News of Jalpaiguri 04/05/2010

Clash shuts Jalpaiguri

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Police deployed on Merchant Road in Jalpaiguri on Monday. Siliguri, April 19: An altercation snowballing into a clash between shop-owners and lawyers shut down Jalpaiguri town for most part of the day today.

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Police deployed on Merchant Road in Jalpaiguri on Monday. (Biplab Basak) Siliguri, April 19: An altercation snowballing into a clash between shop-owners and lawyers shut down Jalpaiguri town for most part of the day today. After the clash this morning, the lawyers boycotted the court, while the shop-owners downed shutters. Five traders were arrested for allegedly assaulting the lawyers. Members of the business community had set up a blockade in front of Mukta Bhawan adjacent to the Jalpaiguri district court entrance on Merchant Road from 9am, demanding the arrest of lawyer Bappa Ghosh, who, they alleged, assaulted Bachchu Roy, a shopkeeper, last evening. When other traders came to Bachchu’s rescue, Bappa allegedly beat up some of them. The traders filed a complaint against the lawyer with Kotwali police. Around 10am today, Tapan Bhattacharya, the secretary of the Jalpaiguri Bar Association, persuaded the protesters to lift the blockade and entered the court. “Suddenly, stones began raining down on us from behind. Immediately a mob armed with lathis and sharp weapons attacked us and five of our members were injured,” Bhattacharya said. The Kotwali police picked up five shopkeepers from the spot. “Yesterday a lawyer badly assaulted shop-owner Bachchu Roy on Merchant Road. Despite a complaint, he was not arrested and instead five of our members were caught,” said Prantosh Deb, a member of the Merchant Road Byabsayee Samiti. The situation was brought under control after RAF was deployed in the area. Inspector-general of police (north Bengal) K.L. Tamta invited representatives from two sides for talks but could not break the deadlock. “We are trying to find a solution,” Tamta said. President of the Jalpaiguri Byabsayee Samiti Sadhan Bose said he had written to the bar association requesting the lawyers to settle the matter that had been kindled by a “trivial” altercation. Anand Kumar, the Jalpaiguri district police chief, said the situation was still tense but under control. “We have arrested five persons for blocking the road and talks are on with both sides to restore normality.” Get More Customers, Get More Income!!! With no day-to-day current of shoppers you cannot have reliable everyday income. It's not possible to get income if no one visits your website. You need customers to see your products, every day, 24 hours! Our company helps more than 30,000 customers get more visitors online. You will increase your sales by receiving thousands of real interested visitors to see your web-site. More Visitors... Advertise to over 10 million users across the globe. 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Get Better Rank...   Jalpaiguri HC bench ready OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Full story: The Telegraph  Calcutta, March 29: The state government has completed the infrastructure to open a Calcutta High Court circuit bench in Jalpaiguri and it can start functioning once the high court gives its final clearance, law minister Rabilal Moitra told the Assembly today. The minister was replying to a question by CPM MLA from Dhupguri, Lakshmikanta Roy, who wanted to know the latest position of the bench and the probable date of its inauguration. “The administration of the high court had detected 15 minor deficiencies in the infrastructure that had been put in place by the government for the proposed circuit bench. Most of the inadequacies pointed out by the court have been removed. We are now waiting for a final round of inspection by the court,” said Moitra. However, Bimal Chattarjee, chairman of the West Bengal Bar Council, said: “Advocates in general, except the lawyers of Siliguri, have no objection to the functioning of a circuit bench in Jalpaiguri. But at least three cases challenging the validity of setting up the bench in Jalpaiguri are pending before Calcutta High Court. These cases have to be disposed off first.” When a discussion on the matter was in progress, Speaker Hashim Abdul Halim intervened and wanted to know the latest situation. “There is a great demand for the circuit bench among the people of north Bengal. The bench should start operating if the infrastructure is ready,” said the Speaker. The state government had taken a portion of the Jalpaiguri zilla parishad office premises on rent for running the bench on a temporary basis. The government pays Rs 1 lakh as rent every month to the zilla parishad. Moitra, however, said the government had purchased 40 acres in Jalpaiguri for Rs 93 lakh to construct a new building for the bench. Lawyers of Siliguri and Jalpaiguri had fought for over a decade on where it should be located. The Supreme Court and the Centre had approved the bench to cater for the litigants in six districts of north Bengal — Malda, Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling and South and North Dinajpur. Moitra told the House that he had held a meeting with the high court administration last week. “The court has given an assurance that another round of inspection will be conducted very soon.” The minister said the government had spent Rs 37 lakh to set up the office and nearly Rs 48 lakh to arrange accommodation for the court officials and judges.

