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WATCH VIDEO: Mamata Banerjee dances, plucks tea leaves with garden workers in Darjeeling
West Bengal | Dec 07, 2023, 06:08 PM ISTWest Bengal news: A few days ago Mamata Banerjee joined Film Director Mahesh Bhatt, former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly, actors Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha on stage and danced with them at the Kolkata International Film Festival.
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TMC's influential leader Binoy Tamang quits party after change of guard in Darjeeling Municipality
India | Dec 28, 2022, 07:51 PM ISTAnnouncing his decision to quit the Trinamool Congress, Tamang said that the manner in which the party and the BGPM took control over the Darjeeling Municipality by alluring six erstwhile Hamro Party councillors was against all democratic norms and an insult to the people of the hills.
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Vande Bharat Express on Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri route soon: BJP MP
India | Dec 05, 2022, 08:06 PM ISTAll the coaches are equipped with automatic doors, a GPS-based audio-visual passenger information system, onboard Wi-Fi and comfortable seats. The executive class has rotating chairs.
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Mamata Banerjee stops by roadside snack shop in Darjeeling, serves 'golgappas' to children | WATCH
India | Jul 12, 2022, 09:06 PM ISTWest Bengal news: While returning from the swearing-in ceremony of the new board of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee suddenly stopped by a roadside snacks shop run by an all-women self-help group.
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National Train Day: Darjeeling Toy Train to Australia Puffing Billy, hop on these trains for fun
Travel | May 13, 2022, 01:23 PM IST(National Train Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in May annually. On the eve of National Train Day, here's a list of stunning train destination landscapes from around the world for everyone to enjoy.
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Heavy rains, landslides, cuts off highway linking Gangtok, flooding in low lying North Bengal areas
India | Oct 20, 2021, 08:00 PM ISTNormal life in parts of the tea growing north Bengal was also affected on Wednesday as torrential showers in Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Jalpaiguri districts triggered landslides causing damages to roads and bridges, halting or constricting traffic in various places, officials said.
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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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Landslide washes away portion of NH 55 in Bengal's Darjeeling
India | Jun 25, 2021, 12:46 PM ISTA major landslide washed away a portion of National Highway 55 in West Bengal's Darjeeling district.
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Snow leopard gives birth to 3 cubs in WB's Darjeeling
News | Apr 13, 2021, 10:20 PM ISTA snow leopard gave birth to three cubs in WB's Darjeeling. The cubs were welcomed by Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.
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Will Bengal witness Mamata Didi vs Sourav Dada contest? BJP MP's big remark
India | Jan 20, 2021, 05:12 PM ISTAnyone who is a nationalist and wants to see our nation and Bengal reach greater glory is connecting with our party, says BJP MP from Darjeeling Raju Bista.
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A twist in the politics of the Darjeeling hills
Special Report | Nov 23, 2020, 11:28 PM ISTAfter six years of relative peace, the region flared up once again in 2017 with Gurung making a fresh call for Gorkhaland.
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Toy trains to soon welcome passengers again in Darjeeling
News | Nov 09, 2020, 06:23 PM ISTNortheast Frontier Railway is all set to resume Darjeeling railway toy train service.
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Migrant workers allege lack of adequate facilities at Darjeeling quarantine centre
News | Jun 14, 2020, 11:35 PM ISTMigrant workers alleged lack of adequate facilities at a quarantine centre in Phansidewa area of Darjeeling. According to the migrants, toilets are not good and there is lack of suitable drinking water. "The condition of the toilet is not good and th
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'Tiger' saves owner from leopard attack in Darjeeling
India | Aug 17, 2019, 05:17 PM ISTTiger, the four-year-old dog has certainly lived up to its name by putting up a valiant fight to save his owner, a 58-year-old Darjeeling resident, from a leopard on Wednesday.
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Bogies of Darjeeling toy train derail at Kurseong railway station
India | May 30, 2018, 03:55 PM ISTThe train was on its way from Darjeeling towards Siliguri.
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SC allows Centre to withdraw force from Darjeeling hills
India | Nov 27, 2017, 12:46 PM ISTThe Calcutta High Court had earlier stayed the withdrawal of CAPF from Darjeeling hills, the scene of unrest over the statehood demand, till October 27 after the state government approached it opposing the Centre's decision.
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Massive manhunt for GJM supremo Bimal Gurung in Darjeeling hills: Police
India | Oct 21, 2017, 08:14 PM ISTGJM supremo Bimal Gurung was booked under under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act two months ago for his involvement in several bomb blasts in Darjeeling hills and adjoining areas.
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Centre allows continued deployment of 800 paramilitary personnel in Darjeeling
India | Oct 16, 2017, 09:35 PM ISTFaced with opposition from the West Bengal government, the Centre on Monday allowed continued deployment of 800 paramilitary personnel in Darjeeling to maintain law and order in the hill areas.
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Darjeeling violence: SI killed, 4 cops injured in clashes between police and Gurung's supporters
India | Oct 13, 2017, 03:01 PM ISTThe raid was carried out as the police had intelligence inputs that Gurung was near Patlebas in the Darjeeling hills.
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Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh heckled in Darjeeling, faces protests by GNLF
National | Oct 05, 2017, 10:08 PM ISTDuring the attack, several BJP workers were injured critically. They had to rush to police station to save themselves from the goons.