After a long gap of two years, a private bus operator with the help of North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) started the Siliguri-Kakkarvitta-Kathmandu bus service on Wednesday afternoon. The bus was inaugurated by state transport minister Firhad Hakim. The bus will run on a regular basis from Tenzing Norgay bus terminus at 2 […]
Siliguri: TMC protests over fuel price hike
Trinamool Congress on Monday organised a protest march in Siliguri over rising fuel prices across the country. A group of women protestors raised slogans regarding the price hike of LPG cylinders. Some agitators even sat on bullock carts with posters to protest against rising fuel prices. Talking to ANI, a protestor said, “The Centre is increasing the […]
BJP protest against West Bengal govt over molestation allegations by TMC cadre in Siliguri
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Siliguri MLA Sankar Ghosh and other party workers on Wednesday staged a sitting demonstration against the West Bengal government in Siliguri alleging molestation by Trinamool Congress (TMC) backed goons at a vaccination camp. Accusing the Trinamool Congress government of giving Covid-19 vaccine doses only to those who have connections with the ruling party, Ghosh […]
Siliguri: Cycling expedition flagged off by ITBP to mark ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’
To celebrate the 75th Independence Day anniversary, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) commenced a cycle rally from Siliguri on August 31, and it will culminate in Patna on September 8. The cycle rally, which is a part of Azadi Ke Amrit Mahotsav, originally, started from Itanagar and culminates in Delhi’s […]
West Bengal: Police arrest drug peddler with brown sugar in Siliguri
West Bengal’s Siliguri Police arrested a drug peddler with 257 grams of Brown Sugar from the city’s Champasari area on Sunday. The accused has been identified as Mohammad Sahil, a resident of Narmada Bagan. “Today (Sunday) evening acting upon a credible input, police team of Pradhan Nagar Police Station apprehended one notorious drug peddler named Mohammad […]
Flower festival in Siliguri attracts participants, enthusiasts
Siliguri Horticulture Society (SHS) in association with the Government of West Bengal organised a flower show in Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri, West Bengal on Friday. The five days long flower show named the ‘North Bengal flower festival’ will end on 9 February. Prasanta Sen General Secretary, SHS said that the flower show which is […]
Bimal Gurung to address supporters in Siliguri but Darjeeling visit uncertain
Even as uncertainty looms large over the return of Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung to the Darjeeling hills, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha or GJM (Bimal Gurung faction) which he heads on Wednesday announced that he would soon address a rally in the plains in Siliguri. Gurung suddenly appeared in Kolkata on […]