Margram (WB), Jan 22: Resistance of villagers to culling of birds is hampering the fight against bird flu in West Bengal.

People in Birbhum District's Margram village resisted culling operations claiming that the compensation being awarded to them is low, slowing down the efforts to stamp out the disease.

"The government is saying that it is going to cull the birds, but we will not be getting the price that we get in the market, and so we are not ready to give up our chickens. The ones that are dying, we are packing them in polythene bags and discarding them," said Sameer Sarkar, a villager.

New Delhi, Jan 16: International rights group, the Amnesty

Kolkata, Jan 16: Three coaches of Dibrugarh-Amritsar Express derailed this morning near New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal.

Kolkata, Jan 16: West Bengal will begin culling of over 3.76 lakh birds from today in the two districts of Birbhum and Dakshin Dinajpur, where presence of bird flu has been confirmed.