Tea auction back in Jalpaiguri Full story: The Telegraph
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Tea auction in progress at the Jalpaiguri centre on Tuesday. (Biplab Basak) Siliguri, July 14: After a year and three months, the sound of the gavel reverberated through the North Bengal Tea Auction Centre in Jalpaiguri today, courtesy the consistent efforts of the stakeholders of tea industry in the region. “In May last year, we had to close down the auctions after the 13th sale for virtually no inflow of tea from the estates and bought-leaf factories,” said Kamal Bhattacharjee, the chief executive officer of the NBTAC. “Since then, we have been trying heart and soul to resume auction at the centre.” Since its inception in February 2005, the NBTAC has been reeling from the “starvation” of tea. Added to it was the stiff competition from the Siliguri Tea Auction Centre, which continues to be the preference for planters since 1976. While last year the NBTAC could not hold auctions for 39 weeks — there are 52 sales in in a year — today’s sale (28th sale) was the first this year. During the 27 previous dates, there was no auction because of inadequate or no tea. “We auctioned 4,369kg of tea today. The sale was 100 per cent with an average price of Rs 101 per kg,” Bhattacharjee said. “Although the quantity put in auction was insignificant compared to other centres, it was good that we could at least resume the process. The price was also competitive in comparison to Siliguri.” While NBTAC sources revealed that the highest price today rose to Rs 108 and the lowest was Rs 95, officials at the Siliguri Tea Auction Centre spoke of similar figures. “At the 27th sale held (in Siliguri) on July 2, the average price was Rs 110.79. The figures of the 28th sale on July 10 are yet to be compiled. But given the trend, it can be said prices of high quality tea have dipped by Re 1 to Rs 3 while other teas fetched Rs 3 to Rs 5 less per kg,” a source said. Stakeholders associated with the NBTAC are, however, hopeful. At present, 148 buyers, 58 sellers and six brokers are registered with it. “We hope to see the sales rise in the future and the centre continues to remain functional, catering for the tea industry in the region,” said N.K. Basu, the principal adviser to Indian Tea Planters’ Association. Jalpaiguri duo on Gangstang Full story: The Telegraph   OUR CORRESPONDENT Jalpaiguri, Aug. 1: Bhaskar Das and Sujoy Bhowmik, members of Jalpaiguri Nature and Trekkers? Club (JNTC) team, made it to the summit of Gangstang (6,162 metres) on July 29. According to them the team members successfully reached the summit at 11.20 am. ?Everything was fine until we reached the base camp, where we encountered heavy rainfall. However, bad weather could hardly deter the enthusiasm of Bhaskar and Sujoy, who headed for the summit and set up two further camps at higher altitudes. Finally, in the afternoon of July 29, we received the news that they had made it to the summit,? said Badal Debnath, one of the four members of the team, from Keylong, a hill hamlet in Himachal Pradesh. The four-member team had started from Jalpaiguri on July 15. Led by Das, the fourth member of the team was Pinaki Sengupta. Their destination, Gangstang, is a Himalayan peak located in the Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh. ?We hired guides and two of them, Harish Thakur and Tikam Bahadur, reached the summit with the team members. The victorious members of the team then came down to the base camp at Bilingnala, located close to Gangstang glacier at a height of 14,500 feet. We are waiting for them at Keylong,? Debnath said. ?This time, we had less than a month?s time to prepare for the expedition as the permission of Indian Mountaineering Foundation reached us late. But Bhaskar and Sujoy have made us proud,? said Pinaki, the other member of the team that has tasted success in expeditions to Fluted, Rudgaira and Kedardome.

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JALPAIGURI: GNLF poll strategy soon, says Ghisingh

 Subash Ghisingh. From Beacon Online Archives

JALPAIGURI, March 3: The GNLF chief and former Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council chairman, Mr Subash Ghisingh, is back from political exile. Mr Ghisingh, who was in Jalpaiguri today in connection with a litigation linked to the assassination attempt on him in the year 2001, declared that his party, the Gorkha National Liberation Front, would “surely play its role” in the upcoming Parliamentary elections.

According to Mr Ghisingh, the GNLF would wait for some more days before declaring its stand. “We may support some political party as we did earlier or field an Independent candidate. The last time we supported the Congress but they delayed introducing the Sixth Schedule for Darjeeling Hills. This time we would wait some more to understand the overall condition. We would convene a party meeting soon and then declare our stand,” the GNLF chief said.

Iterating that Sixth Schedule was the only solution for the Hills, Mr Ghisingh said his party would not change that view. “The ongoing political turmoil in Hills is entirely due to the Centre’s delay in introducing the Sixth Schedule for Darjeeling, which we believe is the most suitable solution for the Hills. Earlier, the state government assured me to provide Sixth Schedule by 28 February 2008 but it failed to do so. But the Centre cannot drop our demand as there is an agreement between the DGHC and state government on the issue,” Mr Ghisingh said.

He claimed that his decision to leave the DGHC chairmanship and the Darjeeling Hills physically was “to help the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha move forward with the Gorkhaland demand.”

“With the political experience I gained over the years and knowing the state government and the Centre’s view regarding Gorkhaland, I am certain nobody can get it by force. I have instructed the GNLF supporters in the Hills to keep a low profile till my next instruction,” he said.

Mr Ghisingh attended the hearing on Mr Chhattre Subba, prime accused in the assassination attempt case. According to the defence lawyer, Mr Tarit Ojha, Mr Ghisingh did not utter the name of Mr Chhattre Subba even once in the court.

