Tag: Alipurduar

Legal camp for workers of closed Madhu tea garden

Kolkata high court judge Nadira Patherya is likely attend a camp at the closed Madhu tea garden under the Kalchini block in Alipurduar district on 24 February, Alipurduar Sub-divisional legal services committee sources said. According to the sources, Ms Patherya will be accompanied by the Jalpaiguri district judge and Alipurduar Additional district judge in the...

February 22, 2018

Alipurduar town to get 4000 toilets

In bid to spread the message of cleanliness among the people and to promote sanitation, the Alipurduar municipality is all set to construct 4000 thousands toilet for families living under the below poverty line. The decision was taken after the municipality received a fund of Rs 8 cores under the Mission Nirmal Bangla project from...

February 21, 2018

Alipurduar officials feel need to ease traffic

In a bid to check number of road accidents and to raise awareness about road safety in the town, Alipurduar traffic police authorities on Monday held a meeting with councillors of Alipurduar municipality including chairman of the body. The meeting was held at the chamber of the municipality chairman in the presence of officer in Charge...

February 20, 2018

A’duar panel to fight for better rail services

A group of people in Alipurduar district representing different sections of the society on Thursday formed an apolitical platform to lead an agitation against the Railways and to demand better rail services in the district. According to officials, the newly-formed platform has been christened ‘Alipurduar Rail Parisheba Unnayan Dabi Mancha.’ All Left and Right parties,...

February 17, 2018

NFR puts to rest Darjeeling Mail route change row

The Northeastern Frontier Railway (NFR) has clarified that there will be no extension of the Darjeeling Mail’s route to Alipurduar. The train will continue to run between NJP (in Siliguri) and Sealdah, it said, amid protests, counter protests and demonstrations in Siliguri, Alipurduar, Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri for the past few days for and against...

February 13, 2018

Girl beaten up for going to school

A minor girl studying in the fifth standard was allegedly beaten up and hanged up on the ceiling by her father when she disobeyed her stepmother’s orders to skip school on Wednesday. Police, along with some District Child Welfare Committee members, on Thursday rescued the girl, along with her two sisters, from their house in...

February 10, 2018

Alipurduar youth held for feasting on deer meat

Acting on a tip off, forest officials of the Jaldapara Forest Reserve on Thursday arrested one youth, Amit Chhetri, for allegedly killing a deer in the National park and enjoying a feast with its meat. The accused, who hails from the Beech Line area of the Ramjhora tea plantation, was produced in the Alipurduar court...

February 3, 2018

Traditional Alipurduar marathon marks 42 years

Marking the birth anniversary of India’s one of the greatest freedom fighter, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, a total of 56 participants from all over the state took part in the traditional marathon in Alipurduar on Wednesday. Alipurduar Suryanagar Club, a popular club in the town has been organising the compitition since 1976. “People have been...

January 25, 2018