The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) said it would consider increasing the speed of trains along the Dooars route once a system was installed on the tracks to prevent the death of wild animals. The Dooars tracks, which connect Siliguri ...
3 January 2024 TelegraphThe management of the Tirrihannah tea estate located in Darjeeling district’s Siliguri subdivision on Tuesday alleged that high-handedness of some leaders of Trinamul’s trade union forced them to close the garden.For the past 45 days, the 1,300-acre garden, some ...
3 January 2024 TelegraphA rise in the tiger population is pushing the big cats to newer terrain in the Sunderbans, foresters said.Dhanchi, a small forest island on the eastern side of G-Plot beach on the edge of the Bay of Bengal, and ...
3 January 2024 TelegraphSuvendu Adhikari, leader of the Opposition in Bengal, on Tuesday termed "illegal" appointment of Nandini Chakravorty, a 1994-batch IAS officer, as the home secretary. Suvendu threatened to move the court alleging the state government elevated a relatively junior officer ...
3 January 2024 TelegraphDistrict police held a drive against illegal cannabis plantations on Monday and destroyed hundreds of cannabis plants grown across plots.A team from Dinhata police station, along with some senior police officers of the district, reached Ruerkuthi village and launched ...
3 January 2024 TelegraphThe ongoing rift between two groups within the ruling Trinamul Congress — the party’s old guard and its younger lot — took a turn on Monday as a section of senior party leaders engaged in a war of words ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphPiyali Basak, a debt-trapped mountaineer from Hooghly's Chandernagore who has conquered six of the 10 highest peaks in the world, opened a stall at a bookfair in her hometown to guide people in rock climbing and sell mountaineering equipment. ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphA Darjeeling resident has lifted his intermittent hunger strike near MP Raju Bista’s residence at Matigara here after the BJP legislator wrote to the agitator on Sunday about his efforts to fulfil the party’s promise of finding a “permanent ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphThe recent arrest of Uma Chamling Rai, a vlogger from Nepal, by Sikkim police and her subsequent pushback to her country has created a flutter on both sides of the international border.The events also gave an insight into the ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphA police constable was killed in a road accident when he was on night patrol duty on a national highway in Purulia shortly after the celebrations that marked the arrival of the New Year.Bablu Gorai,30, succumbed to injuries hours ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphResidents of Malbazar town in Jalpaiguri district had a big New Year surprise on Monday in the shape of a wild elephant.On Monday, around 5.45am, the elephant entered Malbazar, which is in the western Dooars, and started roaming around.“I ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphMalda police have identified a Bihar-based gang of criminals allegedly involved in the loot of a jewellery shop on Christmas.On December 25 evening, a gang of nine armed criminals entered a jewellery shop — part of a chain of ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphResidents of South Dinajpur, a district that shares borders with Bangladesh, got the first direct train to Calcutta on the first day of the New Year.On Monday, Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, virtually flagged off the Balurghat-Sealdah Express from ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphResidents of Malbazar town in Jalpaiguri district had a big New Year surprise on Monday in the shape of a wild elephant.On Monday, around 5.45am, the elephant entered Malbazar, which is in the western Dooars, and started roaming around.“I ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphMalda police have identified a Bihar-based gang of criminals allegedly involved in the loot of a jewellery shop on Christmas.On December 25 evening, a gang of nine armed criminals entered a jewellery shop — part of a chain of ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphA police constable was killed in a road accident when he was on night patrol duty on a national highway in Purulia shortly after the celebrations that marked the arrival of the New Year.Bablu Gorai,30, succumbed to injuries hours ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphResidents of South Dinajpur, a district that shares borders with Bangladesh, got the first direct train to Calcutta on the first day of the New Year.On Monday, Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, virtually flagged off the Balurghat-Sealdah Express from ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphThe recent arrest of Uma Chamling Rai, a vlogger from Nepal, by Sikkim police and her subsequent pushback to her country has created a flutter on both sides of the international border.The events also gave an insight into the ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphA Darjeeling resident has lifted his intermittent hunger strike near MP Raju Bista’s residence at Matigara here after the BJP legislator wrote to the agitator on Sunday about his efforts to fulfil the party’s promise of finding a “permanent ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphBhangar will come under Calcutta police on Tuesday when chief minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to inaugurate four police stations.These police stations — Chandaneswar, Bhangar, Polerhat and Uttar Kashipur — will comprise the 10th division of Calcutta police and ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday congratulated TMC workers on the occasion of the party's foundation day, emphasising a steadfast commitment to resist any evil force and persist in the ongoing struggle to safeguard the democratic rights ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphRailway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will on Monday flag-off the Balurghat-Sealdah Express, which will connect the South Dinajpur district with state capital Calcutta.Vaishnaw will flag-off the train through video conferencing at 12 pm, an official statement said.The new train will ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphAs the Trinamul Congress turned 27 on Monday, the debate over whether veterans should make way for the young brigade raged, with supremo Mamata Banerjee backing the seasoned leaders, while her nephew Abhishek advocating the retirement of elderly politicos.The ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphThe air quality in Calcutta worsened on New Year's Day, mainly due to the bursting of firecrackers at midnight, an official of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) said.Immediately after the midnight celebrations, the air quality index (PM ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphUnion home minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J.P. Nadda formed a 15-member poll management committee last Tuesday, but given the shape of the organisation and factionalism in the Bengal BJP unit, several party leaders doubt if the ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday congratulated TMC workers on the occasion of the party's foundation day, emphasising a steadfast commitment to resist any evil force and persist in the ongoing struggle to safeguard the democratic rights ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphChief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday postponed her administrative and political activities scheduled for the first week of the New Year, including her visit to Sagar Island to oversee the preparedness for the mega annual congregation there, and rescheduled ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphAs the Trinamul Congress turned 27 on Monday, the debate over whether veterans should make way for the young brigade raged, with supremo Mamata Banerjee backing the seasoned leaders, while her nephew Abhishek advocating the retirement of elderly politicos.The ...
