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4 months, 3 weeks ago

The case for including North Bengal in NEC

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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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Families of Indians duped into Russia’s war hope Modi will bring them home

Al Jazeera

Nearly 50 Indian families are in limbo after their men were tricked into fighting for Russia on the front lines with Ukraine. Kalimpong, India – Ambika Tamang was never sold on her husband Urgen Tamang’s plan to move to Russia for a better-paying job amid the country’s war on Ukraine. “It was needed for our family,” Ambika, 44, told Al …

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6 months ago

Southwest monsoon set to enter south Bengal after a delay

The Hindu

The southwest monsoon is about to enter south Bengal and it has advanced in some parts of north Bengal, according to the India Meteorological Department. Kolkata and adjoining areas had a cloud overcast on Thursday since noon and the temperatures went down a few degrees, bringing relief from the sweltering heat and humidity. On the other hand, due to heavy …

South Bengal Kalimpong

6 months, 1 week ago

Nine dead as landslides, triggered by incessant rains, hit Sikkim

Hindustan Times

Six more people were killed and two others wounded as excessive rainfall triggered massive landslides across North Sikkim, causing extensive damage, blocking several key roads and inundating dozens of homes across the region, officials said on Thursday. According to data from the India Meteorological Department, Mangan district in North Sikkim received over 220mm rain between Wednesday morning and Thursday morning. …

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1 year, 2 months ago

GTA threatens to stop work at two hydel power projects over Teesta after floods

Hindustan Times

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, a semi-autonomous body which governs the Darjeeling and Kalimpong hills in north Bengal, has threatened to stop two hydel power projects over the Teesta River in Kalimpong after a flash flood killed more than 90 people in Sikkim last week. Teesta Low Dam Project III at Reang “We will not allow the Teesta Low Dam Project …

West Bengal Flood Sikkim Teesta Nhpc Gta Kalimpong

1 year, 2 months ago

Central assistance for flood-hit Sikkim triggers political slugfest in Bengal

Hindustan Times

Siliguri: The release of Central funds to the tune of Rs.44.8 crore as advance for flood-hit Sikkim has triggered a political slugfest in West Bengal. Cloudburst over Lhonak Lake triggered a flash flood in the Teesta river basin in Sikkim West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday lashed out at the Centre for not considering the districts in West …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Bengal floods: Swollen Teesta river damages houses, roads, vehicles in Kalimpong

Live Mint

West Bengal is among the states hit by flash floods following the cloudburst over the South Lhonak Lake in the Northeastern state of Sikkim. Videos shared by news agency ANI showed the overflowing Teesta river damaging vehicles and residential structures, as it gushes past Bengal's Kalimpong, the town located close to neighbouring Sikkim. Expressing concern over the flood-like situation in …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Residents pick up pieces after Sikkim floods leave behind trail of destruction

Hindustan Times

Around 2am on Wednesday, Nimesh Chetri and his wife were woken up as sudden announcements over loudspeakers warned people of gushing flood waters in Ghel Khola in West Bengal’s Kalimpong district. A glacial lake overflowed upstream in Sikkim following torrential rains and triggered flash floods down the Teesta, which flows through West Bengal before entering Bangladesh. Three kilometres upstream from …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Bengal Flood: ’10,000 people rescued so far; Guv CV Bose to visit affected areas

Live Mint

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has voiced her concern regarding the flood-like conditions in the state. Sikkim Flash Floods Live Updates West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose is scheduled to visit the flood-affected districts in the northern part of the state on Thursday. The northern part of West Bengal shares a border with Sikkim which witnessed a flash flood …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Bengal floods: 10,000 rescued, Mamata says 'personally monitoring situation'

India Today

Expressing concern over the flood-like situation in the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that 10,000 people have been rescued and kept in 190 relief camps in nine districts in the southern and northern parts of the state. Taking stock of the situation at a meeting, Banerjee asked Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi and Home Secretary BP …

