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BJP's Darjeeling district president Avijit Roy killed in road accident
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Dec 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Darjeeling District, Siliguri President Avijeet Roy Choudhury was killed in a road accident in Baharampur.
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Coal labourers' strike will likely affect Darjeeling tourism: HHTDN
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Nov 29 (ANI): The ongoing strike by coal workers, which prompted the railway authorities to pull the plug on the steam engine-run joyrides of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railways (DHR), is likely to hit the tourism sector of the area, said the Himalayan Hospitali
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Gorkhas demand demerging from West Bengal
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Nov 11 (ANI): National Gorkhaland Committee (NGC), a non-political organisation of the Gorkhas, has demanded the demerging of Gorkhaland region from West Bengal and formation of a separate state with the same name.
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Darjeeling MP alleges attack by TMC members
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kalimpong (West Bengal) [India], Oct 22 (ANI): Darjeeling MP Raju Bista has alleged that he and BJP, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) workers were attacked by a group of around 100 TMC members while they were on way to Sinji on Tuesday.
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WB: 5 arrested for carrying Indian, Nepalese currency more than permissibl
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], Sept 3 (ANI): Five persons including a Nepali national were arrested by Panitanki Border Out Post (BOP) team for allegedly carrying Indian and Nepalese currency more than the permissible limit.
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Rumours of 1 lakh Gorkhas being left out of NRC roll untrue: Raju Bista
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], Sept 2 (ANI): BJP MP from Darjeeling, Raju Bista, termed the rumours surrounding exclusion of one lakh members of the Gorkha community from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) final list in Assam as untrue.
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When 'Tiger' saved owner from leopard attack in Darjeeling
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal), Aug 17 (ANI): Tiger, a four-year-old pet dog lived up to its name as it saved its owner from a leopard attack here.
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WB: DRI arrests one person for smuggling, recovers cigarettes worth Rs 1.0
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], July 22 (ANI): The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Sunday arrested one person in Siliguri here for allegedly smuggling over 10 lakh cigarettes valued at Rs 1.05 crore to Kolkata.
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West Bengal: Man arrested for duping tourists with fraudulent hotel bookin
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 12 (ANI): Darjeeling police here on Thursday arrested one person who was allegedly involved in duping tourists through fraudulent hotel bookings. The accused will be taken to Darjeeling on transit remand, police said.
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Commuters stranded due to landslide on Sikkim-Darjeeling highway
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kalimpong (West Bengal) [India], July 12 (ANI): A major landslide occurred on the National Highway 10 on Friday morning blocking the Sikkim-Darjeeling route.
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Landslide in Darjeeling blocks roads, restoration work underway
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], July 10 (ANI): As monsoon intensified in the state, a landslide occurred at Tindharia area here on Wednesday.
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WB: Middle-aged couple dies in major landslide in Darjeeling
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], July 8 (ANI): An middle-aged couple died in a major landslide occurred due to heavy rainfall in Pubung Fatak on Monday.
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