Ratanlal Brahmin, the first and tallest communist from Darjeeling hills, made headlines on Sunday, three decades after his death, through his first English biography penned by his granddaughter ...
The state Trinamul leadership has instructed its leaders and workers of Darjeeling hills to “go slow” and refrain from any activity that can antagonise hill parties that are its allies.
T...
Authorities of private schools in Siliguri and in the hills of north Bengal are waiting for an official circular of the state government to decide if they will reopen their institutions, at least for ...
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday spoke extensively on the need to set up small-scale industries in the hills, the stress on industry in a region traditionally starved of organised sector empl...
The state government intervened on the deadlock over bonus between hill tea planters and workers’ unions on Tuesday, advising planters to give the bonus in two instalments in October.
In the th...
For Nisha Gurung, a hockey player from Darjeeling, it definitely is not a man’s world.
The 23-year-old from Ging tea garden in Darjeeling has achieved the rare distinction of coaching a men&rsq...
Veteran leader of the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) on Tuesday formally announced his decision to quit the party floated by Subash Ghisingh.
Mahendra Chhetri, who joined GNLF in 2011 and wa...
Darjeeling based Vik-Run Foundation along with GTA Headmasters’ Association and various educational institutions from the hills have come forward to provide assistance to 14 students from the re...
The state agriculture marketing department has decided to revamp the regulated market at Mallaguri in the northern end of Siliguri.
This was decided at a recent meeting held by Biplab Mitra, Bengal m...
“One would hardly find any Opposition leaders visiting the area to organise political events. Those contesting the elections, mostly Assembly elections, would just do a road show in Tukvar...