RANGPO-14TH APRIL12Dance no i competition organised by badhai cha creation in association with proud to be sikkimese and basibiyalo Singtam started from today at Singtam nepali dharmaasala.inagurated by mr saran Pradhan Singtam nagar Panchayat president was attended by councillor mr anita tamang ,basibiyalo founder Mr. Mohan Pradhan neeraj,programme chairman Mrs. indra kumari Pradhan was specially present in the programme .organising committee president Mr. Praveen Pradhan talking with this correspondent asked that the main concept to organise...
14 Apr 2012
Whiff of CPM revival plan in May 1 meet
Darjeeling, April 13: The CPM has decided to organise May Day celebrations in Darjeeling after four years, an indication that the party is trying to make a comeback in the hills when other outfits opposed to the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha have become inactive.The CPM had last celebrated May Day in the district headquarters in 2007 after which the party did not organise any event to mark the day following the emergence of the Morcha as a political power in the Darjeeling hills.Saman Pathak, a former Rajya Sabha member of the CPM, today said: “We had...
Eye on record in descent - ‘Death zone’ glide beckons everest climber
Darjeeling, April 13: The principal of Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling has set an ambitious target of becoming the first Indian to paraglide from the “death zone” of Mt Everest to reach a base camp around 9,000ft below after scaling the peak next month.The region beyond 26,000ft is known as the “death zone” as it is one of the most challenging stretches to cover on the mountain. The area has very little oxygen and low atmospheric pressure, about a third of that in the sea level.According to mountaineers, it takes more than 12 hours...
13 Apr 2012
Paila baisakh with grand traditional programme at Majhitar
RANGPO-13TH APRIL12Sarwamanya Majhitar samaj east Sikkim welcomed nepali new year 2069 or paila baisakh with grand traditional programme at Majhitar. Programme started with the lighting of diyo by the hand of Mr. raj k shresta renewed writer as a chief guest ,Mr. Mohan Pradhan neeraj basibiyalo Singtam founder ,Mr. Praveen Pradhan president spark ngo,mr sheetal Pradhan editor proud to be sikkimese ,social worker Mr. p anand Thapa ,Mr. hement Thapa...
Seal on school seats for poor Court allows sole exception
SAMANWAYA RAUTRAYNew Delhi, April 12: All schools, barring unaided minority institutions, will have to set aside 25 per cent of their seats for disadvantaged sections in the neighbourhood, the Supreme Court ruled today.The top court settled the question by upholding the relevant clause in the right to education law, saying that “advancement of education is a recognised head of charity” and rejecting a slew of petitions filed by several unaided schools.Since...
MLA removed from NBSTC top post
AVIJIT SINHA AND MAIN UDDIN CHISTI(From top) Rabindranath Ghosh, C Murugan, Gautam DebApril 12: The Mamata Banerjee-government today threw its weight behind a bureaucrat and removed a Trinamul MLA from the top post of a cash-strapped transport corporation to ensure its smooth functioning.North Bengal development minister Gautam Deb has replaced Rabindranath Ghosh as the chairperson of the North Bengal State Transport Corporation.The replacement of...
12 Apr 2012
National leaders of Marwari yuva manch in Sikkim
RANGPO-12TH APRIL12All India Marwari yuvaa manch national president Mr. lalit Gandhi along with his four members teams named Mr. atul jhawar national vice president,mr sanjay Sharma prantiya president paschim bangal and dr sanjay Agarwal ex secretary national is coming to Sikkim on two days visit. According to spokesperson Mr. bikash Agarwal the main target and aim of the visit is to look and meeting with the Marwari community residing in the Sikkim...
Inter Milan tips await 4 - Sikkim boys to get soccer training in calcutta
NIRMAL MANGARPlayers of Martam Secondary School who emerged winners in the tournament in Gangtok on Tuesday. (Prabin Khaling)Gangtok, April 11: Four Under-15 boys from Sikkim have been chosen for football training under the tutelage of Inter Milan coaches in Calcutta.They will be among 32 students from across the country to undergo the training and 16 of them will be taken to Italy where they can brush up their skills by playing with Inter Milan...
