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Balurghat: Five-day 'Binodini Natya Utsab 2025' begins

BALURGHAT, Nov. 26 -- A five-day drama festival, 'Binodini Natya Utsab 2025', commenced at Balurghat Rabindra Bhavan on Wednesday evening. The event has been organised through the initiative of Chief ... Read More


With Nov ending, South Dinajpur sees unusually low migratory bird arrivals

BALURGHAT, Nov. 25 -- With only a few days left in the last week of November, the presence of migratory birds in South Dinajpur remains unexpectedly low this year. Bird watchers across the district sa... Read More


Dakshin Dinajpur Museum set to reopen with modern facilities

BALURGHAT, Nov. 24 -- Dakshin Dinajpur Museum, located beside the District Administrative Building in Balurghat, has been temporarily closed as the Public Works Department (PWD) of South Dinajpur has ... Read More


Teachers' deployment into SIR duty disrupts primary schools

BALURGHAT, Nov. 23 -- The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has severely disrupted the functioning of government primary schools across South Dinajpur, with a large number of... Read More


Strict night curbs imposed along S Dinajpur border after turmoil in

BALURGHAT, Nov. 21 -- With escalating tension in neighbouring Bangladesh following the issuance of a death sentence against former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the South Dinajpur district ... Read More


Traditional 'Choddohat' Kali Puja in Hili kicks off in Hili Block

BALURGHAT, Nov. 20 -- The India-Bangladesh border region of Hili Block has once again come alive with the traditional 'Choddohat' Kali Puja, which commenced late Wednesday night on the auspicious 'ama... Read More


Photo not required for SIR, yet Balurghat studios see surging demand

BALURGHAT, Nov. 19 -- Despite a fresh notification stating that no photograph is required for filling up the enumeration form in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across ... Read More


Border villages in South Dinajpur gripped by anxiety amid SIR process

BALURGHAT, Nov. 18 -- An atmosphere of uncertainty has engulfed the border areas of South Dinajpur as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls progresses across Bengal. In the Hili bloc... Read More


Missing for 5 yrs, migrant from Hili found in Maharashtra

BALURGHAT, Nov. 17 -- After five long years of despair, court battles and fading hope, a mentally unstable youth from Hili who had gone missing in Bihar has finally been traced-hundreds of kilometres ... Read More