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As Alipurduar gears up for polls, villagers of Buxa Tiger Forest express c
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Alipurduar (West Bengal) [India], April 10 (ANI): Amid big poll promises, a village in Alipurduar claim to be deprived of minimal facilities and has accused political parties of treating them just as "vote banks."
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WB: No school, water or healthcare facilities, but villagers say will vote
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Alipurduar (West Bengal) [India], April 10 (ANI): On the route to the hills of Bhutan and two kilometers away from the bank of Jayanti river is the village of Bhutia Basti, which was settled during the British period.
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World's largest ureteric stone removed by surgery in Delhi
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 9 (ANI): A team of doctors and a surgery robot named Da Vinci removed the world's largest ureteric stone by surgery on March 23 in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, here. The stone measured 22 centimetres and weighed 60 grams in total.
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West Bengal: Chief Electoral Officer allays security concerns of polling o
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Alipurduar (West Bengal) [India], Apr 8 (ANI): After polling officials staged agitations citing "risk and insecurity", West Bengal CEO Aariz Astab assured them that the safety and security of presiding and polling officials are given highest priority.
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WB: Brewing cup of misery compels students to boycott polls in Madhu Tea G
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Alipurduar (West Bengal) [India], Apr 7 (ANI): For the first time, students of Madhu Tea Garden in Kalchini block in West Bengal's Alipurduar district have decided to boycott polls over the factory lockout in the last five years.
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Assam: Resolute to develop Modati, independent candidate says he's ready t
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhubri (Assam) [India] April 5 (ANI): Sukur Ali, an independent candidate from Modati village in Assam, has claimed he will sell his kidney if he failed to accumulate funds to contest the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
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As potato crop prices plunge, farmers woes continue in North Bengal
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Coochbehar (West Bengal), Apr 5 (ANI): With prices of potatoes plunging by 50 per cent, potato farmers in northern regions of West Bengal are faced with an acute crisis since the beginning of this year.
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Ethnic Dhimals await tribal recognition from successive governments
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Apr 4 (ANI): With only thousand-odd members, 'Dhimal' one of the oldest indigenous tribes of North Bengal 'Dhimal' who are facing a threat of extinction say they continue to await tribal status recognition.
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EC officials demonstrate working of EVM, VVPAT machines
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 21 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday demonstrated the mechanism of EVM and VVPATs with the help of demo machines during an awareness program here.
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India’s largest cancer institute begins recruitment for 2705 posts
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) Feb 17 (ANI): Around 2705 posts have been created at India’s largest cancer institute - National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the recruitment process for the same also commenced on Sunday.
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India's first national online integration course to begin from next week a
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 16 (ANI): For the first time in India, a national online integration course under Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will be operational from next week at Safdarjung Hospital here.
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Childcare institutions in Odisha indulging in acts of religious conversion
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 5 (ANI): A fact-finding exercise of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has revealed that childcare institutions in Odisha indulge in the practice of religious conversion.
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