GNLF letter sparks row

http://www.statesman.net Sudipta Chanda SILIGURI, March 29: The GNLF is playing the guardian in Kalimpong, even in matters of trade and commerce. Fraught with infighting, the Kalimpong Chambers of Commerce has not been able to come up with a substantive body for quite some time. Annoyed, the locals have been alleging that the situation has led …

Positive course

http://www.telegraphindia.com Kalimpong, March 29: St Augustine’s School here has been conducting a special corporate-style motivation course for its Class X students with lessons in positive thinking and proper planning in an effort to optimise their potentials. The two-week “Positive Thinking and Confidence-Building Programme” ends on Saturday and is being conducted by local consultant Neel Kamal …

CK probe

http://www.telegraphindia.comKalimpong, March 25: The GNLF (C), a constituent of the PDF, has decided to launch a campaign to hastenthe probe into the killing of former GNLF leader C.K. Pradhan, four-and-half years ago.Pradhan, a one-time lieutenant of GNLF chief Subash Ghisingh, fell out with his mentor and was removed from his post as councillor-in-charge of health. …

Funds for Lepcha school- Old boys help community construct new building

http://www.telegraphindia.comKalimpong, March 25: The Lepcha Night School at Mayel Kyong here now has a building of its own, thanks to a couple of old Darjeeling boys.The two-storeyed structure was formally inaugurated today by Owen G. Glenn, the chairman of the Glenn Family Foundation, New Zealand, at a traditional ceremony attended by the colourfully attired Lepcha …

Test put off, students in the dark

http://www.telegraphindia.comKalimpong, March 20: The last-minute postponement of the English examination for Class XI, originally scheduled for today, caused harassment to students from far-flung areas of the Kalimpong subdivision. The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education decided to defer the test yesterday in view of today’s bandh called by Maoists in Purulia, Bankura and West …