Students of over 20 colleges from Siliguri, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling hills and Sikkim took part in City Centre t2 Spotlight 2014 grand finale today, the first day of the two-day event. Participants at the finals of Hotstepper at City Centre in Siliguri on Friday. Picture by Kundan Yolmo The event that was held at City Centre […]

Local political leadership and administration took several measures in the plains regarding the fatal disease Japanese Encephalitis that recently rocked north Bengal but another fatal disease Scrub Typhus that has already claimed several lives in the hills is yet to be noticed properly by the hills concerned bodies. On 25 September only, a GJMM youth […]

Kalimpong: Darjeeling MP SS Ahluwalia today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertion about the Gorkha people’s dream being his dream will soon come true. Darjeeling MP SS Ahluwalia speaking at the Kalimpong Town Hall Friday afternoon. Speaking during a function at the Kalimpong Town Hall held to mark his victory in the Lok Sabha election, […]

The International Anti Drugs Day was today observed in Kalimpong, Panitanki and other parts of the hills by various social organisation to spread the awareness against the evil practice and also to eradicate it completely from the society. In Kalimpiong, the Himalayan Anti AIDS and Anti Nicotine Drugs Society to conducted a poster campaign to […]

Flush with the victory of the BJP both in Darjeeling and at the Centre, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung today warned the state government against undue interference in the functioning of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA). arjeeling MP SS Ahluwalia celebrating his win with GJM supporters Wednesday afternoon. Addressing supporters gathered at Chowrastha […]

Mirik: In the ongoing process to make Mirik a major tourism destination in the hills, enthusiasts have identified bird watching as another key attraction for tourism in the hills. According to Himalayan Bird Watching Society, Mirik is a perfect location to find many species of Himalayan birds due to its undisturbed wilderness which is conducive […]

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 […]

Darjeeling, June 11: A reply to an RTI query has revealed that the Union ministry for tribal affairs has withdrawn the proposal of granting Schedule Tribe status to 10 Darjeeling hill communities. Khambu Rai Rights Movement  for Tribal status In February-end, about a fortnight before the model code of conduct was to be imposed, chief […]

With the change of dispensation in Delhi, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha-led Gorkhaland Territorial Administration has embarked with new vigour on a development tryst for a makeover of the Darjeeling hills over the next three years. GTA members with Governor MK Narayanan at the Raj Bhawan in Darjeeling on Monday. Back from attending the swearing-in ceremony […]

Darjeeling in the mist is a wondrously disorienting place. With the sun hidden behind thick cloud on most days during the annual monsoon, there is no concept of north, east, south or west. Therefore the first-time visitor has no appreciation of borders or near neighbours, or of lines on a map. This liberating sense of […]

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee at a meeting on Friday officially formed the party’s Darjeeling District Committee and Darjeeling Hill Committee. Informing about the meeting, the newly reappointed TMC Darjeeling hill committee president Rajen Mukhia said the party’s Darjeeling district committee will have Gautam Dev as President, while Bhaichung Bhutia, Nantu Pal and Alok Chakrabarty […]

BJP candidate for Darjeeling constituency, Surinder Singh Ahluwalia won by 196,795 votes in the Lok Sabha Election.SS Ahluwalia secured 487,564 votes, while Bhaichung, TMC candidate, received 290,769 votes. Darjeeling residents arrive at Shri S S Ahaluwalia’s place in Darjeeling Rior to Lok Sabha polls, Darjeeling witnessed an upsurge of Trinamool Congress under the draconian eyes […]

Despite its loss in the Lok Sabha Election this year from Darjeeling constituency, the Hill TMC unit will continue its efforts to work on peace and development of the region. Talking to reporters at the party office in Mirik today, the Hill TMC president Rajen Mukhiya said to bring development in the hills it is […]

Vivek Ghatani Newspapers early morning flashes a story saying that the fire officials in Kurseong are more worried about growing traffic snarls amidst an acute crises of water during this time of the season. The buzz precariously is how far an obstacle it would be if the fire engines would have to pierce through this […]

Kurseong Fire & Emergency Services Station officer-in-charge Dambar Bahadur Thapa said water shortage problems are not that they are worried about. He said the department is also facing drinking water scarcity as is every resident in town. At a time when scarcity of drinking water has hit Kurseong and its adjoining areas, the town’s Fire […]

“If Narendra Modi becomes the Prime Minister, he will pass an anti-conversion bill, while he has a thorough agenda against Christians… We need a government who will be for Christians, not against them …” says a message Christians are circulating in Darjeeling Hills and the plains of Siliguri on mobile phone chat application, Whatsapp, and […]

Darjeeling, April 15: Around 28 companies of the central paramilitary forces comprising of 14 BSF companies and 7 companies of Mizoram State Armed Police will be deployed in Darjeeling District for the 16th Lok Sabha polls on April 17, District Magistrate Puneet Yadav said on Tuesday. Forces arrives at Darjeeling for polls Of the 28 […]

Kalimpong : Believing in the promise of Gorkhaland, people of the hills in West Bengal voted for a BJP candidate in 2009. This poll season, with the dream of a separate state still not fulfilled, the people are however yet to decide between the development promised by the state’s ruling TMC and giving the BJP […]