The Telegraph Darjeeling, Jan. 29: Seventeen members of the Gorkha Janmukti-Adivasi Morcha today started a fast-unto-death in front of the Gorubathan police station even as Bimal Gurung’s outfit asked the people in the hills not to pay any electricity bills. Those on fast — six of them are Adivasis — are members of different frontal …
Month: January 2009
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Orange on cinchona plot
The Telegraph Darjeeling, Jan. 28: The directorate of cinchona and medicinal plantation has decided to diversify into products like orange and rubber. The move is expected to make cinchona plantation, the largest public sector unit in the hills, profitable. Spread over an area of 26,000 acres, the cinchona plantation covers Mungpoo, Latpanchar, Rongo and Munsong …
Ex-head of school dies
The TelegraphFather Josef Hofstetter Kalimpong, Jan. 27: Former principal of St Augustine's School, Father Josef Hofstetter died at a hospital in Saint Maurice, Switzerland yesterday. He was 89 years old.A Jesuit priest, Father Hofstetter had been in Kalimpong for 46 years after he came to India on November 13, 1948. Apart from serving St Augustine's …
The Enchantment of Kalimpong – Monila De
Dear Readers, Apologies for the long delay in posting Ms. Monila De's articles. She was very gracious in giving us access to a bunch of her articles. However since these articles are all hard copies (typed) I have to re-type them out in order to post them here. Which means I can only put them …
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