Drinking water blue in Siliguriover report of contamination

EOI, SILIGURI, MAY 29, 2024 : Mayor of Siliguri Gautam Deb has announced a temporary prohibition on the supply of drinking water supply in the municipal areas from May 29…

GTA launches hiking trail to mark Tenzing’s birth anniversary

EOI, DARJEELING, MAY 29, 2024 : To mark the birth anniversary of legendary mountaineer Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration on Wednesday introduced a day long hiking trail for…

Steps to ensure public safety following rise in level of Teesta

EOI, PAKYONG, MAY 29, 2024 : The Pakyong district authorities have started taking measures to ensure public safety in view of the rising level of water of river Teesta. In…

Landslides are difficult to predict : Mechanical analysis enables to estimate the vulnerability

Editorial, EOI, 30 May 2024 : For the people of the hills of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Sikkim, landslides are of common occurrence. Now in the wake of the devastating landslide…

North, central India sizzle under severe heatwave, nearly 50 degrees Celsius in parts of Delhi

The IMD said respite from the heatwave conditions could be in sight after May 30 PTI, New Delhi, 29.05.24  : Large parts of northern and central India were in the grip…

Adult or juvenile: Supreme Court passes slew of guidelines on heinous crimes

A bench of Justice C.T. Ravi Kumar and Justice Rajesh Bindal passed the directions while disposing of an appeal filed by the mother of a juvenile challenging the order of…

One day hill trail for hikers: GTA to introduce route to commemorate Tenzing’s Everest summit

Darjeeling’s Mall or Chowrasta from where the Tenzing Norgay Hiking Trail will start.: File picture

Hamro Party prez writes to Chief Minister seeking intervention

Amitava Banerjee, MP, 28 May 2024, Darjeeling: Ajoy Edwards, Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) Sabhasad and president Hamro Party, in a letter to Chief Minister Mamata expressed concerns over the fate…

Singalila Range claims three lives: one at Sandakphu two at Chewa Bhanjyang

Photo courtesy: Bir Yakthungba FB

Cyclone Remal impact: Widespread rainfall, red alert in two districts

 Even as the impact of Cyclone Remal’s landfall started subsiding, parts of West Bengal, including Kolkata, continued to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall on Monday. Cyclone Remal impact: Widespread…

It came, rampaged, and went: Remal claims seven lives in Bengal, swamps city, uproots over 400 trees

At least seven people died across south Bengal, including a father in Entally, hit by a falling piece of cornice as he stepped out to look for his son, who…

Tourists to Darjeeling, too, will have to abide by garbage dumping rules

EOI, DARJEELING, MAY 27, 2024 : The civic body in Darjeeling on Monday formed a committee to keep vigil on people dumping their garbage in areas outside those which had…

Remal devastates southern coast of state, claims 3 lives

Flight and suburban rail services resume after temporary suspension  PTI, Kolkata, May 27, 2024 : Nearly 15,000 houses in 24 blocks and 79 municipal wards, mostly in the southern coastal…

Tragic Collision in Sikkim Claims One Life and Injures Ten

KalimNews, Kalimpong, 27 May 2024 : In a heart-wrenching incident today at approximately 11:45 AM, a small passenger vehicle with registration number SK04J 0916 collided with a truck bearing registration…

Two die as Cyclone Remal ravages parts of West Bengal, heavy rain to continue

Commuters wade through a waterlogged road amid rains in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal’s landfall, in Calcutta, Monday, May 27, 2024.: PTI

Bengal forest department keeps CCTV eye on elephant movements in Kurseong division

 In the Terai belt, elephant herds come out of forests located in Bagdogra and Naxalbari areas in search of fodder. The animals cross the four-lane highway and the railway tracks…

Tea workers’ union seeks MGNREGS safety net from Mamata Banerjee government

In a letter to Mamata, the National Union of Plantation Workers (NUPW), which is affiliated with Intuc, has said that workers of several tea estates of the Terai and the…

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