Chamling requested the Mamata for forest clearance to construct an alternative highway from Siliguri to Gangtok

LACHUNG: Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling has requested the Mamata Banerjee government for forest clearance to construct an alternative highway from Siliguri to Gangtok."I have requested Mamataji for an no-objection certificate (NOC). I told her the alternative highway will be important for Sikkim as well as Darjeeling," Chamling told TOI. "An NOC from Bengal is also necessary for the construction of a rail link to Sikkim." The necessary...

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Engineering students from Assam drown in Teesta that flows near the Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology

Sikkim/Gangtok, Oct. 28: Two third-year engineering students from Assam, out for a swim in the Teesta that flows near the Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology campus, died after being swept away by a strong current this afternoon.Police said Kuntal Kashyap from Jorhat and Imanjal Gohain from Guwahati, had gone swimming along with their friends around 3pm near their institute campus at Majitar.They were washed away for about 10-15 metres downstream by the river before alarmed friends and local people pulled them to the bank and rushed them...

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GJMM wants to provide Indian citizenship to nine lakh Nepalese-Asok Bhattacharya

SILIGURI, 27 OCT: Echoing the apprehension voiced by the Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad (ABAVP) leadership regarding the alleged GJMM stratagem to provide Indian citizenship to the Nepalese inhabiting the Dooars, the former urban development minister and a senior CPI-M leader, Mr Asok Bhattacharya, today said many such Nepali people had already managed Indian citizenship in the Dooars-Terai region by fraudulent means. The ABAVP leaders have lodged a complaint with the chairman of the state government-appointed land verification committee,...

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क्रामाकपाले गर्यो न्यायिक जाँचको माग

कालेबुङ २४ हक्टोबर: डी के वाइबाबिजनबारी घट्नाकाण्डमा परेका पिडीत परिवारहरु प्रति क्रामाकपा पर्टीले शोक व्यक्त गरेको छ। क्रामाकपा कालेबुङ आञ्चलिक समितिका सभापति किशोर प्रधानले आज पार्टी कार्यलयमा पत्रकारहरुलाई सम्बोधन गर्दै घटना दुखद्पूर्ण रहेको बताए। उक्त घट्नाकाणड कसरि भयो भन्ने बिषयमा न्यायिक जाँच हुनपर्ने पनि क्रामाकपाले माग गरेको छ। प्रधानले यस बिषयमा प्रशासनले न्यायिक जाँच गरेर घट्ना कसरी भयो भन्ने कुराको पत्तो लगाएर वास्तविक कुरा सार्वजनिक...

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चुनाव प्राथमिक होइन पहिला राहत दिनुपर्छ – डा हर्कबहादुर

कालेबुङ २४ अक्टोबर : डी के वाइबाभुँइचालोको पिडाबाट राम्रो संग छुट्न नपाई दार्जीलिङ पहाडका मानिसहरु बिजनबारीको हृदयबिदारक घट्नाबाट मर्माहत बन्न पर्यो। मादलको धिङताङमा भैलो र देऊसेका स्वरहरु गाउँदै नाच्न नसक्ने भयो बिजनबारीको यस पिडादायक घट्नाले। बजार भरी नै मानिसहरु बिजनबारीको घट्ना सम्झन्दै तिहारमा कुनै रौनकता नै नभएको कुराहरू गर्दै थिए। यता यस बिषयमा आज गोजमुमो नेता एंव कालेबुङका बिद्याक डा हर्क बहादुर छेत्रीले शोक व्यक्त गर्दै पिडीत परिवारहरु...

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According to the decision of the chief minister dr pawan chamling to repair...

SANJAY AGARWAL-RANGPO-23RD OCTUBER11 According to the decision of the chief minister dr pawan chamling   to repair and to complete the under construction tourism infrastructures   in the state the tourism department is working seriously and actively to fulfil the decision and target. all the  damages structures of the department   by the recent earthquake   may be complete along with the siddhaswar mandir the newly constructed mandir is also  completed and going to inaugurate...

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The relief material is donated by Thakur Dwar Trust of Delhi.

23rd October: The Chief Minister of Sikkim Pawan Chamling and the Chief Minister of Delhi Smt. Shela Dixit flagged off two truck loads of relief materials consistingof blankets and sleeping bags numbering 4800 from Delhi, today.  The relief material is donated by Thakur Dwar Trust of Delhi. The Chief Minister also met with the Union Minister for DONER Shri B.K.Handique, today. During the meeting the Chief Minister discussed the concept of North East Region being considered and declared as an eco friendly zone. Further more, the Chief Minister...

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Majhitar Sai Samity is an organization under Sri Satiya sai sewa samity Sikkim State.

MAJHITAR SAI SAMITY EXPRESSED GRATITUDE ON ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT.Majhitar 24rd Oct. 2011-Majhitar Sai Samity is an organization under Sri Satiya sai sewa samity Sikkim State. As such this samity has to follow all the guideline as per the directives of national level organization, which has name & fame globally in holistic approach to reform peaceful societies. The samity comprises of( a)-Spiritual wing( b)- education wing and( c).Service wing. Spiritual wing moreover concern with developing spiritual awareness in indivisual.Under...