Hearing

Mr Justice Partha Sakha Dutta of Calcutta High Court today directed that the trial of Mr Dipak Gurung, a GNLF leader and 26 others be shifted from Darjeeling court to ACJM, Siliguri. Those being tried were the accused charged with the killing of Pramila Sharma, a GJMM activist on 25 July, 2008 near Gurung’s house in Darjeeling.

 

Jalpaiguri gets football academy

Japaiguri, Nov 23 (Indianfootball.com-IBNS): The North Bengal town of Jaipalguri got its own football academy under a joint venture of the PCM Group and Mohun Bagan AC.
The academy will enable young talent from across North Bengal to get proper football training

and ideally be groomed to become professional footballers.
Ths academy is the first of its kind in North Bengal, where a lot of talent lies untapped.

At a press conference on Friday PCM group Chairman Kamal Mittal and Mohun Bagan AC General Secretary Anjan Mitra informed the media that the spotting of talent for the academy would be done by celebrated football coaches and former national players.

The Academy was inaugurated yesterday with Pranab Nandy and Suklyan Ghosh Dastidar named as the Academy coaches.

Unlike the Mohun Bagan-SAIL Football Academy in Durgapur the PCM Mohun Bagan Football Academy in Jaipalguri will not be fully residential.

The boys to be trained would be in the age group of 16 to 19 years under a three year programme. 

Rhino, bison census conducted in West BengalJalpaiguri, (West Bengal), Feb 27 (ANI): A two-day wildlife census of the One-Horned Rhinoceros and Indian Bison recently began in West Bengal.
Forest officials began 2010 census at Jalpaiguri Wildlife Division-II.
The West Bengal Forest Department, with the aid of 23 non-governmental organisations dealing with wildlife conducted the census.
The team surveyed the region for two days in search of the rhino and Indian Bison, species for which the region is noted.
The survey is being conducted through the forestlands of Gorumara and Chapramari.
“We haven’t yet received the statistics of the total number of bison. But what I have heard from the groups, some are saying that they are about 40, some are saying 50. We can’t see all the bison together but we hope they are in good numbers,” said Tapas Das, District Forest Officer.
Last time when the census was carried out, the picture showed a good number of the animals living in this part of the region. According to the forest officials, the number is likely to increase this year.
“We have the statistics of the rhinoceros. In the last census, they were 31 in number. They gave birth to more rhinos after that. I feel there might be 35-36 of them now. We will come to know the exact number after the results,” Das added.
The Duars region of the Jalpaiguri district of the state is noted for a variety of wild of which the One-Horn Rhino and the Indian Bison are claimed to be rare varieties


Jumbo calves in Jalpaiguri are specially trained for patrolling
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal), Feb 25 (ANI): Wildlife authorities here are imparting special patrolling training to rescued elephant calves at the Jaldapara wildlife sanctuary in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri District.
Buddhadeb Mondal, a forest ranger at the sanctuary, said six calves, ranging from three to four days to a year, are being trained.
“We have already rescued six elephant cubs and their age varies from 3-4 days old to 1 year old. Some experienced Mahouts (elephant riders) are giving training to these cubs so that we can use these cubs when they grow up for patrolling purposes,” said Mondal.Ravi Biswasarma, a mahout, said, “These elephant calves are fed by us, and when they grow up, they will patrol the forest.”
According to forest sources, there are 17 captive elephants at the rehabilitation center.India has over 50 percent of the world’s Asiatic elephant population.
A 2005 census showed there were 25,000 to 28,000 elephants in India, including 1,500 male tuskers of breeding age. 

Pregnant elephant compelled to work

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By Tarak, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal), April 20 : In a shocking incident, a 16-month pregnant elephant

is being forced to work by the Mandabari Forest Department in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district here in contravention of existing legal directions forbidding it.

According to law, an elephant cannot be used for work after 15 months of pregnancy.

In 2002, Rangini, the female-elephant, had suffered miscarriage when she was forced to work by the department after 15 months of pregnancy

.

Animal protection organizations here are livid and allege that Rangini's life is endangered.

"If it (elephant) continues to be deployed for work, it is likely to suffer a miscarriage again like before. If the Forest Department doesn't provide rest to her, all the organizations and institutions have decided to protest," said Sujit Das, member of the Nature and Adventure Society, a non-government organisation working for wildlife.

According to Rangini's mahout, his repeated pleas to the concerned officials to not use the elephant for work were allegedly ignored.

"I was sent back from here to accompany her to Doctor Madam (female veterinarian) and I informed the DFO (Divisional Forest officer) that my elephant's condition is not good, and I am facing problems to carry grass from such a far off place. But no one is paying attention to my problems," said Sujit Biswakarma, the caretaker of the elephant.

There are 57 captive elephants in the region deployed to carry out vigilance, to carry logs of wood, and perform other jobs in the forest.

 

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West Bengal rehabilitates surrendered Kamtapur rebels

Jalpaiguri (West Bengal), Apr 20 : West Bengal Government has launched a special scheme at Jalpaiguri to rehabilitate the surrendered rebels of Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), a banned militant outfit.

To herald this project, a function was organised here when the surrendered persons interacted with district administration officials, the top brass of the police and also the media persons.

