State education council to distribute language textbooks for free

PTI, KOLKATA, MAY 30, 2024 : / The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education on Thursday said it will distribute free language textbooks to students, months after the introduction…

Landslides are difficult to predict

Editorial, EOI, 30 May 2024 : For the people of the hills of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Sikkim, landslides are of common occurrence. Now in the wake of the devastating landslide…

North Bengal celebrates International Everest Day

Amitava Banerjee, MP, 29 May 2024, Darjeeling: With demands for “Bharat Ratna” to be awarded posthumously to legendary mountaineer Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, reverberating from different quarters, International Everest Day was…

Storms in different parts of North Bengal uproot trees, damage houses

MP, 29 May 2024, Cooch Behar/ Siliguri/ Jalpaiguri: A large area of Tufanganj in the Cooch Behar district was devastated by a powerful storm in the wee hours of Wednesday. …

Daughter of slain B’deshi MP may undergo DNA test in city

Gourab Neto, MP, 30 May 2024, Kolkata: Following the discovery of pieces of flesh and hair strands in a septic tank of a housing complex in New Town, the daughter…

‘Mercury set to soar in South Bengal; thunderstorms to continue in North’

MP, 30 May 2024, Kolkata: The Regional Meteorological Centre in Alipore said that mercury is set to soar in South Bengal districts while the North Bengal districts will continue to…

Drinking water blue in Siliguriover report of contamination

EOI, SILIGURI, MAY 29, 2024 : Mayor of Siliguri Gautam Deb has announced a temporary prohibition on the supply of drinking water supply in the municipal areas from May 29…

Steps to ensure public safety following rise in level of Teesta

EOI, PAKYONG, MAY 29, 2024 : The Pakyong district authorities have started taking measures to ensure public safety in view of the rising level of water of river Teesta. In…

Mamata challenges Modi to prove his claim on providing funds to Bengal

PTI, Kolkata, May 29, 2024 :  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP of “spreading lies” about funds being provided to…

Staff at Sikkim High Court to get menstrual leave

Prajwal Khatiwada, the registrar general of the high court, issued a notification to the effect on Monday with the approval of Chief Justice Biswanath Somadder Vivek Chhetri, TT, Darjeeling, 29.05.24…

Bridge swept away, traffic hit in Sikkim

 When a flash flood had occurred in the Teesta because of the outburst of the South Lhonak lake in October last year, the bridge over the river at Toong in…

Why CBI, ED action against Suvendhu Adhikari and Tapas Roy stalled: Congress to PM Modi

Narendra Modi and Jairam Ramesh (inset): File

Adult or juvenile: Supreme Court passes slew of guidelines on heinous crimes

A bench of Justice C.T. Ravi Kumar and Justice Rajesh Bindal passed the directions while disposing of an appeal filed by the mother of a juvenile challenging the order of…

Singalila Range claims three lives: one at Sandakphu two at Chewa Bhanjyang

Photo courtesy: Bir Yakthungba FB

Golay’s call for collective effort pregnant with significance

EOI, Editorial, 29 May 2024 : The call for collective effort between Sikkim and Darjeeling to secure tribal status for communities made by Chief Minister of Sikkim Prem Singh Tamang…

B’desh MP murder: Police may conduct DNA test of blood found in New Town flat

PTI, KOLKATA, May 28, 2024 : The Bangladesh Police will be conducting DNA tests of the blood specimen found in a flat in New Town near here and match the…

Ahead of last phase of LS polls, PM and CM lead roadshows in city

PTI, Kolkata, May 28, 2024 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee led roadshows in different part of Kolkata and its surrounding on Tuesday to garner support…

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