Tag: North Dinajpur

State govt urges NHAI to repair NH-34

Last year, during her visits to north Bengal, she had expressed her displeasure over the poor riding condition of the highway from Siliguri to Jalpaiguri and later inquired as to why the repair work was not being undertaken.

July 13, 2019

Patient dies, kin rough up Raiganj hospital docs, nurses

The son of the deceased, Nirmal Sarkar, claimed that his father died due to lack of proper treatment.

July 4, 2019

Daribhit families, Two from South Dinajpur get Modi’s invite

On 20 September last year, some Daribhit school students were protesting in the school against the appointment of teachers for inconsequential subjects, and demanding that teachers be sent for more important subjects, when police allegedly opened fire killing the two students.

May 30, 2019

Panic in Bengal village as bomb goes off at mosque

Local politicians blame RSS; BJP says handiwork of ruling Trinamool Congress

December 1, 2018

Calcutta High Court seeks police reports

The Calcutta High court has sought detailed reports from the North Dinajpur Police on its findings in the case related to the death of teacher and poll presiding officer Rajkumar Roy. It is learnt that the court has instructed the police to be present in the court with the reports on 13 July. The mother...

July 6, 2018

N Dinajpur Cong, CPM go for poll alliance

The North Dinajpur district Congress and the Communist Party of India-Marxist have decided to stand united against the ruling Trinamul Congress in the upcoming rural elections in the state. According to records of the submission of nomination papers, both the parties had already planed an alliance before they filed their nomination papers for the threetier...

April 13, 2018

For institutional deliveries, administration seeks Imam help

With an aim to raise institutional deliveries in the rural areas in the district and considering threats to the lives of mothers post deliveries, officials of the district administration on Thursday held a meeting with Imams at Rabindra Bhaban in Raiganj of North Dinajpur district. More than 300 Imams from different blocks of the district attended...

March 16, 2018

Ladies at the wheels in North Dinajpur

With a view to improving the lot of womenfolk and to mark International Women’s Day, the district administration in North Dinajpur on Thursday appointed eight lady ambulance drivers who will ferry pregnant women to hospitals for safe delivery. North Dinajpur District Magistrate Aiyasha Rani flagged-off the ambulances at Karnajora amid a function organized to mark...

March 9, 2018