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Third-yr student found dead in Engineering College hostel

Cooch Behar, Aug. 22 -- Shock and grief gripped Cooch Behar after the body of a third-year engineering student was found hanging in her hostel room at Cooch Behar Government Engineering College late o... Read More


Tensions in Dinhata as BJP leader Nisith Pramanik appears in 2018 murder case

COOCH BEHAR, Aug. 21 -- Tensions flared in Dinhata on Thursday when BJP leader and former Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nisith Pramanik, appeared before the Dinhata Magistrate Court in connectio... Read More


Dinhata villagers demand river embankment, threaten protest

Cooch Behar, Aug. 19 -- "We don't want Lakshmi Bhandar. If possible, cut that and make arrangements for a river embankment." With this outcry, residents of Dwarikamari village in Dinhata Block I voice... Read More


Cooch Behar TMC leader shootout: One arrested

Cooch Behar, Aug. 17 -- Police have arrested a man seven days after the murder of Trinamool Youth Congress leader Amar Ray at Dodearhat Market, an incident that rattled the district. Additional Distr... Read More


NBSTC to introduce QR code payments to address change issues

Cooch Behar, Aug. 14 -- Passengers travelling on several North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) routes have been facing difficulties due to the unavailability of small change for fares. On c... Read More


Cooch Behar: Mother of slain TMC leader demands CID probe

Cooch Behar, Aug. 13 -- Kuntala Ray, the mother of slain Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Amar Ray and Dowaguri Gram Panchayat (GP) Pradhan met District Superintendent of Police Dyutiman Bhattacharya o... Read More


Cooch Behar: 4 days after TMC leader's shootout, no arrests yet

Cooch Behar, Aug. 12 -- Four days after the daylight shootout at Dodear Haat in Cooch Behar where Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Amar Ray (35) was shot dead, police are yet to arrest the assailants. ... Read More


Cooch Behar: Panchayat Pradhan's son shot dead; no arrests made after over 24 hours

Cooch Behar, Aug. 10 -- Tension prevails in Cooch Behar's Doderhat market area after Amar Ray, son of Dowaguri Gram Panchayat Pradhan Kuntala Ray, was shot dead in a broad daylight on Saturday. More t... Read More


NBSTC to hike wages for about 500 contract workers before Durga Puja

Cooch Behar, Aug. 8 -- The North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) will revise wages for contract workers in line with the state government's Labour department norms from next year. The decis... Read More


Bengali-speaking migrant 'assaulted, forced to return' from Uttar Pradesh

Cooch Behar, Aug. 7 -- Allegations of police brutality and linguistic discrimination have triggered outrage after a migrant labourer from Bengal's Sitalkuchi was allegedly assaulted by police in Ghazi... Read More