For people who enjoy the feeling of having a meal in trains, here’s good news. The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has taken an initiative to turn old train coaches into restaurants. One such ...

Four Bangladeshi nationals — all women — were apprehended by troops of the 15 battalion of the Border Security Force(BSF) posted at Pathanpara border outpost in Jalpaiguri district on Frid...

The Northeast FrontierRailway (NFR) will introduce a new tri-weekly toy train service of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR)between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling from Monday. “The new passen...

Five persons were injured when a carbide tank exploded in a car garage at Dhupguri in Jalpaiguri on Wednesday morning. Four of the injured have been admitted to the super-specialty hospital. Police o...

The saffron camp has planned to exert pressure on the state police and on a section of tea planters of north Bengal over the issue of due provident fund of tea workers serving in the brew belt. John ...

An illegal consignment of Burmese teak estimated at Rs 40 lakh was seized by foresters in Jalpaiguri district on Monday. Three persons have been arrested in this connection. Sources said a team of Be...

Pet elephants of the state forest department were venerated at their enclosure in Gorumara National Park, Jalpaiguri, on Vishwakarma Puja. “As the elephant is Lord Vishwakarma’s mount, th...

The state irrigation department will focus on unused and unfinished canals built years ago to channel water from the Teesta to farmland on both banks of the river. Partha Bhowmick, the irrigatio...

A 51-year-old painter was murdered allegedly by the son of his landlord in Jalpaiguri on Wednesday night. Sources said Ashok Majhi, the victim, used to stay with his wife Laxmi as tenants at the hous...

The Jalpaiguri district administration and the state PWD will draw up a detailed project report (DPR) for an animal and fishery sciences college — the first such institution in north Bengal &mda...