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Financial packages for tea garden workers brew a poll issue in Darjeeling
Days after the Centre and the West Bengal government announced financial packages for tea garden workers in their respective budgets, political parties in Bengal’s Darjeeling and adjoining districts...
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Centre head of Darjeeling Ramakrishna Mission passes away
DARJEELING: Swami Nityasatyananda, the Centre Head of the Ramakrishna Mission Nivedita Educational and Cultural Centre (RKMNECC) Darjeeling, passed away on Sunday. He had suffered a cardiac arrest. The...
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37th flower festival in Siliguri attracts over 500 participants
Siliguri Horticulture Society (SHS) in association with the Government of West Bengal organised a flower show in Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri, West Bengal on Friday. The five days long flower show...
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CIFA school for ornamental fish farmers in West Bengal
With an objective to bring more and more fish farmers to scientific aquaculture and promoting ornamental fish farming, the Indian Council for Agricultural Resources (ICAR)-promoted Bhubaneswar-based...
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Protest against lathicharge: SFI members gift roses to police personnel
Members of the CPM-backed SFI gifted roses to at least 20 police personnel in Burdwan town on Friday while observing a 12-hour strike called to protest police lathicharge on supporters of Left student...
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Bimal Gurung: BJP interested only in photo sessions, not in delivering promises
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung on Friday said the BJP was only interested in photo sessions and not in delivering promises if one went by the saffron camp’s past deeds.Gurung had been an...
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Mamata Banerjee government waives road tax for two quarters
The Mamata Banerjee government has waived the road tax that commercial transport owners need to pay in every quarter to run their vehicles in view of the Covid 19-pandemic and the resultant lockdown...
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Sikkim rail line: Bista for FRA in affected villages
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista today urged officials of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), including its General Manager Anshul Gupta, and the Railway Board, to fully implement the Forest Rights Act...
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North Bengal turns birding hotspot
Darjeeling: North Bengal is steadily emerging as a birding destination. The travel trade industry along with the government of West Bengal is providing the necessary support to promote this region as a...
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Gurung finds fault with GTA teacher test
Leader of the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha Bimal Gurung today threw a salvo at the present dispensation at the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) and the BJP, especially over the GTA’s move to...
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Despite Gorkha Leaders’ Support, Trinamool’s Prospects in North Bengal Uncertain
Kolkata: In the political playground of North Bengal, which has two distinct segments, the hills and the plains, the situation at this point lacks clarity even as there appears to be triangular fight...
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Roll camera action! Shooting begins in Queen of Hills
DARJEELING: Post lockdown, the phrase-"Roll, Camera, Action"- reverberated in the mountains again. With normality creeping in, film crews are also returning back to the Queen of the Hills. Director,...
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125 companies of CAPF for Bengal from February 25
Kolkata: The Union government has informed Bengal that 125 companies of central armed police forces (CAPF) are being dispatched to the state “to ensure a free and fair election”. The EC is likely to...
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Trinamool backs former Gorkha strongman Bimal Gurung for Darjeeling foray,...
In October 2017, West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh was chased through the streets and partymen accompanying him thrashed allegedly by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists in Darjeeling. Cut to...
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Siliguri-Dhaka train service to start on Independence Day of Bangladesh
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], February 25 (ANI): On the Independence day of Bangladesh, the Indian and Bangladesh governments decided to introduce a passenger train service from March 26 between New...
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BJP Chief To Launch Lokkho Sonar Bangla Manifesto Crowdfunding Campaign In...
The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) Chief JP Nadda will launch Lokkho Sonar Bangla manifesto crowdfunding campaign on Thursday at Hastings BJP office in Kolkata, West Bengal. Lokkho Sonar Bangla campaign...
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BJP leader Arjun Singh's remark on Gorkhas draws flak
Darjeeling: The vice-president of BJP, Arjun Singh, has ruffled a few feathers in the Darjeeling Hills by stereotyping Gorkhas as 'Chowkidars' while addressing people during a recently-held road show....
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The three day festival of spectacular cultural performances Rashtriya...
Darjeeling: The three day Cultural Festival of the 11thRashtriyaSanskriti Mahostav-2021 at Raj Bhawan, Darjeeling concluded yesterday with a magnificent closing ceremony. Governor of West Bengal, Shri....
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3 days Incredible India Mega Homestay Development & Training Workshop by...
New Delhi: A three days Incredible India Mega Homestay Development & Training Workshop was held in Darjeeling from February 22 to 24, 2021 to enrich the hospitality skills of the Homestay owners of...
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Polling stations in Darjeeling increased in view of COVID-19
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], February 27 (ANI): District Election Officer of Darjeeling and District Magistrate Shashank Sethi has increased the polling stations in five Assembly constituencies in...
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