दिल्ली दृष्टिमा त्रिदेशीय साझेदारी

नयाँदिल्ली, - भारतसँग सम्बन्ध सुमधुर राख्न चिनियाँ प्रधानमन्त्री वेन जियाबाओले दिएको सन्देश सेलाउन नपाउँदै भारतबाट पनि त्यस्तै खाले सन्देश नेपाली पक्षलाई आयो । ती परिवेशमा पात्र अलग थिए, तर विश्वका दुई उदीयमान शक्तिले दिएको सन्देशको मर्म मूलतः एकै थियो । चिनियाँ प्रधानमन्त्रीको भ्रमणको केही दिनमैै भारतको आकस्मिक यात्रामा आएका उपप्रधानमन्त्री विजयकुमार गच्छदारलाई भारतीय प्रधानमन्त्री मनमोहन सिंहले वेनले नेपाली समकक्षी बाबुराम भट्टराईलाई भनेकै शैलीमा...

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SDF man files RS papers

Gangtok, Jan. 20: Former minister Hissey Lachungpa is set to be elected to the Rajya Sabha with the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front endorsing him as a candidate for the election to the lone seat for the state in the Upper House.Lachungpa filed his nominations today and his election to Rajya Sabha is almost certain as all 32 MLAs in the Sikkim Assembly are from the SDF. Today was the last day for filing nominations and the scrutiny will take place tomorrow. The last day for the withdrawal of nominations is January 23.(Telegra...

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New toy train coaches to shed vestibules

MRINALINI SHARMA The interior of a vestibule coach brought for the DHR. File picture Siliguri, Jan. 20: The railways have dropped the plan to introduce vestibule coaches in toy trains as they have difficulty in manoeuvring sharp curves and all efforts to solve the glitch have failed.The 10 vestibule coaches brought from Pune two years ago will be converted into regular compartments that have been successfully ferrying passengers along the...

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Tax target up seven-fold

VIVEK CHHETRI Darjeeling, Jan. 20: The government has set a tax collection target of Rs 50 crore for the Darjeeling district for the current fiscal, a seven-fold increase from last year’s target of Rs 7 crore.The move is an indication that the state has started tightening its noose against defaulters who had not paid their dues in the past three years following the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s call for a non-co-operation movement.Gopal Lama, additional district magistrate and also the district land and land reforms officer, said: “We are...

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कालेबुङ महकुमालाई जिल्ला बनाउनु पर्ने माग लिएर गोर्खाल्याण्ड राज्य निमार्ण मोर्चाको शहरमा पोष्टरिङ , जिल्ला गठ्न मुद्दा गोर्खाल्याडको पहिलो खुडकिलो पार्टी प्रमुख दावा पाखरीङको दावी

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Drug ban threat to rein in OPD sales

Members of the Assembly standing committee on health at the NBMCH on Wednesday. (Kundan Yolmo) Siliguri, Jan. 18: The Assembly standing committee on health has threatened that it will ask the government not to procure drugs manufactured by companies whose medical representatives visit the out-patients’ department flouting norms. The Assembly team said it...

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Polls decision after Feb 16

Siliguri, Jan. 18: North Bengal University has “kept in abeyance” the students’ union election of Raiganj University College, considering that the institute would be busy with a host of activities for a month from now.A decision on whether the air is conducive for polls would be taken after a report is submitted on February 16. The announcements were made by NBU vice-chancellor Arunabha Basumajumdar after a review meeting of the college’s advisory committee today.“Our main focus is to maintain normality in the college so that the academic...

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DMs to scan contours of plains mouzas - Morcha cites adivasi support to argue against demographic profiling of plains pockets

VIVEK CHHETRI Darjeeling, Jan. 18: The Justice Shyamal Sen Committee today decided to ask the district magistrates of Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri to prepare a map to see if the mouzas the Gorkha Janmutki Morcha wanted as part of the hill set-up were contiguous. “This would...

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10 injured, SFI points assault finger at rivals

Siliguri, Jan. 17: Ten SFI supporters, six of them girls, were allegedly beaten up by Trinamul Congress and Chhatra Parishad members at Siliguri College today. The SFI alleged that its supporters were attacked when they were coming out of the campus after collecting nomination forms for the student union election. The CPM’s student wing has been the dominant union in the college for 16 years. “The Trinamul Chhatra Parishad members, most...

