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1.   IAF aircraft (AN 32) with 6 mortal remains, 12 escorts and 7 relatives has reached Delhi from Jammu. Mortal remains are kept in Base Hospital, Delhi Cantt. Today Morning Plan from Delhi 2.    Rifleman Asin Rai and Naik Baarma will fly at 0830 hours to Bagdogra in an IAF aircraft. 3.    Rifleman Asin Rai will be provided military funeral under aegis of Station HQ Bagdogra. 4.   Nk Baarma will then go on to Agartala. IAF helicopter will take him from Agartala to his village 55 km away (confirmation awaited). Sukna Helicopter crash incident 1  Wreath laying and last rites in respect of Late Lt Col Rajneesh Kumar will be conducted at Bagdogra cremation ground at 1300 hrs on 01 December 2016.

-3 were arrested in Nepal, 3 in India -609 gelignite sticks, 200 detonators and 640 meters of cordex wire seized -Police trying to establish their involvement with armed, underground groups if any . Nepal Police and Indian police have separately arrested six Nepali nationals accusing them of being involved in transporting huge quantity of explosives from Siliguri, a city in West Bengal of India, to Nepal. Tipped off by a special source, the Siliguri Police on November 6 had arrested three Nepali citizens in Siliguri in illegal possession of explosives and had sought support from the Nepal Police to investigate the matter. The three were arrested with 609 gelignite sticks, 200 detonators and about 640 meters of cordex cables.  Those three arrested in India have been identified as Dawa Tshering Bhote, 50, of Hatiya VDC of Sankhuwasawa district and currently running a teashop near Railgate in Darjeeling, his spouse Puja Limbu and Krishna Prasad Adhikari, 34, of Nangin VDC-4 of Paanch

The official Twitter handle of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi appeared to have been hacked on Wednesday evening. A series of abusive tweets were sent out from the handle to its 1.21 million followers. The handle seems to have been hacked by a group called ‘legion’, according to one of the tweets. The tweets that did not revolve around demonetisation were outright abusive towards Rahul and his family. Some of the tweets were being deleted a short while after they were posted. However, whoever hacked the account soon changed the bio of the handle. Rahul Gandhi does not tweet personally, and his handle is managed by his office. His team seemed to be in a tug-of-war with the hackers over the comments being posted out.

Two youths have been arrested by Rangpo Police following recovery of substantial amount of contraband drugs from their possession. The arrested are Umesh Rai (26) and Kiran Tamang (22), both residents of Melli, West Bengal. The duo was intercepted at Rangpo Border Check Post today morning on suspicion of being in possession of contraband substances. The contraband is doubted to have been procured by them from Siliguri. They were on their way to Rangpo, East Sikkim from West Bengal side on foot. Search led to recovery of 552 capsules of Spasmoproxyvon and 80 tablets of Nitrazepam concealed inside their backpack. Rangpo Police have registered a case under relevant section of Sikkim Anti Drugs Act, 2006 against the duo. The case is under investigation.

61 camels being brought from North India illegally seized at Khagra in Kishanganj today. The cattle is worth Rs 61 lakh. This was happening since 6 months and an NGO from Delhi had information on this. Today the Ngo gave precise information to District magistrate Pankaj Dikshit who with the help of local police seized the cattles. Amit Kumar Das who is said to be the main culprit slipped from police hands. He escaped from the place before officials arrived. This whole operation was done by CO Raman Singh and police officers by the order of district magistrate Pankaj Dikshit News by Aakash Aryan for ILS from Kishanganj

Three army officers died and another was critically injured when a Cheetah helicopter crashed inside the Sukna military base in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district on Wednesday, a defence ministry spokesman said. Major Arvind Bazala, hailing from RS Pura Jammu also lost his life in the helicopter crash. An alumni of Sainik School Nagrota, was the pilot of the helicopter. Arvind was a resident of BDO Block, RS Pura, Jammu. The crash occurred around 10.30 a.m. near the helipad inside the Sukna military base in Siliguri. A junior commissioned officer was critically injured. The deceased were Major Sanjeev Lathar, Major Arvind Bazala and Lt. Col. Rajneesh Kumar, the spokesman said.. Major Lathar was the pilot and Major Bazala the co-pilot of the il-fated chopper. Lt.Col. Kumar was a passenger. “It was a routine mission operating from Suknaand the crash happened when the chopper was coming in to land,” according to the spokesman. The ill fated helicopter was following another helicopte

A man said to be in his forties jumped in front of a local train heading to Katihar from Siliguri junction today morning around 11am near Naxalbari station at Panitanki outpost. The body of the man was cut into two halves. Sources say the deceased looks like a Nepali and could be a resident of Nepal as the incident took place near India-Nepal border. The train was immediately stopped after the incident. The body was later recovered by the railway staff and sent for post mortem. Train services resumed after a delay of 30 minutes said sources.

