GTA land offer for Thais to build monastery - Thailand nationals donate Buddha statue to shrine at Singtam

The statues of the Buddha and his two disciples which were installed at Dichen Tashi Choling Gumba at Singtam;  VIVEK CHHETRI, TT, Dar...

Molest triggers ire on cabbies - Jalpaiguri residents burn liquor dens

Remnants of what used to be food stalls for taxi drivers in Jalpaiguri town. Picture by Biplab Basak TT, Oct. 26:  A taxi driver last ...

‘Physics and chemical lab’ of Burdwan

KINSUK BASU,  TT, Calcutta, Oct. 26:   The ammunition, weapon parts and chemicals found at the October 2 blast site have prompted forens...

Fifth column: Real change please

Tavleen Singh, IE, October 26, 2014:  The Prime Minister makes it clear whenever he speaks that he understands well the need for urgent ch...

Burdwan blast: 1 more held, six absconders identified

A bomb squad personnel of CID defuses crude bombs recovered from a primary health centre at Sattore in Birbhum district of West Bengal...

State to distribute winter wear in schools

Somdatta Basu,TNN | Oct 26, 2014:  KOLKATA: Even a harsh winter will no longer keep schoolchildren away from the classes. This winter, a...

Darjeeling Left Front to stage agitation shortly

EOI, 25 October 2014:  Darjeeling Left Front government is to stage a rally on the 14th of Nov in Siliguri to demand fresh election on t...

Undertrial commits suicide

EOI, Darjeeling, 25 Oct 2014:  An under-trial of the Darjeeling Correctional Home committed suicide today morning at the district hospit...

West Bengal: Over 13 lakh investors left disgruntled

While 18 lakh depositors of Saradha-owned chit fund companies applied for compensation, only 4.98 lakh have been compensated by the state...

Kali Puja over, but winter still a month away

TNN | Oct 25, 2014, KOLKATA: Did you feel unusually warm this Kali Puja? Did you miss the nip in the air on Diwali? Even as the season&#...

Sikkim Speaker returns after Cameroon meet

SNS, Gangtok, 24 October 2014: Speaker of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly KN Rai presented two papers in the 60th Commonwealth Parliamen...

DU to offer certificate courses in 8 North East languages

EOI, New Delhi, 24 October 2014: Delhi University is planning to offer short term certificate courses in eight North East Indian languag...

IAF asks personnel not to use Xiaomi phones

PTI, EOI, New Delhi, 24 October 2014:  IAF personnel and their families have been asked to desist from using Chinese 'Xiaomi Redmi 1...

Uncle held for rape of 2-year-old

Saidul Khan, TT, Tura, Oct. 24: A two-year-old allegedly raped by her own uncle and undergoing treatment at a hospital here is said to b...

Bengal’s turf war explodes - Cops bombed in BJP vs TMC

TT, Bolpur, Oct. 24: A group of villagers today hurled bombs and brickbats to beat back a police squad hunting for explosives in Birbhum, ...

Fire in godown

TT, Siliguri, Oct. 24: A fire broke out at a godown that stores edible oil and plastic containers at Jalpai More here this morning. Fo...