2 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's scheduled programmes over the next one week were on Sunday postponed after she was advised to rest by doctors following a medical procedure on her right shoulder, an official said.Banerjee was supposed to ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphNandini Chakravorty, a 1994-batch IAS officer, took over as Bengal home secretary on Sunday from the incumbent B.P. Gopalika, who was promoted to chief secretary with H.K. Dwivedi retiring.The elevation of Chakravorty, principal secretary (tourism), to the second-most coveted ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphChief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday postponed her administrative and political activities scheduled for the first week of the New Year, including her visit to Sagar Island to oversee the preparedness for the mega annual congregation there, and rescheduled ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphThe Bengal government has recently approved proposals for 17 new cold storage units across the state, which will help potato farmers store an additional 17,000 tonnes of the tuber."The proposals for the construction of 17 new cold storage units ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphThe Bengal forest department has announced a 25 per cent fee waiver for students for educational trips in reserve forests across the state.Debal Ray, the principal chief wildlife warden in Bengal, said on Sunday that the waiver would start ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphAnit Thapa, the Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha president and GTA head, on Sunday made public his family outing to south India after five days of being away from the public eye.After Christmas, Thapa was not seen in public, giving ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphThe Bengal government is exploring the scope of tourism, clubbing heritage sites located in and around the Dhanyakuria — the village of European-style castles — in Basirhat in North 24-Parganas.A team of West Bengal Heritage Commission led by chairman ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphUnion home minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J.P. Nadda formed a 15-member poll management committee last Tuesday, but given the shape of the organisation and factionalism in the Bengal BJP unit, several party leaders doubt if the ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphHundreds of truck and commercial vehicle drivers protesting the new penal laws for hit and run cases blocked the national highway number 2 near Dankuni toll plaza in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Sunday for around two hours, police ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphThe Bengal government is exploring the scope of tourism, clubbing heritage sites located in and around the Dhanyakuria — the village of European-style castles — in Basirhat in North 24-Parganas.A team of West Bengal Heritage Commission led by chairman ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphBhangar will come under Calcutta police on Tuesday when chief minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to inaugurate four police stations.These police stations — Chandaneswar, Bhangar, Polerhat and Uttar Kashipur — will comprise the 10th division of Calcutta police and ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphThe Bengal forest department has announced a 25 per cent fee waiver for students for educational trips in reserve forests across the state.Debal Ray, the principal chief wildlife warden in Bengal, said on Sunday that the waiver would start ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphThe Bengal government has recently approved proposals for 17 new cold storage units across the state, which will help potato farmers store an additional 17,000 tonnes of the tuber."The proposals for the construction of 17 new cold storage units ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphAnit Thapa, the Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha president and GTA head, on Sunday made public his family outing to south India after five days of being away from the public eye.After Christmas, Thapa was not seen in public, giving ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphBengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday appointed Lok Sabha in-charges or prabharis for the 42 parliamentary constituencies in the state, the move close on the heels of Amit Shah and J.P. Nadda coming down to Calcutta and forming ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphPeople from all walks of life made a beeline to various tourist destinations in Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal on Sunday to make the most of the last day of the year.Tourist hotspots such as Alipore Zoo, ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphHundreds of truck and commercial vehicle drivers protesting the new penal laws for hit and run cases blocked the national highway number 2 near Dankuni toll plaza in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Sunday for around two hours, police ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphRaids, cash hauls, arrest of a cabinet minister and questioning of senior Trinamool Congress Abhishek Banerjee marked the central agencies' probe into several scams in West Bengal this year.However, the probes by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphThe West Bengal government on Sunday appointed BP Gopalika as the new chief secretary of the state, an official notification said.He replaced HK Dwivedi, whose extended term ended on December 31.Unless given an extension like his predecessor, Gopalika, a ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphRSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, who is on a two-day visit to Kolkata, met tabla maestro Bickram Ghosh and veteran actor Victor Banerjee on Sunday.Bhagwat visited Ghosh's Salt Lake residence, and held a closed-door meeting."He listened to performances by me, ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphThe West Bengal government has declared 'Poila Boisakh', the first day of the Bengali New Year, as the State Day and 'Banglar Mati Banglar Jal' written by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore as the State Song, an official notification said.The ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphBengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday appointed Lok Sabha in-charges or prabharis for the 42 parliamentary constituencies in the state, the move close on the heels of Amit Shah and J.P. Nadda coming down to Calcutta and forming ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphThe Bengal government has issued a notice to temporarily halt marriage registrations from January 2 to 5.The office of the Registrar General of Marriages, West Bengal, has issued letters to around 1,000 marriage officers in the state, citing maintenance ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphThe Bengal forest department has installed 30 Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled cameras to track the real-time movement of elephants at strategic points on the elephant corridor in Jhargram as part of a pilot project to minimise human deaths because ...
1 January 2024 TelegraphThe West Bengal government on Sunday appointed BP Gopalika as the new chief secretary of the state, an official notification said.He replaced HK Dwivedi, whose extended term ended on December 31.Unless given an extension like his predecessor, Gopalika, a ...
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