Gorkhas keen to join tripartite talks on Gorkhaland statehoodSILIGURI - The fast by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), the forum spearheading the movement for separate Gorkha state in West Bengal, entered the seventh day on Thursday. Half-day hunger strike staged in West Bengal against Gorkhaland demandSILIGURI - An apolitical body in West Bengal observed half-day hunger strike in protest against the demand for a separate Gorkhaland by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJMM), as eleven members of the committee observed the hunger strike on Tuesday. Assam tea planters suffer due to rampaging elephantsSILIGURI - Tea workers in Assam are a worried lot as they continue to face repeated attacks by elephants in tea gardens. Wild elephants damage tea garden in SiliguriSILIGURI - A herd of 20 wild elephants damaged a tea garden in the Dooars region here on Saturday. Tea production in West Bengal suffers due to scarce rainfallSILIGURI - Scarcity of rainfall has had an adverse effect on the production of many crops and the latest to be hit is the tea production in Siliguri. People with disabilities demand attention on World Disability DayNew Delhi/Chennai/Siliguri, Dec.3 (ANI): As the World Disability Day was marked by the disabled people in different parts of the world on Thursday (Dec.3), the people with disabilities in India demanded serious attention of the government and society towards their needs. SUCI calls a 12-hour statewide shutdown in West BengalSILIGURI - The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) on Tuesday called for a 12 hour state-wide shutdown in West Bengal to protest against rising prices of essential commodities. India beefs up security at Nepal and Bangladesh borders to check arms smugglingPANITANKI / SILIGURI/ FULBARI - India has stepped security along the ‘Chicken Neck area’, a narrow strip of land in West Bengal wedged between Nepal and Bangladesh, to keep a check on arms smuggling. Two children killed as major fire engulfs slum in SiliguriSILIGURI - Two children succumbed to a major fire that broke out in a slum colony during the early hours of Sunday in Siliguri. Two toddlers killed, 200 shanties destroyed in West BengalSILIGURI - Two children were killed and 200-odd shanties destroyed when a fire broke out in West Bengal’s Siliguri town in the wee hours of Sunday, a senior fire brigade official said. Tiny tots in Siliguri say no to crackersSILIGURI - Hundreds of tiny tots here staged a march to spread awareness against crackers ahead of Diwali festival. Siliguri factories burn midnight oil to make Diwali candlesSILIGURI - As the festival of lights ‘Diwali’ is around the corner, the candle making factories are speeding up work to meet the demand in Siliguri. Siliguri to have new railway recruitment centreSILIGURI - The northern West Bengal town of Siliguri will have a new railway recruitment centre, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here Monday. Mamata Banerjee calls for development of SiliguriSILIGURI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has underlined the need for development of West Bengal’s Siliguri district. Mamata ‘apologises’ to people of SiliguriSILIGURI - Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Sunday apologised to the people of this northern West Bengal town as her party had failed to form the board in alliance with its partner Congress in the Siliguri Municipal Corporation. West Bengal gets new hills-to-coast trainSILIGURI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday announced a new train service between this northern West Bengal town and the coastal tourist destination of Digha in East Midnapore from Monday. Trinamool Congress activists turn violent over mayor issue in SiliguriSILIGURI - Activists of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) party turned violent here on Thursday after their ally, the Congress party, aligned with Communist Party of India (Marxist), to run the local civic body. West Bengal artists make traditional ornaments for Goddess DurgaSILIGURI - To decorate the idols of Goddess Durga, members belonging to a particular artistic community in Siliguri are these days engrossed in creating traditional ornaments called ‘Dak Shaj’ used extensively during the Durga Puja festival. Durga puja celebrations on a modest scale in SiliguriSILIGURI - The festival of Durga Puja is just round the corner. However, this time around, the festival may not be full of pomp and show as compared with previous years in Siliguri. Left Front faces debacle in Siliguri civic body pollsSILIGURI - West Bengal’s ruling Left Front (LF) Tuesday faced yet another electoral debacle with the opposition Congress and Trinamool Congress alliance wresting the Siliguri Municipal Corporation in North Bengal after 27 years of uninterrupted Left rule. Soil erosion poses grave threat to wildlife sanctuary in West BengalSEVOKE/SILIGURI - Continuous erosion by Teesta River poses a grave threat to the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary and the National Highway along with numerous settlements on its way in Sevoke in West Bengal. Fire breaks out in illegal petroleum products godown in West BengalSILIGURI - A blazing fire broke out in an unauthorised godown in Siliguri on Thursday, where thousands of illegal petroleum products were stored for long. Photo exhibition showcasing 128-year-old past of heritage railway in DarjeelingSILIGURI - To create awareness regarding the history and evolution of the heritage railway especially amongst schoolchildren, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) in collaboration with the Siliguri Science Centre has organised a week-long photo exhibition showcasing its glorious past of 128 years, in Siliguri. Siliguri railway bridge collapses due to heavy rainsSILIGURI - Railway services in the Siliguri-New Jalpaiguri region were affected following the collapse of a rail bridge in Siliguri on Thursday morning. ‘Jaswant’s expulsion will not affect Gorkhaland movement’SILIGURI - Darjeeling MP Jaswant Singh’s expulsion from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will not affect the movement for a separate Gorkhaland state to be carved out of West Bengal, according to leaders of the movement here. BJP cannot shun support to Gorkhaland with Jaswant’s expulsion: GJMSILIGURI - Members of the ethnic Gorkha Janmukti Morcha on Wednesday said that the expulsion of their legislator Jaswant Singh from the Bharatiya Janata Party would neither affect their demand for autonomous Gorkhaland and nor could BJP back out from its promise on the issue. Jaswant Singh’s expulsion boon for Gorkhaland: GJMSILIGURI - The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Wednesday termed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Darjeeling MP Jaswant Singh’s expulsion from the party Wednesday as a “boon for the Gorkhaland movement” as the leader can now “work freely” for the realisation of a separate state. Massive landslide kills at least five people in SiliguriSILIGURI - At least five people were killed in West Bengal’s Siliguri district in a massive landslide, which was triggered by incessant overnight rains, officials said on Sunday. Seven die in West Bengal landslidesSILIGURI - Three of a family were among seven people killed in landslides triggered by heavy rains in the West Bengal hills Sunday. More casualties are feared, an official said. Five die in landslides in West BengalSILIGURI - Three of a family and two others died following landslides in the hilly Kurseong sub-division of Darjeeling district in West Bengal Sunday. More casualties are feared, an official said. |
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