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GANGTOK, 31 July: Direc-tor General of Police [DGP],TN Tenzing, retired on super-annuation on 31 July, 2005.The farewell parade in hon-our of the DGP was held hereyesterday at the SAP campPangthang. In the meanwhile,in an office order passed onSaturday, CM Ravindran, anIPS officer of Sikkim cadre of1977, has been appointed thenew DGP. He had been offi-ciating as the Additional DGP,

Change of Guard at Sikkim PoliceDGP TENZING RETIRES, CM RAVINDRAN TO TAKE OVER

a post that has now been takenover by IGP A. Datta, and IPSofficer of the 1978 batch.

Yesterday was an emo-tional farewell to DGPTenzing who has servedSikkim Police for 35 yearsand 5 months. He joined theforce in 1970 and was in-ducted into the IPS in the1972 batch.

Addressing the State’spolicemen at Pangthang yes-terday, he reminded then that

Sikkim was a peaceful stateand urged the force to remaincommitted to their task ofkeep it that way. “There willalways be miscreants schem-ing to vitiate the peace inSikkim, it is our job to keepa good watch and prevent thesituation from going out ofhand,” he said.

DIG A. Sudhakar Rao, whopresented a detailed account ofDGP Tenzing’s service graph,lavished special praise on the

courage and intelligence withwhich the DGP had conductedhis professional responsibili-ties and called on his col-leagues and juniors to take in-spiration fro him.

Detailing DGP Tenzing’sservice as a cop, DIG Raoinformed that DGP Tenzingwas recruited into SikkimPolice in 1970 and trained atthe National Police Acad-emy, Mount Abu.

In one of his first responsi-

bilities, he was posted as theDCP [Crime] between 1973 to1975 when a democratic revo-lution swept through Sikkim.These years saw much vio-lence and Mr. Tenzing tackledthe situation drawing on hisknowledge of the ground situ-ation and inspiring Sikkim’slimited police force with hiscourage, the DIG said.

In July 1978, Mr. Tenzingwas posted as the Divisional

Driver killed as vehicleplunges 500 ft

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MELLI, 31 July: BishnuSharma was killed on thespot when the Armada taxi[SK-04-7234] of Melli hewas driving met with an ac-cident at around 9:30 PMyesterday about 3 kms fromMelli Bazaar, West Bengal,towards Gangtok.

When the incident oc-curred the driver, BishnuSharma was alone in the ve-hicle and was returning toMelli Bazaar when the vehi-cle reportedly went off theroad and fell some 500 feetdown the valley.

The driver, as mentionedearlier, died on the spot andhis dead body was taken toKalimpong Hospital for post-mortem today and laterhanded over to his family.

The case is still under in-vestigation, as the cause ofaccident is not known yet.

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JORETHANG, 31 July: Thedead body of local youth,Yogesh Bhujel, whose parentshad reported him missing eversince he was detained forquestioning in a drug-bustcase on 26 July, was recoveredyesterday near the MangpooPicnic Spot in West Bengal onthe banks of the Teesta.

The search operationended when one WangyalLepcha, a resident ofMangpoo, informed themabout the dead body whichwas later identified as YogeshBhujel’s. His body was takento Kalimpong for postmor-

Missing youth’s bodyfound near Mangpoo

tem and after that it wasbrought to Jorethang.

Given the decomposedstate of the body, it was notpossible to take it to his homeand was instead taken toJorethang taxi stand whereeverybody offered khadasbefore proceeding for the fi-nal rites yesterday itself.

Those close to the deceasedyouth remain critical of the dis-interested manner in which thelocal police has handled thematter. Despite a missing per-sons report filed with JorethangPolice, no serious efforts werelaunched by the cops to tracethe youth even though theywere the last to have seen him

alive, they allege.The youth, it may be re-

called, was called to Jorethangthana for questioning after hewas caught with eightSpasmo-Proxyvon capsules on26 July following a drug bustby the Drug Inspector.

Local cops add that theywere aiding the Narcotics De-partment’s investigation byproviding space for the vic-tim’s interrogation. Yogesh,they add, left after the interro-gation was over and since hewas not arrested, that is wherethe police connection ended.

Police officials furtheradd that several witnesses

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RANKA, 31 July: A daylong workshop on ‘Male par-ents/Teachers of adolescentstudents/dropouts’ was or-ganized here at the Govern-ment Senior SecondarySchool on 27 July by theHealth Care Human ServicesFamily Welfare Department.

The objective of the pro-gramme was to providefirsthand information aboutthe various aspects of adoles-cence period and clarify themyths and misconceptionsregarding HIV/AIDS, drug

Adolescent issues discussed

at Ranka SSS meetabuse, informs a press release.

During an interactive ses-sion, various questions andqueries were placed beforethe panel comprising of doc-tors, nurses, counsellors andNGO members and attendedby the guardians of the stu-dents as well as the teachers.

