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3SIKKIM EXPRESS, SATURDAY, 20 FEBRUARY, 2016 GANGTOKNEWS

THE TSUKLAKHANG TRUSTTHE PALACE,GANGTOK, SIKKIM.

ADMISSION NOTICE1. The Tsuklakhang Monastery School is opening on 15th February 2016,all Sikkimese monks who are interested in joining the School should come toTsuklakhang on above date. The minimum age of admission is 7 years andmaximum is 18 years.

2. The Taktse Sheda situated in the Taktse Palace compound is nowunder the possession of The Tsuklakhang Trust. The Taktse Sheda will openon 11th March 2016. All Sikkimese monks who have been studying in the pastare welcome to rejoin in classes as eligible. New students can also join. Allinterested students may contact the following persons and register their namesby phone latest by 1st March 2016.

1. Tulku, Tshering Dorjee Contact No.98005963662. Mr. Adup T.Bhutia No.9434087727.

(Adup T.Bhutia)Estate manager

The Tsuklakhang Trust,The Palace, Gangtok, Sikkim davp 19140/11/0071/1516

Workshop on PMKSY held forAgriculture, Horticulture officials

Young Indians Siligurichapter holds annual session

Baby survives against all odds

The PMKSY workshop in progress.

Help sought to identify person

Training for court staff

Gram sabha of Patuk Singbel GPU

The Sagar School bidsfarewell to outgoing batch

Justice Meenakshi M. Rai with the resource persons, trainees and SJA members.

Bengal startsacting

workshops forsex workers

KOLKATA, February 19(IANS): The West Bengalgovernment is conductingacting workshops for sexworkers to help them get jobsin the entertainment industry,a minister said on Friday.

Sixty sex workers andtheir children were given actinglessons as well as training injewellery and costume makingon Friday under a project called‘Swabalamban Special’, SashiPanja, who is minister of statefor women development,social welfare and childdevelopment, told IANS.

“Many of them areattracted to the glamour worldand through acting lessonsthey can work as junior artistsin television and movies of theregional film industry,” shesaid.

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GANGTOK, February 19: Adaylong workshop on‘Pradhan Mantri KrishiSinchai Yojana in Sikkim forthe Financial Year 2015-16’was organized by the FoodSecurity & AgriculturalDevelopment department incollaboration with ICAR,Indian Institute of WaterManagement, Bhubaneswar atSAMETI training hall,opposite ICAR, Tadong onThursday.

The technical knowledgefor the preparation of DistrictIrrigation Plan, (DIP) and theState Irrigation Plan (SIP), bythe officers of Agriculture andHorticulture and allieddepartments were highlightedin the workshop, informs a

press release.Around 80 participants

including SAMETI director,officials, engineers, villagelevel workers, field assistants,block technology managersfrom Agriculture, Horticulture

and line departments took partin the workshop.

The resource persons wereSWC engineering principalscientist R.K. Panda andICAR-IIWM senior scientistDr. Ranu Rani Sethi.

Panda made hispresentation on some of thevarious important issues ofwater management like soilerosion and land degradationprocess , s t ream bankerosion, contour trenches,stone wall, farm ponds andterracing.

Likewise, Dr. Sethi gavepresentat ion on waterrequirement of importantcrops, ground waterresources, irrigation supplychain, water sources, farmlevel management and wateruse efficiency.

The participants laid theirdoubts and queries in thesecond half of the workshop.

The resource persons leftno stone unturned to clears allthe queries raised by theparticipants, adds the release.

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GANGTOK, February 19:A programme on ‘concepts ofLok Area Networking’ underthe e-courts project for theministerial staff of the HighCourt and subordinate courts

of Sikkim was held by theSikkim Judicial Academy(SJA) at the academypremises here on Friday.

A press release informsthat the programme wasorganized under the guidanceof Justice Meenakshi Madan

Rai, also the SJA president.High Court senior system

officer Rudra Rimal anddistrict court (east) systemadministration YolandChristopher were theresource persons for theprogramme.

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GANGTOK, February 19:Farewell to The Sagar School’sclass of 2016 was hosted at thecampus on February 11.

Acclaimed Indianinternational footballerGourmangi Singh graced theoccasion as chief guest.

Officiating principal Dr.Deepak Raj Singh Bishtadvised the students to drawupon the qualities ofdetermination, perseverance,courage and dedication to facethe world, conquer it and touchthe pinnacle of success.

