Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) A massive protest broke out in West Bengal’s Siliguri on Thursday after a tribal pregnant woman was beaten up by a civic volunteer, resulting in the death of the unborn child, officials said. On Thursday afternoon, the tribal community members went on an ‘Uttarkanya’ (branch Secretariat of West Bengal government in north Bengal) to mark their protest. The tribal protesters tried to move forward by climbing over the police barricade. When the police stopped the protesters, …
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Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) The Greater Siliguri Hoteliers’ Association (GSHA), a leading hoteliers’ body based in Siliguri in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district, on Monday lifted the ban on renting hotel rooms to citizens of neighbouring Bangladesh, nearly 13 months after the restriction was imposed.The ban was enforced last year as a mark of protest against what the association described as a series of anti-India activities and incidents involving attacks and killings of minority Hindus in Ban…
Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) A total of 46 diamonds with a market value of about 4.5 crore rupees were recovered from a person at the Bagdogra airport in West Bengal’s Siliguri on Tuesday. The name of the arrested person is Deepak Kumar Mahasuklal Mehta alias Deepak Kumar Mehta. His home is in Delhi. He was produced to a court on Tuesday, which remanded him in judicial custody.Centre’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has achieved great success in conducting this raid after receiving a tip-of…
Kolkata, Feb 1 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Sunday, hailed the Union budget for 2026-27, saying it has a lot for the state. Using his official X account, LoP Adhikari said, “Today’s Union Budget has kindled a ray of hope in the hearts of the people of West Bengal. A massive investment plan has been outlined for infrastructural development to usher in a wave of industrialisation.”Talking about the proposed projects for the state, BJP leader A…
Kolkata, Feb 1 (IANS) A dedicated freight corridor and a high-speed railway corridor are two important takeaways for West Bengal from the budget proposals for the financial year 2026-27 that were presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament earlier in the day. The Union Finance Minister announced in her budget speech in Parliament that seven high-speed rail corridors will be built across the country. One of them will connect West Bengal. The high-speed rail corridor will …
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Central government on Sunday proposed to develop seven high-speed rail corridors across key urban and economic centres.These corridors will act as growth connectors, cutting travel time, reducing emissions, and supporting regional development, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during her Union Budget 2026-27 speech.The proposed routes include Mumbai-Pune, Pune-Hyderabad, Hyderabad-Bengaluru, Hyderabad-Chennai, Chennai-Bengaluru, Delhi-Varanasi, and Varanasi-Sil…
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday claimed that as many as 6,900 companies operating in West Bengal had either shut down or shifted their bases to other states between 2011, when the Trinamool Congress (TMC) came to power, and 2025.“From 2011 to 2,025, a total of 6,900 companies in West Bengal were either closed down or their management shifted to other states. Out of these companies, 110 companies were listed on the share market. West Bengal once had quite impres…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah is in West Bengal on a two-day trip and will visit Siliguri on Saturday for a key political outreach programme, as the party steps up preparations ahead of the upcoming state Assembly elections.As part of his visit, HM Shah will travel to Siliguri in North Bengal, where an important meeting is scheduled to be held at 3 pm on Saturday at the Gosainpur Airport Authority ground in Bagdogra.On Saturday, HM Shah is scheduled to address two public…
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) During his two-day visit to West Bengal, starting from Friday late evening, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will combine a review of organisational activities with mass outreach programmes.This time, however, his priority will be mass outreach programmes rather than internal organisational events, unlike his previous tour last month, when he concentrated entirely on internal activities. The only public programme during his previous visit was a press conference.A state commit…
Patna, Jan 19 (IANS) Three people were killed in a horrific road accident in Bihar’s Kishanganj district on Monday. According to the police, a truck and a dumper collided head-on on National Highway-327E under the Thakurganj police station area, following which both vehicles caught fire, leading to a tragic loss of lives.The collision was so severe that flames engulfed both vehicles immediately after impact.Eyewitnesses said the fire rose several feet high, triggering panic and chaos at the sc…