West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday, October 6 called the Darjeeling floods “man-made”. The CM is going to North Bengal to assess the situation. Before leaving, she announced a financial assistance of Rs 5...
While the city prepares for Durga Puja with dazzling lights and elaborate pandals, one Kolkata Police officer is ensuring the festive spirit reaches those living on the margins. Assistant Sub-Inspector Bapan Das has once again dedicated...
Amid National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) disclosure on terror outfit The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) being funded from Pakistan and Malaysia...
A wave of anxiety has swept through environmental groups and local communities over the proposed widening of National Highway 717, which runs through ecologically...
In response to the rising number of elephant attacks on human settlements, the Jalpaiguri Forest Department has launched a major project to install solar-powered...
A political storm has erupted after Uttam Kumar Brajbasi, a 50-year-old resident of Sadial’s Kuthi area in Chowdhury Hat under Dinhata sub-division, received a...
In a historic first, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR)—a living symbol of colonial-era engineering and a UNESCO World Heritage Site—is all set to celebrate...
Kolkata, India: Just a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to North Bengal, a controversial remark by Trinamool Congress (TMC) minister Udayan...
In a significant move to strengthen flood preparedness and improve rainfall monitoring in the sensitive India-Bhutan border region, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has...
In the heart of Jalpaiguri’s Dakshin Berubari, nestled near the Indo-Bangladesh border in north Bengal, lives a man with memories stitched together by shrapnel...