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Thursday, May 5, 2011

चुनाउ घोषणापछि एनयुपीडब्ल्यु सड़क उत्रने दाबीः चिया श्रमिकको रोज 90 होइन 250 ... ज्येष्ठताको आधारमा हुँदैन भने नियुक्ति खारेज गर-फोरम ... First FDI approval for Darjeeling tea - Companies look forward to Rs 150 crore investment ... Girl rescued from Delhi... Primary teachers to cripple hills

चुनाउ घोषणापछि एनयुपीडब्ल्यु सड़क उत्रने
दाबीः चिया श्रमिकको रोज 90 होइन 250
मनोज वोगटी, कालिमन्युज, कालेबुङ,5 मई। कंग्रेसको श्रमिक सङ्गठन नेश्नल युनियन प्लान्टेशन वकर्सले विधानसभा चुनाउको मत गणनापछि जिल्लाका चिया श्रमिकहरूको रोज वृद्धिको निम्ति आन्दोलन गर्ने भएको छ। युनियनका जिल्ला सचिव प्रवीण गुरूङले यसबारे जानकारी दिँदै चियाबगानका मालिक अनि गोर्खा जनमुक्ति मोर्चाको श्रमिक सङ्गठन दार्जीलिङ तराई डुवर्स प्लान्टेशन लेबर युनियनले श्रमिकहरूको भविष्यसित खेलवाड़ गरिरहेको आरोप लगाउँदै भने, मोर्चा र मालिकबीचको जुन सम्झौता भयो त्यो चुनाउको आचार संहिताको विरूद्ध छ। 
यस्तो बेला भएको कुनै पनि सम्झौतालाई मान्य गरिँदैन। जनतामा भोट फकाउन मोर्चाको श्रमिक सङ्गठनले बद्मासी गरिरहेको छ। वास्तवमा मार्च महिनामा रोजवृद्धिको सम्झौताको मियाद समाप्त भयो। उत्तरबङ्गालका सम्पूर्ण युनियनहरूले कमन मिनिमम वेजेज 165 हुनुपर्ने माग गर्दै आइरहेको छ। हामीले पहाड़का स्थिति हेरेर श्रमिकहरूको रोज 250 हुनुपर्ने विषयमा जोर दिइरहेका छौं। हामीलाई भोट फकाउनु छैन। यसैकारण चुनाउ घोषणापछि हामी पहाड़का श्रमिकहरूको रोज 250 हुनुपर्ने मागमा आन्दोलन शुरू गर्नेछौं। तिनले यसबारे एनयुपीडब्ल्यु जिल्लासभापति अनि केन्द्रिय सभापतिसित व्यापक छलफलपछि कार्यनीति तयार पारिने बताएका छन्‌। 
तिनले मोर्चाले श्रमिकहरूको रोज 90 रुपियॉं बनाउनु अवैद्ध रहेको ठहर गर्दै चुनावी आचार संहिता लागेको बेला न त युनियनले मागेको पाउन सक्छ न त दिनेले दिन सक्छ-भने। यससम्बन्धमा धेरै सङ्गठनहरूले आपत्ति जनाइसकेको भएपनि मोर्चाको श्रमिक सङ्गठनले प्रलोभन देखाएर भोट बटुल्ने षड़यन्त्र गरेको पनि तिनले बताए।
ज्येष्ठताको आधारमा हुँदैन भने नियुक्ति खारेज गर-फोरम
मनोज वोगटी, कालिमन्युज,  कालेबुङ, 5 मई।  युनाइटेड फोरमले सिन्कोनाबारीमा गोर्खा जनमुक्ति मोर्चाको श्रमिक सङ्गठनले श्रमिकहरूको अधिकार छिन्ने कार्य गरिरहेको आरोप लगाएको छ। युनाइटेड फोरमका महासचिव प्रवीण गुरूङले यस सम्बन्धमा भने, सिन्कोनाबगानमा श्रमिकहरूले ज्येष्ठताको आधारमा पाउनुपर्ने पदोन्नति पाउन सकेका छैनन्‌। यसको कारण हो मोर्चाको श्रमिक सङ्गठन। यो सङ्गठनले मनपरि, पार्टीको मान्छे, पार्टीमा खट्‌ने मान्छे छानेर पदोन्नति गर्ने कार्य गरेको छ। यो नियम अनुसार गरिनुपर्ने कार्य होइन। 
 युनियनले अन्याय गर्ने काम गरिरहेको छ। तिनले आफूसित मोर्चाको श्रमिक सङ्गठन दार्जीलिङ तराई डुवर्स प्लान्टेशन लेबर युनियनले गरेको मनमानीको पूर्ण जानकारी र प्रमाण रहेको बताउँदै तिनले भने, यही मनमानी चलिरहेकोले फोरमका अधिवक्ताले हाइकोर्ट मार्फत सुझाव र न्यायपरक कार्यपहलको निम्ति कुरा उठान गरेको थियो। यसको जवाबमा सिन्कोना प्रवन्धन पक्षले फोरमका अधिवक्तालाई सूचारूसित कार्य सम्पादन गर्न समय पनि मागेको थियो अनि फोरमसित बैठक गरेर समस्या समाधान गर्ने लिखित अपील गरेको थियो। तर यस आधारमा कुनै पनि कार्य भएको छैन। तिनले अझ भने, फोरमले 40 वर्ष मुनिका श्रमिकहरूले पाएको पदोन्नतिको विरोध गरेको हल्ला मोर्चाको युनियनले फैलाइरहेको छ वास्तवमा फोरमले न्यायसङ्गत पदोन्नति हुनुपर्छ भन्ने माग गरेको हो। 
