Siliguri, June 21: Aspirations tied to identity have found expression in competing demands to teach Nepali and Hindi at the undergraduate level in Naxalbari College in Terai which has a substantial number of Gorkhas as well as Adivasis.The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has demanded that the college include Nepali as an undergraduate-level course for Gorkha students, while the Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad wants Hindi as a subject from this session.Both sides have warned of agitation if the college, situated in an area from which the Naxalite...
22 Jun 2012
Tour agents to get tax lessons - Sikkim tourism sector seeks waiver till 2013
NIRMAL MANGAROffice-bearers of the Joint Action Committee at a press meet in Gangtok on Thursday. (Prabin Khaling)Gangtok, June 21: Central tax officials have decided to train the stakeholders in the tourism sector in Sikkim on maintenance of accounts on June 27, prompting associations of hotel owners and travel agents to declare that they are ready to pay service tax from the next year.The Joint Action Committee, an apex forum of associations of...
Union clash at college counselling
Siliguri, June 21: Counselling of new students seeking admission to Siliguri College was stalled for an hour today after Chattra Parishad and Trinamul Chattra Parishad supporters clashed on the campus.According to Chhatra Parishad supporters, the clash started at 11.30am when a group of Trinamul supporters from outside the college asked them to remove their helpdesks.“We had installed three helpdesks on the campus to assist the students. Suddenly, around 10 Trinamul supporters, all outsiders, came and overturned the helpdesks and beat up our supporters,...
21 Jun 2012
cabinet has sanctioned six crore eighty lakh rupees for the development of Rangpo
RANGPO-21ST JUNE12With a great gift regarding the fund sanctioned announcement for the construction of Rangpo along with west Pandam residents dream project indrakil prayag area mla cum minister Mrs. niru sewa came to Rangpo and announced regarding the government decision .Mrs. sewa in a special meeting organised at Rangpo tourism asked test Sikkim chief minister Mr. Pawan kumar chamling along with all cabinet minister and mla has given green signal...
मोर्चाको बैठक 24 जूनमा
21 जून(कालेबुङ):- दार्जीलिङ पहाडमा देखा परेको ताजा राजनैतिक जटिलताको कारण गोजमुमोले आफ्नो भावी राजनैतिक कार्यक्रमहरु स्पष्ट रुपमा सार्वजनिक गर्न सकेको छैन। गत 16 जूनमा राज्य सरकारसँग सम्पन्न बैठक पछि मोर्चाले हिजो बुधबारका दिन दार्जीलिङमा दलको शीर्ष समितिको बैठक गरेर नयाँ कार्यक्रमहरुको घोषणा गर्ने तय भएको थियो। तर मोर्चाले त्यो बैठक सारेर 24 जूनमा पुर्याएको छ। जीटीए चुनाउबारे राज्य सरकारको रणनीति बुझेर नै मोर्चा पनि आगामी कार्यक्रममा जाने ताकमा रहेको छ। जीटीए चुनाउको अधिसूचना आज भोलि नै जारी हुने कुराको मोर्चा नेतृत्वले सूइँको पाएपछि चुनाउको...
एक तेंदुआ खुद ही मुसीबत में
जलपाईगुरी : सिलीगुरी महकमा के फांसीदेवा प्रखंड अंतर्गत हांसखोआ चाय बागान में बुधवार सुबह आ धमका एक तेंदुआ खुद ही मुसीबत में फंस गया। मगर, शुक्र है कि वन्य प्राणी विभाग के अधिकारियों ने मौके पर पहुंच कर उसे इस मुसीबत से छुटकारा दिलाया।दरअसल, जंगल से निकल कर घूमते-घूमते एक तेंदुआ हांसखोआ चाय बागान इलाके में आ पहुंचा और वहां सिंचाई के लिए संगृहीत जल के हौज में जा गिरा। इस मुसीबत से निकलने के लिए वह खूब छटपटाया, क्योंकि वह हौज 16-17 फीट गहरा था और उसमें पांच फीट तक पानी था। ऐसे तेंदुए की दहाड़ सुनकर वहां आसपास के इलाके के लोगों की भीड़ उमड़ पड़ी। इधर...
Customs all-clear sign for Nathu-la
NIRMAL MANGARGangtok, June 20: Trade through Nathu-la will resume on Monday as the 29 per cent customs duty levied on five import items has been lifted.The items on which the customs duty was charged were readymade garments, shoes, blankets, carpets and herbal medicines. These were added on May 7 to the list of 15 items that can be imported from the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR).There was no official announcement that said customs duty would be charged on the new items to be imported.The customs officials posted at the Sherathang trade mart started...
