France lifts FIFA World Cup 2018 championship after beating Croatia 4-2
France are the FIFA World Cup 2018 champions after beating Croatia 4-2 in the final at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on Sunday.The Les Blues took the lead thanks to an own goal from Croatia forward...
View ArticleWorld Cup handed over to Bara Kakjhora United Club in Darjeeling
Darjeeling: Even before the biggest soccer battle took to the ground in Russia, miles away, the World Cup was handed over to Bara Kakjhora United Club in Darjeeling on Sunday afternoon.As part of the...
View Article8 times Everest climber Pemba Sherpa missing in Karakoram
Darjeeling: The search and rescue operation for missing mountaineer Pemba Sherpa by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Sherpa mountaineers in Jammu and Kashmir yielded no results till Sunday evening as...
View ArticleGNLF returns Morcha salvo, vitriolic attack on Morcha chief Binay Tamang
Darjeeling: The Gorkha National Liberation Front held a public meeting at Kurseong on Sunday, exactly a week after the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha did so at the same spot, and accused its arch-rival of...
View ArticleBengal govt issues transfer orders to two Hill teachers for ‘anti-govt’...
The West Bengal government has issued transfer orders to two government employees for allegedly indulging in “anti-government activities” and “trying to stir up unrest”.This comes after the district...
View ArticleSiliguri auto smokescreen lifts
Siliguri: Siliguri's auto owners and drivers have launched protests against an order that requires them to go through fresh emission checks only at the transport department's testing centre in the...
View ArticleCottages plan in Darjeeling's Botanical Garden
Siliguri/Darjeeling: Visitors to Darjeeling's Botanical Garden may soon have the option of staying in cottages, officials have said, a week after chief minister Mamata Banerjee stressed the need to...
View ArticleDarjeeling DM warns hills against WhatsApp 'teachers', Clarification on land...
Darjeeling: GTA chief Binay Tamang and Darjeeling district magistrate Joyoshi Das Gupta on Monday appealed to the hill people to verify information with government officials and refrain from believing...
View ArticleActor Rajinikanth leaves for Darjeeling again to resume shooting
Chennai: Actor Rajinikanth left Chennai last night to resume shooting for his movie with filmmaker Karthik Subbaraj in DarjeelingA few days ago, Rajinikanth was back in town after completing the first...
View ArticleState PWD to widen Eastern Bypass in Siliguri
Siliguri: The state PWD has decided to widen and improve Eastern Bypass, an 11km road that skirts Siliguri and connects the north-eastern end with southern end of the city.The decision has come as a...
View ArticleModi's rally venue tent support weak: State | Blame game on canopy collapse
Midnapore: A Bengal forensic team on Tuesday visited the Midnapore College Grounds, the venue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally on Monday, and found several deficiencies in the way the temporary...
View Articleमिलेन कुरा, उचित क्षतिपूर्तिको माग संगै रेल्वे विभागले रिसर्वे गरिदिने रोङचोङ...
सेभोक रम्फू रेलवे मुद्दामा हाइवे लोहापुल रोङचोङले रिसर्वेको माग गरेको छ | आज रङली रङलियट खण्ड हिल तृणामूल कांग्रेसले रोङचोङ ग्राम पंचायत अन्तर्गत पर्ने रेल्वे सुरुङ खनाइद्वारा प्रभावित ग्रामबासीको...
View ArticleJoint Forum of tea workers keeps agitation in abeyance
Expressing satisfaction with the decision of the West Bengal Government to intervene to finalize the implementation of the Minimum Wage Act in the tea gardens of the hills of Darjeeling, the Gorkha...
View ArticleLocals banned from entering online gaming zones in Sikkim
The Directorate of Sikkim Lotteries has issued a notification banning locals from entering online gaming zones. “In order to safeguard the interest of the local people, only persons having a photo...
View ArticleSevoke-Rangpo rail route: Forest dwellers seek land rights
Siliguri: Forest dwellers along the proposed Sevoke-Rangpo rail route have demanded an early implementation of the Forest Right Act, 2006 that would provide them with rights to the land they live.Also,...
View ArticleBathing in Dooars rivers baned
Jalpaiguri: The Jalpaiguri district police have imposed a ban on bathing in rivers and streams which flow through tourist destinations in the Dooars after a youth was feared drowned in the Murti early...
View ArticleHousing scheme by Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority (SJDA)
Siliguri: The Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority (SJDA) will build flats for people of medium and lower income groups near North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH), the SJDA chairman...
View ArticleDarjeeling Rising Star final on July 28,29
Darjeeling: Thousands were auditioned and judged by celebrities over a period of four months and the wait for the rising stars of Darjeeling hills is finally over.Darjeeling police has decided to hold...
View ArticleMonsoon scorcher: hills sweat
Siliguri: The mercury has shot up to a high of 33 degrees Celsius in Tadong near Gangtok and 30 degrees in Kalimpong in a dry monsoon interlude that has replaced showers with a summer-like swelter.Many...
View ArticleDidi predicts 150 seats for BJP
Calcutta: Mamata Banerjee on Saturday spelt out a 2019 dream for her supporters from her party's biggest annual event in Calcutta.As the dream was woven a day after the Narendra Modi government's...
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