I am working with Hindustan Times since 2001 and am posted in Siliguri, West Bengal, as Principal Correspondent. I have been regularly covering vast area of northern parts of West Bengal, Sikkim and parts of Nepal and Bhutan.
Articles by Pramod Giri
Sevoke-Rangpo project bringing Sikkim on railways map to be completed by 2024
Sikkim will get rail connectivity with the rest of India as the project continues to meet its 2024 deadline after several delays
Updated on May 16, 2023 02:42 PM IST
‘No money for ambulance’: Bengal man travels by bus with son’s body in bag
The incident has triggered a political row between West Bengal’s ruling TMC and the opposition BJP over the health infrastructure in the state
Updated on May 15, 2023 12:53 PM IST
Politician pushed off a cliff after road rage brawl in Bengal district
According to the police, the incident took place on Monday night when Roshan Lama, with his wife and daughter, was heading towards their home at Monsong from Kalimpong in his car.
Updated on May 03, 2023 12:36 AM IST
Pramod Giri, Siliguri
Kaliaganj incidents: Mrityunjay’s family says he was killed by Bengal police
The Bengal government and police have remained tight-lipped over the alleged killing of Mrityunjay Barman in a remote village near Kaliagunj in the wee hours of Thursday
Updated on Apr 29, 2023 11:02 AM IST
Bengal police station set afire amid protests over teen's alleged rape, murder
At least two policemen were critically injured and rushed to the Raiganj Medical College and Hospital for treatment
Updated on Apr 26, 2023 04:36 AM IST
One killed, 2 injured after boulder falls on them at railway tunnel in N Bengal
Stone-cutting work was going on inside tunnel No 10 when the boulder fell on the excavator machine that the deceased was operating
Updated on Apr 17, 2023 08:46 PM IST
Bengal farmer builds his dream house resembling ‘Titanic’
Mintu Roy said he left for Nepal and learnt masonry to build his dream house after the engineers, who he consulted initially, backed out as he could not pay them
Updated on Apr 16, 2023 12:49 PM IST
7 tourists die in Sikkim avalanche, 8 still critical
Seven bodies were brought out of the snow and 23 people were rescued alive, including six tourists from a deep valley.
Updated on Apr 05, 2023 12:16 AM IST
7 tourists dead, 20 injured in Sikkim avalanche; PM Modi, Amit Shah condole deaths
The incident happened on a road 14th mile on Jawaharlal Nehru road connecting Gangtok with Nathula at the India-China border
Updated on Apr 04, 2023 08:12 PM IST
Sikkim: Army rescues around 400 stranded tourists
At least 100 vehicles with around 400 tourists were stranded when some of the high-altitude regions of Sikkim received heavy snowfall on Saturday afternoon
Published on Mar 13, 2023 09:43 AM IST
3, including 2 minors killed during illegal sand mining in north Bengal
The injured were rushed to a hospital, police said, adding the two deceased were identified as minors, both 15 years in age, while one was aged 20.
Updated on Mar 06, 2023 07:17 PM IST
Nursing student found dead in hostel in North Bengal
According to the father of the deceased, Mithali got married to one Rintu Barman, a few months ago and her husband works as a security guard in Bengaluru.