Rangpo police arrested Mr. dinesh Agarwal
RANGPO-20TH JUNE12Rangpo police arrested Mr. dinesh Agarwal alias dinesh goyal of Rangpo mandi bazaar in connection with making and using foraged and fake documents i n his business and illegal capturing of the wooden house of Mr. bansidhar Agarwal of Rangpo .according to the news Mr. bansidhar Agarwal eighty years old senior citizen of Rangpo has complained before the office of Rangpo police ,Rangpo nagar Panchayat ,east district administration and court alleging that his cousin Mr. dinesh Agarwal alias dinesh goyal has not only has captured...
20 Jun 2012
पाचँ वर्षा पछि पनि ए सी टीको आन्दोलन यथावत
20 जुन सिक्किम:- उत्तर सिक्किममा जलविद्युत परियोजनाको विरोध गर्ने संगठन एफेक्टेड सिटिजेन अफ टिस्टाको अभियानले पाँच बर्ष पूरा गरेको अवसरमा राज्यका बाँधविरोधी कार्यकर्ताहरुले एक्टप्रति आफ्नो समर्थन यथावत रहेको बताएका छन। लेप्चा समुदायको निम्ति आरक्षित क्षेत्र उत्तर सिक्किमको जङ्गुमा बृहत जलविद्युत परियोजनाको बिरोधमा एक्टका सदस्यहरुले आज पश्चिम जिल्ला कलेक्टरको गान्तोक स्थित कार्यालयअघि सांकेतिक धर्ना गरेर आफ्नो विरोध प्रदर्शन गरेका छन। जङ्गुमा जलबिद्युत परियोजनाको बिरोध गर्दै एक्टका कार्यकर्ताहरुले यस अघि पनि 990 दिन लामो भोक हडताल गरेर सिक्किम सरकारलाई...
Sikkim’s oldest monastery wants out of ASI - Monks fed up with seeking permission from Calcutta to perform regular rituals
NIRMAL MANGAR Dubdi Monastery in West Sikkim. Picture by Prabin Khaling ...
HC allows Ghisingh GTA plea - Affidavit order for govts & Morcha
Subash Ghisingh Calcutta, June 19: Calcutta High Court today admitted...
Word on safe hill return for rivals
VIVEK CHHETRIDarjeeling, June 19: The Darjeeling district administration today said it would facilitate the return of Opposition leaders and activists who were hounded out of the hills by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha in the last four years if they write to the authorities.“We are duty bound to facilitate the return of anybody who wants to come back to the hills. They should make a written submission stating their desire to return,” said Darjeeling district magistrate Saumitra Mohan.He gave the assurance in response to a memorandum submitted by the...
19 Jun 2012
Price tag for police vigil - Private event managers in Sikkim have to pay for security
NIRMAL MANGAR Women police constables on patrol in Gangtok on Monday. Picture by Prabin Khaling ...
Sales tax window for hill traders - Businesses allowed to clear taxes for three quarters manually to get way bills
VIVEK CHHETRIDarjeeling, June 18: The state government has allowed traders here to file sales tax returns manually for July 1, 2011-March 31, 2012, to bypass the problem of uncleared bills from 2008-2011 when businessmen did not pay taxes following a Morcha diktat.After the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s non-co-operation movement call against the state government in April 2008, hill people had stopped paying all taxes. They agreed to start paying taxes in July 2011 after the GTA agreement was signed.Across Bengal, traders have to electronically file...
Notification on hill seats
Calcutta, June 18: The state government has issued the notification for delimitation of hill constituencies for the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) elections scheduled to be held in July.According to the notification, 45 constituencies have been carved out of the current Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council area, which till now had 28 constituencies.The five mouzas recommended by the Justice Shyamal Sen committee report for inclusion will not hold elections now.The state government hopes to complete the election process by the end of July.The...
Plains parties in GTA election fray
Siliguri, June 18: Representatives of the Terai Dooars Joint Action Committee today said they would field candidates in the GTA polls scheduled for July this year.Aloke Chakraborty, the chairman of the north Bengal regional committee of the Intuc and a frontline leader of the committee, today said they have started negotiations with parties such as the CPRM and the ABGL at an informal level and have decided to field candidates in all 45 seats of the GTA.The Terai Dooars Joint Action Committee is a forum of organisations protesting the inclusion...