सरकारी नियम अनुसार ज्येष्ठताको आधारमा पदोन्नति हुन्छ, यसो भएमा श्रमिकहरूले न्याय पाउँछ तर मोर्चाको सङ्गठनले मान्छे छानी छानी मनपरेकोलाई मात्र पदोन्नति दिएर सरकारी नियमकै विरुद्ध कार्य गरेको मात्र छैन श्रमिकहरूलाई अन्याय पनि गरिरहेको छ। फोरमको माग छ कि त ज्येष्ठताको आधारमा पदोन्नति गर नत्र जति पनि मनमानीपूर्ण नियुक्ति वा पदोन्नति भएको छ त्सयलाई खारेज गर्नुपर्छ। तिनले सिन्कोनाबारीका श्रमिकहरूले पनि आफ्नो अधिकारको निम्ति डटेर लड्नुपर्ने बताउँदै श्रमिकहरूलाई फोरमले अन्याय हुन नदिने बताए।
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First FDI approval for Darjeeling tea - Companies look forward to Rs 150 crore investment
Vivek Chhetri, TT, Darjeeling, May 5: The Union finance ministry has cleared two foreign direct investment proposals from the Darjeeling tea industry, the first FDI approval since 1974 for the branded brew sector in the hills.
“Such investments had stopped after the introduction of Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (Fera) in 1974, which stated that foreign companies making profit in India cannot remit their profits out of the country,” said an industry insider.
The applications of M/s Darjeeling Organic Tea Estates Pvt Ltd and M/s Jay Shree Tea & Industries Ltd, Kolkata are among the 21 FDI proposals approved by the Centre recently.
In the early nineties, the FDI cap in tea gardens was raised to 74 per cent from 49. But even at that time, under FERA, profits could not be remitted out of the country. As a result, no company showed any interest in investing in tea gardens.
In 2002, the FDI for the industry with its ailing tea gardens was relaxed to 100 per cent. A stipulation, however, said the 100 per cent FDI had to be rolled back to 74 per cent in five years. Also, from then on, foreign companies were allowed to proportionally remit the profits back to their countries.
This led to renewed interest in investing in tea, especially in Darjeeling where gardens were making profits.
“Way back in 1974, several acts like the Fera and Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974, were passed. Hence, (foreign) investment was almost negligible at that time,” said D.P. Maheshwari, the managing director of Jay Shree Tea and Industries.
A statement issued by the ministry of finance said that while 21 FDI proposals amounting to Rs 1027.20 crore were cleared on May 3, 17 applications have been deferred, nine rejected and one withdrawn from the agenda.
“Based on the recommendations of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its meeting held on April 20, 2011, the government has approved 21 proposals of Foreign Direct Investment amounting to Rs 1027.20 crore approximately,” the ministry’s statement reads.
About the particulars of the application submitted by the Darjeeling Organic Tea Estates, the ministry said the proposal was for “induction of foreign equity and foreign collaborator to carry out the business of production, distribution and export of tea”. This means FDI will be for production of tea as well as for its distribution and export.
