Dharanipur tea garden, which had remained closed for nearly two decades, reopened on Friday. This tea garden under Nagrakata block of Jalpaiguri is some 65km away from the district headquarters. &ld...

This is because they had to register their land details and pay khajna to the land department and also register their property details and pay property tax to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Wards ...

The parliamentary standing committee on commerce has recommended to the Centre that a body of eminent persons be formed to look into denial of land rights to tea garden workers in north Bengal and a l...

A new aquatic plant section has been opened at Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden (AJCIBG), Shibpur, for housing rare plant species. Union environment and forest minister Bhupen...

Two leopards strayed into a small tea plantation on the fringes of Gorumara National Park of Jalpaiguri district on Thursday, prompting panicky workers to stop plucking tea leaves and run. Foresters ...

The association has more plans. Dr Dasgupta has been approached to conduct training in basic first-aid measures, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation.  “We want to hold health camps eve...

A woman in her 30s drowned in the Hooghly while bathing at the Baja Kadamtala Ghat in central Kolkata on Wednesday. She was declared dead at the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital. ...

Antra Bhargava is the former CEO of SuVitas, India's first Transition Care Hospital Chain, which recently merged with HCAH (HealthCare atHOME, India), where she is head of Expansion. She founded t...