Uttar Dinajpur News

Fifteen tourists, including four children, were seriously injured on Sunday night after their bus hit a lorry on NH-34 in Uttar Dinajpur district, police said.

The tourists from West Midnapore district were returning after a trip to Darjeeling when a speeding lorry hit them and the bus fell into a ditch.

All the tourists were taken to Raigunj district hospital after the accident, police said adding that besides 15 of them rest were released after a first-aid.

The condition of the 15 tourists, which included four kids, are stated to be serious by the hospital authorities.

Source: ZeeNews

The CPI fielded candidates against the CPM in two wards (V and VII) of the Raiganj Municipality to protest the party’s “Big Brother attitude”, dealing a major blow to the unity of the Left Front which had lost majority of Assembly seats in North Dinajpur district in the recent polls.

KOLKATA: Concerned over the decline in the number of migratory birds that flew in last year to the State’s Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary — one of the largest sanctuaries for avian visitors in South Asia — the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) will carry out a study on the causes and ways to improve habitat, officials told The Hindu on Sunday.

Six people were killed and two others injured when an autorickshaw collided head-on with a speeding trailer near Raiganj in West Bengal’s North Dinajpur district Friday, police said.

Sashin Mohan Das (50), Moni Biswas (21), Joy Mondal (20), Sajal Biswas (22), Shefali Mondal (38) and Sushanta Mondal (16) were killed when their auto collided with the oil tanker at Sohari crossing, about 6 km from here, they said.

The victims were returning to their home at Ferozepur near here after attending a marriage reception when the mishap took place.

The injured Rajen Biswas, Illa Biswas, Monasree Mondal and Pappu Mondal have been admitted to hospital, they said, adding the oil tanker driver fled with the vehicle after the collision.