Published on Feb 11, 2023 08:28 PM IST
Three killed in ambulance-truck collision in north Bengal
The family members and relatives of a man, who suffered a heart attack, were rushing him to the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital at Siliguri in the ambulance when the accident took place
Published on Feb 06, 2023 02:49 PM IST
Protests in Sikkim against SC verdict describing Sikkimese as Nepali immigrants
Prem Singh Tamang, chief minister of Sikkim, has already said the government would file a petition in the Supreme Court and has already taken up the matter with Kiren Rijiju, the union law minister
Updated on Feb 01, 2023 08:41 AM IST
Three killed after vehicle falls into ditch in Kalimpong
The deceased people were identified as Tilak Mandal, a resident of South 24 Parganas near Kolkata, Sukla Kundu and Sahil Saha, both residents of Siliguri. Shah was the driver
Updated on Jan 28, 2023 06:09 PM IST
GJM withdraws from GTA agreement, voices demand for Gorkhaland
The GTA agreement was signed by the Centre, the West Bengal government and GJM on July 18, 2011, leading to the formation of the GTA after the President of India gave his assent in March 2012
Updated on Jan 27, 2023 05:49 PM IST
New party formed in Sikkim, promises to operate through crowd-funding
Ganesh Kumar Rai, the Citizen Action Party (CAP) founder, said the new party will not have a flag and will function through crowd-funding
Published on Jan 27, 2023 10:10 AM IST
Demand for Gorkhaland: Hill parties launch Bharatiya Gorkhaland Sangharsh Samiti
The GJM was one of the three signatories in the July 2011 Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) agreement. Gurung, who led the Gorkhaland agitation since 2007, settled for an autonomous Gorkhaland Territorial Administration in 2011
Updated on Jan 24, 2023 11:43 AM IST
Soldier dies of electrocution while filling train’s water tank in Bengal
The soldier came in contact with an overhead high-tension wire at New Jalpaiguri railway station and four of his colleagues were injured in the incident
Published on Jan 19, 2023 04:40 PM IST
Calcutta HC dismisses petition challenging Darjeeling municipality floor test
The petition by the Hamro Party (HP) challenged the legality of the December 28 floor test in which the party lost control
Published on Jan 11, 2023 09:47 PM IST
WB: Man who provided ambulance to father-son carrying body on shoulders arrested
The video of a man, Ram Prasad Dewan, carrying the body of his mother on his shoulder with his father Joy Krishna Dewan helping him, went viral on January 5
Published on Jan 11, 2023 07:12 PM IST
TMC backs BGPM to push out Hamaro Party from Darjeeling municipality, loses MLA
TMC legislator Binoy Tamang announced his exit from the party, saying what had happened in Darjeeling municipality was “illegal and undemocratic”
Updated on Dec 29, 2022 01:01 AM IST
Sikkim accident: Bodies of 16 army men to be handed over to families today
Sixteen Indian army personnel were killed and four suffered injuries when the truck in which they were travelling fell off a mountain road in north Sikkim on Friday morning
Published on Dec 24, 2022 01:04 PM IST
16 soldiers killed as bus falls into gorge
Sixteen Indian Army personnel, including three junior commissioned officers (JCOs), were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in fell into a gorge in North Sikkim district on Friday, the army said in a statement.
Published on Dec 24, 2022 12:15 AM IST
Pramod Giri, Siliguri
16 army jawans killed, 4 injured in road accident in Sikkim
According to the army, the accident took place at Zema in North Sikkim after the vehicle skidded down a slope and fell into a gorge. The convoy left Chatten in the morning and was going towards Thangu
Updated on Dec 23, 2022 07:20 PM IST
Man with suspected ISI links arrested by STF in north Bengal: Police
The man from Bihar is suspected to have worked with ISI for the past few years and was living in a rented house in Siliguri’s Bharat Nagar area with his wife
Published on Dec 22, 2022 09:02 AM IST
In demand for Gorkhaland, hill state parties to rally this December in Delhi
Statehood Demand Coordination Committee (SDCC), a non-political organisation, and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) are also planning to organise rallies pressing their demand for Gorkhaland
Published on Nov 20, 2022 05:37 PM IST
Court issues non-bailable warrant against Union minister John Barla
A local court in north Bengal’s Cooch Behar district has issued a non-bailable warrant against Union minister John Barla for allegedly holding a political rally without taking proper permission in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections
Updated on Nov 18, 2022 06:31 PM IST
Siliguri man kills ‘girlfriend’, confesses on social media before committing suicide
The man, identified as Kiran Debnath, killed the 30-year-old woman by slitting her throat, the police said, adding that she has a five-year-old son
Published on Nov 16, 2022 07:25 PM IST
Relief for Darjeeling planters as Tea Board of India lifts ban on tea blending
On October 18, the Tea Board of India amended its earlier notification that had completely banned the blending of Indian teas enjoying the geographical indications (GI) tags with imported ones
Published on Oct 20, 2022 02:37 PM IST
