SILIGURI, WEST BENGAL: Insisting that he won’t spare infiltrators, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday assured justice for refugees from neighbouring countries and said the Gorkha community in north Bengal won’t be hurt by a National Register of Citizens (NRC). “The way Modi has acted against Maoists and terrorists, similarly Modi is not going to […]
Buddhist rally to voice demands of Buddhist community in Siliguri
SNS | Siliguri | March 26, 2018: The All Bengal Buddhist Development Committee is scheduled to take out a “mega peace (silent) rally” from Darjeeling More to Airview More here on 1 April. Organisers said the rally is meant to voice the demands pertaining to the Buddhist community at large. The listed set of demands […]
Sex racket busted in Siliguri, 18 arrested from Pradhan Nagar
Writes Prashant Acharya SILIGURI 2 Jul 2016 An ongoing sex racket in Siliguri was busted on Friday night with police arresting 18 people from the Pradhan Nagar area. Acting on a tip-off, the Pradhan Nagar police conducted a raid at a guest house and arrested 12 males and six females and also seized two cars […]
Siliguri Sex Racket: Three more arrests from Pradhan Nagar
Siliguri: After the recent arrest of 18 people, allegedly involved in sex trade from Pradhan Nagar, Siliguri police yet again on Monday busted another big racket from the same area and arrested three people including two girls and a male from Pradhan Nagar. Police said interrogation on arrested persons will lead to more arrest speculating […]
Yet another Sex racket busted in Siliguri at Hakimpara
Siliguri 5th July 2016 After two consecutive sex rackets busted at Pradhan Nagar, Siliguri police today again busted another sex racket at Hakimpara but this time with the active support and information of a local NGO. Five people including four females and a male have been arrested from a flat at ward number 16 of […]
Heavy rainfall triggered landslides in NH55 and NH10, trees uprooted, toy train held up
Darjeeling Siliguri, July 4: Heavy rainfall since last night triggered landslides and brought down trees along NH55 and NH10, disrupting a toy train and road traffic for hours. Narendra Mohan, the area officer of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, said a tree had been uprooted and fallen on tracks and NH55, which run parallel, at Rongtong. […]
Bhaichung Bhutia inaugurates sports development office for north Bengal, push for cricket
Baichung inaugurates sports development office for north Bengal Writes Prashant Acharya for EOI SILIGURI 4 Jul 2016 Former footballer Baichung Bhutia today inaugurated the office of the North Bengal Board for Development of Sports and Games (NBBDSG) at the Kanchenjunga Stadium for the all-round development of games and sports in the region. “The board will […]
No helmet, no petrol on Siliguri roads
Siliguri, July 10: Siliguri police today introduced a “No Helmet No Petrol” policy to check errant two-wheeler riders, two days after a similar campaign took off in Calcutta. The Siliguri metropolitan police has also announced a ban on parking of two-wheelers in paid parking slots for riders without the protective headgears. C.S. Lepcha, the Siliguri […]
