Sun TV Network, promoted by Kalanidhi Maran, set up its FM Radio Station at Siliguri of West Bengal under the brand 'S FM' from 28 October through its subsidiary South Asia FM Ltd.

The listeners of Siliguri can tune to the station at 93.5 MHz frequency.

The South Indian company believes that the programs of the station will cater to the needs of all age groups.

With this, the total number of operational FM Stations of Sun TV has gone up to 43. The company holds licenses for 45 FM radio stations across India.

Siliguri, Oct 5 : An elephant was killed by a goods train near Rajabhat Khawo area of the Bauxa Tiger Reserve Forest of Cooch Bihar District of West-Bengal on early Sunday morning.

According to the forest officials, while crossing the railway track, the elephant collided with the speeding train. The animal was crossing the forest from 21, basti area of the forestland to the other part of the forest. It died soon after colliding with the train.

As a result of the accident, two coaches of the train were also derailed.

The DRM of the East Frontier Railway, R. K. Sinha, along with other officials immediately rushed to the spot.

Siliguri (West Bengal), Sep. 30 : With the Durga Puja just a week away, various community Puja committees in West Bengal wish to fascinate maximum number of crowds to visit their decorative Pandals (makeshift temples).

To add maximum attraction to their respective pandals, Puja committees usually try novel modes for distinction.

Sarada Sevak Sangha Durga Puja Committee, one of the oldest clubs of Siliguri city in Darjeeling District, is taking services of sand artist from Orissa to make a sculpture of Durga for their pandal.

Siliguri, Sept 26 : In the wake of recent militant attacks, security has been beefed up along the highly vulnerable Indo-Bangladesh border as additional paramilitary troopers and security personnel have been deployed to prevent trans-border infiltration and crime.

India shares a 4,096-km long border with Bangladesh. Of this West Bengal shares the longest border of approximately 2,216-km, most of which is porous, unfenced and prone to frequent skirmishes and infiltration.

Siliguri, Sept 13 : Sourav Ganguly, former skipper of Indian cricket team has come out to help the people of flood affected Bihar.

The flamboyant southpaw known to be a run greedy batsman was seen collecting cheques for the people of Bihar, who have been forced to lead a life of refugees owing to ravaging floods.

He, along with popular Bollywood singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya, was taking part in a programme organised on Saturday in Siliguri to collect funds for flood victims.

Siliguri, Aug 12 : Thousands of tea plantation workers in Darjeeling went on strike on Monday demanding higher wages. They have threatened to step up their protests, which could endanger the output of premium brews.

The Coordination Committee for Plantation Workers (CCPW) and the Defence Committee of Plantation Workers Rights (DCPWR) is leading the strike.

Workers said the shutdown would continue if their demands were not met.

"We will continue our strike if our demands are not fulfilled," said Bani Roy, a tea worker.

The trade union have threatened to launch an indefinite strike from August 18 if their meeting on thr wage revision of tea workers fail.