Siliguri

Two persons were arrested in West Bengal's Siliguri with gold biscuits worth Rs 2.42 crore, officials said on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested Tlangmuanthanga and Dalsuankhai from the Siliguri Junction area on Monday, they said. Twenty-nine gold biscuits, weighing 4.81 kg, were found hidden in their shoes, they added. When produced before a court, they were sent to 14 days in judicial custody.

The Indian Army has carried out a two-day airborne insertion and rapid response exercise near the Siliguri Corridor along the northern border with China, officials said

A truck laden with boulders overturned in West Bengal's Siliguri area on Thursday evening, killing four people and injuring at least three others, police sources said. A fire brigade team, on learning about the accident, rushed to Jaleshwari bazaar in Siliguri and used a crane to move the toppled truck, under which several pedestrians lay trapped, the sources said. Seven people were rescued from the spot and rushed to two local hospitals in critical condition. Two persons were declared "brought dead" at Siliguri District Hospital, while two others succumbed to their injuries at North Bengal Medical College & Hospital, the police sources said. Identities of the deceased and injured were yet to be determined. According to the sources, the truck driver lost control of the vehicle, following which it overturned.

West Bengal's Siliguri Police arrested a drug peddler with 257 grams of Brown Sugar from the city's Champasari area on Sunday

BJP president J P Nadda will be on a day-long visit to Siliguri in West Bengal on Monday to attend several events

According to state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah''s scheduled visit to North Bengal stands cancelled for the time being

Bhutia will be fighting Siliguri mayor and former minister Ashok Bhattacharya