Cooch Behar

The six-hour strike that had been declared by the Left Front in the entire state has had no effect in Coochbehar as well. Today morning, the NBSTC buses as well as the private vehicles were seen to be operating normally. The shops and the offices were found open too. A …

A memorandum has been submitted by the ‘12 July Committee’ to the Coochbehar District Magistrate as well as the State Election Commission demanding arrangements for the government employees to work appropriately during the Panchayat election. The Shramik Karmchari Shikshak Yukt Andolan Committee has expressed objection against working for the election …

The Coochbehar Royal Family Welfare Trust raised questions against the incident of Coochbehar Rajbari’s items being sold without tender. In a press conference at the Coochbehar Press Club today, organization’s President, Kumar Dhiraj Narayan, said that an allegation had been raised over the items of Rajbari being sold without tender. …

The local residents of Rajen Chowpathy in Chakchaka Gram Panchayat, Coochbehar decided to boycott the elections due the poor condition of road and non-availability of drainage system in the area. The residents shared that no work has been done in the area since the last five years. A local named …

A huge quantity of marijuana was seized by the Mathabhanga Police from an alto car in Majherdabari of Coochbehar today. Police sources shared that an input was received from the sources; after which a vehicle was stopped in the area for checking. The police seized the marijuana and the vehicle …

The Vice President of Coochbehar District Trinamool Congress, Abdul Jalil Ahmad, submitted the nomination for the District Council’s seat-15 on the last day of the nomination today. The North Bengal Development Minister Rabindranath Ghosh, Forest Minister Binay Krishna Barman other leaders and activists were also present there during the time. …

The nominations were filed peacefully in Block-1 and Block-2 of Coochbehar today. Tight security arrangements had been done at the Coochbehar Sadar Mahakuma Office for filing the nominations. It has been reported that a chaos had spread over the filing of nominations in the Block-1 on Wednesday and the journalists had …

Chaos spread around over the filing of nominations in the Tufanganj Mahakuma office of Coochbehar. Eight people got injured during a clash between the Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party. BJP alleged TMC of attacking and obstructing the candidates while filing nominations. On the other hand, TMC has denied all …

The Coochbehar Municipality has started providing the Temporary identification numbers (TIN) to the e-rickshaws once again today. The event was inaugurated by Coochbehar Municipality’s Chairman, Bhushan Singh, by providing the TIN numbers to the vehicles. Bhushan Singh shared that a total of 179 e-rickshaw will be given TIN number. A …

The North Bengal Development Minister Rabindranath Ghosh’s son, Pankaj Ghosh, filled the nomination paper for the seat-29 of Coochbehar District Council today. It is being presumed that if Pankaj Ghosh will emerge victorious in the election then he would be nominated for the post of District Council’s President. On the …

An organization has made the arrangements of free e-rickshaw service for the candidates of higher secondary examinations in Coochbehar today. The organization has made two e-rickshaws available for the students which will take the students to the examination centres and bring them home too. On behalf of the organization, Dev …

The dead body of a man was found hanging from a noose in the Baranchina Village of Matalhat, Dinhata. The deceased’s name has been stated as Gopal Barman (50). Barman’s family members saw the body and on Thursday morning and notified the Dinhata Police, who arrived to recover the body. …

The members of Prativadi Nagrik Manch of Coochbehar sent 100 postcards to the Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee and the Governor to protest against the attack on journalists. On Thursday, Manch’s member and dramatist Dipayan Bhattacharya, organization’s Secretary Raja Baidya, President Navendu Bhadra, Treasurer Payal Sarkar, Alipurduar Prativadi Nagrik Manch’s member …

A leader, Schindranath Ray, switched from Bharatiya Janata Party to join Trinamool Congress today in Coochbehar. As per sources, Schindranath Ray was BJP’s candidate of Dinhata Vidhan Sabha in 2016. North Bengal Development Minister and TMC’s Coochbehar District President, Rabindranath Ghosh, welcomed Ray by handing the party flag.

The areas of Coochbehar district were seen to be waterlogged because of the heavy rainfall that occurred for half an hour. The common people as well as the business owners faced difficulty due to the water clogged areas. According to sources, the members of various political parties also faced obstacles …