Anirban Choudhury

With the Election Commission mandating webcasting in all booths, authorities have identified 36 out of 1,250 polling stations in the district that suffer from poor mobile network connectivity.

The AI-enabled system has been introduced at the Jateswar Higher Secondary School and the Jateswar Girls' Higher Secondary School, both located in

Sources in the department said nearly 500 polling booths across the region were identified as being situated either within forest villages or along forest fringes

Akash Oraon, from the Madhu tea estate, which has been shut for the past three years, works as a tile and marble fitter in Tamil Nadu and earns ₹720 per day with lodging at his workplace

Rice suppliers are allegedly stopping supply amid uncertainty over whether the new BJP state government would continue funding the scheme

The incident took place at the Nepali Lines area of the tea estate under the jurisdiction of Birpara police station

Tour operators said they would raise the issue with chief minister Suvendu Adhikary during his visit to Siliguri on May 20, where he will meet officials from various departments

Manoj Tigga, the BJP MP from Alipurduar, has already discussed the issue with chief minister Suvendu Adhikari

The exhibition, organised at the Manna Dey Sarani residence of music researcher and discographer Deboprasad Das, traced the history of India's national song from the gramophone era

The jubilation, however, was highest in Alipurduar, the northern district that got two cabinet ministers and a minister of state