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SOCIETY MANASHA PUJA: A NEW TREND SETTING UP GRADUALLY IN SILIGURI

Posted on August 18, 2015 by tni

By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) ~ Edited D. Prasun (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 18th August, 2015: Bengalis are known for celebrating each and every thread whatever comes across in a religious fervor. Manasha Puja is still known as a one man puja organizing show till now. However, things are changing and changing fast. In Siliguri, a trend is being observed for the last 2 years and now the trend is becoming a mass celebration. Housing…

HIGH DEMAND FISH SPAWNED IN JALPAIGURI AND ALIPURDUAR RIVERS

Posted on August 17, 2015 by tni

By Gargi Deb (TNI Jalpaiguri) ~ Edited By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Jalpaiguri, 17th August, 2015: Today in a bid to maintain the population of fish growth many fish spawns were laid in the rivers of North Bengal especially Jalpaiguri region by the Department of Fishery, Government of West Bengal. The rivers where this exercise was done were Karala, Diana, and Tista. The fish spawn, which was let off were Common Rohu, Special Brahmaputra Rohu,…

FALAKATA TOWN CLUB CELEBRATED 62ND INCEPTION DAY WITH BADMINTON

Posted on August 17, 2015 by tni

By Arunangshu Maitra (TNI Falakata) ~ Edited By D. Prasun (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Falakata, 17th August, 2015: The Town Club of Falakata celebrated its 62nd Inception day on 15th August here in Falakata. In this occasion the members of the club organised a One Day Badminton tournament at the Indoor stadium of Falakata. The tournament was organised for both boys and girls categories. The categories are Under – 10 Boys, Under – 13 Boys,…

I – DAY CLEANLINESS CAMPAIGN BY COOCHBEHAR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

Posted on August 16, 2015 by tni

By Pradip Kundu (TNI Coochbehar) ~ Edited By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Coochbehar, 16th August, 2015: The Independence Day yesterday was a slightly different for Coochbehar District Administration. Apart from the routing celebration, it was a cleaning drive day for the Coochbehar District Administration. From the morning the District Magistrate Mr. P. Ulganathan, Additional District Magistrate, Smt. Debjani Bhattacharya, SDO (Sadar) Mr. Bikash Saha and many other dignitaries were seen supervising the cleaning operations…

HELP TOURISM CELEBRATED ITS 24TH INCEPTION DAY ON I – DAY

Posted on August 16, 2015 by tni

By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) ~ Edited By D. Prasun (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 16th August, 2015: Help Tourism, yesterday celebrated its 24 days of inception in North Bengal. It’s India’s first Rural Tourism Company was established in 15th of August, 1991 at Siliguri. The company gradually spread its action areas from the core region of North Bengal and Sikkim to entire Northeast India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar. It promoted a number of micro tourism…

I – DAY WAS OBSERVED IN FALAKATA TOWN WITH VARIED CELEBRATIONS

Posted on August 16, 2015 by tni

By Arunangshu Maitra (TNI Falakata) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Falakata, 16th August, 2015: The 69th Indian Independence day was celebrated throughout Falakata. The press personnel hoisted the tricolor at Falakata Press club in the morning. Apart from this the E-Rickshaw unions also hoisted the Tricolor and organized a rally. The ‘Falakata Shilpi Chakra’ organized a cultural function at Falakata Community Hall yesterday. Educational institution like schools, colleges also celebrated the…

I – DAY MARKS THE “KHUTI PUJA” FOR SANGASHREE, SILIGURI

Posted on August 15, 2015 by tni

By D. Prasun (TNI Siliguri) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 15th August, 2015: Khuti puja has already started other parts of Bengal however; in Siliguri, it was the occasion of Independence Day, the age-old club of Siliguri “Sanghashree” took the occasion to open the ritual of Durga Puja with the ‘Khuti Puja’. Today morning when the Siligurians were busy chanting patriotic songs through choirs, anthems, songs, Prabhat feri, the club officials of…

I – DAY CELEBRATION IN MOTHER NATURE AT BASUNDHARA, SILIGURI

Posted on August 15, 2015 by tni

By R. Subrata (TNI) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 15th August, 2015: The Independence was celebrated in a different note at Basundhara, Siliguri. It was not with the traditional fervor of cultural function, songs or remembrance but with games played in the mother nature. The children participated in some homely games and one-day tournaments organized by Basundhara authorities. The main program started from around 12 noon and continued for the whole day…

WOMAN KILLED IN JALPAIGURI IN SUSPECTED FAMILY FEUD

Posted on August 15, 2015 by tni

By Gargi Deb (TNI Jalpaiguri) ~ Edited By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Jalpaiguri, 15th August, 2015: A woman was killed today at Jalpaiguri suspected to be because of a family feud. The murder victim was Jyostna Roy (65), a resident of Baalur tip area coming under Jalpaiguri Kotwali Police. The suspected killer was arrested named Kalyan Roy. He happens to be the youngest son of the deceased women. Local sources reported that there was regular…

INDIA WINS BRONZE MEDAL IN WORLD HIPHOP DANCE CHAMPIONSHIP

Posted on August 14, 2015 by tni

TNI News Service (TNS) Webdesk, TNI Mumbai, 14th August, 2015: A most talked about dance troupe from Nalasopara (a sleepy town within Mumbai Conurbation under Palghar district of Maharashtra) won the bronze medal for India in the World Hip Hop championship held at California (US) recently i.e. last Sunday night. The troupe came to the limelight when people learnt that recent super hit Varun Dhawan starred ABCD2 was actually the reel version of this Nalasopara Dance…

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