आगलागीमा सयवटा दोकानहरु नष्ट

20 अप्रेल(कालेबुङ):- दार्जीलिङ शहरको एचडी लामा रोडमा आज बिहानीपख भएको भयवह आगलागीको घटनामा लगभग एक सयवटा दोकानहरु जलेर नष्ट भएको छ। आज बिहान दुइबजी भएको यस घटनामा झण्डै पाँच करोड मूल्य बराबरको सम्पत्ति जलेर नष्ट भएको अनुमान गरिएको छ। बिहानीपख दुइ बजीदेखि शुरु भएको आगोलाई पाँच घण्टाको कठोर परिश्रमपछि सात बजी मात्र नियञ्त्रणमा ल्याउन सकिएको थियो। आगलागीले यहाँको एउटा होटललाई पनि नोक्सान पुर्यापएको छ तर होटलभित्र रहेका पर्यटकहरुलाई अप्नि समयमा नै सुरक्षित...

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Strike in Dooars on April 22 to thwart meet

Siliguri/Jalpaiguri, April 19: The Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad and a host of other outfits have called a 12-hour strike in the Dooars on April 22 to thwart a meeting in Nagrakata on that day by a forum of organisations seeking the inclusion of the plains in the administrative set-up for the Darjeeling hills.The strike was announced today. The Parishad-led Dooars Terai Co-ordination Committee also wrote to the Jalpaiguri district magistrate, requesting her not to grant permission to its rivals to hold the public meeting.The Nagrakata...

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रिङटाङ चियाकमान 23 अप्रेल देखि पुन खोलिने

19 अप्रेल(कालेबुङ):- कलकत्ता उच्च न्यायालयको आदेश पछि दार्जीलिङ जिल्ला प्रशासनले बन्द रिङटाङ चिया कमानका मालिकलाई श्रमिकहरुको बकाया राशि भुक्तान गर्न अनि आगामी सोमबारदेखि कमान पुन खोलाउने निर्देश दिएको छ। बन्द चियाकमानको समस्याबारे उच्च न्यायालयमा गरिएको जनहित याचिकाको संज्ञान लिँदै उच्च न्यायालयले कमानको समस्याको समाधान गर्ने दिशामा जिल्ला प्रशासनलाई पहल गर्ने निर्देश दिएपछि जिल्ला प्रशासनले यो पदक्षेप ग्रहण गरेको हो। बुधबार दार्जीलिङस्थित जिल्लापाल...

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Order to open Ringtang

VIVEK CHHETRIDarjeeling, April 18: The Darjeeling district magistrate has directed the owner of Ringtang tea garden, shut for 16 years, to reopen it on Monday and clear all workers’ dues within a month.Trade unions claimed that the dues had touched the Rs 5.7 crore mark and included transport and other reimbursable expenses from 1993 to 1996.“The (land reforms) tribunal had asked the district magistrate/collectorate to conduct a hearing and look...

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Camera tabs on Siliguri

Traffic moves through Airview More in Siliguri on Wednesday. This is one of the 19 locations where cameras will be installed. Picture by Kundan YolmoSiliguri, April 18: Security surveillance cameras will be installed at 19 locations across Siliguri to monitor traffic and watch out for crime on roads. The decision was taken by the Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority at a meeting held here today.The meeting was attended by 113 SJDA members. They...

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Forcible entry charge sparks ally war

Gautam Deb, Shankar MalakarSiliguri, April 18: Darjeeling district president Shankar Malakar today accused Trinamul of using force to make its presence felt in the district’s rural belt ahead of next year’s panchayat polls, an allegation that has been met with a volley of protests and allegations from minister Gautam Deb.Trinamul said Malakar’s outburst was prompted by the party’s “insecurity” about its support base in north Bengal — adding one more...

