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
Violence in north Bengal after police detects gambling den
Five people were injured when police opened fire on a mob at Binnaguri in the north Bengal district of Jalpaiguri, reports Pramod Giri.
Updated on Oct 19, 2009 11:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
Elephant kills 3 in Jalpaiguri in North Bengal
Three women, one of whom was pregnant, were trampled to death by a tusker on Wednesday night at Baikantapur forest division in Jalpaiguri district of north Bengal.
Updated on Oct 15, 2009 08:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
Jolt to Bengal Cong-TMC alliance
The eight month-old honeymoon between Congress and Trinamool Congress in Bengal received a jolt on Thursday with Congress defeating the TMC candidate for the Siliguri mayor and chairman’s post with all the Left Front’s councilors voting for Congress.
Updated on Oct 02, 2009 02:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri and Debdutta Ghosh, Kolkata / Siliguri
Another jolt for left, Mamata-Cong wrest Siliguri
After three decades of uninterrupted power, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) was swept out of office in the Siliguri municipal polls in North Bengal on Tuesday.
Updated on Sep 15, 2009 11:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
No Opposition in Sikkim
The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), which had won 31 seats out of 32 in the last assembly elections did one better this time – it picked up all 32, reports Pramod Giri.
Updated on May 17, 2009 04:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
Weak opposition to help ruling front in Gangtok
The eighth assembly and Lok Sabha elections will held simultaneously in the Himalayan state of Sikkim. It will be a close contest between the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) and the Congress. However the failure of opposition parties to forge an alliance has come as an advantage for the SDF which won 31 of 32 assembly seats in 2004 assembly elections. The Congress had won only one seat that year.
Updated on Apr 30, 2009 01:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Gangtok
Darjeeling under siege
Siliguri was taken hostage by a riotous Aamra Bangali mob, which launched systematic attacks on another group, throwing stones and burning property. Pramod Giri examines...
Updated on Jun 13, 2008 01:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
Coalition partner calls a bandh against the state Govt
Four supporters of Bengal's Left Front ally have been killed in police firing on a demonstration in Coochbehar district, report Pramod Giri and Sutirtho Patranobis.
Updated on Feb 06, 2008 03:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri/Sutirtho Patranobis, Siliguri/new Delhi
Another MiG goes down
A MiG-27 ground attack fighter crashed within minutes of takeoff from the West Bengal’s Hashimara air base, report Rahul Singh and Pramod Giri.
Updated on Feb 01, 2008 02:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh and Pramod Giri, New Delhi/siliguri
Serial blasts rock Bhutan, woman injured
The dragon kingdom of Bhutan was rocked by four powerful bomb blasts on Sunday in four different districts, reports Pramod Giri.
Updated on Jan 20, 2008 09:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
Curfew relaxed, Siliguri limps back to normalcy
Indefinite curfew has been declared in 11 sensitive areas, however, will continue till further orders, reports Pramod Giri.
Updated on Sep 30, 2007 02:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
Siliguri on fire over RJ remark, army out
Army had to be called in to control the 'mob fury' over remarks by a FM channel jockey about the winner of the TV show Indian Idol, reports Pramod Giri.
Updated on Sep 29, 2007 12:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Kolkata/siliguri
Bone trail from Varanasi leads to China
Hundred Sacks full of human thighbones and skulls were seized on June 12 in Jaigaon town in Jalpaiguri district near the Indo-Bhutan border, reports Pramod Giri.
Updated on Jun 23, 2007 02:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
40 years on, comrade still sees red
Sanyal’s movement, which catapulted the Left Front to power, had been built around the objective of uplifting the poor. Instead, he says, the government has joined hands with capitalists, reports Pramod Giri.
Updated on Jun 21, 2007 01:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, West Bengal
Indian troops fire to keep refugees out
Indian security forces on Tuesday fired several rounds to control thousands of Bhutanese refugees trying to enter the Indian side, reports Pramod Giri.
Updated on May 30, 2007 03:00 AM IST
None | Pramod Giri, Panitanki (darjeeling)
Bird flu scare in West Bengal's Siliguri town
More than 3,500 chickens have died since Saturday in a private poultry farm in Siliguri sparking the scare.
Updated on May 08, 2007 10:20 PM IST
None | Subhendu Maiti, Tapan Das and Pramod Giri, Kolkata/siliguri
World's highest ATM located at Nathu-La
Meant primarily for army personnel along the Sino-India border, the ATM at 14, 300 ft, will service tourists, writes Pramod Giri.
Updated on Apr 08, 2007 03:23 AM IST
None | Pramod Giri, Nathula
Top Nepal Maoists freed
The leaders said the withdrawal of charges against them was a victory for the revolutionary movement in Nepal, reports Pramod Giri.
Published on Dec 01, 2006 03:48 AM IST
None | Pramod Giri, Jalpaiguri
Dalgaon tea men threaten boycott
The Dalgaon Tea Estate killings have come as a major setback for the CPI(M). Tea garden workers in Jalpaiguri district have threatened to boycott the general elections.
Published on Apr 28, 2004 01:55 PM IST
PTI | Pramod Giri, Jalpaiguri
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