West Bengal

01 Feb

Cancer awareness program organized in Coochbehar

Priyanka BhowmickNorth Bengal, West BengalCoochbehar, West Bengal

Awareness camps and path plays were organized to prevent cancer. This program was organized by Karkinos Health Care and courtesy of Cooch Behar Theater Group. This program was taken at 3 places in Cooch Behar city.This program was taken up in Coochbehar city adjacent to Nabhubazar, Coochbehar Maharaja Nursing Home and Coochbehar Amtala area. Ritam Pal Chowdhury, Kanika Singh, Biswajit Burman, Dr. Pradyut Saha, Purbachal Das Gupta of Coochbehar Theater Group and others were present in this program on behalf of Karkinos Healthcare.

01 Feb

As the week goes around, the pitches of the road are coming up! local people are tensed

Priyanka BhowmickNorth Bengal, West BengalCoochbehar, West Bengal

Votes come, votes go. But the problem is not solved. The situation in Guriahati-II panchayat of Cooch Behar is very similar. A few days ago, several kilometers of dilapidated roads were renovated in this area. But before the work is finished, the pitch level has started to come out! When the pitch of the road is lifted, it means that the road is deteriorating again. The people of the area are very angry about this incident. They complain that the lower sheet has started to lift up within weeks due to the construction of the road with low-quality materials. It…

30 Jan

Sensation among people after a leopard got trapped at Siliguri Junction

Priyanka BhowmickWest Bengal, Wild LifeSiliguri, West Bengal

A cheetah is caged near the DMU shed at Siliguri Junction. As soon as the leopard was locked in the cage on Monday morning, people gathered in the area to see the leopard. On the 19th Jan, the local railway workers spotted the leopard in the forest of DMU Sed at Siliguri Junction. After that, a team of the forest department reached on the spot and searched for the tiger on the same day, but the cheetah was not found. Later, the forest staff of the forest department was to get a cage in the area to catch the leopard.…

28 Jan

Bangladeshi Cow smuggler injured in BSF firing

Priyanka BhowmickNorth Bengal, West BengalCoochbehar, West Bengal

A Bangladeshi smuggler was injured by BSF firing while smuggling cattle at the border. The incident took place in the Chongar Khata Khagribari area of Bairagirhat village panchayat of Block No. 1 of Mathabhanga. The incident has spread sensation in the border area. It is come to know that a smuggler's group of about 10 people gathered in the border area of Chongarkhata Khagribari for the purpose of smuggling cows. And at that time, when the smuggling was stopped, the smugglers attacked the BSF. According to BSF sources, when the BSF jawans fired in self-defense, the smugglers fled, but one…

28 Jan

Work has not yet started in the cancer center of Cooch Behar

Priyanka BhowmickNorth Bengal, West BengalCoochbehar, West Bengal

The work was supposed to start in Coochbehar's cancer center in January. 35 crore was allocated to this project. But apart from the services, Tata-Ambani-Mayocare's Indian start-up Karkinos Healthcare has not spent a single rupee on developing the infrastructure of the cancer center. Therefore, cancer patients and their families are sad in the new year. There is doubt whether the center will open at all. There are some problems with the land, as per the statement of Dr Javed Akhtar, the official of the start-up company. We cannot do anything until it is handed over to us. Once the land…

25 Jan

Several people were seriously injured in the horrific road accident

Priyanka BhowmickNorth Bengal, West BengalCoochbehar, West Bengal

Several people were seriously injured in a terrible road accident in the morning. The incident has spread excitement in the entire area. The incident took place in the Kalibari area of Mathabhanga Coochbehar State Highway No. 16.A truck loaded with goods and a bus carrying passengers from Dinhata to Siliguri collided in the Kalibari area adjacent to Mansai Bridge.About 20 people including the bus driver were seriously injured in this incident. At about 6:45 in the morning, the residents of the area immediately rushed to the spot after hearing the sound of the collision between the two vehicles. The residents…

19 Jan

Army died in shot circuit at NJP station, and 4 injured

Priyanka BhowmickNorth Bengal, West BengalSiliguri, West Bengal

An army jawan died after touching an overhead wire while filling a tanker with water. 4 more soldiers were injured. The incident took place at New Jalpaiguri station. It is come to know that, on Thursday, an army train stopped at platform No. 5 of NJP station. At that time, one of the jawans was filling the tanker with water, and he accidentally touched an overhead wire and died on the spot. When the soldier was taken to the railway hospital, the doctors declared him dead. The injured have been admitted to Benghubi Army Hospital. According to sources, the army…

04 Jan

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inspects preparations for Gangasagar Mela

Priyanka BhowmickIndia, West Bengalindia, West Bengal

Gangasagar Fair will start in somedays. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will reach to Gangesagar today to check all the preparations for the fair. After inspecting the preparations for the fair, she will hold a high-level meeting. Mamata Banerjee will inaugurate the new helipad on this occation. Also, will hold preparatory meetings with ministers and administrative officers of various departments. Later, Mamata Banerjee will owrship at Kapilmuni Ashram. Already starting from Kapil Muni's ashram, the entire fairgrounds have been surrounded by tight security. The ministers in charge are already checking all the details of the fair premises. On January…

04 Jan

Stone pelting at Vande Bharat Express in Bengal, 2nd time in 2 days

Priyanka BhowmickIndia, West Bengalindia, West Bengal

Vande Bharat Hypersonic Superfast Express has been attacked again. Allegedly stones were pelted at two rooms in Vande Bharat after leaving New Jalpaiguri. In this incident, it is alleged that the windows of the C-3 and C-6 rooms of the superfast train were cracked. The railway authorities were serious after the incident. It is to be noted that miscreants allegedly broke the glass of the gate by pelting stones in the Kumarganj area of Maldar Harishchandrapur police station of Down Vande Bharat Express on Monday. It is alleged that bricks and stones were thrown on the hypersonic superfast train leaving…

03 Jan

Stone pelted at Vande Bharat Express in West Bengal

Business CorrespondentCrimeWest Bengal

Unidentified culprits on Monday attacked the newly-launched Vande Bharat Express by throwing stones on it in north Bengal’s Malda on the second day of the train’s journey after it was officially started by PM Modi on 30th of December. According to reports no passengers were injured, the glass of a door of coach number C-13 was damaged because of the attack. Railway authorities have started an investigation, and have filed a case under section 154 of the Railways Act. Monday’s incident, however, triggered a blame game between the ruling TMC and its principal opposition the BJP.