Watch Sherpa, says ABGL

Statesman News Service KALIMPONG, April 29. — The Kalimpong branch of the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL) has demanded that besides providing proper police protection to the accused in the assassination of DGHC councilor late CK Pradhan, the concerned authorities should also keep a watch on former councillor of the ‘Gidabling-Singhi’ constituency, Mr Tshering Sherpa. …

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Quiz blitz for school tots

http://www.telegraphindia.com Kalimpong, April 28: If you thought kids were only interested in cartoons and bedtime stories, think again. Quizzards aged between seven and 10 years today amazed the audience at Town Hall shooting back answers faster than quiz-master Pravesh Kumar could fire them, and charming everyone by huddling to discuss answers and jumping for joy …

Run for a better life – Sports to keep youth from drugs

http://www.telegraphindia.com Kalimpong, April 28: A cross-country race was flagged off from this hill town today in an effort to keep students engaged in sports and other constructive activities. Organised by Himalshree Athletics Club, the “First P.T. Bhutia Cross-Country Race” had about 120 participants from 10 schools in Kalimpong. Club president Dhendup Bhutia said: “This being …

Hills in Chamling protest

http://www.telegraphindia.com Kalimpong, April 27: Opposition parties here have come down heavily on Pawan Chamling for his statement that outsiders will not be allowed to work in Sikkim and will be thrown out of the state. Earlier this month, the chief minister of Sikkim, while reacting to the violence that rocked the Himalayan state following the …

55-yr-old school reflects state, DGHC neglect

Statesman News Service KALIMPONG, April 26. — The Tricolour has lost its radiance at the entrance and so has the appearance of the whole complex. Taps are running dry, windowpanes are broken, locked laboratories, unused for decades, are full of spider webs. This is what the Kalimpong Government High School looks like. Established in 1951, …