Wayanad landslide toll at 135: Rescue ops resume in morning as 128 missing; 132 hospitalised: Many people are still feared trapped in the debris

The Week, July 31, 2024:   The official death toll in the Wayanad landslides has reached 135 as of Wednesday morning. At least 128 are missi...

Should Government Employees be allowed to Join RSS?

Dr Ram Puniyani, Countercurrents, 30 July 2024 : RSS is the biggest organization in the World. It aims at working for Hindu Rashtra and also...

NH 10 Partially Reopened for Small Vehicles After Month-Long Closure: Advisory Issued

Screengrab  of vehicular movement in NH 10: Source & Courtesy Palden Dukpa KalimNews, Kalimpong, 30 July 2024: Almost a month after its ...

Numerous voter ID cards, poll-related documents seized from Durgapur

 Locals informed the Faridpur police station, under Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate, who rushed to the area and seized the materials...

Demographics changing in Darjeeling: Raju Bista in Parliament

He urged the central government to take action in order to protect this vulnerable area from further encroachment. Darjeeling BJP MP Raju Bi...

2 killed, 20 injured as 18 coaches of Mumbai-Howrah Mail derail in J'khand

  The accident occurred at 3.45 AM near Barabamboo, around 80 km from Jamshedpur, under the Chakradharpur Division of South Eastern Railway,...

SC rejects plea seeking 100% review of VVPAT-EVM verification verdict

The review petition filed by Arun Kumar Agarwal contended that there are mistakes and errors apparent in the April 26 judgment The Petitione...

Two teenagers held on murder charges

MP, 30 July 2024, Kolkata: A minor girl aged about 14 years and her boyfriend who is also a minor were taken into custody by the police on M...

HC to decide if passport can be impounded ‘without reason...’

Soumyadip Mullick, MP, 30 July 2024, Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court is soon to decide whether a passport can be impounded by the passport ...

Two awarded imprisonment for 5 yrs in cheating case using AEPS

Gourab Neto, MP, 30 July 2024, Kolkata: Two persons were convicted and awarded imprisonment for five years for cheating and forgery using th...

Tiger Hill to get new observatory gallery and deck

Amitava Banerjee, MP, 30 July 2024, Darjeeling: The tourism department of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) has labelled the e...

Centre calls tripartite talks to discuss issues about 4 tea gardens

MP, 30 July 2024, Alipurduar: In response to the demands of tea plantation workers, the Union Government’s Labor Department will convene a t...

Four held at Dagapur with firearms

Photo Courtesy & Source: Siliguri Times MP, 30 July 2024, Siliguri : Police of the Pradhan Nagar Police Station have foiled a robbery in...

Man accused of sexually harassing daughter

MP, 30 July 2024, Siliguri: A 33-year-old man was arrested by the Siliguri police on allegations of sexually harassing his 11-year-old daugh...

Will resist all attempts to divide Bengal: Mamata

Pradip Chatterjee, MP, 30 July 2024, Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday made a strong assertion on the floor of the state Ass...

BJP does not support division of West Bengal, says Suvendu Adhikari

Political observers and a section of BJP leaders feel that any support to division of the State will hamper the party’s electoral prospects ...

Wayanad landslide: Nepali child among 45 dead; 4 villages cut off

 A major rain-induced landslide wreaked havoc in Kerala’s Wayanad district on Tuesday, killing at least 45 people, including a Nepali nation...

Temporary hawkers’ stalls removed in Darjeeling

EOI, DARJEELING, JULY 29, 2024 :  As part of their drive to remove hawkers from different parts of the hill town, the Darjeeling Municipalit...

GNLF black flag against BJP for silence on Gorkhaland

EOI, DARJEELING, JULY 29, 2024 :  Fissures are beginning to show, with the Gorkha National Liberation Front venting their frustration with t...

I killed 26 injured as van overturns near Mirik

PRASHANT ACHARYA, YAWAN GURUNG, EOI, SILIGURI / MIRIK, JULY 29, 2024 : One person died on the spot and 26 others were injured when a pick-up...