KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to visit the Hills on May 14 to hold talks with Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leaders and sort out all issues regarding the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA). She also has plans to meet the members of the Lepcha Development Board (LDB) and find out the present state of its functioning.
During Mamata's visit to the Hills in March, the GJM leaders had accused her of dictating terms to the GTA and some GJM supporters had even protested against her in a government programme
. GJM had also...
शिक्षक प्रमुखको लापारवाहीको कारण बेहाल अवस्थामा चम्पामाया प्रथमिक पाठशाला
पहाड़को प्रथमिक पाठशालाहरु एका एक बन्द हुनुमा सरकार पक्ष दोषी छ कि शिक्षक-शिक्षिकाहरुको लापारवाही? किन दार्जीलिङ पहाड़को शैक्षिक स्तर दिनोदिन खस्किन्दै गइरहेको छ? प्रथमिक शिक्षा बाल-बालिकाहरुको निम्ति महत्तवपूर्ण हुँदा-हुँदै पनि किन आजसम्म पहाड़को शिक्षा व्यवस्थामा सुधार आउन सकिरहेको छैन?
राजनीति गर्दिनँ भन्नु पनि अर्को राजनीति होः हर्कबहादुर छेत्री
मेरो अधिकारक्षेत्रभित्र पाँच बर्षको लागि जनताको हितको काम गर् भनेर मलाई भोट हालेको हो नि। मलाई थाहा छ यसले जनताको धेरै हित हुन्छ। यसले जनताको हितसँगै पार्टीको पनि हित हुन्छ, आन्दोलनलाई पनि सहयोग पुर्याउँछ भनेपछि एकदम निसंकोच भनेर अघि बढ्न सक्छु म। म त्यही काम गर्दैछु।
बघिनी फेरि पुरानै खोरमा
‘समयले मानिसलाई कहाँ कहाँ पुर्याउँछ,,,,,,’ कुनै समय रेडियो नेपालबाट बजिरहने यो चर्चित गीतले मान्छेको जीवनमा प्रणयसम्बन्धको आरोह अवरोहले पार्ने प्रभावलाई सुन्दर ढंगले व्याख्या गरेको छ। यो लोकप्रिय गीतको यही एक हरफ कुनै राजनीतिकर्मीको जीवनसँग गाँसेर हेर्दा के उत्तर पाइएला?
साहित्य अनि सर्जकलाई माया गर्ने घिसिङ
80 को दशकमा देशभरिका गोर्खाहरूलाई जातित्वको भावना उत्पन्न गराउने प्रथम नेता सुवास घिसिङको निधनले अहिले घड़ी सम्पूर्ण दार्जीलिङ पहाड़ नै स्तब्ध बनेको छ। गोर्खाहरूका हित अनि अस्तित्वका निम्ति छुट्टै राज्यको बहस लिएर सुवास धिसिङले त्यसताक पहाड़का प्रत्येक गाँऊहरूको भ्रमण गरेका थिए। 22 जुन 1936 सालमा मिरिकको मञ्जु चियाबगानमा जन्म लिएरका सुवास घिसिङले आफ्नो तर्क राख्न एकलै जनसभा गर्थे। घिसिङले सम्पूर्ण गोर्खाहरूलाई एकै शुत्रमा बाँध्न "गोर्खाल्याण्ड" शब्दको जन्म गरेका थिए।
निराश छन् विधायक डा. छेत्री
“बजट सत्रमा के कुराहरू उठान गर्नु पर्ने भन्नेबारे हामीले जीटीएबाट कहिले फिडब्याक पाएका छैनौं” डा छेत्रीले भने। डा हर्कबहादुर छेत्री मोर्चाका प्रवक्ता हुन् अनि कालेबुङका जनप्रतिनिधि। दुइवटा महत्वपूर्ण पदमा बसेका डा छेत्रीलाई अहिलेसम्म जीटीएको बैठकमा निम्ताइएको छैन, पार्टीको राजनैतिक लाइनबारे उनीसँग चर्चा र छलफल नगरिएको त झन कति भयो, उनैलाई हेक्का छैन।
2 May 2013
1 May 2013
GTA seeks Rs 575cr from state, Delhi - Review meeting to discuss demand for cash for hill body’s infrastructure
April 30: A GTA Sabha delegation visiting Calcutta today demanded Rs 575 crore from the Centre and the state government to put in place the administrative infrastructure of the hill body.
The demand for the funds was placed at a meeting between the six-member delegation of the hill autonomous body and state chief secretary Sanjay Mitra and home secretary Basudeb Banerjee.
The GTA memorandum of agreement signed by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and the central and state governments to establish the GTA has a provision for a one-time financial assistance...
Demand to arrest fraud firm bosses
Siliguri, April 30: Agents of a Siliguri-based fraud deposit company that shut down last month have demanded the arrest of four directors, alleging that the administration was focusing more on pursuing the officials of Saradha Group.
According to the agents of Annex Infrastructure India Limited, although the company’s managing director Prasenjit Majumdar — a resident of Ghugumali on the outskirts of Siliguri — was arrested from North 24-Parganas last week, four other directors, also from Siliguri and the adjoining areas, are still at large.
