Darjeeling on the Boil
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millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 3, ISSUE 155 | Friday, 9 June 2017 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 9647.25 (-16.65) qSENSEX 31,213.36 (-57.92) pDOW JONES 21,189.26 (+15.57) pNASDAQ 6,300.26 (+2.88) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.21 (+0.12) pRUPEE/EURO 72.09 (+0.36) qGOLD/10GM 29,600 (-195.00) qSILVER/K 40,750 (-150.00) KMC SPENDS RS PANEL OF 9 NON- BOPANNA WINS RAJKUMMAR WANTS 30 CR TO UPGRADE NDA PARTIES TO MAIDEN GRAND TO TALK ABOUT ROADS TO MASTIC FIND CONSENSUS SLAM TITLE AT CINEMA WITH KAMAL TOP ONES PG3 CANDIDATE PG5 FRENCH OPEN PG14 HAASAN PG15 POLICE VEHICLES DAMAGED, SECURITY PERSONNEL INJURED 1st cabinet meeting in DARJEELING ON THE BOIL: Darjeeling after 45 yrs GJM RESORTS TO VIOLENCE AMITAVA BANERJEE and the GJM supporters and lead- services officers will initiate the ers left the area. special audit of GTA on Friday. DARJEELING: Darjeeling was The GJM claimed that five The team will be led by Deputy singed once again with the sit- of their supporters were injured. Commissioner Jayanta Majum- uation taking a violent turn on “We have called for a 12-hour dar. It will be giving the prelim- Thursday after agitated Gorkha bandh from 6 am to 6 pm on Fri- inary report within the next 10 PIC /MPOST Janmukti Morcha (GJM) sup- day. All education institutes will days. porters clashed with the security remain closed, traffic will not ply Reacting to the agitation, the AMITAVA BANERJEE Mahal the CM said. “Chandannagar in forces leaving as many as 45 per- and business establishments will Chief Minister said: “They do not the Hoogly district will become the 6th sonnel injured in the incident. remain shut. Emergency services, have any issue and are creating DARJEELING: After 45 years the West police commissionerate in West Bengal” Army has been deployed however, have been exempted. trouble and unrest unnecessarily. Bengal State cabinet met at the Raj Bha- stated Banerjee. in Darjeeling, Ghoom and PIC /MPOST Everything was going peacefully The BJP is adding fuel to fire and wan in Darjeeling. From starting a new The Government has decided to cre- Kurseong. A police booth was until TMC supporters started are stoking the unrest.” Secretariat in Darjeeling along with start- ate West Bengal Higher Civil Service set on fire and around 15 police meeting started at Raj Bhawan at porters torched an effigy of the throwing stones at the sit-in dem- The state government has ing a police commissioner ate in Chan- (Executive) from amongst talented and vehicles were torched along with around 2 pm. The two-hour-long CM. Suddenly there were stones onstration leading to this,” alleged declared the “bandh” called by dannagar many important resolutions meritorious officers of the WBCS to take a state government bus. The sit-in demonstration started with being pelted and amidst shouts, Amrit Yonzon, Gorkha Janmukti the GJM as illegal. Any govern- were passed at the meeting. up higher responsibilities in the Govern- Gorkha Janmukti Yuva Morcha sloganeering which continued till a stampede ensued. Some peo- Yuva Morcha leader. ment employee or employee of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ment. “1717 new posts have been cre- has called for a 12-hour bandh around 2:45 pm. Vehicles stopped ple even tried to bring down the Mamata Banerjee sat in an any local body including the GTA along with the cabinet members met at ated as part of employment generation” on Friday. plying and shops downed shutters police barricade.” administrative meeting with the who refrains from attending office the Banquet Hall in the Raj Bhawan in stated the CM. Since morning, the situation in Darjeeling. The police resorted to lathi- Chief Secretary and the Home will be treated as a case of break Darjeeling at 2pm on Thursday. Later A Chief Electrical branch office will was volatile in Darjeeling with Meanwhile, the state Cabinet charge and fired tear gas shells. Secretary at Richmond Hill. In in service and salary deduction addressing media persons Banerjee be opened up at Uttarkanya- the secre- the GJM taking out rallies and meeting followed by a press con- Police vehicles parked on the the evening, a North Bengal state will be done for the same for the dubbed it a historic day. In 1972 the State tariat in Jalpaiguri. The CM announced sit-in demonstration just metres ference got over at the same time. Chowrasta Road were torched transport bus was torched at the period of absence. In another Cabinet of the Siddhartha Shanker Ray that 8 new State Transport buses will ply away from the Raj Bhawan where Following the Cabinet meeting, while stones and bottles rained Chowk Bazar. development, Barun Kumar