In Kolkata, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed concern over possible flooding in north Bengal due to heavy rains and directed officials to continuously monitor the situation.Banerjee asked officials to take steps to bring back stranded tourists from neighboring Sikkim and the...
Gangtok, Indian football icon Bhaichung Bhutia on Tuesday announced that he was quitting politics, following his defeat in the recently held assembly elections in Sikkim.Bhaichung, vice-president of the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), lost to SKM's Rikshal Dorjee Bhutia from the Barfung seat...
New Delhi, Indian Youth Congress took out a candle march here on Tuesday in memory of the passengers killed in the Kanchenjunga Express train accident in Darjeeling district of West Bengal.Indian Youth Congress (IYC) workers took part in the march and paid tribute to the passengers killed in...
The death toll in the train accident in Siliguri, West Bengal's Darjeeling district has increased to 10. An official gave this information on Tuesday.Eight bodies were brought to the Government North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) after the accident on Monday morning, but two died...
Patna (Bihar) [India], Newly elected MP and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Misa Bharti on Monday expressed condolences to the people who lost their lives in a tragic train accident and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured."I express my condolences to those who lost their lives in...
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday expressed grief over the Kanchenjunga Express train accident in West Bengal's Darjeeling district.The Chief Minister expressed his condolences to the bereaved families of those who lost their lives in the...
New Delhi [India], External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday condoled the loss of lives and property in a train accident in West Bengal that left at least eight people dead and over 20 injured.The accident occurred near New Jalpaiguri on Monday morning when a goods train collided with...
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav on Monday inspected the Kanchenjunga Express train accident site in Darjeeling district and said that the rescue operation has been completed."Right now our focus is on restoration. This is the main line. The rescue...
New Delhi [India], Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda on Monday expressed his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the train accident in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri and said railway accidents are the result of "mismanagement" and "negligence". Central government's attitude...
New Delhi [India], Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday expressed grief over the loss of lives in the accident between Kanchenjunga Express train and a goods train in Darjeeling, in which at least eight passengers were killed and over 20 injured. Have become.On 'X', Kumaraswamy wrote...
New Delhi [India] Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday expressed condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the train accident in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri, calling it a "very tragic incident".Shah posted on 'X', "The train accident in New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal is very...
New Delhi, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav on Monday announced an ex-gratia amount of Rs 10 lakh each to the families of those killed in a train accident in Darjeeling district of West Bengal.The minister, who has left for West Bengal to take stock of the relief operations after the...
According to Darjeeling district Additional Superintendent of Police Abhishek Roy, the dead also include the loco pilot of the goods train which hit the Kanchenjunga Express.Roy did not rule out the possibility of the death toll rising as rescue operations continued. He said that till now the...
New Delhi [India], Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday left for Darjeeling in West Bengal to visit the accident site in which at least five people were killed after the Kanchenjunga Express passenger train was hit from behind And more than 20 were injured. Goods train.Vaishnav is...
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], At least five passengers were killed and more than 20 injured when a goods train collided with a Kanchenjunga Express train in West Bengal's Darjeeling district on Monday, police said."Five passengers died and 20-25 were injured in the accident. The situation...
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], Several people were killed and several others injured when a goods train collided with the Kanchenjunga Express train in Darjeeling district of West Bengal on Monday.According to Sabyasachi De, Chief Public Relations Officer of Northeast Frontier Railway...
Kolkata: Southwest monsoon is likely to advance into entire Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and parts of Gangetic West Bengal in the next four to five days, the weather department said on Friday.Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to continue at one or two places over the northern districts of...
Darjeeling (West Bengal), Many areas of northern West Bengal have been submerged due to the swelling of Teesta river due to heavy rains, due to which the administration had to stop the traffic movement on the Kalimpong-Darjeeling road. Officials gave this information on Thursday.At least one...
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], A fire broke out in the trade license department of Siliguri Municipal Corporation on Wednesday, an official said. No casualties have been reported yet
Fire engines and firefighters are on the spot and efforts are on to extinguish the fire. More information is...
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], North Bengal Tea Producers Welfare Association (NBTPWA) has demanded declaring tea as the "national drink" on International Tea Day. Producers celebrating Tea Day in Siliguri have demanded declaring tea as the national drink. Promoting the habit of drinking tea...