Bolt from blue: Malda DM Jayaraman laughs at Kumar remark

Malda, Dec. 2: Malda district magistrate G. Kiran Kumar today said his arrest on Saturday in connection with the alleged funds misuse in the Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority was like a “bolt from the blue”. “I had never imagined I would be arrested. I had gone to Siliguri to co-operate with the police. It was around 3.30pm on Saturday that Siliguri police commissioner K. Jayaraman suddenly told me that I was being arrested. Jayaraman...

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Rs 2 lakh grant for spouse of disabled - One-time grant by Sikkim govt

Gangtok, Dec. 2: Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling today announced a one-time government grant of Rs 2 lakh to those who marry a physically-challenged person in the state. Sources in the state social welfare department said the modalities of the scheme are yet to be worked out. “I today announce a one-time grant of Rs 2 lakh for those who will willingly marry a physically-challenged person. The work on this will commence soon and will...

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Tourist dies after falling from hotel window

Darjeeling, Dec. 2: A tourist staying at a Chowrastha hotel fell off a grille-less window of his room while admiring the view last evening and landed on an iron gate with spikes that pierced his head, killing him on the spot. Sobhan Goswami, a 43-year-old businessman from Bharat Nagar in Siliguri, is suspected to have fallen on the tin roof of a structure before hitting the iron gate on the boundary wall of a plot adjacent to the hotel. Sobhan...

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Now, Bhutia community ups ante for development board

PRADIP LOHAGUN KALIMPONG 2 Dec 2013 After the Lepcha community of the Darjeeling hills got a development council, the Tamangs and Bhutias have tabled demands for similar setups for safeguarding and developing their respective communities. The recently-formed Bharatiya Bhutia Association, claiming the Bhutias and Lepchas as the original inhabitants of the Darjeeling hills, today submitted an eight-point deputation to Kalimpong...

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Brothers commit murder in Kalimpong

KALIMPONG 2 Dec 2013 Sakyong Gram Panchayat resident Nima Temba Bhutia (50) was on Sunday murdered allegedly by Ajay Tamang (23) and Ranjan Tamang (23), residents of the same area, who have claimed Bhutia had eloped with their mother and married her. The incident took place around 6pm on Sunday evening when Bhutia was returning home. He was critically wounded and died as he was being taken to North Bengal Medical College and Hospital. The police have said the duo has confessed to Bhutia’s killing. They were today presented...

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Lama vows to undertake statehood odyssey if elected

Darjeeling 1 Dec 2013 Noted academician Mahendra P Lama, a consensual candidate from Darjeeling constituency for the 2014 general elections, today kick-started his campaign with the promise of striving towards achieving statehood if the people send him to Parliament. Without naming any political parties, the former Sikkim University vice-chancellor said the demand for a separate state has not been taken up in earnest even as he...

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Mirik, Naxalbari join movement

DEEP PRADHAN MIRIK 1 Dec 2013 Under the theme ‘Getting Zero’ to make society free of AIDS, Mirik’s National AIDS Control Society today organised various programmes across several places in Mirik and the Terai region to observe World AIDS Day. Society members distributed leaflets and made public announcements to spread awareness on the disease among locals of the region. Members of health organisations in Mirik along with ICRC...

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CCFF observes World AIDS Day in Kalimpong

PRADIP LOHAGUN KALIMPONG 1 Dec 2013 The Cluny-Glen Family Foundation of Kalimpong today observed World AIDS Day by organising an awareness programme at its centre in 8th Mile. The main attraction of the event was an AIDS awareness skit by CGFF members and Kalimpong College students. Present at the occasion were CGFF Nepal and India head Sister Anna, Gorkha Dukha Niwarak Sammelan president Uday Kumai, secretary RL Trikhatri, Cluny...

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जीटीए क्षेत्रमा त्रिस्तरीय पञ्चायत चुनाउ गराउने - डा महेन्द्र पी लामा

कालेबुङ, 30 नोभेम्बर (प्रदीप)ः  सांसदको रुपमा निर्वाचित भएको तीनदेखि छः महीनाभित्र सम्विधान संशोधन गराएर जीटीए क्षेत्रमा त्रिस्तरीय पञ्चायत चुनाउ गराउने डा महेन्द्र पी लामाले ठोकुवा गरेका छन।कालेबुङका आफ्ना शुभचिन्तकहरूले आयोजना गरेको एउटा कार्यशालामा भाग लिन आएका तराई डूवर्स युनाइटेड डेभलप्मेण्ट फाउण्डेशनका संस्थापक डा लामाले आज यहाँका मिडीयाकर्मीहरूसँग भएको एउटा कुराकानीमा यस आशयको दावी गरेका हुन। ‘सांसद भएर पुगेपछि हाम्रो पहिलो...

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विकास परिषदको मांग गर्दै अब 'तामाङ' सड़कमा

कालेबुङ 30 नोभेम्बर तामाङ विकास परिषदको पक्षमा रहेका पहाड़का सम्पूर्ण तामाङहरुले आज कालेबुङमा सदभवना ऱ्याली निकालेका थिए। तामाङ युथ एशोसिएशन कालेबुङ महकुमा समितिको आयोजनामा तामाङ विकास परिषर्दको मांग गर्दै हजारौ तामाङहरुले यहाँको टाउन-हल परिसरबाट सांस्कृतीक ऱ्याली निकालेका थिए। तामाङ समूदायको प्ररमपरा अनुरुप ‘डम्फू’ बजाउँदै डम्फरेहरुले उक्त ऱ्यालीलाई अगुवाइ गरिरहेका थिए भने ऱ्यालीमा जातीय वेशभुषामा सु-सजित तामाङ युवा-युवतीहरुको उत्साहजनक भिड़ रहेको...

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मुम्बईम सम्पन्न हुने भो 'गोर्खा मेला' अनि ‘बसिबियाँलो’को 125 औ प्रकरण

कालेबुङ 30 नोभेम्बर प्रतेक महिनाको एक शनिबार पहाड़को जुनै पनि कुनामा सम्पन्न हुने साहित्यिक कार्यक्रम ‘बसिबियाँलो’ अब चाड़ैनै माया नगरी मुम्बईमा पुग्नेछ। ‘बसिबियाँलो’को 125 औ प्रकरण लिएर मुम्बई जाने दार्जीलिङ जिल्लाको कालेबुङ महकुमा समितिका साहित्यिक, सांस्कृतिक अनि सामाजिक कार्यकर्ताहरुको टोलीले माया नगरीमा गोर्खा मेलाको पनि आयोजना गर्ने आज सह-संयोजक सुदेश खातीले जानकारी दिएका छन्। मुम्बईका गोर्खा महिलाहरुको सामाजिक संस्था ‘सुनखरी नेपाली महिला...

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