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20 May

Worker was seriously injured in a bomb blast while digging a pond

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsNorth Bengal, West Bengalcoochbehar

A worker was seriously injured when a bomb exploded while digging a pond in the land. The incident took place in Dinhata's Vetaguri South Baladanga area. According to local sources, Mozaffar Mia and another worker were digging a pond in a neighbor's land this morning. At that time a bomb under the ground exploded with a spade. Among the two, one of the laborers had already finished digging the pond, and the other, Mozaffar Mia, was seriously injured. Locals rescued him with serious injuries and admitted him to Dinhata sub-district hospital. Immediately the police of Dinhata police station was informed.According…

08 Apr

One killed in a bison attack in Coochbehar

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsNorth Bengal, West Bengalcoochbehar

A person died in a bison attack at 7 O'clock in the morning. Three of the seven injured are undergoing treatment at Cooch Behar Medical College. The incident took place in the Haribhanga area of Cooch Behar Block 1. According to local sources, local residents saw two bison eating corn around six in the morning. The incident spread excitement in the area. It is come to know that on Saturday morning Biren Burman was standing in front of a bamboo tree near his house when a bison suddenly came from behind and attacked him. The family took him to the…

24 Mar

Municipal workers staged a protest against Rabindranath Ghosh’s car being stopped and harassed

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsNorth Bengal, West Bengalcoochbehar

Cooch Behar Municipality employees and Trinamool workers took out a procession in front of Rabindranath Ghosh's house today against Rabindranath Ghosh's car being stopped and harassed. Municipal employees and Trinamool workers staged a protest at Kotwali police station in Cooch Behar today on demand of the arrest of the culprits.Also, municipal employees have decided to go on strike today in protest against this incident in Cooch Behar Municipality. Cooch Behar South Assembly Constituency MLA Nikhil Ranjan Dey accused the municipal workers of bringing outsiders and marching to show force against the residents. At the same time, he alleged that the…

24 Mar

Tufanganj police recovered body of housewife

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsAccidental, North Bengal, West Bengalcoochbehar

The police recovered the body of the housewife from inside the house in the area Kadam Bagan No. 9/203 of Nakkatigarh Village Panchayat. The dead woman's name is Rinku Debnath. Husband Subrata De alias Khokon De has been absconding since the incident. The incident created a sensation in the area. A large police force of Tufan Ganj Police Station and a Sub-Divisional Police Officer reached the spot after receiving the information about the incident. The body was rescued by the police on Thursday late night. It is known that the housewife's husband, Subrata De alias Khokon De, runs a catering…

07 Mar

People of Cooch Behar are celebrating Holi festival

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsNorth Bengal, West Bengalcoochbehar, west bengal

Cooch Behar got into Holi festival. The traditional Madanmohan temple of Cooch Behar has been crowded with visitors since morning. Cooch Behar's life Thakur Madanmohan was first touched by Abir, then the people of Cooch Behar started playing Abir. Since the royal period, the Dol festival has been held in the Madanmohan temple of Cooch Behar. So the crowd was visible from the morning.

06 Mar

CPI(M) called meeting for panchayat elections

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsNorth Bengal, West Bengalcoochbehar

CPI (M) is going to form an alliance for panchayat elections with other parties except Trinamool BJP but not at the state level but at the district or local level. This was announced by CPIM State Secretary Mohammad Salim in a press conference at CPI (M) party office in Cooch Behar district today. In a press conference on this day, he said that the district committee is meeting ahead of the panchayat elections.

06 Mar

Four members of the same family died in a terrible road accident

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndia, North Bengal, West Bengalcoochbehar

Four members of the same family died in a terrible road accident on Mathabhanga Jamaldah State Highway. Three others were seriously injured in the incident. According to local sources, seven passengers were going to Jamaldah in a toto in the Paikar Tari area of Gopalpur village panchayat on state road number 16 from Mathabhanga to Jamaldah at around 12.30 o'clock yesterday night. At that time, a truck hit the toto from behind and the toto fell into the ditch on the side of the road. Basanti Barman (40) died on the spot. When the injured were first sent to Jamaldah…

02 Mar

Biker died after being hit by a careless bus

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsNorth Bengal, West Bengalcoochbehar, west bengal

A private bus hit a bike that was coming from the opposite direction while overtaking a government bus. The bike rider died on the spot due to fire. Due to this incident, a shadow of grief has descended on the area. The incident took place in Shikarpur area of Mathabhanga 1st block. It is come to know that the dead person is a resident of Bairagirhat area of Mathabhanga. It is also come to know that the bike rider was coming from Bairagirhat area towards Mathabhanga on his daughter-in-law's motorcycle, while a private bus coming from Shikarpur area hit the…

01 Mar

If the police don’t act impartially then we will not consider the police as the police: Sukant

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsWest Bengalcoochbehar

Yuva Morcha general secretary Prashant Barman was arrested by the police in connection with the attack on Nisith Pramanik's convoy. Sukant Majumdar met the family of that BJP leader in Satish Hat area of Cooch Behar today. He went there to meet the family and held a meeting with the local BJP workers. Sukant Majumder said, if the police do not work impartially, then we will not consider the police as police. If the police act like Trinamool cadres then the same will be done to the police as it is done to Trinamool cadres.

23 Feb

Secondary examination has started in Cooch Behar

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsNorth Bengal, West Bengalcoochbehar

Madhyamik exam has started from today. Total 26627 candidates are giving exam in the Cochbehar district. The number of students among them is 11635. And the number of female students is 14992. There are total 138 examination centers. On the first day, the secondary examination started peacefully. The board has taken strict steps to prevent the leakage of question papers. Strict security arrangements have been made in each examination center. Each examination center has a CCTV surveillance system. Police will be deployed outside the examination center as well. But this time no civic volunteer will stay outside the test center.