Calcutta, May 10: The Mamata Banerjee government was tonight nursing the burns it suffered in a legal agnipariksha over the panchayat polls — a plight that found resonance in a subsequent suggestion by the chief minister that her challenges were more numerous than that of Sita.
Calcutta High Court this afternoon upheld all key demands of the state election commission and ordered the state government to “satisfy” the panel with adequate security arrangements, including central forces, for conducting the panchayat polls in three phases.
The state...
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।
11 May 2013
State asks for hill sales tax dues - Traders told to pay Rs 20 crore by June 30
Darjeeling, May 10: The state government has asked all hill traders to clear their sales tax dues of around Rs 20 crore accumulated during the non-cooperation movement between April 2008 and July 2011 by next month.
The order was in accordance with a recent amendment to the West Bengal Finance Act .
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha had asked the hill residents not to pay any central or state taxes and bills from April 1, 2008 till July 2011 as part of its non-co-operation movement during the statehood agitation.
The hill residents started filing their...
11 more courses at Sikkim varsity
Gangtok, May 10: Sikkim Central University will introduce 11 new post-graduate courses from the next academic session starting in August.
“The final nod to start the courses was given at a meeting of the executive council held in March following a recommendation by the academic council of the University,” said varsity registrar K.M. Deb.
The degrees that would be offered are anthropology (MA/Msc), education (MEd), English (MA), Hindi (MA), history (MA), political science (MA), commerce (MCom), management (MBA), tourism (MA), mathematics (BSc-MSc...
Scurry to Shyamal Sen to save life-long earnings - North Bengal office of default commission receives 234 applications on first day
Siliguri, May 10: People from different walks of life, from a temple priest to retired government officials, submitted applications to the north Bengal office of the Shyamal Sen Commission that began functioning here today.
On its first day, the commission received 234 applications from investors and agents of Saradha Group and other chit fund companies. The commission was set up by the Mamata Banerjee government to determine the cause of the default crisis, volume of funds, identity of the investors and other stakeholders, and the compensation...
Kidnapped woman found dumped
May 10: A woman railway employee was abducted from Chulsa in Jalpaiguri district yesterday evening while she was returning home after duty.
However, Santi Tigga, the only woman jawan at Territorial Army of the railways and a recipient of an award from the President for her performance, was found blindfolded with her legs tied up at a forest village, a few kilometres from the place where she had been abducted.
Police are yet to establish the motive behind the abduction and they are puzzled by a four-page letter recovered from Tigga’s pocket. The...
10 May 2013
CM Mamata to address GJMM meet on 15 May
KOLKATA: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will address a mass gathering of Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) in Darjeeling on 15 May.Kalimpong MLA and member of GJMM, Mr Harka Bahadur Chettri, met Miss Banerjee at Writers’ Buildings on 7 may. Gorkha leaders and the state government had parted ways following a similar meeting in January. The demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland had been taken up by the Gorkha leaders at the meeting and the chief minister had ruled it out. Mr Chettri said: “We want to forget everything that happened in the last...
प्रदीप लोहागुण
12 मार्च (कालेबुङ):- लामो समयदेखि सरकारी संरक्षण र सम्वर्द्धनबाट बञ्चित रहेको दार्जीलिङको ऐतिहासिक भिक्टोरिया फल्स पूलले आफ्नो शतबार्षिकीको अवसरमा सरकारी निकायको ध्यानाकर्षण गराएको छ। आइतबार स्थानीयहरुले पूल निर्माण गरिएको शतबार्षिकीको अवसरमा एउटा कार्यक्रमको आयोजना गरेपछि समारोहमा आमञ्त्रित अधिकृतहरुले यसको संरक्षण र सम्वर्द्धनको निम्ति पहल गरिनु पर्ने कुरामा चासो देखाएका छन। स्थानीयहरुद्वारा गठित भिक्टोरिया फल्स संरक्षण समितिले पूल निर्माणको सय बर्ष पूरा भएको अवसरमा आइतबार एउटा विशेष कार्यक्रमको आयोजना गरेका थिए। यस अवसरमा दार्जीलिङका...
GTA wants Tagore bungalow - Ashamed of Mungpoo Rabindra Bhavan condition, says Tamang
Mungpoo, May 9: Binay Tamang, an executive member of the GTA Sabha, today said he was “ashamed” of the condition of the Rabindra Bhavan at Mungpoo and sought the transfer of the bungalow from the state government’s charge to the hill autonomous body.
