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Fencing work begins along India-Bangladesh border in Bengal after BSF gets 27-km land parcel

Fencing work has begun along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Phansidewa area of Siliguri subdivision after the West Bengal government handed over 27 kilometres of land to the Border Security Force (BSF), marking a key step toward strengthening border security in the region.

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Himalayan Folk Music Festival: Celebration of rich cultural heritage in Siliguri

In an effort to preserve and promote the rich traditions of the Himalayan region. Read further on Dynamite News:

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6 people killed as car rams into group of pilgrims in West Bengal's Darjeeling

Six people were killed after a car rammed into them at Muni tea estate near Bagdogra in Phansidewa block of West Bengal's Darjeeling district on Monday morning, confirmed ACP Siliguri Metropolitan police Debasish Bose, read further on Dynamite News:

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Consider renaming lioness called Sita, Calcutta High Court tells West Bengal after VHP complaint

Calcutta High Court asks West Bengal government to consider renaming a lioness named Sita. Sita, along with a lion named Akbar, had arrived in the Siliguri zoo as part of an animal exchange programme from Tripura

The Hindu

West Bengal: DRI Siliguri seizes elephant tusks from train at New Jalpaiguri railway station; two arrested

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Siliguri unit seized Asiatic elephant tusks (ivory) weighing around 7.5 kg from Rajdhani Express at New Jalpaiguri railway station Saturday afternoon. Read further on Dynamite News:

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From Jaipur to Siliguri and Goa to Khajuraho, Deccan Odyssey 2.o to explore all major tourist destinations across country

MUMBAI: Stuck in Covid years, Maharashtra's most awarded and rewarded tourist attraction -- the Deccan Odyssey 2.O --- is all set to relaunch its operations on Thursday from CSMT after almost a four years of halt.

The Times of India

12-hour bandh in Darjeeling, Kalimpong on Saturday over Siliguri girl's murder

KOLKATA: A 12-hour bandh has been called by newly-formed Gorkha Sewa Sena in West Bengal's Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts on Saturday, demanding that the accused in the murder of a schoolgirl in Siliguri's Matigara be tried in a fast-track court.

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No illegality in appointment of V-Cs by Bengal Governor, says HC

During the day, the Governor held a meeting with the Vice-Chancellors of 10 universities at the North Bengal University in Siliguri

The Hindu

Mamata Banerjee injured as chopper makes emergency landing

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured when the helicopter in which she was flying made an emergency landing at the Sevoke air base near Siliguri in the northern part of the State due to bad weather on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

The Hindu

Siliguri Mango Festival: World's most expensive mango 'Miyazaki' on display in the show

The Miyazaki mango production was started in California in the year of 1940. Later it was brought into Japan's Miyazaki city and thus got its name Miyazaki mango. Read further on Dynamite news:

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CPM drove away Tata from Singur, not me: Mamata Banerjee

SILIGURI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that it was not her but the CPM which drove away Tata Motors from Singur.

The Times of India

39 Bengal-bound exotic animals seized in Assam

Police said the two persons arrested for transporting the animals from the Mizoram-Myanmar border are from Tamil Nadu

The Hindu

West Bengal: Darjeeling-New Jalpaiguri DHR operations shut for 3 days

SILIGURI: The DHR has suspended its services between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling from August 5 to 7 for bridge maintenance.

The Times of India

Assam: Drugs worth Rs 15 crore seized in Karbi Anglong, 3 peddlers held

GUWAHATI: A huge consignment of heroin marked as “100% pure” in Chinese, morphine, crystal meth and syabu worth about Rs 15 crore was seized from a Sikkim registered vehicle in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Tuesday morning. The consignment was headed for Siliguri in West Bengal, police said.

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West Bengal: Two landslides hit traffic on NH-10

KALIMPONG/ SILIGURI: A fresh landslide in Birik Dara occurred on the National Highway-10 around 8.30am on Tuesday, throwing traffic movement out of gear for some hours. The vehicles travelling towards Siliguri were diverted via Lava. However, another landslide snapped road connectivity near Gelle Khola around 1.30pm on Tuesday. There was…

The Hindu

NDA Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu reaches Siliguri, in West Bengal

The ruling SKM of Sikkim said Droupadi Murmu could not travel to the State because of her tight schedule.

The Hindu

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on 3-day visit to Darjeeling, to attend swearing-in ceremony of GTA members

Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to arrive at Bagdogra Airport near Siliguri in the afternoon, and will attend the swearing-in ceremony at Darjeeling Chowrasta, popularly known as Mall, on July 12, a senior official said.

The Hindu

Siliguri’s all-girl group fights child marriages

The members have stopped eight weddings in past two years

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Kolkata: Customs seizes monkeys of foreign origin worth over Rs 1 crore from north Bengal

KOLKATA: Acting on a tip-off, the officers of the Jalpaiguri preventive unit of the commissioner of customs in West Bengal recovered four monkeys of foreign origin, supposed to have been transported from Assam to Siliguri on May 8 in a Siliguri-bound bus (No. AS19C-937).

The Hindu

Gorkhaland Territorial Administration polls in June

The polls to the Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad (SMP) will also be organised in June

The Times of India

Bagdogra closure prompts rush for north Bengal trains, buses

KOLKATA/SILIGURI: With the Bagdogra airport being shut for runway repairs from Monday, demand for trains and buses to north Bengal soared ahead of the Good Friday-Poila Baisakh long weekend.

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Netherlands man travels thousands of miles to see Indian artwork on Tibetan culture in Bengal

The founder-director of the Museum of Contemporary Tibetan Art, Emmen in the Netherlands, Lama Tashi Norbu is marking his presence daily at the studio of Utpal Paul, an Indian artist in Siliguri's PalPara since March 10 this year. Full story

The Times of India

Oz-Bengal-Nepal whodunnit after kangaroos rescued in Jalpaiguri

SILIGURI/JALPAIGURI: Foresters in Jalpaiguri have rescued three kangaroos and found the carcass of a fourth since Friday, setting off fears of a thriving wildlife smuggling racket in the area. Barely three weeks ago, an adult red kangaroo had been rescued from Kumargram near Buxa on the Bengal-Assam border. The animals,…

The Times of India

Australia-Bengal-Nepal whodunnit after kangaroos rescued in Jalpaiguri

The Times of India

Eighth edition of JK Tyre Himalayan Drive starts with ceremonial flag-off

SILIGURI: The eighth edition of the JK Tyre Himalayan Drive was ceremonially flagged off from the City Center in Siliguri on Wednesday. With the police band playing popular marching tunes, the flagging-off ceremony drew large crowds of onlookers.

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