Siliguri

West Bengal Assembly election 2021: 'Poribortan in Delhi, not Bengal', Mamata takes aim at PM Modi in Siliguri rally

While the saffron party is bolstered by the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and the stream of top TMC leaders seeking to join it, the TMC has tried to show Mamata as "Bengal's own daughter" and the BJP as "outsiders"

West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Siliguri profile: TMC looks to woo non-Bengali population in CPM stronghold

Siliguri Assembly constituency, an important seat owing to its location, is one that TMC could win only once in 2011

BJP workers clash with police during protest rally against TMC govt in West Bengal's Siliguri

As part of the 'Uttarkanya Abhijan' called by BJYM, party activists held two separate rallies. Police used water cannons and burst tear gas shells and protesters pelted stones

Will hug Mamata Banerjee if infected by coronavirus, says BJP leader; TMC files complaint

Anupam Hazra, a former TMC MP who joined the BJP last year, made the comments at a party programme in Baruipur in South 24 Parganas on Sunday

Protesters block highway, torch vehicles in Bengal's North Dinajpur over rape, murder of teenage girl

The girl was allegedly abducted after she went out to answer nature's call on Sunday morning and was found dead hours later.

'I flew from Mumbai to Bagdogra during lockdown, it wasn't easy; confusing guidelines, squabbling state govts, cancelled flights only complicated it'

At Mumbai International airport, the CISF personnel did not conduct a body scan, however, at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru (I had a connecting flight to Bagdogra in West Bengal), body scanners were used by the security.

‘Are you PM of India or ambassador of Pakistan’; Mamata Banerjee slams Narendra Modi at anti-CAA rally in Bengal's Siliguri

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, while addressing anti-CAA rally in Siliguri, said it is a shame that even after 70 years of Independence, people have to prove their nationality

Speciality tea: Tripura set to scale up white tea production after success of pilot projects; a kg fetches a record Rs 10,000 a kg

White tea is minimally processed and is harvested even before the plants leaves unfurl fully with the buds still covered by fine white hairs

Man dies after falling into overflowing drain in Bengal's Jalpaiguri district as incessant rains wreaks havoc

A man died in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district after he fell into an overflowing drain, as incessant rain continued to wreak havoc.

Caravan Chronicles: From Ravangla's Buddha Park to a sacred lake, soaking in Sikkim's diverse experiences

In the first leg of the Caravan Chronicles journey through Sikkim, conversations with workers at a tea garden and the mesmerising experience of watching fish and flags at the sacred lake near the Doling monastery