Kalimpong: To ensure safe drinking water for the people of the three hill subdivisions, the first water-testing laboratory in the hills started functioning at Eastman Road on Wednesday
March 2005
Monthly Archive
30 Mar 2005 05:35 pm
Water test
30 Mar 2005 05:34 pm
Selling medicine sans prescription
Statesman News Service
KALIMPONG, March 30. — Having been caught red-handed selling drugs without prescription over the counter, four medical shops — Raj Medical, Medicine Corner, Adarsh Medical and Nandan Medical — have been served show-cause notices by the Siliguri division of Drug Control Directorate (DCD). (more…)
29 Mar 2005 05:14 pm
Quake-proof homes cry for renovation
Statesman News Service
KALIMPONG, March 29. — Not a single iron nail is used. Moreover, it’s earthquake-proof as well as sound-proof. It’s air-conditioned and warm in winter, too.
This is the story of the traditional houses of the indigenous ethnic tribe of the Lepcha or the “Lee Waar Lee”, as it is known in Lepcha. (more…)
28 Mar 2005 07:02 pm
Seminar stresses bridging language hiatus
Statesman News Service
KALIMPONG, March 28. — With the commencement of the first ever two-day national seminar on “Indian writing in English: Themes, Issues, Backgrounds” here, it was on the cards that the audience would be having a great experience. (more…)
27 Mar 2005 08:59 pm
Support Ghisingh, says MLA
KALIMPONG, March 27. — Supporting the demands raised by GNLF chief Mr Subash Ghisingh, local GNLF MLA Mr Goulen Lepcha today said that residents of the Hills, including the Opposition, should back Mr Ghisingh in his fight for bringing around a change in the Hills. (more…)
27 Mar 2005 08:54 pm
Traders seethe at tax hike
Kalimpong, March 27: The business community here has expressed dissatisfaction over the hike in trade licence fee (Certificate of Enlistment Municipality Fee). (more…)
27 Mar 2005 12:26 pm
WHAT IS GHISINGH AFRAID OF? - West Bengal spends over Rs 150 crore annually on the DGHC
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He may still be the GNLF boss, but his halo is slipping fast. Debashis Bhattacharyya reports on the Darjeeling drama’s leading — and losing — man
Ajoy Edwards can’t forget the year, for 1987 changed his life for ever. The Nepali restaurateur was then a student of a public school in Darjeeling, in the throes of a violent Gorkhaland agitation spearheaded by Subash Ghisingh of the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF). Like many of his generation, the 13-year-old wanted to do his bit for a separate homeland for the Gorkhas.
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23 Mar 2005 07:37 pm
Mulberry problems discussed at mela
Statesman News Service
KALIMPONG, March 23. — The Central Silk Board, under the Union ministry of textiles, organised a ‘Resham Krishi Mela’ today, in an attempt to spread awareness about mulberry cultivation in the Hills. (more…)
23 Mar 2005 07:35 pm
Reward for poacher-turned-game-keeper
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Niraj Lama in Darjeeling
March 23. — Mr Subash Ghisingh was today made the “sole caretaker” of the Darjeeling Gorkha Autonomous Hill Council by a state government which has been until recently describing the GNLF leader as “undemocratic” and even accusing him of trying to “blackmail” the government.
But the announcement was predictable. (more…)
23 Mar 2005 07:21 pm
Ghisingh keeps crown, courtesy Kathmandu
Calcutta, March 23: Ending days of speculation, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today named Subash Ghisingh the sole administrator of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council with caretaker powers for six months from March 26. (more…)