The experts elaborated onvarious characteristics of ado-lescence such as the physical,psychological, socio-culturalbehaviour, peer group de-pendence, STD, drug abuse,HIV/AIDS.

Later, the students were seg-regated and their personal prob-

lems as well as queries regard-ing adolescence tackled in pri-vate by the related experts.

The Principal of the school,Mrs. TY Lachungpa, re-quested the guardians to meetthe teachers frequently to en-quire about the progress oftheir children in school. Sheappealed to the parents to payattention and take time out fortheir children to develop astronger bond with them.

She emphasized that for bet-ter development of the child’spersonality, a congenial homeenvironment was essential.

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GANGTOK, 31 July: In amajor reshuffle which hit thestate administration on 30July, TR Sharma, Advisor,Forest, Environment & Wild-life Management Departmenthas been “transferred andposted” as Member of theState Planning Commission.

Mr. Sharma who hasserved as the Secretary-cum-Principal Chief Conservatorof Forest earlier, will serve theState Planning Commissionon his own pay and scale ondeputation, informs an OfficeOrder No. 665/G/DOP issuedby Department of PersonnelA.R. dated 30.7.2005.

The only promotions ofSaturday were in Sikkim Po-lice where Additional DGP,CM Ravindran, was pro-moted as DGP, Sikkim Police,following the retirement of his

TR Sharma included as StatePlanning Commission Member;Administrative ranks reshuffled

predecessor, TN Tenzing. Thenew DGP’s tenure begins on01 August, Monday.

Taking charge as the newAdditional DGP is A. Datta,promoted as ADGP [SpecialBranch]. Mr. Datta was offici-ating as the IGP [Intelligence].

Similarly, Dr. Anil KumarMainra, CCF [Land Use andEnvironment] Forest has beenposted as OSD, Tourism De-partment, New Sikkim House,New Delhi on deputation.

Besides these, the DoP’sNotification No. 667/G/DOPdated 30.7.2005 has reshuf-fled 26 officials ranging fromAdditional Secretary to Un-der Secretary level.1.KT Gyaltsen, OSD, LandRevenue and DisasterManagement Departmenttransferred and posted asAdditional Secretary, Tour-ism Department.

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GANGTOK, 31 July: Theagitating Bachelor of Physi-otherapy students of SMIMScalled off their dharna on Sat-urday after about 36 hours ofsitting in protest outside theVice Chancellor’s office. Thedharna was called off afterthey were satisfied with thewording of the relieving or-ders issued by the VC to twofaculty members of the physi-otherapy course - SunilKumar and Daphne Perriera.

The relieving order wasprepared during a meeting atthe VC’s office between the

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VC and parents of the stu-dents in the presence of wasIG, Law & Order, SD Negi.The two teachers had handedover their resignations to theVC on 29 July in which theyhad mentioned that “shouldthe need arise” they were will-ing to return to their duties atSMIMS. This is the normalpractice followed when word-ing a resignations, inform of-ficials, but did not go downwell with the students whoinsisted that the “offending”portion be struck off.

The students have beendemanding the removal of

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THE

FAREWELL

TUG:Sikkim Police personnelpull DGP TN Tenzing’s[INSET] vehicle in atraditional send off to markthe farewell parade held inhis honour at SAP Groundon Saturday.

Apathy among partyworkers limiting

SDF’s contributionto Sikkim

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GANGTOK, 31 July: TheChief Minister and SikkimDemocratic Front party presi-dent, Pawan Chamling, ex-pressed dismay over the poordevelopment of ability andskills of his party workers.Addressing members of SDF’scentral working committeehere at SDF Bhawan on 29July, Mr. Chamling, rued the

NOTICESince the third year BA/B.Sc/B.Com (Hons/Gen)provisional classes atSikkim Government Col-lege, Tadong have alreadybeen started, in order tocover the syllabi the stu-dents are directed to attendtheir classes regularly.

SK Pradhan,Principal, SGC.

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IN February 2004, thissection carried an essaydescribing life at the Op-

Ed page. While the articletouched on the main facets ofour operation high up in theTimes building, it focusedlargely on the submission andselection process.

But deciding what runs inOp-Ed is only part of whatwe do. We also edit the arti-cles that appear in this space.

Not surprisingly, readershave lots of questions aboutthe editing that goes on.What kind of changes do wesuggest - and why? Whatkind of changes do we insiston - and why? When do westay out of the way? And thehardy perennial: do we editarticles to make them adhereto a particular point of view?I thought I’d try to provide afew answers.

Just like Times news arti-cles and editorials, Op-Ed es-says are edited. Before some-thing appears in our pages, youcan bet that questions havebeen asked, arguments havebeen clarified, cuts have been

What The New York Times

Talks About When It TalksAbout Editingsuggested - as have additions- and factual, typographicaland grammatical errors havebeen caught. (We hope.)