A representative of the company confirmed the ministry’s approval. “We are looking forward to an FDI inflow of Rs 93.37 crore. It is basically for value-addition in packaging of products and even though we cannot reveal the details, the tie-up is with a European company,” the representative told The Telegraph over the phone from Calcutta.
Such tie-ups will help the industry market its world famous products more effectively, an industry insider said. The average price of Darjeeling tea is Rs 500 per kg in the domestic market but it may reach as high as Rs 5,000 per kg for the first flush. The first flush, the plucking for which starts from February-end and continues till mid-April, commands the highest price in the global market.
“But consumers these days are also swayed by marketing strategies, which includes packaging. Cutting-edge technology could come to the industry. We are hopeful that there will be many such tie-ups once foreign companies take a cue from the two clearances. The GDP growth rate and the population of India has already made this country an attractive investment market.” The FDI in Darjeeling Organic Tea Estates is expected to benefit at least 10 gardens in the hills.
Jay Shree Tea, which has five gardens in the Darjeeling hills, is expecting an FDI of Rs 60 crore. It is, however, not clear how much would be pumped into the gardens, as its proposal includes “the business of tea plantation and manufacture of tea, fertiliser and sugar”.
Even though Darjeeling tea — only 87 gardens can use the brand name — by itself is a world-famous brand, companies had in the past gone in for value addition to make their product more attractive.
As early as in 2006, Gopadhara tea garden had started manufacturing “designer tea”. Such products included the handcrafted Olympic Flame — tea leaves resembling an Olympic torch — and the Dragon Pearl brew. When put in hot water, the tea opened up into two leaves and a bud.
Dragon Pearl Tea is intricately finger-rolled and comes with a jasmine and mint flavour.
Girl rescued from Delhi
TT, Alipurduar, May 5: A 12-year-old girl, who was trafficked away from a garden here in November, was rescued today from a house in New Delhi after police learnt of her whereabouts from the youth who had sold her off.
Sources in the police said Saraswati Barla (name changed) was a resident of the Dukhua line of Garganda Tea Estate in Madarihat.
Amit Lohar, a resident of the garden, had told Saraswati’s father that he would take her to Delhi where she would be able to earn at least Rs 3,000 a month.
The father, a garden worker, had agreed to the proposal hoping that the financial condition of the family would improve if the girl sent them a part of her earning every month.
On November 16, 2010, Amit took Saraswati to Delhi and sold her to one Ramu Sheikh for Rs 12,000.
Sheikh made her work as a maid in the house of one Deepak Gupta at Pashchim Vihar in New Delhi, the sources said. Saraswati has alleged that the Guptas had not paid her any salary for her services.
In January this year, Saraswati’s father grew suspicious when no money arrived from Delhi. He started asking Amit about Saraswati and the money she was supposed to send.
Amit had at first tried to avoid the girl’s father but later told him that the money would arrive soon.
When no news of Saraswati reached her family even last month, the father decided to approach the police.
On April 22, he lodged an FIR with the Madarihat police, alleging that Amit had taken away his daughter, promising him Rs 3,000 a month, which he is yet to get. Besides, the girl was also missing. On the basis of the complaint, Amit was picked up from the garden on April 23. He was charged with trafficking and abduction and remanded in police custody for 11 days.
During interrogation, Amit revealed that he had sold Saraswati.
A three-member team of police officials then left for Delhi on April 28.
They returned to Madarihat this morning with Saraswati.
The police said the girl and Amit would be produced in the court of the additional chief judicial magistrate here tomorrow.
Pankaj Thapa, the officer-in-charge of the Madarihat police station, said: “We have arrested the mastermind and rescued the girl with the help of the Delhi police. Both the girl and Amit Lohar will be produced in the court tomorrow.”
Asked whether the owner of the house where Saraswati had been working would also be interrogated, Thapa said: “All aspects of the case are being investigated.”
Primary teachers to cripple hills
Vivek Chhetri, TT, a long list of demands, the prominent one being the filling up of the 4,000 vacant posts of primary teachers in the hills.
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Some of the other forms of the GPTO agitation (see chart) include an indefinite hunger strike and a three-day dharna in front of the offices of the education department that ended today.
“There has been absolutely no response from the Darjeeling administration. That is why we have decided to close down all education-related government departments for three days starting from May 10 and embark on other forms of agitation, including a 24-hour general strike in the hills on May 31,” said GPTO secretary Bhusan Thapa.
