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Bengal records highest one-day jump of 2,997 COVID cases, 56 fresh deaths
Kolkata, Aug 13 (PTI) The coronavirus caseload in West Bengal rose to 1,07,323 with the highest single-day spike of 2,997 infections on Thursday, the health department said.The COVID-19 fatalities also...
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On the run, Covid patient nabbed
The 55-year-old Covid patient of Chotta Hatta Gaon in the Rimbick-Lodhoma constituency of Darjeeling, who had been absconding ever since he gave health workers the slip on 2 August, was finally caught...
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Covid-19: 83 new cases in Darj dist; 125 in Malda
Much to the respite of health and administration officials and the common people, Siliguri today reported only a single death of a Covid patient.A resident of Gonsaipur under the Naxalbari block in...
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Nepalese Journalist Who Reported On Chinese Encroachment In Nepal Village...
According to Police, Balaram Baniya, the Nepalese journalist who wrote an article on Chinese encroachment in Rui village, has been found dead.Himalayan Times quoted spokesperson at District Police...
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3 Arrested With 26 kg Gold In Bengal's Siliguri: Police
Siliguri:The Director of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested three men and seized 26.25 kg of gold from West Bengal's Siliguri on Friday night. The estimated market value of the recovered gold is ₹...
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Darjeeling zoo begins live streaming of animals
People wanting to visit the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (PNHZP), which has always remained one of the most soughtafter tourist spots in Darjeeling, can now watch the animals there live in...
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Out to celebrate Independence Day, four youth die as car falls in gorge in...
Four youths died in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district on Saturday night, when their car skidded off a mountain road and fell into a gorge around a thousand feet below.Raj Singh, the fifth passenger of...
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Covid death toll figures still confuse people
As the Covid-19 death toll mounts, the confusion over the figures in the entire north Bengal region still persists, with the media reporting many more deaths than what the state health department has...
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Darjeeling leaders prod CM on nurse training course quota
The West Bengal Nursing Council’s call for applications to auxiliary nursing and midwifery (ANM) and general nursing and midwifery (GNM) training courses has prompted a Rajya Sabha member of the...
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Cremation fee put on hold
Amid uproar and criticism from opposition political leaders and several other quarters, the Darjeeling district administration has asked the agency concerned at the Sahudangi crematorium to not charge...
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China funds study on Nepal youth joining Gorkha regiment
NEW DELHI: China has given 12.7 lakh Nepalese rupees to a Kathmandu-based NGO to carry out a study on what motivates Gorkha community members to join the Indian Army. Sources said that in the first...
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2 persons asphyxiate to death in Siliguri
Darjeeling: Two persons died in an under-construction septic tank in Siliguri. Both used to work as caretakers in a building on the Asian Highway-2 near Tinbatti More. The building is under...
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GSI starts preparing landslide warning system for Darjeeling Himalayan region
KOLKATA: Geological Survey of India has started working on an experimental Regional Landslide Early Warning System (LEWS) for the entire Darjeeling Himalayan region which consists of Singalila range,...
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New angle to Darjeeling railway in UK documentary
A British documentary maker who shot videos on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway with active help from the UK-based Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society just before the lockdown, has released the first...
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Nepali language recognition day marked in Kohima
Kohima, August 21 (MExN): The Gorkha Sahitya Kala Sanstha (GSKS) under the aegis of Gorkha Public Panchayat Kohima (GPPK) celebrated the 29th Bhasha Diwas marking the recognition day of Nepali...
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China getting safe passage to occupy Nepal territory with Oli support
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 22 (ANI): China's expansionist designs is going on unchecked in Nepal as it is slowly and gradually encroaching Nepali land at multiple locations with the tacit support of...
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With 45 new cases, Sikkim''s COVID tally rises to 1,381
Gangtok, Aug 22 (PTI) Sikkim recorded 45 COVID-19 positive cases in the past 24 hours taking its coronavirus caseload to 1,381, a health department official said on Saturday.All the fresh positive...
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Sikkim's Naresh Agarwal becomes 1st Indian to be elected as ASIS&T president
Guwahati: Sikkim's Naresh Agarwal has been elected as the president of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T), becoming the first Indian and South Asian to hold this...
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Businesses hit by Covid-19 lockdown, Darjeeling wants tourists be allowed
With business down to zero due to the Covid-19 lockdown, stakeholders in Darjeeling’s hotel and tourism business want the administration to allow movement of tourists from next month.They want the...
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GTA pay band employees launch protest
Darjeeling: The casual employees also termed as pay band employees of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) have launched an agitation demanding regularisation. Demonstrations were held in...
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