Jalpaiguri

By Atish Sen (TNI Banarhat) ~ Edited by R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Banarhat, 06th December, 2015: In yet another incident of tuskers destroying tea worker houses, the tea workers of Kathalguri Tea Estate got their house demolished by a giant tusker. At least 7 houses were smashed by the elephant. The workers alleged that the tea garden management turned deaf ears to their plight. In the last month there were similar incidents occurred in areas…

By Atish Sen (TNI Banarhat) ~ Edited By D. Prasun (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Banarhat, 28th November, 2015: Two elephant calves and 7 full sized elephants remained stranded the whole day today near a Hindi College of Banarhat. The area is also adjacent to Andrew Yule tea estate. The forest guards stayed in the area guarding the animals. According to the ranger, Mr. Dilip Das Choudhury the area is coming under the elephant corridor so the…

By Atish Sen (TNI Banarhat) ~ Edited By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Banarhat, 26th November, 2015: Today morning in a major fire at Banarhat Bazar three shops were gutted along with a godown. However, there was major confusion to find out the source of the fire because the gutted shops had no electricity connection. After seen the fire the nearby residents started to douse the flames. Water tankers were also brought from the nearby…

By Atish Sen (TNI Banarhat) ~ R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Banarhat, 16th November, 2015: The casualties figured in the Chamurchi fire went upto 4 today. Pradip Roy (17) could not be saved despite best efforts by the local people. Pradip died in a private nursing home at Siliguri. Earlier in fire that broke out at a residential house at Chamurchi claimed two other members of the same family at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital….

By Atish Sen (TNI Banarhat) ~ Edited By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Nagrakata, 15th November, 2015: Picnic season is knocking the doors after the puja season. However, picnic stands for a break from routine activities but it brings havoc as far as ecological balance is concerned. The garbage scattered by the picnickers create serious environmental problems in the area. The local Forest Security Committee (FSC) along with Joint Forest Management Committee (JFMC) cleaned the Dhumpara-Khairkata forest…

By Gargi Deb (TNI Jalpaiguri) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Jalpaiguri, 14th November, 2015: An on-leave police officer was assaulted by some miscreants with stones. The victim Police officer is Mr. Atanu Chakraborty. He is currently posted at Barasat, Uttar 24 parganas. He came to his Jalpaiguri residence on leave during Kali Puja. The incident happened when Mr. Chakraborty was returning home last night. Some local miscreants attacked him with bricks and stones….

By Atish Sen (TNI Banarhat) ~ Edited by Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Banarhat, 13th November, 2015: In yet another incident of unemployed tea workers dying in locked tea gardens a tea worker called Bir Bahadur Biswakarma (48) died at Red Bank yesterday. He died at North Bengal Medical College. It was reported that he was ill for the last few months. In the last two days of tusker attack, Bir Bahadur fell to save his…

By Atish Sen (TNI Banarhat) ~ By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Banarhat, 12th November, 2015: The captured 3-month-old elephant calf ultimately could not cope with the herd so it was transferred to Jaldapara National Park. Earlier it was rescued from a water body of Binnaguri Army camp. The forest worker thought that it will return to her mother in the herd but after quite sometimes, they found that it could not reach to her mother….