DARJEELING, 10 OCT: The Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) leadership today demanded a Rs 1,000-crore special package at par with Sikkim for reconstruction, relief, rehabilitation and restoration work
SILIGURI, 9 OCT: The Darjeeling district administration has been falling upon its contingency funds in providing relief to the earthquake victims across the Hills who are now residing in over 100 m
The West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee president, Mr Pradip Bhattacharya, said the state government should immediately take initiatives to assess earthquake damages across the Darjeeling Hills.
DARJEELING, 26 SEPT: A major landslide in Lebong Cart Road, Darjeeling near Sharma Garage that took place last night has snapped road connectivity in the interiors of Darjeeling.
There is still no trace of 120 residents of Bay village in North Sikkim, located between Lachung and Chungthang, after Sunday’s powerful quake even as a flash flood at Lachung poses a fresh threat
The death toll in the 6.9-earthquake that convulsed Sikkim last night crossed 70 this evening as Army columns and paramilitary personnel battled torrential rain, mist and landslides that cut off af
The West Bengal government has asked the Army to assist civil authorities, if needed, in relief and rescue work in Darjeeling and some other North Bengal districts affected by the massive quake tha
KOLKATA, 16 SEPT: The final report on the action plan for climate change sent by the state environment department to the Climate Change division of the Union ministry of environment and forest (MoE
KOLKATA, 17 JULY: After settling the issue in the hills by signing the tripartite agreement tomorrow, the Trinamul Congress-led state government is set to lay stress on bringing in industries in the three hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling.
For this, the state government is likely to place a demand before the department of industrial policy and promotion of the Union ministry of commerce and indu
