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Monday, June 22, 2015

উত্তরকন্যার পথে

তুমি চাইছনা ! নাকি আর কেউ !
ভেবেও কেন যেতে পারছিনা

তোমার কাছে যেতে পারছিনা বহুদিন
বহুদিন ধরে লিখতেও পারছিনা

সেই দ্বিতীয় জানুয়ারীতে লিখেছিলাম
উত্তরকন্যার সামনে ফুটেছে পলাশ

আর আজ লিখছি
উত্তরকন্যার সামনে যে রাস্তা
তার দুধার থেকে হারিয়ে গেছে
বহু অসংখ্য ছায়া অজস্র ছায়াগাছ

আর নেই তোমার আমার ভালবাসা
উত্তরকন্যার পথে

সেদিন ঠিক দুপুর বেলা
রাস্তার ধারে দেখি
কাঠফাটা রোদ্দুর
আমার ছায়া আমার
পায়ের কাছে গোল হয়ে
ঘুরপাক খাচ্ছে


শুধু মনে করিয়ে দিচ্ছে
উত্তরকন্যার সামনে দিয়ে
দুই বন্ধু দেশের জন্য
দুই জোড়া রাস্তা যাবে
তাই বহু পলাশ গাছের মৃত্যু
সেই ছায়াপথ আর নেই …


Saturday, February 28, 2015

Saturday, March 08, 2014

Bichung

http://119.82.71.49/thestatesman/epapermain.aspx?pgno=15&eddate=2014-3-07&edcode=820009

Saturday, August 03, 2013

Asok holds state govt responsible for present Darjeeling turmoil

"The Trinamul Congress and its chief minister, Mamata Banerjee are responsible for the current spell of unrest that has gripped the Darjeeling Hills and she is now reaping the harvests of what she had sown with her own hands to make political hay out of the emotive tangle," said the former state urban development minister and senior CPI-M leader, Mr Asok Bhattacharya.

http://thestatesman.net/news/8568-asok-holds-state-govt-responsible-for-present-darjeeling-turmoil.html

Saturday, July 06, 2013

Tea producers to submit monthly returns to maintain transparency on price of tea leaves

Siliguri, 1 July
In order to maintain transparency on the price of green tea leaves, producers associated with bought leaf factories have been asked to submit monthly returns, including the selling price of made tea to the Tea Board on regular basis, according to officials.

http://thestatesman.net/news/3474-tea-producers-to-submit-monthly-returns-to-maintain-transparency-on-price-of-tea-leaves.html

TMC demands extra hour’s polling for Ramzan fasters

TMC demands extra hour’s polling for Ramzan fasters

Visit
http://thestatesman.net/news/4180-tmc-demands-extra-hour-s-polling-for-ramzan-fasters.html

Saturday, May 04, 2013

10 Bangladeshis produced in Jalpaiguri court


10 Bangladeshis produced in Jalpaiguri court

3 May 2013
statesman news service
SILIGURI, 3 MAY: A total of 10 Bangladeshi citizens were produced before the Jalpaiguri court today. One of them ~ Abdul Hossain alias Salem ~ was remanded in police custody for interrogation.
Acting on a tip-off, Dhupguri police station intercepted 11 Bangladeshi nationals from a hotel yesterday and after interrogation police finally arrested 10 persons and released one of them, who showed valid documents, for touring Indian Territory.
Interrogating Bangladeshis, police came to know that they came here in search of job. According to police, they crossed the border through the Hill area in South Dinajpur with the help of a group of touts active along the India-Bangladesh border.
One of them identified as Abdul Hossian came to Bhutan from Bangladesh three years ago used to work there as a daily labour.
Police suspect that Abdul managed Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) from this region when he used to work in Bhutan and started working in different states in India.
According to a senior police officer, other nine Bangladeshi citizens decided to came in India with the help of Salem in search of job. They came to stay at a hotel near Dhupguri in Jalpaiguri to manage fake EPIC for all of them before leaving for Kerala.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Indo-Bangla engineers’ meet on border embankment


