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In a historic electoral upset, the BJP has secured its first-ever assembly election victory in West Bengal, unseating Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after 15 years. The results, reflecting a record 92.47% voter turnout, saw the BJP's "Bhoy out, Bharosa in" slogan resonate strongly, surpassing the TMC's "Maa maati manush" narrative.

Heavy rain, thunderstorms, and gusty winds are forecast across eastern and northeastern India from April 29 to May 5, potentially disrupting travel to West Bengal, Sikkim, and the Northeast. Other regions will experience varied weather, including rain in the Himalayas, thunderstorms in central India, and heat waves in Rajasthan and Vidarbha.

Bengal’s is a hot election. North Bengal’s, probably, the hottest. There’s, of course, TMC vs BJP. But the most interesting story is of a bakery owner, Ajoy Edwards, leading a subregional challenge

Global luxury leaders from Comité Champagne visited India's kurseong to forge a historic alliance with Darjeeling tea producers. This landmark dialogue focused on protecting the unique identities and legacies of both iconic Geographical Indications. The initiative aims to foster mutual knowledge sharing and elevate Darjeeling tea's status as a luxury connoisseur's choice, mirroring Champagne's global success.

For the third consecutive day, kurseong subdivision remained engulfed in darkness, as continuous rain accompanied by heavy winds uprooted trees and electricity poles at more then 20 places, disrupting power supply.

Incessant rainfall led to landslides on Saturday night at several places along the Pankahabri and Rohini roads in kurseong subdivision, disrupting traffic to the Hills from the plains.

Kolkata/ A forensic team is expected to inspect Cochrane Place Hotel in kurseong on Thursday, in connection with the deaths of two guests.

DEBASISH SARKAR LAMAGOMBA, kurseong: It was a spine chilling experience to watch more than 30 trumpeting wild elephants from a distance of just 100 metres.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the state would develop the house at Giddepahar in kurseong, where Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose lived briefly during the freedom struggle, into a tourism spot.

The Queen of the Hills is now playing host to the country’s topmost superstar — Rajinikanth.

Rajinikanth, who arrived in West Bengal on Wednesday, is gearing up to shoot at two educational institutions in Darjeeling and the North Bengal hill-town of kurseong in a 30 to 40-day schedule for his next film.

The first signs of impatience with the over-two-month-long shutdown in the Hills have started coming from kurseong, perhaps GJM’s weakest link in the Darjeeling belt.

Police have nabbed GNLF kurseong president I N Pradhan in connection with firing at Ghayabari that left two Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists injured.

The Hills was cut off for a couple of hours from the rest of the country due to landslides at various places in kurseong subdivision though there were no reports of loss of life or damage to properties.

The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which started on December 28 last year, came to an end on Monday at kurseong. Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury criticized both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying that they had been stoking sentiments of the people of the hills without doing anything constructive for them. Chowdhury said that Congress was committed to the cause of the hill people and their livelihood issues. MD Salim, who had been invited to the programme at kurseong, wrote to Chowdhury welcoming the initiative by Congress in his letter. He expressed his inability to attend the event as his party had organized a rally from Mahajati Sadan on the same day to mark Netaji's birth anniversary.