After nearly a decade of dues, the Siliguri Regulated Market Committee (RMC) on Wednesday cleared pending rent amounting to Rs 1,29,58,742, outstanding since 2016. The last payment had been made in 2015.
Honorary General Secretary, Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Eastern India, Surajit Paul, has formally requested mayor Goutam Deb to reconsider certain aspects of the recent mandate requiring Bengali-language displays on business signboards.
Siliguri is all set to witness its first-ever Terai Himalayan Festival, a vibrant celebration of cultural diversity and community spirit, on 23 February.
The state transport department, in collaboration with the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) inaugurated a new alternative bus terminal at Tinbatti, near Uttarkanya Branch Secretariat in Siliguri.
The Siliguri Municipal Corporation runs a free educational support centre called Alor Dishari.
He further alleged that employees belonging to Leftbacked unions were being threatened to join the TMC and are being told that they would lose their jobs if they did not support the party.
The Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) has planned to set up 17 deep tube wells as part of the interim arrangements to meet the drinking water crisis in the town.
The chairperson of the board of administrators of the SMC, Gautam Deb, today visited two vaccination centres in the town.
Seventy-two cases were found in Naxalbari, 34 in Phansidewa, 13 in Mirik, eight in Kurseong Municipality, seven in Darjeeling Municipality, seven in Sukna, six in Takdah, five in Sukhia Pokhari, four in Bijanbari, and two in Kharibari.
Fifty-eight cases were found in Matigara, 54 in Naxalbari, 16 in Sukna, 10 in Darjeeling Municipality, nine in Kharibari, six in Sukhia Pokhari, four in Phansidewa, three in Mirik, two in Kurseong Municipality, two in Bijanbari and one in Takdah, sources said.
