A wave of anxiety has swept through environmental groups and local communities over the proposed widening of National Highway 717, which runs through ecologically sensitive forest corridors in North Bengal. The highway—connecting Dhupguri to Siliguri via...
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 fencing across 66 kilometers of forest-adjacent areas. The move is aimed at...
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...