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Hill tourists taken for a ride - Travel agents rake in money with trips to ruined Rock Garden

Darjeeling, April 17: Tourists in Darjeeling are visiting parks and spots that are in a shambles as tour operators are doing little to warn them what to expect.The Rock Garden and Gangamaya Park are examples of sites that have nothing to offer in terms of sights but which are still getting tourists who are paying out nearly Rs 700 for a car ride there.The garden and the park, constructed by the DGHC in the mid-90s, were among the top tourist hotspots in Darjeeling till they were devastated by Cyclone Aila in 2009.A beautiful garden set up among...

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United Sikkim enters I-League - Draw for Bhaichung boys

Gangtok, April 17: United Sikkim entered the I-League with a 1-1 draw against Mohammedan Sporting in the final match of the second division here today.Bhaichung Bhutia’s boys are the second team from the Northeast to make it to the I-League first division after Lajong FC. Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling was among the 15,000 supporters who thronged Paljor Stadium to cheer for the home team.United Sikkim took the lead in the 30th minute through a penalty. Winger Thoi Singh of the Calcutta club was brought down in the box leading to the spot...

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Strike off, nod to protest meets - Govt agrees to Karam holiday

Calcutta, April 17: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and John Barla-led forum decided to “indefinitely defer” its 48-hour proposed strike after a “very cordial” discussion with the government this afternoon.Both sides told journalists that tomorrow’s strike had been put off because the government was willing to allow meetings and rallies by the Joint Action Co-ordination Committee, which has the Morcha and the rebel faction of the Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad among its 26 constituents. The committee wants the Dooars and the Terai to come under...

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वाहन दुर्घटनमा पाचँको मृत्यु चारजना घाइते

17 अप्रेल(कालेबुङ):- तीव्र गतिमा गाडी हाक्ने होड्मा पाँचजना यात्रीहरुले ज्यान गुमाउनु परेको छ भने रहल चारजना यात्रीहरुलाई घाइते अवस्थामा विभिन्न क्षेत्रका अस्पतालहरुमा भर्ना गरिएको छ। सोमबार दार्जीलिङबाट यात्रीहरु लिएर गान्तोकतिर गइरहेको एसके 01-जे 0578 नम्बर भएको म्याक्स वाहनका चालकले राजमार्ग 31एमा नियञ्त्रण हराउँदा यो दूर्घटना भएको थियो। राजमार्ग 31एको चित्रे क्षेत्रको लाप्चेझोडा नजिक गोलाईमा चालकले नियञ्त्रण गुमाउँदा वाहन राजमार्गबाट लगभग दुइसय मिटरमुनि टिस्टा नदीमा पसेको थियो। यस भयवह दूर्घटनामा चालकलगायत वाहनमा सवार कूल दसजना यात्रीहरुमध्ये...

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दार्जीलिङको सानो रेल लिक बाहिर

17 अप्रेल(कालेबुङ):-सोमबार दार्जीलिङको सानो रेलले लिक छोडेर पर्यटकहरुलाई भयभित पारे पनि कुनै गम्भीर दूर्घटना भने भएन। दार्जीलिङबाट घूमसम्मको जोय राइडको अवधीमा कागझोडामा यो दूर्घटना हुन पुगेको थियो। कागझोडामा पुगेर टोयट्रेन लिक बाहिर हुदाँ नजिकमा रहेको एउटा दोकानलाई सामान्य क्षति पुगे पनि कुनै ज्यानमालको नोक्सान भने भएन। यो दूर्घटना सोमबार बिहान पाउने एघारको समयमा भएको थियो जब पर्यटकहरु लिएर जोयराइड घूमतर्फ गइरहेको थियो। घटनास्थलनजिक रहेका दोकानको एल्मुनियम सिट रेलको ट्रयाकमा राखिएको कारण दूर्घटना हुनपुगेको थियो। टोयट्रेनको अन्तिम डब्बा लिकमा राखिएको...

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Advertisement of gambling near schools building

rangpo-17 april12The big hoarding installed near Bhanu Park at Singtam in national highway 31a is a big questioned by local residents .according to the news the hoardings of mahazong cashino is installed in such places where two school is established and approx one thousand students has to use that path and gate .from the nearby gate the students of government senior secondary school Singtam and one private school has to go and come .it is suspected...

