Cyclone Remal: Northeast Frontier Railway cancels 44 trains on Monday, TuesdayChief Public Relations Officer Sabyasachi De said that as a precautionary measure, 44 trains, commencing their journeys on Monday and Tuesd...
27 May, 2024, 10.18 PM IST
India-Nepal bus service resumes after over a yearA 45-seater bus left the Siliguri Junction bus terminus on Tuesday afternoon for Kathmandu with a few passengers.
10 Nov, 2021, 12.34 PM IST
China building ‘dual use’ villages along Line of Actual Control, says Lt General Manoj PandeIn light of the events of the past 17 months, the Indian government is looking into its border pacts with China, one of which is the Border...
20 Oct, 2021, 11.02 AM IST
View: Enhancing Siliguri corridor for ease of trade and transit in South AsiaAll three immediate neighbours of India on its eastern side - Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal - depend on this trade and transit corridor for ...
20 Feb, 2021, 11.44 AM IST
View: What if China wrings India’s ‘Chicken’s Neck’ – the Siliguri corridor? Here are some countermeasuresIn 2003, India and China came to an agreement whereby China agreed to Sikkim’s addition to India and gave up all claims to the state and In...
10 Oct, 2019, 10.54 AM IST
BSNL top brasses apprehend major service disruptionTop brasses at Indian state-owned major telecommunications company BSNL are apprehending major service disruption to take place soon due to...
03 Aug, 2019, 04.26 PM IST
India asks China to retreat from Bhutanese territoryIndia considers the Doklam Plateau, especially the Zomplri Ridge area, as "militarily very sensitive" because it overlooks the strategicall...
12 Jul, 2018, 10.37 AM IST
Border face-off: China, India deploy 3,000 troops eachSources said though there had been other several troop standoffs at the tri-junction over the years, the latest one at the Doka La was clea...
12 Jul, 2018, 10.36 AM IST
Sikkim stand-off: Indian troops unlikely to pull backThe Siliguri corridor, and the town itself, will be vulnerable if China gets to dominate ridge lines which will allow its troops to literal...
12 Jul, 2018, 10.36 AM IST
Behind China's Sikkim aggression, a plan to isolate Northeast from rest of IndiaThe Siliguri Corridor, through the rail and road networks passing through it, feeds the primary military formations located in the North Ea...
12 Jul, 2018, 10.35 AM IST
Northern West Bengal comes under Centre's priority listWith its unique and strategic location at the junction of many international borders, northern West Bengal has come up in Government of Ind...
24 Apr, 2017, 03.49 PM IST
SK Restaurants targets threefold revenue growth by doubling own global presenceApart from earning a descent franchisee fee, the company now enjoys a share of total INR 160 crore worth sales of establishments under its ...
27 Mar, 2017, 04.06 PM IST
Siliguri continues to be golden route for gold traffickingAgainst present price of around MMK 541, Eqv. INR 25,800, per 10 Gram of 24 karat gold at Myanmar, it is around INR 30,000 in Indian market.
23 Mar, 2017, 03.43 PM IST
Siliguri surfacing as major illegal international gold trade hubSiliguri with its unique location at the junction of three international borders, is coming out as a preferred hub for international illega...
25 Apr, 2016, 04.22 PM IST
Toy train to resume service from Siliguri to Darjeeling from December 25Toy train services between Siliguri and Kurseong were stopped in June 2010 following a landslide on the NH 55 at Paglajhora, between Gayaba...
21 Dec, 2014, 02.51 PM IST
Tindharia-Siliguri toy train service to resume by month-endTrains continued to run from Siliguri to Gayabari, another landslide on the highway at Tindharia in Sept 2011 had cut short the service til...
16 Dec, 2013, 03.38 PM IST
- Passengers thrown out of Assam bound special train from Bangalore
Members of a group of passengers of a Assam bound train from Bangalore were thrown out of the train on Saturday night.
19 Aug, 2012, 09.33 PM IST