Indo-Bangla engineers’ meet on border embankment

15 January 2013
SILIGURI, 15 JAN: Engineers associated with Bangladesh Water Board (BWB) may visit Kayetbari, a village at Sitai in Cooch Behar along India-Bangladesh border, in the third week of January to hold a meeting with Indian officials. The objective of the Bangladesh officials’ visit is to pacify villagers in Bangladesh part so that the state irrigation and waterways department can carry out proposed flood protection work on the bank of river Ratnai in Indian part along the border.
The Chairman of North Bengal Flood Control Commission (NBFCC), Mr N C Chatterjee, attended the meeting on behalf of India with BWB Chief Engineer SA Ali and adopted resolutions to carry out the work for both the countries along the border. Mr Ali yesterday visited Kuchlibari area under Mekhliganj in Cooch Behar and held a meeting with Indian officials to oversee the proposed flood and erosion protection work there following resolutions adopted by Indo-Bangladesh Joint River Commission.
“It was decided at a meeting yesterday that officials from Bangladesh Water Board would visit Kayetbari at Sitai in the third week of January to appease the villagers on Bangladesh side so that we can carry out the flood and erosion protection works,” Mr Chatterjee said.
According to official sources, representatives of both the countries have agreed to resolve any crisis or dispute due to villagers’ resistance during construction work through flag meeting at border outposts.
The Indian officials, including the Border Security Forces (BSF), have stressed the need to protect IBB (India-Bangladesh Border) road and fencing from erosion. It was decided that in order to prevent flood by the Teesta river, both the countries would construct ‘spill checking’ embankments, from pillar No 795/5, at zero point of the border.
The state irrigation and waters department would immediately construct a 300-metre long spill checking embankment up to the existing embankment on Bangladesh side on the left bank of the Teesta at Kuchlibari. sns

‘Injured leopard responding to treatment’


‘Injured leopard responding to treatment’

15 January 2013
statesman news service
SILIGURI, 15 JAN: An injured leopard, who had been attacked by angry villagers in the Bamondanga Tea Plantation area, is responding to medical treatment since morning, a forest official said today.
According to forest officials, the two-and-a-half-year-old female leopard would take at least five days to recover.
An expert, Mr Dipak Sharma, who is posted at Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR), is looking after the injured leopard. Dr Sharma detected several bruises on the beast's body, including on her nose. The bruises have been stitched today.
Following thorough examination, the forest officials and veterinary surgeons today come to a conclusion that angry villagers used blunt and sharp weapons like swords to attack the leopard. According to forest officials, the investigation has revealed that the leopard was sleeping in the plantation area yesterday morning and warming up her body by sunlight. Some villagers allegedly provoked it and the beast became furious. Three persons were injured when the leopard fought back.
Forest officials yesterday failed to estimate the age of the leopard due to serious injuries, which changed the animal’s figure, and informed media persons that the animal was adult. Today, the experts examined the leopard thoroughly and calculated that the animal's age was two and half years. Divisional Forest Officer, Wildlife, Sumita Ghatak said: “We expect we would be able to release the leopard after five to six days. At present the leopard is responding to medical treatment.”The wildlife division is investigating the matter seriously and planning to take action against some people who attacked the leopard ignoring the Wildlife Act.
Man allegedly killed by leopard dies at NBMCH
DARJEELING, 15 JAN: Pasasng Sherpa (48), who was allegedly attacked by a leopard on 26 December on D B Giri Road Kakjohra, Darjeeling died today at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Siliguri. He was recently transferred to NBMCH from Darjeeling
District Hospital after his condition deteriorated. Relatives of the victim alleged the authorities concerned did not come up with aid and relief to the victim, when his situation turned critical. Neither has any compensation been announced for his widow after his death. sns 

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Leopard attacked at Bamondanga tea estate


Leopard attacked at Bamondanga tea estate

14 January 2013
statesman news service
SILIGURI, 14 JAN: A female adult leopard is fighting for its life after angry residents severely beat up the animal at Bamondanga Tea Plantation in the Dooars today.
Forest officials rescued the leopard and started treating her. The condition of the leopard is gradually deteriorating, according to forest officialssaid.
The forest officials were initially informed that a leopard had attacked three persons in the tea plantation area this morning. Two of them were being treated at a local hospital, while the third person was admitted to Jalpaiguri District Hospital.
The forest officials are still in the dark as to when the villagers attacked the leopard critically injuring the animal. The wildlife division has already started inquiring into the alleged attack on the leopard. The forest officials also came to know that the villagers had found the leopard yesterday morning but nobody had informed the matter to them. A senior forest official said: “We could have trapped the beast and saved its life and prevent the angry villagers from attacking it. However, nobody informed us about the leopard.” Senior Divisional Forest Officer, Wildlife, Sumita Ghatak said: “Our staff members rescued the injured leopard after being informed by police. The animal was unconscious having failed to bear the villagers’
assault. The animal is undergoing treatment. We do not know about the fate of the animal.”
“We are trying to collect more information so that appropriate action can be taken against the culprits who provoked the villagers to attack the leopard,” she said.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012


