COVID-19 cases likely to rise in Bengal as social-distancing norms go up in...
Kolkata, May 21: With Cyclone Amphan wreaking havoc in West Bengal, including Kolkata, senior medical practitioners at the frontline in the war against COVID-19 are apprehensive that the number of...
View ArticleSchools, colleges in Sikkim to reopen on June 15
The Sikkim government on Friday announced that schools and other educational institutes in the state will reopen on June 15. Education Minister Kunga Nima Lepcha said the decision was taken by taking...
View ArticlePaid quarantine at hotels in Darjeeling
The district administration has decided to start “paid quarantine” centres and has requisitioned a number of hotels in Darjeeling and Siliguri.Ponnambalam S, the district magistrate of Darjeeling, has...
View Article‘Paatal Lok’: Anushka Sharma slammed for showing ‘Sikhs as rapists’
Paatal Lok, Amazon Prime Video’s latest India original series has been receiving great reviews from audience and critics. However, the series, produced by actress Anushka Sharma, has also been facing...
View ArticleSikkim reports first Covid-19 case after man who returned from Delhi tests...
Sikkim on Saturday reported its first Covid-19 positive case after a man who recently returned from Delhi tested positive.The 25-year-old man, who arrived in Sikkim on May 19, was sent to a quarantine...
View ArticleBusinessman robbed
Karnataka: A businessman was allegedly robbed by a pedestrian whom he had offered to drop to his destination on his motorcycle. This incident took place at Mahadevpura on Saturday around 7 p.m.Rohith...
View ArticleWoman killed in Sikkim landslide
Gangtok, May 24 (PTI) A woman was killed and two others suffered injuries in a landslide triggered by incessant rain over the past week in Sikkim''s North district on Sunday, an official said. The...
View ArticleBengal records biggest single-day spike of 208 new Covid-19 cases, state...
With the state struggling to limp back to normalcy four days after Cyclone Amphan battered Bengal, the number of Covid-19 positive cases on Sunday recorded the highest daily spike with the state...
View Article“पातल लोक”-को उपहास, नेपाली सेन्टिमेन्टले कसरी उत्तर दिने ?
भर्खरै “पातल लोक” नामक वेब सिरिजमा “नेपाली व्होर” गाली चलाएकोमा नेपाली समाज साथै भारतको अन्य उत्तर-पूर्वी जनमानसमा पनि धेरै नै हीनताको भाव उब्जेको छ। धेरै समूहहरू आक्रोशित पनि बनेका छन्। भारतीय...
View ArticleCovid testing units in North Bengal stretched with thousands returning
Darjeeling: A large number of migrants returning to North Bengal have put the COVID-19 testing system in a spot of bother, resulting in huge backlogs. In North Bengal, there are two testing facilities...
View ArticleSix more COVID-19 deaths in Bengal; total cases now 3,816
Kolkata, May 25 (PTI) Six more people died due to COVID-19 in West Bengal on Monday, taking their number to 206 as 149 new coronavirus cases surfaced in the state, a bulletin issued by the Health...
View ArticleDelhi officer suspended for Sikkim blunder says he relied on central govt...
New Delhi: The senior Delhi government officer suspended last week for an ad that portrayed Sikkim as a separate nation said he relied on a central government document, “without realising” its...
View ArticleSikkim students’ bodies against reopening of educational institutes
Different students’ organizations of Sikkim has requested the State Government to rollback its decision to restart educational institutes in the State from June 15.In a letter jointly signed by...
View ArticleCovid19: Nepal Response Situation Report No. VIII, As of 25 May, 2020
Covid19: Nepal Response Situation Report No. VIII, As of 25 May, 2020, Banke, Bardia, Kailali, Kanchanpur, Doti, Achham, Dailekh, Dhading and Gorkha Nepal has recorded 4 deaths as a result of COVID-19...
View ArticleHill MLA’s relief trip - 6km walk with 15kg load
The “mota (fat)” MLA of Darjeeling, Neeraj Zimba, has purportedly carried 15kg of edibles on a dhoko (bamboo basket) and walked 6km through difficult terrain to reach 17 families at a remote village in...
View ArticleAlert in tea gardens after Terai worker tests positive
After detection of a Covid-19 patient for the first time in a tea garden in the Terai region in Darjeeling district, tea gardens have been alerted about maintaining social distance and following...
View ArticleHill transport to remain shut till 15 June
Himalayan Transport Coordination Committee, an apex body of different transport syndicates here, has decided to keep all transport services suspended for a further period until 15 June in the Hills.It...
View ArticlePaatal Lok changes the morphed image with BJP leader
Paatal Lok changes the morphed image with BJP leader where he is shown next to corrupt character after he files a complaint against Anushka SharmaDays after BJP MLA Nandkishore Gurjar filed a complaint...
View ArticleOne flight to link Calcutta and Bagdogra
Flight operations resumed at Bagdogra airport on Thursday, but there would be just one trip to connect Calcutta during four days of operations till May 31.The Trinamul Congress and north Bengal...
View ArticleBJP MPs stopped by state: Raju Bista
Darjeeling BJP MP Raju Bista on Thursday alleged that the Mamata Banerjee government was preventing legislators of the party from visiting people but it was allowing nominated people to move freely in...
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