Lobsang Sangay, a Harvard educated will be assuming the responsibilities of Prime Minister of Tibetan government-in-exile. A 43 year old Harvard-educated academic won through the democratic process. Around 85,000 of the 150,000 Tibetans who live in exile cast their vote at the elections to choose the political successor of His …

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Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) Sikkim Unit has submitted a memorandum to the Governor of Sikkim Shri Balmiki Prasad Singh, Chief Secretary Mr. ND Chingapa along with Minister, Energy and Power Department and Secretary Energy and Power Department regarding the widespread corruption in the State. Party is even planning to meet …

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Second phase of West Bengal elections has already started this morning in 50 constituencies. In this phase 93.33 lakh voters will decide the fate of 293 candidates in 50 constituencies across Murshidabad (22 constituencies), Nadia (17) and Birbhum (11), having a total of 11,531 polling stations. The prominent candidates in …

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Sikkim Bhutia Lepcha Apex Committee (SIBLAC) today organised a press meet here in the capital where the convenor SIBLAC Mr. Tseten Tashi Bhutia strongly condemned the statement of the chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) Dr. Rameshwar Oraon on 19th April during his visit to Sikkim. Mr. Bhutia stated …

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IANS Five senior corporate executives who were co-accused in the second generation (2G) telecom spectrum case were sent to 14 days of judicial custody Wednesday after Special Judge O.P Saini denied them bail and interim relief, IANS reported. Those whose bail pleas were dismissed are: Vinod Goenka of Swan Telecom, …

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The Sikkim Youth had organized a district level meeting at Ravangla recently which was attended by representatives from different NGO’s from Gangtok, Ravangla, Mangan, Dzongu, Singtam and Namchi. During the occasion Sikkim Youth (SY) discussed on several issues related in making Sikkim better with positive thoughts and added that there …

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Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), a student’s union which has been working for the national development since 1949 is all set to organize a nation wide movement against corruption in the present Union Government. Considering the fact ABVP Sikkim unit will also be organizing a mass rally in support to …

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The 54 constituencies in six northern districts of West Bengal Assembly witnessed approximate voting of 74.27% voting. Overall voting went off peacefully with no reports of major violence. The voting percentage did drop from last assembly elections in 2006 where a turnout of 85-86 per cent was seen. The enthusiasm …

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First phase of West Bengal elections has already started this morning in 54 constituencies. The enthusiasm can be felt from the fact that people started started queuing up from 7 a.m. itself and 14 % voting has been registered in first two hours. In this phase 97.42 lakh voters will …

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Bengal elections could not get more interesting than ever before. With mood swinging to change the 34 year old ruling Left government, there is lot at stake for Communist party. Major challenge would be to maintain its winning spree in Dooars. Dooars region, which has 12 assembly seats, is dominated …

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