Statesman News Service KALIMPONG, May 31. — ‘Corpus’, a beneficiary group initiated for extraordinarily talented youths facing financial constraints, has achieved success as their town girl, the sub-junior national archery champion Paril Lepcha won laurels in Kolkata. Paril won all the three medals — gold, silver and bronze at the 33rd West Bengal Archery Championship, …
Month: May 2005
Hill boom in PR blitz
REZA PRADHAN - http://www.telegraphindia.com Kalimpong, May 31: The tourist season in the hill town seems to be booming this time with most hotels booked till the middle of June. With Darjeeling and Sikkim grabbing huge pieces of the tourism pie, travel operators and hotel owners are heartened to see tourists flocking not only to favourite …
Archery fame
http://www.telegraphindia.com Kalimpong: Fourteen-year-old Paril Lepcha of Bongbasti has shot into the limelight once again by winning medals at the 33rd West Bengal Archery Championship held on May 28 and 29 at Salt Lake in Calcutta. While Lepcha won a gold medal in the 30 m and a bronze in the 20 m, she won a …
Darjeeling Hills under ‘overdose’ ill
Statesman News Service KALIMPONG, May 30. — Suman Rai (name changed to protect identity) was seen loitering on the outskirts of the town on the night of 25 May. A couple of hours later, on the very next morning, residents of 8 Mile found him dead on the floor. The cause though is believed to …
Families express Teesta reservations
Statesman News Service KALMPONG, May 30. — Focusing on the need for proper resettlement under the areas affected by the NHPC work, organisers of the three-day workshop expressed the need for proper compensation to all the families. In an interaction with the affected families from the project site of the NHPC, (who had attended the …
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