1 in 4 countries have banned phones in schools due to negative impacts: UN

 The adoption of digital technology has resulted in many changes in education and learning, said UN PTI, New Delhi, Aug 04 2024 : Large-scal...

Bangladesh on boil again: 91 casualties including 14 policemen, hundreds injured in clashes

 The clashes broke out this morning when protesters attending the non-cooperation programme under the banner of the Students Against Discrim...

Bista slams Bengal govt’s 12.5 per cent VAT on Air Turbine Fuel at Bagdogra

Darjeeling MP Raju Bista on Saturday criticised the West Bengal government’s decision to impose a 12.5 per cent value-added tax (VAT) on air...

Siliguri court sentences Nepali man to 12 yrs of rigorous imprisonment

MP, 3 Aug 2024, Siliguri: A Nepalese national was sentenced to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 1 lakh and 20 thousand in...

Man claims stray dogs rescued him after being buried alive

MP, 3 Aug 2024, Lucknow: A 24-year-old man in Agra has alleged that he was buried alive by four men over a land dispute and survived after s...

NH 10 closure: ‘Little possibility of opening the highway now’

YOWAN MOTHAY, EOI, KALIMPONG, AUGUST 3, 2024 : In a notification issued by District Magistrate of Kalimpong Balasubramanian T. on Saturday, ...

Golay calls for ethnographic report on 12 left-out communities in Sikkim

PRAKASH ADHIKARI, EOI, GANGTOK, AUGUST 3, 2024 : Chairing a meeting at Samman Bhavan in Gangtok on Friday, Chief Minister of Sikkim Prem Sin...

Manipur: Kuki-Zo MLAs write to PM Modi against replacing Assam Rifles with CRPF

PTI, Imphal, Aug 3, 2024 :  Ten Kuki-Zo MLAs of Manipur wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention to ensure that Assam ...

Manipur: Hmar apex body says agreement with Meiteis 'null and void'

PTI, Imphal, Aug 3, 2024 : Just a day after an agreement was signed between Hmar and Meitei representatives to restore peace in ethnic viole...

Wayanad: Rescue operations enter5th day, 215 bodies recovered

PTI, Wayanad (Kerala), Aug 3, 2024 : As rescue operations in the landslide-hit areas of this north Kerala district entered fifth day, rescue...

Incessant rain lashes Kolkata, neighbouring districts as low-pressure area turns into deep depression

PTI, Kolkata, Aug 03 2024  : Incessant rain lashed Kolkata and its neighbouring districts on Saturday as a low-pressure area turned into a d...

Traffic Restrictions Imposed in Kalimpong District: Tista- Darjeeling road closed, Passenger vehicles from Chitrey and Seti Jhora via NH 10 restricted

KalimNews, Kalimpong, 3 August 2024 : Following numerous complaints about severe damage and accidents on internal roads in Kalimpong Distric...

MPs from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha seek Scheduled Tribe status of hill communities

 Over the past few years, Raju Bista, the BJP MP of Darjeeling, has time and again flagged the need to grant ST status to the communities D....

Landslides in hills, Ganga swells, monsoon across North Bengal ravages trees, homes

The rainfall also led to a rise in water levels of rivers like the Ganga which in turn, has started eroding chunks of land in Malda district...

Fresh violence in Manipur's Jiribam within 24 hours of agreement to restore normalcy

An abandoned house in Lalpani village was torched by armed men on Friday night PTI, Imphal, 03.08.24 :  Shots were fired and an abandoned ho...

Unauthorised toto drivers launch stir in different areas of Siliguri

MP, 3 Aug 2024, Siliguri: With the restriction on the movement of Unauthorized e-rickshaws (Toto) on the highways and main roads of Siliguri...

Forest depart demolishes Rs 2 cr worth illegal resort

MP, 3 Aug 2024, Alipurduar: The forest department launched an eviction drive at Chilapata, Alipurduar, demolishing a private resort worth Rs...

‘Heavy rains to continue in North Bengal districts’

Amitava Banerjee, MP, 3 Aug 2024, Darjeeling: Amidst rains and high-speed winds lashing the Hills since Thursday evening, the Indian Meteoro...

State to observe Khela Hobe Dibas on Aug 16

MP, 3 Aug 2024, Kolkata: The state government will observe ‘Khela Hobe Dibas’ on August 16 to promote sports activities among youth, student...