Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Aparna Sarkar Vs Siliguri Municipal Corporation & Others dated 08/04/2025. The NGT, April 30, 2024 directed the Siliguri Municipal Corporation that the entire cleaning of legacy garbage and collected waste in the drains and way side, including road side garbage …
Alipurduar, Sept. 21: An outbreak of the foot and mouth disease among cattle in the villages on the fringes of Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary even after vaccination has left foresters worried about wild herbivores catching the infection. There are around 30-odd villages around the sanctuary and domesticated cattle usually enter the …
Bullock carts in the neighbouring Bihar roll with timber collected and transported illegally from the forests of north Bengal, mostly in the Dooars. The Baikunthapur forest division last week conducted a couple of raids in the areas near Siliguri and Odlabari in Jalpaiguri district and recovered teak and sal timber …
- Siliguri organisers told to give undertakings, pandal scramble for Mamata & men Noise-less festivity? Nineteen Durga Puja organisers in Siliguri will have to give individual undertakings while taking permission to hold this year
Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary is gearing up for a possible anthrax attack as a rhino calf is suspected to have died of the disease yesterday. The worried Jaldapara authorities have written to Calcutta to send anthrax vaccines as well as tranquillisers for big animals like elephants and rhinos. There is also …
Two wild elephants in a midnight raid damaged a primary school at Sevoke Bazar and ate up sacks full of rice and pulses which they probably could not finish during a previous attack. Personnel from Sevoke police outpost and the local people pushed the tuskers back into the nearby Mahananda …
Fresh landslides blocked NH31 and NH31A at Sevoke today, disrupting traffic from Siliguri to Sikkim and the Dooars for more than 10 hours. There were seven slides
Manas National Park Guwahati, July 1: Manas National Park will continue to be burdened with the tag of World Heritage Site in Danger. The 33rd meeting of the World Heritage Committee which concluded at Seville in Spain yesterday said only a clear upward trend in the population of key wildlife …
A comprehensive profile of the Darjeeling hill topography using satellite imagery can be of great use for preparing land-use plans in the landslide-prone region. Mamata Desai, professor, department of ecology, physical and human resources at the Netaji Institute for Asian Studies, Calcutta, who has carried out identification and mapping of …
Siliguri, May 21: The Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) has decided to strengthen its drive against mosquitoes and formed a committee that will inspect all under-construction buildings to find if the sites are waterlogged.
Wanted: Showers Siliguri, April 3: The tea gardens in the Dooars are apprehending at least 10 per cent loss in its annual production of 160 million kg because of a drought-like situation in the region over the past six months.
Siliguri, March 31: The German Leprosy and TB Relief Association (GLRA) India has chosen eight NGOs in Darjeeling to work in a public-private mix (PPM) project with the state health department to eradicate tuberculosis. The GLRA, based in Germany, is an NGO working globally for the prevention of tuberculosis and …
Siliguri, March 30: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) has accepted a proposal from an NGO working in the tourism sector to conserve the century-old Siliguri Town Station, which is part of the heritage buildings serving the toy train. In a letter to the mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation Nurul Islam, …
North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) on Tuesday felicitated one driver each from its 21 depots for achieving highest mileage for the buses they operated. The drivers were selected under Fortnight Fuel Conservancy Programme held by the corporation from February 2 to 14 with an aim to reduce the amount …
Siliguri, March 23: Baikunthapur forest division will increase its fringe area by 50 hectare this year in an effort to prevent man-animal conflict in the villages located on the outskirts. The foresters have also sent a project report, Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitat, to the state forest department, comprising various …
Siliguri, March 23: Clinical wastes are accumulating at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) which does not have a proper mechanism in place to clear the garbage that is hazardous to patients as well as the general public. The hospital premises are littered with syringes, needles, plastic items, used …
Kalimpong, March 16: A fault in a pipeline has hit the water supply to Kalimpong, which is already reeling from acute water scarcity this summer. In the past few days, the people had been provided with water only once in three days as the reservoirs are not getting enough water …
OUR CORRESPONDENT Siliguri, March 9: Health Care Global Enterprises Ltd (HCG) has decided to spread its network in the region by entering into a collaboration with North Bengal Oncology Centre, a private organisation. Contrary to popular belief that it is cardiac disease that is the Number One killer in India, …
Siliguri, March 4: A Red Dog has been sighted near Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary. Commonly known as dhole, the animal had been spotted by Praloy Mondal, a vet stationed in Jaldapara, about 10 days ago. The Indian wild dog or Red Dog (cuon alpinus) is protected under Schedule I of the …