Our most important rule,however, is that nothing ispublished on the Op-Ed pageunless it has been approvedby its author. Articles go topress only after the personunder whose name the arti-cle appears has explicitlyO.K.’d the editing.

While it’s important toknow that we edit, it’s alsoimportant to know how weedit. The best way to explainthis is to take a walk throughthe process.

Say you send us an articleby regular mail, e-mail, faxor, this summer at least, owlpost - and it’s accepted.You’ll be told that we’ll con-tact you once your article isscheduled for publication.That could be days, weeks oreven months away.

When your article doesmove into the on-deck circle,you’ll be sent a contract, andone of the several editorshere will get to work.

Here are the clear-cutthings the editor will do:• Correct grammatical and

typographical errors.• Make sure that the article

conforms to The NewYork Times Manual ofStyle and Usage. Courtesytitles, for example, willmiraculously appear ifthey weren’t there before;expletives will be deleted;some words will be capi-talized, otherslowercased.

• See to it that the articlefits our allotted space.With staff columnists, ad-vertisements and illustra-tions, there’s a limit to thenumber of words we cansqueeze onto the page.

• Fact-check the article.While it is the author’s re-sponsibility to ensure thateverything written for usis accurate, we still checkfacts - names, dates,

places, quotations.We also check assertions.

If news articles - from TheTimes and other publications- are at odds with a point oran example in an essay, weneed to resolve whatever dis-crepancy exists.

For instance, an Op-Ed ar-ticle critical of newly aggres-sive police tactics in Town Xcan’t flatly say the police haveno reason to change their strat-egy if there have been newsreports that violence in thetown is rising. This doesn’tmean the writer can’t still ar-gue that there are other waysto deal with Town X’s crimeproblem - he just can’t say thatthe force’s decision to changecame out of the blue.

How would we resolve theTown X issue? Well, we’ddiscuss it with the writer -generally by telephone or e-mail - and we’d try to find asolution that preserves thewriter’s argument while alsoadhering to the facts.

Now to some people, thismay sound surprising, as ifwe’re putting words in people’smouths. But there’s a crucialdistinction to be made betweenchanging a writer’s argument -and suggesting language thatwill help a writer make his pointmore effectively.

Besides grammar and ac-curacy, we’re also concernedabout readability. Our editorstry to approach articles asaverage readers who knownothing about the subject.They may ask if a point isclear, if a writer needs tran-sitional language to bridgethe gap between two seem-ingly separate points, if a leapof logic has been made with-out sufficient explanation.

To make a piece as clearand accessible as possible,the editor may add a transi-tion, cut a section that goesoff point or move a para-graph. If a description ishighly technical, the editormay suggest language thatlay readers will understand.

If it isn’t clear what a writeris trying to say, the editor maytake a guess, based on whathe knows from the author,and suggest more precise lan-guage. (There are also timeswhen we do precious little.)

The editor will then sendthe edited version of the arti-cle to the writer. The changeswill often be highlighted tomake it easy for the author tosee what’s been done. (I tendto mark edits I’ve made withan //ok?//.) If a proposed re-vision is significant, the edi-tor will often write a few sen-tences to describe the reason-ing behind the suggestion.

Every change is a sugges-tion, not a demand. If a solu-tion offered by an editordoesn’t work for a writer, thetwo work together to find ananswer to the problem. Edit-ing is not bullying.

Of course, it’s not alwayswarm and cuddly, either. Thepeople who write for Op-Edhave a responsibility to beforthright and specific in theirarguments. There’s no roomon the page for articles thatare opaque or written in code.

What our editors ex-pressly do not do is change apoint of view. If you’ve writ-ten an article on why NewYork’s street fairs should beabolished, we will not askyou to change your mind andendorse them. We’re going tohelp you make the best caseyou can. If you followed thispage carefully in the run-upto the Iraq war, for example,you saw arguments both forand against the invasion - allmade with equal force.

Editing is a human enter-prise. Like writing, it is bynature subjective. Sometimesan editor will think a writeris saying something that sheisn’t. But our editing processgives writer and editor plentyof time to sort out any mis-understandings before thearticle goes to press. And if amistake gets through, we do

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GANGTOK, 31 July: TheAll Sikkim Youth Associationin a meeting held here on 29July extended support to thedemands raised by the Bach-elor of Physiotherapy studentsof Sikkim Manipal University.A press release issued by theassociation also demanded ajudicial enquiry into the con-troversy. It has also urged theState Government to step inand resolve the matter.

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GANGTOK, 31 July: “TheFestival of Peace,” a three-day long prayer festival organ-ized by the Jesus Calls PrayerCentre in coordination withall local churches of the capi-tal and its suburbs is sched-uled to begin here on 13 Au-gust at Congress Bhawan,Development Area. Theprayer festival will be con-

Jesus Calls Festival of Peaceducted from 11 am onwardson 13 August and from 5 pmonwards on 14 and 15 August.