They are being trained in productive vocations under a scheme named Rashtriya Sam Vikash Yojana (RSVY).


Biswajyoti Das, the coordinator of this programme said that the initial response has been quite encouraging and they are hopeful reforming almost all the surrendered KLO persons.

Out of the 150 and odd surrendered KLO rebels, 52 have been attending the rehabilitation programme mooted under RSVY.


"Although we have expected around 100 surrendered persons to undergo this special rehabilitation programme, presently we have 52. Actually when the Chief Minister visited Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri and other regions in north Bengal he wished to know whether we have maintained any contact with the surrendered and former KLP rebels. He prompted the Commissioner to lend a fillip to this rehablitaion programme and it has been going on well," said Das.


Das further said that there is ample scope for the former KLO activists to become enterprising individuals in the society.


"Yes, with rupees 30,000 bank loan there is hope for these surrendered persons. We have tried to find out and spot the talent among them to learn some trade or the other like carpentry, tailoring, electrical work etc. with which we could send them to ITI (Industrial Training Institutes) for further training. With the bank loan of rupees 30,000, there is scope for them to become entrepreneurs," he added.


In the public interaction, a couple of the former KLO activists said that they wished to avail more of concrete assistance from the government of West Bengal in addition to training in some trade.


Duringr a span of 15 days they in be trained with farming, animal husbandry and other activities.


The KLO had been one of the major terrorist outfits operating beyond Malda and in the Cooch Behar region of West Bengal. The KLO, prior to its ban, used to train its activists in the jungles bordering Assam, Bhutan and Bangladesh.


The prime objective of KLO was to carve out a separate Kamtapur State comprising six districts - Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, North and South Dinajpur and Malda of West Bengal and four contiguous districts of Assam - Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Dhubri and Goalpara. 

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Purulia, Jalpaiguri provided

maximumjobs under NREGA

Purulia and Jalpaiguri districts, one hit by Maoist insurgency and the other affected by separatist demands for Gorkhaland respectively, have provided maximum days of employment under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in West Bengal [ Images ].
The districts have provided 64 days of jobs under the 100-day job scheme as against the state average of 45 days.
"Apart from Purulia and Jalpaiguri, good number of jobs were provided in Birbhum (56), Burdwan (55), North 24-Parganas (54), South Dinajpur (53) and West Midnapore (52) districts," joint secretary in state panchayat and rural development department Liakat Ali told PTI.
Officials said Rs 2110.40 crore (Rs 21.1 billion) was spent on jobs under NREGA this year which was Rs 940.39 crore (Rs 9.4 billion) last year.
Jalpaiguri district spent the maximum amount at Rs 201.5 crore (Rs 2.01 billion) and Howrah district spent the lowest of Rs 14 crore (Rs 140 million).
Villagers living in Howrah which is predominantly urban, got the least number of 15 days jobs under NREGA, he said adding that the number of people getting jobs in Hooghly (30), South 24-Parganas (29) and Murshidabad (29) is low.
A total of 34.75 lakh (3.47 million) households got jobs in the schemes in West Bengal where maximum 3,60,000 households got jobs in Murshidabad district and the lowest 55,921 households got job in Howrah district.
Besides the Gorkhaland agitation, Jalpaiguri is also hit by frequent bandh called by Kamtapuris and Adivasis.
"But the agitators did not hamper NREGA work much and villagers in remote Kalchini block bordering Bhutan too got jobs," district magistrate Vandana Yadav said.
Purulia district also provided an average of 64 days of jobs to the villagers belonging to predominantly backward classes and tribals.
About Rs 138.4 crore (Rs 1.38 billion) has been spent behind wages and durable asset creation in Purulia.
Projects which provided more wages and less material cost were selected, district magistrate Avanindra Singh said.
Maoist presence has affected eight out of 20 blocks in Purulia where the average days of work provided was 55 days this year up from last year's 24 days, he said.
NREGA programmes here were meant to create assets like tanks, ponds, irrigation wells, check dams, roads, social forestry, farmland creation and wage employment to the villagers in Purulia, sources said.
Officials said 60 per cent of the job card holders came forward to work in villages.
Officials said technical supervision and faster payment of wages were needed to sustain NREGA works and curb corruption in the state.
Officials called for a policy change in the existing practise of paying for every 15 days for NREGA work to help villagers who still depend on local moneylenders for immediate need of money.

RSP’s Dasharath Tirkey inducted,

courtesy LF quota

Express News Service Tags : LF quota, kolkata Posted: Wednesday, Apr 07, 2010 at 0237 hrs Kolkata:

If the move to induct Dr Saumendranath Bera in the Left Front ministry was primarily to relieve Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee from some of the ministry work, Dasharath Tirkey’s induction was more to do with the quota system prevalent in the Left Front — number of ministers allotted to a Left Front constituent.
Tirkey (43) from RSP was sworn in as the Minister of State for PWD on Tuesday, replacing Manohar Tirkey who was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kalchini in Jalpaiguri district. Kshiti Goswami of RSP is the Minister-in-Charge of PWD.
A graduate from Ranchi University, Tirkey became a member of the RSP in the year 1998. Born in Kumargram in Jalpaiguri, Tirkey had always been involved in trade union movement in the tea gardens at Jalpaiguri.
It was from the trade union movement that he joined the RSP. Salip Topko, his cousin, introduced him to politics, said the newly inducted minister. 

