Early counting trends in Bengal elections highlight BJP dominance in select districts, especially in tribal and industrial belts, raising questions over Trinamool’s performance in these regions.
The Chennai Central-New Jalpaiguri Express derailed near Jakhapura railway station in Odisha’s Jajpur yard on Thursday morning with no loss of life or injury reported following the derailment, East Coast Railway officials said.
Jalpaiguri district magistrate Shama Parveen on Thursday visited Bamondanga village, where North Malda MP Khagen Murmu and Siliguri MLA Sankar Ghosh were attacked earlier this week.
Bose termed the attack on the elected representatives of the BJP as "dastardly, shocking and benumbing."
The death toll in north Bengal’s devastating natural calamities has climbed to 29, with five more deaths reported from Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri district following incessant rainfall and rising river waters.
Vehicular movement on the Teesta Barrage at Gajoldoba in Jalpaiguri will be suspended for 140 days starting 27 April, following a joint decision taken by the district administration and engineers of the Teesta Barrage Project.
The year 2025 will be a moment of immense pride and joy for the people of Jalpaiguri, marking 125 years since Swami Vivekananda briefly stopped at the Jalpaiguri Town railway station during his final journey to Darjeeling in August 1901.
In a bid to align technical education with evolving industry standards, the Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College Alumni Association (JGECAA – Campus Based) inaugurated a dedicated ‘Readers’ Corner’ at the Kanchenjunga Convention Centre on campus on Sunday.
Pradip Kumar Majumder, minister-in-charge of the departments of panchayat & rural development and cooperation, has been conducting district-level review meetings across north Bengal, accompanied by concerned district officials and state ministers.
The state cabinet, chaired by chief minister Mamata Banerjee, which held its meeting at the state secretariat, Nabanna, today decided to give two acres of land to the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) for setting up an outpost in Jalpaiguri.
