The Alipurduar district administration on Saturday demolished illegal walls and fences put around government plots to retrieve parcels of government land which have been encroached by land mafias in d...
Two persons were arrested after firearms and crude bombs were seized from their possession at Panighata More area of Bagdogra, located on the outskirts of Siliguri, on Sunday evening.
The special ope...
To reach the fort, one has to trek 3km from Santalabari through areas that form the fringes of the Buxa Tiger Reserve. There are a number of villages in the surroundings of the fort.
Over the past fe...
The visit is in keeping with the long-established tradition of regular exchange of high-level visits between Bhutan and India, the Bhutan foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. The visit w...
The Bhutan government has decided to relax its quarantine requirements for foreign visitors with the decline in Covid-19 cases, a move that stakeholders of the tourism industry here have welcomed.
A ...
Bihar police seized a tanker carrying 35,000 litres of illicit ethyl alcohol in Kishanganj district on Friday.
Ethyl alcohol is used in alcoholic beverages as a solvent.
It is the biggest seizure in...
Family members of two girls who are originally from Mechapara tea estate in Alipurduar district have sought help from the district administration to get their daughters back home from Bhutan.
The gir...
The surge in community Covid-19 cases in and around Phuentsholing, the commercial capital of Bhutan, prompted the Bhutan government to announce a seven-day lockdown in the town, and in the neighbourin...
By AVIJIT SINHA and ANIRBAN CHOUDHURY
in Siliguri/Alipurduar
China has accelerated settlement-building along its disputed border with Bhutan, with more than 200 structures, including two-storey buildings, under construction in six locations, according to a sate...
The Bhutan government on Friday halted movement of goods vehicles into the country through all entry points after a 37-year-old woman had tested positive for Covid 19 at Phuentsholing, the commercial ...