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha to press for

settling territorial demarcation

Kolkata: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), spearheading a campaign for a separate Gorkhaland state, today said it will press for settling demarcation of territory for the proposed interim set-up at the May 14 tripartite talks and emphasised it will not forgo its demand for inclusion of Siliguri, Dooars and Terai.

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GJM central committee member Asha Gurung told PTI in Kolkata that the organisation would also bargain for allocation of powers to the interim set-up similar to that of a state.
"The interim set-up, which would function till December 31, 2011 should have no interference from the West Bengal government and be given authority to look after law and order," Asha, wife of GJM chief Bimal Gurung, said.
She claimed the response from the Centre on this was 'positive' and refused to elaborate.
The sixth round of tripartite talks will be held on May 14.
Asha said the GJM would not budge an inch from its stand on the inclusion of Siliguri and parts of Dooars and Terai in Jalpaiguri district where Gorkhas are predominant in the interim set-up apart from the three hill sub-divisions of the Darjeeling hills.
"If our demand is not accepted, we will realise our goal through a forceful agitation," she warned.
When reminded that mainstream political parties in West Bengal are opposed to a further division of the state, she said, "Gorkhaland is a just demand. It is a demand which is more than 100 years old. We will not rest till we achieve our demand."
Agreeing that the Siliguri corridor was strategically very important, she promised if the government acceded to the statehood demand, the GJM would keep the area secure.
Asha denied having any truck with the Maoists in Nepal and said neither did it subscribe to the Maoist brand of politics in India.
"It is shocking that so many CRPF jawans were killed by them in Dantewada in Chhattisgarh. We also codemn the killing of EFR jawans at Shilda in West Bengal," Asha, who is also the president of the GJM's Nari Morcha, said.
According to her, GJM was now maintaining a distance from Kamatapur People's Party, agitating for a separate Kamatapur state, and the Greater Coochbehar Democratic Party, which wants a Greater Coochbehar state, with which it had forged a common platform sometime back.
She said the GJM would strive to achieve its statehood goal through the Gandhian principles of non-violence and by keeping within the provisions of the Constitution.
Demanding adequate compensation from the Left Front government for the families of the 24 EFR jawans killed in the February 15 attack at Shilda in West Midnapore district, she said GJM functionaries had paid homage to the slain at the
base of the martyrs column at College square in north Kolkata yesterday.

 

 

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Left Front-led strike inhuman,

unethical: Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday criticised the ruling Left Front for using “strong-arm methods” to enforce the strike against rising prices in West Bengal. The Front, however, said people had responded spontaneously to the shutdown.”What they have done is inhuman. They committed atrocities on train passengers. They forcefully stopped trains. At the Kolkata airport, they locked the toilets to prevent passengers from using them,” Banerjee told reporters.
“What they have done at railways stations and the airport is a mockery of democracy. It is inhuman, unethical and unconstitutional,” she said.
“What we have seen today is a state-sponsored bandh which did not have the support of the people.”
Left Front chairman Biman Bose, on the other hand, claimed the strike was a success and that people had responded spontaneously to the strike call. According to him, the situation remained peaceful barring a few stray incidents.
He admitted that the strike call did not evoke the same response it got in earlier years in the tea gardens of Jalpaiguri district.
“Out of 153 tea gardens, in 50 the strike was total. Seventy four others were open, while 29 saw a partial strike,” he said.
Bose described Banerjee’s sharp criticism of the strike as “infantile”.
“There is no need to comment on such observations. Only those who rely on drama in their political journey can make such comments,” he said.
The 12-hour nationwide strike was called by 13 opposition parties to denounce the government over rising food prices.
In West Bengal, flight and train services were inoperative and vehicles kept off the roads. Two train passengers were injured in a clash with strike supporters at Pundooah station, railway officials said.
The streets in Kolkata and district towns were deserted and shops, markets and offices remained closed.

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Thegeographical boundaries that constitute the Jalpaiguri district of the presentday had been under the control (administration) or rule of various dynasties oreven countries either in fragments or as a whole during the different phases ofhistory.

Ashistory goes by, when Huien Tsang visited Assam, a major portion of today'sJalpaiguri was a part of the kingdom of Kamrupa which then apparently extendedup to river Karatoya in the west. This land, often and commonly designated asDuars had often been included in the kingdoms of Bhutan and Cooch Behar. Thename 'Duars' may have evolved from the word 'Doors' or passages. There wereeighteen such passages which were used by the Bhutanese people to communicatewith the riverine plains of the south for the cause of trade or barters. In1864 under the command of captain Hedayet Ali, the British managed to capturethis area from the clutches of the Bhutanese kingdom and divided it into twoparts. The eastern part are merged with the Gowalpara district of today's Assamand the western part was named as a new district - Western Duars. In 1869through some constitutional changes the Jalpaiguri District was formed. Thename Jalpaiguri may have evolved from "JE-LE-PE-GO-RI" probablymeaning the place to exchange or barter warm clothes, Blankets etc. with otheressential commodities.

