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
Two deaths and a life: Earthquake's three victims
On Sunday morning, Mathew Lepcha, 33, attended mass with his wife, 27-year-old Nirmala Tamang. Pramod Giri reports.
Updated on Sep 23, 2011 12:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Dikchu/mangan/siliguri
Sikkim toll 72, labourers feared trapped in tunnels
Vijay Kumar, a businessman from Mysore, was looking forward to a pleasant vacation. The day the 6.8 richter earthquake shook Sikkim, Kumar had just arrived in Lachung in north Sikkim. "On Sunday, we had just reached and after a cup of tea we went out for a walk when the earth shook. The next minute the road vanished," said Kumar, whose wife and friend, Sanjay Kumar, were also trapped with him. | Rescue operation on, several missing
Updated on Sep 21, 2011 11:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Gangtok
Many areas in Sikkim yet to get help
The armed forces had rescued more than 3,000 people from quake-ravaged areas of Sikkim, but northern part of the state is still unapproachable with bodies buried in rubble. Pramod Giri reports.Uphill task for rescue teams | In the meantime... | Weather disrupts quake rescue work
Updated on Sep 21, 2011 01:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Meyong
A harrowing night's tale on NH-31A
Sikkim government employee Gunjala Bania and two others travelling with her did not feel the earthquake when they were returning by jeep from Siliguri in West Bengal on Sunday.
Updated on Sep 20, 2011 12:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Singtam (sikkim)
A harrowing night's tale on NH-31A
Sikkim government employee Gunjala Bania and two others travelling with her did not feel the earthquake when they were returning by jeep from Siliguri in West Bengal yesterday.
Updated on Sep 19, 2011 11:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Singtam (sikkim)
Sikkim tremor toll mounts to 35
The death toll in Sunday’s landslides in Sikkim has reached 35 with 24 deaths confirmed only from North Sikkim where 6.8 magnitude of earthquake had its epicenter.
Updated on Sep 19, 2011 06:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Gangtok
Sikkim quake: Toll mounts to 71 as rain hampers rescue work
The earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale ended on Sunday evening but the tremors were felt throughout Monday in Sikkim and Darjeeling as the death toll in India, Nepal and Tibet climbed to 71. Pramod Giri & Amitava Banerjee report.
Updated on Sep 20, 2011 11:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri & Amitava Banerjee, Gangtok/darjeeling
Mamata wins over north Bengal
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s opposition to the proposed Teesta water-sharing agreement between India and Bangladesh in its present form is good news for people in north Bengal. Pramod Giri reports.
Updated on Sep 05, 2011 11:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
Slow train speed prevents greater disaster
It was the slow speed of the Azimganj-Malda passenger train and the driver's presence of mind that prevented a Gyaneswari Express-like accident, which took 148 lives in May 2010.
Updated on Aug 02, 2011 12:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Bakhorpur
Day after pact, rumble in Hills
A day after signing the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) agreement designed to give more autonomy to the hill region of West Bengal, Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) president Bimal Gurung said on Tuesday that it would be possible to form a separate state through the agreement.
Updated on Jul 20, 2011 12:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri and Amitava Banerjee, Siliguri
16 feared dead in Sikkim landslides
Sixteen persons are reported to have died in landslides caused by heavy rain in West Sikkim on Thursday night. One of the 16 was a three-month-old baby whose gender could not be established.
Updated on Jun 24, 2011 07:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Gangtok
Unwilling old vs eager new!
If Jai Bahadur Chettri and Sarmaya Chettri are probably the oldest living couple of north Bengal who were unwilling to take the trouble of going to the nearest polling vote to cast their votes on Monday, Binati Oraon 29, a tea garden worker, was among the most excited voters in north Bengal. Pramod Giri reports.
Updated on Apr 19, 2011 04:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
Kalchini anybody’s game
Kalchini assembly constituency has always been unpredictable and this time is no different.
Updated on Apr 17, 2011 04:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Kalchini
Advani campaigns in N Bengal, avoids Didi
Lal Krishna Advani, former union home minister and senior BJP leader, on Wednesday took entirely an entirely different path to woo voters while remaining conspicuously silent on Mamata Banerjee and her party, the Trinamool Congress, as he went hammering the 34-year "misrule" of Left Front. Pramod Giri reports
Updated on Apr 15, 2011 02:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Falakata
Congress axes 12 dissident leaders
Sending a clear message to Mamata Banerjee, the Congress on Wednesday axed 12 of its leaders who were contesting as independents against the Trinamool Congress. State Congress leaders also urged Mamata to follow suit. Pramod Giri reports.
