Darjeeling Ex-students of St Paul's join hands with RKM to provide ration for...
Darjeeling: With the noble intention of giving back to the Hill town, a group of ex-students of St. Paul's school, Darjeeling, has joined hands with the Ramakrishna Mission to provide monthly ration to...
View ArticleCM in Siliguri for review meets
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee reached Siliguri on Monday on a four-day official visit during which she would hold administrative review meetings of five north Bengal districts.The visit is significant...
View ArticleGorkha Parisangh moves Assam govt over Clause 6 report
GUWAHATI: The Assam unit of the Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh, has submitted a dissent note to the state government expressing anguish over the report of the high-level committee on Clause 6 of the Assam...
View ArticleTrinamool set to intensify contact building programme from grassroot level in...
Siliguri: With Siliguri set to witness three elections, Trinamool Congress (TMC) has initiated intense contact building programme with people in grassroots level keeping the development programmes...
View ArticleWest Bengal records 3,188 new COVID-19 cases, 62 more deaths in last 24 hours
Kolkata: West Bengal on Tuesday (September 29) recorded 3,188 new cases of COVID-19, taking its tally to 2,53,768, as per a bulletin issued by the Health Department. The COVID-19 toll rose to 4,899...
View ArticleTime to toll knell for BJP Govt: Gorkha Janmukti Nari Morcha
Darjeeling: The Gorkha Janmukti Nari Morcha (Women's wing of the GJM) on Saturday gave a clarion call to toll the knell for the BJP Government. The women's organization took out candle rallies in...
View Article4 held in Siliguri with gold biscuits worth Rs 17cr
Representational pictureSiliguri: The regional unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) here has arrested four persons with 202 gold biscuits, together weighing over 33kg and estimated to...
View ArticleDarjeeling parties surprised as Centre changes Delhi meet’s agenda from...
Political parties in the Darjeeling hills were taken by surprise on Monday when the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) sent a letter to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal...
View ArticleGorkha connect vital cog in India-Nepal ties
INDIA-NEPAL relations are at their lowest point after the 2015 economic blockade following the promulgation of Nepal’s new Constitution which India did not welcome. Fortunately, the light at the end of...
View ArticleCovid spike concerns as Siliguri gears up for Pujas
As Siliguri gears up to celebrate Durga Puja amid the raging Covid19 pandemic, health specialists fear a likely spike in Covid-19 cases during the festivals if the Covid protocol is not strictly...
View ArticleTo Prevent Adulteration of ‘Darjeeling Tea’ from Nepal, FSSAI Clearance Now...
Tea Board of India issued directives to all the registered tea buyers and licensed distributors that they would require a clearance from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) before...
View ArticleEye on Siliguri Assembly seat; TMC starts poll work
Eying to regain the Siliguri Assembly Constituency, the Trinamul Congress has focused on reaching out to the people, strengthening booth-based party organisation, and formulating strategies.As part of...
View ArticleCM to open 7 Pujas in Hills
Darjeeling: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be inaugurating one of the oldest Durga Pujas of North Bengal on Wednesday. Steeped in history, the Puja organised by Nripendra Narayan Bengali Hindu...
View ArticleAhead of Amit Shah's Bengal Visit, Prashant Kishor Heads for Siliguri to...
BJP’s growing support in North Bengal and Amit Shah’s planned visit to this colder clime of the state ahead of Durga Puja has forced political strategist Prashant Kishor and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee...
View ArticleDarjeeling is Bengal’s crown: BJP MP
At a time when the Trinamul Congress has been accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to divide West Bengal over the Gorkhaland demand issue in Darjeeling Hills, three BJP leaders,...
View ArticleDeath sentence for twin murders in hills
A court here on Wednesday handed death sentence to a 43-year-old man for murdering his relative and her minor daughter with the judge observing that the brutality of the crime “shook the judicial...
View ArticleBJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda to visit North Bengal on Oct 19 not Amit Shah
BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda and not Union home minister Amit Shah will visit north Bengal before Puja, state president Dilip Ghosh said in Calcutta on Wednesday.While Shah was slated to...
View ArticleCoffee cultivation shows promise in North Bengal
Although several coffee gardens were established in the hill districts of the country in the last few years, this is the first for coffee cultivation in North Bengal A cup of hot tea or coffee at the...
View Article23 yrs on, woman gets teacher arrested for molesting her
Kolkata: Twenty-three years after he allegedly molested a student, a schoolteacher in Darjeeling has been arrested, after his victim — who was just 14 at the time — lodged a police complaint.The...
View ArticleIMD commissions surface weather observatory at Siliguri college
Darjeeling: Indian Metrological Department (IMD) has commissioned a surface weather observatory at the Siliguri College. Along with recording data, the observatory will help in research work,...
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