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Darjeeling MP urges Shah to expedite tripartite talks

Darjeeling MP Raju Bista met Union home minister Amit Shah yesterday during the ongoing Parliament session, urging him to expedite tripartite talks for a resolution to the longstanding political issues of the Hills.

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IIT scholar alleges assault at Domkal police station

Iman Kalyan, a researcher and former student of IIT Kharagpur, has alleged that he was assaulted inside Domkal police station while trying to file a complaint regarding his lost bank passbook.

Gorkha network exposes misinformation on tea garden land allotment

The Gorkha Youth Activist Network (GYAN), a group actively researching land rights for tea garden workers in the Darjeeling hills, today released a crucial Right to Information (RTI) response that clarifies long-standing confusion over land allotment policies in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) region.

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KMC seeks police help for vector control

The health department of Kolkata Municipal Corporation has written to the commissioner of the city police seeking help for better coordination of local police in carrying out vector control activities in houses that pose threats of dengue in their neighbourhood.

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Maha Mela Special trains

To clear the extra rush of Maha Mela at Thakurnagar, Eastern Railway’s Sealdah Division has decided to run eight EMU Special trains.

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TRAIN CANCELLATIONS BY SER FOR DEVELOPMENTAL WORKS

Passengers looking forward to availing journeys of trains originating from the South Eastern Railway might have to tweak their plans. The zonal railway has decided to cancel around 60 trains on various dates for developmental works in the days to come.

Sporting icons emerging from Indian TT players fold too

There is something or a lot of things being done right in India today when it comes to sports administration — as sporting achievements in a diverse array of sports disciplines like say Table Tennis at the global level show, with an almost podium level finish at the Olympics in one of the fastest racket sports perhaps second only to squash.