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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Bengal: Man arrested with confidential DRDO documents, radioactive californium in Darjeeling

West Bengal: A man was arrested in West Bengal's Darjeeling district with confidential DRDO documents and a large quantity of radioactive materials, police said on Friday. "We found several confidential DRDO documents and a large quantity of radioactive Californium in his possession. The accused person failed to give any clear answer as to why those materials were with him," the …

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4 weeks ago

Mamata, rock legend Kee Marcello have a date with Darjeeling Melo-Tea fest

India Today

The Darjeeling hills are set to come alive with the second edition of the Melo-Tea festival, which will this year have a VVIP touch—West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee herself to inaugurate the four-day affair. On Day 1 of the festival, Darjeeling will welcome Swedish rock legend Kee Marcello and his band. The Melo-Tea Festival aims to nurture Darjeeling’s musical …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Fill your cup with award-winning Indian teas

Live Mint

I have always enjoyed making booklists once a year, scanning award lists for old favourites as much as new authors. Three Darjeeling teas won at the Leafies: the Steamed and Panned Green tea and Mystic Black won the Gold, while the Moondrop received a Highly Commended award. At the North American Tea Conference last month, two Indian teas won Gold—the …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Mamata Banerjee vows to protect Darjeeling tea brand

Hindustan Times

Siliguri: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday vowed to put in place a system that will protect the brand image of Darjeeling tea. Addressing local people at the inauguration a tourism fair in Darjeeling, Banerjee said she has taken strong note of the complaint from many planters that image of the Darjeeling tea is getting tarnished because of …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Govt to reconstitute development boards under the GTA: Mamata Banerjee

Hindustan Times

SILIGURI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that the state government will reconstitute the 16 development boards under the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration within the next one-and-half-month and set up a cell to monitor their functions. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee reached Darjeeling on Monday “The boards will be reconstituted after seeking suggestions from various quarters within …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

From Shimla's Toy Train To Hill Railway Of Matheran: Explore Scenic Winter Train Journey For This Season

ABP News

As winter is about to settle over India's varied terrains, the country;s railways transform into some captivating seasonal landscapes. These scenic winter train journeys unveil breathtaking views, from snow-draped mountains and frosted pine forests to misty valleys and serene salt flats. This winter, experience these train journeys that promise not only a comfortable vantage point but also an immersive adventure …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Journey Through the Enchanting Landscapes of India: A Scenic Road Trip from Darjeeling to Ladakh

ABP News

A captivating journey through India, this article takes you on a scenic road trip from Darjeeling to Ladakh. Experience the breathtaking landscapes of the Himalayas with iconic routes that offer dramatic scenery and hidden gems. Immerse yourself in local life, experience hospitality, and savor the local delicacies along the way. Each route unveils a new chapter of beauty and adventure …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

The case for including North Bengal in NEC

Hindustan Times

The integration of North Bengal into the North Eastern Council, which has gained attention recently, is not a novel concept. The eight districts located north of the Ganga in the state — Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Malda, Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur and Alipurduar — are collectively called North Bengal. A major part of North Bengal is defined by the …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Darjeeling’s Tiger Hill to get new pavilion for tourists to see Mt Kanchenjunga

Hindustan Times

A new pavilion will be built in Darjeeling’s Tiger Hill for tourists where they can watch the sunrise and Mount Kanchenjunga. This year the highest recorded single-day footfall at Tiger Hill was 2,300 while the average number of tourists visiting daily was 1,500. Despite having one of the most attractive tourist destinations in Darjeeling, Tiger Hill, where tourists need to …

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5 months ago

'Directionless, Biased Towards Bihar, Andhra': Mamata Banerjee Slams Union Budget 2024

ABP News

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee joined the chorus against the Union Budget 2024, calling it "directionless" and "an attempt to make NDA partners happy". Calling it "anti-people, anti-poor budget," the Trinamool Congress chief said that budget posed as just another example of how the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government "constantly deprives" West Bengal. यह जनविरोधी, गरीबविरोधी बजट है, यह …