Gurung in Nepal award dilemma - Morcha puts bailout ball in Centre’s court, seeks consent
VIVEK CHHETRIGurungDarjeeling, April 11: A Nepal-based culture group’s decision to felicitate Bimal Gurung in Kathmandu has put the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha in a spot as the party’s statehood agitation had centred on a separate identity for Indian Gorkhas.Receiving an award from a neighbouring country like Nepal would not have raised eyebrows in case of any other Indian citizen. But the Morcha, like the GNLF, had always justified its statehood agitation...
11 Apr 2012
मोर्चाविरोधी शक्तिहरु संगठित र आक्रमक बन्न थालेका छन
11अप्रेल(कालेबुङ):- जीटीएमा तराई डूवर्सका मौजाहरुको अन्तर्भुक्तिको विरोधमा यी क्षेत्रका मोर्चाविरोधी शक्तिहरु संगठित र आक्रमक बन्न थालेका छन। तराई डूवर्सका मोर्चाबिरोधी छब्बीसवटा संगठनहरुको संयुक्त मञ्च जोइन्ट एक्शन कमिटिले हिजो यी क्षेत्रहरुमा बन्द डाकेर राज्य सरकारलाई आफ्नो असन्तुष्टि जाहेर गर्ने काम गरेको छ। आदिवासी विकास परिषद, जनजागरण मञ्च, बङ्ला ओ बङ्ला भाषा बचाऊ समिति, केपीपी, इन्टकजस्ता उग्रजातिवादी संगठनहरु मिलेर डाकिएको बन्दले हिजो तराईडूवर्स र सिलगडीको जनजीवन प्रभावित पारेको थियो। तराई डूवर्सका शहरी अनि अर्ध शहरी क्षेत्रहरुमा बन्दको...
दुइवाटा शव एकसाथ उद्धार गरिएको घटनाको आज दोस्रो दिन पनि मामिला पुलिसको निम्ति रहस्य नै बनेको छ
11 अप्रेल(कालेबुङ):- दार्जीलिङ शहर संलग्न क्षेत्रबाट 39 बर्षीय महिला अनि 45 बर्षीय पुरुषको शव एकसाथ उद्धार गरिएको घटनाको आज दोस्रो दिन पनि यो मामिला पुलिसको निम्ति रहस्य नै बनेको छ। हिजो दार्जीलिङ शहरनजिक लोचनगरको एउटा झोडाबाट केही दूरीको अन्तरालमा दुइवटा शव उद्धार गरेको थियो। यी शवहरु सिँहमारीको भोटेगाँऊ निवासी 45 बर्षीय किशन छेत्री अनि कागझोडाको गान्धी रोड निवासी रुपा तामाङको रहेको चिन्हित भएकोछ। पुलिसले आफ्नो आरम्भिक चरणको जाँचमा मृतकहरुबीच अबैध प्रेमसम्बन्ध रहेको तथ्य फेला पारे पनि यस काण्डको रहस्योदघाटन गर्न सकेको छैन। मृतकहरु दुवै बिबाहित...
Rangpo consumers of nationalised banks are too much aggressive
RANGPO-10TH APRIL12Rangpo consumers of nationalised banks are too much aggressive that they are going to ready for taking action against the worst banking service of the area. There are three nationalised banks located in the heart of the town which have their ATM service facility are state bank of india,axis bank and HDFC .but none of any three banks are succeeded to satisfy the customers .there thinking are limited only to open new accounts and...
icds centre at sakhukhani was inaugurated
RANGPO-11TH APRIL12Newly constructed icds centre at sakhukhani was inaugurated today in a small function organised today. the programme was attended by CDPO rural icds projects JE&WD/WCDD government of Sikkim Singtam Mrs. y Pradhan,mr A C Tamang supervisor ,asha ,AWWS,awhs,ward Panchayat ,senior citizens ,delegates from several ngo .clubs ,association ,farmers club etc.during the programme the main objectives and services of icds scheme was...
