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Cooch Behar: 4 days after TMC leader's shootout, no arrests yet

Cooch Behar, Aug. 12 -- Four days after the daylight shootout at Dodear Haat in Cooch Behar where Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Amar Ray (35) was shot dead, police are yet to arrest the assailants. ... Read More


Cooch Behar: Panchayat Pradhan's son shot dead; no arrests made after over 24 hours

Cooch Behar, Aug. 10 -- Tension prevails in Cooch Behar's Doderhat market area after Amar Ray, son of Dowaguri Gram Panchayat Pradhan Kuntala Ray, was shot dead in a broad daylight on Saturday. More t... Read More


NBSTC to hike wages for about 500 contract workers before Durga Puja

Cooch Behar, Aug. 8 -- The North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) will revise wages for contract workers in line with the state government's Labour department norms from next year. The decis... Read More


Bengali-speaking migrant 'assaulted, forced to return' from Uttar Pradesh

Cooch Behar, Aug. 7 -- Allegations of police brutality and linguistic discrimination have triggered outrage after a migrant labourer from Bengal's Sitalkuchi was allegedly assaulted by police in Ghazi... Read More


'Attack' on Suvendu convoy: Pundibari Police arrest 7

Cooch Behar, Aug. 6 -- The Pundibari police have arrested seven individuals in connection with the alleged attack on the convoy of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, in the Cooch Behar Assembly area. Adhika... Read More


Citizenship case: Assam Tribunal summons Bengal Panchayat Pradhan

Cooch Behar, Aug. 5 -- A Foreigners Tribunal Court in Nalbari, Assam has issued a summon to the elected Pradhan of Hazrahat-II Gram Panchayat (GP) under Mathabhanga Block I in Cooch Behar, West Bengal... Read More


TMC, BJP to hold political progs in Cooch Behar on August 5

Cooch Behar, Aug. 3 -- Political temperatures are set to rise in Cooch Behar as both the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) plan programmes on August 5, prompting concerns over ... Read More


Mixed emotions mark 11th yr of Indo-Bangla Enclave Exchange

COOCH BEHAR, Aug. 1 -- The 11th anniversary of the historic Indo-Bangladesh Enclave Exchange was celebrated with enthusiasm and emotion in the villages of Madhya Moshaldanga and Poaturkuthi in Dinhata... Read More