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Old NH-34 'set to be widened' to ease traffic congestion in Raiganj

Raiganj, Sept. 13 -- In a major move to ease traffic congestion in Raiganj town of North Dinajpur, Minister of State for Education and Raiganj MLA Kaushik Chowdhury has initiated steps to widen and st... Read More


Kayaking makes debut in Alipurduar

Alipurduar, Sept. 13 -- Kayaking has made its debut in Alipurduar with a two-day workshop on the Kaljani River, offering a new avenue for adventure tourism in the district. The workshop, which conclud... Read More


Boost to BTR tiger revival plan: Tigress to arrive on October 2

Alipurduar, Sept. 13 -- The Forest department has finalised October 2, Gandhi Jayanti, for bringing a tigress to Buxa Tiger Reserve from Bihar's Valmiki Tiger Reserve, marking a major step towards res... Read More


Bangladeshi man killed in BSF firing, three held along borders

Raiganj, Sept. 13 -- A Bangladeshi national was killed in BSF firing and two others were arrested while allegedly attempting to enter India through the border fencing at Shibanandapur Border Out Post ... Read More


Soaring cost of raw materials & clay scarcity hit Siliguri artisans

Siliguri, Sept. 13 -- A shortage of clay and rising prices of raw materials have affected artisans in Siliguri, resulting in artisans at the city's Kumartuli producing significantly fewer Ganesh idols... Read More


Fire at Patiram market guts three shops

Balurghat, Sept. 13 -- A major fire destroyed three ground-floor shops and damaged a pathological laboratory at Pal Market in Balurghat block's Patiram Bazar in the wee hours of Sunday. The fire brok... Read More


Russia imports record fuel from India as Ukraine strikes refineries

New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- Russia imported a record 172,000 tonnes of oil products in August, including gasoline refined from Russian crude at a refinery in India that is partly owned by Russia's Rosneft,... Read More


Russian Prez Putin proposes new insurance mechanism at BRICS

New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed a new insurance mechanism and a collaborative initiative for the grain market among the BRICS nations as he called upon the g... Read More


India gets 6.94 lakh tonnes of steel quota annually for exports under FTA with EU

New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- India will get country-specific tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) totalling 1.64 million tonnes annually for exporting steel products to the European Union, of which 6,94,853 tonnes wil... Read More


Suspected Manipur militants gun down four in two districts

Imphal, Sept. 13 -- At least four people including two women were killed when suspected militants attacked their villages in Manipur's Tamenglong and Noney districts on Sunday, police said. The Tamen... Read More