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Covid-19 cases cross 50,000 mark; Bengal enforces state-wide lockdown
The West Bengal government on Thursday enforced a 24-hour lockdown – the first day of the bi-weekly lockdown announced by the Mamata Banerjee administration – even as week-long lockdowns have already...
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Rush in Darjeeling hills to fill larder
Residents of the Darjeeling hills rushed to markets on Friday to fill their larders before the start of the eight-day lockdown, but most of them were disappointed.The Gorkhaland Territorial...
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Lockdown in Hill civic bodies, five other towns
As several more Covid19 cases continue to surface in areas under the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, GTA chairman Anit Thapa today announced a seven-day total lockdown in all the four...
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Sikkim reports 18 more COVID-19 cases, tally at 477, Incident commanders to...
Gangtok, Jul 24 (PTI) Sikkim on Friday reported 18 new cases of COVID-19, taking the state''s tally to 477, an official said.Among the fresh cases are eleven from East Sikkim and seven from the West...
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Lockdown at more places in north Bengal
The spike in Covid-19 cases across north Bengal has made the administration and civic bodies clamp down lockdown in at least four of eight districts in the region till next Sunday.According to the...
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Two die as heavy rainfall damages railway over-bridge in north Bengal,...
The driver of a truck and his assistant died at Jalpaiguri district in north Bengal on Tuesday morning when the vehicle fell through a railway over-bridge a portion of which caved in after being...
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Downpour in the hills wreck links to Dooars
Heavy rain pounded Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts since Monday night, triggering landslides in the hills and snapping road and rail connectivity in the Dooars where several rivers and streams...
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Landslide risk from ditches after incessant rain in Darjeeling
Incessant rains in Darjeeling town bared the threat of landslides posed by dug-up stretches in many roads.These “waterlogged drains” are a reminder of the incomplete Darjeeling drinking water project...
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Explosion in parcel from Amritsar creates panic at Pradhan Nagar post office
A small explosion in a parcel from Amritsar in Punjab caused panic at Pradhan Nagar post office in north Bengal’s Siliguri town on Tuesday morning with staff and customers running for cover as sparks...
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Bengal’s ginger farmers reap profit as sales shoot during Covid-19 pandemic
Ginger growers in West Bengal’s northern districts are reaping profits even as the local economy is hit by the lockdown with people buying more driven by the belief that the plant increases immunity...
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Good tidings for Darjeeling Zoo amid lockdown
Darjeeling: Lockdown has brought in good tidings for the world famous Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (Pnhzp) popular as the Darjeeling zoo. Three blue sheep kids and 3 red panda cubs were born...
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Human skulls & bones recovered from a house in Siliguri
Darjeeling: Human skulls and bones were recovered from a house in the heart of Siliguri town on Wednesday. The residents of ward number 18, Subhashpally, had complained of foul smell in the area to the...
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PWD restores connectivity along NH31C within 24 hours
The NH division of the state public works department managed to restore connectivity between Siliguri and the Dooars along NH31C on Wednesday within 24 hours.The stretch on the highway that had caved...
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Sikkim reports 17 new COVID-19 cases, tally at 596
Gangtok, Jul 29 (PTI) Sikkim on Wednesday reported 17 new cases of COVID-19, pushing the state''s tally to 596, an official said. All the fresh cases were detected in East Sikkim district, Director...
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Centre talks letter ruffles Hill feathers
A”confusing” letter purportedly issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, calling for a meeting to review issues related to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) in Delhi on 7 August drew...
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Darjeeling’s Gorkha outfits disillusioned after Centre calls GTA review meet
Parties demanding a separate state of Gorkhaland in Darjeeling region have reacted sharply to the Union home ministry’s decision to convene a tripartite meeting in Delhi on August 7, to review the...
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1947 pact on Gorkha soldiers redundant, says Nepal Minister
‘India should respond to request for talks on Kalapani row’The 1947 agreement among India, Nepal and the United Kingdom that deals with the military service of Gorkha soldiers has become “redundant,”...
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55 Covid cases in Siliguri, 10 in Kurseong
Three persons who had tested positive for Covid-19 have died in Siliguri in the past 24 hours. A 49-year-old resident of Alipurduar district died in the Desun (Covid) Hospital in Siliguri last night....
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GTA extends coronavirus lockdown in Darjeeling, Kalimpong districts till...
KOLKATA: The Gorkhaland Territorial Authority on Saturday announced the extension of coronavirus-induced lockdown in the GTA-administered for a period of seven days, till August 8, 2020. The extended...
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Shyam Thapa - I scored the best goal of my life for East Bengal in a CFL...
The legendary striker is known for his back volley against East Bengal, but he claims that his best goal was for the Red and Golds in 1975...Shyam Thapa has played for both the Kolkata giants in his...
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