The closure of education departments means there will be no business transaction in the offices of the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, district inspector of schools and circle inspectors.
“If we do not get any assurance from the administration after the three-day shutdown next week, we will launch a series of strikes,” said Thapa.
The agitators have alleged that no vacancy has been filled up in hill schools after 1997, while 83,774 teachers were appointed in the rest of Bengal last year.
Apart from the appointment of 4,000-odd primary school teachers, the GPTO has raised other demands too.
The organisation wants recognition of primary schools, establishment of a district project office for the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan along with a pension cell in Darjeeling and a medical board for the teachers at Darjeeling Sadar hospital, instead of North Bengal Medical College and Hospital.
The teachers also demanded that a district primary school council be formed in Darjeeling, instead of District School Board, like in other districts, a finance officer be appointed for the District School Board and sub-inspector of schools be posted in all 13 circles in the hills.
Besides, the GPTO also wants the appointment of dealing clerks in the District School Board, early solution of death-in-harness and medical cases, distribution of free text books and smooth implementation of the mid-day meal scheme.
P.T. Sherpa, the secretary of the DGHC’s education department, could not be reached today.
However, he had said earlier that many of the demands related to government policies.
“For example, SIs have not been appointed anywhere in the state. As far as distribution of text books are concerned, there were some technical difficulties,” he said.
Explaining the problem, Sherpa said: “The District School Board had decided to switch over to the CBSE board. But the state government said such a change could not take place overnight and teachers needed to be trained first before they started teaching a new syllabus. That is why there has been a slight delay in the distribution of text books.”
Smooth ride hope rests on highway tenders
TT, Siliguri, May 5: A trouble-free ride to Calcutta will soon become a reality for north Bengal people with the National Highways Authority of India floating tenders for the expansion of a substantial stretch of NH34.
Sources in NHAI said the 259-km long stretch of the highway from Dalkhola to Behrampore would be converted into a four-lane road.
“NH34 has two lanes now and it will be widened to ensure four-way traffic. The work will be split into three sections and will be carried out on DBFOT (design, build, finance, operate transfer and toll) basis,” said a senior NHAI official.
He added that May 18 would be the last date for the submission of the tenders.
NH34 starts at Dalkhola in North Dinajpur and ends at Barasat near Calcutta. Siliguri is connected with NH34 through NH31 and both the highways meet at Dalkhola.
People in north Bengal have welcomed the NHAI’s move to expand NH34.
“Till now, we have a four-lane highway (NH31) from Dalkhola to Ghoshpukur on the outskirts of Siliguri. To reach Calcutta, we have to travel on NH34 which has only two lanes and has many dilapidated bridges,” said Utpal Chowdhury, a businessman who frequents Calcutta and towns like Malda, Raiganj and Farakka which fall along NH34.
“Now that the NHAI has set in motion the widening of NH34, congestion will be cleared and time will be saved. We hope the road will remain in good shape throughout the year.”
Joynarayan Somani, a Raiganj trader, said the widening of NH34 would have a positive effect on the prices of essential commodities in north Bengal.
“We lack required number of trains and primarily depend on buses to travel to Calcutta and other places in south Bengal. If the highway is expanded to enable four-way traffic, precious time will be saved and fuel consumption can be reduced. It would also be easy for traders to ferry goods from Calcutta. If the expenses come down because of good road conditions, prices of some items, at least those brought from the state capital and Howrah, will come down,” said Somani.
He added that similar trend was witnessed with regard to commodity prices when the Dalkhola-Ghoshpukur stretch of NH31 had been widened.
The expenditure of the project has been tentatively pegged at Rs 2,658. 06 crore and once the work begins, the widening will be completed in 33 months.
“After the submission of tenders, some time is required to select the contractor and award the work. Once the formalities are completed, work will be carried out in full swing,” said an NHAI official.
A Dalkhola resident said rickety bridges en route to Calcutta should be replaced and flyovers be constructed at busy intersections to ease traffic on NH34.
“We have the four-lane road till Siliguri and need a similar one up to Calcutta as we are primarily dependant on these two cities. The NHAI authorities must ensure that the existing bridges are replaced and flyovers are built in congested areas to ensure that vehicles can maintain their speed on the four-lane highway.”