Ray, Government had met in the Durbar Hall between Darjeeling and Mirik. the state Cabinet meeting was the 28 ministers were at Raj Bha- on the cops from the Hill above. At around 7 pm, the 28 min- the IAS officer of 1992 batch, has of the Darjeeling Raj Bhawan. “A Skill Development Centre will taking place. The activists con- wan and Chief Minister Mamata While a large police contingent isters left Darjeeling for Siliguri, been made the new Principal Sec- “A secretariat will come in Darjeel- come up in Mirik which will generate verged from Singmari, Darjeel- Banerjee had returned to Rich- was in front of Raj Bhawan, the leaving behind the Chief Minis- retary of Gorkhaland Territorial ing in the existing PWD building next to employment opportunities for nearly ing railway station and Batasia mond Hill government guest other units went about counter- ter who refused to leave Darjeel- Administration (GTA) after the the Circuit House in Darjeeling. It will be 3,500 youths in the area. There will be Loop at the Gorkha Ranga Man- house. ing the GJM. ing till the situation returned to removal of Ravi Inder Singh. Ray named Tenzing Norgay Bhawan after the campus interviews also from this Centre” cha Bhawan and staged a sit-in A few yards away the sit-in Police personnel, CRPF normal. The administration has was earlier posted as Secretary legendary mountaineer. The next time a stated Banerjee. demonstration. demonstration came to an end at including lady police personnel stated that all government offices of North Bengal Development cabinet meeting takes place in Darjeeling When questioned on whether Bengali The police had set up bar- around 3 pm. An eyewitness who and several officers were injured. will remain open on Friday. Department and prior to that he it will be held here” stated the CM. language will be made compulsory in the ricades below the St Andrew’s did not want to be named stated Finally, at around 5 pm, the situ- A six-member team compris- was Commissioner of Jalpaiguri Every year 2 cabinet meetings will Hills, the CM reiterated “Bengali will not Church while the state Cabinet “At around 3 pm, the GJM sup- ation was brought under control ing senior audit and accounts Division. See PG3 be held in Darjeeling and 2 in Jungle be made compulsory in the Hills.” Lankans pull off RAHUL DETAINED THEN RELEASED Petrol, diesel rates to be stunning chase Mandsaur limps back to normalcy, LONDON: Sri Lanka rode on a solid batting govt taking no chances on farmers’ stir display to register a seven-wicket victory over revised daily from June 16 India in their Group B Champions Trophy MANDSAUR (MP): Anti-riot paramilitary match at The Oval here on Thursday. forces on Thursday moved into violence-hit MPOST BUREAU Set a challenging target of 322 runs, the areas of Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district, Lankans rode on half-centuries from Kusal but the situation appeared to be improving NEW DELHI: Come June 16 and Mendis and Danushka Gunathilaka to cross in the troubled regions where farmers have petrol, as well as diesel prices across the line in 48.3 overs and register their first win been protesting for over a week demanding the country, will be revised on a daily the tournament. The duo dominated the Indian debt relief. basis in sync with international rates bowlers to add 159 runs between them and lay As contingents of the Rapid Action Force as happens in most advanced markets. the foundation of a successful run chase. (RAF) fanned out into the district, the state After the successful pilot in five Mendis was the highest scorer among the Sri government shunted out Mandsaur collec- cities, state-owned oil companies will Lankans, producing a steady 89 runs off 93 balls tor Swatantra Singh and Superintendent of violence. Burnt vehicles were removed from from June 16 revise rates on a daily before being run out thanks to an excellent piece Police O P Tripathi. the Mhow-Neemuch highway on Thursday, basis across all the 58,000 petrol pumps of fielding by Indian pacer Buvneshwar Kumar Curfew, imposed on Wednesday after and traffic had resumed. in the country. off his own bowling. escalating violence, was relaxed for two They said investigations have found that Petrol and diesel price will change tion, public sector oil marketing com- the freedom to revise rates but often Gunathilaka smashed 76 off 72 deliveries hours from 4 pm, as officials said the situa- “stone throwers and some anti-social ele- on a daily basis by a few paisa per litre panies (OMCs) have now decided to they have been guided by political with seven boundaries and two sixes. AGENCIES tion appeared to be improving. ments” had also joined the protest. depending on the movement of oil start daily revision in RSP of petrol and considerations.