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Darjeeling landslides: Hill pockets cut-off, tourists stuck; toll rises to 24

 The toll in the devastating landslides in West Bengal's Darjeeling district rose to 24, as disaster management personnel continued the rescue operation on Monday with several people still missing......

Downpour triggers 35 landslides in Darjeeling, 23 killed

 At least 23 people, including children, were killed as relentless rain triggered one of the worst landslides in a decade in Darjeeling hills and adjoining areas on Sunday, sweeping away homes,......

BJP MP bleeds after stone attack in Bengal; party blames TMC

 A day after torrential rains wreaked havoc in large parts of north Bengal leaving a death toll of 28 in its wake so far, politics acquired centre stage after Bharatiya Janata Party MP Khagen Murmu......

Sovan Chatterjee back in TMC after 7 years

 Marking one of the most talked-about political homecomings in West Bengal in recent years, former Kolkata Mayor and veteran politician Sovan Chatterjee on Monday returned to the Trinamool Congress......

Hill parties, barring TMC, adopt resolution for separate Gorkhaland state

 The crisis in the Darjeeling hills on Tuesday deepened after several parties, including the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha and Gorkha National Liberation Front, decided to push for a separate state and......

Bengal's tea industry seeks a new flavour

 The alpona (artwork) on the steep, winding road leading to Makaibari bears testimony to the visit of G20 delegates for the second tourism working group meeting in April last year. Photograph:......

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 Kerala's Tirur betel leaf, Tawlhlohpuan and Mizo Puanchei from Mizoram, and Palani Panchamirtham, a temple 'prasadam' from Tamil Nadu have been awarded Geographical Indication tag.......

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