The deceased have been identified as follows: IC 63823 Pilot Major Sanjeev Lathar IC 71332 Co-Pilot Major Arvind Bazala IC 62983 Lt Col Rajneesh Kumar An Army helicopter crashed at Sukna earlier today leading to the death of killing three officers onboard. According to the Army's Eastern Command, "an Army Cheetah helicopter crashed at Sukna at 11.45 am today. Three officers killed. One injured soldier evacuated." Sources have revealed that Maj Sanjeev Lathar, Maj Arvind Bazala, Lt Col Rajneesh Kumar were killed when a Cheetah helicopter crashed after its engine failed at 100 ft. The condition of a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) remains critical, an Army spokesperson said. According to army sources, the incident occurred inside Sukna military base, when the chopper was descending after a routine mission. Major Arvind Bazala, a young army officer from RS Pura Jammu, an alumnus of Sainik school Nagrota.

IED bomb found at New Subhash Pally, Ward no 15, Alipurduar, earlier this morning (at around 4:00 am). According to a source, the Bomb consisting of almost 2.5 kgs of explosives was seen by a scrap dealer at his basement. Seeing the spark on trigger wire, people splashed it with water and concerned authorities were informed immediately. Further the IED were diffused (manually exploded) by bomb squad. Ajay Verma for ILS (file pic)

3 killed, 1 Junior Commissioned Officer critical after Army's Cheetah Chopper crashed in Sukna near Siliguri; enquiry ordered. 3 officers killed after Army's Cheetah Chopper crash in Sukna (West Bengal) at around 10:30 AM. More details awaited. Update: Sources say 2 Army Cheetah choppers had left from Sevoke military camp today morning and 1 crashed. Maj Sanjeev Lathar, Maj Arvind Bazala, Lt Col Rajneesh Kumar killed in Cheetah crash at Sukna. Engine failed at 100 ft. (file pic)

The 17 day long hunger strike for Gorkhaland by Gorkha Jan kalyan Manch President Mr. Krishna Chettri in Siliguri was called off last night at around 8:40 PM. According to a statement released by GJKM leader Sanjay Thakuri on Facebook, "on 29th of November, 16 GJKM President Krishna Chettri has taken back his indefinite hunger strike following  a request by CM Mamata Banerjee, who had sent a delegation comprising of Minister Gautam Deb, Siliguri Police Commissioner and NB DIG to request him to lift the hunger strike as Mr. Chettri's health had deteriorated rapidly.

Ahead of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s rally in Patna on Wednesday, the Trinamool Congress has left no stone unturned to ensure a meeting between its party chief and RJD president Lalu Prasad. Last Saturday, Trinamool vice-president Mukul Roy had visited Patna to meet Lalu. A source said that during the meeting, Mamata and Lalu spoke to each other on Roy’s phone.

A funeral procession of 30 year old Mona Sarki and her new born baby turned into a massive protest against alleged doctor's negligence, outside the Darjeeling District Hospital. Family and friends of Late. Mona Sarki stated that she was well and in good health on the 27th of November. Mona was soon going to be a mother - 2nd of December was anticipated as her date of delivery. Though Mona was admitted under Dr. Tshering Doma Sherpa, she was being looked after and attended by Dr. Samir Sharma in the former's absence. Around 9:30 AM her blood pressure started to fluctuate when Dr. Sharma gave her some medicines to bring it under control. After 9 PM Mona's health, however, deteriorated and she was moved to CCU, and the family members were not allowed to enter. Around 12:30 in the morning on the 28th Dr. Sharma informed the family that Mona was no more. The aggrieved family have alleged that Mona died due to Dr. Sharma's negligence, and have questioned, "how can some

A 26-Year old youth has been arrested by Namchi Police on charges of alleged sexual assault on a minor girl. The incident reportedly occurred several days back at Lower Boomtar, Namchi but came to light only yesterday and was reported at Namchi Police Station by the father of the victim. Namchi Police have registered a case under section 376(I) of IPC  read with section 5(M)/6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 against the alleged accused and further investigation is on.

