September 2005


29 Sep 2005 05:33 pm IST

Career fair by St Augustine’s School

KALIMPONG, Sept. 29. — The hill students, will be getting a mega opportunity to broaden their horizons at the two-day career fair organised by the St Augustine’s School which will start here tomorrow. (more…)

29 Sep 2005 05:32 pm IST

ILTA to launch book on Lepchas

Statesman News Service
KALIMPONG, Sept. 29. — Sidelined by the locals and state government the indigenous hill tribe of the Lepcha’ s are trying to voice their grievances through the publication of a book about them written in Hindi. (more…)

28 Sep 2005 07:44 pm IST

‘Sawan Siddha’ for women’s uplift

Statesman News Service
KALIMPONG, Sept. 28. — It began merely on an experimental basis in April 2003. However, bringing hopes the ‘Sawan Siddha’ scheme under the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) has surely managed to bring about a sense of resurrection in the women class of our society. (more…)

27 Sep 2005 11:55 pm IST

Kalimpong: the model tourist destination

Statesman News Service
KALIMPONG, Sept. 27. — The Eastern Himalaya Travel and Tour Operators’ Association (EHTTOA) is all set to showcase Kalimpong as a model tourist destination. Celebrating the ‘World Tourism Day’,
here jointly organised by the Hotels and Restaurants Association of Kalimpong (HORAK) and EHTTOA, secretary to the latter Mr Samrat Sanyal stressed upon Kalimpong as one of the major tourism brand of the region. (more…)

26 Sep 2005 07:36 pm IST

GNLF(C) to observe death anniversary of CK Pradhan

KALIMPONG, Sept. 26. — Pressing upon the demand for the arrest of those involved in assassination of dissident GNLF leader CK Pradhan, the Gorkha National Liberation Front (C) will be holding a 3-day programme on the death anniversary of the leader on 3 October. (more…)

26 Sep 2005 12:02 am IST

SAA organises band competition

Statesman News Service
KALIMPONG, Sept. 25. — The ex-Sasonians, former students of the St Augustine’s school, have now found a unique way to commemorate their school’s diamond jubilee celebration with the Sasonian Alumni Association (SAA) organising an inter school marching band competition here on 2 October. (more…)

23 Sep 2005 07:37 pm IST

Demand for Jelep-la

www.telegraphindia.com Darjeeling, Sept. 23: Reports of the Indian government’s willingness to open more trade routes with China have given a fresh momentum to the demand for resuming trade through the Jelep-pass, one of the oldest trade routes that starts from Kalimpong. (more…)

21 Sep 2005 09:40 pm IST

In service of the poor & deprived

Statesman News Service
KALIMPONG, Sept. 21. — The financially deprived 19-year-old Buddha Mukhiya could have hardly imagined moving forward with her life, after she quit school a couple of years back. (more…)

21 Sep 2005 12:57 am IST

IPS officer among 5 killed in Cooch Behar violence

Press Trust of India

Siliguri, September 21, 2005

Five persons were killed and 20 personnel injured in a clash between police and demonstrators near Cooch Behar on Tuesday. The dead included three cops. (more…)

20 Sep 2005 07:20 pm IST

Horror on Nepal TV

www.telegraphindia.com
Kalimpong, Sept. 20: Horror speaks a new language now — Nepali.

The first television horror serial in Nepali, Jha Jhalko, is currently being shot at various locations near Kalimpong and Lava. Of the proposed 52 episodes of the serial, three have already been aired on the channel Nepal 1. (more…)

19 Sep 2005 12:45 am IST

Tribute to brave trucker

www.telegraphindia.com

Siliguri, Sept 18: At 63, Amar Bahadur Chhetri is no Keanu Reeves. But in a rare show of courage that would dwarf the feat of the Speed star, the ageing driver drove a burning truck for about a kilometre out of the heart of Kalimpong to save the lives and property of its residents. (more…)

16 Sep 2005 07:05 pm IST

Ace archer makes Kalimpong proud

www.thestatesman.net

KALIMPONG, Sept. 16. — Thirteen-year old Paril Lepcha, a sub-junior national archery champion, has brought many laurels to Kalimpong. (more…)

16 Sep 2005 07:02 pm IST

The girl with golden aim

www.telegraphindia.com
REZA PRADHAN

Kalimpong, Sept. 16: Thirteen-year-old Paril Lepcha has done it again.
The archer nonpareil won one gold, two silver and one bronze medal at the 26th sub-junior National Archery Championship held in Ajmer, Rajasthan, between September 8 and 11. She had won two gold medals at the last year’s competition held in Delhi. (more…)

15 Sep 2005 08:33 pm IST

United Forum to to protest against cinchona directorate

Statesman News Service
KALIMPONG, Sept. 15. — The United Forum — a trade union of cinchona planters has decided to move forward with a series of activities against the negligence by the administration into the functioning of the cinchona and other medicinal plants directorate. (more…)

15 Sep 2005 12:57 am IST

Hindi fest for Tibetan school

www.telegraphindia.com
REZA PRADHAN

Kalimpong, Sept. 14: A two-week-long programme organised by the Central School for Tibetans (CST) here and aimed at inculcating respect for Indian culture and tradition concluded on the occasion of Hindi Bhasa Diwas today. (more…)

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