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NH10 between Bengal's Kalimpong and Sikkim shut for 3 days after landslides

India, Aug. 3 -- The National Highway 10 (NH10), which links Kalimpong in West Bengal and Sikkim, has been shut for three days from Sunday evening after a portion of the highway developed cracks follo... Read More


34 women rescued in Darjeeling, 3 suspected human traffickers arrested: Police

India, July 28 -- As many as 34 women hailing from underprivileged families were rescued by Bengal's Darjeeling district police from a Ranchi-bound bus on Sunday night when they were being taken to Ta... Read More


Bengal Pocso court sentences man to death for raping, killing 11-year-old in 2023

India, June 11 -- A court in north Bengal's Jalpaiguri district sentenced a man to death on Wednesday for raping and murdering an 11 -year-old girl in 2023, police officials who probed the crime, said... Read More


Sikkim floods: Search operations underway to trace three missing people

India, June 10 -- Three bodies were recovered from Chaten in North Sikkim, where a landslide triggered by heavy rain had hit an army camp on June 1, taking the total death toll to six, police official... Read More


Sikkim floods: Search underway to trace missing army personnel; NDRF team in Chaten

India, June 3 -- Search operations resumed on Tuesday to trace six army personnel, including a Lt Col and his family, who went missing after a landslide hit an army camp at Chaten in North Sikkim, off... Read More


Three army personnel dead in Sikkim landslide

Siliguri, June 3 -- Three army personnel were killed and six people, including a lieutenant colonel of the Indian Army, went missing after a landslide triggered by days of incessant rain hit a militar... Read More


3 killed as landslide hits army camp in North Sikkim; 9 missing

India, June 2 -- At least three army personnel were killed and nine were missing after a landslide hit an army camp at Chatten in North Sikkim late on Sunday night. Meanwhile, 1,600 tourists stranded... Read More


Nine tourists missing, 2 rescued after vehicle falls into swollen Sikkim river

India, May 30 -- Nine tourists from Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and Tripura were missing after the vehicle they were travelling in plunged into the swollen Teesta river in Sikkim's Mangan late on Thursday,... Read More


Sevoke-Rangpo rail project will link Sikkim with rest of the country: PM Modi

India, May 29 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said connectivity remains the main focus of his government, adding that the Sevoke-Revoke project will link Sikkim with the country's rail net... Read More


'West Bengal needs freedom from politics of violence, corruption': Modi in Alipurduar

India, May 29 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday slammed the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal and said the state "needs freedom from politics of violence, appeasement, riots and corr... Read More