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Deprived of clean drinking water, North Bengal tea garden workers cry foul
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Apr 16 (ANI): "We experience a severe scarcity of drinking water here throughout the year. However, the problem intensifies during the summer. Most of the wells dry up and all the families here rely on nearby taps as the only water source. Vote or no vote,
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WB: Unaware of 'paid leave' concept on polling day, tea garden workers los
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Apr 14 (ANI): As per a notice issued by the state government to tea companies, the Tea garden workers in North Bengal will get a 'paid leave' to participate in the electoral process, however, most of the workers are unaware of this announcement.
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'New Indians' participate in General election for first time after Enclave
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Coochbehar, (West Bengal) [India], April 11 (ANI): Voters from the Enclave settlement camp in Dinhata sub-division of Coochbehar district participated in the General election for the first time on Thursday after the enclave settlement was sealed in 2015.
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WB: Polling teams trek 10kms to conduct voting in Buxa hills
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Alipurduar (West Bengal) [India], Apr 11(ANI): Three polling teams, after trekking for almost three hours, reached their designated polling stations situated approximately 3000 feet above ground level to conduct elections in Buxa Fort on Wednesday.
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As Alipurduar gears up for polls, villagers of Buxa Tiger Forest express c
Updated : 6 years, 11 months 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 : 6 years, 11 months 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 : 6 years, 11 months 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 : 6 years, 11 months 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 : 6 years, 11 months 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 : 6 years, 11 months 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 : 6 years, 11 months 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 : 6 years, 11 months 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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