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Sikkim airlifts 80 from Chaten; evacuation to continue

A total of 80 individuals, including 63 tourists and 17 local residents, were successfully evacuated by helicopter from north Sikkim’s disaster-affected Chaten area on Thursday, as part of the state government’s ongoing rescue operations.

Siliguri ex-mayor slams BJP-TMC ‘understanding’

The 24-hour bandh called by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in protest against alleged attacks on Hindu families in Matigara received near-total response in Siliguri, largely due to the weakening of the Left Front in the region, claimed veteran CPI-M leader and former minister Asok Bhattacharya.