Siliguri, India News

Siliguri, May 13: Tea planters in the Dooars and Terai have warned that they may be forced to slash the number of work days or lay off hands if the near-dry spell because of lack of rain continues for another 15 days.

Siliguri, May 13: The state tourism department today unveiled the details of a proposed tourism hub at Gazoldoba in Jalpaiguri and invited investors for the project.

New Delhi: Expressing scepticism over the Mamata Banerjee government's intention to hold panchayat polls in West Bengal, the CPM Sunday said the Trinamool Congress had lost its support base it had in 2011.

Scurry to Shyamal Sen to save life-long earnings - North Bengal office of default commission receives 234 applications on first day Agents and depositors of chit fund companies fill up application forms on the premises of the Shyamal Sen Commission office at Himanchal Bihar near Siliguri on Friday.

Gangtok, May 7: Police in Sikkim and Bengal have arrested the chairman, vice-chancellor, registrar and the controller of examinations of a private Sikkim university for fraudulently issuing a marksheet and certificate of a course that is not taught at the institution.

Darjeeling, May 5 : Clashes between rival supporters of ruling Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and opposition Gorkha National Liberation Front rendered at least eight people injured even as police used batons to disperse violent mob at Soureni under Mirik block in Kurseong sub-division today.

Siliguri, May. 5: A Siliguri-based legal welfare organisation has filed a complaint with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights saying negligence by some doctors of North Bengal Medical College and Hospital allegedly led to the loss of vision in a four-year-old boy's left eye.

New Delhi, May 3 : Radio Misty, the first and FM station of North Bengal and Sikkim, has entered in the prestigious Limca Book of Records 2013 for being the first FM station in country to establish partnership with Radio Netherlands Worldwide .

Indian female paramilitary soldiers check a tourist at Panitanki village, 40 km from the Indian city of Siliguri, near the Nepal border which is closed for elections, April 28, 2009.

Siliguri, April 29: The Darjeeling district health department has started a fever surveillance programme from last week to keep a track on vector-borne diseases like dengue, Japanese encephalitis, black fever, malaria and chikungunya in the risk-prone areas of the district.

Siliguri, April 29: An SUV theft from the parking lot of Bagdogra airport yesterday has raised doubts about CCTV surveillance at the facility which is a security installation.

Siliguri, April 29: North Bengal development minister Gautam Deb today announced that Pawan Hans would soon introduce helicopter services between Cooch Behar and Calcutta via Bagdogra.

An SUV theft from the parking lot of Bagdogra airport yesterday has raised doubts about CCTV surveillance at the facility which is a security installation.... Jibesh Sarkar, the acting district secretary of the CPM, said Bose was the first Left MLA to be elected from Siliguri.

A daredevil Indian who held the Guinness World Record for covering the longest distance on a zip-line while hanging by his hair has died while performing a stunt, officials said Monday.

Indian stuntman Sailendra Nath Roy is watched by onlookers as he hangs on a rope while attempting to cross the River Teesta on the outskirts of Siliguri on April 28, 2013.

A stuntman who held the Guinness World Record for covering the longest distance on a zip wire hanging by a tuft of his hair met a tragic end in West Bengal Sunday while trying to cross the Teesta river, police said.

If the heat and dust of the cruel Calcutta summer is getting to you, a weekend at Reshi could be just what the doctor ordered.

Thick smoke emerging from the forest fire high up in the mountains. Visisble enroute to Gangtok from Siliguri, India.

April 26: GNLF chief Subash Ghisingh today shifted his base from Jalpaiguri to Matigara, a few kilometres from where the GTA area begins, and gave enough hints that he would be actively involved in the hill politics again.

KOLKATA: Police in eastern India have arrested a local businessman for allegedly raping a US charity worker, an official said on Friday, as anger grows over the high incidence of sexual crime in the country.