North Bengal
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TMC suffers another setback in North Bengal as Gautam Deb quits Siliguri Mayor post after poll rout
West Bengal | Jun 19, 2026, 10:34 PM ISTGautam Deb has resigned as Mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation amid growing political challenges for the Trinamool Congress in North Bengal. The move comes after TMC's poor performance in the 2026 Assembly elections and raises fresh questions about the party's regional strength.
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Mamata on 4-day visit to north Bengal from today, to meet flash flood victims
India | Oct 17, 2022, 10:37 AM ISTMamata visits North Bengal: Some few people had lost their lives due to flash floods in Mal river in North Bengal's Jalpiaguri district during the immersion of Goddess Durga idols earlier this month, they said.
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Mamata Banerjee likely to be on four-day visit to north Bengal next week
India | Oct 15, 2022, 06:09 PM ISTMamata North Bengal visit: Mamata Banerjee is expected to reach Jalpaiguri on October 17, where she is expected to attend an event to meet top personalities, the official said on Saturday.
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Will BJP get the support of voters in North Bengal? Watch ground report
Politics | Apr 13, 2021, 02:30 PM ISTIn Bengal’s northern region, where the BJP won seven of the eight seats in the eight districts starting from Malda to Darjeeling in Lok Sabha polls 2019, the ruling TMC is aiming to recover lost ground, just as the BJP is aiming to make strides in what was the TMC’s stronghold in south Bengal.
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Battle of North Bengal: Will it favour the BJP again? watch ground report
Politics | Apr 03, 2021, 03:00 PM ISTIn Bengal’s northern region, where the BJP won seven of the eight seats in the eight districts starting from Malda to Darjeeling in Lok Sabha polls 2019, the ruling TMC is aiming to recover lost ground, just as the BJP is aiming to make strides in what was the TMC’s stronghold in south Bengal.
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BJP calls for 12-hr Bandh in North Bengal today over death of party worker during protest rally
India | Dec 08, 2020, 10:07 AM ISTThe BJP unit in West Bengal has called a 12-hour bandh in North Bengal on Tuesday. The bandh came after the Bengal police fired teargas shells and used water cannons to quell the protest called by the Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) against the Mamata Banerjee government during which a BJP worker died.
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Watch: CM Mamata inaugurates 'Durga puja Pandal' in Kolkata
News | Oct 14, 2020, 10:13 PM ISTChief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated 'Durga puja pandal' in Kolkata.
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Shot in the chest, man drives on scooty 14 km to North Bengal hospital
India | Oct 29, 2015, 01:57 PM ISTAlipurduar (North Bengal): Liton Chaki, a 32-year-old primary school teacher was travelling with his fiancee Anju Biswas on a scooty on NH31 through the dense Baksa Tiger Reserve on Wednesday afternoon, when an assailant shot
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Five-phase L S poll in West Bengal kicks off tomorrow
India | Apr 16, 2014, 11:29 AM ISTKolkata: The five-phase Lok Sabha poll in West Bengal rolls out tomorrow in four constituencies of Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar - all in north Bengal.A closely-fought contest is anticipated in the Darjeeling constituency
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22 satellite phones seized from European tourists in north Bengal
India | Feb 09, 2014, 08:28 AM ISTSiliguri: Twenty-two satellite phones were seized from a group of European tourists in northern West Bengal's Jalpiguri district Saturday, a police officer said.Following a tip off from the army, police raided a hotel at Chalsa
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Five killed in bomb blast in Jalpaiguri in North Bengal
India | Dec 26, 2013, 09:55 PM ISTKolkata: Five people were killed and seven others injured in an IED (improvised explosive device) blast at Shantipara bus stand in North Bengal's Jalpaiguri this afternoon. Police suspect the hand of Kamtapur Liberation Organisation, an
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Mamata rejects India-Bangladesh Teesta water sharing treaty
India | Jul 22, 2013, 11:23 PM ISTMathabhanga, West Bengal, Jul 22: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today made it clear that her government would agree to the India-Bangladesh Teesta water sharing treaty only after getting nod for it from the
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Know about the Maoists in India, waging armed struggle
India | Mar 12, 2014, 06:40 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Maoists in India derive their origin from the Naxalites of Sixties - the CPI(Marxist-Leninist) founded by the late Charu Majumdar in Naxalbari, north Bengal. The movement had a violent end with the
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17 illegal immigrants from Myanmar held in North Bengal
India | Jun 19, 2013, 09:14 AM IST17 illegal immigrants from Myanmar held in North Bengal India TV reporter Balurghat, Jun 19 : Seventeen illegal immigrants, mostly daily wage labourers, hailing from Myanmar were arrested by South Dinajpur police on Tuesday from
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10.7 kg elephant tusks seized in North Bengal
India | Apr 18, 2013, 04:10 PM ISTJalpaiguri (North Bengal), Apr 18: Sashastra Seema Bal personnel on Thursday seized 10.7 kilogram of elephant tusks and arrested two poachers near Jaldapara National Park in Jalpaiguri. In a joint operation conducted by Sashastra Seema
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North Bengal Wildlife Rangers Kill Stray Leopard
India | Jul 20, 2011, 09:34 PM ISTJalpaiguri, North Bengal, Jul 20 : A leopard, which strayed out of the nearby jungles, injured five villagers in Jalpaiguri district on Tuesday before it was killed by two Forest rangers.The leopard entered Nimbu village