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.
Newly-appointed chairman of the Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority (SJDA), Dilip Duggar, held a high-level meeting on Wednesday with Siliguri mayor Goutam Deb and senior officials to discuss a range of developmental issues, with particular emphasis on easing traffic congestion in central Siliguri in view of the upcoming Assembly elections.
The National Highways Authority of India has extended the suspension of traffic on a key stretch of national highway 10 (NH-10) for three more days, citing safety concerns following heavy rainfall, landslides, and erosion along the Teesta riverbank.
Vehicular movement along national highway 10 — the lifeline connecting Siliguri to Sikkim via Kalimpong — has come to a complete halt due to multiple landslides and severe erosion of the Teesta river’s right bank, prompting authorities to shut down traffic for at least three days.
Amid growing apprehensions over the rising volume of duty-free tea imports impacting domestic producers and eroding global credibility, the Tea Association of India (TAI) has urged the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) to urgently review and regulate the ‘Advance Authorization Scheme’ under which teas are imported into India without duty.
The appeal comes shortly after TMC’s state president Subrata Bakshi served a show-cause notice to Barman for “breaching party discipline” during the SMC board meeting held on 30 July.
