Sikkim boy to train at Buddh racing circuit

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H I M A L AYA N M I R R O R GANGTOK, FRIDAY 09 JANUARY 2015
Sikkim boy to train at
Buddh racing circuit
AJKS felicitates
new functionaries
Gangtok, Jan 8: All Sikkim
Anusuchit Jati Kalyan
Sangh (AJKS) held its meeting, where three unopposed
newly elected president, general secretary and treasurer
were felicitated by the members. Recently, Shekher
Sewa was unanimously nominated as president, Ravi Cintury as general secretary and
Bhupendra Lamichaney as
treasurer. The newly elected
body assured to take the organization more forward in
coming days.
Dog show
Siliguri, Jan 8: The Siliguri
town is set to host the 6th
North Bengal Pet Dog Show
at Dada Bhai Club Maidan,
Deshbandhu Para, in Siliguri
on January 11. Around 200
participants has already registered in the competition.
The event is being organized
by People For Animals
(PFA), a Siliguri based animal welfare organization.
Khusboo Maheswari, event
coordinator revealed that
prizes will be given on big,
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Gangtok, Jan 8: Sikkim boy
Chewang Lama has been selected by Buddh International Circuit (BIC) to undergo
training in car racing in New
Delhi.
If the training goes well
Chewang could be selected
for this year’s Polo R Cup
tournament. He is already in
touch with the organizers,
Volkswagen Motorsport.
What impressed BIC officials and trainers was the
manner in which Chewang
performed during his training session. Doing a lap timing of 2.44 flat at BIC is something unusual for a guy who
had no formal training. He
drove like a pro and this
stunned BIC officials.
Chewang is currently under training at BIC (Delhi),
the only Formula1 track in
India, under the guidance of
Anmol Rampal, who is a proracer and test driver for Honda, Mahindra etc to foreign
companies s like Mercedes,
BMW etc.
The BIC is an Indian motor racing circuit in Greater
Noida near Delhi.
The circuit is best known
as the venue for the annual
Formula One Indian Grand
Prix, which was first hosted
on October, 30, 2011.
Selection for Polo R Cup
2015 is likely to take place in
February-March this year
and going by his current performance Chewang’s chances are high. "This guy can
do wonders,” is what his
coach had to say when
asked for a feedback.
The organizers saw at
least 20,000 spectators turn
up for the event last year and
are hoping to increase that
number this year. The champion of the season this year
Bengal putting
special emphasis on
tourism: Mamata
Kolkata, Jan 8: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee Thursday highlighted tourism as a focus
area, as state-owned firms
pitched a total financial
commitment exceeding Rs.1
lakh crore during the Bengal Global Business Summit
here.
"There is so much tourism potential in Bengal.
Eco-tourism is coming up,"
Banerjee said at the summit
which saw the participation
of 20 countries besides
over 1,000 businessmen
from India.
The chief minister said
the Hiranandani group was
investing Rs.5,100 crore in
Digha, a traditional favourite weekend getaway
among the Bengali populace. The investment is
poised to boost local tourism in the coastline as well.
"There's so many," Banerjee said highlighting the
potential in the tourism
segment.
Banerjee said special emphasis was being given to
cultural tourism, heritage
tourism and homestay tourism to boost the eco-tourism sector.
She also said special focus will be laid on maintaining an inclusive transparent process throughout the
implementation of the state
tourism policy to ensure
long-term socio-economic
sustainability.
She said the Mayfair
Group has also committed
Rs.1,200 crore in the state
and another Rs.15,000 crore
commitment has been
placed for smart cities.
She said tourism was being developed under the
public-private partnership
(PPP) model in Gajoldoba,
Jharkhali, Sabujdwip.
New eco-tourism parks,
lodges adventure sports
and other projects were being undertaken. Tourism
parks were being created in
Saili, Kunjanagar and Jaldapara.
A tourist lodge was also
being constructed in Jhargram Rajbari under PPP
model. With the central
shipping ministry approving Rs.12,000 crore investment for the deep sea port
in the Sagar islands, the
area is poised to evolve as
a tourism hot-spot.
The state has approved
creation of three new beaches named Dheusagar, Rupsagar and Bhorsagar near
the proposed port.
The state government
has identified five prime
travel circuits, namely the
Dooars and Darjeeling in
northern West Bengal, Sunderbans, Diamond Harbour
and the River Circuit in the
Ganga. (IANS)
also gets to participate in international motorsport at the
Volkswagen Scirocco-R Cup
in Germany.
One of the main objectives of Volkswagen Polo R
Cup competition is to groom
a grid full of Indian drivers,
select the best of them, and
chart out a clear career path
for him or her internationally.
“Car racing has been a passion, a dream since childhood,” says Chewang.
His turning point was
when he did the Chennai's
kart track in 20.50 sec without any prior experience. It
was his first race in a proper track. The record of the
track, set by a professional
race car driver, stands at 19
sec.
Chewang also recently
attended Raymond Banerjee's race session in Pune,
where he impressed the officials as well as the owner.
medium, and small breeds,
along with best hair coat,
obedience, teeth, and health
criterias. A special prize for
best Indian dog will be also
given, she added. “We had
organized a sit and draw
competition on January 1
on the theme ‘Save Animals’ where above fifty
school children had participated. The winners of the
event will also be awarded
at the end of this dog
show,” she added. (HS)
BSF trooper killed by
Bangladeshi smugglers
Kolkata, Jan 8: A BSF trooper was Thursday killed by
Bangladeshi cattle smugglers near the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, an official said.
