Alipurduar

The Gairdanga Tea Estate workers have submitted an 8-point demand note to the Block Development Officer Rajiv Dasgupta in relation to opening the tea estate of Madarihat Block. Few of the demands  included the opening of the tea estate at the earliest, regular supply of water and ambulance facilities in each center of …

A 50-years old woman was left critically injured after a wild elephant attacked the East Khayerbari area of Madarihat at 5.30am today. The woman lives in Jaigaon, but was visiting her maiden home in Madarihat. She was on a morning walk today when the elephant appeared suddenly. The mammal lifted …

A man has been reported to be severely injured after an elephant attacked him in the Khokla Basti area of Kalchini Block today morning. The injured has been identified as Siman Yadav. He hails from Uttar Pradesh and used to work in Bhutan’s Pasakha area. Today, when he was going towards …

Five gecko lizards were confiscated from Kalchini’s Nimti area in Dooars last night. Two smugglers have been arrested in connection to the case. The geckos and the men were found through an operation was executed by the 53rd Battalion of S.S.B. and the forest officials of the Nimti Range forest department.  …

Two baby elephants fell in two different water tanks that were located in the Bharnobari Tea Estate of Kalchini Block today. The calves have been assumed to be around 7 months old and 2 years old in age. The elephants fell in the water tanks were constructed in the 12th and 16th section …

The Bhartiye Janta Party took out a rally in Birpara today to protest against the Baduriya incident.  The rally walked around various routes of Birpara. The demonstration was staged to condemn the attack on innocent lives in Baduriya.  Slogans were being shouted in the rally. The President of Bhartiye Janta …

A meeting of the Alipurduar District Joint Forum was held at Kalchini Savitri Bhawan today. The meeting was attended by Joint Forum leader Rabin Rai, Manikumar Darnal, Abhijit Rai, Vishal Lama, Phillip Khalko and other dignitaries. The state government’s declaration of having minimum wages for the tea workers was discussed in …

300 tea workers have lodged an FIR against the owner of Kalchini Tea Estate, Roshan Lal Agarwal at the Kalchini Police Station. As per the worker’s leader, Vishal Lama, more tea workers will be filing the FIR against him in the coming days. The reason for the FIRs against him is …

Three men were arrested over the accusation of harassing students in Jateshwar, Alipurduar on Tuesday. The incident took place when some girls were travelling in a to-to. Three men started harassing them as they reached the Pramod Nagar area. When the driver confronted the men, they assaulted him and used …

The workers of the Kalchini Tea Estate have decided to lodge an FIR against the plantation owners, sources report. The decision was taken in a meeting today that was attended by the tea-workers and leaders of the labour union. It has been planned that a written complaint will be filed …

The TMC’s Student Council formed the Kalchini Block Committee at the Kalchini Savitri Dharamsala today. On the occassion, District Trinamool President Mohan Sharma, Block President Babloo Majumdar and other TMC workers were present there. For the new found committee, Haider Ansari was elected as the President while Abhishek Singh Rathod was elected as the …

The relay hunger-strike for the demand of Gorkhaland as a separate state has now been witnessed in Birpara. As per sources, seven females were seen staging the demonstration on Sunday.  The hunger strike by pro-Gorkhaland supporters has been going on in Madarihaat and Manglabari of Dooars as well. During this, a programme was …

One person has been critically injured in a road accident that took place near Hasimara’s Beech Tea Estate around 3 o’ clock in the afternoon today.  The accident took place when a bike going from Jaigaon to Hasimara got hit by a pick-up van from behind. The driver of the …

A school teacher has been accused of verbally abusing the Head Master and other colleagues at Jateshwar Board Fee Primary School located in Falakata Block, Alipurduar today. It has been alleged that the school teacher, Prakash Subrata Dutta, used to come to the school to take classes and then used …

In a joint operation executed by the 17th Battalion of S.S.B. Falakata and N.C.B. Kolkata, one man was arrested with 1754 kilos of marijuana in his possession.  The man was hunted down after the soldiers of the 17th Battalion were tipped off about the illegal narcotics that he was carrying.  The …