Bhubaneswar / Kolkata /Uttar Pradesh/ Guwahati/, June 19 : The flood situation in Orissa, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand has affected the normal life while Assam showed some signs of improvement with cessation of rain.

In Orissa, over ten lakh people have been affected by the current flood in Balesore, Bhadrak and Mayurbhanj district. Twenty seven low-laying coastal gram panchayats of Bhadrak district are still marooned.

In West Bengal the flood situation in Midnapore district turned worse with fresh areas inundated by the Subarnarekha River, leaving nearly three lakh people marooned.

Kolkata, June 17 : The West Bengal Government has called an all-party meeting here today to discuss the situation in Darjeeling.

Kolkata, June 6 : A 12-hour shutdown called by the opposition Trinamool Congress in West Bengal against the hike in fuel prices began today.

Bankura (West Bengal), May 30 : Villagers in West Bengal's Bankura District have embarked on a water conservation project to ease water scarcity in the region.

Bankura District is a dry zone, but the only relief from the heat comes during the monsoon when the district receives some showers.

However, backward tribals have been working towards water conservation project that not only has changed their socio-economic status considerably, but also won them a medal from the President of India.

As part of its growth plan, RPG group is all set to invest around Rs 90 billion in the power, tyre and carbon black industries by the next two years (2010).
  
The company’s chairman Mr. Rama Prasad Goenka, who is at his rubber estate at the Harrisons Malayalam limited at nearby Mooply to inaugurate the accelerated replanting and factory modernisation programme here, stated that Rs 6,000 crore would be invested in the Calcutta Electric Supply Company by 2020 in the states including Orissa, West Bengal and Jharkand, whereas the company has set aside Rs 20 billion in the Ceat Tyres and Rs 10 billion in the Philips Carbon Black.