Guwahati, June 23 (IANS) The Indian Army’s Trishakti Corps has restored a crucial connectivity link between Siliguri and Mirik in North Bengal by constructing a 34-metre foot bridge across the Balason River at Dudhia after the existing bridge was washed away by incessant rainfall, officials said on Tuesday. The temporary bridge was established following a requisition from the district administration to address the disruption caused by the collapse of the earlier structure, which had severed an…
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Kolkata, June 21 (IANS) Four people were killed and 10 were seriously injured after a passenger-laden bus of the North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) rammed into the rear of a trailer parked in the Maynaguri area of Jalpaiguri district in north Bengal. The accident took place on National Highway 27 on Sunday.According to the police, at least 57 passengers were injured in the accident. Hospital sources said the condition of 10 of them is critical. Four people died on their way to hosp…
Patna, June 19 (IANS) Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Friday inaugurated the new weekly train service between Chhapra Junction railway station and Anand Vihar Terminal. During the event, the Railway Minister also virtually flagged off two additional train services connecting Maul to Delhi and Zahirghat to Varanasi.The inauguration ceremony was attended by Saran MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Maharajganj MP Janardan Singh Sigriwal, among other leader…
Kolkata, June 18 (IANS) The CBI on Thursday arrested a Proclaimed Offender in a post-poll violence case relating to the murder of Manik Maitra from Siliguri, West Bengal, an official said. Shyamal Barman has been at large since the registration of the FIR in this case and has never joined the investigation/trial, said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a statement.The CBI had announced a cash reward of Rs 50,000 for his apprehension.After the arrest, the accused was produced before the…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Monday highlighted a series of major anti-drug operations carried out across the country during May, ranging from the busting of a transnational narcotics network and the seizure of high-grade cocaine valued at Rs 1,745 crore to India’s first-ever seizure of Captagon tablets. Sharing a roundup of its activities on social media platform X, the NCB said May reflected its “relentless and coordinated efforts” to protect the country…
Gangtok, June 7 (IANS) Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Sunday expressed profound grief over the death of four residents of Lingdok under the Kabi-Lungchok constituency, who lost their lives in a tragic incident while travelling to Siliguri in neighbouring West Bengal. In a social media post, the Chief Minister conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and prayed for strength and courage for them to cope with the irreparable loss. “It is with deep sorrow that we mourn…
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) Indian Railways is set to implement Rs 1,00,000 crore worth of railways infrastructure projects in the coming days, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday after a meeting with the Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at the current State Secretariat Nabanna. “Following the implementation of the Rs 1,00,000 crore worth of railways infrastructure project, each and every district in the state will be adequately connected through the railways network….
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Newly recruited candidates from across the country, from Delhi to Punjab, West Bengal, and Odisha, expressed happiness and gratitude on Saturday after receiving appointment letters under the 19th Rozgar Mela, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually distributed more than 51,000 appointment letters nationwide. The Rozgar Mela was organised simultaneously at 47 locations across the country as part of the Centre’s employment generation initiative aimed at providing go…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) As an expression of political courtesy, the elected legislators from the opposition Trinamool Congress from eight districts in North Bengal have received invitations to attend the administrative review meeting for the region to be chaired by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at Siliguri in Darjeeling district on Wednesday.“Trinamool is the only opposition party in the state which has elected legislators from the eight districts of North Bengal. Accordingly, all 14 Trinamoo…
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) The four-wheeler used in the assassination of Chandranath Rath, the deceased personal assistant (PA) of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, earlier this month, was sourced from neighbouring Jharkhand, preliminary investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has revealed.Sources said that, as per the confessions given by Mayank Raj Mishra, one of the three suspects arrested in the case, he was given the contract by a Jharkhand-based person to deliver …