Jalpaiguri, India News

Jalpaiguri, Feb. 12: A Rs 23 crore project that entails dredging and diversion of sewerage to clean up and revive the Karala has been prepared by the North Bengal Flood Control Commission.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday showered sops on the people of six North Bengal districts announcing a slew of projects.

Siliguri, Feb. 10: Mamata Banerjee today announced a host of projects for north Bengal, taking care not to miss out any district while playing on the unity and development cards that had seen her through during the earlier visits.

The humble tea is set to turn a bit pricey. A supply shortage, hike in the wages of tea garden workers and soaring input costs are about to make the favourite beverage of millions of Indians cost more, say industry sources.

A clouded Darjeeling sky on Wednesday when the temperature dropped to 4 degrees Celsius; and a woman and a boy take shelter under an umbrella in Siliguri.

Justice Shyamal Sen with Morcha leader Roshan Giri at the West Bengal Industrial Development office in Calcutta on Friday.

Jan. 27: A forcible attempt by the dissident group of the Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad to unveil the statue of an adivasi leader met with resistance from workers loyal to the official faction in a Dooars tea garden today.

Girls perform at the concluding day of the conference at Madarihat in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal on Monday.

The almost daily reports of farmer suicides are the latest political flashpoint in West Bengal.

Kokrajhar, Jan. 21: The three-day 51st Annual Conference of Bodo Sahitya Sabha, began today at Madarihat Chhekamari in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal.

Jonai , Jan. 19: The Bodo Sahitya Sabha is thinking of ways to introduce Bodo as a medium of instruction in Bengal schools, keeping in mind the fact that the state is home to over two lakh Bodo people.

NEW DELHI: A Videocon group firm has approached the Centre to withdraw its IT/ITES SEZ project at Jalpaiguri due to 'latest business outlook' in the northern region of West Bengal.

Siliguri, Jan. 16: The Centre has sanctioned Rs 50 lakh to prepare a detailed project report on the construction of a new bridge over the Teesta at Sevoke Bazaar as an alternative to the Coronation Bridge.