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Two-year-old child found dead in pond

Malda, Dec. 17 -- Malda was gripped by shock and grief on Wednesday after the body of a missing toddler was recovered from a pond in the Gangaprasad area under Mothabari Police Station. The deceased c... Read More


After weeks of disruption, Old Malda and Dalkhola municipalities get new chairmen

Malda/Raiganj, Dec. 17 -- The leadership vacuum in two municipalities of North Bengal ended on Wednesday with the election of new chairmen at Old Malda and Dalkhola, restoring administrative stability... Read More


Eligible former enclave voters included in draft list, easing concerns

Cooch Behar, Dec. 17 -- Residents of the former enclaves, who had been gripped by anxiety since the launch of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, have finally breathed a sigh of r... Read More


Bharnobari Tea Estate suspends work citing unrest, leaving 2,145 workers uncertain ahead of Christmas

Alipurduar, Dec. 17 -- Citing labour unrest, the management of Bharnobari Tea Estate in the Kalchini block under Jaigaon Police Station issued a 'suspension of work' notice, throwing the livelihoods o... Read More


Four B'deshi nationals arrested in Goalpokhar

Raiganj, Dec. 17 -- Police arrested four Bangladeshi nationals from the road at Lodhan in North Dinajpur district on Tuesday night. The arrested persons were identified as Md Sajiv, Md Abu Bakkar, Md ... Read More


Soil health, air quality at risk as stubble burning continues

BALURGHAT, Dec. 17 -- Even as the harvest of Aman paddy has been completed across large tracts of farmland, allegations of rampant stubble burning have surfaced in several blocks of South Dinajpur dis... Read More


Four-member panel set up to regulate hawkers & ease pedestrian movement

SILIGURI, Dec. 17 -- With the aim of resolving the issues of unregulated hawker activities and vendors encroaching on footpaths, the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) has formed a four-member commi... Read More


IndiGo and DGCA officials appear before Parl panel; replies 'evasive, unconvincing'

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- A parliamentary panel examining the recent air traffic disruptions tried to fix responsibility for Indigo's mass cancellation of flights as senior aviation officials and IndiGo C... Read More


Govt says 574 national highway projects behind schedule

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- As many as 574 under construction National Highway projects worth Rs 3.60 lakh crore have exceeded their completion schedule, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. In a written ... Read More


Energy projects delayed, crude import reliance increased: Panel

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- The Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas, led by Congress Lok Sabha member Sunil Dattatrey Tatkare, cautioned, on Wednesday that despite delays in various major projec... Read More