Jalpaiguri
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Khagen Murmu, BJP MP, sustains serious injuries after party delegation attacked in Jalpaiguri
West Bengal | Oct 06, 2025, 01:43 PM ISTSiliguri MLA Shankar Ghosh was also attacked during the incident.
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Jalpaiguri storm: CM Mamata meets cyclone victims, death count rises to 5 amid rescue operation
Kolkata | Apr 01, 2024, 07:35 AM ISTA storm unleashed havoc in parts of Jalpaiguri district in northern West Bengal on Sunday, causing the deaths of five individuals and leaving more than 100 people injured. The authority launched a rescue operation.
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West Bengal: Five killed, over 70 injured as storm wreaks havoc in Jalpaiguri, PM Modi reacts
West Bengal | Apr 01, 2024, 06:21 AM ISTChief Minister Mamata Banerjee said personnel of the civil administration, police and disaster management have been deployed for the relief works. Among the most affected areas were Rajarhat, Barnish, Bakali, Jorpakdi, Madhabdanga and Saptibari.
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West Bengal: Two dead inside under-construction septic tank in Jalpaiguri
West Bengal | Aug 20, 2023, 02:30 PM ISTWest Bengal news: The deceased, Aminul Islam (24) and Sahid Ahmed (20), were construction workers and they entered the septic tank to remove the shuttering that was set up to build its concrete roof.
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Bengal's first Vande Bharat train soon, PM Modi likely to flag off Howrah-NJP new train on Dec 30
India | Dec 23, 2022, 06:18 AM ISTAccording to a highly placed source, the Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express will depart Howrah early in the morning and reach NJP in the afternoon. It will then return to Howrah in the late evening. There is already a Shatabdi Express between Howrah and NJP.
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Bengal: 8 dead in flash floods during Goddess Durga idol immersion in Jalpaiguri | Video
India | Oct 06, 2022, 07:13 AM ISTThe incident took place in the evening when hundreds of people gathered on the banks of the Mal river to participate in the immersion ceremony.
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Darjeeling's toy train service resumes after 17 months | Watch majestic video
India | Aug 25, 2021, 08:46 PM ISTThe toy train on this route was declared a UNESCO ‘World Heritage Site’ in 1999. At present, one train will run daily in each direction between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling, 88 km apart, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) spokesperson Guneet Kaur said from Maligaon.
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Wild elephant strays into village in Bengal's Jalpaiguri, destroys tea plantation
News | Jun 15, 2021, 10:31 AM ISTA wild sub-adult male elephant strayed into a village in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on June 14 and destroyed tea plantation in the area.
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WB polls: Mimi Chakraborty casts her vote in Jalpaiguri
News | Apr 17, 2021, 08:20 PM ISTAll India Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mimi Chakraborty cast her vote at a polling booth in Jalpaiguri on Apr 17 as fifth phase of the WB Assembly elections is underway today.
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Bengal tea garden workers say will not vote if demand for metalled road not met
India | Feb 14, 2021, 10:44 AM ISTWorkers of a tea garden in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Saturday said that they would not cast their votes in the upcoming assembly elections if their demand for a metalled road connecting the garden with National Highway 31 is not met.
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Low visibility leads to 13 deaths in road accident in West Bengal
News | Jan 20, 2021, 06:20 PM ISTAt least 13 people died in an accident in Dhupguri city of Jalpaiguri district last night (Jan 19), due to low visibility owing to fog. The injured were taken to a hospital. More details are awaited.
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West Bengal: TMC leader shot at in Jalpaiguri
India | Dec 25, 2020, 08:35 PM ISTThe incident happened on Thursday night near Songachi tea garden in the Malbazar area when Manoranjan Dey was returning to Alipurduar from Siliguri, they said.
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How is Jalpaiguri's tea industry thriving?
Special Report | Nov 26, 2020, 11:13 PM ISTIn India, tea is not just a beverage but a bustling culture carried across generations for over 170 years. We’re the second-largest producer of tea and its largest consumer too.
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West Bengal: Villagers trap troublesome leopard in Jalpaiguri
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TMC leader threatens BJP supporters to chop into pieces in Jalpaiguri
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Group scuffle over minor issue on polling booth in Saran, Bihar
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Students appearing for WB govt exam vandalised a train at New Jalpaiguri demanding special train
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Abandoned tiffin box causes bomb scare in Jalpaiguri
India | Jan 06, 2015, 12:19 PM ISTJalpaiguri (WB): An abandoned tiffin box found in a bus caused bomb scare at Paharpur More near this headquarter town of Jalpaiguri district this morning, police said.A state-run passenger bus going from Jalpaiguri town to
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Bomb scare near Mamata Banerjee's bungalow in Jalpaiguri
India | Dec 03, 2014, 10:51 PM ISTJalpaiguri, West Bengal: A bicycle with a tiffin box found abandoned in front of the PWD bungalow in Jalpaiguri where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been staying triggered a bomb scare this evening.Policemen
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Two elephants crushed to death in Jalpaiguri
India | Jul 01, 2014, 01:08 PM ISTJalpaiguri: Two male elephants were crushed to death by a speeding train at a level crossing in Alipurduar in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district today. The incident happened when the two wild elephants from nearby forest