IBM tips for Siliguri technology students
TT, Siliguri, May 5:IBM will set up a centre in Siliguri to teach engineering students new skills in information technology in collaboration with the Surendra Institute of Engineering and Management.
The foundation stone of IBM Systems Centre of Excellence was laid on the SIEM campus today by Subram Natarajan, the executive IT consultant with IBM.
“IBM believes in creating a smart planet and the best way to do it is to impart the latest technological know-how to students to make them ready for the industry when they leave college. The collaboration with the SIEM is in continuation with our focus on working with the academia across the country to help combine traditional curriculum with current technical and industry skills that are essential to succeed in the industry,” said Natarajan.< “Our role in this venture will be to provide technical expertise and latest content and software of the IBM to the SIEM, which will in turn deliver such skills to students.” 

The SIEM signed a memorandum of understanding with IBM on March 3 to set up the centre. SIEM principal R.K. Jha said the centre would be ready in two months and classes would start in August. He said engineering students of the SIEM would be trained at the centre right from the first year of their regular course. “The students will not be charged any additional fees for the training. They will have to attend additional classes for the training and will be provided with certificates from IBM at the end of fourth year,” said the principal. Natarajan said apart from SIEM, IBM would collaborate with five other institutions in different parts of the country to set up such centres.

Jawan dies of bullets from BSF rifle


TT, Malda, May 5:A BSF radio operator was found shot dead, apparently from bullets fired from a rifle belonging to another jawan in his camp this morning.
Surendar Pal had bullet injuries in the lower abdomen and an INSAS rifle and two empty cartridges were found near the body in the camp at Charianantapur on the India-Bangladesh border.
Deputy inspector general of the BSF’s Malda frontier Bhaskar Rawat said he had sought a detailed report from the 151st battalion on the jawan’s death. “We are not sure about the cause of the death. It has to be established if he was murdered or he committed suicide.”
The BSF’s 151st battalion, where Pal was posted, refused to divulge anything further on the death. The 43-year-old Pal hailed from Kashmir. The camp is 40km from here.
Malda district magistrate Rajesh Sinha said the jawan had died under “mysterious circumstances” and the CID would be entrusted with the inquiry.
Sources said Pal was not on duty when he died. “He was in civil dress and was not carrying any arms. The INSAS belonged to another jawan, who had been on duty since last night,” said a source in the camp.
Malda district police chief Bhuban Mondal said civilians had no access to any BSF camp. “It also strikes me how he died of bullets from a rifle which belonged to another jawan.”
Police sources said they had learnt that Pal had gone out of the camp around 9.30 last night to relieve himself. They said the jawan had a verbal dual with camp officers when he had asked for leave a few days back.
Plea for Siliguri on air map
AVIJIT SINHA, TT, Siliguri, May 5:The Confederation of Indian Industry has demanded that “Siliguri” should replace Bagdogra in all air tickets to and from the destination, although the airport should continue to be called Bagdogra.
“There is a host of examples particularly New Delhi and Calcutta, where the airports are at Palam and Dumdum but tickets are issued in the name of the cities. We want a similar arrangement wherein “Siliguri” should be printed on flight tickets, instead of “ Bagdogra”. This would largely help in bringing Siliguri and north Bengal on the national and international air map. Even today, several Indians are not aware that Siliguri has an airport,” said Ramgopal Jajodia, the chairman of the north Bengal zonal council of the CII.
For a flier whose origin or destination is Dum Dum airport, Kolkata or CCU is printed in the air ticket. While for Palam New Delhi or DEL is written on the tickets. But for fliers arriving at or leaving Bagdogra airport, the ticket reads Bagdogra with the code IXB and not Siliguri.
“We want to clarify that we are not advocating renaming of the airport but want renaming of air tickets only,” Laxmi Limbu Kaushal, the administrative head of the CII in north Bengal, said.
He added that on May 2 they met the regional executive director (northeast region) of the Airports Authority of India in Bagdogra and requested him to look into the matter and take necessary steps.
Representatives of the CII said the place where the airport in Dibrugarh is situated is called Chabua, Lucknow’s airport is in Amousi and the airport at Silchar is in Kumbhigram but the flight tickets are issued in the names of the cities and not of the places where the airports are located.
Currently, around six to eight flights operate out of Bagdogra every day along with the bi-weekly Bangkok-Paro flight that that has a stopover at the airport, AAI sources said.
