Bimal Gurung hints at assuming GTA chief executive post again

KURSEONG 22 Nov 2013 GJM president Bimal Gurung has once again hinted at taking over the top post in the GTA.  Addressing a meeting today at Mahanadi in Kurseong, he said he had sacrificed the GTA chief’s chair for the sake of statehood and the Gorkha people. “Considering the general public interest, I may sit on the chief executive’s chair again when the time approaches,” he said. Notably, while addressing a meeting in Kalimpong...

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Golay meets SKM supporters in Soreng

Gangtok 22 Nov 2013 Sikkim Krantikari Morcha leader Prem Singh Golay, who is presently campaigning in Soreng, West Sikkim, on Thursday met and interacted with a large number of party supporters. He condemned the injustice being meted out on the people of Sikkim by the SDF-led government. The SKM stands to restore the lost rights of the people and to fight against social injustice, claimed the leader. Golay also welcomed several...

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SDO appeals for reconsideration of block division decision

KALIMPONG 22 Nov 2013 SDO Radhika Aiyer today appealed to GTA chief secretary and the district magistrate to reconsider their decision to divide Kalimpong Block as doing so would put Teesta under the Takdah block. A recent meeting between GTA sabhasads and the administration had finalised the issue of transferring Teesta and its surrounding Gram Panchayats from Kalimpong BDO to Takdah. But the decision was met with protests from both area residents and political parties.  Residents of Teesta Bazaar and its surrounding...

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Tripartite talks positive

Darjeeling 21 Nov 2013 With the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s relations with the state government back to warm terms, things ahead are looking bright more so as today’s tripartite meeting in Kolkata concluded on a cordial and positive note. Further, during the bipartite talks on Wednesday, the state government assured to extend all support to the GTA and also not to interfere in its affairs. The process for the release of more than...

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Leaders apathetic toward environment issues, says conservationist

Darjeeling 21 Nov 2013 Noted academician, environmentalist crusader and writer Ajay Singh Rawat has lamented the apathy of politicians in including environmental concerns in their political manifesto while citing rampant misuse of power in Uttarakhand. Presently in town for the first Tenzing Norgay Memorial lectures on Himalayan issues organised by St. Paul’s School, Rawat said, “It is sad that in our country, environment issues...

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Teesta GP merger demand picks up pace

KALIMPONG 21 Nov 2013 The demand for merging six Gram Panchayat areas to form a Block Development Office in Teesta by residents in and around the Teesta GP area has started picking up momentum. Several political and apolitical groups have started pressurising the government over the demand. Residents with the support of local political bodies have already formed a New Block Formation Committee to place their demand before the government. The CPRM Highway Block 1 Zonal Committee leadership today sent a deputation through fax...

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Civic society must for socio-political change: MP Lama

PRADIP LOHAGUN KALIMPONG 20 Nov 2013 Noted academician Dr. Mahendra P Lama, who will contest the 2014 Lok Sabha polls as an independent candidate, says the hill society must step forward for political and social change. He said so today at an interactive programme in Shyamadevi Hall in Kalimpong organised by the Kalimpong chapter of his recently launched association, Darjeeling Dooars United Development Foundation. The dais...

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Teesta residents form NKVGS to pursue block demand

KALIMPONG 20 Nov 2013 Political parties in Teesta town and its surroundings have joined hands demanding the formation of a Block Development Office in town. Residents, along with party workers, have formed a ‘Nav Khand Vikas Gathan Samiti’ to take their demand before the government. The Samiti comprises parties such as the GJM, TMC, GNLF, CPRM and apolitical organisations such as the Biswakarma Samaj, Fulbari Sahitya Samiti,...

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3-tier rural body tops Morcha list - Hill party to demand amendments to GTA Act during talks with Centre and state

Nov. 19: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha will demand a three-tier panchayat system in the GTA area during talks with the state tomorrow and tripartite discussions on November 21, party general secretary Roshan Giri said today. The party would also seek 29 amendments to the GTA Act in the meeting with the state government tomorrow so that the autonomous body runs in a proper way. Giri said the implementation of the three-tier panchayat system...

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Sitaram Yechury to attend CPM prog in Darjeeling next month

Darjeeling 18 Nov 2013 CPM politburo member Sitaram Yechury will participate in the 100th birth anniversary programme of former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu to be organised in the Darjeeling hills on December 3 by the party’s Darjeeling district committee. CPM leaders from the district were upbeat about the veteran leader’s visit. “We have decided to hold a programme on December 3 to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary...

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भारतमा पनि नेपाली कविता संग्रहको दोस्रो संस्करण, ‘घाउका रङहरू’ पुन शहरमा

Pradip Lohagun  कालेबुङ, 18 नोभेम्बर (प्रदीप)ः लगभग छःबर्षपछि लामो कविताकृति ‘घाउका रङहरू’-को दोस्रो संस्करण निकाल्न सकेको सुखद घटनाले यतिबेला यसका सर्जक मनोज बोगटी अनि प्रकाशक उपेश उपमा दुवै दंग छन। असीमित सपनाहरू लिएर झण्डै एक दशक अघि सिन्कोना कमानबाट कालेबुङ छिरेका यी दुइ युवकहरूको पहिलो कृति थियो घाउका रङहरू। त्योबेला युवाकविका रुपमा भर्खरै चर्चामा आउन थालेका मनोज बोगटीको पहिलो पुस्तकाकार कृति थियो यो अनि प्रकाशकका रुपमा पनि उपमा...

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