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16 BANGLADESHIS HELD AT ISLAMPUR FOR TRESPASSING

Posted on November 6, 2016 by tni

By Dipankar Dey (TNI Islampur) | TNI Editing Siliguri Webdesk, TNI Islampur, 6th November, 2016: Bangladeshis arrested by the police on the charge of entering India without proper documents and permission were sent to Jail today. One of them was sent to 2 days police remand and another 17 were sent for 14 days jail remand by the Islampur court. It is learned from the police sources that yesterday night in a Naka checking at…

CHHAT PUJA CELEBRATED AT GAIRKATA WITH HUGH ENTHUSIASM

Posted on November 6, 2016 by tni

By TNI Correspondent (Gairkata) | TNI Editing Siliguri Webdesk, TNI Gairkata, 6th November, 2016: Dedicated to lord Surya and Chhati Maiyya (Usha, lord Surya’s wife), Chhat puja was celebrated at Gairkata. Devotees especially from the people of Bihar the enthusiasm was huge in Gairkata. The makeshift Ghats made by the local people and their committees were full of Chhat enthusiasts in the Angrabhasha river at Gairkata. Womenfolk were observed come with the offerings to the…

3RD DISTRICT BOOK FAIR TO HELD AT FALAKATA DURING THE NEW YEAR EVE

Posted on November 6, 2016 by tni

By Arunangshu Maitra (TNI Falakata) | TNI Editing Siliguri Webdesk, TNI Falakata, 6th November, 2016: The 3rd Alipurduar Book fair will be organized from 26th December 2016 to 01stJanuary 2017. However, the Bookfair will be organized at Falakata Town Club ground at Falakata. A preparation meeting has already being conducted last week for the same. The important personalities present were the MLA of Falakata Mr. Anil Adhikari, District Library Officer Mr. Debabrata Kumar Das, Principal…

GO-SLOW ACTION IN GARBAGE LIFTING BY KALIMPONG MUNICIPALITY

Posted on November 5, 2016 by tni

By TNI Representative (Kalimpong) | TNI Editing Siliguri Webdesk, TNI Kalimpong, 5th November, 2016: For the last 8 days heaps of garbage are staying piled at the No. 3 Ward of Kalimpong Municipality at Kalimpong. For this, the residents of the place are undergoing hard times due to the strong bad smell coming out of the rotten garbage. The garbage pile is being kept in the same place before Diwali till now. The shoppers coming…

ISLAMPUR CHHAT DEVOTEES LIVES IN THE HANDS OF ‘CHHATI MAIYA’

Posted on November 5, 2016 by tni

By Dipankar Dey (TNI Islampur) | TNI Editing Siliguri Webdesk, TNI Islampur, 5th November, 2016: Due to heavy rains in Islampur for the last couple of weeks back the water level of all the ponds at Islampur town is fill up in the brink. This condition is in so much precarious state that the water was lifted by the pump-sets every day from the time of Diwali but with no effective result. At this time…

2000 CYCLES OF ‘SABUJ SATHI’ SCHEME DISTRIBUTED AT CHOPRA

Posted on November 5, 2016 by tni

By Dipankar Dey (TNI Islampur) | TNI Editing Siliguri Webdesk, TNI Chopra, 5th November, 2016: Around 2000 cycles under Government of West Bengal’s Sabuj Sathi scheme were distributed at a program organized at Chopra College ground today. A total of 1938 cycles were distributed among the students of 5 schools of Chopra Block. The cycles were distributed by the Chopra MLA and chairman of NBSTC Mr. Hamidul Rehman. The students from schools of Chopra block…

MATERIAL WITH PRODUCING CAPACITY OF RS. 100 CRORE SCOTCH CAUGHT IN JALPAIGURI

Posted on November 5, 2016 by tni

By TNI Representative (Jalpaiguri) | TNI Editing Siliguri Webdesk, TNI Jalpaiguri, 5th November, 2016: In a major breakthrough today raw materials of Scotch preparation worth Rs. 60 lakhs were seized by the Excise Department from Jalpaiguri. However, the materials were seized at Chayanpara of Siliguri coming under the Jalpaiguri district. The total volume of the liquid material known as Scotch Malt i.e. concentrated Scotch (undrinkable) is 7000 Lts. This quantity of Malt seized had the…

BANGLA-NEPALI UNITY “SAMPRITI EXPRESS” RELEASED AT DARJEELING TODAY

Posted on November 5, 2016 by tni

By TNI Representative (Darjeeling) | TNI Editing Siliguri Webdesk, TNI Darjeeling, 5th November 2016: Today a book titled “Sampriti Express” was inaugurated at Darjeeling in the ‘Nepali Sahitya Sammelan’ program. The writer of the book Mr. Subhomoy Chatterjee informed the press that the book is being written in the context of a unity of Bengali and Nepali cultures. The inauguration program was held at Nepali Sahitya Sammelan Bhawan at Darjeeling. The program was presided by…

CHAAT PUJA ARTICLES DISTRIBUTED AT SILIGURI’S GANGANAGAR

Posted on November 4, 2016 by tni

By Snigdha Som (TNI Siliguri) | TNI Editing Siliguri Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 2nd November, 2016: Sri. Sri. Chaat Puja Samiti at Ganganagar Road No 2 of Siliguri today distributed sarees and wheat among the needy devotees of Chaat Puja. The committee today told TNI that at least 250 sarees and around 25 Q of wheat were distributed in a small program organized at Ganganagar of Siliguri by the committee members. The dignitaries present were social…

MUSLIM KALI: 100 YEAR OLD TRADITION OF INDO-BANGLA BORDER AT ISLAMPUR

Posted on November 4, 2016 by tni

Dipankar Dey The Indo-Bangla border area under Islampur Police station popularly known as Hatkhola Village is also famous for its unique Kalipuja. Yes, its also known as Muslim Kali Puja. The people from nearby villages like Chaundi, Panchi, Jagtagaon, Banshbari, Talbari etc. visits this puja every year. However, when asked about the origin of the puja, nobody could correctly or confidently answer. Elderly people said that the puja is obviously more than 100 years old…

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