http://www.thestatesman.net KALIMPONG, July 26. — After their demands failed to elicit the desired response from the state authorities, the Lepchas are now thinking of approaching the centre with their grievances. A delegation, consisting of members of Indigenous Lepcha Tribal Association (ILTA) actually met some senior bureaucrats at the centre last week. They also deliberated with …
Month: July 2005
SNS on a cleansing drive
Statesman News Service KALIMPONG, July 25. — The Swatantra Nari Sangathan (SNS), a voluntary women’s organisation from Topkhana is all to set an example for citizens here. Claiming that not municipality’s role in cleansing dirt is not enough, this organisation carried out a drive to clean the area of ward number 7. Swatantra Nari Sangathan …
Hit dip in Hill pool
The swimming pool at Pudung. Picture by Chinlop Fudong Lepcha Pudung, July 24: The little hamlet near Kalimpong has an extra asset to draw visitors that other Hill towns envy. The new swimming pool set up in the lap of green mountains, 5 km from Kalimpong, in April has started showing signs of becoming a …
Father turns down tip-off reward
http://www.telegraphindia.com Kalimpong, July 24: The Hampshire police might have kept their promise, but the father of the girl tricked by Maninder Pal Singh Kohli said he did not feel it “right” to accept the award. Offering the prize money to the family of Bharati Das, the local girl who married Kohli, charged with rape and …
Nigerian woman arrested
http://www.telegraphindia.com Kalimpong, July 24: Fifty-six-year-old Hassan Ebudola Adebanke, a Nigerian national, was arrested today after she failed to produce valid travel documents. She was trying to enter Sikkim by the Sikkim Rangpo check-post on Friday. A case under the Foreigners Act, 1946, will be initiated against her and she will be produced before the Kalimpong …
