Siliguri: Sailen Nath Roy, who had made his way to the Guinness Book of World records for his stunts, died in Siliguri on Sunday while performing a rope stunt over Teesta river at Sevoke.
Roy (45) was crossing the turbulent river by hanging from a pulley tied to his ponytail this afternoon. The tragedy took place when the pulley got stuck and he could not move it despite attempts.
The people helplessly watched him dying as he hung mid-air from the rope unable to move, the police said, adding, there were no safety measures in place.
Roy was later pulled to the shore by the onlookers and the doctors declared him dead. The doctors said that Roy had died of cardiac arrest while hanging from the rope over the river....
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08:50 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Kolkata/Siliguri: Stoking controversy, a leader of CPI(M) student wing who was arrested after a clash with ruling Trinamool Congress activists, has been chained to his bed at a state-run hospital in judicial custody. The first year student, Santosh Sahani, of SFI was arrested on April 10 after a clash between Trinamool Congress and Left supporters in Siliguri. The chain was later removed following an uproar with activists alleging violation of...
11:23 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Siliguri: Forty six CPI-M activists, including a former MP, were on Friday sent to judicial custody till April 18 in connection with the clashes with cadres of the Trinamool Congress in Siliguri on Wednesday. The activists had been arrested following the ruckus, however, two Left leaders, Ashok Bhattacharya and Jibesh Sarkar, were released on Thursday after night-long detention. Five women councillors were also released on bail on Thursday. ...
06:29 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Kolkata: The Presidency University's faculty and students in Kolkata are on a strike on Thursday after members of the Trinamool Congress youth wing allegedly barged into the university premises on Wednesday and manhandled them. Armed with sticks, they ransacked the science lab where classes were being conducted. Some teachers were allegedly assaulted too. The attack came despite West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's appeal for non-violent protests. Female students at...
01:51 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Kolkata: The Left has reportedly called a 12-hour bandh in Siliguri on Thursday after two of its leaders were arrested by the police following violence in the area. Nearly 30 people were hospitalised after the Left cadres clashed with Trinamool Congress workers who were on a rampage after party chief Mamata Banerjee and a TMC minister were heckled in New Delhi by suspected SFI activists on Tuesday. The police had...
09:40 PM, Apr 10, 2013
A tense game is being played out on Bhutan's border with China where Beijing is demanding territorial concessions that could bring it closer to India's sensitive Siliguri Corridor. Visiting Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigme Thinley is expected to brief Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday. ...
08:14 AM, Feb 08, 2013
A 24-year old woman was set on fire on Wednesday after being allegedly abducted and gangraped by a neighbour and his friends at a village near Siliguri, police sources said. ...
07:25 PM, Dec 19, 2012
Darjeeling: Railway Minister Mukul Roy on Sunday promised to restore the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, which now runs between Darjeeling and Kurseong, to Siliguri by 2013. "The Railways will make an all-out effort to extend the services to Siliguri," he said. The UNESCO heritage railway, which attracts tourists both foreign and domestic, has been running for years between Darjeeling and Kurseong as tracks up to Siliguri were damaged by landslides. The...
10:40 AM, Aug 06, 2012
Siliguri: A village police force consisting 3,500 personnel would soon be set up, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said. Banerjee, while inaugurating a police commissionerate at Siliguri in north Bengal, said the strength of the force would be increased later. The government plans to form 65 women police station of which 10 has already been set up, she said after the inauguration programme at Mallaguri. "After coming to power,...
12:01 AM, Aug 06, 2012
Siliguri: Ahead of her meeting with Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) top leaders on Saturday on the Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said she did not support separatists. "We do not want any division (between the hills and the plains). But we want unity among the hills and the plains. I do not support separatists," Banerjee said while inaugurating the week-long North Bengal Utsav...
10:54 PM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: Government on Monday started air dropping of food to earthquake-affected people in Sikkim amidst fears that some people may still be trapped under the debris. Two medical teams with doctors and paramedics reached worst affected Mangan and Sangthan with the help of helicopters and Border Roads Organisation has been able to reopen the Himalayan state's life line-the National Highway 31-A, Union Home Secretary RK Singh told reporters. "We...
07:40 PM, Sep 19, 2011
Bad weather has hampered an all-out rescue operation in Sikkim as the Indian Air Force says that helicopters can't fly till the weather improves. ...
01:04 PM, Sep 19, 2011
Siliguri: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday firmly told the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha that its demand for a separate state would never be conceded and asked it to instead concentrate on development of the region. "Stop your movement for a Gorkhaland. It will never be fulfilled. Concentrate on all round development of Darjeeling as it is the only solution to the issue," Bhattacharjee said while inaugurating a biscuit...
06:51 PM, Feb 20, 2011
He lacks the money to move to Pune for the 2010 Games. ...
03:55 PM, Oct 30, 2009
The Congress-Trinamool Congress alliance has taken a hit. ...
11:04 AM, Oct 02, 2009
Sources claimed the Congress had sought the Left Front's backing. ...
03:17 PM, Oct 01, 2009
The Left parties had been ruling Siliguri Municipal Corp since 1982. ...
06:50 PM, Sep 15, 2009
As per code, graffiti is not to be written on walls of govt buildings. ...
11:22 PM, Mar 06, 2009
Siliguri has for long been a favourite haven for militants like the ULFA. ...
10:59 AM, Nov 01, 2008
Five crude bombs and some rounds of ammo were recovered from the duo. ...
11:23 AM, Aug 01, 2008
