Lady Teachers and others get 2 year Child Care Leave from 1st August 2015

KalimNews, Kalimpong, 21 July 2015: From this August all lady teachers and others will get two years of leave for the to look after them...

Quake call: Kolkata homes take cover

Udit Prasanna Mukherji,TNN | Jul 21, 2015, KOLKATA: Home insurance, the least-penetrated insurance sector in the city as well as in Indi...

Milan More to install Bhanu Bhakta statue in sitting position

Works of sculptor Amir Sundas (Photo Ravi Rodan FB) EOI, SILIGURI, 20 Jul 2015:  The Milan More Bhanu Bhakta Organising Committee of S...

Fairy Tale Pictures announces photo competition

EOI,  DARJEELING,  20 Jul 2015:  Fairy Tale Pictures, a leading production house in Darjeeling founded by Phurba Tshering Lama, has anno...

Nepal begins public discussion on constitution draft

PTI, KATHMANDU, 20 Jul 2015: Millions of Nepalese people, including those abroad, on Monday participated in a two-day campaign to garner...

Gurung on landslide damage

Gurung in Kalimpong on Monday. Picture by Chinlop Fudong Lepcha RAJEEV RAVIDAS, TT, Kalimpong, July 20:  GTA chief executive Bimal Gur...

Tea catalogue

TT, Siliguri, July 20: A Siliguri-based tea auction company today launched a catalogue with details of brew that would go under the hamm...

Democratic Front hurls partisan slur at cops

Vivek Chhetri, TT, Darjeeling, July 20:  The Democratic Front, a conglomeration of four political parties in the hills, today alleged th...

14-day jail custody for Kiran Kumar

TT, Siliguri, July 20:  G. Kiran Kumar, the IAS officer arrested in connection with alleged embezzlement of government funds, was remanded...

Big cities okay with paying up to Rs 1,300/kg for Darjeeling Tea

Sutanuka Ghosal, ET Bureau | 20 Jul, 2015, KOLKATA: While it was always a favourite with tea lovers in the eastern part of India, people f...

NEC member for 75% reservation for medical students from NE

PTI,  Shillong,  19 Jul 2015:  Highlighting the shortages of doctors serving in remote villages in north eastern states, North Eastern C...

After 68 years, Kalimpong village finally gets power supply

EOI, KALIMPONG, 19 Jul 2015 : A remote village with dense forest cover in Chibo of Kalimpong town after 68 years of Independence will fi...

Ransack after girl death - Police say youth admitted to killing girl after tiff

The ransacked house. Picture by Nantu Dey TT, Raiganj, July 19: The house of a youth was ransacked by a mob after the body of a 17-yea...

In hills, TMC feels the need to be seen - Party changes strike venue to tourist hub in rare protest for tea workers

Vivek Chhetri, TT, Darjeeling, July 19: The ruling Trinamul, which never had a problem with public visibility after coming to power, tod...

Suicide triggers attack

Villagers outside Falakata police station on Sunday. Picture by Anirban Choudhury TT, Alipurduar, July 19: A 25-year-old woman hanged ...

GTA wants Norgay statue in House

Deep Gazmer,TNN | Jul 20, 2015, DARJEELING: In the wake of NASA naming a mountain in Pluto after Tenzing Norgay, the Gorkhaland Territor...