A case of alleged violence against a Scheduled Tribe woman in Jhamaklal village under Phansidewa police station in Darjeeling district has been taken up with constitutional authorities by Darjeeling MP Raju Bista, who has sought urgent intervention.
A female elephant, Suman, died in Siwan, Bihar, in circumstances that animal protection advocates say raises serious concerns about her upkeep.
Legendary music composer, poet and political thinker Salil Chowdhury’s popularity is not confined to Bengal or Mumbai.
The recent spell of incessant rainfall has wreaked havoc across North Bengal, causing severe floods and landslides that have left a trail of destruction in the Hills, Terai, and Dooars regions.
Jalpaiguri police have arrested four persons in connection with the recent attack on North Malda MP Khagen and Siliguri MLA Sankar Ghosh at Nagrakata.
In a significant move aimed at strengthening connectivity in the Eastern Himalayas, the Government of India has officially designated the 23-kilometre stretch from Melli to Singtam in Sikkim as national highway 210 (NH-210).
In a bid to bolster emergency preparedness and test coordinated response mechanisms, a full-scale mock drill simulating an aircraft crash was conducted at Pakyong Airport in Sikkim on Friday.
The International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, 2025, was observed at Manan Kendra in Gangtok on Thursday with a call to strengthen social reform and build a drug-free Sikkim.
The Gorkha Youth Activist Network (GYAN), Darjeeling, has formally urged Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) chief executive Anit Thapa to cancel Notification No. 3076-LP/1A-04/23 issued by the West Bengal government and introduce a new scheme for granting land rights in tea garden areas of the GTA region based on ancestral, customary, and continuous possession.
Siliguri is gearing up for one of its grandest religious celebrations—the annual Rath Yatra organised by ISKCON.
