Power transfer to GTA nears end - Cabinet minister rank for gurung

Darjeeling, Nov. 26: A meeting between the elected members of the GTA Sabha and the Bengal home secretary here today appeared to have paved the way for the smooth transfer of 57 subjects to the autonomous body. The home secretary, Basudeb Banerjee, said after the meeting that the 57 subjects to be transferred to the GTA had been clubbed into 40 departments and notifications had already been issued to hand over 40 subjects to the autonomous body. He...

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2 hydel units by Dec

Takdah, Nov. 26: The NHPC Limited said today that two units of the Teesta Low Dam Project-III would start generating power by December 31. The units would yield 64MW. It is the first of the two projects on the Teesta to become operational in the district. S.R. Roy, the executive director of NHPC, said: “The project will be commissioned by December 31. We will make two of the units at TLDP-III operational and the remaining two will be made functional...

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Settlers refuse to pay tax - 400 business families in Sikkim demand exemption

Gangtok, Nov. 26: Around 400 business families in the state have turned down a request by the income tax department to file their returns and have demanded the same tax exemption which applies to people holding Sikkim subject certificates. The Chogyal dynasty had issued the Sikkim subject certificates to the people living in Sikkim in 1961 under the Sikkim Subject Regulation Act of 1961. The 400 business families, also known as “old settlers”...

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