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Food bank opens for distressed in Darjeeling
A bank has come up in Darjeeling at a time the entire country is under lockdown.MARG for the Distress Food Bank on Saturday started distributing 5kg rice, 1kg wheat, a litre of oil and 500 gram of...
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21 Days Big Boss Indoor online Challenge
If you don’t find that following the lockdown is an uphill task, here is an opportunity to unlock your talents and earn a free holiday in Darjeeling.The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI),...
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North Bengal's first Covid-19 patient's 20 contacts in quarantine
The administration has identified around 20 people, including two doctors, who came in close contact with the first Covid-19 patient from north Bengal and asked them to quarantine themselves at...
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COVID-19 positive patient dies in WB, Mamata says investigation will be done
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): A 54-year-old woman from Kalimpong, who tested positive for COVID-19 at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Siliguri, passed away on Monday...
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All 22 districts to have nodal COVID-19 hospitals: Mamata
Kolkata: Pushing for significant steps to fight the Coronavirus crisis in the state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced setting up of dedicated nodal hospitals for COVID-19 cases in...
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Tea plea for exemption for north Bengal
The Assam government’s decision to allow tea production has prompted planters in north Bengal to seek exemption for the sector from the lockdown from April 1. Vivek Goenka, the chairman of the...
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Man dies of COVID-19 in West Bengal, toll rises to 4
West Bengal on Tuesday recorded another death due to Coronovirus infection taking the total number of deaths due to COVID-19 to four in the state. "A 57 -year-old man admitted to a private health...
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Corona outbreak - Flyer list spooks Darjeeling locality
Navin Agarwal, a travel agent at Sonada, about 15km from Darjeeling, said he had received “more than 300 calls” between 10pm Tuesday and 2am Wednesday.The calls were made after a list of 28 travellers...
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Darjeeling district to arrange for separate Covid hospital
The Darjeeling district health department has geared up to make arrangements for separate hospital for treatment of COVID-19 patents. The state government has ordered all district authorities to...
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Four persons of deceased woman’s family of kalimpong found Covid-19 positive
Four persons, including a child, who are family members of the Kalimpong woman who had died from Covid-19, were tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday.Around 48 persons, including the...
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28 who travelled with Kalimpong woman traced
The health department has tracked down 28 flyers who had travelled with the Kalimpong woman who died of COVID-19 at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) on Monday. The woman had flown...
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BGP opens Covid-19 Helpline for Gorkhas
Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangha (BGP) – national social organisation of Indian Gorkhas with 22 states and region units opened its national helpline numbers from 1st April for Gorkhas stranded in various...
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Kolkata HC slams Bengal cop for action against doctor who exposed shortage of...
KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal Police on Thurday to return a seized mobile phone and a sim card of a doctor posted in North Bengal Medical College and Hospital.Indranil...
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1st flush tea wiped out, Darjeeling tea may lose 2nd too
KOLKATA: For the first time in the history of the iconic Darjeeling tea, the entire lot of the expensive and exportable first flush leaves withered away amid the suspension of garden operations due to...
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Ten relatives of Kalimpong victim test COVID-19 positive
Six relatives of the Kalimpong woman who died of COVID-19 have tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday.As per reports, four relatives of the 44-year-old lady who had been the second one to die...
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Lack Of Testing Kits In North Bengal, North-East "Alarming": Bhaichung Bhutia
Former India football captain Bhaichung Bhutia on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to punish the people who had attacked a team of healthcare workers in Indore and also pointed out the lack of...
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Plea to shorten shop timing in Darjeeling
The Binay Tamang faction of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has asked traders in the Darjeeling town to keep shops open only from 7am to noon from Monday because the party feels the purpose of the lockdown...
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Railway employee becomes second person to die in north Bengal
A 55-year-old railway employee who tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday and was admitted at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital here died on Sunday, marking the second death in the region and...
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India Lights Millions Of Candles, Lamps To Fight 'Darkness Of Coronavirus' On...
Million of people on Sunday night lit candles, lamps and flashed torches to ward off 'darkness of Coronavirus', as requested by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.This is the second time Modi has sought to...
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GTA provides thermal scanners to 86 tea gardens
The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) today provided thermal scanners to all health centres in 86 tea gardens in the hills, while it has also decided to start a community kitchen in Kalimpong...
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