www.telegraphindia.com The new clock-tower at Damber Chowk set up by Lions Club of Kalimpong. Picture by Chinlop Fudong Lepcha
Month: June 2006
Docs go private in govt quarters
RAJEEV RAVIDAS http://www.telegraphindia.com Kalimpong, June 22: Doctors of the Kalimpong subdivisional hospital are practising privately from their government quarters, even as the district health authorities feign ignorance. While the service rules for non-teaching doctors do not bar them from practising privately, to do so from government-allotted quarters is against the regulations. As S. Bhowmik, chief …
New shelter for stray animals- jaipur-based ngo to set up base
http://www.telegraphindia.com RAJEEV RAVIDAS Kalimpong, June 13: Stray animals in the hills will soon have a new home. An animal shelter spread over 33.6 decimals is set to come up at Lebong near Darjeeling by the end of this year. To be built at an estimated cost of Rs 50 lakh, the shelter will be run …
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Two more clocks in repair cry- Darjeeling kindles Kalimpong’s hope for timer revival
http://www.telegraphindia.com RAJEEV RAVIDAS Kalimpong, June 9: When it was alive and ticking, the chime of the 99-year-old clock atop Georgina McDermot Memorial Tower at Dr Graham’s Homes here used to be heard in distant Darjeeling. If the timer and its neighbour — atop the Raja Dorjay tower at Kumudini Homes, about 5 km away — …
Swedish gift for patients
http://www.telegraphindia.com Kalimpong, June 4: Come July 2007 patients from the hill town and neighbouring areas, can look forward to a little bit of help from Sweden. A diverse group of professionals from the Scandinavian country has got together to donate two custom-built ambulances from the Mercedes stable to a local NGO, Himalayan Organisation for People’s …
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