Toy trains to soon welcome passengers again in Darjeeling
News | November 09, 2020 18:23 ISTNortheast Frontier Railway is all set to resume Darjeeling railway toy train service.
Northeast Frontier Railway is all set to resume Darjeeling railway toy train service.
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
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.
The train was on its way from Darjeeling towards Siliguri.
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.
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.
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.
The raid was carried out as the police had intelligence inputs that Gurung was near Patlebas in the Darjeeling hills.
During the attack, several BJP workers were injured critically. They had to rush to police station to save themselves from the goons.
The situation in Darjeeling remained tense as the indefinite shutdown in the hills entered its 81st day today.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh today appealed to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to initiate dialogue with all stakeholders to end the agitation in Darjeeling
The GJM rallies on 50th day of indefinite shutdown demanded restoration of internet services and an immediate withdrawal of police personnel from Darjeeling hills.
Normal life remained crippled in the Darjeeling hills due to the ongoing indefinite strike to press for separate Gorkhaland state.
According to MHA, four BSF companies (comprising 100 personnel each) were sent to Basirhat and two day back, four additional companies were also dispatched, but these were returned by the state govt.
Mamata Banerjee said that foreign forces close to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had a hand in the pro-Gorkhaland agitation.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed to people of Darjeeling ‘to not resort to violence and maintain peace’.
In fresh violence in Darjeeling hills, GJM activists torched Trinamool Congress office in Kalimpong district during a protest march for Gorkhaland.
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