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5 months ago

Gloom descends as Captain Brijesh Thapa’s remains reach Darjeeling

The Hindu

DARJEELING A pall of gloom descended over Darjeeling as the remains of Captain Brijesh Thapa, one of the four soldiers killed in the Doda encounter in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, arrived at his hometown in Lebong on July 18. Large crowds gathered around the ambulance carrying Captain Thapa’s remains at Darjeeling and nearby Kurseong, with people chanting patriotic slogans …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Proud but will miss him, says father of 27-yr-old army officer killed in Doda

Hindustan Times

The father of the 27-year-old Indian army captain Brijesh Thapa, who was killed during an encounter with terrorists in Doda in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday night, said that he was proud of his son’s sacrifice, but the family would miss him for the rest of their lives. Colonel Bhuwanesh Thapa, father of Captain Brijesh Thapa, who was killed in …

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6 months ago

Kanchanjunga Express: Signal On Route Of Bengal Rail Accident Was 'Defective Since 5 AM'

News 18

A goods train that collided with the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express near Rangapani station in West Bengal on Monday had overshot the signal, railway officials said. Several reports said the automatic signalling system between Ranipatra Railway Station and Chattar Hat Junction, where a goods train hit Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express in the rear, was defective since 5.50 in the morning. #WATCH | …

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6 months ago

Kanchanjunga Express Hit By Goods Train In Bengal, At Least 5 Dead: VIDEO

ABP News

Jalpaiguri: A goods train has rammed into the Kanchanjunga Express train in Darjeeling district, West Bengal. #WATCH | Goods train rams into Kanchenjunga Express train in Darjeeling district in West Bengal, several feared injured Details awaited. #WATCH | West Bengal | Wagon of Kanchenjunga Express train suspended in the air after a goods train rammed into it at Ruidhasa near …

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6 months, 1 week ago

16-yr-old boy run over by Darjeeling toy train; third death since 2022

Hindustan Times

Siliguri: A 16-year-old boy died under the wheels of a toy train at Kurseong in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district on Wednesday afternoon, officials said, adding that this was the third death of its kind since March 2022. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, popularly called the toy train The deceased was identified as Surya Routh, a resident of Kurseong’s Dak Bungalow area, …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Darjeeling Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: BJP MP Raju Bista wins by a huge margin

India TV News

Darjeeling Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Raju Bista won the Darjeeling parliamentary seat of West Bengal. Darjeeling Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Key candidates and parties Darjeeling is one of the high-profile seats out of the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal. Darjeeling Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Voter turnout West Bengal saw a voter turnout of 76.58 per cent in …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Asansol Is In My Favour, TMC Is Afraid Of Losing: BJP’s ‘Son of the Soil’ SS Ahluwalia

News 18

Bharatiya Janata Party’s SS Ahluwalia has been an MP from Bengal twice and this time he is contesting from Asansol. It’s difficult to meet every single voter from the 18 lakh voters in the constituency. UP CM Yogi Adityanath ji came here and asked us to ‘arise and awake’, in the words of Swami Vivekanand ji. You remember the time …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections: Voting under way in 3 seats in West Bengal; no violence reported

Hindustan Times

Voting for the three Lok Sabha seats – Darjeeling, Balurghat and Raiganj – in West Bengal was going on peacefully with no allegations of any large-scale poll-related violence, an Election Commission of India said on Friday. “Voting was going on peacefully with no allegations of any large-scale poll related violence,” said an ECI official. There was mild tension reported from …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections 2024: 'Khela' reaches phase 2 in West Bengal, 3 seats to go for polls today

India TV News

West Bengal Lok Sabha elections 2024: The second phase of the 18th Lok Sabha elections will be held on Friday with at least 88 constituencies in 13 states and Union Territories to go for polls. The strategically key parliamentary constituencies of Darjeeling, Raiganj and Balurghat will undergo voting in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, all of them …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

