The dossier also Also contains a comprehensive set of annexures that includes the entire Andaman and Nicobar Islands Protection of Aboriginal Tribes Regulation (ANPATR) – 1956; the policy on the Jarawa tribe as approved by the Kolkata …

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The misuse of DGHC funds by the frontal organisations of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, as alleged by the council’s administrator B. L. Meena, will be discussed in detail at the next round of political-level talks in Delhi, according to Bengal municipal affairs minister Asok Bhattacharya

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Darjeeling Funds misuse to dominate talks: Asok

GNLF leader Dawa Pakhrin today threatened to move Calcutta High Court against the state and central governments for their alleged failure to restore normality in the Darjeeling hills. A former GNLF branch president of Kalimpong, Pakhrin also admitted a “difference of opinion” within the party, which he said, had been affecting its activities in the plains and the hills. “We have repeatedly written to the Centre, state and both the human rights commissions, highlighting the atrocities of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha.

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Legal threat to restore peace in the Darjeeling hills

Darjeeling, April 30: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and the CPRM, the two largest parties in the hills, will organize May Day celebrations here tomorrow, raising a possibility of confrontation between their supporters. As both the parties have pledged to ensure the participation of as many people as possible, police have decided to post adequate forces at the venues where meetings will be held. The CPRM had announced its decision to organise May Day programme more than a fortnight back

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Battle of numbers at May Day meets – Security at venues to prevent clash

Siliguri, April 30: The forest department is trying to bring in the Sashastra Seema Bal to check the smuggling of rare medicinal plants from the Singalila National Park to Nepal. The 78.6sqkm park is on the Indo-Nepal border in Darjeeling district. Singalila, at an altitude of 7,000ft, is a storehouse of rare medicinal plants that have great demand both in the national and international markets

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SSB protectors for Singalila forest species – WWF trains border guards to conserve park & keep away smugglers

Gangtok, April 30: Foreign delegates who participated in an international seminar on rhododendron conservation and sustainable use here yesterday lauded the Sikkim government for its efforts to protect the state’s bio-diversity. Experts from Germany, Holland, Sweden and Bhutan are here to participate in the Rhododenron Festival organised by the state government this month. “In Europe, we have rhododendrons cultivated for collections and parks but here in Sikkim, the plant’s various species are found in the wild and in their natural form,” Wolfgang Spethmann from Germany told The Telegraph.

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Foreign delegates lauded Sikkim for its efforts to protect bio-diversity

The Preakness Stakes, the middle jewel of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown, is the largest single day sporting event in the state of Maryland with attendance figures topping six-figures in eight of the last 10 years, including a record 121,263 in 2007.

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… States of West Bengal, Assam, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Goa, Kerala, Lakshadweep , Orissa, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Tripura and Andhra Pradesh

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Census-2011: House listing in six states begins today

The mammoth exercise has already been undertaken in West Bengal, Assam, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Goa, Kerala, Lakshadweep , Orissa, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Tripura and Andhra … Other News Headlines. IANS Top Stories at 9.30

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Census to begin in Maoist-hit Chhattisgarh Saturday

Last night I had the pleasure of listening to Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski speak to a sold out crowd in Rapid City, SD as he was the guest speaker for the John T. Vucurevich foundation. I never thought that I would get to see Coach K clear out here where I am from (90 miles from Rapid City) and I was lucky enough to find a couple of tickets to the event on craigslist the night before the event

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Spending the evening with Coach K

They connived with some people in six Daman-based distilleries and others to cause a loss of Rs.340 crore to the Daman and Diu administration, Bhal added. The CBI said searches were being conducted at 36 places linked to the accused in …

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Indian Senior home ministry official booked for fraud

Chopard steht für 150 Jahre Zeitmessung.