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Kalchini: It was mid-day and the one-hour lunch break had just ended at the Malangi Tea Garden in West Bengal’s northern part’s Alipurduar district. Even though the BJP has made inroads in the tea-belt in 2019, the Mamata Banerjee-led government has left no stone unturned to woo the people of this belt in the last five years,” said Gopal Oraon, …

HALDWANI: Forest officers in Uttarakhand’s Nainital district had to fire shots in the air to drive away a herd of elephants from an 18-month-old calf that sustained spinal injuries after being hit by a train on Sunday. Forest department officers said the elephant calf, which fell into a gorge after the accident, was treated for over three hours by the …

Why Lakhimpur Kheri, largest of UP's 75 districts, has so many Sikh farmers

Lakhimpur Kheri district and the adjoining areas in the Terai have been home to Sikh farmers for generations, including those who came during the time of the Awadh nawabs, migrants from undivided Punjab and the more recent settlers Lakhimpur Kheri: The spot near Tikonia village where violence erupted on Sunday during a farmers’ protest is amid an area linked to …

In a rare discovery, a Red Coral Kukri snake was rescued from a residential house in Uttarakhand's Nainital district. Nitish Mani Tripathi, divisional forest officer Terai East said, "Goula forest range team got a call for rescue of a snake on Friday morning from Kavindra Koranga, a resident of Kurriya Khatta village in Bindukhatta area of Nainital district." A rare …