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Mamata air-dashed to Darjeeling to assess the situation at Bijanbari bridge collapse-announced compensations

Kolkata/Siliguri, Oct 23 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today air-dashed to Darjeeling to assess the situation at Bijanbari, where a bridge collapse yesterday took 32 lives and injured more than 100 and announced Rs two lakh each to the families of those killed in the accident. The Chief Minister accompanied by Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, will visit North Bengal Medical College and Hospital to meet the injured people and then move straight to Bijanbari where rescue operation is still on looking for survivors. North Bengal...

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East Sikkim tourism minister Mr. bhim dhungel has released the nepali video film PRAYASCHCHIT

SANJAY AGARWAL-RANGPO-23RD OCTUBER11 Between colourful cultural programme at padamchay  under rhenock constituency in east Sikkim  tourism minister Mr. bhim dhungel has released the nepali  video film PRAYASCHCHIT based on the prevention of environment  and plantation .produced by Mr. B S Tamang and directed by Mr.  dipak adhikari all the artist are from  Sikkim and suited also in the enchanting land of Sikkim.90 minutes film  constructed at an cost of rs five lakhs Mr. satish vasistha and miss sashi thatal ...

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Mamata Banerjee to visit the site of a bridge collapse in Bijanbari area of Darjeeling

Darjeeling (W.Bengal), Oct.23 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will visit the site of a bridge collapse in Bijonbari area of West Bengal's Darjeeling district on Sunday, a day after 30 people lost their lives in the incident. Several others were also injured in the mishap.Banerjee would visit the area along with Railway Minster Dinesh Trivedi and Union Minister of State for Health Sudip Bandopadhyay.The old wooden footbridge over a spring gave way under pressure of a crowd during a Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) meeting.Chief Medical...

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बिजनबारीको घटना जिल्लाभरि दोहोरिन सक्छ

मनोज वोगटी कालेबुङ, 24 अक्टोबर। बिजनबारीमा जुन घटना भयो त्यसले पहाडलाई नै स्तब्ध बनायो।  गीत सुन्न गएकाहरू दुर्घटनामा परे। धेरैको ज्यान गयो, धेरै घाइते बने।  भुइँचालोको त्रासदी मेटिँदा नमेटिँदै बिजनबारीको घटनाले पहाडलाई नै शोकाकूल बनायो। पुलमा धेर मानिसहरू हिँडेकोले भार थाम्न नसकेर पुललाई बॉंधेको लट्ठा चुँडिएको बताइएको छ। पहाडमा यस्ता खाले पुलहरू धेरै छन्‌ जसको न त सरकारी मरम्मति नै हुने गरेको छ न त संरक्षण नै। जब दुर्घटना हुन्छ तब सरकारको मात्र होइन क्षेत्रबासीको पनि आँखा खोल्छ। बिजनबारीको पुल चुट्टिनु दुर्घटना थियो तर भर्खर गएको भुइँचालोले...

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जीटीए, स्वीट्‌जरल्याण्ड, परिभ्रमण, आश्वासनः समस्या जस्ताको त्यस्तै

पहाडमा भुइँचालोले पारेको क्षति राज्य सरकारको लागि आश्वासनको निम्ति गतिलो मसला त छँदैछ, क्षतिग्रस्त दार्जीलिङ पर्यटक मन्त्रीहरूको निम्ति पनि पर्यटनको सुन्दर क्षेत्र बनेको छ। यसैकारण नै मन्त्रीहरू परिवार लिएर पहाड घुम्न आउनेहरूको संख्यामा वृद्धि हुने देखिएको छ। केही दिन अघि घुम्न आएका कृषि अनि व्यवसाय मन्त्री अरूप रोयले यहॉंको फूल र सिन्कोनालाई दिल्लीमा आउनेवर्ष हुने प्रदर्शनीमा राख्ने गतिलो घोषणा गरेर फर्किए। न त तिनले  किनारीकृत कृषकहरूको समस्या नै बुझे न त राज्य सरकारद्वारा उनीहरूको निम्ति दिइने सहुलियतहरूको नै कुरा गरे। अहिले मुख्यमन्त्रीदेखि...

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The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha(GJM) under fire as the toll in S bridge collapse at Bijanbari valley rose to 34

Bijanbari/Siliguri, October 23/HT Correspondent:The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha, which is spearheading the statehood movement in Darjeeling, came under fire on Sunday as the toll in Saturday’s bridge collapse at Bijanbari valley rose to 34.On Saturday afternoon, the frail suspension bridge over Chota Rangit river had collapsed duringa meeting of the GJM. Over 200 people standing on the bridge had hurtled down 65 feet below. More than 130 people were injured.Most of the victims were women and children, who had gone to hear the address of GJM chief Bimal...

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Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling today expressed deep sorrow

Gangtok | Agency: PTI - Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling today expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives due to the bridge collapse in neighbouring Darjeeling district of West Bengal last evening.In his condolence message on behalf of the people of Sikkim to the bereaved families, Chamling asked them to be calm to face this tragic incident and have faith in God.The chief minister, who is in New Delhi now, also wished speedy recovery to those who have sustained injury during the accident.At least 34 persons were killed and about 50...

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