Delay in army nod clogs Balasun flow - Permission yet to come to lay pipes at military camp

VIVEK CHHETRI Pipes for the Balasun project in the College Valley tea garden. Picture by Suman Tamang Darjeeling, May 16: The Balasun drinking water project, which has missed at least four deadlines for its commissioning, will be delayed further as the army is yet to give permission to lay pipes through its camp in Darjeeling. The project was envisaged to end the shortage of drinking water in Darjeeling. The hill town requires about 15-18...

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ABGL sets May 21 test - Anti-Morcha meet plan

VIVEK CHHETRI Bharati Tamang sits near the portrait of her husband Madan Tamang at the ABGL office in Darjeeling on Tuesday. Picture by Suman Tamang Darjeeling, May 15: The ABGL has decided to observe the second death anniversary of Madan Tamang here on May 21 with a memorial meeting to which major leaders opposed to the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, including Subash Ghisingh and Chhatrey Subba, have been invited. The May 21 event will be...

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Training & fun centre under a roof

Gautam Deb and Ajit Agarwala at the event. Picture by Kundan Yolmo Siliguri, May 15: The Terai Group today opened a table tennis academy, a recreation centre for senior citizens and a vocational training institute for women under the Amit Agarwala Foundation. All three facilities will be run from the Amit Agarwala Banga Bhawan at Deshbandhupara, which is available on hire for social programmes. “From today, the building, apart from...

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Kids survive crash that killed 15

One of the Indian girls who survived the crash receives treatment at a hospital in Pokhara. (Reuters) May 14: Thirteen Indian pilgrims were among 15 persons killed today in an air crash in northern Nepal, the survivors including two sisters from Chennai aged six and nine who have lost their mother while their...

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Morcha plans to lie low in plains

VIVEK CHHETRI Roshan Giri in Darjeeling on Monday. Picture by Suman Tamang Darjeeling, May 14: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has decided to refrain from agitation in the plains till the Shyamal Sen committee...

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Unions to dangle land right carrot in tea belt

Better days ahead? Siliguri, May 14: The tea garden wings of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and an Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad faction led by John Barla have decided to carry out a campaign among workers in the Terai and Dooars, highlighting that they will be provided with land...

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7 Indians among 13 dead in Nepal plane crash

Kathmandu, May 14 (PTI): Eleven Indians were among 15 passengers killed on Monday when a private plane with 21 people on board crashed in northern Nepal while trying to land at high- altitude Jomsom airport, a popular Himalayan trekking spot. The Dornier aircraft belonging to the Agni Air crashed when it hit top of a hill near Pokhara while returning to the Jomsom airport, said an official at the Rescue Coordination Committee of Tribhuvan International Airport. ‘Seven Indian nationals and six Nepalese were killed in the crash,” the official...

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School for rock guitar

RAJEEV RAVIDAS Lepcha (third from left) with some of his students in the music school in Kalimpong on Sunday. Picture by Chinlop Fudong Lepcha Kalimpong, May 13: If you have been toying with the idea of playing the guitar and rock is your style, a music school in town can guide you in your journey. A rock guitar school that offers its students certificates from an England-based music institute started here last month. It is the first...

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