A wave of celebration swept across North Bengal on Monday as the region secured significant representation in the newly formed BJP government, triggering jubilant scenes among party workers and supporters from Malda to Cooch Behar and Siliguri.
Officials of various agencies, including the BSF, SSB, NDRF and other disaster management authorities, also attended the meeting, which focused on flood control measures, identification of vulnerable spots, and coordination among departments ahead of the rainy season.
During his first post-oath visit to North Bengal, CM Suvendu Adhikari announced weekly public outreach programmes and reiterated BJP’s key development promises for the region.
As an expression of political courtesy, the elected legislators from the opposition Trinamool Congress from eight districts in North Bengal have received invitations to attend the administrative review meeting for the region to be chaired by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at Siliguri in Darjeeling district on Wednesday.
Even before the dust has settled on polling day, political tempers in North Bengal are refusing to cool ~ spilling over into administrative decisions, public outreach programmes, and even questions over the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).
The JIS Education Expo 2025 – Siliguri Edition concluded on a high note at Dinabandhu Mancha on Wednesday, bringing together students, parents, and educators from across North Bengal for a day of academic inspiration and career guidance.
Without directly naming the Leader of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, state minister for North Bengal development, Udayan Guha, made a pointed remark on the political narrative around religious identity during an official programme at the Kumarganj Assembly segment on Wednesday.
North Bengal’s lush tea estates, especially in the Dooars region, are facing a serious crisis. A massive outbreak of looper caterpillars, a pest known for damaging tea leaves, has spread across nearly all gardens in the area.
Workmen across various sectors of the tea industry in North Bengal are set to stage an hour-long morning assembly and demonstration at every tea garden, estate, and factory on one of the following days—23, 24, or 25 June.
Simultaneously, the Union government is awaiting formal concurrence from the West Bengal government on the alignment of the proposed Siliguri Ring Road—an initiative seen as critical to easing the mounting traffic congestion in the region’s key commercial hub.
