Tag: Jalpaiguri

Devi Chaudhurani in Jalpaiguri: Myth, History & Mystery

The characters of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's legendary novel 'Devi Chaudhurani' are not mere fictional, but they rather consider them as historical personalities who not only appeared in Bankim Chandra's novel but had their footsteps in the real world too.

May 10, 2019

Justice at doorstep

It is a measure of the people’s interest in the High Court Circuit Bench that hundreds of people watched the ceremony on giant screens that were installed at different intersections of the town.

March 17, 2019

Cooch Behar woman gives birth to quintuplets, two of them stillborn

Three surviving babies, all of them girls, admitted to the sick newborn care unit at Jalpaiguri district hospital

January 25, 2019

Bengal: One-horned rhino killed in Gorumara National Park, 3 held

Officials say the rhino was found dead with its horn chopped off, which proved it was a case of poaching

December 26, 2018

Chomchom, leafy veggies await Swapna at home

Basana Barman, the mother of the region's first Asian games gold medalist Swapna Barman, is all set to welcome her daughter when she arrives at her home in Jalpaiguri very soon.

September 1, 2018

HC judges tour Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench sites

A team of eight senior Judges, including the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, Jyotirmay Bhattacharya, on Saturday visited the proposed site of the Circuit Bench and its temporary building in Jalpaiguri town. Official sources said that the judges took stock of the situation even as the government plans to inaugurate the much-awaited Circuit Bench …

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August 5, 2018

Workers on road after J’guri tea garden shuts

Official sources said that the management had to leave the garden following workers' agitation on 18 July as the management had been having problems in paying the due wages.

July 25, 2018

CPM wants tea workers to keep min wages in mind while voting

The CPI-M has appealed to tea workers of Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar districts to keep in mind the ‘principal’ demand for implementation of the Minimum Wages Act in the tea sector and vote accordingly in the upcoming three-tier rural elections. The party also appealed to the Nepali-speaking population to not fall into the “trap laid by …

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April 10, 2018

J’guri headmaster denies ‘unfair means’ charge

Special Deputy Secretary for north Bengal, West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, Pradip Biswas on Thursday said that the headmaster of the Subhas Nagar High School in Mainaguri in Jalpaiguri will appear in the board’s Kolkata on Friday as summoned. The headmaster, Haridayal Roy, however, refuted the allegations and said that they were meant to …

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March 23, 2018

North Bengal to get one of eight tourist houseboats

The state tourism department has decided to build eight houseboats for tourist spots across the state. While two such boats are ready, one of the eight boats will be given to Gajoldoba in Jalpaiguri district, where the state government has been developing ‘Bhorer Aalo,’ a tourist hotspot, according to state tourism minister Gautam Deb. “We …

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March 9, 2018

J’guri man in trouble for assaulting his mom

A man, along with his wife, allegedly assaulted his 85-yearold mother after branding her a mobile phone thief in Dhupguri in Jalpaiguri early on Wednesday. The mother, Bhanumati Das, later filed a complaint with the police against her son and daughter-in-law. Ranjan Das and his wife Tapasi Das allegedly had been torturing the elderly woman …

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February 8, 2018

Dhupguri police station in West Bengal ranked 4th in country

Dhupguri police station in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district has been ranked fourth in the country by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. Dhupguri achieved the feat in a nationwide survey conducted by the ministry that declared its results recently. “We are happy that Dhupguri has been ranked fourth. Of all the police stations in the …

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January 30, 2018

Dacoity bid foiled

A dacoity bid was foiled at Wakergunj area on Thursday night and five persons were arrested in this connection, police said. The five persons, wanted in connection with several crimes, were spotted by a mobile police van at Wakergunj in Jalpaiguri Sadar block. The police suspect they had assembled there for committing a dacoity. Bombs …

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September 23, 2016