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RAIN FREE SILIGURI RATHYATRA WENT AWAY PEACEFULLY

Posted on July 19, 2015 by tni

By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 19th July, 2015: Siliguri celebrated Rath Yatra with much fanfare. This time the ISHKON Rath Yatra is being termed as Uttar Banga Rath Yatra. It traversed the entire city with its Rath Tabloid. Not only ISHkon but there were other rath celebrations throughout the city. The oldest was the Rathkhola Maidan Rath Yatra. Apart from this there were other remarkable rath yatras…

SILIGURI CELEBRATED HOLI EID WITH MUTUAL RESPECT

Posted on July 19, 2015 by tni

By D. Prasun (TNI Siliguri) ~ Edited By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 19th July, 2015: Siliguri celebrated the Holi Id yesterday. From the morning the people came to Kanchenjungha Stadium to offer Eid Prayers. After the prayers, they embraced each other as a part of showing solidarity to each other. Not only the Muslims were present in the occasion but also may other people from different communities gathered here. Siliguri has its own culture of…

RATH YATRA AT BALURGHAT

Posted on July 19, 2015 by tni

TNI News Service (TNS) Webdesk, TNI Balurghat, 19th July, 2015: Balurghat celebrated Rath Yatra with joyous excitement. Balurghat’s famous Rath from Rathtala has completed its glorious 126 years this time. Likewise every year this year too the main attraction of Balurghat commoners was the Rath of Rathtala. Yesterday around 11 AM the Rath started its holy journey from Rathtala. The journey ended at Chowrangipara. In the year of 1890, a lawyer named Mr. Umesh Chandra started this…

PEOPLE OF COOCH BEHAR CELEBRATES RATHAYATRA

Posted on July 19, 2015 by tni

By Pradip Kundu (TNI Cooch Behar) ~ Edited By Ishita Das (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Cooch Behar, 19th July, 2015: Lord Krishna, aka Jagannath, who is also known as Madanmohan in CoochBehar especially, was established by the then ruler of Cooch Behar, Raja NaraNarayana in the famous Madanmohan Temple. Following the rituals of Cooch Behar Debatra Trust, the ‘Rathayatra’ ceremony happens to be started after the “Mahasnan”(the bathing of the Gods). After taking worship, Madanmohan, with his elder brother Balaram and sister…

COOCHBEHAR AND TUFANGANJ CELEBRATED THE EID WITH SOLIDARITY

Posted on July 19, 2015 by tni

By Pradip Kundu (TNI Coochbehar & Tufanganj) ~ Edited By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Tufanganj & Coochbehar, 19th July, 2015: The Holi Id was celebrated in Coochbehar too along with the entire country. The main function was organized by Coochbehar district’s Anjuman -I – Islamia at the Netaji Indoor Stadium. The president of Anjuman Samity, Mr. Mujaffar Hussain informed TNI that around 3000 people participated in the Id namaz yesterday. Apart from this, the SDO…

NARROW LANES OF SILIGURI FACING ROAD CLOGGING PROBLEMS

Posted on July 19, 2015 by tni

TNI News Service (TNS) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 19th July, 2015: Road clogging is a very old problem of Siliguri. The growing city is faced with this problem due to the accumulation of building materials like sand, stone chips, bricks etc. for a long time in various wards of the city especially the residential areas, where the lanes are very narrow. Though, there are provisions of lifting away of those materials by the SMC as a punishment to…

BUS, MINIBUS AND TREKKER STRIKE AT BALURGHAT

Posted on July 17, 2015 by tni

TNI News Service (TNS) Webdesk, TNI Balurghat, 17th July, 2015: From yesterday, a strike for undefined time period has been called specifically in Balurghat-Hili and Balurghat-Kumarganj route. Buses, Minibuses, and Trekkers are not plying on those two routes. As usual, common people are the victim of the situation. The strike has been called by Balurghat Motor Owners Association. Recently without any discussion with Balurghat Motor Owners Association, Dakshin Dinajpur district administration has issued a permit for new buses…

WORKSHOP ON TRANSGENDERS AND RAPE IN COOCH BEHAR

Posted on July 17, 2015 by tni

By Pradip Kundu (TNI Cooch Behar) ~ Edited By Ishita Das (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Cooch Behar, 17th July, 2015: It will arouse a kind of satisfaction hearing that a remote district like Cooch Behar is also expressing its concern over now-a-days burning issues like rape and identity of transgenders. A workshop on this issue was organized by the Cooch Behar Maitri Sangha Society at Student’s Health Home on 16th July, Thursday from 1-5 PM. Financial partners of the event were AID(USA)…

TAINTED GODALA ARRESTED AGAIN

Posted on July 16, 2015 by tni

TNI News Service (TNS) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 16th July, 2015: The tainted IAS officer and the former SJDA CEO Godala Kiran Kumar is being arrested by CID yesterday. Earlier he was arrested by Siliguri Police in connection with his direct involvement allegedly in a Rs. 200 Crore Scam in SJDA. He was being transferred to Malda as a District Magistrate. In that scam itself a total of 9 cases were being filed and one of the case…

GODALA IN CID CUSTODY, BAIL REJECTED

Posted on July 16, 2015 by tni

By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) ~ Edited By Ishita Das (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 16th July, 2015: SJDA Scam accused Godala Kiran Kumar’s plea for bail was rejected today at Siliguri ACJM Court. ACJM Mr. Debanjan Ghosh has ordered 4 days custody as per the demand of Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Godala has been accused with section 409, 467, 468, 471, 477 and 420 of Indian Penal Code. Investigating CID officer Mr. Goutam Ghosh said, “Accused had sanctioned…

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