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Floods in Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri
SILIGURI, 15 JUNE: Nearly 10,000 people of Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts have been affected due torrential rains since yesterday. Rains have inundated many houses in the Mal, Washabari, Nagrakata, Paschim Dhantala, Porajhar areas. Several houses have been also submerged along the Fulbari canal. Some areas including Milan More, Jodu Bhita …
Dumpyard sparks clash with cops - Residents of Jalpaiguri hamlet block civic trucks from unloading waste
Jalpaiguri, July 4: Residents of a Jalpaiguri hamlet clashed with police over dumping of garbage on a government plot this morning, claiming it is a wetland. Tempers had been running high in the area over the dumping ground for the last few days. In today’s clash, two police personnel and …
Tribals lose land in north Bengal, legal complications block govt help
KOLKATA, 3 JULY: Plots belonging to the tribals in north Bengal have been occupied by non-tribals but the state backward classes welfare department is unable to restore them because of legal complications coming in the way. According to an official of the department, land in Jalpaiguri and Malda and few …
Compensation doubled for kin of victims of man-animal conflicts
KOLKATA, 28 JUNE: The state forest department minister Hiten Barman announced the doubling of compensation to the next of kin of anyone dying in man-animal conflict at the state Assembly today. The minister also announced the doubling of the compensation for the loss of crops in elephant raids even as …
Blood banks run out of Hepatitis-B kits
Siliguri/Alipurduar, June 19: The subdivisional hospitals in Kurseong, Kalimpong and Alipurduar have been hit by an acute shortage of test kits for Hepatitis-B in the last two months. The shortage is attributed to the halt in the supply of the kits by the Regional Blood Transfusion Centre at North Bengal …
Trees along Dooars tracks to be removed
Alipurduar, June 10: The railways have decided to saw off trees along the 167km-long tracks in the Dooars after two trains had back-to-back narrow escapes when trees fell on the line during a storm. Officials said most of the 120 trees that would be removed between Siliguri Junction and Alipurduar …
Six Jaldapara jumbos to be shifted - Calves to take up kunki duties in uttar pradesh
Alipurduar, June 1: Six elephant calves that were rescued from various places and raised in Jaldapara would be permanently shifted to a national park in Uttar Pradesh for forest patrol. The animals will be relocated to Dudhwa National Park by the end of this month. Of the six calves, aged …
Direct tax yield target Rs 5.7 lakh cr
KOLKATA, 27 MAY: Union finance minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee today said that the ministry has set a target for collection of direct taxes of Rs 5.7 lakh crore for the 2012-13 financial year with hassle-free income-tax return. He said this while inaugurating an Aaykar Seva Kendra (ASK) in the income-tax …
Green train for ride through Dooars forests
Siliguri, March 14: The first “green” train in the country will be introduced in north Bengal, the railway minister said today while announcing five new express trains for the region. “A green train would run through the pristine forests of north Bengal,” minister Dinesh Trivedi said in his railway budget …
NE rail projects to suffer delays
NEW DELHI, March 14 – It’s official. The ambitious national railway projects in North-east are likely to suffer further delays with Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, ruing a slash in budgetary support, confirmed that the national projects may get delayed for want of adequate funding. Presenting his maiden Budget on Wednesday, …