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Speaker’s initiative for his constituency |
STAFF REPORTER
Gangtok: Sikkim Assembly Speaker Mr. K. T. Gyaltsen
visited his constituency, 23 Syari, Wednesday along with
Secretary RMDD and other officials and representatives from
P.W.D and Roads & Bridges Department.
There he visited present Nandok BAC office. There he said
construction of the Block Development Office should be
completed as soon as possible. He noted that the contractor
has agreed to complete the office by December 2009 according
to his direction.
He requested P.W.D engineers & officials to complete the
Nandok road, the road from Saramsa to Nandok Secondary
School & Nandok monastery road on priority.
The Speaker also requested Secretary R.M.D.D to provide a
playground for Nandok Secondary School, Pabyuik (Naitam)
Secondary School, and Lower Syari School. He visited the
Shiva Mandir at Saramsa. He also drew attention of the
Secretary to shortage of water supply and requested the
engineers to visit the panchayat wards and to estimate for
drinking water requirement. (With IPR input) |
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IPR Minister fully assuring to PCS |
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RAI
Gangtok: Miss Neeru Sewa was fully receptive and
assuring to a Press Club Sikkim delegation led by PCS
President Mr. Parasmani Dangal while they placed some
demands in a meeting with the Minister at her chamber in
State Secretariat office on Wednesday. The PCS demands were:
a spacious flat for the club in the building of Science and
Technology department at Development Area, a separate
directorate in IPR department to deal with advertisements
like the DAVP at the centre and increase in tariff of
advertisements catered by IPR.
In the discussion that followed, the Minister said the
government was very respectful to media and wanted to see
media to work as an independent body. She opined that media
should not be bias and ascertain the truth before publishing
any news item.
She assured the journalists’ delegation, saying she would
personally take interest to provide a suitable accomodation
for the press club, while informing that the government
would construct its own Suchana Bhavan within five years to
accommodate IPR department. The delegation invited the
Minister to be chief guest at the foundation day function of
PCS to be held on 17th July. |
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“First surrender, then talk”,
Bengal govt to Maoists |
Kolkata: The West Bengal government Wednesday said it
would not sit for any talks with the Maoists till they
surrender.‘We are not ready for any talks with the Maoists.
They must lay down their arms if they want us to hold any
talks with them. We cannot hold talks as long as such kind
of violence continues,’ Chief Secretary Ashok Mohan
Chakraborty told reporters Wednesday.His statement comes a
day after the Maoists said they want a ceasefire and are
ready to talk to the government to negotiate the Lalgarh
issue.
Meanwhile, acting on a tip off, the Kolkata police arrested
Maoist spokesperson Gaur Chakraborty Tuesday night from Park
Circus area under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA),
the law the Centre used Monday to designate the Naxalite
outfit as a terrorist organization. (Agencies) |
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