The three days have beenchosen in consideration ofthe fact that this month rep-resents one of the happiestseasons of the year, informsan official press release. Themain objective of the festivalis to pray for the continuedpeace, prosperity and har-mony in Sikkim as well as the

country and to “thank Godfor the independence of thecountry, which all so dearlycherished when the countrywas freed from foreign rule.”

The release adds that a “re-nowned prophetic man ofGod and a close associate ofthe Dhinakarans [Founders ofJesus Calls InternationalPraying Ministry] from Punewill be ministering the gath-erings for blessings each day.”

Apart from the mainprayers, Christian Hymnsand musical programmeswill form part of the Festi-val of Peace. At the end ofthe prayer meets, the con-ductor of the prayers willalso pray especially for“healing and deliverance” ofthose who are sick physi-cally, emotionally and spir-itually, the release adds. Thefestival is open to all.

Police Officer Incharge, EastDistrict and again after his pro-motion he took the charge ofSP [Crime]. During that periodhe also included in the IndianPolice Service as 1972 batch.

In 1984 he took the chargeof SP [East and North] andin the year 1989, he was pro-moted to Additional DirectorGeneral [East and North].

The praises done with andthe formal parade over, it wastime for a traditional andemotional send-off as SikkimPolice personnel of all rankspulled the DGP’s open Gypsyfrom the parade ground to theSAP quarter guard.

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Change of Guard...

2. KN Pradhan, Chief Execu-tive Officer, Khadi & VillageIndustries Board is repatri-ated and posted as Joint Sec-retary, Human Resource Dev.Department vice TNPradhan, since retired.3. KC Lepcha, Joint Secre-tary, Science & Technologyis transferred and posted asChief Executive Officer,Khadi Board on deputation.4. SK Pradhan, Joint Secre-tary, Tourism is transferredand posted as Joint Secretary,Transport Department [Mo-tor Vehicle Department].5. LM Pradhan, Joint Secre-tary [Protocol], Home De-partment is transferred andposted as Joint Secretary,DoP.6. Ms. Samten Dolma, JointSecretary, Tourism is trans-ferred and posted as JointSecretary, Forest.7. BP Gautam, OSD, AHLF& VS Department is trans-ferred and posted as JointSecretary, Health Deptt.8. Hemanta Basnet, JointSecretary, Forest is trans-ferred and posted as JointSecretary, Excise [Abkari]Department.9. Ms. CC Bhutia, Joint Sec-retary, Excise is transferredand posted as Joint Secretary[Protocol], Home Deptt.10. Ganga Devi Pradhan,Joint Secretary, STNM Hos-pital is transferred and postedas Joint Secretary, Roads andBridges.11. Balaram Subba, DeputySecretary, Cultural Affairsand Heritage Deptt. is trans-ferred and posted as DeputySecretary, Tourism.12. Suman Thapa, Dy. Sec-retary, Tourism is transferredand posted as Dy. Secretary,Energy and Power Deptt.13. DB Gazmer, Dy. Secre-tary, Cultural Affairs is trans-ferred and posted as DeputyResident Commissioner,Sikkim House, New Delhi.14. Annand Pradhan, PS to

Minister, RM & DD is trans-ferred and posted as DeputySecretary, Health.15. Basant Kr. Lama, SDM,Ravangla is transferred andposted as Under Secretary,Food Security & AgricultureDepartment.16. Sarika Pradhan, UnderSecretary, Home Deptt. istransferred and posted as Un-der Secretary, Commerce &Industries Deptt.17. Ms. Karma DomaYoutso, PS to Minister, FoodSecurity & Agriculture istransferred and posted asUnder Secretary, Tourism.18. Roshni Rai, Under Sec-retary, Cultural Affairs istransferred and posted asUnder Secretary, Home De-partment.19. Cheden P. Ladingpa, Un-der Secretary, Commerce &Industries is transferred andposted as Under Secretary,Tourism.20. Dhurba Thapa, SDDO,Gyalshing is transferred andposted as PS to Minister FoodSecurity & Agriculture.21. LB Das, Under Secretary,Food Security & Agricultureis transferred and posted asSDM Ravangla.22. Hemant Rai, Under Sec-retary, Transport Department[SNT Division] is transferredand posted as SDDO,Gyalshing.23. R.B. Gurung, Under Sec-retary, Home Deptt. is trans-ferred and posted as UnderSecretary, Food & Civil Sup-plies Deptt.24. Bimal Kr. Pradhan, UnderSecretary, District CollectorateOffice [South] is transferredand posted as Under Secretary,HRDD, Namchi.25. Mahesh Sharma, UnderSecretary, Home Deptt. is trans-ferred and posted as AssistantResident Commissioner,Sikkim House, New Delhi.26. Kamala Rai, Under Sec-retary, IT & ST Deptt. is trans-ferred and posted as AssistantResident Commissioner,Sikkim House, New Delhi.

TR Sharma includedin State Planning

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these faculty members sus-pecting them of supporting thedistance education programmefor BPT and fearing that theywould spoil their chances inthe final examinations.

