Members of families, which had donated land to set up various government projects earlier but were yet to get promised government jobs, agitated in front of the Birbhum district magistrate’s off...

A delegation of around 20 persons from various political parties and social outfits from Calcutta on Friday visited at least three villages, including Dewanganj, in a bid to know residents’ opin...

A group of villagers of Harinsinga, which is part of Birbhum’s proposed Deocha-Pachami coal mine site, on Thursday organised a meeting among its tribal residents and announced that they would no...

The United Kingdom and Germany have flagged concerns about the development of the Deocha-Pachami coal block amidst a global effort to transition from fossil fuels in the wake of the unfolding climate ...

A BJP delegation headed by the party’s state vice-president, Raju Banerjee, who came to interact with tribal people in the proposed Deocha-Pachami coal mine area, was greeted with black flags by...

The Bengal government has decided to reach out to the stakeholders of the Deocha-Pachami coal-mine project and explain to them the rehabilitation offer by comparing it with similar packages offered by...

Smell the reality Sir — Can all the perfumes of Kannauj wipe away the stench of violence and communalism that is emerging from all quarters of Uttar Pradesh (“Aromatic strategy”, No...

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asked top officials to start the first phase of Deocha-Pachami coal mine project on vacant government land and said her government would compensate adequately ...

The Birbhum district administration will form a special committee of local residents from various communities to accompany surveyors in the social impact assessment of the Deocha Pachami coal mine pro...

Bengal state government officials held a meeting with representatives of four gram panchayats in Birbhum’s Mohammedbazar on Wednesday to prepare for a survey that would be carried out among land...