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Shringla flags lack of CGHS facilities in North Bengal and Sikkim, seeks urgent upgradation

Darjeeling, Feb. 2 -- Rajya Sabha member Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday raised the long-pending issue of inadequate Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) facilities in the Darjeeling hills, North ... Read More


Cooch Behar-Kolkata flight service suspended after all assurances fall flat

Cooch Behar, Feb. 2 -- After a series of unfulfilled assurances, the Cooch Behar-Kolkata flight service has been suspended, dealing a blow to air connectivity in North Bengal. Indian One Air, the oper... Read More


Malda cops foil dacoity, seize fake currency

Malda, Feb. 2 -- Malda district police scored a major success in two separate operations, arresting a man with fake currency with a face value of Rs 5 lakh and foiling a planned dacoity by apprehendin... Read More


Darjeeling Hills: Heaters bring comfort to exam centres

Darjeeling, Feb. 2 -- Heaters brought much-needed relief to candidates appearing for the Madhyamik examinations across the Darjeeling Hills as minimum temperatures hovered around 4degC. Every year, d... Read More


Cooch Behar: Panic at Madhyamik exam centre after gas cylinder blast

Cooch Behar, Feb. 2 -- A gas cylinder explosion triggered panic on the first day of the Madhyamik examinations at Nakkatigach High School under the Tufanganj subdivision of Cooch Behar district on Mon... Read More


Siliguri: New market to come up for evicted traders in Gurung Basti

Siliguri, Feb. 2 -- The Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) has initiated steps to rehabilitate traders displaced during an eviction drive aimed at freeing footpaths and roads from encroachment in th... Read More


Off-season watermelon farming brings 'success' to farmer in Hili

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


Youth stabs uncle to death in Goalpokhar

Raiganj, Feb. 2 -- A family dispute over a small piece of land turned fatal on Sunday night when a youth allegedly stabbed his uncle to death at Sreepur marketplace under Sahapur-2 Gram Panchayat in N... Read More


CM: Union Budget provides fresh momentum to city's development

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- A day after the presentation of the Union Budget 2026-27, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday said the Budget has given fresh momentum to the Capital's development, opening... Read More


Ghaziabad Police nab 5 in fraudulent passport case

GHAZIABAD, Feb. 2 -- Police here busted a racket that fraudulently obtained over two dozen passports from the Delhi Passport Office using fake addresses, officials said on Sunday. The case came to li... Read More