Drivers halt water supply

RAJEEV RAVIDASJeeps which ferry water from streams to Kalimpong were stationed on Kutidara Relli Road on Friday on account of the strike. Picture by Chinlop Fudong LepchaKalimpong, March 23: The water scarcity in Kalimpong was compounded today with suppliers refusing to ferry water to households and hotels to protest the municipality’s decision to declare six streams contaminated with coliform bacteria.The Kalimpong Water Supply Drivers’ Welfare...

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Arrested with wireless - Nepal citizen held for planting transmitters near border

VIVEK CHHETRIDangol in Kurseong on Friday. (Suman Tamang)Darjeeling, March 23: Darjeeling police have arrested a resident of Nepal from the border area of Mirik for illegally installing transmitters and wireless equipment.Given the nature of the crime and the place of operation — the international boundary between India and Nepal — Darjeeling police are consulting the signal wing of the army and the ministry of communication and information technology...

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RCM employees on Dharna

RANGPO-23RD March12After the central government order to close the RCM counter throughout country blaming the company as chit fund and money collection the lakhs of employees and agents are going unemployed .before 11 years under the formulation of multilevel marketing guidelines of India RCM having its household production started their business from bhilwara and this time more than one lakh families in the country is depend on this business...

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ICICI Bank launches the super premium Sapphiro Credit Cards

SANJAY AGARWAL- 23 March:ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, today announced the launch of ICICI Bank Sapphiro – a super premium product targeted at the growing super affluent segment and the Bank’s Wealth Management clientele.ICICI Bank Sapphiro is the third in the exclusive ‘Gemstone Collection’ of Credit Cards, closely following the launch of the ICICI Bank Coral and the ICICI Bank Rubyx. ICICI Bank Sapphiro is designed as an ode...

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the Bharat Scouts & Guide has flag off today by Dr. H.P. Chhetri

23RD MARCH12The 36 members of Sikkim State, the Bharat Scouts & Guide has flag off today by Dr. H.P. Chhetri , State Chief Commissioner with Mr. Prakash Kazi Shakya, State Secretary for National Integration Camp at Kolkata. Total 17 member from Duga Secondary School and 17 from Rabongla Senior Secondary School departed under the contingent Leader Mr. Mukund Dhungel, and other 3 Scout Master and Guide Captain. During the Program they will exhibit...

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World Water Day

RANGPO -23RD MARCH12On the eve of the World Water Day i.e. on 22nd March 2012, B.A.C, Duga organized various events to give awareness to the people regarding the water.Officials from the B.A.C, various Panchayat, and students of the Duga Sec. School, VWSC (Village Water & Sanitation Committee) & local people of the block were present to celebrate this wonderful day. Zilla Panchayat (T.B.Shilal) was invited as the Chief Guest.Events like quiz...

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Fruit Wine & its Commercial Application

22ND MARCH12NERAMAC is organizing jointly with Indian Grape Processing Board (Under Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India, New Delhi) One- Day Seminar on “Fruit Wine & its Commercial Application” at Denzong Regency Resort, Gangtok (East Sikkim) on 23rd (Friday) March 2012. Since Food Processing has been identified as a thrust area for development of Horticulture in the North-Eastern Region and a great scope in Sikkim. It will be benefited to Local beneficiaries, NGO’s, SHG’s, GPU’s and Investors to know how about its value...

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Singtam has completed its 41st episode

RANGPO-22ND MARCH12Basibiyalo the monthly literary meet of Singtam has completed its 41st episode and is going to organise 42nd episode at Singtam nepali dharmasala on 25thmaarch12 .with the special support of Mr. dawa Sherpa social worker the programme shall be attend by renewed writer com chief administrator of SICB Mr. sankar dev dhakal as a chief guest of the programme .according to Mr. Mohan Pradhan neeraj founder of basibiyalo Singtam Mr. paras mani dangal editor samay dainik,mr bijoy kumar Subba renewed writer etc are going to attend...

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I-League challenge for Bhaichung boys in Gangtok

Paljor Stadium in Gangtok, where the final leg of the I-League’s second division will be held from March 29 to April 17Gangtok, March 22: The final leg of the I-League’s second division will be held at Paljor Stadium in Gangtok where all eyes will be on Bhaichung Bhutia’s boys who are leading in the first section of the tournament being held in Siliguri.Seven clubs will take part in the final leg that begins on March 29 and two top teams will make...

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Water every three days - Kalimpong supply hit, sources infected with bacteria

RAJEEV RAVIDASKalimpong, March 22: The residents of town are getting drinking water supply every third day for the past one week with the administration announcing today that water in some sources was unsafe for consumption.The public health engineering (water works) department of the DGHC that distributes drinking water to the town has been forced to regulate the supply as the streams are drying up because of inadequate winter rain.Earlier, the PHE used to distribute water every alternate day.“The three main sources at Neora Khola, Relli and Thukchuk...

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Dry spell hits tea first flush

VIVEK CHHETRIDarjeeling, March 22: The Christmas Rain that Darjeeling missed this winter is threatening to pour cold water on the finest flush of tea this season.Planters fear that the toll of the parched winter would soon tell on the crop, pushing down production of the first flush — the most expensive category — by nearly 50 per cent below normal. If the dry weather continues, a further dip in April is not ruled out.A double-edge cloud curse is...

