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KALIMPONG, Nov. 11. — Shifting ways of farming in the hills to modernity, the Indian Potash Limited, a national firm that deals with the agricultural sector, alongside the agricultural department of DGHC, today organised a farmers training programme at the Disha here. (more…)
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KALIMPONG, Nov. 11 — Officials of the Cinchona directorate — the largest PSU in the hills — have expressed doubts regarding the state government’s move to sell cinchona barks through auction as this is the first time that Writers’ Building has decided to come forward to project the sale of barks via auction rather than the usual way of doing it by floating of tenders. (more…)
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Kalimpong, Nov. 9: The civic body here is all set to improve the road conditions in this small hill town. The repairs, which are overdue for quite some time, will begin from tomorrow, simultaneously on three roads. (more…)
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Kalimpong, Nov. 8: People of Kalimpong are preparing for a gala time as the food festival Razzmatazz enters its third consecutive year.
The food fest is the only one of its kind in the Hill town and is organised by Good Shepherd Institute of Hospitality Management. This year, the festival will take place on November 12 and 13 and, like the previous years, the organisers have promised live music to go with the food. Calcutta-based band Shiva is expected to regale the food-lovers this time. (more…)
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KALIMPONG, Nov. 7. — Wildlife film festival, seminars and interactions are all set to mark the extended celebrations of the Tourism Week, organised here by the forest department. The two-day programme will be held at the Town Hall here on 14 and 15 November. (more…)
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KALIMPONG, Nov. 7. — Strengthening cultural ties between India and Russia, the Russian cultural centre in Kolkata, carried out the ninth photo exhibition here at the Town Hall, today. Over four hundred photographs all paired up depicting similarities were at display. (more…)
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KALIMPONG, Nov. 2. — For 65-year-old Major (Dr) TR Takhtar it’s a one-man fight. A senior citizen of Kalimpong and a dental surgeon by profession, Dr Takhtar has taken up more than several issues of public interest to deal with the poor infrastructure of the sub-division. (more…)
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KALIMPONG, Nov. 2. — It’s break time for hill politicos. While festivity has the hills rejoicing, the GNLF claimed that the onset of “Karthik” — a Nepali month of ill omen for the superstitious — has made their chief, Mr Subash Ghisingh remain silent over the hill issues his party has placed before the state and the Centre. (more…)
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KALIMPONG, Oct. 31. — Fostering “democratic consciousness” among hill students, senior educators of Kalimpong College after having attended eight-day resource training programme at Bangalore will now be initiating measures to develop the attitude.
The programme, to be conducted this November, will target a section of students, whom the college lacks, it feels. “The student selection will be done through a questionnaire,” lecturer of the Nepali department (Kalimpong College) Dr Diwakar Pradhan said. Dr Pradhan was one among the two representatives from the college in the programme organised by the New Delhi based Educational Research Center (ERC) in Bangalore early this month.
The seven colleges which took part in the programme titled “training programme on democratic values for students” were selected on the basis of assignments submitted by them.
“A total of 30 students will be qualified for the project. That will be done on the basis of a model plan,” said Dr Pradhan. College principal Dr R Dhakal said the measure also targets to set a civic sense among students. “We will also choose students from the science and commerce stream,” he said.
The college administration will also be holding seminars and workshops in concern of the affair.
