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  TMC's influential leader Binoy Tamang quits party after change of guard in Darjeeling Municipality

  India | December 28, 2022 19:51 IST

  Announcing 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 | December 05, 2022 20:06 IST

  All 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 | July 12, 2022 21:06 IST

  West 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 13:23 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 | October 20, 2021 20:00 IST

  Normal 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 | August 25, 2021 20:46 IST

  The 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 | June 25, 2021 12:46 IST

  A 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 | April 13, 2021 22:20 IST

  A 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 | January 20, 2021 17:12 IST

  Anyone 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 | November 23, 2020 23:28 IST

  After 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 | November 09, 2020 18:23 IST

  Northeast 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 | June 14, 2020 23:35 IST

  Migrant 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 | August 17, 2019 17:17 IST

  Tiger, 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 15:55 IST

  The train was on its way from Darjeeling towards Siliguri.

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  SC allows Centre to withdraw force from Darjeeling hills

  India | November 27, 2017 12:46 IST

  The 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 | October 21, 2017 20:14 IST

  GJM 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 | October 16, 2017 21:35 IST

  Faced 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 | October 13, 2017 15:01 IST

  The 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

  Politics | October 05, 2017 22:08 IST

  During the attack, several BJP workers were injured critically. They had to rush to police station to save themselves from the goons.

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  Indefinite shutdown in Darjeeling continues, massive manhunt for Gorkha Janmukti chief Gurung

  India | September 03, 2017 16:13 IST

  The situation in Darjeeling remained tense as the indefinite shutdown in the hills entered its 81st day today.