Darjeeling in a sentence

Hauled by a steam locomotive until only a decade or two ago, a diminutive diesel now takes charge of the daily run from NJP, but steam locos still ply the upper section of the Unesco-listed Darjeeling Himalayan Railway between Darjeeling and Ghum.

It is Darjeeling’s loss,” said Mamata Banerjee, speaking at Chowrasta in Darjeeling during her second day of the visit to the Hills.

Apart from the State government officers, the U.S. government thanked Rev. Fr. Patrick Pradhan of the Darjeeling cemetery and Father Paul D’Souza, who helped in the exhumation process.

Darjeeling, Assam and Ceylon teas are different strengths of black tea.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP won all the seats in north Bengal including Darjeeling.

This visit served as a testament to their dedication to forging stronger economic ties with West Bengal, with a particular focus on Darjeeling.

We went to Delhi, he got married and we went straight to Darjeeling to shoot… with the bride!

Bista began the rally by acknowledging and thanking Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for supporting the people of Darjeeling.

By renominating Bista, the BJP broke its trend of changing the candidate in Darjeeling every five years since 2009.

Currently, a total of eight junior doctors, which include seven at Esplanade in Central Kolkata and one within the North Bengal Medical College & Hospital at Siliguri in Darjeeling district, are on hunger strike, which entered its 16th day on Sunday.

Given the prevailing weather conditions, the state government has preponed the summer vacation in government-run and aided schools except those in the hilly areas of Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts.

I am confident that the people of Darjeeling will be with BJP this time as well," Bista said.

In 1963, Father Mackey arrived in Paro after having lived in Darjeeling for 17 years.

Standing high in the Himalayas at an altitude of 2134m, Dorje Ling (Darjeeling), or place of the thunderbolt, offers breathtaking views of snow-capped mountain peaks, with the Kanchendzonga rising higher than all the others.

The East India Company hired a junk to get him out and once again using the Wardian cases, Fortune got something like 20,000 seedlings out of China and into India where they were planted in Darjeeling.

The inquiry by the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) into the accident involving Kanchanjunga Express and a goods train on June 17 in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district that claimed 10 lives has reached completion and a final report is being awaited.

There was nothing like sitting on one of its cushioned metal chairs, ordering a platter of pastries and washing the delectable goodies with a pot of Darjeeling tea in the afternoons.

Will green tea revive Darjeeling’s ailing tea industry?

But to us, he was our friend - and we’ll remember him for his kindness and generosity, his fearsome intelligence, bad jokes, mad stories and endless cups of Darjeeling tea.

In the north, the situation remained alarming in Darjeeling, which had seen high recoveries a couple of weeks back.