Cooch Behar

The cleaning workers of the MJN Hospital stopped their work as a part of their protest since they have not been getting the accounted details of their wages and the PF. The condition of the hospital is now spiraling down to a bad place because of the workers boycotting their …

As the Chaiti Chhath Puja is being celebrated, the devotees offered the first arghya i.e. offering to the god, to the sun in the evening in Coochbehar today. A huge crowd of devotees had gathered on the Sagardighi Ghat of Coochbehar to worship the sun god. As per sources, the …

A doctor and a staff of the MJN Hospital of Coochbehar were allegedly blaming each other over a patient today. The patient has been recognized as Mappi Bibi. Mappi is a resident of Pilkhana in Guriahati Gram Panchayat, Coochbehar-1. She stated that she had gone to the hospital for treatment. …

A protest was held by the Kalabagan area’s residents in front of the office of District Magistrate demanding the construction of road in East Khagrabari Gram Panchayat, Coochbehar. A memorandum was also submitted to the District Magistrate. The locals threatened to boycott the Panchayat elections if the road is not …

An over-speeding tractor hit three parked vehicles in the Kalibari area of Toofanganj today morning at 10 o’ clock, which caused two people to get injured.  As per sources, the tractor was going to Nagurhat from Toofanganj when it hit the three parked vehicles in Kalibari. Two people named Sushil …

 A special operation has been executed by the Coochbehar Municipality against the selling of dead hens for the chicken meat.  Coochbehar Municipality’s Sanitary Food Inspector, Biswajeet Ray, shared that the operation was run in the city’s renowned hotels and eateries. While checking the hotels, the other food items of their …

Based on input from secret sources, the Coochbehar District Police formed a special team under the leadership of the Mathabhanga Police and seized 720kgs of marijuana from the Nishiganj area of Mathabhanga sub-division in Coochbehar. A press conference was called by the District Police Superintendent today where it was revealed that …

A woman who resides in the Kalabagan locality of Ward 3 in Coochbehar city had been accused of running a sex racket from her house since a long time. Last night, the locals of the area caught her red-handed and subjected her to mob justice.  Two men were found with …

Five men have been arrested by the Kotwali Police with stolen mobiles of Rs. 5 lakhs in Coochbehar. The Coochbehar District’s Police Superintendent, Dr. Bholanath Pandey, had called a press conference today, when he shared the information. Bholanath Pandey stated that a mobile store in the Bhawaniganj Market had been …

Under the civic action programme, items of health, study and sports were gifted to the locals of Balabari in Chopra by the 109th Battalion of the BSF.  Commandant L.K.K. Lal led the soldiers in the event. Keeping the residents’ health in mind, an IRF plant was set up at Balabari …

A protest was held by the residents of Kalabagan area in the East Khagrabari Gram Panchayat, Coochbehar-2 demanding to construct a road in the area. The locals threatened to boycott the Panchayat elections if the road is not constructed before the same. It has been alleged that the road has been …

Three people have been arrested by the Coochbehar District Police over the charges of them running an illegal firearms business. In this case, the police has recovered ten firearms in the last three months.  Today, the Coochbehar District Police Superintendent called a press conference where it was revealed that two people …

The construction of a new road commenced from today behind the Coochbehar Airport in the Ward 9 area of the city. Minister of the North Bengal Development Department, Rabindranath Ghosh, inaugurated the road and marked the start of its construction today.  Along with the Minister, Coochbehar Municipality’s Vice Chairman and …

The activists’ conference was conducted by the Trinamool Mahila Congress of Coochbehar district at Bamanhat Mukta Manch in Dinhata Mahakuma today for the upcoming Panchayat election. Coochbehar district Trinamool Mahila Congress’ president Suchshmita Dev Sharma, MLA Udayan Guha, District Council’s Agriculture officer Mamtaz Begum and other people attended the conference …

The members of Bangiya Pratibandhi Kalyan Committee started an indefinite hunger strike in front of the office of Coochbehar’s District Magistrate in support of various demands. Their demands include appointing workers for the vacant posts in the school of specially-abled children, improving the education facilities for them and providing job …