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West Bengal: Women bid farewell to Maa Durga by celebrating 'Sindoor Khela
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Sindoor Khela is celebrated by women applying vermilion to the idol and then smearing it onto one another, and marks the end of the five-day Durga Puja.
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WB: Protests erupt in Silliguri on one year of RG Kar rape and murder inci
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Arunima Ghosh, one of the many protestors expressed her disappointment on injustice to the victim as accused in the case still remain unpunished.
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WB: BJP claims youth wing worker murdered by TMC goons, ruling party denie
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A member of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the BJP, was allegedly stabbed to death at his shop in the Islampur area in Uttar Dinajpur district.
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Silliguri: Indian Army carries out airborne drills
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], March 26 (ANI): Airborne drills were carried out by the Indian Army on Thursday and Friday, informed the officials on Saturday.
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COVID-19: Siliguri's PHE Welfare Association organises camp to vaccinate s
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], September 19 (ANI): Public Health Engineering (PHE) Contractors Welfare Association came forward for a noble cause to vaccinate the street beggars and van pullers against COVID-19 along with the Rotary Club of Siliguri (Blood Bank).
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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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WB: Patients claim lack of medical treatment at NBMCH during Durga Puja pe
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Oct 9 (ANI): The patients in the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) here on Wednesday claimed that they did not receive proper medical treatment during the Durga Puja festival.
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This committee spreads water conservation message during Puja celebrations
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Siliguri(West Bengal) [India], Oct 2 (ANI): Amid the growing outcry of water scarcity, the Collegepara Durga Puja committee has organised their Durga Puja this year on the theme of the water conservation.
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Joint forum of tea trade unions seek intervention of Sitharaman, Mamata
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], July 28 (ANI): Joint Forum, a platform of 29 tea trade unions, has sought the intervention of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the implementation of Minimum Wages Act for the tea garden workers.
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West Bengal: Water-logging hits normal life in Silliguri
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], July 24 (ANI): Normal life in several parts of Siliguri has been hit due to water-logging caused by continuous rainfall occurring for over 24 hours.
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Gas tanker catches fire in West Bengal
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) Feb 10 (ANI): A chemical gas tanker caught fire on NH-31 near Bidhannagar in West Bengal's Siliguri district on Sunday morning, officials said.
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