Career fair by St Augustine’s School

KALIMPONG, Sept. 29. — The hill students, will be getting a mega opportunity to broaden their horizons at the two-day career fair organised by the St Augustine’s School which will start here tomorrow. Principal of SAS, Fr Lawrence Monteiro, said the fair has been called with a visionary attitude of inculcating the student of today …

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ILTA to launch book on Lepchas

Statesman News Service KALIMPONG, Sept. 29. — Sidelined by the locals and state government the indigenous hill tribe of the Lepcha’ s are trying to voice their grievances through the publication of a book about them written in Hindi. The Indigenous Lepcha Tribal Association (ILTA) will be launching a book titled Lepcha-Adivasi: Ek Parichya (Introduction …

‘Sawan Siddha’ for women’s uplift

Statesman News Service KALIMPONG, Sept. 28. — It began merely on an experimental basis in April 2003. However, bringing hopes the ‘Sawan Siddha’ scheme under the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) has surely managed to bring about a sense of resurrection in the women class of our society. Briefing about this at the seminar about …

Kalimpong: the model tourist destination

Statesman News Service KALIMPONG, Sept. 27. — The Eastern Himalaya Travel and Tour Operators’ Association (EHTTOA) is all set to showcase Kalimpong as a model tourist destination. Celebrating the ‘World Tourism Day’, here jointly organised by the Hotels and Restaurants Association of Kalimpong (HORAK) and EHTTOA, secretary to the latter Mr Samrat Sanyal stressed upon …

GNLF(C) to observe death anniversary of CK Pradhan

KALIMPONG, Sept. 26. — Pressing upon the demand for the arrest of those involved in assassination of dissident GNLF leader CK Pradhan, the Gorkha National Liberation Front (C) will be holding a 3-day programme on the death anniversary of the leader on 3 October. The GNLF has also called for a 30- minute total strike …