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Ration shops will now sell branded food itemsSubscriber Only
July 30, 2009 02:33 IST
For the first time ever,the food and supply department of the state government which is headed by a minister from the Forward Bloc...
Thu, Jul 30, 2009Months after land bank order,KMDA in no mans landSubscriber Only
July 27, 2009 04:59 IST
At a time,when the state politics moves around the land issues and the Municipal Affairs and Urban Development Minister Ashok Bhattacharjee and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee...
Mon, Jul 27, 2009KMC diverted funds meant for schemes to its private partnerSubscriber Only
July 23, 2009 03:43 IST
Eight years have passed since the then state municipal secretary G Balachandran had written to the municipal commissioner for recovery of Rs 3 crore...
Thu, Jul 23, 2009Perched on shaky dikes,villagers pray aid comes before killer wavesSubscriber Only
July 22, 2009 04:16 IST
Almost two months after Cyclone Aila battered the Sunderbans,the worlds largest mangrove forest,there is another disaster waiting to happen.
Wed, Jul 22, 2009Stocks over,govt suspends potato businessSubscriber Only
July 21, 2009 02:14 IST
After operating for just six days,outlets for selling potatoes at 16 selected markets in the city were closed down for two days without any notice...
Tue, Jul 21, 2009Aila relief: Sad tidings loom over Sunderbans shaky new dikesSubscriber Only
July 21, 2009 01:48 IST
Madhuparna Das Dulki (Gosaba),July 20 Sukhchand Majhi (22) stretches out his arms to show his flaky skin marked with raw saltwater sores. A quick glance reveals that his fingers remain submerged in soft black clay for up to 10-12 hours a day when he is frantically shoring up a crude sea dike surrounding his remote […]
Tue, Jul 21, 2009Fund crunch plagues KMDA,city projects take hitSubscriber Only
July 20, 2009 04:28 IST
The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is facing difficulty in completing the Rs 33,000 crore Dankuni Township project after the project partner DLF pulled of the project...
Mon, Jul 20, 2009City of Joy may face monsoon wading soonSubscriber Only
July 10, 2009 03:34 IST
Water-logging will return to haunt the residents of Kolkata this monsoon and the possibility is high that it may even worsen.
Fri, Jul 10, 2009KMC staff sacked for turning back on malaria patientSubscriber Only
July 09, 2009 03:27 IST
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Wednesday removed the lab-technician from duty who had refused to treat a malaria patient.
Thu, Jul 09, 2009Denied drugs by KMC,man loses vision to malariaSubscriber Only
July 07, 2009 02:45 IST
A patient suffering from malignant malaria has lost vision in one of his eyes after he was refused timely treatment by a clinic run by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation...
Tue, Jul 07, 2009Dhapa,Garden Reach water works far from 2010 deadlineSubscriber Only
July 06, 2009 06:30 IST
While the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is telling people affected by severe water crisis that the completion of projects like Dhapa and Garden Reach water treatment plants will solve their woes...
Mon, Jul 06, 2009Howrah mishap: bus operators,CITU in the dockSubscriber Only
July 06, 2009 06:27 IST
After Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee claimed that the system of giving commission to bus drivers leads them to drive recklessly...
Mon, Jul 06, 2009
Storing up a problemSubscriber Only
July 03, 2009 00:12 IST
Soaring potato prices have returned to haunt farmers and average consumers this summer again.
Fri, Jul 03, 2009Cong,Trinamool pin hopes of victory on CPM land acquisition faux pasSubscriber Only
June 27, 2009 04:09 IST
After the Congress -Trinamool combine reaped electoral success in the recent Lok Sabha elections in Bengal,much of which was attributed to the Left Fronts government faulty handling of land acquisition in Nandigram and Singur...
Sat, Jun 27, 2009Civic polls: Govt rejects EC plea for more forcesSubscriber Only
June 25, 2009 04:04 IST
The state government has turned down a request from the State Election Commission for deployment of paramilitary forces to provide security for the June 28 civic polls.
Thu, Jun 25, 2009Holes in KMC audit: Mayor faces flakSubscriber Only
June 24, 2009 04:09 IST
Even though Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya has claimed that the Examiner of Local Accounts a wing of the Comptroller and Auditor General...
Wed, Jun 24, 2009Wary of land blues,KMC dumps Rs 100-cr road projectSubscriber Only
June 22, 2009 03:40 IST
The Left Front Governments hesitation following the LS poll debacle in acquiring land for industrial or infrastructural projects has cost it a major infrastructural project in Kolkata.
Mon, Jun 22, 2009
KMC budget jumps by Rs 1,000 croreSubscriber Only
June 20, 2009 03:32 IST
The Kolkata Municipal Corporations budget for the current financial year has jumped by Rs 1,000 crore.
Sat, Jun 20, 2009
Wary of acquiring land,CPM halts JNNURM projectsSubscriber Only
June 18, 2009 02:40 IST
The CPMs discomfort with land acquisition after facing an electoral reverse in the Lok Sabha elections has forced it to ask the Left Front-run board of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to put a pause on the Rs 500-crore slum development projects.
Thu, Jun 18, 2009Political consensus can save S Kolkata from water woesSubscriber Only
June 17, 2009 04:35 IST
A day after a group of Trinamool councillors staged a protest in front of Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyas office,civic officials on Tuesday claimed that the acute water crisis faced by south Kolkata is nothing new.
Wed, Jun 17, 2009Civic polls expose chinks in Cong-TMC allianceSubscriber Only
June 12, 2009 04:10 IST
Even as the Congress and Trinamool Congress alliance achieved a landslide victory in the Lok Sabha polls,internal disputes between the two parties at grassroots level have started reflecting in the upcoming municipal polls.
Fri, Jun 12, 2009
District admn takes Central team for a rideSubscriber Only
June 08, 2009 04:39 IST
The visit of the much-awaited Central team to the cyclone-affected areas fell short of expectations as the team could manage to visit only two places,though they were expected to visit ten villages in Sunderbans.
Mon, Jun 08, 2009
Runaway contractor raises a stink in 400 familiesSubscriber Only
June 01, 2009 02:33 IST
Around 400 houses were flooded in Chowbhaga when a contractor involved in the Rs 51-crore Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project (KEIP) allegedly ran away from the project site after the Aila alert last Monday...
Mon, Jun 01, 2009In Lalgarh,tribals seal takeover with building roads,hospitalsSubscriber Only
June 01, 2009 02:28 IST
With all faith lost in the administration,the Peoples Committee against the Police Atrocity (PCPA) has taken several developmental projects worth Rs 40 lakh in the villages in Lalgarh...
Mon, Jun 01, 2009Green auto hits LPG roadblockSubscriber Only
May 25, 2009 03:45 IST
The state governments plan to meet the July 31 deadline extended by the Calcutta High Court to convert all the two-stroke engine autos running in the Kolkata Municipal Area to four-stroke CNG or LPG ones has gone awry.
Mon, May 25, 2009Journalism of Courage
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