Biswabrata Goswami Kharagpur, 26 Sep: A smartphone camera could soon do far more than take pictures. Researchers at IIT Kharagpur, in collaboration with the University
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Rs 2.2-crore Maoist commander Akash held in Bengal
Biswabrata Goswami Midnapore, 17 Sep: Four decades of hiding in forests and moving under multiple aliases ended in a Bengal village on Thursday when CPI
When a Mountain Becomes a Question
Biswabrata Goswami Purulia, 10 Sept There are some landscapes that people do not merely inhabit; they inherit them. In Purulia, the hills rise out of
Industrial pollution puts Purulia-Bankura villages under pressure
Biswabrata Goswami Kolkata, 5 Sep: Industrial pollution is emerging as a serious public-health and livelihood threat across the Purulia-Bankura sponge iron belt, with villages increasingly
Sikkim’s 16 glacial lakes raise GLOF alarm
Biswabrata Goswami Kolkata, 3 Sep: Sixteen high-risk pro-glacial and supraglacial lakes across the Sikkim Himalayas have emerged as potential sources of catastrophic Glacial Lake Outburst
CM Suvendu announces Rs 30,000 aid for each of 3,200 damaged houses in Sabang
Biswabrata Goswami Midnapore, 20 Aug: Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday announced Rs 30,000 compensation for each of the 3,200 houses damaged in the floods
Agnimitra Paul warns of bulldozer action against illegal brick kilns along Keleghai river
Biswabrata Goswami Midnapore, 18 Aug: Bengal minister Agnimitra Paul on Tuesday warned that illegal brick kilns operating in or along the Kelaghai river would be
Forest restoration will be fixed gradually, says Bengal Forest Minister
Biswabrata Goswami Krishnagar, 17 Aug: West Bengal Forest Minister Manoj Kumar Oraon on Monday admitted that large-scale shortcomings had plagued the forest, tourism and environment
Green India Mission misses forest cover target by 98 per cent, CAG flags poor implementation
Biswabrata Goswami Kolkata, 15 Aug: India’s flagship forest-restoration programme has fallen dramatically short of its own target, with the Green India Mission adding just 0.03 million
Exclusive: 55,000 Bengal Anganwadi centres to get electricity under Rs 33-cr CSR funds
Biswabrata Goswami Kolkata, 11 Aug: Around 55,000 Anganwadi centres across West Bengal are set to get electricity under a Rs 33-crore initiative to be funded
