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

… 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

Survey of India has established 26 tide gauges that includes 2 gauge stations respectively along the Kerala coast and the Lakshadweep Islands. All of these tide gauge stations are transmitting data in real time to the Indian National …

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Khimani is a distiller in Daman and Diu . He was facing huge tax evasion charges slapped on him by the present administrator of the Union Territory. Khimani reportedly wanted to influence the current officer through Ravi.

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CBI arrests senior Home Ministry official for graft

IRCTC is the Indian Railways catering and tourism company which also offer the reservation facilities online for the IRCTC tatkal / Train ticket booking/ Online railway reservation. If one is looking for India rail info then he/ she can …

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At various tracts of Northeast India in general and Tripura in particular the role of different communities and groups (both tribal and non-tribal), the weaker sections, the dalits, the women, the religious minorities, the landless …

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NE India: "Identities In Northeast India With Special Reference To …

AGARTALA – The Guwahati High Court Monday asked Tripura’s ruling Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), not to apply force to ensure Tuesday’s strike to protest rising prices. … Related News

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No force to ensure strike: court tells Tripura government

Andaman and Nicobar Islands is home to people of all faiths; The Andaman islands offer endless opportunities for nature lovers. To pamper themselves with bird watching, relaxing on a secluded beach, or hiking in the islands unpolluted …

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Now, HDFC loan rates are charged at 8.25% for this fiscal year to March 2011, and at 9% for 2012. While the fixed rate will remain the same irrespective of the loan size, the floating rate will vary with the loan amount at the end of the two-year period. The floating rate has two slabs — loans up to Rs 30 lakh where the rate will be 9% (PLR minus 4.75%) — and above Rs 30 lakh where the rate will be 9.25% (PLR minus 4.5%)

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HDFC teaser rates ideal for pre-payment planners – within the first 5-7 years!

Darjeeling, April 18: The ABGL has urged the government to hold a referendum to find out whether the interim set-up mooted by the Centre, state and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha is acceptable to the people. “If the referendum goes in favour of the (interim) set-up, we have nothing to say. However, the government must not thrust any provision on the people unless it is accepted by them,” ABGL president Madan Tamang told a media conference today

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ABGL for referendum on ‘set-up’

Darjeeling, April 18: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has “banned” the movement of government vehicles in the hills for an indefinite period, demanding the immediate arrest of GNLF supporters who had allegedly beaten up some Morcha men in the Terai last week. The “ban” extends to police cars as well. The GNLF, too, has threatened a chakka jam tomorrow at Darjeeling More in Siliguri if the Morcha supporters involved in Tuesday’s clash are not arrested immediately.

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In hills, ban on govt cars – GNLF for wheel jam in Siliguri today

Gangtok, April 18: A 40-year-old man drowned in a tributary of the Teesta in East Sikkim last evening while trying to rescue three persons marooned atop a truck stuck in the river that rose suddenly following heavy rain. Three men were loading sand on the truck and another was cleaning his Tata Sumo in the Rangpo, when the water level began rising around 5pm.

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Teesta River in East Sikkim swallows saviour

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Hill Boys’ United FC, a club formed in Kolkata by a group of youths hailing from the hills of Darjeeling and Sikkim won its second match of the League stage at the prestigious Calcutta Parsee Club 5 a side Football Tournament on April 17th. Hills Boys’ defeated Shining Stars Club 3-2 in a hard fought encounter. The Boys came from behind twice to earn this victory showing in the process that never say die attitude of the Youths from the hills

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Hill Boys’ United FC continues it winning streaks