As you come out of the Paro International Airport in Bhutan, the first thing which strikes you is that the Land of the Dragon (Druk-yul) is different from any the other place you may have visited. Though a modern state, it has retained its architecture, traditional dresses, language, among others. As importantly, Druk-yul has also kept its independence, which has not been the case of its once powerful northern neighbour, Tibet. Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck While both Himalayan states functioned in a complete autonomous (and often reclusive) manner for centuries, Tibet became a colony of China in 1950. One question comes immediately to mind: how did Bhutan manage to keep its 'independence'? History Tibet's recent history is well known: a brutal force, with its strategic and ideological designs, took over the peaceful land of the Dalai Lamas. The communist invasion was so violent that more than one m

President Obama recently welcomed to The White House 6-year-old Alex, the young boy who had offered his home to Syrian child Omran Daqneesh. Remember the little American boy who offered his home to Syrian child Omran Daqneesh, whose photograph in a bloodied state had gone viral? That young humanitarian, Alex, was recently a guest at The White House. Upon meeting six-year-old Alex and his family, President Obama couldn't stop gushing about his big heart and how proud that made him. "You being so nice, and kind, hopefully makes other people think the same way. So I was very proud of you," Obama told Alex. "I ended up reading it [the letter] to everybody. Everybody heard what you said."OMRAN WILL BE OUR BROTHER" Alex had written the letter to President Obama a few months back after seeing the viral picture of five-year-old Omran covered in dust and blood post an airstrike on his home in Syria. Alex, in his shaky handwriting, had asked Obama to bring Omran

A boy from kishanganj to bollywood town we are talkng about Vishal aryan which started his journey from Modelling to Acting in 2015 with his music video album "Kaise kahu" which got viral in youtube and then second video album came "Mori tut gayi aab aas" which got released in October 2016 which was shooted in siliguri sevoke Darjeeling kolkata . Vishal aryan says for the first time in this industry a classical song has been mixed wid western style. After release it went viral on you tube and this particular song has been selected in Freedom film festival ,America Monthly film festival ,UK Scofist film festival ,Spain N got appreciation for good Acting n music by sanfransisco world music festival USA. Projects of bhojpuri nd south indian movie iz abt to start Link of song https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1581720708800406&id=1507570832882061 Kip supporting Vishal aryan And like his page https://m.facebook.com/Vishal-Aryan-1627547217493834/ व

Trinamool Chairperson on Tuesday addressed a massive protest rally against demonetisation today in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Several members of the Samajwadi Party were present at the rally. Mamata Banerjee targeted the Prime Minister for demonetisation and said the people from all sections of society – the common man, the farmers, the labourers, housewives are facing problems. “The people of Uttar Pradesh have made you the Prime Minister and they can remove you from the post too. You have started note-bandi, people will reply with vote-bandi,” she said. She accused the PM of mismatch between his words and his actions. She said that BJP is looting the country without declaring Emergency. She accused the ruling party of depriving people of their constitutional rights. She slammed the Centre for not planning before going ahead with demonetisation and said BJP was  aware of this move in advance. Calling note-bandi a scandal, she said the fight will go on and she is even ready to go to ja

Seventy-six people are confirmed dead in chartered plane crash, which was carrying members of a Brazilian soccer club on the outskirts of Medellín, Colombia, the authorities said. Five of the 81 people onboard survived the crash, according to Brig. Gen. José Gerardo Acevedo, the police commander for the area surrounding Medellín, news agencies reported. Colombia’s civil aviation agency said the flight was operated by a small airline, LaMia, and carried the soccer club Chapecoense de Brasil. The team was traveling from Bolivia to play in the final of the Copa Sudamericana tournament when the plane crashed about 10 p.m. on Monday. The aircraft was carrying 72 passengers and nine crew members, according to a statement issued by the Medellín airport. The search was being hampered by low visibility and the rescue crews’ difficulty in reaching the site. The authorities said the plane had reported electrical problems as it flew near the towns of La Ceja and La Unión in the mountainous st

Update:  25 bodies recovered from Colombia air crash, five rescued alive: official, reports news agency AFP. Bogota:  An airplane with 72 people on board, including players from a Brazilian soccer team heading to Colombia for a regional tournament final, has crashed on its way to Medellin’s international airport. Medellin’s Mayor Federico Gutierrez said that it is possible there are survivors. “It’s a tragedy of huge proportions,” Gutierrez told Blu Radio on his way to the site in a mountainous area outside the city where the chartered aircraft is believed to have crashed shortly before midnight local time. He said ambulances and rescuers were on their way. It is not clear what caused the crash. Medellin’s airport confirmed that the aircraft, which departed from Bolivia, was transporting the Chapecoense soccer team from southern Brazil, which was scheduled to play the Copa Sudamerica finals against Atletico Nacional on Wednesday in Medellin. Medellin’s Jose Maria Cordova Interna

