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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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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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Significant measures to help poor and marginal population of our country,
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI)[BusinessWireIndia]: A populistic Budget with an eye on election. Hopefully, this will be good to both sides.
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WB Panchayat Polls: Counting of votes underway
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 17 (ANI): Counting of votes for Panchayat Election in West Bengal has started in North Bengal's Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri and Malda.
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Siliguri Municipal Corporation introduces drone to combat dengue
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Feb.26 (ANI): The West Bengal's Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) has introduced the use of drones to check the mosquito infested areas of the city.
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TMC office set on fire in Darjeeling
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India] July 05 (ANI): Some unidentified persons torched an office of Trinamool Congress Party and a ticket counter of North Bengal State Transport Cooperation Ticket on Wednesday.
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GJM protest: State Transport Corporation to run buses from Siliguri to Kol
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India] June 8 (ANI): Following the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha's (GJM) 12-hour strike against proposal to make Bengali language compulsory in government schools, the North Bengal State Transport Corporation will now run buses from Siliguri to Kolkata, every two hou
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Teesta is the lifeline of North Bengal, says Mamata
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Apr. 9 (ANI): Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's talks on river Teesta, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday expressed displeasure, asserting that Teesta is the lifeline of North Bengal whic
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Bengal Travel Mart organised to develop tourism industry
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Jan. 28 (ANI): The department of Tourism, North Bengal Development Department and Eastern Himalaya Travel & Tour Operators Association (EHTTOA), largest body of tourism industry in North East jointly organized the second edition of three-day long Bengal Tr
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Astronomy festival organized in Siliguri
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Silguri(West Bengal)[India], Nov. 5(ANI): To develop more engagement among the people who takes interest in sky watching and other related issues, the Sky Watchers Association of North Bengal (SWAN) have organized a four-day exhibition called "Astronomy festival" in Siliguri under
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BSF-BGB region commander level border coordination conference to begin tod
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): A three-day long Border Security Force (BSF) - Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) region commander level border coordination conference will begin tomorrow at North Bengal Frontier headquarter near Siliguri district of West Bengal.
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