18 Jun 2012
Rangpo indra kil prayag named by jagaatguru sankaracharya is going to explore within just few days
RANGPO-18 JUNE12According to the news in the 1997 puri sankaracharya has named the Rangpo and tista river sangam place as indrakil prayag. State government has also taking initiatives to develop the area .in other side the residents of west Pandam constituency has come forward for the exploring the area .the residents has decided to organise eleven days long sri indrakil prayag Rangpo virat shiv mahayagya from 20th july to 30th July .in...
human trafficking awareness programme
RANGPO-18TH JUNE12The result of human trafficking awareness programme organised by Mrs. puspa misra by profession advocate and vice president of Rangpo nagar Panchayat is coming from all around the state and many quarries and complaints are coming over phone and personally .according to Mrs. misra she has started the awareness programme against hum an trafficking to the students of the different school of the area and out coming result has compelled...
Dup Tshring Bhutia stood 2nd position out of 40 thousand student in Tamilnadu
RANGPO-18TH JUNE12Dup tshring Bhutia of pelling west Sikkim has make the Sikkim name in the high level by scoring state topper in tamilnadu .according to the news dup tshring Bhutia son of pema wangda Bhutia of chumbung west Sikkim has complete his studies from pelling senior secondary school .on 2009 he has joined in diploma civil engineering in nanjiah lingnmal polytechnic collage metupalluyan Coimbatore in tamilnadu .this year he...
Poll support buzz before Morcha parleys - Final call after Gurung meets team
VIVEK CHHETRIDarjeeling, June 17: A section of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leaders wants the party to contest the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) elections as it is now clear that any decision on the inclusion of additional plains territory in the proposed autonomous set-up will take time.Even though the Morcha is likely to take a final call on the issue only after the 21-member party delegation briefs chief Bimal Gurung about the meeting held yesterday with the state government at Writers’ Buildings, many leaders told The Telegraph that...
Trinamul poll plan
Siliguri, June 17: Trinamul Congress leaders in the hills today said they wanted to set up a separate central committee for the GTA area and start preparing for the polls scheduled in July.“We have joined Trinamul but are yet to get any formal responsibilities and official posts in the party. Our workers and leaders are waiting for decisions from Calcutta and want that a separate committee in the GTA area (in the hills) should be formed to take care of party activities,” said Rajen Mukhia, a former GNLF leader who joined Trinamul a week ago.Mukhia...
Hills & plains slam new panel
June 17: Darjeeling-based organisations opposed to the formation of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration today termed the formation of the fact-finding committee to look into the Justice Shyamal Sen report an eyewash to misguide people.Outfits in the plains that are fighting against the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s demand to include the Dooars and the Terai in the GTA said the government had constituted the committee to appease Bimal Gurung.The Gorkhaland Task Force, an agglomeration of parties such as the CPRM, ABGL and the GNLF(C), urged the...
Plea to revise nursing rules
NIRMAL MANGARGangtok, June 17: The Sikkim government will request the West Bengal Nursing Council to revise their admission rules so that students who have opted for health care science in Class XII can apply for general nursing course.Officials of the state human resource department will meet the chairperson of the Indian Nursing Council and the director of the Bengal council in Kalimpong tomorrow to discuss the issue.Around 200 students who opted for health care science at the Plus II-level cannot apply for the general nursing and mid-wifery...
17 Jun 2012
Advocacy meeting of PRI”S municipal NGO”S ASHA”S workers
RANGPO-17TH JUNE12Advocacy meeting of PRI”S municipal NGO”S ASHA”S workers on eye disuse was organised by national programme for control pf blindness under national rural health mission at Singtam district hospital .attended by workers of ASHA and aaganbadi workers , delegates from various ngos ,club ,association and farmers club was also present in the programme. from the department dr b p dhakal HOD of eye clinic of Gangtok STNM hospital .dr...
New heavens dance institute Singtam coming forward to provide the opportunities for good platform
RANGPO-16TH JUNE 12 BNew heavens dance institute Singtam coming forward to provide the opportunities for good platform to the talents of the artist in the sector of dance and music three days competition is going to organised from the next month .according to institute director on 1st July the modelling competition ,on 8th July the singing and on 22nd July the state level dance competition is being going to organise at Himalayan pharmacy institute...
alpine Gangtok hero of T20
RANGPO-16TH JUNE12All India alpine 20 20 cricket tournament organised by Sikkim cricket association at Rangpo mining cricket ground was end yesterday .participated by six teams from west Bengal, Sikkim ,Jharkhand Sikkim police and alpines Gangtok was able to reach in the final .Sikkim police winning toss has decoded for bating and has scored 93 runs in losing eight over’s .alpine Gangtok has completed their target in just 14 over’s losing two...