Yes terday ’s meet ingalso decided that a jointteam comprising of repre-sentatives from the stategovernment, SMIMS aswell as of parents of thestudents would go downto Bangalore to meet of-

ficials of Indian Associa-tion of Physiotherapists topersuade the IAP to expe-dite the process of recog-nition of the BPT courseat SMIMS.

They will also be request-ing the IAP to send officials toconduct an inspection ofSMIMS at the earliest. All othermatters such as fixing a date forexams as well as discontinuingwith the distant educationcourse will be decided at themeeting of the governing coun-cil on 10 August.

BPT students calloff dharna

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fact that even though the partywas able to bring tremendousdevelopments in the state inthe past 11 years that it hasbeen in power, his party work-ers still lacked the ability andskills required by Sikkim.

He said that due to thisSikkim was loosing its grip onvarious resources and someagents with vested interestwere enjoying the benefits. Hesaid that due to the limitationson the part of Sikkimese youth,all the opportunities were be-ing siphoned outside the State.

Mr. Chamling also an-nounced that community-spe-cific census for Tamang andLimboo communities will beheld shortly to pave the way forreservation of seats in the StateAssembly for the two commu-nities which have been includedin the Scheduled Tries list.

Earlier, former Minister, DPKharel, MLAs RB Subba,Thinley Tshering Bhutia andGirish Chandra Rai submitteddetailed reports of the recentlyconcluded party co-ordinationmeetings for East, West, Northand South districts respectively.

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Theatre In The TimesOf Development

Neighbouring Kalimpong is an ignored sub-division ofthe Darjeeling district and one of the hill units of theDarjeeling Autonomous Gorkha Hill Council. Talk to thelocals and a constant refrain surfaces that their subdi-vision gets step-motherly treatment from Lal Kothi. Thecondition of the roads there and the deteriorating civicamenities bear this out. And yet, Kalimpong has a thriv-ing theatre scene with local artists and theatre groupsdrawing large crowds to the Town Hall on a regular ba-sis. There is no state sponsorship for most of theseevents and the box office rules – the audience ratesthe plays and by that count, the earnings that theseproduction make. Contrast this with Sikkim. The onlyexposure to the arts is sponsored by the Department ofCultural Affairs and Heritage and in the past decade orso, not even a handful of productions have been pri-vately staged. It is easy to dismiss theatre as a wasteof time in these days of instant gratification and 24-hourentertainment channels on TV and dolby digitalbollywood experiences in town. That would be too sim-plistic. Theatre has to be seen as an art form, an ex-pression of local talent to local issues for the local audi-ence, something that the regular mediums of mass en-tertainment or information cannot deliver.

So, why is that theatre remains near nascent inSikkim? The problem is not in the lack of topics or evenpractitioners, it is the absence of the third aspect citedabove that keeps theatre down in Sikkim – the audi-ence, there does not seem to be enough of them. Tak-ing the recently concluded Rang Pratibha festival asan example, the attendance, save on the inaugural andclosing functions, was slim and disinterested. The prob-lem is also the fact that theatre does not have a historyas a cultural activity in Sikkim, due to which the audi-ence does not feel a connection to it, nor does it find itappealing. This can easily be overcome by staging goodtheatre and winning over new converts. But this is thechicken and egg situation – what should come first? Itwill have to be for the handful of theatre enthusiasts tofigure out how theatre can be introduced to Sikkim. Thisis necessary as much for the creativity it sparks as thecommunity celebration of art and craft that theatre issynonymous with. Sikkim has been looked down uponfor far too long for its preference of consumerist moresover artistic subtleties, theatre should provide an en-tertaining way out of this stereotype.

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RAVANGLA, 31 July: Ayouth awareness camp oncooperatives was held here atKewzing Secondary Schoolpremises under Ravanglasub-division on 28 July.

Around 70 participants fromdifferent organizations, NGOs,SHGs, Panchayat representa-tives of Kewzing-Bakhim GPUattended the camp.

Various senior officialsfrom line departments likeAgriculture, Animal Hus-

Kewzing youth introduced to cooperative prospectsbandry and Horticulture ad-dressed the participants dur-ing the camp.

Speaking on the formingof cooperative societies,ARCS, Ravangla emphasizedthe importance of forming dif-ferent types of Cooperativeswhich could bring economicbenefits to the rural masses.“The management of the so-ciety lies totally lies on theshoulder of the committee

members elected by the shareholders,” he added.

Similarly, Dy. DirectorAgriculture Departmentspoke on scientific methods inagricultural farming, whichcould improve production andalso stressed on the impor-tance of efficient marketing ofthe same to fetch good pricesfor the rural farmers. He alsostressed on the proper utiliza-tion of the seeds distributed

by the department.Inspector, Horticulture

spoke on Vermiculture anddwelled on how acidic soilcould be made fertile by usingorganic manure likevermicompost. He also en-couraged the local farmers toadopt aloevera cultivation. TheDy Director, AH&VS, spokeon poultry farming, piggeriesand dairy farming and invitedthe rural folk to form self-help

groups and cooperatives toensure market stability.

