BALURGHAT, Feb. 2 -- An innovative experiment in off-season farming has drawn attention in the border area of South Dinajpur's Hili, where a farmer has successfully cultivated watermelons at an unusua... Read More
BALURGHAT, Feb. 1 -- The "long-standing shortage" of doctors at Balurghat District Hospital in South Dinajpur has worsened following the transfer of four doctors and the retirement of one, raising con... Read More
BALURGHAT, Jan. 30 -- The Land and Land Reforms department has stepped up efforts to acquire land for installing barbed-wire fencing in unfenced stretches along the India-Bangladesh border in Hili, So... Read More
BALURGHAT, Jan. 29 -- An allegation has emerged in South Dinajpur that stress linked to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll may have led to the death of a woman voter, amid repo... Read More
BALURGHAT, Jan. 28 -- After two rounds of tripartite meetings at the district administrative level, the South Dinajpur administration announced a decision to release wheat-laden rakes and trucks that ... Read More
BALURGHAT, Jan. 27 -- The posthumous conferment of the Padma Shri on veteran theatre icon Harimadhab Mukhopadhyay has sparked a wave of emotion and pride across North Bengal and the Northeast's cultur... Read More
BALURGHAT, Jan. 25 -- Tension flared up at the Kumarganj Block office premises in South Dinajpur on Saturday evening following an alleged attack on a micro-observer at an SIR hearing camp. According ... Read More
BALURGHAT, Jan. 23 -- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, one of the foremost leaders of India's freedom struggle, had once visited Balurghat and several parts of the then undivided Dinajpur district to witn... Read More
BALURGHAT, Jan. 22 -- An acute shortage of Palash flowers has been reported at Balurghat flower market ahead of Saraswati, triggering concern among traders and devotees. Palash flowers, regarded as an... Read More
BALURGHAT, Jan. 21 -- Balurghat was rocked by widespread tension and public outrage following the unnatural death of well-known elocutionist and lawyer Sanjay Karmakar (47). The incident has sparked s... Read More