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Morcha to shut Darj shops after 12
The Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha’s (Binoy Tamang camp) Darjeeling Town Committee has decided to shut all shops in the town area in Darjeeling after 12 noon, while also not allowing shops to sell meat and...
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COVID-19: In Jammu 23 areas declared red zones
Srinagar: At least 23 areas in three district of Jammu have been declared ‘red zones’ in wake of looming threat of COVID-19. These 30 areas fall in the district of Udhampur, Rajouri and Jammu.A police...
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Hills smell quinine potential in US bid for India drug
The Darjeeling cinchona plantation, which has been tottering for years because of lack of demand and absence of patronage from the government, is back in the spotlight following US President Donald...
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Binoy Tamang Appreciates Mamata Banerjee's Stand Of Not Opening Tea Gardens...
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president Binoy Tamang urged the Central Government to withdraw the order of opening of tea gardens in Darjeeling under the essential services on Tuesday. The Central Government...
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NBU, colleges start online classes
The North Bengal University and some colleges in the region have started taking online classes during the lockdown.Surya Sen College and Munshi Premchand Mahavidyalaya in Siliguri and the Mald College...
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Bengal favours quarantine of hotspots
Kolkata: Unlike some states, the Bengal government is not in favour of extending the lockdown beyond April 15 across the state and has instead identified seven hotspots that may be put under quarantine...
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GNLF: Prod for tea hands to seek work
The GNLF has alleged that management of some tea gardens in the Darjeeling hills is asking labourers to sign on petitions stating they would want to go back to work.The Bengal government has not given...
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Gorkha orgs distribute essential items in Dimapur
Dimapur, April 8 (MExN): The Dimapur District Gorkha Indigenous Forum (DDGIF) led by Sanjay Pandey, Member; Gorkha Youth Club Dimapur (GYCD) led by President Shiva Sumar BK; and Gorkha Hindu Milan...
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Do not panic, urges CM; sends experts to N Bengal
Kolkata: The state government has decided to send two senior health experts—one of them part of the government’s global advisory committee—to take charge of North Bengal Medical College and Hospital. A...
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GTA to use infrared scanners at entrances
The GTA on Friday announced that it would install infrared thermal scanners which would provide visuals of body temperatures on large screens at the entry points of the Darjeeling hills.There are...
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Tea industry stares at 10-25 per cent crop loss due to lockdown
A lockdown because of Covid-19 and closure of tea estates during majority of the plucking season could lead to a crop loss between 10 and 25 per cent for the industry, this year. Estates have been...
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Protest at Covid hospital
Around 50 residents of Pradhannagar in Siliguri held a protest outside the Medica North Bengal Clinic on Friday, saying treatment of suspected Covid-19 patients at the private nursing home in the...
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Coronavirus | Active cases in West Bengal mount to 89
Twelve more cases recorded in the State in the past 24 hours; three persons have recovered The number of active COVID-19 cases in West Bengal increased to 89, West Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha...
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Lockdown in West Bengal extended till April 30 as coronavirus cases surge
Lockdown in West Bengal has been extended till April 30 as cases of the deadly coronavirus continue to surge, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said post a meeting of all the CMs with Prime Minister...
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Bengal Pins Down COVID-19 Hotspots, Plans Total Lockdown To Contain Virus
Kolkata: West Bengal will soon have several Bhilwara-style hotspots where the locality will be locked down completely, people will not be allowed to enter or leave and all essential services and...
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West Bengal schools and colleges closed till June 10
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Saturday at a press conference that schools and colleges in the state would be closed till June 10 on account of an extended lockdown for...
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Chamong Tee workers begin plucking
Workers plucked tea leaves in the gardens of Chamong Tee in the Darjeeling hills on Sunday a day after the Bengal government had allowed plantations to use 25 per cent of the labour force for...
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GJM appeals to PM for rollback of order to keep tea gardens open
Darjeeling: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rollback the order to keep the tea industry (tea gardens) open during the lockdown. Incidentally, a recent...
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‘Be positive, use will power’: 59-year-old Bengal coronavirus survivor’s mantra
When Dharamnath Singh and nine of his family members tested positive for the coronavirus disease, his world came crashing down.The 59-year-old had already lost his sister-in-law, the first victim in...
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GTA team greets 5 after quarantine completion
GTA officials led by its head Anit Thapa stood in a line before a quarantine centre in Kalimpong on Tuesday and clapped to welcome five people who were discharged after being tested negative for the...
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