The comment was made by Tamang, who is in charge of the information and cultural affairs department at the GTA Sabha, while addressing a gathering at the Rabindra Jayanti celebrations at Mungpoo in Kurseong, about 35km from Darjeeling.
Rabindranath Tagore had visited the bungalow four times between...
9 May 2013
GTA review on May 24 - Morcha to seek Rs 575 crore for infrastructure at meet
Darjeeling, May 8: The Union home ministry has decided to hold the next review meeting to look into the functioning of the GTA Sabha in Darjeeling on May 24.
Decisions on allotment of additional funds to the GTA and initiating the process for the amendment to the Constitution to implement the three-tier panchayat system in the hills are expected to be taken at the meeting.
The review meetings are attended by representatives of the central and state governments and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha.
“The review meeting will be held at Richmond Hill...
Sikkim varsity head granted bail
Gangtok, May 8: A court here today granted bail to chairman of EIILM University Vinay Kumar Rai, who had been arrested for allegedly issuing forged marksheet and certificate of a course that is not taught at the institution.
Apart from Rai, vice-chancellor O.V. Vijayan, registrar Col. (retired) Alok Bhandari and controller of examinations Vijay Dahiya had also been arrested from Jorethang in South Sikkim on Monday in connection with the case. The three were granted bail yesterday.
Rai, who had been detained by Bengal police at the Bagdogra Airport...
8 May 2013
Gurung tours clash zone
Darjeeling, May 7: GTA Sabha chief executive Bimal Gurung has started an extensive tour of Soureni, where supporters of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and the GNLF clashed on Sunday, with a promise of the area’s development through the hill body.
Gurung’s trip to Soureni and the surrounding villages in Mirik block may be seen as an effort by him to consolidate the Morcha’s support base at a time the GNLF has heightened its political activities in the area. The Morcha chief’s visit started yesterday and would continue for five days.
“The GNLF has...
Private varsity owner held for forgery
Gangtok, May 7: Police in Sikkim and Bengal have arrested the chairman, vice-chancellor, registrar and the controller of examinations of a private Sikkim university for fraudulently issuing a marksheet and certificate of a course that is not taught at the institution.
The police said EIILM University that has its campus at Jorethang in the South district had issued a certificate to a girl from outside Sikkim saying she had obtained a master’s degree in education.
“The university had issued a certificate of Master in Education to a girl from outside...
7 May 2013
Bash in the time of Saradha curse worries govt
Calcutta, May 6: The Saradha scandal has cast a shadow on the Mamata Banerjee government’s plan to mark its two years in power by organising exhibitions and cultural programmes in the districts as lower-rung Trinamul leaders are wary of any show of pomp immediately after the payment default crisis.
The impact of the lack of political will — mandatory for the success of such programmes in the districts — is apparent as only two out of 30 such exhibitions could be inaugurated on time.
“People have lost their life’s savings in schemes floated by...
Deposit company tenants give landlords sleepless nights
Tamluk, May 6: People who have rented out their houses to money-mobilising companies in East Midnapore now want them to vacate, fearing demonstrations and damage of their property in the aftermath of the Saradha default.
Civil engineer Gautam Das, whose five-storey building in Tamluk housed four such companies, said he had been urging them to move out for the past few weeks.
“I had last year rented out my house to four companies —Unimass, Shilpayan, Dolphin and Silicon. Many people who have lost their money in the Saradha default have resorted...
हिल तृणमूलद्वारा मिरिक घटनाको भर्त्सना पहाडमा गणतन्त्र छैन-ननिता
कालेबुङ, 6 मई|
मिरिकमा आइतबार भएको गोजमुमो अनि गोरामुमोमाझको झडपलाई लिएर हिल तृणमूल कङ्ग्रेसले घोर भर्त्सना जनाएको छ| यसदिनको घटना उल्लेख गर्दै हील तृणमूल कङ्ग्रेसले पहाडमा गणतन्त्र नरहेको आरोप लगाएको छ| दलका जिल्ला समिमिका नारी सङ्गठन प्रमुख ननिता गौतमले आज एक प्रेस विज्ञप्ति जारी गर्दै मिरिकको घटनामा दुःख प्रकट गरेकी छन्| विज्ञप्तिा जनाइएअनुसार, ८८ सालदेखि यता पहाडमा गणतान्त्रिक परिवेश छैन| पहाडको राजनैतिक परिवेश दुषित छ| जनतालाई नेतृत्वहरूले आफ्नो रोटी सेक्ने औजार मात्र बनाएका छन्| यदि कुनै पनि दलले जनताको समर्थन हासिल गर्नसक्छ भने त्यो दलको...