Rogue elephants to be confined to forests!

statesman news service
SILIGURI, 21 MAY: To bring under control "resident" wild elephants that frequently damage houses and crops and even kill people, the state forest department is planning a project.
The objective is to confine elephants known to be trouble-makers ~ particularly tuskers ~ in a forest area and keep them there, inside the fencing. State forest minister Hiten Barman said his department had sent two proposals recently to the Central government, to build "rescue" centres for the notorious elephants.
"If the Centre allows it, we have to earmark 100 acres of forest area to build a rescue centre in north Bengal for erratic and notorious elephants involving in fighting within forests and disrupting life in forest villages," Mr Barman said.
"Our forest officials have already identified those tuskers ~ members of different herds of elephants ~ based on their track records and, at present, departmental officials always keep their eyes on them, to check the elephant menace," he said.  
"But, owing to some limitations we cannot check infighting and other problems, including man-animal conflict, when those tuskers go on the rampage. We cannot tranquillise elephants without reason and without permission from the Central authorities," the minister said. 
"So, we have decided to begin a pilot project to rehabilitate those elephants whose track records are horrible and alarming. We think this project may reduce man-animal conflict and the elephant menace in forest areas," Mr Barman told The Statesman by phone.
According to forest officials, the state has planned to build two such rescue centres: one in north Bengal, and one in south Bengal. Funds would be required for fencing to confine the elephants within the restricted zone, and to arrange fodder for them. 
A few tuskers create problems, but many wild elephants are well-behaved, according to according to the north Bengal forest department’s records. 

Opposition


Opposition against inclusion of areas from Jalpaiguri in Alipurduar dist

statesman news service
SILIGURI, 21 MAY: Residents of two gram panchayats ~ Sakoajhora-I and Binaguri ~ and almost all office-bearers and members of the two civic bodies, have started a movement against a proposal to include the areas in the proposed Alipurduar district, which is to be carved out of Jalpaiguri district. 
It was decided that office-bearers of the two gram panchayats will continue their movement jointly against the initial proposal to carve out a new district map comprising five Assembly constituencies, including Madarihat AC.
Irrespective of political affiliations, gram panchayat members have united on the issue and are raising slogans such as "We will not go under Alipurduar district". They had a meeting yesterday. 
The two gram panchayats that are under the control of Dhupguri administrative block in Jalpaiguri, are part of Madarihat AC. It was proposed that a major part of Dhupguri block and panchayat samiti remain under the present Jalpaiguri district. 
There was discussion about two gram panchayats under Dhupguri block being included in Madarihat block in Alipurduar district in order to avoid administrative and technical problems, following the Election Commission’s guideline. But it seems those gram panchayats oppose the idea. 
An all-political party meeting was convened by the Jalpaiguri district magistrate on 17 May. The political leaders will meet again on 28 May again to reach a consensus on the proposed new Alipurduar district and discuss in detail several issues after studying administrative proposals to carve out a new district, including the creation of sub-divisions. 
The pradhan and other members of Sakoajhora-I gram panchayat, which is jointly controlled by BJP, Trinamul and Congress members, convened a meeting at Gayerkata HS School this evening to formulate strategies to prevent the administration from including the gram panchayat in the new district. 
The Binaguri gram panchayat, controlled by the Congress, convened another meeting on the same issue at a local market.
Sakoajhora-I pradhan Manohar Mandal, a BJP leader, said: "We welcome the decision to create a new Alipurduar district. However, we will not go under the control of a new district as local residents will face difficulties in getting administrative services."
"If our area is included in Madarihat block, the distance to the district headquarters will be 85 km. At present, the distance between Jalpaiguri and Sakoajhora is nearly 41 km. The present distance between the panchayat and Dhupguri block is 12 km and, in the new administrative set-up, the distance will be 35 km," Mr Mandal said. 
The upo-pradhan of Sakoajhora gram panchayat, Mr Satyabrata Chakraborty, a Trinamul leader, said: "We have started campaigning against the proposals, collecting signatures from villagers. Local political leaders, including the CPI-M and other Left parties have supported us on this issue."
The upo-pradhan of Binaguri GP, Mr Balaram Roy, a Congress leader, said: "Local residents would have to face harassment following the new administrative set-up. Though we welcome the formation of a new district, we will never go under the new district.
"The people of Binaguri GP are under the jurisdiction of Banarhat police station, which is 5 km away. If the area goes under the control of Alipurduar district, it will come under the control of the Birpara police station, which is 13 km away," said Mr Roy