Malda launches ‘Aamar Malda’ store under Centre’s ODOP umbrella to promote district’s signature products
The project aims to enhance branding, retail visibility and market access for local artisans, women self-help groups, among others.
The project aims to enhance branding, retail visibility and market access for local artisans, women self-help groups, among others.
The temporary diversion across the Balasan was washed away on 19 June following incessant rainfall in the Darjeeling hills.
State Forest minister Manoj Kumar Oraon stressed that relocating families from the core area is essential before the tigress can be released.
97-year-old Makhan Lal Sarkar of Suryanagar in Siliguri had accompanied Mookerjee during his historic journey to Jammu and Kashmir in 1953.
The app is designed as a direct digital interface through which residents can submit complaints, demands and suggestions to their MLA.
On his way to an official programme in Jalpaiguri, Union minister of state for education and DoNER, Dr Sukanta Majumdar, took time to energise BJP workers and sharpen his attack on the ruling Trinamul Congress ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections.
BJP MP from Alipurduar, Manoj Tigga, on Wednesday raised pressing concerns about the deplorable condition of tea garden workers across four key districts of North Bengal—Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, and North Dinajpur—during the Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha.
The Indian tea industry is battling a tough season in 2025, grappling with multiple challenges—from production shortfalls and falling auction prices to a surge in imports that’s hurting domestic producers.
Even as chief minister Mamata Banerjee has warned urban and rural civic bodies against burdening residents and businesses with excessive taxes, industrialists in Malda’s Gazole block say they are facing exactly that issue.
A fresh landslide at the same vulnerable stretch of national highway 10 has once again brought traffic to a standstill between Siliguri and Sikkim, disrupting crucial road connectivity for the second consecutive day.
