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27 Jan

Social Worker from Malda, Kamali Soren, receiving Padma Shri

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The central government is going to award Padma Shri to Kamali Saran (50) of Gazol block, Malda district. It is learned that this award is being given to her for the social work she was doing in the area. Kamali Devi is happy to receive the award. She said that this award will give her more encouragement in the coming days towards her work. The whole area is inhabited by Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. There is an ashram of Kamali Devi in this village. There are temples of various gods and goddesses. She has been doing various kinds of…

19 Jan

Bird Festival is to be organised at Mahananda wildlife Sanctuary

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A bird festival is to be organised at Mahananda wildlife Sanctuary in West Bengal. The festival is first of its kind set to be organised by Darjeeling Wildlife Division in Sukna on the outskirts of Siliguri from February 20. The Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary has been identified as an Important Bird and Biodiversity Area. According to forest officials, 50 bird enthusiasts will be shortlisted to attend the festivity. The three-day long festivity is aimed to provide an opportunity for bird enthusiast to explore the forest of Mahananda and sight different birds.“Bird enthusiasts can apply from January 19 till February 2. From…

14 Sep

The story of e-rickshaw driver Munmun Sarkar, who helped Covid-19 patients need

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At that time when ambulance drivers refusing to carry Covid-19 patients and charging exorbitant rates from families are common, a 48-year-old woman who is an e-rickshaw driver in north Bengal has been braving all odds and ferrying such patients to hospitals for no-cost . Munmun Sarkar, the first woman e-rickshaw driver of Siliguri in Darjeeling district, who is now head of the association of women e-rickshaw drivers in the town. She is lovingly called ‘Muniya Didi’ by all.She said ,Initially when she started ferrying Covid-19 patients, even the local councillor asked her to stop while neighbours tried to ostracize her…

01 Sep

Q1 GDP data: Employment-creating sectors get hit drastically

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The April-June quarter GDP data, released on Monday, showed thedeepest damage in the employment-creating sectors, likeconstruction and manufacturing. This comes at a time the Centreand the Finance Ministry are talking about green shoots in theeconomy. According to the data released by the National Statistical Office, theconstruction sector fell a staggering 50.3 per cent, whilemanufacturing sector contracted by 39.3 per cent, at constantprices. Almost all the major sub-sectors reported a contraction, withconstruction activities, manufacturing sector and trade, hotels, andtransport in the services sector being hit the worst hit. Thecontraction in some services is large, and as these continue to beunder restricted…

13 Aug

Sheela gave birth to three cubs in Bengal Safari

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There’s good news for wildlife lovers as Tigress Sheela gave birth to three cubs on August 12 at Bengal Safari in Siliguri. This takes the total tiger population at Bengal Safari to seven.Sheela and her mate Viban were brought to the park from Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar.

30 Jul

BSF FOILED ATTEPMTS OF GANJA AND PHENSEDYL SMUGGLING – SEIZED

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In two different operations, troops of Border Security Force under Guwahati Frontier seized 20 Kg Ganja and 187 bottles Phensedyl in the bordering areas of village Nagar Singimari and village Kaiterbari, PS-Sitalkuchi and Sitai, District Coohbehar (WB), while these contraband items were being smuggled from India to Bangladesh. Acting on tip-off, on of 28 th July 2020troops of Border Out Post Fulbari, of 47 Bn BSF, under Guwahati Frontier, carried out a special operation in general area of village Nagar Singimari, PS- Sitalkuchi, Distt- Coochbehar (WB) and seized 04 Packets of Ganja (Total 20 Kgs) which were wrapped in…

29 Jul

Tomorrow will open Siliguri Market

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After lockdown of two week,tomorrow thursday will be open Siliguri Bidhan market. For this, today sanitized the whole market. Sources says, a long days after the market will have been open tomorrow. seller are awaited to openning market.

28 Jul

Heavy rain in siliguri, water blog ,collapse many bridges

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One night rainfall in siliguri created Dangerous condition on siliguri nearby areas. mahanda balason, panchanai rivers overflow. part of panchanoi bridge damage. transport system interupt. people much suffer. a bridge At junction area is collapsed.nearby areas like pati colony, mahamaya colony water blogged.

15 Jul

Rinkini Ghatak, Siliguri Girls High School’s student scored 6th

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Rinkini Ghatak, a resident of aurobindapally , made the entire citizens of Siliguri proud by clinching the sixth place on the state’s merit list of Madhyamik examinations 2020. As per the information, the Siliguri Girls High School's student scored an impressive 687 marks out of 700. Her teachers and family members are extremely happy with her performance. .

15 May

TMC Slammed West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar Over His Tweet.

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Hitting out at West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar over his tweet praising the Centre's economic package, the TMC on Friday said he should contest the next state Assembly polls on a BJP ticket.The governor, earlier in the day, hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "efforts to mitigate the woes of farmers" across the country and urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to join the Centre's PM-Kisan scheme."Applaud efforts @narendramodi to mitigate wows of FARMERS. MIGRANTS and STREET VENDORS. PM-KISHAN beneficiary farmers will get 2 lac crore concessional credit boost through KISAN CEDIT CARDS. Street Vendors will get initial working capital…