BJP demands peace committee to contain violence in Darjeeling KOLKATA: The BJP today criticised the West Bengal government for failing to contain violence in the Darjeeling hills and demanded that a peace committee be formed to restore peace. “The TMC administration has completely failed to contain violence in the hills. There was no shut down […]
MTV Roadies accident in Darjeeling Pesok
MTV Roadies Meet With an Accident An accident took place near Pesok view point in Darjeeling. A mini bus carrying crew of roadies fell down the road. They were shooting in Mirik and Darjeeling hills recently. According to the report there has been several incidents of accidents in the same spot in the past. The […]
Police complaint against Darjeeling Red Cross for cutting trees
Darjeeling 16th July: Early morning today, it surfaced on the social media that trees on the Red Cross premises in Darjeeling were being cut and the planks from these trees were being loaded into pick up vans. Later when it was revealed that they did not have any permission the forest authorities seized Wood and […]
Darjeeling Toy train accident in Kurseong, one tourist dead
A toy train carrying more than 50 tourists hurtled down sloping rail tracks in Kurseong yesterday as its wheels skidded, causing the death of a Calcutta lady who may have fallen off. The alertness of a Siliguri-based businessman saved lives in the three coaches. Giridharilal Gan, a bookseller from Siliguri, turned the wheel-like emergency brake […]
Sujay Ghatak Darjeeling Congress candidate faces ire of the Hill Congress
Darjeeling: Sujay Ghatak, the Congress candidate for the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat , had to face the ire of party leaders in the hills for not turning up at the party office in Darjeeling on the day he filed his nomination. Sujay Ghatak Darjeeling Lok Sabha 2014 Congress candidate Ghatak apologised for his oversight and […]
Is Darjeeling to Bengal what Varanasi is turning out to be for India?
Is Darjeeling to Bengal what Varanasi is turning out to be for India? In many senses, yes. It is the microcosm of some of the big fights we will witness when the largest democracy in the world goes to vote, but also representative of the larger issues that the state is facing. Darjeeling in Bengal […]
12-year-old girl allegedly raped in Kagjhora Darjeeling
Darjeeling : A 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her paternal uncle, Amrit Bahadur Pradhan (45), on the night of March 23. The incident took place at the Kagjhora area, about a kilometre from Darjeeling town. 12-year-old girl allegedly raped in Kagjhora Darjeeling Police sources said a complaint was lodged against Pradhan at the Darjeeling […]