Fromtime immemorial this land remaimed a pristine creation. Covered with denseforest and riverine grassland, Jalpaiguri was the harbour of one of the richestbounties of Wild Life.

Ithad seen the arrival of various Indo-Mongoloid tribes, who came in to settle inthis fertile land. Most of them continue to live on even today. The majority ofthe Indo-Mongoloid class are the 'Raj Bangshis'. Apart from them there are theMech, the Ravas, the Totos etc.Some Limbus and Lepchas had also (migrated)immigrated through the terai crossing Mechi River. Then, came the British, andwith them the Bengalees from present Bangladesh. Many forest areas got clearedfor Tea Plantation and Agricultural lands. The planters brought from theChotonagpur Plateau area - the Nageshias, the Uraons and the Mundas to work aslabour in the Tea Gardens. All these various tribes brought along with them,their culture and beliefs.

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Jalpaiguri Tourism

 
Jalpaiguri - this narrow stretch of land lying between the Sikkim - Darjeeling Himalayas and Gangetic West Bengal has more than often evoked a sense of both eerie and romanticism in many a heart since the early British Rule. Veined by mighty rivers like the Teesta,Torsa, Jaldhaka, Dyna, Neora, Sankosh etc. this piece of land has been aptly named as the land of 'Tea, Timber & Tourism'. A major stretch of area is bordered in the north by Bhutan and hence the name - DOOARS/DUARS which mean - Door of Bhutan.

Rarely one can find a place like Jalpaiguri that is so potentially rich in tourism. But a major part of it still remains to be exploited. Turbulent rivers battling out of the steep gorges, the vast stretches of forest cover, the undulating span of Tea Estates and the panoramic grandeur of the Himalayas are only a few jewels that made the British ground their roots deep into the heart of this land. Just drive around or take a hike, never will your eyes feel to rest. If a tourist is a nature lover or an admirer of Wild Life there cannot be a better place than this for him. He can run wild in the various Sanctuaries, National Parks & Tiger Reserves that are on offer. Garumara N.P., Jaldapara W.L.S. etc. are only a few. One can leissure out his time by the sides of the turbulent rivers or simply roll through the Tea Gardens. The more adventureres ones may prefer to trek to Rupang Valley & Buxa-Duar in Buxa Tiger Reserve. Apart from these, there are very old temples like the Jalpeshwar and Jatileshwar. Persons seeking to smell history can take a look at the Prisoners call at the Buxa Fort area where fighters were imprisoned during the pre indepence era.

Places like Jainti, Murti, Santale Khola, Mongpong will get any tourists imagination run wild. Moreover this place gives any one the oppurtunity to access the Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas whose potential in this regard need not be mentioned.

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Important Phone Numbers

DISTRICT ELECTION OFFICER

Particulars of District Election Officer of Assembly Constituencies in Jalpaiguri District

Name Designation STD Code Office Residence Fax No. Mobile No. Smt. Vandana Yadav, IAS District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. 03561 230127 228071 227333 220861 224811 (O) 224347 (R) 9800025000