The state government finally got the clearance from the high court to form three districts. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that all these three districts – Kalimpong, Asansol and Jhargram – will be functional by April next year. “Three new districts will be created in West Bengal by April next year. Out of five, we have received clearance for three districts from the court. Government teams would go in the districts to oversee the preparation before the districts finally become functional,” Banerjee told the media at Nabanna on Monday. With the inclusion of these three districts, the number of districts in the state wi ll go up to 23. Chief Secretary Basudeb Banerjee will go to Kalimpong, Home Secretary will visit Asansol and DG Surajit Kar Purakayasth and Kolkata’s police commissioner Rajeev Kumar will visit Jhargram to oversee the preparation of these three districts very soon. According to the state government officials after the eruption of Maoist problem, Jhargram in West

The IAF has airlifted over 160 tonnes of new currency notes from four printing presses to various parts of the country to cut down the time taken to transport cash from the source to main distribution centres to meet the surge in demand post demonetisation Sources said the Indian Air Force (IAF) was pressed into service on November 19 and it deployed AN 32, C130 J and C17 transport aircraft and helicopters for this purpose. “Helicopters were already used for transporting cash to some remote areas of the Northeast. But the use of transport aircraft is a new thing,” a source said. The government roped in the IAF to cut down the transportation time for the delivery of banknotes after a shortage was felt in the market because of demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.

Today at 7.30pm Ananda Barman, aged about 28 years, an employee of Jaiswal Medical Jaigaon, riding Royal Enfield slammed a truck from behind at Dalsingpara highway. He was with his friend whose condition is said to be critical. Anand Barman was declared dead on arrival today at Air force Hospital, Hasimara. Report by Ajay Verma Pic Kamal Roy and others for ILS

Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approves appointment of Lt Gen AK Bhatt as the new DGMO. Lt General Ranbir Singh appointed as the GOC, 1 Corps. Details Awaited…

National Investigation Agency (NIA) has done a commendable job by nabbing the three Al-Qaeda operatives.    The operatives were nabbed following the raids across Madurai in Tamil Nadu. The police have informed that the trio was allegedly planning to assassinate 22 leaders of the nation, including Narendra Modi. The reason behind this mission is still unknown. Hopefully, the police will decipher their brutal mission and expound the reason behind this unexecuted plan. The three men have been identified as M Khareem, Asif Sultan Mohammed, and Abbas Ali. Moreover, deadly explosives have been seized from them. Khareem was arrested from Usman Nagar, Asif Sultan from G.R Nagar and Abbas Ali from Ismailpuram. The trio is suspected in running the Al-Qaeda unit from South Tamil Nadu and is responsible for explosions that took place in various courts in the country over a period of time. The police have informed that two more operatives, Hakeem and Dawood Sulaiman, are absconding. Sadly,

We are happy to share the news that two of Kurseong youths Mr. Ribesh Pradhan and Norbu Yolmo from Kurseong have emerged as 2nd and 4th place winner for the regional qualifying round. They are now headed for the Fit Factor India Finale which is going to be held at Mumbai on January 6th to 8th 2017. Fit Factor India is India’s top fitness model contest where aspiring fitness model from different parts of the country participate to win the title. Ribesh is a trainer at the local Sculpt Nation Gym in Kurseong, and hopes to win the nationals. We wish them GOOD LUCK for the upcoming competition.

Today Trinamool Chairperson Mamata Banerjee led a procession of lakhs of people on a protest march against demonetisation from College Street to Dorina Crossing in Kolkata. At the conclusion of the march, at Dorina Crossing, she gave a speech which received a vociferous applause from the huge gathering. She said, “Every decision needs planning, instead demonetisation has been totally unplanned and done in haste”. While referring to the rare appearances of the Prime Minister in Parliament and to his refusal to respond to the Opposition parties’ challenge to demonetisation there, she said, “Modi has made the announcement and now is nowhere to be found. And he wants to lead the country? You have become the faceless Modi babu”. She strongly criticised the Prime Minister’s penchant to constantly lecture people on the supposed benefits of demonetisation, when it is actually causing endless pain. As she said, “The country cannot run on lectures. We need action. People are suffering. Banks

A Bolero Pick-up van hits a Maruti car outside Siliguri Institute of Technology SIT at Methibari near Sukna today afternoon. Eyewitness says the gearbox of Bolero fell down and driver lost control of the vehicle and hit the car coming from the opposite direction. Both drivers of the vehicles have sustained injuries and have been admitted to nearby hospital. Report by Puneet Dwivedi and Rajen Subba for ILS

