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Investors stay away from closed tea gardens
The Jalpaiguri district administration has decided to extend the deadline for submitting bids to take over the closed tea gardens of Kanthalguri and Ramjhora following poor response from prospective entrepreneurs....  | Read.. 
 
Gen-Ex on joys of sharing and saving Darjeeling
A group of old men braved the cold winter morning and celebrated their “birthdays” en masse at Chowrastha today to teach ...  | Read.. 
 
Stage set for drama fest
Thespians and theatre-lovers of the town took out a rally “walk for theatre” today, on the eve of Siliguri Natyamela. ...  | Read.. 
 
Flood-proof plan for Tata plant
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s government today decided to take “every step” before the onset of monsoon to prevent waterlogg ...  | Read.. 
 
Deadline for civic drafts
The mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation, Bikash Ghosh, has asked the councillors to submit the draft development pla ...  | Read.. 
 
Out of place in mass politics
Pratap Chandra Chunder’s aristocratic class origins, which once gave him an edge in Bengal’s politics, became a liability whe ...  | Read.. 
 
Ally wants retail talks with CM
The Forward Bloc, which has vehemently opposed the entry of big companies in retail, today showed interest in the chief ...  | Read.. 
 
Howrah station to get third terminal
Howrah station will be upgraded to “global standards” and a third terminal will be built only for suburban trains, ra ...  | Read.. 
 
Govt extends deadline for take-over bids
With the start of the lean season in the tea industry, the management of a garden in the Dooars has abandoned the estate wit ...  | Read.. 
 
Bloc demands special status for Dooars
The Forward Bloc leaders of Jalpaiguri today demanded Sixth Schedule status for the five Assembly constituencies of the dist ...  | Read.. 
 
Bangla stalls in Dooars
The fourth Dooars Utsav was inaugurated by the deputy high commissioner of Bangladesh, Md Imran, at the Alipurduar Parad ...  | Read.. 
 
Call-up for special footballer
A hearing and speech-impaired youth from Alipurduar has been selected in the Bengal team for the 15th National Deaf and ...  | Read.. 
 
Smooth Race, a band from Darjeeling, performs at Blue Mountain Country Club near Siliguri on December 31. A Telegraph picture
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