Statesman News Service. KALIMPONG, July. 31. — Notwithstanding the understanding between the hill Opposition coalition of the PDF and the CPI-M, the former has claimed that Marxist administration, along with the GNLF, has played a major role in snatching the “democratic rights” for the hill people. Citing the instance of Mr Subash Ghisingh being appointed …
Month: July 2005
Bar Association cease-work
Statesman News Service KALIMPONG, July 31. — The Bar association of all three hill sub-divisions — Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong — will cease work tomorrow in demand for a judicial officer to take care of tenancy disputes. The Vice president of the Bar of Kalimpong, advocate Mr DN Pandey said that all hill lawyers would …
Flower cheers for tissue lab
http://www.telegraphindia.com Kalimpong, July 31: Flowery days are here for Kalimpong. The West Bengal Comprehensive Area Development Corporation has sent a proposal to the state panchayat and rural development department to set up a tissue culture laboratory here with the aim of mass production of cut flowers. “There is a dire necessity of such a laboratory …
Ghisingh can’t give Gorkhaland: AIGL
Statesman News Service KALIMPONG, July 28. — Hours after the celebration of Martyrs’ day, the All India Gorkha League today asserted that their dream of establishing a separate state for the Gorkhas will be impossible under the leadership of the GNLF supremo and DGHC chairman, Mr Subash Ghisingh. Alleging that Mr Ghisingh is not true …
Statehood vow on Saheed Diwas
Statesman News Service KALIMPONG, July 27. — The GNLF (C), a front formed in memory of late dissident leader Chandra Kumar Pradhan, today said that the GNLF should now demand a separate state instead of opting for special status under the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. In the Saheed Diwas function (Matyrs’ Day), observed …