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GTA by March or state cry: Morcha - Deadline set before territory panel meet

VIVEK CHHETRI A Morcha fair at Jamuni on Tuesday. Jamuni is 17km from Darjeeling town. Picture by Suman Tamang Darjeeling, Jan. 17: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today said it would wait till March for the implementation of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration and would start a fresh agitation...

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जनजातिको दर्जा दिनु पर्ने राई समुदयको माग

16 जनवरी (कालेबुङ):- राई समुदायका मानिसहरुले आफूहरुलाई जनजातिको दर्जा दिनु पर्ने माग गर्दै सरकारमाथि दवाउ बनाउन शुरु गरेका छन। लामो समयदेखि जनजातिको दर्जाको माग गर्दै आइरहेका राईहरुको प्रतिनिधि संगठन किराँती खम्बु राई सांस्कृतिक संस्थानले आज कालेबुङमा एउटा र्‍यालीको आयोजना गरी आफ्नो आवाज बुलन्द गरेको छ। संगठनको कालेबुङ महकुमा समितिले आयोजना गरेको र्‍यालीमा हजारौंको संख्यामा विभिन्न क्षेत्रका राई समुदायका मानिसहरु सहभागी बनेका थिए। किराँतीहरुको नयाँ बर्ष यलोम सम्वत 5072को अवसर पारेर निकालिएको सो र्‍यालीमा सामेल राईहरुले आफूहरुलाई अबिलम्व...

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साडीमा फिल्मको प्रभाव

शाहरूख खानको 'रा.वन' हेर्नुभएको छ भने पक्कै पनि 'छम्मक छल्लो...' गीतको याद होला । गीत याद भएपछि नायिका करिना कपुरले साडी कम्मरमा बाँधेर नाचेको दृश्य दिमागमा आई नै हाल्छ । सहरका कुनै बुटिकतिर पसेर 'छम्मक छल्लो' उच्चारण गर्नुभो भने चाहिँ तपाईंको अघिल्तिर साडी हाजिर हुनेछ । पछिल्लो समय साडीमा पनि यसरी फिल्मको प्रभाव भित्रिएको हो । दुई वर्षदेखि सारी र कुर्ताको व्यापार गर्दै आएकी २७ वषर्ीया पारुल कँडेलको अनुभवमा साडी अब बिस्तारै ग्ल्यामरस बन्दै गएको छ । त्रिपुरेश्वरस्थित ब्लु बर्ड डिपार्टमेन्ट स्टोरमा मञ्जरी वुमेन्स प्राइड नामक बुटिक चलाउँदै आएकी...

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भारतसँग सम्बन्ध अझ मजबुत बनाउनुस् : चीन

चिनियाँ प्रधानमन्त्री वेन जियाबाओले भारतसँगको सम्बन्ध अझै सुदृढ गर्न नेपाललाई सुझाव दिएका छन् । प्रधानमन्त्री बाबुराम भट्टराईसँग सिंहदरबारमा शनिबार भएको भेटवार्तामा चिनियाँ समकक्षी वेनले विशेषगरी नेपाल-चीन र नेपाल-भारत सम्बन्धबारे चासो राख्दै दुवै देशसँग राम्रो सम्बन्ध हुनुपर्ने बताएका हुन् । केही घन्टे नेपाल भ्रमणका क्रममा वेनले भारतसँग पनि सम्बन्ध अझै सुदृढ गराउन आग्रह गरेका थिए । आफ्नो भ्रमणले भारतलाई कुनै शंका नहोस् भन्नेतर्फ उनी सचेत देखिन्थे । 'हाम्रो र भारतबीच राम्रो सम्बन्ध छ,' वेनको भनाइ थियो, 'तपाईं -नेपाल) र भारतबीच पनि राम्रो सम्बन्ध...

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Traffic bar to stay after crack cure

The Coronation Bridge over the Teesta. File picture Siliguri, Jan. 13: The Coronation Bridge over the Teesta will be out of bounds for heavy and medium vehicles even after the 2ft-long crack near the crown of the giant arch that supports the structure is repaired, public works department officials hinted today. The officials said the entry would be limited to light vehicles as the bridge was 70 years old and it could no longer bear...

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Nepalese or Gorkha? Hope on Sunday run

Mumbai, Jan. 13: Namper Lemcha from Darjeeling is among the thousands who will participate in the Mumbai International Marathon here on Sunday. The 35-year-old has not seen much of the city yet but Mumbai too — like most of the country — does not know enough about his community, one reason for him and 22 others to join the “identity run” for the Gorkhas. The validation for the run was quick to come. As Lemcha who arrived here yesterday...

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