Widow wins consumer case against SBI

http://www.telegraphindia.com Kalimpong, May 30: The district consumer disputes redressal forum has directed the Kalimpong branch of the State Bank of India (SBI) to compensate the widow of a government servant for the loss of her cheque amounting to Rs 2,89,685. In an order passed yesterday, the forum directed that Doma Lhamu Bhutia, a resident of …

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Graham’s to start BPO school- Job promise at end of course

http://www.telegraphindia.com Kalimpong, May 28: Dr Graham’s Homes here is sailing into uncharted waters by opening a BPO academy on its school premises. To function from a renovated cottage on the sprawling Homes campus, the academy will provide both theoretical and practical training in business processing. Top companies, like HSBC, Acclaris and Databazaar have agreed to …

Hill soldier killed in Kashmir

http://www.telegraphindia.com Gurung in uniform Kalimpong, May 27: Army jawan Narendra Gurung, who hailed from Mangbol bustee near Alainchikhop here, was killed in a gunbattle with terrorists in Kashmir yesterday. The 27-year-old rifleman was part of the 2/8 Gorkha Rifles currently posted in the Poonch sector. The death, however, was what Gurung had always wanted. As …

Clock ticks back to life after 25 years

http://www.telegraphindia.com The clock strikes 11 on Thursday morning. Picture by Chinlop Fudong Lepcha Kalimpong, May 24: At the stroke of 11 this morning, the clock atop the Raja Dorjay tower at Kumudini Homes here began chiming again, breaking a 25-year silence. A number of people, including former students and teachers of the school, were at …

Climber death shocks hill town- Last rites of everester to be held in nepal

http://www.telegraphindia.com Kalimpong, May 23: The news of the death of mountaineer Pemba Doma Sherpa has shocked her close acquaintances and in-laws here. The 36-year-old climber died in an accident while climbing down from Mt Lhotse (8,516m) in Nepal on Monday. She had summitted the peak — the fourth highest in the world — earlier in …