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1 year, 3 months ago

‘Jaane Jaan’ review: Jaideep Ahlawat shines in deft thriller

Live Mint

Bruce Dern is getting worked up. His Heart of Brutus was the source for Vasan Bala’s Monica, O My Darling last year, and Jaane Jaan is an official adaptation of The Devotion of Suspect X. Both men fancy Maya, but she isn’t a femme fatale like the title suggests, just a frantic mother who’s a little more resourceful than the …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Jaane Jaan producer says Kareena Kapoor worked like a ‘thorough professional’ as she shot film after birth of Jehangir

Hindustan Times

Sujoy Ghosh is back with yet another ‘Kahaani’ Jaane Jaan and for a change, the film has all the three lead actors Kareena Kapoor, Jaideep Ahlawat and Vijay Varma in never seen before avatars. Jaane Jaan is actually a love story in Sujoy Ghosh's world. If you see Sujoy's films like Kahaani, Badla or whichever, you can see that the …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Tibet in India: A people’s history of the Tibetan resistance

The Hindu

Published : Jul 22, 2023 15:54 IST - 8 MINS READ In October 1950, the People’s Liberation Army of China crossed over into Tibet, overpowered the Tibetan forces, and captured the border town of Chamdo. Tibetan political activist and writer, Jamyang Norbu, grew up in West Bengal’s Kalimpong hill town, an old trade hub where intelligence agents of different nationalities—British, …

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1 year, 5 months ago

TMC ally BGPM sweeps gram panchayats in Darjeeling, Kalimpong

Hindustan Times

The Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha has bagged more than 65% of seats in 112 gram panchayats and six of nine panchayat samitis in Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts where polls were held on July 8. They know BJP makes only false promises.” Darjeeling and Kalimpong have a two-tier panchayat system comprising gram panchayats and panchayat samitis. Surprising all parties, independent candidates …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Orange alert issued in north Bengal, heavy to very heavy rainfall predicted

India Today

The Meteorological Department has issued a warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall in North Bengal. This, combined with strong moisture incursion from the Bay of Bengal, will result in heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and lightning activity in the districts of North Bengal during the specified period. The Met Department has issued an orange warning for specific dates in North Bengal: …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Three killed after vehicle falls into ditch in Kalimpong

Hindustan Times

Three persons were killed after the vehicle in which they were travelling fell in a roadside ditch in the early hours of Saturday in north Bengal’s Kalimpong, police said. A preliminary investigation by the police suggests that the vehicle was over-speeding Kalimpong, superintendent of police Aparajita Rai, said they were returning to Siliguri after attending a marriage ceremony at Banarhat …

Siliguri Kalimpong

1 year, 10 months ago

Demand for Gorkhaland: Hill parties launch Bharatiya Gorkhaland Sangharsh Samiti

Hindustan Times

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president Bimal Gurung, Gorkha organisations and other political parties in the hill areas of north Bengal in a meeting in Kalimpong on Monday announced the formation of Bharatiya Gorkhaland Sangharsh Samiti – a committee to spearhead their demand for a Gorkhaland. Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president Bimal Gurung He said that the committee will not have allegiance to …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Idyllic Kalimpong and its musical tryst with Scottish bagpipes

Firstpost

Kalimpong saw its first Scot in William Mac Farlen who was sent by the Church of Scotland for evangelical work in 1873 Mela ground, a public venue for sports in Kalimpong, echoed with roar of applause when the bagpipe band of Kumudini Homes School marched during the 76th independence Day celebration on the ground. “Kumudini Home’s Pipe and Drums band …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Crèche House: A Space in Kalimpong That Keeps Policewomen’s Kids, Their Career Dreams Safe

News 18

Theirs is not a job with fixed timings or off days, add to it the responsibility of raising kids, finding daycare centres and being available for children when they are ill, and it becomes many times tougher. To make it slightly easy for policewomen, Kalimpong superintendent of police Aparajita Rai came up with the idea of building a ‘Crèche House’ …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Gorkhaland: A chance for peace