“We...
Cong skips SMC meet
Siliguri, April 30: The Congress today abstained from the monthly board meeting of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation, alleging that the session had been convened by the chairman without consulting the mayor.
But a source in the Congress said the party had skipped the meeting as no projects could be proposed or taken up for discussion because of a state government order that asked the SMC commissioner to approve only bills on regular expenditure in the current financial quarter.
The meeting couldn’t be held today because of lack of quorum. Along...
30 Apr 2013
Cameras to monitor police stations
VIVEK CHHETRI
Darjeeling, April 29: Darjeeling police have decided to install three closed-circuit TV cameras in each of the 14 police stations under them by next month to help senior officers monitor work round the clock through cellphones or any other device with Internet.
The system of keeping tabs on police stations by senior officers when they are on the move is the first of its kind in the state.
At a time when the GNLF has decided to increase its political activities in the hills, raising possibilities of political skirmishes, the new...
Chopper rides
Siliguri, April 29: North Bengal development minister Gautam Deb today announced that Pawan Hans would soon introduce helicopter services between Cooch Behar and Calcutta via Bagdogra.
“We are determined to improve connectivity across north Bengal. As part of it, the state government will soon sign an MoU with Pawan Hans which in turn will operate helicopter services between Calcutta and Cooch Behar. The good news for the residents of Siliguri is that they can also avail themselves of this service as it would be via Bagdogra. The service would...
Fever check
Siliguri, April 29: The Darjeeling district health department has started a fever surveillance programme from last week to keep a track on vector-borne diseases like dengue, Japanese encephalitis, black fever, malaria and chikungunya in the risk-prone areas of the district.
According to district health officials, the step is a part of a preventive programme launched earlier this month to check the outbreak of diseases in the district. The risk-prone areas of Siliguri subdivision are Matigara, Phansidewa, Naxalbari-Khoribari and Siliguri. The other...
Airport theft turns glare on cameras - Spotlight on cctv for law and order & trace of stolen car
Siliguri, April 29: An SUV theft from the parking lot of Bagdogra airport yesterday has raised doubts about CCTV surveillance at the facility which is a security installation.
C.K. Shrestha, whose car was stolen, today alleged that when his family wanted to see CCTV footage to see the exit gate of the airport and check who had driven away the car, the airport authorities said they could not provide him with such footage.
He alleged that the airport authorities told his son Yash that the CCTV cameras on the premises were out of order when he wished...
29 Apr 2013
Hills list fresh demands
Darjeeling, April 28: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has decided to seek the reorganisation of subdivisions and blocks in the hills and a change in the name and profile of the board that deals with primary schools in the GTA Sabha area.
The two demands, which are not part of any understanding reached between the state government and the Morcha, will be placed before the Bengal chief secretary when a party delegation meets him on April 30.
“We have prepared a list of 14 issues that we would like to discuss with the chief secretary and the education...
How Richard Gere found the path to Buddhism - Actor recounts his first meeting with Dalai Lama and the virtues of practising Dharma
The following is the transcript of the lecture delivered by actor Richard Gere on Buddhism in the West and My Personal Experience at Manan Kendra in Gangtok on April 26.
It is a great honour for me to be here, it is my pleasure to be with the Sogyal Rimpoche here. It would be better if there is a dialogue and lots of interactions with me.
Please ask questions and set the direction of the conversations to the next level on Buddhism.
Sogyal Rimpoche. who is a good friend of mine, has been a very good person as he has introduced me with so many...
Assurance on Saradha schools
Siliguri, April 28: Minister Gautam Deb today said he would urge chief minister Mamata Banerjee and state education minister Bratya Basu to see that studies of over 900 students of two schools owned by the Saradha Group were not affected.
“The two Lincolns High Schools have over 900 students. As the schools are of the Saradha Group, the guardians are apprehensive about the future of their children. As it is an educational institution and not a realty property of the group, I would take up the issue with the chief minister and the state education...
हिमालय पिपल्स च्यानलको प्रसारणमा गोजमुमोले प्रतिबन्ध लगाएपछि निक्कै दिनदेखि चुलिएको यस पत्रकारितमाथिको विवादलाई केन्द्र गर्दै आज गोजमुमो केन्द्रिय सह-सचिव एवं सभासद् विनय तामाङ्गले मुख खोलेका छन्
कालेबुङ, 28 अप्रेल।
हिमालय पिपल्स च्यानलको प्रसारणमा गोजमुमोले प्रतिबन्ध लगाएपछि निक्कै दिनदेखि चुलिएको यस पत्रकारितमाथिको विवादलाई केन्द्र गर्दै आज गोजमुमो केन्द्रिय सह-सचिव एवं सभासद् विनय तामाङ्गले मुख खोलेका छन्। जर्नलिष्ट एसोसिएसन अफ् कालेबुङको स्थापना दिवस कार्यक्रमलाई सम्बोधन गर्दै उनले केही पत्रकारहरूले राजनैतिक स्वार्थप्रेरित भएर काम गर्ने गरेका छन् भन्ने आशय पोखेका छन्। ‘पत्रकारिता गणतन्त्रको चौथौ स्तम्भ हो। यसलार्ई राजनीतिदेखि अक्षुण राख्नुपर्छ। पत्रकारितामा संलग्न व्यक्तिहरू राजनीति प्ररेत छन् भने चाहेर पनि समाज स्वच्छ...