The DRCS, South spokeon the credit facility providedby the Cooperative Bank,which the Cooperative Soci-eties could avail after prepar-ing a detail report.

The senior AO, Southshed importance on the main-tenance of books of accountswhich is the mirror of thefunctioning of a good society.

a NOW REPORT

MANGAN, 31 July: Train-ing programmes for local un-employed youth were organ-ized at Singhik Mayal MPCSon 28 July and at PhensongPanchayat Ghar on 29 July byCooperative Department.

Stressing on the require-ment and availability of theCooperative-based schemesfor the unemployed youth inthe state, DRCS, P Gurung andARCS, KP Sharma spoke onhow the youth could availthese schemes and financialaid from the SISCO bank.They also urged the youths tobe more self-confident andpursue self employment. Other

North youth introducedto new possibilities

topics touched upon were tipson attaining financial stabilitythrough sale of rural productsand efficient and effectivemarketing through the Coop-erative Department.

The Joint Director, Dairy,updated the trainees on the newschemes for dairy development.

Inspector, Cooperative So-ciety stressed that the humanresources had to be developedin coordination with differentdepartments. He further ap-preciated the efforts of threefarmers clubs registered re-cently from Singhik.

Dy Director, Horticultureclarified, that though the oldcardamom plants had all per-ished due to various diseases,

the department was seriouslyworking towards sorting outthis problem and that the de-partment had distributedaround 1.5 lakh cardamomsaplings at Singhik areaalone. “For the orange pro-

duction too the departmenthad been providing each in-terested farmer with 55 sap-lings,” he stated.

The AO, Agriculture De-partment, in her address

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MANGAN, 29 July: On 17July, bad weather conditionsand a landslide nearChungthang Bridge caused ataxi vehicle to plunge morethan 300 feet off the highwayinto the river Teesta.

Totaled by a slide

The vehicle, a Tata SpacioGold [SK-03-7467], belong-ing to one Santosh Lohia, aresident of Mangan, whichwas plying from Lachen toMangan met with the accidentat about 9:30 PM after it washit by a sudden slide here. Thedriver, Nabin Lohar, it is learnt,

was thrown off the vehicle justbefore it skidded off the road.The vehicle, as the accompa-nying photograph bears out,was totaled and whatever re-mained of it was recoveredfrom the Teesta River on 21July after verification by theChungthang police.

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NAMCHI, 31 July: The in-tra-party feud underway inthe State CPI [M] unit showsno signs of settling down.Manoj Kumar Gupta, a statecommittee member of theparty, today continued hisdemand for the transfer ofparty leader Anjan Upadhayafrom the State.

Reacting to Mr.Upadhaya’s statement ques-tioning Mr. Gupta’s locusstandi in questioning his com-mitment to the party [NOW!dated 30 July], Mr. Gupta re-iterated his state committeemembership to comment on

CPM intra-partyfeud continues

party affairs here.Condemning the state-

ment, Mr. Gupta alleged thatMr. Upadhaya could not passon his failure towards theparty in Sikkim to the cen-tral committee under whoseorders he claims to work.

Accusing Mr. Upadhayaof weakening the party, Mr.Gupta today alleged that theCPI [M] secretary for eastdistrict, Punya Koirala wasgoing to resign from the partydue to intra-party feuds.

Mr. Gupta further allegedthat the target of his ire had“never defended” any Sikkimrelated issue at any level inhis twelve years in the State.

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MANGAN, 31 July: Certifi-cates and free sewing ma-chines were distributed to 27individuals along with drivinglicenses and certificates to 16others at the valedictory func-

tion of the Vocational Train-ing Course on Motor Drivingand Cutting & Tailoring spon-sored by Social Justice Em-powerment and Welfare De-partment here at CommunityHall, Mangan on Saturday.

Health Minister and area

MLA, Hissey Lachungpa,presided over the function asthe chief guest. Otherspresent were Dy, Secretary,SJE&W department, PK Rai,Additional Secretary, STLepcha, Zilla Adakshya,

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GANGTOK, 31 July: Dr.AD Subba, president, SikkimHimali Rajya Parishad, alongwith his party functionariesvisited Okharey, 7th Mile,Peureytar, Rumbuk and othervillages under Daramdin con-stituency in West Sikkim on28 and 29 July to interact with

the public, informs an SHRPpress release.

The locals, the releaseadds, placed their grievancesagainst the concernedpanchayat members whohave allegedly monopolisedthe distribution of publicbenefits in the area. Theyalso alleged that thesepanchayats were politically

victimizing them and debar-ring them from receivingvarious government benefits.

Dr. Subba, it is learnt, willbe visiting the villages of Southdistrict throughout August.

