CM to Siliguri min: Take care of Covid+ minors
Siliguri: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee instructed state tourism minister Gautam Deb to look after the minor daughters of the 38-year-old schoolteacher, who had died of Covid-19 on July 7.The two...
View ArticleTireless awareness campaign and a film help contain Covid-19 in Darjeeling hills
Barely 30 km away from Siliguri, the biggest town in the planes of Darjeeling district where a spike in Covid-19 cases led to partial lockdown from Thursday, people at Tindharia, a cluster of hamlets...
View ArticleTwo held with ivory piece from Mungpoo in the Darjeeling hills
The Bengal forest department said its special task force had arrested two men with an ivory piece from Mungpoo in the Darjeeling hills on Thursday.Sanjoy Dutta, the range officer of the special task...
View ArticleCarried by great-grandson, 88-yr-old widow of Gorkha soldier reaches India to...
Pithoragarh: At 88 years, Anita Devi is quite frail and does not have the strength to walk long distances, but she made the trip from her remote village in Darchula district of Nepal to Dharchula on...
View ArticleRain helps in lockdown in north Bengal
Steady rain in most districts of north Bengal since Friday morning came as a relief for the administration as the showers and the resultant waterlogging kept people indoors in the containment zones.As...
View ArticleWest Bengal reports 1,200 new COVID-19 cases, 26 more dead
West Bengal on Friday reported a record 1,198 cases, and 26 deaths as it continued to reel from a continued upswing in fatalities and infections.This was the second 1,000-plus increase in daily cases...
View ArticleTwo more die in Siliguri
Two persons died at the Desun (Covid) Hospital at Kawakhali in Siliguri today. A 40-year-old resident of Salugara was admitted in the hospital after being referred by the Siliguri District Hospital....
View ArticleState forms special team to treat Covid patients in N Bengal
Kolkata: With an aim to check deaths due to comorbidities among the COVID-19 affected patients in North Bengal, the state Health department has formed a special team consisting of eight superspecialist...
View ArticleRain leaves Siliguri areas water-logged
Life came to a virtual halt in several areas in Siliguri town and its suburbs following torrential rainfall for the past 24 hours that led to water-logging and kept people mostly indoors. The Siliguri...
View ArticleRain & landslides hit north Bengal, Sikkim
Very heavy rains over the past 24 hours inundated large areas in Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar districts of north Bengal and triggered landslides in neighbouring Sikkim.Alipurduar town...
View ArticleDarjeeling People celebrates birth anniversary of poet Bhanu Bhakta
Darjeeling, Jul 13 (UNI) The people of Darjeeling today paid glowing tributes to poet Bhanu Bhakta, who had translated the Valmiki Sanskrit Ramayana, into his mother language Nepali.At a main official...
View ArticleSikkim Observed 206th Bhanu Jayanti 2020
Gangtok July 13(IPR): The 206th birth anniversary of Adikavi Bhanu Bhakta Acharya was observed in a function organised by Nepali Sahitya Parishad at Bhanu Udhyaan, Zero Point, Gangtok today. The...
View ArticleGorkhas in Kohima honour Architect of Nepali language
Kohima, July 13 (MExN): The Gorkha Sahitya Kala Sanstha Kohima (GSKSK) under the aegis of Gorkha Public Panchayat Kohima (GPPK) celebrated the 206th Birth Anniversary of Adikavi Bhanubhakta Acharya,...
View ArticleNagaland - Chümoukedima Gorkha Youth celebrates Bhanu Jayanti
Chümoukedima, July 13 (MExN): The Chümoukedima Gorkha Youth (CGY) celebrated Bhanu Jayanti to commemorate the 206th birth anniversary of Adikavi Bhanu Bhakta Acharya at Chümoukedima Town on July 13.The...
View ArticleATM loot gang in police net
New Jalpaiguri police have nabbed a gang allegedly involved in a number of cases involving ATM loots and bids in and around Siliguri.The gang, police said, had been arrested near Gajoldoba in Rajganj...
View ArticleTraders seek total lockdown in Siliguri
An apex body of traders’ associations in north Bengal sent a letter to chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday seeking a complete lockdown in Siliguri for at least two weeks in view of rising Covid-19...
View ArticleWest Bengal board to announce Madhyamik Result 2020 Class 10 today at 10 am
WBBSE Madhyamik Result 2020 Date: The West Bengal Board Of Secondary Education (WBBSE) will declare the results of Madhyamik or Class 10 exam today (Wednesday, 15 July), announced Chief Minister Mamata...
View ArticleTotal Shutdown Extended in Kolkata, Jalpaiguri, Malda, Cooch Behar, Raiganj,...
West Bengal Lockdown Extension News: To keep further check on the coronavirus, the West Bengal government on Tuesday decided to extend the total lockdown in containment zones till July 19.Issuing a...
View ArticleComplete lockdown in 47 wards in Siliguri for seven days from July 16
Darjeeling district task force has declared a complete lockdown in 47 wards of Siliguri Municipal Corporation for seven days, starting 9 am on July 16 in view of the rising cases of COVID-19, West...
View Article11 Fresh COVID-19 Positive Cases Reported In Sikkim
Eleven persons on Wednesday tested positive for novel coronavirus in Sikkim to take the state's tally to 209, a health official said.The fresh infections have been reported from East Sikkim district,...
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