AUTHOR PROFILE OF amitava banerjee

Interrogation of arrested Bangladesh national Mohammad Sahadat Hossain has put the Special Task Force (STF) on the tracks of more Ansar Bangla Team (ABT) operatives believed to be hiding in India. The STF, Kolkata released photographs of two ABT operatives ...

While the Calcutta High Court has asked for a report on Dengue from the State Government, West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi has shot a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressing concern over the deaths caused by different vector diseases ...

The worst affected in the ongoing Rohingya crisis are children. A recent report by UNICEF claims that it is a "hell on earth" experience for the Rohingya children languishing in refugee camps. UNICEF figures claim that out of the 600,000 ...

Darjeeling, September 22: Within 24 hours of the bomb scare at the Delhi and Mangaluru Airports, security at Bagdogra Airport in North Bengal was beefed up after two passengers were apprehended with explosive like substances kept in their baggage. Bagdogra ...

The Sikkim and West Bengal police standoff that had taken place on Friday saw Gorkha Janmukti Morcha central committee member and former nominated member of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) Sabitri Rai being produced at a Namchi Court in Sikkim. ...

Darjeeling, September 1: In a standoff between the Sikkim and West Bengal police, over jurisdiction issues and a dead body, a murder case has been registered at the Namchi Police Station against the Superintendent of Police, Kalimpong and his team. ...

Darjeeling, August 26, 2017: While an anonymous letter from a female disciple in 2002 to the then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee resulted in the conviction of Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the rape case, earlier it was ...

Kalimpong, August 20: Along with waging war against the State, the objective behind the two Hill blasts was to create terror among the masses as well as to demoralize the security forces, allege the police. A suo moto case has ...

Darjeeling, August 19: A second blast occurred in front of the Kalimpong police station on Saturday night. Along with the three policemen grievously injured, a Civic Policepersonnel died in the blast. "At around 10.30pm a hand grenade sort of an explosive ...

Darjeeling, July 17, 2017: If the North Bengal flood situation does not improve in the next 7 days and trucks continue to remain stranded then Siliguri along with neighbouring Sikkim could face an acute shortage of vegetables. The price of vegetables ...

Darjeeling, August 16, 2017: With railways and road connectivity severely damaged owing to the flood in North Bengal and bordering Bihar, the only option left is the airways. The onrush to avail flights has resulted in the skyrocketing of air fares. ...

Darjeeling, August 14, 2017: The Hills of North Bengal are all set to commemorate the 70th Indian Independence Day amidst an ongoing indefinite bandh. The bandh had been clamped on June 15 by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) in demand of ...