Meanwhile, the party hasaccused the panchayat presi-dent of Labing-GerathangGPU under Yuksom constitu-ency of shifting Labingschool to another location forno practical reason.

The party has claimed thatthey are in possession of acopy of complaint letter sub-mitted to the Governor, ChiefMinister and HRD Ministerby the public of Labing-Gerethang GPU demandingthat the school be restored toits original place.

SHRP on outreach mode

had seen the youth go to-wards the river bank after hehad been let off by the po-lice. Stressing that victimmust have drowned whiletrying to cross the river, cops

here have dismissed all sug-gestions of foul-play.

Witness statements con-firming that the youth wasseen going towards the riverhave been recorded and au-thenticated, cops inform.

In the afternoon session, aquiz was organized in theschool assembly ground for thestudents of classes VI to XIIas a follow up activity. Theparticipation of students was

highly appreciated by thepanel of experts. The pro-gramme was coordinated byBR Kharel and NB Chettri andthe programme was endedwith a vote of thanks deliveredby Mr. IBS Yadav, TGT [Bio].

Adolescent issues discussedat Ranka SSS meet

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1914: FIRST WORLD WAR ERUPTS

Four days after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia,Germany and Russia declare war against each other,France orders a general mobilization, and the first Ger-

man army units cross into Luxembourg in preparation for theGerman invasion of France. During the next three days, Rus-sia, France, Belgium, and Great Britain all lined up againstAustria-Hungary and Germany, and the German army invadedBelgium. The “Great War” that ensued was one of unprec-edented destruction and loss of life, resulting in the deaths ofsome 20 million soldiers and civilians.

On June 28, 1914, in an event that is widely regarded assparking the outbreak of World War I, Archduke FranzFerdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, was shot todeath with his wife by Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo,Bosnia. Ferdinand had been inspecting his uncle’s imperialarmed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, despite the threat ofSerbian nationalists who wanted these Austro-Hungarian pos-sessions to join newly independent Serbia. Austria-Hungaryblamed the Serbian government for the attack and hoped touse the incident as justification for settling the problem of Slavicnationalism once and for all. However, as Russia supportedSerbia, an Austria-Hungary declaration of war was delayed untilits leaders received assurances from German leader KaiserWilhelm II that Germany would support their cause in the eventof a Russian intervention.

On July 28, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, andthe tenuous peace between Europe’s great powers collapsed.

World War I was known as the “war to end all wars” be-cause of the great slaughter and destruction it caused. Unfor-tunately, the peace treaty that officially ended the conflict—theTreaty of Versailles of 1919—forced punitive terms on Ger-many that destabilized Europe and laid the groundwork forWorld War II.

1941: THE BIRTH OF THE JEEP

Parade magazine called it “...the Army’s most intriguingnew gadget...a tiny truck which can do practically everything.” During World War I, the U.S. Army began look-

ing for a fast, lightweight all-terrain vehicle, but the search didnot grow urgent until early 1940. At this time, the Axis powershad begun to score victories in Europe and Northern Africa,intensifying the Allies’ need for an all-terrain vehicle. The U.S.Army issued a challenge to automotive companies, request-ing a working prototype, fit to army specifications, in just 49days. Willy’s Truck Company was the first to successfully an-swer the Army’s call, and the new little truck was christened“the Jeep.” General Dwight D. Eisenhower said that Americacould not have won World War II without it. Parade was soenthusiastic about the Jeep, that, on this day, it devoted threefull pages to a feature on the vehicle.

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The Op-Ed page is avenue for people with a widerange of perspectives, expe-riences and talents. Some ofthe people who appear in thisspace have written a lot; oth-ers haven’t. If we publishedonly people who needed noediting, we’d wind up rely-ing on only a very narrowrange of professional writers,and the page would be much

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Deptt invitesclaims for cash

incentivesfrom medal

winnersa NOW REPORT

GANGTOK, 31 July: TheGovernment of Sikkim hasconstituted a cash award forlocal medal winners at vari-ous sports competitions atnational and internationallevel. This has already beenannounced as per Notifica-tion No. 6483/SYA/03 dated15/07/2003 under the De-partment of Sports and YouthAffairs, Government ofSikkim. Copies of the notifi-cation have been circulatedto all the State Associations.

The Department has nowcalled on all claimants of thiscash incentive to forward theirsubmissions in the prescribedform before 05 August 2005.

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MANGAN, 31 July: Hee-Gyathang School andMangan Senior SecondarySchool clashed in the finalsof the under-17 Inter SchoolBoys Football Tournament,North District here at theMangan Public on 28 July.

In a nail-biting finish, MSSSbeat Hee-Gyathang School 3-2. Z Lepcha of Hee-GyathangSchool was adjudged the man-of-the-match. The match wasrefereed by K Jigdal. Both thewinning and runners-up teamswere awarded with trophiesand certificates.