Music maestro’s classes and stage for Sikkim lady
NIRMAL MANGARThe choir performs in Mumbai. File pictureGangtok, April 10: Tshering Leezum Bhutia missed a chance to achieve her academic ambition, but that helped her find a place in the world of music, her childhood calling.The 25-year-old woman from Gangtok has already performed with A.R. Rahman in five metros and is about to complete her diploma in vocals from the KM Music Conservatory, set up by the music maestro in Chennai.Tshering is said to...
Oakland victim’s body arrives
Tshering Rinzing BhutiaGangtok, April 10: The body of Tshering Rinzing Bhutia, who was among the seven killed in a California college by a gunman on a shooting rampage earlier this month, will reach Sikkim tomorrow.Jamyang Namgyal, the 38-year-old victim’s elder brother, said the coffin carrying the embalmed body reached Delhi airport around 3.10pm today.“The body has been received by a cousin, Karma Bhutia. He will bring the body tomorrow on a flight...
10 Apr 2012
Will ATM remain suspended for 365 Days?
SANJAY AGARWAL-RANGPO-9TH APRIL12Bragging & boasting to have installed ATM services throughout the state by the financial institution is another thing which definitely endures common people but what next...?The next is that the ATMs are all out-of-order the very time one requires using it for immediate dispensing money.This is the stern case of Rangpo, a place which is an Educational as well as the industrial hub of the state. The bank management...
खण्ड विकाश अधिकारीको स्थांतरणमा सिक्किम प्रजातांत्रिक मोर्चाको अपति
संजय अगरवाल-रंग्पो-९ अप्रेल १२ ।खण्ड विकास अधिकारी पुर्षोत्तम प्रधानको स्थान्तरण सम्बन्दमा सिक्किम प्रजातान्त्रिक मोर्चाका पाण्डमका युवा कार्यकर्ताहरुले घोर आपत्ति व्यक्त गर्दछन । मुख्यमंत्री ग्रामीण आवास योजना अन्तर्गत निर्मित पाँच खम्बे घरले जुन विराट रुप लियो त्यसको व्यापक असर अनि सीधा कारवाई खण्ड विकास अधिकारी माथि गरिनु न्याएसंगत नभएकोले, पार्टी कार्यकर्ता आफ्नो गुनासो मुख्यमन्त्री समक्ष पेश गर्न चाहान्छन । यो गम्भीर समस्या ठुलो आकार लिंदै आज समस्त सिक्किममा चर्चाको विषय बन्न गएको छ तर कुनै प्रारम्भिक जांच बिनै पुरोषोत्तम प्रधानलाई डुगाको...
corruption in chief minister rural housing scheme in west Pandam
RANGPO-10TH APRIL12After coming in print media about corruption in chief minister rural housing scheme in west Pandam constituency the public demand is raising day by day to seize the power of area Panchayat member. after the five post modal house print in several newspaper it was the one of the main issue in the central executive member meeting of Sikkim democratic front ruling party and Panchayat sammelan held on 30th march. in this issue BDO Duga Mr. purusotam Pradhan was also transferred .but according to the news though bdo is answerable...
गोर्खा संग्रहालयको निर्माण गरिने
9 अप्रेल(कालेबुङ):- गोर्खा सैनिकहरुको वीरतासँग जोडिएको स्मृतिचिन्ह र पदकहरुको संरक्षण गर्न दार्जीलिङमा गोर्खा संग्रहालयको निर्माण गरिने भएको छ। दार्जीलिङको बतासे लूपनजिक निर्माण गरिने संग्रहालय भवनको शिलान्यास हिजो दार्जीलिङका सांसद जसवंत सिंहको बाहुलीबाट सम्पन्न गरियो। सांसदले यसको निम्ति आफ्नो कोषबाट पच्चिस लाख रुपियाँ प्रदान गरेका छन। आइतबार सम्पन्न शिलान्यासको कार्यक्रममा सांसद जसयवंत सिंहलगायत नगरपालिका अध्यक्ष अमरसिंह राई, गोर्खा सैनिक स्मृतिचिन्ह...