6 May 2013
Strike looms after hill rivals clash
Darjeeling, May 5: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today threatened an indefinite strike across the Darjeeling hills from Tuesday after a clash broke out between its supporters and GNLF cadres at Soureni in Mirik block in the morning.
The Morcha said it would wait till 6pm tomorrow for the arrest of GNLF leaders and the transfer of the officer in charge of Mirik police station Sourav Sen, failing which the strike would be called. It is not clear yet if Sen had ordered or led an alleged baton-charge to break the Morcha-GNLF clash.
Police sources said...
मोर्चाको अचानक बन्दले जनजीवन अस्तव्यस्त
प्रज्ज्वल छेत्री
कालेबुङ, 5 मई।
मिरिक सौरेनीका सभासद् अरुण सिञ्जीलाई पुलिसले बर्बरतापूर्वक कुटेको आरोप लगाउँदै घटनाको प्रतिवादमा उत्रिएको मोर्चाको आजको अकस्मात् बन्दले गर्दा पहाडको जनजीवन एकाएक अस्तव्यस्त भयो। मध्याह्न 1.30 बजीदखि आह्वान गरिएको बन्दको प्रत्यक्ष असर यता कालेबुङमा पनि देखापरेको थियो। गोर्खा जनमुक्ति मोर्चाले 1.30 बजीदेखि सम्पूर्ण पहाड बन्दको आह्वान गर्दै शहरमा पोष्टर टालेको केही समय बित्दानबित्दैै कालेबुङबाट बाहिर जाने दिवा सेवाका सवारीसाधनहरूको होडबाजी शुरु भएको थियो। आधा घण्टाभित्र कालेबुङ छोड्नुपर्ने स्थितिले गर्दा मुख्य गरेर...
5 May 2013
Shillong girls clear UPSC exam
Shillong, May 4: Two Shillongites have cleared the civil services (main) examination, 2012 conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), the results of which were declared yesterday.
Isawanda Laloo and Daribha Lyndem featured in the list of successful candidates to fill up vacancies in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS), and Central Services — Groups A and B.
While Laloo secured the 351st rank, Lyndem was ranked 882.
Altogether 998 candidates were recommended by the UPSC...
Surprise voice of support for Bansal
New Delhi, May 4: Janata Dal (United) chief Sharad Yadav today said Pawan Bansal should not be held accountable for what his relative might have done, breaking ranks with ally BJP that has demanded the railway minister’s resignation.
“If any relative of a political leader is involved in corruption, then what is the fault of that leader? I have known Pawan Bansal for a long time. He has been in Parliament for a long time. What has he to do with his nephew taking bribe?” Yadav said.
Asked if the minister should resign after his nephew’s arrest...
BJP cries for minister head
New Delhi, May 4: The BJP alleged that railway minister Pawan Bansal was not just “morally culpable but criminally liable” for his nephew’s alleged acceptance of a huge bribe and demanded he should be immediately dropped from the Union cabinet.
Rajya Sabha Opposition leader Arun Jaitley told a news channel that although money may have changed hands at the level of a relative and his associates for a high-level railway board appointment, the appointment itself would have to be ratified by Bansal and, therefore, the buck stopped at his door.
Dubbing...
CM targets Centre, CBI - Party leaders fear ‘damage’ in Mamata action refusal
Calcutta, May 4: Mamata Banerjee today trained her guns on the Centre and the CBI, the criticism and insinuations coinciding with the prospect of a probe by the central agency into the Saradha default.
“Threats are not going to work on me. The CBI has to be called in since we did not allow FDI in retail, since we pulled out of the UPA-II government,” Mamata said at a Trinamul rally in North 24-Parganas’ Panihati, hinting that her government could be targeted because of certain decisions she had taken.
Although the chief minister started her speech...