P Lepcha of Passingdangreceived the most promisingplayer award of the tournamentand the best goalkeeper awardwent to T Lepcha of NSA.

A total of 4 schools, NSA,MSSS, Mangsila and Singickhad played their matches atMangan and the others schoolshad played their matches atChungthang, Phodong andHee-Gyathang during thecourse of the tournament

Two soccer tourneys concludein North Sikkim

Mangan SSS lifts U-17 interschool trophy; Pashyaptakes home Lt. Benjamin L. Saring league

which began on 11 July.The tournament was organ-

ized by the Department ofSports & Youth Affairs.Present as the chief guest forthe finals was Senior SP, North,BB Basnett. Others presentwere DSO [N/E], ThupdenRapgyal, DSO [N[ Acting,Dhungmali Rai, Deputy Direc-tor, HRDD, S Lepcha andmembers of the North DistrictFootball Association.

Similarly the finals of theLate Benzamin L SaringLeague was played betweenUpper Singhik and Pakshyapon 30 July.

Pakshyap, which scored 6goals against 2 for UpperSingick won the league.Binod Pradhan of Pakshyapwas adjudged the best playerfor his strike of 3 goals in thefinals. A trophy and a cashprize of Rs. 10,000 washanded over by the chief guest

to the winning team. The run-ners-up team also received atrophy and a cash award of Rs.5,000. The cash awards hadbeen contributed by the busi-nessmen of Mangan Bazaar.

At the end, the NDFA mem-bers placed an application to theSecretary, S&YA regardingprovision of necessary help tothe sportspersons of the NorthDistrict and also funds alloca-

Players of Upper Singhik and Pakshyap posing for a photograph just before their final matchfor the Benzamin L Saring League on 30 July

tion for the maintenance of theMangan Public Ground.

The Sports & Youth Af-fairs Secretary, L. Bhutia, inhis address assured all possi-ble help to the sports persons.

shared details of productionof organic manure with thehelp of effective microorgan-isms and spoke Vermiculture,which, she said was on trialat Kazor.

Stressing on the need foran attitudinal changeamongst the local unem-ployed youth, Inspector, In-dustries Department saidthat any small-scale cottageindustry could be estab-

lished at the village leveland that in Sikkim the per-centage of cottage indus-tries was only 1.124 %.Thus the Prime Minister’sRozgar Yojna was intendedat helping the youth throughfunding of development ofsmall-scale industries andsmall projects.

Also present for the pro-gramme were Panchayatmembers, students andteachers and local unem-ployed youth.

North youth introduced

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Mazitar JHSundertakesplantation

a NOW REPORT

RANGPO, 31 July: Theteachers & students ofMazitar Junior High Schoolin association with schoolmanaging committee plantedmore than 100 saplings ofvarious species provided bythe Forest Department in theschool premises on 28 July.

While addressing thegathering, the Headmaster,Ashok Kumar Das thankedthe Forest Department forproviding the saplings. Healso urged the concerned au-thorities to fence the schoolcompound to protect theplantation since cattle fromneighbouring areas strayedinto the campus during holi-days destroy the initiative ofthe staff and the students.

Kishore Dungmali, amember of the school man-aging committee, urged thestudents to get more involvedin the protection of naturalresources and said that dueto carelessness on the part ofhuman beings, the rich natu-ral resources of the Statewere degrading by the day.

I-Day soccer tourney

at Mellia NOW REPORT

MELLI, 31 July: Sanskritik Kala Pratisthan, an NGO ofMelli has announced plans to hold the Lt. Namchung BhutiaChallenge Cup Football Tournament-2005 in collaborationwith the Independence Day Celebration Committee, here atMelli playground from 03 August onwards.

Pradeep Bhutia, Sports Secretary of the Sanstha, todayinformed that a total of 21 teams, including three from WestBengal and two from East Sikkim, would be participatingin the tournament.

The winner of the tournament will receive a cash awardof Rs. 10,000 along with the trophy while runners-up teamwill receive a cash award of Rs. 5,000 and a trophy.

Lobzang Tenzing, DC,North, PS Targain, ADC,North, SDM, Mangan, Sr SP,North, WO, North, CDPO,North, Panchayats, traineesand other governmental of-ficers and local businessmen.

The Minister, in his ad-dress, spoke on the saturationof government jobs in thestate and stressed on self-employment and self-sustainability among the lo-cal unemployed youth here.

“As there is no more va-cancy in the government sec-tor, the unemployed youthshould now change their

thinking and approach and optfor the private sector and be-come entrepreneurs and theirown masters,” he stressed.

He further urged all thetrainees to utilize skills ac-quired at the training properlyand benefit from such train-ing programmes that will alsobe held in the future. He alsoassured all present that thegovernment was working to-wards increasing the budget-ary outlay for such trainingprogrammes and appreciatedthe work of the department insuccessfully organizing suchtraining programmes in all thefour districts.

Free sewing machines and driving licences...Contd from pg3