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India-Bangladesh building maritime ties to easily ship goods to NorthEast
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata/Dhaka [India/ Bangladesh], Aug 12 (ANI): Shipping goods from Kolkata to northeastern states is costlier and time-consuming. The 'chicken's neck' or the 22-km wide Siliguri corridor is the only land-based connection to northeastern states of India.
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West Bengal: Tigress gives birth to three cubs at Bengal Safari in Siligur
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Aug 12 (ANI): The tiger population at the Bengal Safari Park near Siliguri, West Bengal has increased with Sheela, the enclosure's only tigress, giving birth to three cubs on Wednesday morning. All the three cubs and Sheela are stable, an official said.
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Siliguri Metropolitan Police Commissioner tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Aug 9 (ANI): Siliguri Metropolitan Police Commissioner Tripurari Atharv has tested positive for COVID-19.
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COVID-19: Kolkata streets wear deserted look as lockdown measures enforced
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Aug 8 (ANI): Streets in Kolkata wore a deserted look on Saturday as lockdown measures were enforced in West Bengal in an effort to control the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
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Siliguri: One killed in accident, four dumpers torched
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], July 30 (ANI): After a man was run over by a speeding dumper at Ghoshpukur bypass in Siliguri, angry locals allegedly torched four vehicles late last night.
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COVID-19: Sanitisation drive conducted in Siliguri
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], July 23 (ANI): Sanitisation drive is being conducted in parts of Siliguri as 47 wards under the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) which are under complete lockdown to control the spread of COVID-19 in the region.
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Herd of elephants enter residential area in Siliguri
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], July 23 (ANI): A herd of three elephants, including two calves, from Baikunthupur forest in the wee hours of Thursday entered a residential area in Siliguri amid the lockdown.
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COVID-19: Siliguri wears deserted look on Day 3 of seven-day lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], July 17 (ANI): The streets in most parts of Siliguri in West Bengal wore a deserted look as several wards of the Darjeeling district entered the third day of the seven-day lockdown on Friday. Sanitation exercises are also been carried out in several parts o
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WB: Siliguri police checks vehicles amid COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], July 16 (ANI): The Siliguri police is checking vehicles of commuters amid complete COVID-19 lockdown in 47 Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) wards.
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Police seize nearly 1 kg of Brown Sugar in Siliguri
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], July 16 (ANI): Police today in Siliguri have seized approximately 1 kg of brown sugar worth around Rs 50 lakhs. A woman was arrested and the drugs were recovered from her possession.
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West Bengal: Saumitra Khan accuses TMC 'goons' of attacking BJP leaders
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], July 12 (ANI): West Bengal BJP MP Saumitra Khan on Sunday alleged that Trinamool Congress 'goons' were behind the attack on Alipurduar MP John Barla and Madarihat MLA Manoj Tigga at the Dalmor tea garden area of Birpara on Wednesday evening.
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COVID-19: Siliguri admin making offenders wait for 2 hours as 'soft punish
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], July 11 (ANI): If anyone in Siliguri found without masks in public places then he or she will be made to wait for at least two hours by the police as "soft punishment".
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