e-mail Address:dm-jpg@wb.nic.in

VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS ENGAGED IN ELECTION

Name of the Officer with Designation Designation Office Residence STD Code Office Residence Fax Mobile Sri J. Sundara Sekhar, IAS, Commissioner, Jalpaiguri Division Commissioner, Jalpaiguri Division Commissioner Office, Jalpaiguri Commissioner Bungalow, Jalpaiguri 03561 230666 232032 230666 230711 230700(O) 9474629555 Smt. Vandana Yadav, IAS District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. DM Bungalow, Jalpaiguri 03561 230127 228071 227333 220861 224811 (O) 224347 (R) 9800025000 Sri Naba Gopal Hira, WBCS (Exe.) ADM (G) & ADM (Elec.) District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. ADM Bungalow, Jalpaiguri 03561 230701 231108 231163 234811 9433436937 Sri Tapan Kumar Barman, WBCS (Exe.) ADM (D) District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. ADM Bungalow, Jalpaiguri 03561 231101 230169 231101 9434747200 Sri Wangyl Zimba, WBCS (Exe.) ADM (ZP) Jalpaiguri Zilla Parishad ADM Bungalow, Jalpaiguri 03561 231109 230769 224324 9434031567 Smt. Pranita Shewa, WBCS (Exe.) ADM (LR) District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. ADM Bungalow, Jalpaiguri 03561 230952 230557 224170 9434249021 Sri Kiran Kumar Lohar, WBCS (Exe.) ADM (APD) ADM Office, Alipurduar ADM Bungalow, Jalpaiguri 03564 255062 255041 255286 9434027999 Sri P. T. Sherpa, WBCS(Exe.) PD, DRDC Collectorate Building , Jalpaiguri 7E, Racecourse Govt. Housing, Jalpaiguri 0353 230673 2516117 226989 9434709922 Sri British Ch. Barman, WBCS(Exe.) PO cum DWO , BCW Election Office, Alipurduar Govt. Housing, Alipurduar 03564 230917 - 230917 9434240952 Sri N.W.Bhutia , WBCS(Exe.) Secretary Zilla Parishad Jalpaiguri Zilla Parishad Govt. Housing, Jalpaiguri 0353 229178 2566797 224324 9434040592 Smt. Tenzi C. Verma, WBCS(Exe.) Dy. PD(WD), DRD Cell - - 03561 231286 - - 9434141897 Sri Angshuman Adhikary, WBCS(Exe.) D Pl.O District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. Govt. Housing, Jalpaiguri 03561 230794 - 230794 9434177431 Ranjan Kr. Jha, WBCS(Exe.) DPRDO District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. Govt. Housing, Jalpaiguri 03561 230443 - 225229 9434245640 Dr. Amal Kanti Roy, WBCS(Exe.) DM, SC/ST FDC - - 0353 230069 2582782 230069 9434249050 Sri Ashim Kr. Biswas, WBCS(Exe.) DMDC & OC, Election District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. Govt. Housing, Jalpaiguri 03561 230414 231033 230414 9231519304 Sri Susanta Kr Mondal , WBCS(Exe) DMDC,Jal District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. Govt. Housing, Jalpaiguri 03561 230780 220296 - 9434249270 Sri Arindam Roy, WBCS(Exe.) Sr. DC, Jal District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. Govt. Housing, Jalpaiguri 03561 230652 230123 - 9434572907 Sri Dipankar Piplai, WBCS(Exe.) NDC, Jal District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. Govt. Housing, Jalpaiguri 03561 230696 222144 - 9434032223 Sri Samir Das, WBCS(Exe.) DMDC,Jal District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. Govt. Housing, Jalpaiguri 03561 222307 - 230414 9609793272 Sri Manish Verma, WBCS(Exe.) DMDC,Jal District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. Govt. Housing, Jalpaiguri 03561 228072 - - 9434234232 Sri Dibyendu Bhattacharya, WBCS(Exe.) DMDC,Jal District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. Govt. Housing, Jalpaiguri 03561 - - - 9231853992 Sri Sanjoy Ghosh, WBCS(Exe.) DMDC,Jal District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. Govt. Housing, Jalpaiguri 03561 227798 - 230783 9903881468 Quazi Golam Mortuja, WBCS(Exe.) DMDC,Jal District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. Govt. Housing, Jalpaiguri 03561 230481 220863 230481 9474165134 Sri Bilwadal Roy, WBCS(Exe.) DMDC(P),Jal District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. Govt. Housing, Jalpaiguri 03561 - - - 9836802445 Sri Prem Bikash Kansari, WBCS(Exe.) DMDC(P),Jal District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. Govt. Housing, Jalpaiguri 03561 - - - 9434344946 Sri Dipak Kr. Roy, WBCS(Exe.) DMDC,Jal District Magistrate, Jalpaiguri. Govt. Housing, Jalpaiguri 03561 224826 - 222334 9434109550

Jalpaiguri Election e-mail Address : elecjal@gmail.com Alipurduar Election e-mail Address : electionapd@bsnl.in, sdoapd@gmail.com

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S.D.O.’s of JALPAIGURI DISTRICT

Description STD Code Office Office FAX Residence Phone Residence FAX Mobile R. Alice Vaz, IAS SDO, Alipurduar 03564 256391 255188 256391 256392 256392 9434755391 Sri Santanu Mukherjeei, WBCS(Exe), SDO, Jalpaiguri Sadar 03561 232017 232017 232013 232013 9434219096 Sri Nilkamal Biswas, WBCS(Exe), SDO, Mal 03562 256485 256495 256486 - 9434449888

SDO, Alipurduar E-Mail Address : electionapd@bsnl.in SDO, Mal E-Mail Address : malsdo@yahoo.com

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RETURNING OFFICERS & ASSISTANT RETURNING OFFICERS

Sl. No. Name of the P. C. Name of the R.O. / A.R.O. Designation Mobile 1 3-Jalpaiguri (SC) P.C. Smt. Vandana Yadav, IAS DM & DEO 9800025000 Sri Ashoke Kr. Sinha, WBCS(Exe.) SDO, Mekliganj 9734101824 Sri Angshuman Adhikary WBCS(Exe.) D P .l. O, Jalpaiguri 9434177431 Sri Arindam Ray WBCS(Exe.) Sr. DC, Jalpaiguri 9434572907 Sri Santanu Mukherjee WBCS(Exe.) SDO, Sadar Jalpaiguri 9434219096 Sri Ranjan Jha WBCS(Exe.) DPRDO, Jalpaiguri 9434245640 Sri Nilkamal Biswas WBCS(Exe.) SDO, Mal 9434449888 2 2-Alipurduar (ST) P.C. Sri Naba Gopal Hira, WBCS(Exe.) ADM(G), Jalpaiguri 9433436937 Sri Sanjoy Kr. Sarkar, WBCS(Exe.) SDO, Tufanganj 9434241987 Sri Samiran Mondal, WBCS(Exe.), DMDC(3RD Officer), Alipurduar 9434812004 R. Alice Vaz, IAS SDO, Alipurduar 9434755391 Sri Debashis Biswas, WBCS(Exe.) DMDC(2ND Officer), Alipurduar 9434707805 Sri Nilkamal Biswas WBCS(Exe.) SDO, Mal 9434449888

