23-year-old trainee chef from Darjeeling district among Goa fire victims

India, Dec. 8 -- Subash Chettri, a 23-year-old trainee chef, was among the 25 people killed in the Goa night club fire on Saturday night. A resident of Bagdogra in Bengal's Darjeeling district, Subas... Read More

West Bengal's Darjeeling Mandarin Orange gets Geographical Indication status

India, Nov. 29 -- Mandarin orange, grown in the hills of Darjeeling in West Bengal and known for its quality and sweetness, has been granted Geographical Indication (GI) status, people aware of the de... Read More

Movement of tourists curbed in Darjeeling after rains

Darjeeling, Nov. 1 -- The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) on Friday imposed restrictions on tourist movement and suspended all adventure sports in the Darjeeling and Kalimpong hill distric... Read More

Movement of tourists curbed in Darjeeling after rains

Darjeeling, Nov. 1 -- The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) on Friday imposed restrictions on tourist movement and suspended all adventure sports in the Darjeeling and Kalimpong hill distric... Read More

Heavy rain in WB: Trekking, movement of tourists restricted in Darjeeling region

India, Oct. 31 -- The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) on Friday imposed restrictions on tourist movement and suspended all adventure sports in the Darjeeling and Kalimpong hill districts o... Read More

Will oppose SIR if names of Gorkhas are deleted, say Darjeeling hill parties

India, Oct. 28 -- The Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM), which controls the semi- autonomous Gorkhaland Territorial Administration in Bengal's Darjeeling district, said on Tuesday that it wi... Read More

Darjeeling landslides damaged property worth rRs.r950 crore, claims GTA

India, Oct. 13 -- Landslides that killed 21 people in hills on October 5 also destroyed public and private property worth Rs.950 crores, the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) in Darjeeling s... Read More

More than 400 landslides hit Darjeeling, Kalimpong within four hours: Officials

India, Oct. 6 -- More than 400 landslides, triggered by extremely heavy rainfall, hit Darjeeling and Kalimpong in north Bengal within a span of around four hours between Saturday night and Sunday earl... Read More

At least 10 feared dead, several injured as landslides hit Darjeeling, Kalimpong in Bengal and Sikkim

India, Oct. 5 -- At least 10 people are feared dead and several others injured after heavy rains triggered landslides at multiple places in West Bengal's Darjeeling and Kalimpong, and neighbouring Sik... Read More

At least 4 feared dead, several injured as landslides hit Darjeeling, Kalimpong in Bengal and Sikkim

India, Oct. 5 -- At least four people are feared dead and several others injured after heavy rains triggered landslides at multiple places in West Bengal's Darjeeling and Kalimpong, and neighbouring S... Read More

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