Asok fest queries spark debt debate

Partha Chatterjee at North Bengal University on Friday. Picture by Kundan Yolmo Siliguri, Feb. 3: Asok Bhattacharya's posers on how a cash-strapped government could spend crores on fests and beautification drives sparked a verbal duel today, with Partha Chatterjee asking the former minister to dwell on his own “non-performing” role in the Left cabinet.Bhattacharya, the former municipal affairs and urban development minister, demanded that...

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More cable cars to ride over Darjeeling

VIVEK CHHETRI A station of the defunct ropeway at Judge Bazar in Darjeeling; and Singtom tea garden from where the service is proposed to be relaunched. Pictures by Suman Tamang Darjeeling, Feb. 3: The Queen of the Hills will have one more cable car service for tourists sooner or later with a proposal being mooted for the revival of the ropeway between Darjeeling and Bijanbari.The 8km-long ropeway, used for the transport of goods, has been...

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“As per the recent development, we defer to take this matter for two months.” S C

On the basis of Comptroller Auditor General of India[CAG] report    Shri Anand lama of Gangtok had filled the W.P (C) No. 40 of 2011 in Sikkim High Court in which the scam of more than Rs. 10,000 crore scam in the hydro power projects was highlighted.   In the mean time petitioner Mr. Anand lama had filled a transfer petition in the Supreme court of India [T.P (C) no. 1387 of 2011].  Today the abovementioned matter was listed...

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