Kalimpong News

Senior party officials, including GNLF President Mann Ghisingh and Darjeeling MLA Neeraj Zimba, paid a visit to the grieving family. Supporters of the GNLF also put up posters in Kalimpong requesting an impartial investigation. Roshan Lama served as the GNLF Kalimpong branch committee's assistant general secretary.

The Sivok-Rangpo railway line runs between West Bengal and Sikkim The length of main tunnel is 3.2 km and of evacuation tunnel is 960 m The tunnel is located between Tarkhola and Tumlangkhola in Kalimpong.

Symptoms of black fever have appeared again in 11 districts of West Bengal. Black fever usually occurs every 25 to 30 years in India and the rest of the world. Cases of black fever have occurred in districts like Birbhum, Bankura, Purulia, Murshidabad also.

"Kala-azar was practically eradicated from West Bengal. A recent surveillance, however, led to the detection of 65 cases in 11 districts. Now that these cases have come to the fore, the state will be able to tackle the spread of the disease,” the official said.

Kareena studied at Welham Girls' School in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The actress, in her caption, mentioned that she had visited Kalimpong back in 1996. 

In this episode of 'Bengal Chale Hum', see the special ground report from Kalimpong for the upcoming assembly elections. In this video, know whose government the people of Kalimpong want.

Amit Shah is doing a roadshow, during the fifth phase of the campaign in Bengal. Watch the video

Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, writer, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. Watch the ground report from Rabindranath Tagore's house in Kalimpong.

Malda, North & South Dinajpur districts of North Bengal will also witness heavy rainfall.

The Supreme Court today permitted the Centre to withdraw four of the eight companies of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF) from strife-torn Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts of West Bengal for deployment in poll-bound Gujarat.

The home ministry has ordered withdrawal of as many as 1,000 paramilitary personnel, including 300 women, deployed in Darjeeling to maintain law and order during the agitation for a separate Gorkhaland state.

In Kolkata, the showers caused traffic snarls at important junctures. Traffic slowed down at M.G. Road crossing, Central Avenue and other parts of the city due to waterlogging.

The police said that a library, two panchayat offices and a police vehicle were set on fire in Kalimpong in the afternoon as the indefinite shutdown call given by the GJM to press for a separate state had entered its fourth day.

Thirty-six policemen were injured on Saturday in clashes with the GJM supporters.

The northern West Bengal hills remained tense on Friday as Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters indulged in widespread arson to protest a police raid on party chief Bimal Gurung's house that was carried a day before.

The counting for the seven municipalities in West Bengal that went to polls on May 14 began on Wednesday.

A day after the creation of a new Kalimpong district in West Bengal, state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that her government would showcase it on the lines of Darjeeling.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced that Jhargram, Kalimpong and Asansol will be given the status of new districts.

The West Bengal government will give rice and wheat at a subsidised rate of Rs two per kg to over seven crore people in the state.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced formation of a development board for the Mangar community and sanctioned funds for Lepcha Board, prompting GJM supremo Bimal Gurung to allege that she was indulging in "divide and rule policy" in the Darjeeling Hills by forming separate boards for various communities.