The incident took place in
the early hours of Thursday
when a Border Security Force
party was attacked by the
gang of about 150 Bangladeshi cattle smugglers who
had forcefully entered Indian territory near the Khalsi
border outpost. "Constable
Rashikul Mondal sustained
injuries in his right eye when
the smugglers fired at the
BSF party. They also fired at
a BSF vehicle which was carrying reinforcements," a BSF
official said.
While the BSF personnel
fired a few rounds in the air,
the smugglers escaped to
Bangladesh under the cover
of dense fog and darkness.
After initial treatment at
the Basirhat sub-divisional
hospital, Mondal was referred to the R.G. Kar Hospital in Kolkata, where he was
declared dead.
"A commanding officerlevel flag meeting was held
during the day in which we
strongly protested the brutal attack on our personnel
and requested them to arrest
the culprits immediately," the
official said. "The BSF headquarters too has taken the
incident very seriously and
lodged a protest with the
Border Guard Bangladesh
headquarters in Dhaka." In
2014, at least 78 BSF troopers were seriously injured in
attacks by Bangladeshi
smugglers across the South
Bengal Frontier. (IANS)
'The Gurkha's Daughter'
translated into Nepali
Kathmandu, Jan 8: Prajwal
Parajuly's short story anthology 'The Gurkha's Daughter'
is getting published in Nepali language next week.
Publication Nepalaya is
publishing Nepali translation
'Gorkhaki Chhori' of the English anthology written by
the Indian writer of Nepali
origin.
"We are trying to cater
outstanding works designed in Nepali setting to
Nepali readers," Nepalaya's
Kiran Krishna Shrestha
said.
Likewise, Parajuly expressed his happiness over
the latest publication saying
that his stories reached to
readers from their actual setting.
The book was first published by Britain-based Quercus in 2013.
Eight short stories set in
Bhutan, Sikkim, Darjeeling,
New York and Kathmandu
narrate daily experiences of
Nepali speaking people, and
describe their society and
culture.
Nepalaya has shared that
Parajuly has already been
established as a new literary
star from South Asia.
Some Irish, American, Canadian, South African, Ken-
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi with the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Anandiben Patel
at "Vibrant Gujarat" Global Trade Show, Exhibition Venue in Gandhinagar Gujarat.
(PIB)
KFSPS to release Nepali
quarterly soon
Siliguri, Jan 8: The newly
formed nepali literature association Kholachandra Fapri
Sahitya Prakashan Samity (KFSPS) of Dabgram-I, in Siliguri
is set to release a quarterly
cultural and literary magazine
soon. The magazine will be released on April 14 on the oc-
casion of Nepali New Year informed Bikash Timsina, Secretary, KFSPS. “The samity
was formed recently on 23
December, 2014 with an aim to
promote nepali literature in Siliguri, and with the release of
the upcoming magazine, we
hope to give a platform to all
the young aspiring nepali writers of the area, including Darjeeling. This is the first time
that we are releasing a nepali
quarterly, and I would like to
appeal all the local writers to
contribute their articles and
stories to make it a reader’s
delight”, Timsina said. (HS)
Monastery gets community
hall, courtesy NHPC
HM Report
Gagntok, Jan 8: The newly
constructed CommunityCum-Dinning Hall was handed over to Monastery
School, Hee-Gyathang,
North Sikkim. As part of its
Corporate Social Responsibility, NHPC has constructed the "Community-CumDinning Hall.
Area MLA, Sonam Gyatso Lepcha, Officials of
NHPC, Panchayat members,
School Management
Committee and locals
were present.
MLA, Sonam Gyatso
Lepcha appreciated the in-
itiatives taken by NHPC
Teesta-IV Project for taking up such large community projects. Lepcha
thanked the local people of
North .
Sikkim for their continuous support to NHPC.
Jadavpur students should end
hunger strike: Bengal Guv
to look into the prima facie
evidence of the alleged molestation. Two university students and an alumnus were
arrested and subsequently
released on bail. (IANS)
yan, Australian, Singaporean, Malaysian and Indian
publications have also reprinted the book.
The anthology was shortlisted for the International
Dylan Thomas prize. (Courtesy: Himalayan Times)
Kolkata, Jan 8: Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi Thursday
said a section of Jadavpur
University students who began an indefinite fast three
days ago should end their
hunger strike.
"Who will stop them from
putting an end to their hunger strike? They should feel
proud of that university and
they should discontinue
their hunger strike," Tripathi
told the media here.
A section of the varsity's
students launched a fastunto-death late Monday
night to press for the removal of vice chancellor Abhijit
Chakrabarti. They rejected
the registrar's appeal to ini-
tiate a discussion Tuesday.
As many as 11 students
began the hunger strike at 10
p.m. Monday in front of the
administrative building.
They covered themselves
with blankets, camping out
in the wintry night.
Meanwhile, state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee has called a meeting Jan 9
with representatives from the
university's students community and authorities to resolve the ongoing impasse.
The students have been
clamouring for Chakrabarti's
removal since Sep 17 when
the university authorities ordered a police crackdown on
a sit-in by students who were
demanding an independent
investigation into the alleged
molestation of a female student inside a hostel.
The incident triggered
protest rallies in the city and
had a ripple effect across the
country, with college alumni
organising protest marches
in Delhi and Mumbai. Many
students also boycotted the
59th annual convocation of
the university in December
last year. The agitation
brought together the Kolkata diaspora and university
alumni in solidarity through
social networking websites.
Amid the clamour for his
removal, Chakrabarti, who
was the interim vice chancellor, was given full time responsibility by Governor Tripathi, who is the ex-officio
chancellor. The state government later instituted a fivemember probe panel headed
by University of Calcutta
vice chancellor Suranjan Das
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