-कालेबुङ शहरमा बालश्रमको बढ्दो सञ्जालमाथि नियञ्त्रण बनाउन महकुमा प्रशासनले एउटा उद्धार टोली गठन गरेको
10 अप्रेल(कालेबुङ):-कालेबुङ शहरमा बालश्रमको बढ्दो सञ्जालमाथि नियञ्त्रण बनाउन महकुमा प्रशासनले एउटा उद्धार टोली गठन गरेको छ। महकुमा कार्यालयमा सोमबार सम्पन्न बैठक पछि टोलीको गठन गरिएको छ। महकुमा प्रशासन, कालेबुङ थाना, श्रम विभाग, नगरपालिका प्रशासन अनि गैरसरकारी संगठनका प्रतिनिधिहरु उपस्थित रहेको बैठकमा कालेबुङ शहरमा लगातार बृद्धि भइ रहेको बालश्रमको क्रियाकलापबारे चिन्ता प्रकट गरिएको थियो। राज्यको मुख्यालयबाट पठाइएको सरकारी आदेश अनुसार पहाडमा पनि बालमजदुरहरुको...
Low-cost stores in 5 hospitals - Round-the-clock counters approved
MRINALINI SHARMANorth Bengal Medical College and Hospital, which will get a low-cost drug storeSiliguri, April 9: The state government has decided to open low-cost medicine stores in five hospitals in north Bengal where drugs would be available even at half the market price.The round-the-clock Jan Aushadhi Kendras or counters that will sell unbranded generic drugs will be the first in the region and will also cater for patients outside the state-run...
In Sikkim, health data a click away
NIRMAL MANGARGangtok, April 9: Health details of all Sikkim residents will soon be a click away with the launch of smart cards that could be read by bar code machines to be installed at primary health centres and district hospitals across the state.“Sikkim is the first state in the country to introduce health card. The cards will store a person’s complete details, including blood sugar level, body mass index and blood pressure level. Initially, people can access their health profile at their local primary health centres or district hospitals. Later,...
9 Apr 2012
meeting of Majhitar Samaj kalayan Samity
9TH APRIL 2012-a day long monthly meeting of Majhitar Samaj kalayan Samity was organized at the premises of the house of Shri Purna Kumar Majhi, treasurer of the Samity on 8th April 2012.The main objective of the meeting was to analyze the progress & problem of the samity along with making a strategy for future course of action.The meeting was presided over by the president of Samity Smt. Maya Century & attended by Shri Tika Ram Pradhan,...
Panel orders boy back in class
NIRMAL MANGARGangtok, April 8: The Sikkim State Child Rights Commission has directed Holy Cross School to take back a Class IV student who had been issued a transfer certificate last month on health grounds.The commission also directed the school authorities not to call any student “mentally disoriented” without medical endorsement.The 11-year-old boy will be attending school from Tuesday, commission sources said.School principal Sister Jessy Mathew had labelled the boy of “unsound mind” while issuing a transfer certificate within a month of the...
‘Goodwill’ gesture in partial strike - Partha stresses on bandh-free protest, points to land panel
AVIJIT SINHAMinisters Gautam Deb and Partha Chatterjee (right) at the office of the north Bengal development department in Siliguri on Sunday. Picture by Kundan YolmoSiliguri, April 8: An anti-hill forum in the Dooars-Terai has scaled down a two-day shutdown to a 24-hour general strike as a “goodwill” gesture after a meeting with industries minister Partha Chatterjee, saying it expected the government to reciprocate.The forum also said the strike...