B.D.O.’s of JALPAIGURI DISTRICT

Description STD Code Office Office Fax Residence Phone Mobile BDO Office, Sadar 03561 230449 230449 - 9433380997 BDO Office, Rajganj 03561 254229 254229 - 9434706974 BDO Office, Maynaguri 03561 233128 233052 233052 9475217870 BDO Office, Mal 03562 255126 255126 255891 9775479967 BDO Office, Matiali 03562 260180 260180 260133 9903821521 BDO Office, Nagrakata 03565 272050 272744 - 9434887762 BDO Office, Dhupguri 03563 250024 250024 250024 9434748440 BDO Office, Falakata 03563 260238 260238 260238 9474387463 BDO Office, Kalchini 03566 240205 250005 240205 240205 9434746850 BDO Office, Madarihat-Birpara 03563 262224 262224 262224 9434700380 BDO Office, Alipurduar – I 03563 246249 246249 - 9434605265 BDO Office, Alipurduar – II 03564 224202 224202 255226 9434642404 BDO Office, Kumargram 03564 252239 252239 252239 9434350517

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DETAILS of POLICE OFFICERS - JALPAIGURI DISTRICT

Description STD Code Office Office Fax Residence Phone Mobile Shri Anand Kumar, IPS 03561 320492 - 232024 9434016610

Code No Name of P.S. STD Code Telephone Number Mobile Number 1 Bhaktinagar PS 0353 2543665 9434034934 2 Rajganj PS 03561 254231 9735959144 3 Kotwali PS 03561 228042 9474329779 4 Maynaguri PS 03561 233032 9434942913 5 Dhupguri PS 03563 250040 9434227562 6 Banarhat PS 03563 252063 9434366654 7 Mal PS 03562 255002 9434144880 8 Matelli PS 03565 242201 9434120716 9 Nagrakata PS 03565 272002 9434154482 10 Birpara PS 03563 266053 9733008145 11 Falakata PS 03563 260242 9832495396 12 Madarihat PS 03563 262223 - 13 Kalchini PS 03566 240100 9933072131 14 Jaigaon PS 03566 263200 9434145260 15 Alipurduar PS 03564 255100 9434145680 16 Samuktala PS 03564 240300 9933629251 17 Kumargram PS 03564 252224 9434884270 18 NJP PS 0353 2561088 - 19 Hasimara PS 03566 255028 9832066384 20 Barovisha PS 03564 - - 21 Kamakhyaguri PS 03564 260730 9434325457 22 Kranti PS 03562 265294 -

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C.E.O., WEST BENGAL

Name of the Officer STD Code Phone (Off) Phone (Res) Mobile Fax Sri N. K. Sahana 033 22310848 26867070 9830631749 22145566 Sri Sabyasachi Ghosh 033 24310845 24585672 9830521141 22826324 Sri Somnath De, OSD (IT) 033 22310843 - 9433761188 22828598 Sri Ulanagnathan P, OSD 033 22310841 - - 22828597 Sri P. Majhi 033 22314835 - 9434227152 - Sri Santunu Basu, OSD 033 22314836 - - - Sri Sushanta Sain, ACEO 033 22310847 - - -

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PRESS REPORTERS

Name Office Mobile Biplab Basak, (Photographer, The Telegraph) - 94341-54083 Pradip Sarkar, Kolkata TV - 94342-57683 Pradip Sarkar, Bartaman - 94342-57683 Shantanu Kar, Reporter, Akash Bangla - 94342-42473 Debasish Ghosh (Janpath Samachar) - 94341-03975 Raja Chatterjee, Reporter, NE Bangla - 94744-15470 Manik Jiban Bhattacharjee (Reporter, Sakshatar) - 94341-65383 Jyoti Sarkar (Reporter, Uttar Banga Sambad) - 94342-28542 Shantanu Kar, Reporter, 24Hour - 94342-42473 Nilaswar Sanyal ( Photographer Akash Bangla) - 94342-17142 Pradip Sarkar (Reporter, Janpath Samachar ) - 94342-57683 Pabitra Bhattacharjee (Kalantar) - 94744-17001 Rajkumar Karmakar (ETV) - 93323-23894 Pallab Sengupta, Reporter, Statesman Bangla - 98320-52778 Anirban Roy (Ananda Bazar Patrika) - 94344-50300 Partha Bhatterjee (Reporter, Ganasakti) - 94346-06340 Partha Sarathi Roy (Reporter, Ajkal) - 98323-76543 Pallab Sengupta, Reporter, Channel 10 - 98320-52778 Dibyendu Sinha, Reporter, Himalay Darpan - 97330-24560 Partha Sarathi Roy (Editor, Sambad Teesta) - 98323-76543 Partha Sarathi Roy, JCC News - 98320-52778