School directorSharmistha Julka urged thestudents to tap into the powerof possibility they radiate andharness their inner potential toflourish and shine in the world.Chairperson Rosemary Sagar

inspired the students bynarrating her experiences ofstudying and working abroadand wished the students a greatfuture.

Students of class XIexpressed their love andsentiments through songs,dances and presentations. Thechief guest and the schoolmanagement felicitated theoutgoing students withmementos and a speciallypersonalized magazine‘Reminiscences@Sagar’.

Pradhuman Rao, KanikaMarwah and other studentsfrom the outgoing batch spokeon life and times at The SagarSchool through nostalgicspeeches.

The ceremony wasattended in large numbers bythe parents of the outgoingchildren.

Our Correspondent

RANGPO, February 19:The identity of an unknownperson (in picture), who wasfound lying injured nearRangpo along the NH10 underKalimpong subdivision, hasnot been ascertained yet.

The person brought atRangpo PHC for medical careby Bengal Police on February14 is still under sub-consciousstage.

The hospital authority andRangpo police have requestedeveryone to help in

establishing the identity of theinjured person.

Anyone havinginformation regarding theperson is requested to informRangpo police.

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GANGTOK, February 19: Anew-born baby weighing amere 700 grams has survivedagainst all odds after numerousmedical interventions at NeotiaGetwel, Siliguri.

The journey of the infantfrom ventilation-CPAP-oxygen-without oxygen lastedfor 75 days. In theultrasonography, it was foundthat there was no amniotic fluidin the sac.

The husband had given hisconsent for his wife to besaved amongst the two due toneurological condition;however Dr. Khemkaproceeded with the medical

proceedings and saved bothmother and baby.

When the child took birthafter a gestation period of sevenmonths she did not cry,respiration and heart rate wasalso very low. The baby aftera tough strife for survival inthe Intensive Neonatal CareUnit of Neotia has nowrecovered and has beendischarged after 75 days inhealthy condition.

Ashok Yadav, the fatherof the baby expressed histhankfulness to the entire teamof paediatrics and neonatologyof Neotia Getwel for theirintegrated approach in helpingthem in having their childalive.

Our Correspondent

MANGAN, February 19:Patuk Singbel GPU, EastSikkim held its gram sabhaunder the chairmanship ofpanchayat president K.B. Chettriat Makha today. Tintek BDOBikram Rai, zilla memberHemraj Adhikari, linedepartment and police officialsand general public attended themeeting.

Addressing the sabha, thepanchayat presidenthighlighted about the schemesunder five year plan likeconstruction of toilet indifferent schools of the GPU,construction of garbagecollection bins, drinking watersupply to schools,construction of cow shed,

poultry, piggery and fisheriesfarming, construction of newroad and footpath and upgradation of Kokaley primaryschool among others.

Panchayat secretary R.P.Regmi presented the accountdetails of the GPU for the year2014-15.

The gram sabha alsopassed the beneficiaries list ofwidow pension and grant fordifferently abled persons.

The Tintek BDOmentioned that the gram sabhais a decentralisation of powerand said that people should beaware of the activities of thegram panchayat and thegovernment. He further urgedthe line departments to increasecoordination with the BAC andGPU.

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GANGTOK, February 19:The Siliguri chapter of YoungIndians held its annual sessionin Siliguri today. A paneldiscussion was organized on‘be a brick in nation building’and attended by Darjeelingdistrict police superintendentAmit P. Javalgi, Siliguri SDORajanvir Singh Kapur, CIINorth Bengal zonal chairmanNaresh Agarwal, Lochan TeaCEO Rajiv Lochan and HindTea director Ravi Agarwal,informs a media statement.

The panel discussion wasfollowed by a business sessionwhere Prabin Agarwal, chair,Young Indians presented theactivities organized by theorganization in the session of2014-15 and Naresh Agarwalreleased the Yi annual report.The annual session ended withthe announcement of the newchair and co-chair for session2015-16. Sandeep KumarAgarwal took over as the chairand Hemant Agarwal took upthe position of the co-chair, thestatement adds.

Youthattacked with

axe atJorethang

Staff Reporter

GANGTOK, February 19: A25-year-old youth fromDaragaon, Jorethang wasattacked with an axe by twoassailants after a scuffleescalated on February 18.

The incident took placenear Jorethang seniorsecondary school.

The victim was taken toJorethang PHC where themedical authorities deemed theinjury as not fatal.

The assailants are still atlarge and Jorethang police isinvestigating the matter.