The Himal World

Darjeeling, Sept. 16: Call it coincidence or destiny, the hills were on the boil when a father and son duo were studying in Darjeeling at different times – the former in the mid-1980s and the latter a generation later in the 2000s. But, both of them did not allow the two separate Gorkhaland agitations of […]

Darjeeling, 14 SeptemberNoted Christian leader of Darjeeling and social worker Enos Das Pradhan passed away in a private nursing home in Siliguri in West Bengal on Friday night. He was 79. Born on 8 April 1945 into a devout Christian family in the hills of Darjeeling, Rev Pradhan was the former General Secretary of the […]

Darjeeling, Sept. 13: The Darjeeling district administration will launch a portal to enable single window clearance for setting up Durga Puja pandals in different parts of the district. Darjeeling district magistrate Preeti Goel told reporters here that the various puja committees can apply for permission through the portal www.darjeelingpujapermission.in. “This is a single window system […]

Siliguri, Sept. 13: The Centre will soon hold a special meeting to discuss the issues pertaining to the Darjeeling hills, the Dooars and the Terai. An assurance to the effect is understood to have been given by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to a delegation of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha led by its president Bimal […]

Siliguri, Sept. 13: The Calcutta High Court has given the West Bengal government six weeks to notify holding of the elections to the civic bodies in Kurseong, Kalimpong and Mirik. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Urgen Lama of Kurseong through his lawyer Anand Bhandari and Associates, the Division Bench of Chief Justice […]

Five students of a school near Sukna received minor injuries after the bus they were travelling in met with an accident at Phansidewa More on Tuesday. The accicent happened when the bus with the five students hit a road divider on its way from the school to Kadamtala on the outskirts of Siliguri. All the […]