MOUNTAINS AND MOLEHILLS: Abysmal Health Infrastructure in the Hills
Dear Editors, I have a not so good experience to share about dismal health facilities in our hills, and also have some rants to…
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GTA “Hill Tribes” Quota Used to Benefit “Non-Hill,” “Non-Tribal” Candidate – Allege Students of Krishi College
Hill Students of Bidhan Chandra Krishi College (BCKC) in Mohanpur have been left outraged over the alleged misuse of the seat reserved for “hill tribes”…
HEINOUS: 16-year-old Minor Gang-raped Near Bijanbari
Bijanbari police have arrested four local youths Lakhu Subba, Wangdi Tamang, Kamal Mothay and Bigesh Mothay all in their early 30’s, on charges of raping…
Heinous: Three-and-half-year-old Raped by Father of Two Near Ghoom
Jorebunglow police yesterday arrested a 49-year-old man Ramashankar Shah, on charges of raping a three-and-a-half-year-old girl baby girl, near Ghoom. According to locals, the man…
HERITAGE LOST: Kurseong Railway Printing Press to Shut Down
In the year 2007, Indian Railway Board’s policy division, under the then Congress-led United Progressive Alliance had constituted a review committee to examine the status…
WHAT DARJEELING THOUGHT IN 2016 – Bengal is Thinking Now
On the 10th of July 2016, we had published an article warning our readers about the perils of mastic asphalt surfaces that was being laid…
World Cup Town, Really? An inconvenient truth
An eerie silence descends in mountains after dark. A few people scuttling back to their homes. The pariah dogs had taken over parts of Chowrasta…
THE CURIOUS CASE OF “NIJO GRIHA-NIJO BHUMI”: Issue of Land Rights in Darjeeling Hills
Almost a year after statehood agitation Darjeeling Hills when people are yet to fully recover from the pangs of 105 days strike, another controversial issue…
As the Offending Letter is Removed: We Thank Our Readers and Darjeeling Dist Admin
THANK YOU – Dear Readers and Darjeeling District Administration We extend our thanks to our readers Ms. Urvashi Lama and Mr. Avinash Bhujel ji,…
IN MIRIK: Beauty and the Development Beast
Development, but at what cost? Most in Mirik have started to wonder. Following the election of a TMC lead board in Mirik municipality, and the…