The Sashastra Seema Bal today seized cannabis weighing over 1,000kg and worth around Rs 8 crore from an abandoned truck at Fulbari on NH31D. No one has been arrested. D.K. Singh, the second-in-command of the 41st battalion of the SSB, said: "We got information that a vehicle from Manipur loaded with cannabis will move through Fulbari bypass area this morning. Our men had been waiting but they could not trace the truck as the registration number that we got from our sources didn't match with any vehicle." Later, a truck with an Assam number plate was spotted at Fulbari on the outskirts of Siliguri."We contacted New Jalpaiguri police and searched the vehicle," Singh said. Sources in the SSB said 1,009kg of ganja packed in 97 packets had been seized and the smugglers were taking it to Bihar. Singh said the cannabis was worth Rs 7.9 crore. "The cannabis had been smuggled from Manipur. The ganja was wrapped in plastic packets. The packets were hidden in a

Several trains were halted in Bihar as the Left parties and others on Monday began a nationwide shutdown to protest demonetisation, police said. The supporters and workers of the Left parties including the CPI, CPI-M, CPI(ML) and other parties stopped over a dozen long route trains at Patna, Gaya, Jehanabad, Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur railway stations. “Several trains were halted to enforce shutdown,” a police officer said. Roads were also blocked at various places across the state. However, ruling parties of the grand alliance in Bihar, the Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress, have decided not to join the shutdown, but to stage protest march against demonetisation. While another ruling party Janata Dal-United of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has decided to keep away from both the shutdown and protest against domenetisation. Infact, Nitish Kumar has repeatedly publicly supported demonetisation that prompted BJP President Amit Shah on Sunday and Lok Janshakti Party chief and Union Mini

Earthquake of 5.4 and 5.2 magnitude hit Nepal, including Siliguri, Darjeeling and other Sub-Himalayan belts of Bengal & Sikkim, in the wee hours, around 5 am today morning. Namche Bazar, a small village in Eastern Nepal, border between Solukhumbu and Ramechap, close to Siliguri, Darjeeling & Sikkim, was its epicentre. Several websites in Nepal have mentioned the first tremor to be 5.6 Magnitude.

Trinamool Chairperson Mamata Banerjee will lead a ‘Maha Michhil’ today to protest against the hasty and arbitrary demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes and the subsequent suffering of common people. The michil will begin at College Square atnoon and culminate at Dorina Crossing Congress. It will pass through College Street, Nirmal Chandra Street, Ganesh Chandra Avenue, Chittaranjan Avenue and Jawaharlal Nehru Road. No to Bandh The State Government has also taken necessary steps to ensure that everything functions smoothly despite the 12-hour bandh called by the Left Front. Instructions have been given to all state government employees to be present in their offices on Monday. The state Transport department has assured that there will be sufficient number of buses on all routes and commuters will not face any inconvenience. The Kolkata Police will deploy 2,755 policemen including 11 deputy commissioners and 21 assistant commissioners from early morning on Monday at all strat

It's a moment of pride and celebration for our beautiful hills, as St. Philomena's GHS School, Kalimpong won the State Level Science Exhibition Competition and will be headed to Delhi for the Nationals. St Philomena had won the "District level Science and Project Exhibition" held in Darjeeling, and they were selected for the State Level. Once again among 60 participating schools from W.B, St.Philomena along with 2 other schools from Bengal, have won the State Level held in Kolkata on 25 th Nov 16. The team will be representing Bengal in the " National Level Science Exhibition", Inspire Award, Dept of Science, Govt of India, to be held in Delhi. Our hearty congratulations to the School Principal, Sr Crisanta Rai, staff (Dept of Sc) and the participants for their success and making Kalimpong, Darjeeling and the entire Gorkhali community proud.. GOOD LUCK for the upcoming Nationals!! Sunaina Thapa, TheDC

An under construction flyover crashed at Mogra area in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Saturday midnight. According to reports, a small part of the flyover, which is being made to reduce traffic on Grand Trunk (G.T.) Road, suddenly collapsed at late night. Police officials said that as the incident took place at late night, anyone was neither injured in the accident nor trapped inside the concrete wreckage. Construction firm's engineers have reached the scene to investigate the actual reason behind the mishap. Earlier on March 31, portion of under construction Vivekananda flyover collapsed in north Kolkata's Posta area, killing at least 26 people and leaving several others injured.