Mamata ‘apologises’ to people of Siliguri

October 5th, 2009 SILIGURI - The northern West Bengal town of Siliguri will have a new railway recruitment centre, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here Monday. Flagging off the weekly New Jalpaiguri-Digha Paharia Express connecting North Bengal with the coastal tourist town of Digha in East Midnapore district, Banerjee said the recruitment centre would start functioning within two months.

October 5th, 2009 SILIGURI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has underlined the need for development of West Bengal's Siliguri district. Banerjee has announced a number of rail projects for Siliguri and adjacent areas.he laid the foundation for a multi-functional complex at Siliguri junction station, the country's first, on Sunday.

October 4th, 2009 SILIGURI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday announced a new train service between this northern West Bengal town and the coastal tourist destination of Digha in East Midnapore from Monday. "We'll flag off a new train from Siliguri to Digha tomorrow (Monday), which will connect two tourist spots of the state.

October 1st, 2009 KOLKATA - After a long-drawn political battle over the mayor's seat in Siliguri Municipal Corporation, the Congress Thursday formed the city civic board with support from West Bengal's ruling Left Front (LF), leaving its national alliance partner Trinamool Congress in the lurch. Trinamool Congress, which is an ally of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre, decided to part with its partner and chose to sit in the opposition in the municipal corporation.

October 1st, 2009 KOLKATA - After a long-drawn tug of war over the mayor's seat in Siliguri Municipal Corporation, the Congress finally formed the city civic board Thursday with the support of West Bengal's ruling Left Front (LF), leaving its national alliance partner Trinamool Congress high and dry. Trinamool Congress, which is an ally of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre, decided to part with its partner and chose to sit in the opposition in the municipal corporation.

October 1st, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Thursday accused the Congress of breaching the rules of alliance politics, hours after the latter formed the civic board in the Siliguri Municipal Corporation with support from the West Bengal's ruling Left Front (LF). The Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), is a staunch opponent of the Trinamool Congress, a coalition partner of the Congress in the central government.

September 30th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Congress and the Trinamool Congress, who are allies at the national level, are fighting for the mayor's seat in Siliguri with both sides Wednesday filing nominations for the post in the municipal corporation. Both the parties laid claim to the mayor's chair after the Siliguri municipal polls resulted in a tie.

September 15th, 2009 SILIGURI - West Bengal's ruling Left Front (LF) Tuesday faced yet another electoral debacle with the opposition Congress and Trinamool Congress alliance wresting the Siliguri Municipal Corporation in North Bengal after 27 years of uninterrupted Left rule. According to the district administration, the opposition alliance secured 30 seats while the LF managed to get only 17.

August 20th, 2009 SILIGURI - Railway services in the Siliguri-New Jalpaiguri region were affected following the collapse of a rail bridge in Siliguri on Thursday morning. Heavy rains and strong river currents damaged the railway track and contributed to the collapse of the bridge.

August 16th, 2009 SILIGURI - At least five people were killed in West Bengal's Siliguri district in a massive landslide, which was triggered by incessant overnight rains, officials said on Sunday. "Last night, it rained heavily in Kerseong sub-division and due to this there were heavy landslides and five people have even lost their lives," said Dibendu Das, Sub-Divisional Officer of Kurseong.

April 12th, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will share the campaign platform with Congress president Sonia Gandhi April 27 at a rally in West Bengal's Jangipur, from where External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is seeking re-election to the Lok Sabha. This was decided at a late Saturday meeting between Mukherjee and Mamata at the former's south Kolkata residence.

March 26th, 2009 SILIGURI - The Election Commission has imposed a ban on wall graffiti for campaigning. After receiving complaints from the public regarding the misuse of walls for campaigning, an order was issued by the Election Commission under the Municipal and Panchayat Act 2006.

March 25th, 2009 SILIGURI - In a major haul, custom officials seized a huge consignment of Marijuana worth 15 million rupees in Siliguri. Acting on information, the officials of Preventive Wing of Siliguri Customs Department chased a truck carrying coal, from which they recovered around 3.5 tons of Marijuana concealed in 177 packets, which they suspect to have come from Manipur.

March 7th, 2009 SILIGURI - A complaint was lodged Friday against the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) here for violating the election code of conduct by defacing the wall of a government building. The complaint was filed at the Siliguri police station by Siliguri Sadar Development Officer (SDO) Sarat Dwivedi, who is also the returning officer of the area.

January 5th, 2009 SILIGURI - A 16-year-old Bangladeshi student was found dead in a Siliguri hotel, the police said Tuesday, suspecting the teenager has committed suicide. 'Abdul Azij, a student of Class 10 in Delhi Public School, Siliguri, died at Gateway hotel,' inspector-in-charge Siliguri Prabhat Chakraborty said.