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5 killed in Teesta car crash

RAJEEV RAVIDASJai Bahadur Rai at the Kalimpong subdivisional hospital on Monday.(Chinlop Fudong Lepcha)Kalimpong, April 16: Five persons were killed and five others injured when the car they were travelling in fell into the Teesta near Chitre this afternoon.Police said the SUV that was on its way to Gangtok from Darjeeling skidded off NH31A and fell into the river about 250 feet below around 4pm.The accident spot between Chitre and Laborbote is 14km...

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Govt invites GTA forum for talks on strike

Rajesh Lakra (second from right) and other Parishad leaders at the district collectorate in Jalpaiguri on Monday. Picture by Biplab BasakSiliguri, April 16: The state government will tomorrow hold talks with representatives of organisations which have called a strike in Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts on April 18 and 19 for the inclusion of the Dooars and Terai in the set-up for the hills.The invitation for the talks at Writers’ Buildings was...

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Toy train derails in darjeeling

Picture by Suman TamangThe rear bogie of a toy train derailed five minutes after it left the Darjeeling station on Monday morning.An official of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway said the compartment jumped off the narrow gauge when a bundle of aluminium sheets kept at a hardware shop fell on the tracks.The train with two compartments was on the way to Jorebunglow station uphill and had 16 tourists. Since the toy trains move very slowly and the tracks...

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Incite finger at tea union - CPRM protests work hours, planters fear for law & order

VIVEK CHHETRIDarjeeling, April 16: Planters in Darjeeling have decided to inform the administration about a trade union’s alleged attempt to instigate labourers to go against the work hours fixed through an agreement.They said the administration should hold the Darjeeling-Terai-Dooars Chia Kaman Mazdur Union responsible if there was a law and order problem in the gardens.Although the Mazdur Union is not a force to be reckoned with in the hills, the garden owners fear that the provocation might spiral out of control as “workers’ issue appeals to...

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CID moves Facebook for image source

Calcutta, April 16: Bengal’s criminal investigation department (CID) has written to Facebook in its efforts to track down those responsible for uploading four Internet pictures lampooning chief minister Mamata Banerjee.If the CID persists with the drive, it will mean that the government is keen to take its crackdown beyond the circulation of unpalatable digital content and to its very source of origin.The CID’s cyber crime cell had earlier written to Facebook and Google asking them to delete objectionable material but never before had it tried...

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Rallies bring back unrest memories - Protest panic grips tourism sector

Siliguri, April 15: Three rallies brought out by outfits opposed to each other over the jurisdiction of the hill set-up kept police busy in Siliguri today as they mobilised forces, tear gas shells and a water cannon to quell possible confrontation between the two sides. The air of uncertainty that hung over Siliguri, the gateway to Darjeeling and Sikkim, came at a time when the region is expecting 2 lakh tourists over the next two months.Around 100 police personnel equipped with water cannons, tear gas and armed with sticks, shields, and guns stood...

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Traders’ strike woes: loss, snub and apathy

Jalpaiguri, April 15: The business community in north Bengal has complained that in the absence of a “negotiating lever”, it has failed to convince political parties to refrain from strikes.Stakeholders in tea and tourism sectors said pleas to political parties to withdraw strikes often ended in snubs. The government too was inconsistent in its efforts to end shutdowns, they said.“If strikes are not related to the industry, we don’t have any lever to negotiate with or create pressure. If it was related to tea wages, we could have sat with the trade...

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Sikkim to get soccer school for U-14

Gangtok, April 15: The All India Football Federation will set up a regional academy in Sikkim along with seven other places in the country to train Under-14 players, the best of whom will be picked up for the national youth team.All the eight regional academies will come up by the end of 2013 and the newly constructed Football House in Gangtok is likely to house the facility in Sikkim.AIFF senior vice-president Subrata Dutta said the first academy would be opened in Mumbai next month. “The AIFF is planning to start eight regional football academies...

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