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Power shutdown for reservoir repair

The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) will shut down its 510mw Teesta Stage V power plant tomorrow to carry out immediate repairs on the damaged wall of its reservoir in Dikchu.... | Read..

New pay plan for hill staff

The DGHC has proposed an alternative pay packet for the 8,000-odd ad-hoc workers of the council, but the employees’ union ha ... | Read..

Rapist weds victim to escape jail term

A rapist married the victim, who is eight months pregnant, in the Malda district correctional centre today after the two ... | Read..

Morcha protest spreads fast

Supporters of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha in Bagdogra have backed the party’s demand for permission to hold a public meet ... | Read..

Dry spell shock for tipplers

An excise embargo on the import of liquor brewed outside Bengal has left the state high and dry about three months after ... | Read..

Go-slow relief before civic elections

District leaders of the CPM sounded relieved today with the government deciding to go slow on land acquisition for Salim ... | Read..

Absence ire leads to closure

Absence of teachers leading to erosion of students’ strength prompted a group of disgruntled residents of Sukantanagar i ... | Read..

After rural shock, CPM wary of polls

The recent rural poll results have put a question mark on the state’s plans for the Rs 40,000-crore Dankuni township to ... | Read..

Expert tips for Darjeeling Tea

The vice-chancellor of Sikkim Central University, Mahendra P. Lama, has suggested a seven-pronged strategy to turn aroun ... | Read..

15 hurt in rural clashes

At least 15 CPM and Congress supporters were injured after the two parties fought each other at Damodarpur village last ... | Read..

Big cat death

The decomposed body of an adult female leopard was found in a tea garden here today. Forest officials are not ruling out ... | Read..

Bail for Sikkim bridge contractor

Government contractor T. Lachungpa, who was arrested in connection with the bridge collapse in East Sikkim, was today gr ... | Read..

Death away from home

A resident of Alipurduar town, who was driven out of his house by his brother and neighbours on suspicion of being HIV p ... | Read..

Varsity silent on college cut-off bias

North Bengal University authorities were today tight-lipped on the higher cut-off marks introduced by some Siliguri colleges ... | Read..

Foresters fail to find tiger victim

Foresters have drawn a blank in their search for the youth who was dragged away from his boat by a tiger in the Sunderba ... | Read..

A boatman sails on the Teesta under a canopy of dark clouds. Picture by Biplab Basak

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Four killed in mishaps

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