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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…

WB HANDICRAFT EXPO GOING ON IN FULL SWING AT JALPAIGURI

Posted on January 2, 2015 by tni

By Mousona Paul (TNI Jalpaiguri) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Jalpaiguri, 2nd January, 2015: West Bengal State Handcrafts Expo is going on in full swing at the A.B.P.C Club Maidan of Jalpaiguri. North Bengal Development Minister, Mr. Goutam Deb has already been inaugurated the programme on 20.12.2014. This initiative has been taken by the Micro, Small and Medium Textiles Enterprises of West Bengal. Such initiative is really praiseworthy. It simply opens up the…

THE LAST SUNSET 2014

Posted on December 31, 2014 by tni

Picture Contributions Kolorblind, Siliguri, West Bengal, India Ronojoy Roy, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India Mr. Yearu Zamman, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India Jagadish Taluri, Coochbehar, West Bengal, India Rahul, Alipurduar, West Bengal, India Mou Sorik, Raiganj, West Bengal,India Suvendu Bakshi, Balurghat, West Bengal, India Ganges at Farakka, Malda, West Bengal, India Sidharth Kumar, Kishangunj, Bihar, India Rakesh Ranjan, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India Fahim Nahian, Rongpur, Bangladesh Rithamvar Ray, Guwahati, Assam, India Dibyendu Das, Silchar, Assam, India Alok Dutta,…

UNKNOWN HERITAGE OF CHINSURAH – VANDE MATARAM BHAWAN

Posted on December 28, 2014 by tni

Kaushik Ghosh No Indian would be found who wouldn’t get goose pimples as a response after listening Indian national song ‘Vande Mataram’. Rabindra Nath Tagore sung this song for the first time in a political context in 1896 in the Calcutta session of ‘Indian National Congress’. Thousands of freedom fighters sacrificed their lives by chanting this song. Later this song was translated into English by Shri Aurobindo. It is a hymn to the Mother Land….

SILIGURI CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS WITH POMP AND FUN

Posted on December 27, 2014 by tni

By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 27th Dec, 2014: Markets and streets of Siliguri were flooded with merry faces on the Christmas Eve. In the city, like all other festivals, Siligurians celebrated Christmas in a grand way. Lots of organization and clubs organised Christmas Eve on the 25th December in Siliguri in which many professionals dance groups and artists participated from different location like Delhi, Mumbai…

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS AT CENTURY OLD BANDEL CHURCH, CHINSURAH

Posted on December 25, 2014 by tni

By Kaushik Ghosh (TNI Chinsurah) ~ Edited By D. Prasun (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Chinsurah, 25th December, 2014: The Portuguese word for Mast is “Bandel” based on which this sleepy town is known for. The Bandel Church stands as a memorial of the Portuguese settlement in Bengal. Built around 1599, it is dedicated to Nossa Senhora di Rozario, Our Lady of the Rosary. It is one of the most prominent historical churches found in West…

DOWN SYNDROME – A MUSICAL FEVER

Posted on December 24, 2014 by tni

Varsha Byahut Down Syndrome, the musical rock band which made its debut six years ago has successfully garnered a large fan following among youths of the city. It was in 2008 when the fortunes of two people ‘Rohan and Samrat’ clinched together in a fair where the melodious humming by Samrat could not remain unheard, with Rohan offering to work with him on a musical project. The beads of this musical band who cast their…

SILIGURI COLLEGE WINS MOCK PARLIAMENTARY COMPETITION

Posted on December 22, 2014 by tni

By Mousona Paul (TNI Jalpaiguri) ~ Edited By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Jalpaiguri, 22nd Dececember, 2014: An inter-school and college level quiz and mock parliament competition have was held on 20.12.2014 at the Art Gallery Complex of Jalpaiguri. On this occasion, students from different parts of North Bengal such as Malda, Uttar Dinajpur, Dakkhin Dinajpur, Coochbehar came to the city to explore the opportunity. The North Bengal Development Minister Mr. Goutam Deb has inaugurated…

MOVIE REVIEW: ABIR CLEARS THE BOARDS IN BADSHAHI ANGTI

Posted on December 20, 2014 by tni

Film: Badshahi Angti Director: Sandip Ray Cast: Abir Chatterjee, Sourav Das, Paran Bandopadhyay, Bharat Kaul, Dipankar De and others. Rating: Popularity of Feluda has time and again being tested, obviously by the flag bearing works that are being carried out by the decedents of the famous Upendra Kishore Ray family. The brain-weaponry again is the soul of the film as is always for the whole Feluda series. The film is an autonomic – allusion glitter…

HOW THE TALIBAN ATTACK ON PAK SCHOOL UNFOLDED: SURVIVORS RECOUNT HORROR

Posted on December 17, 2014 by tni

Peshawar, Pakistan, 17th December 2014: In accordance to Agencies, the Pakistani Taliban on Tuesday launched a savage and cowardly attack on a school, essentially for children of military families, spraying machine-gun fire on kids behind desks and leaving 132 of them dead. The rampage at the Army Public School and College began in the morning when seven militants scaled a back wall using a ladder, said Maj. Gen. Asim Bajwa, a military spokesman. When they…

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