धिरेन अनि बलरामको संयुक्त गजल सङ्ग्रह ‘मनको मझेरीमा’को -लोकार्पण
कालेबुङ, 27 अप्रेल।
धिरेन सङ्घर्ष अनि बलराम राईको संयुक्त गजल सङ्ग्रह ‘मनको मझेरीमा’ नामक पुस्तक कालेबुङ पत्रकार सम्मेलन भवनमा आज लोकार्पण भयो। कार्यक्रममा अतिथिहरूको रुपमा उपस्थित कथाकार सञ्जय विष्ट, कवि सुधिर छेत्री अनि गजलकार एवं समिक्षक शैलेन्द्र शमदर्शीको बाहुलीबाट पुस्तक लोकार्पण गरिएको हो। ‘मनको मझेरीमा’-पुस्तक धिरेन सङ्घर्षको तेस्रो कृति हो भने बलराम राईको यो प्रथम कृति हो। यस कार्यक्रममा गलजकार सङ्घर्ष अनि राई दुवैले आफ्नो कुराहरू राख्दै गजल बाचन गरेका थिए। ‘नेपाली साहित्य लेखन परम्परामा गजल लेखनको महत्व छुट्टै। यसले पाठकलाई प्रचुर रस...
जीटीए प्रमुख विमल गुरुङद्वारा तीनवटा महत्वपूर्ण परियोजनाहरूको शिलान्याश
कालेबुङ, 27 अप्रेल।
कालेबुङमा आज जीटीएबाट तीनवटा महत्वपूर्ण परियोजनाहरूको शिलान्यास गरिएको छ। यहॉंको विवादित नोभेल्टी सिनेमा परिसरअनि मेलाग्राउण्डनजिक निर्माण गरिने दुइवटा कारपार्किङ कम्प्लेक्स साथै डेलो टुरिष्ट लजको अतिरिक्त नयॉं विल्डिङ् निर्माण योजनाको आज शिलान्याश गरिएको हो। रिमोटकन्ट्रोलको माध्यबाट उनको आज यी तीनवटा परियोजनाहरूको शिलान्याश गरेका हुन्। शिलान्यास गरे। चारतले मॉं सन्तोषी भेहिकल पार्किङ कम्प्लेक्सको भूमिपुजन गरेपछि नोभेल्टा परिसरबाट नै उनले यी तीनवटा मेघा परियोजनाहरुको शिलान्यास गरे। यसअवधी जीटीए उपप्रमुख कर्णेल रमेश आले, सभासद...
शरीरमा आगो झोसेर 16 वर्षीय किशोरीद्वारा आत्माहत्या
कालेबुङ, 27 अप्रेल।
आज बेलुकी लगभग 5 बजीतिर यहॉंको भालुखोपस्थित मुर्दाघरमा गएर शरीरभरि मट्टितेर छर्केर एकजना किशोरीले आत्माहत्या गरेकी छन्। आत्मादाह गर्ने किशोरी 16 वर्षीय रक्षा छेत्री रम्बी निवासी हुन्। घटनाअनुसार केही दिनदेखि उनी भालुखोपस्थित आफन्तको घरमा बस्नेगर्थिन्। आज दिउँसो उनी मट्टितेल ल्याउनको निम्ति राशिन दोकान गएकी थिइन्। तर यसैबीच राशिन दोकानबाट घरतर्फ फर्किँदै गर्दा उनले राशिन दोकनबाट ल्याएको मट्टितेल आफ्नै शरीरमा हालेर आफैलाई आगो लगाकी हुन्। शरीरमा आगो दन्किएपछि उनी धेरै जोडले कराउन पुगेकी थिइन्। केही टाडामा घॉंस काटिरहेका एक...
कालेबुङको विकास अनि पूर्वाधारहरूको निर्माण गर्न जीटीएले 66 करोड रुपिँया खर्च गर्ने
प्रज्ज्वल छेत्री
कालेबुङ, 27 अप्रेल।
कालेबुङमा नयॉं पूर्वाधारहरूको निर्माण अनि विकासमूलक परियोजनाहरूको निम्ति जीटीएले लगभग 66 करोड रुपिँया खर्च गर्ने तय गरेको छ। जीटीएमार्फत कालेबुङमा अघिबाटै शुरु भइसकेको अनि हुनलागेको धेरै परियोजनाहरूको निमित्त उक्त राशीको अनुमोदन प्रक्रिया चलिरहेको जीटीए पर्यटन विभागका कार्यकारी निर्देशक सोनाम भोटियाले बताएका हुन्। यहॉंको नोभेल्टी परिसरमा आयोजित आजको विभागीय कार्यक्रममा उनले यसबारे जानकारी गराउँदै विस्तृत रिपोर्ट पेश गरेका हुन्। कालेबुङको निम्ति जीटीएमार्फत गरिने विकासमूलक परियोजना अनि निर्माणलागतबारे उनले...
