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TO BE CRICKET OR NOT CRICKET IS THE BIG QUESTION FOR SILIGURI CRICKETERS

Posted on January 13, 2015 by tni

Kushal Dasgupta Day by day cricket coaching centers are mushrooming in Siliguri. However, the overall standard of the players are not being lifted up, Gopal Banerjee, a former cricketer of Siliguri lamented. “I played in university level and played also for Siliguri but my cricket career had not reached the level it could be. I tried hard but, I didn’t get any positive advice or any positive approach from anybody” he added. In North Bengal, any…

TRADITIONAL SHOEMAKING CRAFT FACING EXTINCTION

Posted on January 12, 2015 by tni

Nisha Chettri The aesthetic interest along with the craftsmanship in designing embroidered shoes in Kalimpong is an endangering profession today. Wrestling with the evolution of modernity and the shrinkage of ethnicity, the shoemaker of Kalimpong breathe in anxiety and feels that the profession will no longer inherit to the next generation. Arjun Lama, a professional Tibetan shoe maker, of Wongmo Villa, Kalimpong, has been doing this since the last 34 years. Spending most of his life…

SILIGURI’S SOUMYAJIT, BACK IN HIS FORM

Posted on January 12, 2015 by tni

By Kushal Dasgupta (TNI Siliguri) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 12th January, 2015: Siliguri’s Table Tennis star, Soumyajit Ghosh have started a very good season by winning in the 34th APSPB Inter Unit Table Tennis Tournament. In final, Soumyajit has beaten Soumyadeep Roy to win the medal. “I am very happy that I have won this tournament, which was very important for me. I haven’t performed well last year but now,…

SMARTPHONES TO BE USED IN DELHI ELECTIONS 2015

Posted on January 12, 2015 by tni

TNI News Service Webdesk, TNI New Delhi, 12th January, 2015: Delhi Polls is declared here by the Election Commission, which will be held on Saturday, February 7 and counting of votes will take place on Tuesday, February 10. Simultaneously, the model code of conduct has started with immediate effect. In a press conference by the Election Commission, ECI Commissioner, Mr. V Sampath said to the press “President’s rule in the national capital will end on…

BADMINTON IS ‘ON’ IN SILIGURI

Posted on January 12, 2015 by tni

By Kushal Dasgupta (TNI Siliguri) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 12th January, 2015: Finally, Badminton competition has started in several wards of Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC). Generally, SMC takes the initiative of this kind of tournament. However, because of the turmoil in the SMC had raised a question of the fate of this tournament. In this context, few sports organization came forward and ultimately the competition has started for two age-groups, 5…

SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS OF FBCI SILCHAR

Posted on January 10, 2015 by tni

By Emmanual Hmar (TNI Silchar) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Silchar, 10th January, 2015: The Silver Jubilee of Fellowship of Baptist Churches of India (FBCI), North East has been started from today and will be celebrated for two days at Grace High School Campus, Ujan Tarapur, Silchar. Many religious people and international pastors from different states of the North East India and various other states and countries have taken part in the conference….

26TH JALPAIGURI BOOK FAIR AT JALPAIGURI MARKED HUGE SUCCESS

Posted on January 9, 2015 by tni

By Mousona Paul (TNI Jalpaiguri) ~ Edited By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Jalpaiguri, 9th January, 2015: Jalpaiguri witnessed the 26th Jalpaiguri which ended with due expectation and fulfillment. The fair was been held at Fanindra Deb Institution maidan of Jalpaiguri during 30.12.14 to 5.1.15. In Jalpaiguri, the Bookfair is used to be a grand celebration of joy and wisdom to the book-lovers. This year too it had not the exception with many young…

JALPAIGURI GIRL DIES IN KOLKATA IN MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

Posted on January 4, 2015 by tni

TNI News Service Webdesk, TNI Kolkata, 4th January, 2015: North Bengal girls Sumantika Banerjee from Jalpaiguri and Subarna Lama from Kurseong were recovered in an unconscious condition by Kolkata Police from their Paying guest house at 8, R. Kuli Lane. In accordance with the sources of Police, the parents of both the girls could not contact with the girls. They then contacted the Muchipara police and lodge a complaint. The Police immediately sprang up to…

SWINE FLU SCARE IS BACK IN DELHI

Posted on January 3, 2015 by tni

TNI News Service Webdesk, TNI New Delhi, 3rd January, 2015: Three new of Swine Flu (H1N1) hits New Delhi in the last 3 days. In some recent cases it has been found that two persons first a 53 year old woman from South Delhi’s CR Park and second a 35 year old woman from old from Chattarpur were detected with suspected swine flu. In the same time last year i.e. 24 December 2013, a 51-…

HIMANGSHU PATEL: THE PANCHAYETI ENTREPRENEUR

Posted on January 3, 2015 by tni

Analjyoti Basu 16th November 2011 was a landmark for North Gujarat’s Talod Taluka’s Punsari village and its Sarpanch Himanshu Patel when then Chief Minister of Gujarat and present Prime Minister Shri Naredra Modi gave away the prize for state’s best performing Panchayat at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. The award announced on 4th November fetched Punsari an award of ₹ 25 Lakh and another award for its young sarpanch, Himanshu Patel, who was feted as the…

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