Calcutta, Feb. 15: A Gorkha Janmukti Morcha team today said it had apprised the Bengal governor of the state’s alleged interference in the GTA’s affairs and that M.K. Narayanan had assured the leaders he would speak to the chief minister about the political situation in the hills.
The delegation led by Kalimpong MLA Harka Bahadur Chhetri met Narayanan at Raj Bhavan this evening to “find a solution” to the impasse in the hills.
Chhetri said one of the major points of discussion was the “political interference” of the state government in the functioning...
16 Feb 2013
Sikkim dharna
Gangtok, Feb. 15: Different political organisations under the banner of Democratic Alliance of Sikkim today staged a daylong dharna in front of the East district administrative complex to protest police lathi-charge on Sikkim Krantikari Morcha supporters inside their party office on February 11.
The protesters also submitted memorandums demanding suspension of IGP (law and order) Akshay Sachdeva and an impartial probe.
Seven workers of the newly-formed Sikkim Krantikari Morcha were injured in the lathi-charge.
The protesters today said the incident...
15 Feb 2013
बहसमा सयुक्त समिति गठन गर्ने आमसहमती , समितिले कम्पनीको कार्यप्रणालीमाथि छानबिन गर्ने
कालेबुङ, १५ फरवरी
पहाडमा सञ्चालन भइरहेको चिटङ्गण्ड कम्पनी अनि मल्टिलेवल मार्केटिङ कम्पनीहरूको स्थायित्व, वैद्यता, जवाफदेहीता र कार्यप्रणालीलाई लिएर आज कालेबुङमा गत्तिलो वहस छेडियो| हिमालय पिपस्स च्यानल(एचपीसी) को आयोजनामा समसामयिक विषयवस्तुमाथि आधारित कार्यक्रम बहसमा आज प्रशासनिक अधिकारीक रुपमा डेपुटी म्याजिस्ट्रेट प्रितम लिम्बु, अतिरिक्त पुलिस अधिक्षक सोङ्मित लेप्चा, नागरिक समाजका प्रतिनिधि एवं कानुन विशेषज्ञ प्रभाकर देवान, चार्टर एकाण्टटेण्ट सुमित...
मदन तामाङ हत्याकाण्डका भुमिगत आरोपीहरु पक्राउ
कालेबुङ, १५ फरवरी
मदन तामङ्ग हत्याकाण्डमा अभियाग लागेर लामो समयदेखि भूमिगत रहेका पॉंचजनालाई सीबीआईले आज दार्जीलिङबाट पक्राउ गरेको छ| मोर्चाको विभिन्न भातृ सङ्गठनहरूसँग सम्बद्ध रहेका कार्यकर्ताहरू पूरण थामी, किस्मत छेत्री, दिनेश गुरुङ, आलोककान्तमणि थुलुङ अनि केशवराज पोख्रेललाई सीबीआईले आज बिहान पक्राउ गरेको हो| यी आरोपीहरुलाई आज दार्जीलिङ अदालतमा पेश गरिएपछि १४ दिनको न्यायिक हिरासतमा राख्ने कोर्टले निर्देश दिएको छ| सीबीआइले आरोपीहरूसँग सोधपुछ गर्न...
13 Feb 2013
Appeal for calm, firmness on visits - Deb says ministers would go to hills despite protests
Sukna (Siliguri), Feb. 12: North Bengal development minister Gautam Deb today appealed for calm in the hills after his return from Kalimpong where he faced black flags but he also said that state ministers would keep visiting the region despite protests.
Deb told journalists in Sukna, about 10km from Siliguri, that he would continue visiting the hills.
“Some people have showed me black flags in Kalimpong and Chitray and have also shouted slogans...
SC stay on Sikkim tax dues -Old settler petition says 1961 Act discriminatory
New Delhi, Feb. 12: The Supreme Court yesterday stayed the recovery of income tax dues from “old settlers of Indian origin” in Sikkim and sought the Union government’s response to a petition that challenged the collection of the central tax from them.
Last year, around 400 families in Sikkim refused to file income tax returns and demanded exemption that applies to those who have Sikkim Subject Certificates.
The Chogyals had issued the Sikkim Subject Certificates (SSC) to people living in the state during 1961 under the Sikkim Subject Regulation...
Cong charge
Siliguri, Feb. 12: The Darjeeling district Congress president, Shankar Malakar, has come under flak from a section of leaders for making appointments in the party allegedly in violation of rules.
Two district general secretaries of the Congress, Sujoy Ghatak and Debasish Ghosh, alleged that Malakar had appointed his cohorts to the posts of block presidents of Matigara and Siliguri Town II replacing the incumbents who had been chosen through polls. The duo also said Malakar had also appointed two additional district general secretaries without...
12 Feb 2013
Low Lepcha turnout at Darj meet Six protesters in hospital
Feb. 11: A Lepcha association that supports the creation of the community’s development board under the GTA today attracted only 150 people to its meeting, denting the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s hopes of sending a strong message to the state government on the issue.
The Darjeeling meeting of the All India Lepcha Association had assumed importance as the Morcha was hoping to use this meeting to send a message to the Mamata Banerjee-led government...
Cong leader & Gurung meet
Siliguri, Feb. 11: Darjeeling district Congress president Shankar Malakar met Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung in Darjeeling for an hour this afternoon to assure him of Congress help “in case they face any problem in running the GTA”.
The timing of the meeting is important as the Congress had been mum since Roshan Giri had announced the “final fight” for Gorkhaland on January 16 but decided to send a leader to Gurung when the Morcha and...
Girl burns to death in haystack storeroom - Child playing with matchstick triggers blaze, fire destroys 4km forest area
Gangtok, Feb. 11: A five-year-old girl in West Sikkim was charred to death in a fire that engulfed a storeroom made of wood and mud when her friend, a three-year-old girl, allegedly lit a match and threw it in a haystack this afternoon.
The tragedy occurred at Kageythang village this afternoon when four children were playing near the victim’s house located at the edge of a forest. The blaze also spread 4km inside the forest and was doused by the...
10 Feb 2013
morcha strike affected NH31A and sikkim too.
SANJAY AGARWAL –RANGPO-9TH FEBRURY 13
The 12 hours strike called by gorkha janmukti morcha in Darjeeling hills has badly affected the Sikkim too .
though the GJMM was not stopping vehicles of Sikkim number the less number of vehicles was seen plying in national highway 31 a in compersation of normal days .from early in the morning the picketers was seen in the street of national highway 31 a but was stopping only west Bengal number vehicles. Sikkim...
