Tag: Siliguri

Siliguri gears up for North Bengal Flower Show

Highlighting the ‘concrete jungle’ and the mushrooming buildings and highlighting their adverse effects on the environment and to promote greenery, the Siliguri Horticultural Society (SHS) will be organizing its 34th annual North Bengal Flower Show at the Kanchan Jungha Stadium here from 8-12 February. Around 76 species of rare flowers, foliage, orchid, and fruits from...

February 3, 2018

DPS Siliguri sports meet kicks off

The Annual Sports Day of Delhi Public School, Siliguri, for the session 2017-18 kicked off on the school grounds here on Friday. It will be a two-day affair, with Day-1 named as Speed Track-I (for students of classes Nursery to 4) and Day-2 named Speed Track-II (for students of Class 5 onwards). The dignitaries present...

February 3, 2018

Siliguri prepares for chief minister’s visit

State tourism minister Gautam Deb on Friday held a meeting with police officials and senior party leaders over preparations for chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s programmes in north Bengal and her proper security arrangements at the Kanchenjungha Stadium where she is scheduled to address a workshop of the West Bengal Trinamul Yuva Congress and the Trinamul...

February 3, 2018

Siliguri groom found dead, girl finds another man

It was a bittersweet moment for this family as members vacillated between happiness and sadness at the same time on Thursday, even as it was only sadness for the other family involved. A pall of gloom descended on Nandita Das’ family after they learnt that her groom, Jaydeb Ghosh, 42, died under mysterious circumstances in...

February 2, 2018

Girl murder: Mom of accused under police scanner

The mother of the accused in the murder of a nine-yearold girl in Siliguri is now under the police scanner, even as the outcry demanding justice for the poor family and exemplary punishment for the guilty grew in the town. Surajit Sarkar was arrested in connection with the sexual assault and murder of the girl...

January 31, 2018

Siliguri hospital to introduce computerized admission process

The Siliguri District Hospital (SDH) will start blood separation units and blood platelet aggregation units to fight vector-borne diseases, a meeting of the Rogi Kalyan Samity (RKS) decided here on Monday. Participants of the meeting also decided to ease the admission process for patients in the hospital during emergencies and start the “computerized admission process”...

January 30, 2018

Girl murder: Siliguri area tense; parties in war of words

Tension reigned supreme at Janta Nagar in Ward-44 in Siliguri, a day after local people clashed with the police, demanding stringent action against the person arrested in connection with the sexual assault and murder of a nine-year-old-girl. Condemning the crime, state tourism minister Gautam Deb on Monday warned political parties against provoking people and adding...

January 30, 2018

Tea workers, unions set for Siliguri rally

Hundreds of tea workers and several leaders associated with over 23 trade unions under the banner of the Joint Forum are scheduled to stage a demonstration at Noukaghat near Uttarkanya and serve a four-point memorandum to the Commissioner of Jalpaiguri Division, Barun Ray, at the government’s branch secretariat here on Thursday. Mr Ray is also...

January 25, 2018

SJDA to work outside Siliguri, J’guri areas

Chairman of the Siliguri Jalpaiguri Devlopment Authority, Sourav Chakraborty today announced that the SJDA is ready to start developmental work in every area in North Bengal apart from Siliguri and Jalpaiguri. Mr Chakraborty spoke after laying the foundation stone of two projects here at the Alipurduar Mc William Higher Secondary School. Mr Chakraborty today laid...

January 17, 2018

Over 300 held in Siliguri in pre-Christmas crackdown

In a crackdown it launched on the eve of Christmas, the Siliguri Metropolitan Police (SMP) arrested 321 persons for different offenses until figures were last had at 9.30 pm today. Police said the special drive will continue till 1 January. Police personnel would, meanwhile, be posted in crowded areas in and outside restaurants, food-joints and...

December 26, 2017

A memorable evening

The 14th biggest pageant and personality contest of Northeast India titled ‘Himalaya Sundari and Mr Himalaya’ was organised by Uttam Kumar Film Institute and Miracle Dance School successfully in association with The Statesman at Soubhagya Palace in Siliguri in the evening of Republic Day. The objective of this programme was to promote promising artists in...

February 10, 2017

Doing what should come naturally

Little do people know about a green outfit based in Siliguri that believes in doing something more meaningful for the cause of the environment and preserving the biodiversity of North Bengal. Indeed, the Green Environment Preservation Society hosts an annual four-day birdwatching camp for school students in Siliguri, which includes three activities avian photography, an...

November 11, 2016