police, the mass education programme to reduce the rate of road accidents will start in three other...
Govt takes step to create comprehensive database on soil nature to help farmers
25 Aug 2016 4:46 AM ISTFor the first time in the history of West Bengal, the state government has taken a step to create a “comprehensive” database on the nature of soil to...
51 enclaves to get solar-based water pumping units for agriculture
23 Aug 2016 6:26 AM ISTRabindranath Ghosh, North Bengal Development minister, said the step is aimed to make the people residing in the enclaves self dependent. The project...
‘Safe drive, Save life’ campaign the theme for ‘Jai Ho’ event
19 Aug 2016 4:48 AM ISTBanerjee will be in the programme as Chief Guest. “Jai ho” this year will be held on August 19 evening in Netaji Indoor Stadium.On Thursday, Banerjee...
WBFDC to set up more nature resorts
13 Aug 2016 4:40 AM ISTWith West Bengal witnessing a boom in the tourism industry in the past five years, West Bengal Forest Development Corporation (WBFDC) is all set to...
Steps to be taken to stop people from jumping from ‘suicide points’ on Bally Bridge
12 Aug 2016 5:17 AM ISTThe move to conduct a survey to identify the locations was carried out by the officers posted at Bally Police station in Howrah, under whose...
Forest department to revive its loss incurring Siliguri mill
10 Aug 2016 6:04 AM ISTUdayan Guha, Chairman of WBFDC and MLA from Dinhata Assembly constituency, said that he has already discussed the matter with the state forest...
Bomb detection and disposal: State CID trains RPF personnel
9 Aug 2016 5:19 AM ISTThe RPF authorities had written a letter to the Surajit Kar Purakayastha, Director General of Police, with a request to arrange training facilities...
All blocks in state to get automatic weather stations
6 Aug 2016 5:40 AM ISTThe development comes at a time when the Centre has proposed to set up weather forecasting monitors at kisan mandis to help farmers get weather...