Updated on Apr 14, 2011 09:09 PM IST
None | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
Cong axes 12 rebel leaders
Sending a clear message to Mamata Banerjee, Congress on Wednesday axed 12 leaders who are contesting as Independents in assembly elections. The party also urged Banerjee to expel Trinamool rebels who are campaigning against the alliance. Pramod Giri reports.
Updated on Apr 14, 2011 01:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
Destination north Bengal for heavyweights
Political heavyweights are descending in north Bengal in droves. From Sonia Gandhi to LK Advani, from Rahul Gandhi to Narendra Modi and from Sitaram Yechury to Nitin Gadkari, they are all coming. Pramod Giri reports.
Updated on Apr 13, 2011 03:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
Over a dozen rallies in 2 days: Mamata looks to upset Left Front applecart in north Bengal
If attracting crowds is any indicator of electoral fortunes, Mamata Banerjee can rest assured that she has already upset the Left Front applecart in north Bengal. Pramod Giri reports.
Updated on Apr 13, 2011 03:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Dhupguri/mainaguri
The Left has to be driven out
Tej Kumar Toppo is the state general secretary of Akhil Bhartiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad, an all India social welfare organisation that has influence over a large section of tribal voters in North Bengal, particularly the Terai region of Darjeeling and the Dooars of Jalpaiguri districts. Pramod Giri reports.
Updated on Apr 12, 2011 03:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri
Left to heal wounds by themselves
Eight years since the attack that left one CPI(M) Jalpaiguri district committee member and four party cadres dead and 18 injured, the families of those who sacrificed their lives fighting the KLO have been left to fend for themselves by the very party they fought for. Pramod Giri reports.
Updated on Apr 10, 2011 03:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Kolkata
This Mamata may lose the election!
If the hectic poll preparations of the party cadres are any indicator, the CPI(M) could find it tough to retain the Dhupguri assembly seat, which it had been winning since 1977. Pramod Giri reports
Updated on Apr 09, 2011 03:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri Pramod Giri, Dhupguri
Insider vs outsider
Both are Bhattacharyas. But the similarities end there. If it is Siliguri, then no politician stands taller than Asok Bhattacharya. Pramod Giri reports.
Updated on Apr 12, 2011 10:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Pramod Giri
Disenchanted Lepchas to boycott election
Lepchas, an indigenous tribe in Darjeeling, have called for a boycott of the assembly polls. The Hills, which comprises the three seats of Kurseong, Kalimpong and Darjeeling, would go to polls in the first phase scheduled for April 18. Pramod Giri reports.
Updated on Apr 08, 2011 05:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
Congress rebels may hold key in N Dinajpur
Pranab Mukherjee’s threat to suspend Congress leaders and workers working against the spirit of the Trinamool-Congress alliance seems not to have deterred those determined to sabotage the prospect of Trinamool candidates in North Dinajpur, where rebel Congress leaders are contesting as Independents in three seats. Pramod Giri reports.
Updated on Apr 08, 2011 05:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
Pranab reads out riot act
Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said it loud and clear that the election alliance with Trinamool Congress is beneficial to both parties. Any Congress leader working against the spirit of alliance would be shown the door, said the minister. Pramod Giri reports.
Updated on Apr 06, 2011 12:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Nagrakata
Congress gets a jolt in north Bengal
The Congress on Wednesday got a jolt in north Bengal after Akhil Bhartiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad (ABAVP) decided to field its own candidates in seven Assembly constituencies and to support parties other than the Congress in eight seats. Pramod Giri reports.
Updated on Apr 12, 2011 10:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
Police open fire on Gorkhaland protesters, Army called in, shutdown today
In renewed Gorkhaland agitation, two supporters of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) were killed on Tuesday as police fired on a crowd in Jalpaiguri district.
Updated on Feb 08, 2011 11:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
7 elephants killed by goods train
A goods train in Dooars mowed down seven elephants on Wednesday night in Dooars, about 500 km north of Kolkata.
Updated on Sep 23, 2010 11:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
Storm toll 124; survivors protest
A day after a violent storm lashed parts of Bihar, West Bengal and Assam, the body count climbed to 128 today. There is mounting anger and helplessness among the hundreds of thousands rendered homeless as they say food, medicines and temporary shelters have been hard to come by.
Updated on Apr 16, 2010 12:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri and Vijay Swaroop, Patna
MIG-27 crashes in West Bengal, pilot safe
A MiG-27 fighter plane on regular exercise from Hasimara Air base in Jalpaiguri district crashed near Mujnai Tea estate under Madaharihat Police Station on Friday afternoon. Pramod Giri reports.
Updated on Oct 23, 2009 06:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
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