New political alignments put demand of Gorkhaland at the backdrop in Darjeeling

The Hindu

Marked by fresh political alignments, the elections in Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat in 2024 has emerged as one of the most interesting electoral contests in West Bengal. While the politics of Darjeeling hills for the past several decades has been centered around the Gorkha identity and demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland, the issue seems to have taken a …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections: Infighting, camp switch add intrigue to Darjeeling fight

Hindustan Times

The Darjeeling seat in Bengal goes to the polls on Friday in circumstances that has made the contest even more intriguing than usual -- infighting in the local units of both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, a tussle that has seen Gorkha leaders switching camps, the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress making a desperate bid to snatch the seat …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Congress’ Binay Tamang expelled for ‘anti-party activities’

The Hindu

Three days ahead of the Lok Sabha election in Darjeeling, the Congress party on Tuesday expelled prominent hill leader Binay Tamang for six years for his “anti-party activities”. The development comes after Mr. Tamang extended support to the BJP’s Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat candidate, Raju Bista. Mr. Tamang was upset after the Congress fielded Munish Tamang, an academic, for the …

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8 months ago

Lok Sabha elections | Strategically key seats go to polls in West Bengal in second phase

The Hindu

Three seats in north Bengal — Darjeeling, Raiganj and Balurghat — will go to the polls during the second phase of the Lok Sabha election in West Bengal on April 26. The BJP’s Raju Bista is contesting from Darjeeling which has emerged as a three-cornered contest with the Congress fielding academic Munish Tamang, who has the support of local Hamro …

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8 months ago

Centre considering inclusion of 11 Gorkha tribes to ST list, says Amit Shah

The Hindu

Union Home Minister Amit Shah could not attend a scheduled election rally in Darjeeling town on Sunday but addressed the gathering through an audio recording and assured them that the Union government was seriously considering including 11 Gorkha sub-tribes in the Scheduled Tribe list. The public meeting at Lebong was organised in favour of BJP Darjeeling Lok Sabha candidate Raju …

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Bengal: Man arrested with confidential DRDO documents, radioactive californium in Darjeeling

Mamata, rock legend Kee Marcello have a date with Darjeeling Melo-Tea fest

Fill your cup with award-winning Indian teas

Mamata Banerjee vows to protect Darjeeling tea brand

Govt to reconstitute development boards under the GTA: Mamata Banerjee

From Shimla's Toy Train To Hill Railway Of Matheran: Explore Scenic Winter Train Journey For This Season

Journey Through the Enchanting Landscapes of India: A Scenic Road Trip from Darjeeling to Ladakh

The case for including North Bengal in NEC

Darjeeling’s Tiger Hill to get new pavilion for tourists to see Mt Kanchenjunga

'Directionless, Biased Towards Bihar, Andhra': Mamata Banerjee Slams Union Budget 2024

Gloom descends as Captain Brijesh Thapa’s remains reach Darjeeling

Proud but will miss him, says father of 27-yr-old army officer killed in Doda

Kanchanjunga Express: Signal On Route Of Bengal Rail Accident Was 'Defective Since 5 AM'

Kanchanjunga Express Hit By Goods Train In Bengal, At Least 5 Dead: VIDEO

16-yr-old boy run over by Darjeeling toy train; third death since 2022

Darjeeling Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: BJP MP Raju Bista wins by a huge margin

Asansol Is In My Favour, TMC Is Afraid Of Losing: BJP’s ‘Son of the Soil’ SS Ahluwalia

Lok Sabha elections: Voting under way in 3 seats in West Bengal; no violence reported

Lok Sabha elections 2024: 'Khela' reaches phase 2 in West Bengal, 3 seats to go for polls today

New political alignments put demand of Gorkhaland at the backdrop in Darjeeling

Lok Sabha elections: Infighting, camp switch add intrigue to Darjeeling fight

Congress’ Binay Tamang expelled for ‘anti-party activities’

Lok Sabha elections | Strategically key seats go to polls in West Bengal in second phase

Centre considering inclusion of 11 Gorkha tribes to ST list, says Amit Shah