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Four houses, shop gutted in Mongpu; One injured

Mongpu, March 23 -- A major fire broke out at Mongpu Chaurasta in the wee hours of Monday, destroying around four houses and a shop. One woman was also injured in the fire. The blaze has triggered str... Read More


Kurseong: Tea garden workers field independent candidate

Darjeeling, March 22 -- In an interesting turn of events, tea garden workers have announced an independent candidate for the Kurseong Assembly Constituency, who is being projected to become their voic... Read More


IGJF entry sets stage for triangular contest in hills amid BJP infighting

Darjeeling, March 20 -- Battle lines were redrawn in the hills with the Indian Gorkha Jansakti Front's (IGJF) decision to join the fray in the forthcoming Assembly election. With this, the Hills of No... Read More


BJP names candidates for Darjeeling, Kurseong & Kalimpong seats

Darjeeling, March 19 -- Though speculations around seat-sharing in the BJP camp have somewhat thawed with the party announcing candidates for the three hill seats on Thursday evening, talks of another... Read More


Monday's thunderstorm leaves one dead in Darjeeling

Darjeeling, March 17 -- The thunderstorm that raged through the Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts on Monday evening has left one person dead, leaving behind a trail of destruction. Meanwhile, the Ind... Read More


Anit Thapa's BGPM moves early, names candidates for hill constituencies

Darjeeling, March 15 -- Hours after the official announcement of the schedule for the forthcoming Bengal assembly election, Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM), an ally of the TMC, announced i... Read More


Darjeeling gets new public health lab and observation room

Darjeeling, March 15 -- Hours before the model code of conduct came into effect with the announcement of election schedule on Sunday, a state of the art District Integrated Public Health Laboratory (D... Read More


LPG shortage turns back the clock: Coal, stoves & dung cakes make comeback

Darjeeling, March 13 -- Never in her wildest dream had Madhumita Sen imagined that the conventional coal-fired oven, fueled by the humble cow dung cakes, would return to her kitchen, that too in the r... Read More


GTA hospital workers stop work seeking pay band inclusion

Darjeeling, March 11 -- The district hospital manual contingency workers under the GTA have launched a cease work demanding inclusion in the pay band system. They have started a sit-in demonstration a... Read More


President to visit Siliguri on Sat; To take part in Santhal conference

Darjeeling, March 6 -- In a last minute development, the visit of Droupadi Murmu, President of India's scheduled visit to Darjeeling town on Friday was cancelled. She will, however, visit Siliguri on ... Read More