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The mystery of the low COVID-19 numbers in West Bengal
On March 17, West Bengal recorded its first case of COVID-19 when an 18-year-old student, who had returned from London, tested positive for the virus. The student had been admitted to the Infectious...
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Task force formed in Sikkim to bring stranded people home
Gangtok: In accordance with the revised guidelines issued by the Centre on movement of stranded people, the Sikkim government has formed a State Task Force to bring stranded residents home as soon as...
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While entire country enjoying positive rainfall, Darjeeling hills is at deficit
Like almost all other parts of the country, West Bengal is also witnessing a grossly altered positive rainfall pattern during lockdown period. But sandwitched between Sikkim and plains of Bengal,...
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Direct cash transfer for hill tea workers
The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration has announced a direct-cash-transfer scheme for tea garden workers from the money collected for the chairman’s relief fund.Soon after the tea gardens were...
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Darjeeling records new case as doctor tests +ve
According to Millennium Post http://www.millenniumpost.in Darjeeling: Darjeeling district recorded a new case with a doctor testing Covid-19 positive. 26 doctors who had travelled with the affected in...
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3 more from Sikkim test COVID-19 positive in Delhi
New Delhi: Three more people staying at DKK Bhawan in New Delhi have tested positive for COVID-19, taking the total number of cases to 4. on April 26 a patient undergoing dialysis has tested positive...
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West Bengal Govt Rejects The Air Force Request To Shower Flowers Over Two...
The Indian Armed Forces said on Sunday that helicopters would be flown at various hospitals across the country to thank the struggle of doctors, nurses and health workers against Coronavirus. But that...
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Hundreds, including Trinamool Congress leaders, join peace rally in West...
A shocking visual has emerged from West Bengal's Howrah city where a huge rally-led by Howrah Assistant Commissioner of Police Aloke Dasgupta was taken out. The rally, taken out at Tikiapara area of...
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North Bengal marks Press Freedom Day through digital platforms
Amid the coronavirus fear and the extended lockdown to tame the spread, north Bengal marked World Press Freedom Day through messages people shared through the digital platform today.As Darjeeling...
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MPs seek aid for tea workers
Darjeeling BJP MP Raju Bista and Trinamul Congress Rajya Sabha member Shanta Chhetri placed demands for financial assistance to the tea industry in north Bengal during a meeting of the Tea Board on...
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GNLF to send Rs 700 to needy migrants
Direct cash transfer to beneficiaries is the new normal for political parties in the Darjeeling hills. First, Anit Thapa, chairman, board of administrators, Gorkhaland Territorial Administration,...
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GTA offers space for pre-Covid-19 hospital
The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration has decided to offer a vacant three-storied building near the confluence of the Teesta and Rangit rivers at Triveni to the Bengal health department to set up a...
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Darjeeling tea losing out in global trade
Kolkata: Darjeeling tea trade, which has lost its premium first flush tea due to the first 21-day lockdown that began on March 25, is facing problem in sending samples of second flush teas to its major...
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Darjeeling planters seek ban on sale of loose tea
Darjeeling: With the aim to save people from health hazards by consuming spurious tea and protect the interest of Tea industry employees, the Darjeeling Tea Association (DTA) in a letter to the Chief...
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Darjeeling mountaineering institute facilitates safe return of students
Darjeeling: The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI), Darjeeling facilitated the return of stranded trainees to their respective destinations. "Out of 76 trainees, 39 trainees left HMI in the past...
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One more Nepali dies due to coronavirus in Britain
KATHMANDU, May 5: One more Nepali died of coronavirus infection in Britain on Monday, taking the death toll of Nepalis to 35 so far. The deceased is Narayan Konme Gurung, a philanthropist. Gurung was...
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"Bengal Has Highest Coronavirus Death Rate": Mamata Banerjee Gets Centre's Memo
New Delhi: West Bengal has the highest rate of COVID-19 fatalities, low testing and worrying instances of attacks on frontline workers fighting the coronavirus crisis, the Union Home Ministry said on...
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Those entering Sikkim illegally to be charged with Sec 370 of IPC, 79...
Gangtok: An attempt to murder case under Section 307 of the IPC will be registered against those who enter Sikkim illegally during the lockdown period, said chief minister PS Golay on Wednesday.“If...
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Parody posters of Bista in Siliguri
Parody posters bearing photos of Darjeeling MP Raju Bista and seeking information on his whereabouts have come up in Siliguri at a time the BJP parliamentarian has been criticised for not being in his...
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Club musicians turn vegetable sellers in lockdown-hit Bengal town
The raging coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak has overnight turned Siliguri-based professional musicians Rahul Sarkar and Prashant Mitra into vegetable vendors to make their both ends meet.The duo...
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