The Hindu

Published : Jul 10, 2022 18:00 IST The long-awaited election to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, the regional autonomous administrative body in the Darjeeling hills of north Bengal, has been a significant victory in more ways than one for the ruling Trinamool Congress. Not only did its “political friend”, the Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha, win 26 of the 45 GTA seats, …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Kareena Kapoor shares cute pic with Jeh from film sets, says getting ready with best man for company

India Today

Kareena Kapoor will make her digital debut with Sujoy Ghosh's Netflix film. KAREENA HAS THE BEST COMPANY AS SHE GETS READY FOR SHOOT Kareena Kapoor began shooting for her new film on May 11. Take a look at Kareena's post:: WHEN JAIDEEP AHLAWAT FAILED 'MISERABLY' AT POUTING In an attempt to pout like Kareena Kapoor Khan, her co-star Jaideep Ahlawat …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Kareena Kapoor begins shooting for Sujoy Ghosh's Netflix crime mystery in Kalimpong. See BTS pic

India Today

Kareena Kapoor is all set to make her OTT debut with Sujoy Ghosh's Netflix film. KAREENA SHARES BTS PIC FROM KALIMPONG Kareena Kapoor, who was last seen in Angrezi Medium, will be seen next in Laal Singh Chaddha. Take a look at Kareena Kapoor's post: KAREENA'S OTT DEBUT Sharing the news of her OTT debut, Kareena wrote on her official …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Kareena Kapoor shares pic from the mountains of Kalimpong ahead of shoot

Hindustan Times

Actor Kareena Kapoor shared a picture of herself on her Instagram handle from West Bengal's Kalimpong on Wednesday. Sharing a picture from the sets of her upcoming film based on The Devotion of Suspect X, Kareena wrote, “Day 1-Kalimpong…Devotion of suspect X.” In the photo, Kareena is seen looking at a mirror, as she gets her hair done. One fan …

Film Kareena Kareena Kapoor Pic Kalimpong

2 years, 7 months ago

Of ghosts and other matters

Hindustan Times

‘When the brain fever birds wailed in the silence of the night, we were shushed by our mothers for it was a bad omen for children, who were especial targets of the Lord of the forest. All this was part of our daily life and we believed in them as we did in ourselves.’ In this lay the substance of …

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The case for including North Bengal in NEC

Families of Indians duped into Russia’s war hope Modi will bring them home

Southwest monsoon set to enter south Bengal after a delay

Nine dead as landslides, triggered by incessant rains, hit Sikkim

GTA threatens to stop work at two hydel power projects over Teesta after floods

Central assistance for flood-hit Sikkim triggers political slugfest in Bengal

Bengal floods: Swollen Teesta river damages houses, roads, vehicles in Kalimpong

Residents pick up pieces after Sikkim floods leave behind trail of destruction

Bengal Flood: ’10,000 people rescued so far; Guv CV Bose to visit affected areas

Bengal floods: 10,000 rescued, Mamata says 'personally monitoring situation'

‘Jaane Jaan’ review: Jaideep Ahlawat shines in deft thriller

Jaane Jaan producer says Kareena Kapoor worked like a ‘thorough professional’ as she shot film after birth of Jehangir

Tibet in India: A people’s history of the Tibetan resistance

TMC ally BGPM sweeps gram panchayats in Darjeeling, Kalimpong

Orange alert issued in north Bengal, heavy to very heavy rainfall predicted

Three killed after vehicle falls into ditch in Kalimpong

Demand for Gorkhaland: Hill parties launch Bharatiya Gorkhaland Sangharsh Samiti

Idyllic Kalimpong and its musical tryst with Scottish bagpipes

Crèche House: A Space in Kalimpong That Keeps Policewomen’s Kids, Their Career Dreams Safe

Gorkhaland: A chance for peace

Kareena Kapoor shares cute pic with Jeh from film sets, says getting ready with best man for company

Kareena Kapoor begins shooting for Sujoy Ghosh's Netflix crime mystery in Kalimpong. See BTS pic

Kareena Kapoor shares pic from the mountains of Kalimpong ahead of shoot

Of ghosts and other matters