The CII officials said R.K. Singla, the AAI regional executive director, has suggested them to send a letter to him regarding the matter. “He gave a patient hearing and agreed to look into the matter. He said the letter would be forwarded to the department concerned in the Union civil aviation ministry,” said Jajodia.
K. K. Bhowmik, the airport director of Bagdogra, said: “We are waiting for the letter from the CII. Once we receive it the same would be forwarded to our superiors for consideration and necessary change in the air tickets,” he said.
Forest rules for resorts - Limit on wild tourism


TT, Jalpaiguri, May 5: The state forest department will not allow any new resort or hotel, private or government, to come up within a 10km radius of any wildlife sanctuary or national park once the surrounding areas are notified as eco-sensitive or fragile zones.
Vipan Sood, the conservator of forests (wildlife), north Bengal, said a letter to this effect had come from the ministry of environment and forests and the state government was asked to take up immediate steps to declare eco-sensitive zones.
“We will start the initial work after the elections are over and the aim is to regulate and control human activities outside the forests. We are talking about limited tourism. There are over 76 private resorts in Sinchal, Singalila, Champramari, Mahananda, Gorumara and Jaldapara wildlife sanctuaries as well as in Buxa Tiger Reserve and Neora Valley,” said Sood.
He added that the number of tourists and vehicle movement had to be regulated inside the forests for environment protection.
The forest officer said three committees would be formed to get a clear picture of people’s dependence on forests for livelihood.
“There will be one panel comprising people from forest villages and those residing on the fringes to study the problems of grazing and the extent to which the villagers depend on the forests. Another one will consist of members of forest and eco-protection committees and officials of forest and tourism departments to look into the aspect of tourism,” said Sood.
The third committee will be formed with forest officers and resort owners to decide what number of tourists and vehicles should be allowed inside and just outside the forests.
Sources in the forest department said private resorts had started coming up outside the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries since the late nineties. But a boom was witnessed in construction activities after 2003. The forest department, too, has developed eco-tourism spots outside several sanctuaries in north Bengal.
The secretary of the Lataguri Resort Owners’ Association, Kamal Bhowmik, said with very few government accommodations in the Dooars, budget tourists found staying in resorts very convenient.
“Most of the 38 private resorts in Lataguri are about 7km from the Gorumara National Park. Six more resorts are coming up as more and more tourists are travelling to the Dooars each year. We do not object to regulations being imposed on tourism activities as they would only protect the forests. But it has to be seen what limits the forest department will set to regulate constructions near sanctuaries,” said Bhowmik.
Man stabs wife
TT, Malda, May 5: A 36-year-old youth stabbed his wife to death and surrendered to the Englishbazar police this afternoon.
Zalaluddin Sheikh, an employee of a private insurance company, appeared at the police station around 3pm with a bloodstained knife and told the police that he had killed his wife Ardari Bibi. The couple’s son and two daughters had gone to school when the incident took place. The son of the owner of the house where the couple used to stay with their children said that they had asked the family to vacate the house because they used to quarrel almost every day. District police chief Bhuban Mondal said Zalaluddin has been arrested and would be produced in the local court tomorrow.
Spirit haul
TT, Siliguri: The state excise officials of Jalpaiguri division seized 640 litres of spirit worth around Rs 20,000 near Ghoshpukur on Thursday. The officials said the spirit was loaded on an autorickshaw at Panjipara of North Dinajpur and was on its way to Siliguri. The driver has been arrested.
Army camp
TT, Siliguri: The 123 Mountain Brigade will hold a pension and medical camp at Lebong Racecourse grounds in Darjeeling on Friday and Saturday. During the Armed Force Pension Adalat and Medical Camp the ex-servicemen living in the hills would be updated about the pension policy, several war widows felicitated and free medical check-ups would be conducted by the jawans of the Indian Army.
Border arrest
TT, Siliguri: Md Rajesh of Kharibari was arrested on Wednesday from Rupsingjote near the India-Nepal border and a stolen motorcycle was recovered from him. Rajesh was trying to cross the border and enter Nepal with the two-wheeler when he was arrested.
Body found
TT, Islampur: The body of a 21-year-old youth, with his throat slit, was found at Aliganj, 3km from here, on Thursday. Police said the body of Sujit Biswas, a third year student of Islampur College, was found on a field 1km away from his house. Two persons have been detained in this connection.

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