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West Bengal crossed 20,000 COVID - 19 Cases, Biggest single-day jump of 669
The number of Covid-19 cases in West Bengal crossed the 20,000-mark as the state reported its highest single-day spike of 669 new infections on Friday, according to a bulletin issued by the Health...
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ICMR sets August 15 deadline for world’s 1st Covid-19 vaccine
India’s topmost medical research body ICMR said on Friday that it is attempting to launch the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine on August 15, triggering disbelief among scientists who say the process...
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TMC Councillor Shot at Near Her Residence in North 24 Parganas; Probe on
Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillor was on Saturday shot in the leg near her residence in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district. She was immediately rushed to the hospital. “She has been...
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Hills remembers Swami Vivekananda on his death anniversary
Darjeeling: Swami Vivekananda always held Darjeeling very close to his heart. He had visited the Queen of the Hills on a number of times. Darjeeling remembered the revolutionary monk on his death...
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More specialist docs for Darjeeling to combat Covid-19 crisis
Darjeeling: A review meeting chaired by Officer on Special Duty on Saturday decided that more specialist doctors would be deputed in the COVID-19 facilities of the Darjeeling district to combat the...
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Sikkim to charge non-resident returnees for Covid-19 tests
Non-Sikkimese people undergoing Covid-19 tests in the state will now have to shell out money, a top health official of the Himalayan state said on Saturday.Till now, the Sikkim government was not...
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Covid cases continue to rise in north Bengal
Around 18 new Covid- 19 have been detected in areas that fall under Darjeeling district in the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) in the past 24 hours. The fresh cases included seven heath workers of...
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Darjeeling, Kalimpong, neighboring West Bengal districts to witness heavy...
Kolkata: Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Coochbehar, Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri districts of North Bengal are likely to witness heavy to very heavy rainfall along with isolated extremely heavy rainfall between...
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Undergo random testing for Covid-19 before entering state: Sikkim to Army,...
Gangtok: The Sikkim government on Monday asked the Army and the paramilitary forces to start random testing of their personnel for COVID-19 before they travel back to their postings in the state,...
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Bengal’s bid to resume eco tourism in northern districts has local people wary
The bid by the Trinamool Congress government to reopen eco-tourism centres run by the West Bengal Forest Development Corporation (WBFDC) in north Bengal has created fear among local people who feel...
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84 zones to contain Covid-19 in Darjeeling district
Darjeeling district authorities have notified 84 containment zones in the Siliguri subdivision, 54 of which are in the Siliguri town, because of rising coronavirus cases.In Malda, where the number of...
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Teacher dies of Covid-19, wife jumps before train with two minor daughters
A woman in Bengal’s Siliguri town tried to commit suicide by jumping before a train with her two minor daughters, hours after her husband, a school teacher, died of the coronavirus disease...
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Tourist no-entry to Darjeeling till July 31: GTA
The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) on Wednesday announced its decision to ban the entry of tourists in the hills till July 31.The GTA had earlier decided to open the hills — closed to...
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Hill leaders counter Bista’s Centre moves, claims
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista today said he took up the issues of inclusion of 11 left-out Gorkha communities in the Scheduled Tribe list with his party president Jagat Prakash Nadda in Delhi.However, in...
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Domicile certificates to Gorkha soldiers in J&K finally end decades of...
Jammu: Winds of change have finally started blowing in Jammu and Kashmir. Seven decades of long wait has finally come to an end. No more Gorkha soldiers in the strife-torn region will be treated as...
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North Bengal lockdown with tighter screws
The steady rise in number of Covid-19 cases led to a lockdown across some locations of three north Bengal districts from Wednesday itself, a day ahead of the stricter lockdown announced by the Bengal...
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India's Ace Pistol Shooter Jitu Rai Promoted To Rank Of Subedar Major In...
Ace pistol shooter Jitu Rai has etched a mark of his own in the international shooting arena courtesy his medal winning exploits at major international events. After reaching the very zenith of his...
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274 Gorkha soldiers, kin cross border, collect pension
Pithoragarh: On Thursday 274 pensioners of Indian Army from Nepal came to India from three different places to collect their pensions. Most of them were Gorkha soldiers or their family members. Friday...
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Delhi gang sharpshooter nabbed from Siliguri
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Delhi Police''s special cell arrested a notorious criminal Sandeep alias Dhillu from Siliguri in West Bengal on Wednesday evening. According to police, Dhillu is involved in...
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Cops hit streets to enforce lockdown in Siliguri
Senior police officers hit the streets of Siliguri on Thursday afternoon and moved through all nine wards which were declared as containment zones to enforce the lockdown strictly.The...
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