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Tensions escalate outside BJP office in Tufanganj over police stn siege programme

Cooch Behar, Oct. 13 -- A tense situation unfolded outside the BJP party office in Tufanganj town on Monday afternoon as protests and clashes erupted over the BJP's planned police station siege progra... Read More


Preparations in full swing as Cooch Behar gears up for 'Boro Tara Ma Puja'

Cooch Behar, Oct. 12 -- Preparations for one of the oldest pujas in Cooch Behar district - the worship of Boro Tara Ma - are in full swing. This revered celebration, held within the Madan Mohan Templ... Read More


Floods destroy 500 acres, leave 8,000 stranded; calls grow for Jaldhaka Dam

Cooch Behar, Oct. 9 -- Promises of development often remain unfulfilled in the flood-prone villages of North Bengal. In the Daribas and Jari Dharla areas of the Gitaldaha 2 Gram Panchayat, residents a... Read More


Wild boar kills man in Cooch Behar after flash floods

Cooch Behar, Oct. 8 -- In a tragic incident on Tuesday, Kashi Kant Barman, father of Trinamool Congress Panchayat member Swapan Barman, was killed in a wild boar attack in the Belkopa area of Ghoksada... Read More


Cooch Behar: 1 killed in wild boar attack; rhino sighting sparks alert

Cooch Behar, Oct. 7 -- A tragic incident shook Mathabhanga-2 block on Tuesday morning when one Dhiren Barman (48) was killed in a wild boar attack in the Shimulguri area here. According to family sou... Read More


Flood fury inCoochBehar: At least 4 dead, hundreds displaced

Cooch Behar, Oct. 6 -- Tragedy struck Cooch Behar as continuous rainfall and water released from Bhutan swelled several rivers, claiming four lives and displacing hundreds across the district. On Sun... Read More


Royal era's Mahalakshmi Puja held at Cooch Behar's Kathamiya Temple

Cooch Behar, Oct. 6 -- The 402-year-old Mahalakshmi Puja tradition, from the royal era, continued this year too at the Kathamiya Temple in Madanmohan Bari, Cooch Behar. The ancient ritual, which date... Read More


Cooch Behar Rajbari observes traditional immersion of Boro Devi

Cooch Behar, Oct. 3 -- Following centuries-old tradition of the Cooch Behar Rajbari, the idol of Boro Devi (Maa Durga), associated with the 500-year-old lineage of Cooch Behar Maharajas, was dismantle... Read More


Cooch Behar's 500-yr-old Puja continues with ancient traditions

Cooch Behar, Sept. 28 -- The more than 500-year-old Baro Devi Puja, rooted in the royal legacy of the Cooch Behar Raj, is still celebrated with rituals unchanged since the days of the Maharajas. Disti... Read More


Cooch Behar man gets life term for killing father

Cooch Behar, Sept. 26 -- The District and Sessions Court in Cooch Behar has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his father during a family dispute in 2021. The convict, Shambhu Deb (45... Read More