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मिरिक झीलको जीर्णोद्धार र सुन्दरीकरणको पहल शुरु

22मार्च (कालेबुङ):- जीटीएको चुनाउ र सिमांकनबारे छलफल गर्न राज्य सरकारले आगामी 24 मार्चमा डाकेको बैठकमा पनि मोर्चाले तराई डूवर्सको अन्तर्भुक्तिलाई नै मूल मुद्दा बनाउने अडान लिएको छ। मिरिकको भ्रमणमा रहेका गोजमुमो अध्यक्ष बिमल गुरुङले यहाँका पत्रकारहरुलाई यस आशयको जानकारी दिएका छन। राज्यकी मुख्यमंत्री ममता बेनर्जी आफैले निमञ्त्रणा दिएको बैठकलाई केन्द्र गरी आममानिसले मोर्चाको अडानबारे उत्सुकता जाहेर गरी रहेको अवस्थामा मोर्चा प्रमुखको यस आशयको बयान आएको...

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BAHA’IS OF GANGTOK CELEBRATED NAVRUZ

Rangpo 22 march-Baha’i community of Gangtok celebrated Navruz, Baha’i New year on 21st March at Baha’i House, Nam Nang Road Gangtok. The celebration was organized by the Local Spiritual Asembly of the Baha’is of Gangtok. Many Bahais from Gangtok, Tadong, Siyari and Pani House attended the programme.The programme started with a round of devotional prayers and reading of Holy writings. Secretary of the Regional Baha’i Council of Sikkim Mrs. Rupa Pradhan...

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Four delegates from Sikkim left for Delhi to support Anna

RANGPO-22ND MARCH12Four delegates from Sikkim left for Delhi to participate in the struggle and dharna organise by team Anna at Delhi jantar mantar on 25th march12.mr y t lepcha from nimtar ,mr basadev nirola from aahu, Mr. mitralal nirola hee barmaik west Sikkim and Mr. rudra khatiwada from rhenock east Sikkim are the four delegates going to participate for the dharna .talking to this correspondent by the group they asked that they...

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Mamata to tap Morcha for RS polls

Mamata, BimalMarch 21: Mamata Banerjee today invited Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president Bimal Gurung to meet her in Calcutta on March 24 apparently to seek his party’s support for the March 30 Rajya Sabha polls.Trinamul leaders said the chief minister would try to persuade Gurung to withdraw his party’s decision to abstain from voting in the Upper House polls and boycotting the Assembly and instead back Trinamul in the crucial election.A senior leader...

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Morcha rails at CM for hill ‘neglect’

MamataSiliguri, March 20: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today said Mamata Banerjee was “too occupied” with the railway ministry and appealed to people to decide if the new government had solved the Darjeeling issue as claimed by the chief minister.The Bimal Gurung-led party also accused Mamata of prioritising the railways as it was a matter of her survival in the larger political arena while putting Darjeeling and its problems in the backseat.“Trinamul...

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fake domicile

RANGPO-20THMARCH12 Out of 31180 fake certificate of identifications holders official statement of land revenue department some years ago the department is in position to furnish only 212 names only is a same full for the department authorities. a years before Mr. ganga ram rai of Mmring south Sikkim via right to information act 2005 has demanded to furnish all the fake COI holders name. after a struggle the department has agreed to furnish...

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Darjeeling lawyers on two-day strike

Darjeeling, March 19: The Darjeeling Bar Association here has called a two-day “cease-work” in the district court from tomorrow to press for the relocation of the special CBI court to the hill town.This means, no advocate, except for government lawyers, will appear in court.Seshmani Gurung, the vice-president of the association, today said: “Since we have not heard a word from the state government on the relocation of the special CBI court to Darjeeling, we have decided to go on ceasework for two days in the Darjeeling courts from tomorrow.”The...

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PM pledges hill solution - Darjeeling MP seeks funds for GTA region

Manmohan Singh and Jaswant Singh in the Lok Sabhaon Monday. (PTI)New Delhi, March 19: Manmohan Singh today promised in Parliament that a “practical and viable solution” to the situation in the Darjeeling hills would be found and recognised the “contribution” of the Bengal government in “facilitating the outcome”.The Prime Minister was responding to Darjeeling MP Jaswant Singh’s plea to the government to resolve the issues related to the hills and...

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मोर्चा र तृणमूल सरकारबीच तानातानको स्थिति शुरु

19 मार्च (कालेबुङ):- जीटीएको चुनाउ र सिमाङ्कनलाई केन्द्र गरी मोर्चा र तृणमूल सरकारबीच तानातानको स्थिति शुरु भएको छ। एकातिर राज्य सरकार सम्झौता अनुसार जीटीएको चुनाउ गरी हाल्न चहान्छ भने अर्कोतिर मोर्चा सिमाङ्कनको विवाद साम्य नभई चुनाउ हुन नदिने अडानमा अडिग बसेको छ। फलस्वरुप अहिले पहाडको राजनैतिक परिस्थिति फेरि एकपल्ट तरल बनेको छ। मोर्चाको शीर्ष समितिको हिजो मङ्पूमा सम्पन्न बैठ्कपछि ज़ीटीएमा तराई डूवर्सको अन्तर्भुक्तिको कुरा स्पष्ट नभई चुनाउ स्वीकार...

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Himalayan International Festival 2012 has started at Bhurung busty East Sikkim

19thMARCH12 A 3 day Himalayan International Festival has been inaugurated by eminent Lepcha maestro PadmashreeSonamTsheringLepcha.The festival has been organized by Himalayan Heritage Research and Development Society ,Bhurung Busty, East Sikkim in collaboration with Indian Council For Cultural Relations and Ministry of Culture , Govt. of India. The artists from Bhutan, Nepal, Arunachal Pradesh, North Bengal and Sikkim have performed their colorful...

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