Man Mowed Down by Train Near Sonada Reports: Tenzing Sangayla Bhutia 17 June 2016 Darjeeling Sonada: The World famous UNESCO’s World Heritage Darjeeling toy train cuts an unidentified man in half and drags one half of the body all the way to Sonada while the other the half of his body was found near 8th […]
After Kalimpong district demand to upgrade more hill areas
Writes Vivek Chhetri Darjeeling, June 10: The state government’s decision to create Kalimpong district and Mirik subdivision has triggered demands to upgrade Bijanbari block to a subdivision and carve out Sonada-Rangbull block out of Sukhiapokhari. The demand is being raised not only by political parties like the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and the Trinamul Congress (Hills) […]
Sonada and Sukhia Pokhari in Darjeeling Hills should have declared municipalities
Former state urban development minister Asok Bhatacharya today questioned the exclusion of Jaigaon, Atharokhai, Birpara and Karimpur in the list of 22 new municipalities the state government announced yesterday. He said the state government selected the other places to “gain political advantage.” Asok Bhatacharya “The Left Front government had earlier already decided to declare 16 of the 22 […]
Israeli Embassy denied visa to Darjeeling women calling citizens of Nepal
In a shocking development, the Israeli Embassy has denied visas to 10 women from Darjeeling alleging them to be Nepalese nationals. The women, who had been waiting for their visas to fly to Israel to work there, received a shock when the embassy turned down their requests calling them “citizens of Nepal”. The women including […]
