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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
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Topic: Darjeeling

Football icon Bhaichung Bhutia quits politics after consecutive defeats, says ‘simply not for me’

Bhutia, vice-president of the Sikkim Democratic Front, contested the Barfung seat in just-concluded Sikkim assembly polls and lost, marking his 6th electoral defeat.

Goods train rams into Sealdah-bound Kanchenjunga Express in Bengal, 5 dead

According to initial reports, two coaches of the express train was derailed after being hit from behind.

Govt organises ‘Samadhan Campaign’ to honor ex-servicemen’s sacrifices

A large number of veterans from Darjeeling and other adjoining districts of West Bengal and Bihar are participating in the campaign.

‘TMC did nothing for Darjeeling, BJP wasted 15 yrs’ — why Hamro Party’s backing Congress in LS polls

While Congress hopes Ajoy Edwards-led Hamro Party will help it revive its fortune in Darjeeling, it could also benefit BJP if vote gets divided between INDIA bloc parties TMC & Congress.

Manual on hills—driving through Sikkim is not for the faint-hearted, if not for Honda cars

The Honda Car India’s ‘Drive to Discover’ event in Sikkim that also covered Darjeeling became a ‘drive to remember’. Here’s how.

‘Ready to fight polls if people of Darjeeling want me to’ — ex-foreign secy Shringla hints at political plunge

While there seems to be some support for former foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla’s candidature as an MP nominee in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the road to the ticket isn’t simple.

Darjeeling tea is in crisis. Government could learn from Champagne playbook

Most of Darjeeling’s 87 fabled tea gardens are on the verge of closure. The government must intervene and take radical steps.

‘Face smashed, blood-soaked uniform’ — pain, shock in Siliguri over schoolgirl’s murder

Political parties take aim at ruling TMC, write to Mamata demanding speedy probe. City saw 24-hr bandh in protest. Accused in custody, police say they will file chargesheet soon.

As BJP attempts ‘Oppn unity’ with Gorkha parties for Bengal rural polls, an ally has ‘reservations’

Anti-TMC ‘United Gorkha Alliance’ formed after series of talks chaired by BJP MP Raju Bista last week. Ruling party in Bengal says not threatened by ‘sudden Opposition unity’.

Darjeeling tea estates are now luxury tourism hotspots. Taj Hotels offering leaf picking, spa

With the West Bengal govt's push for opening homestays and creating more jobs, private players are being bullish on expanding tea estate tourism in the city.

On Camera

A vicious pest is teaching Americans a lesson on why global cooperation matters

The screwworm has breached the biological wall established in Panama over decades. The pest is relentlessly marching northwards—helped by Trump’s flailing foreign policy.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.