Jalpaiguri, July 4: Residents of a Jalpaiguri hamlet clashed with police over dumping of garbage on a government plot this morning, claiming it is a wetland.
KOLKATA, 3 JULY: Plots belonging to the tribals in north Bengal have been occupied by non-tribals but the state backward classes welfare department is unable to restore them because of legal compli
KOLKATA, 28 JUNE: The state forest department minister Hiten Barman announced the doubling of compensation to the next of kin of anyone dying in man-animal conflict at the state Assembly today.
Siliguri/Alipurduar, June 19: The subdivisional hospitals in Kurseong, Kalimpong and Alipurduar have been hit by an acute shortage of test kits for Hepatitis-B in the last two months.
Alipurduar, June 10: The railways have decided to saw off trees along the 167km-long tracks in the Dooars after two trains had back-to-back narrow escapes when trees fell on the line during a storm
Alipurduar, June 1: Six elephant calves that were rescued from various places and raised in Jaldapara would be permanently shifted to a national park in Uttar Pradesh for forest patrol.
KOLKATA, 27 MAY: Union finance minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee today said that the ministry has set a target for collection of direct taxes of Rs 5.7 lakh crore for the 2012-13 financial year with has
Siliguri, March 14: The first “green” train in the country will be introduced in north Bengal, the railway minister said today while announcing five new express trains for the region.