4,000 litres of country liquor destroyed in Andhra's Krishna

Krishna District Police in Andhra Pradesh on Monday destroyed 4,000 litres of illicitly distilled (ID) arrack (country liquor) seized here in around 400 raids. The liquor was destroyed at the district police office at Bandar Town.

These raids were lead by Krishna District Superintendent of Police (SP) Ravindranath Babu and Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Vakul Jindal.

"Cases are being filed related to country liquor. 4,000 litres of country liquor was caught in as many as 400 cases which are registered in SEB stations and police stations in the district. These 4,000 litres of liquor were destroyed at District Police Office at Bandar Town. This ID arrack is destroyed on the orders of SP of Krishna district," Jindal said.

The SEB and police stations in Krishna District are continuously holding raids on country liquor units. Stern actions are being taken against those involved in such illegal activities, police said.

Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung, TMC’s new ally, holds first rally in Darjeeling

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat thrice since 2009 with support from the GJM and other parties demanding creation of a separate state since it promised to find a permanent political solution to the hill issue and accord scheduled tribe status to 11 Gorkha communities.

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s (GJM) founder-president Bimal Gurung held his first public meeting in Bengal’s Darjeeling town on Sunday afternoon and announced that he will help the Trinamool Congress (TMC) win at least 18 assembly seats in north Bengal when elections in the state are held next year.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat thrice since 2009 with support from the GJM and other parties demanding creation of a separate state since it promised to find a permanent political solution to the hill issue and accord scheduled tribe status to 11 Gorkha communities.

“I have joined hands with chief minister Mamata Banerjee. We will win 17 to 18 assembly seats in north Bengal. The BJP betrayed the Gorkhas and wasted our 12 years,” Gurung said at the meeting. He said Banerjee has assured him that she will find a permanent political solution to the Gorkhaland issue.

There are six assembly seats in the Darjeeling hills, of which the TMC holds one while the BJP has none. The CPI (M) has one seat, the GJM has two while the remaining two are in the control of the Congress. The Gorkha community has presence in the adjoining districts in the plains as well. The two GJM legislators from Darjeeling offered support to the BJP after the 2016 assembly polls but Gurung has now withdrawn his support.

Gurung went into hiding in 2017 after being charged under the anti-terror law by the Mamata Banerjee government for the violent Gorkhaland movement. He appeared before the media in Kolkata in October and announced that he was shifting his allegiance to Banerjee.

Since then, the rivalry between Gurung and Binoy Tamang, his former lieutenant who has been heading a pro-TMC faction of the GJM since 2017, has intensified.

Though Tamang and his men are opposed to Gurung’s entry into Darjeeling, the erstwhile fugitive leader was received with a warm welcome on Sunday. Gurung told his followers that he will start calling the shots in hill politics very soon.Without directly naming Tamang and his associate Anit Thapa, chairman of the board of administrators in Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), Gurung said, “They cannot deliver anything despite all the support they have.”

Since the TMC failed to wrest the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat from the BJP in 2019 despite having the support of Tamang and Thapa, Gurung targeted the duo.

“Why should they be supported (by the TMC)?” he said.

“The two must leave within 10 to 12 days,” Gurung said. Local people said Gurung hinted that he wants Tamang and Thapa to step down from the GTA.

Gurung returned to Siliguri town on December 6 and addressed a rally.

He was waiting for the right time to visit Darjeeling.

Political equations in the Darjeeling hills suddenly changed after Gurung pledged support to the TMC.

“The BJP should be defeated at any cost and I will ensure that keeping the chief minister in front of us,” Gurung said on Sunday.

Source: Hindustan Times

बोक्सीको शङ्कामा एकजनाको हत्या

बोक्सीको शङ्कामा एकजनाको हत्या

लुकसान , १० दिसम्बर ( निस ) : बोक्सीको सन्देहमा एकजना सुतिरहेको व्यक्तिको हत्या गरिएको घटना प्रकाशमा आएको छ । घटनामा दुईजना महिलाहरू पनि घाइते भएकी छन् । घाइतेहरूको माल अस्पतालमा उपचार चलिरहेको छ । उक्त घटनाले क्षेत्रमा सनसनी मच्चिएको छ । घटना नगरकट्टा खण्ड अन्तर्गत रहेको मैलाखोला नजिक एउटा गाउँमा हिजो राति घटेको हो । पुलिस सूत्रले जनाएअनुसार मृतकको परिचय मैनाखोलका भगतपुर चियाबारीका ६० वर्षीय मङ्गरा उराँवको रूपमा रहेको पुलिसले बताएको छ । घाइते महिलाहरूमा कोरियो खेरवार अनि चमेली उराँवको रूपमा गरिएको छ । प्राप्त जानकारी अनुसार केही दिनअघि गाउँमा बिमारीले केही मानिसहरूको मृत्यु भएको थियो । तर चियाबारीमा हल्ला फैलियो केही तन्त्रमन्त्र जान्ने व्यक्तिहरूले तन्त्रमन्त्रद्वारा मान्छेहरूलाई मारिरहेका छन् । 

त्यसपछि गत राति गाउँका मानिसहरूले ती दुईजना महिलाहरूको गणधुलाइ शुरु गरे । महिलाहरूले कुटाइ खाएपछि तन्त्रमन्त्र गर्ने व्यक्तिको नाम मङ्गरा उराँव बताएका थिए । त्यसपछि गाउँका केही व्यक्तिहरूले मङ्गरा अनि ती दुईजना महिलाहरूलाई मैलाखोलामा लगी लाठी , मुङ्गरोले प्रहार गरी सिकिस्त घाइते परेका थिए । खबर पाउन साथ नगरकट्टा पुलिस घटना स्थलमा पुगेर दुईजना महिलाहरूलाई बचाएका थिए भने मङ्गरा उराँवको भने घटनास्थलमा नै मृत्यु भएको थियो । पुलिसले घटनामा लिप्त रहेका सातजनालाई पक्राउ गरेको छ ।

पुलिसले घटनाको जाँच शुरु गरेको छ । घटना भएको क्षेत्रमा पुलिस बल तैनाथ गरिएको छ । मृतकका आफन्तले भने , केही दिनदेखि यहाँ मानिसहरू बिमारले मरिरहेका थिए । तर तन्त्रमन्त्र लगाएर मानिसहरूलाई मारिएको केही व्यक्तिहरूले आशङ्का गरे । बुधबार राति स्थानीय केही व्यक्तिहरूले कोरियो खेरवार अनि चमेली उराँवमाथि बोक्सीको शङ्का गरेर तिनीहरूमाथि प्रहार शुरु गरेका थिए । पछि तिनीहरूले मङ्गरा उराँवको नाम लिए भने दुईजना महिलालाई साथमा लिएर मङ्गरा उराँवको घरमा पुगेका थिए । मङ्गरा सुतिरहेको समय उठाएर मैनाखोलामा ल्याएर लाठी , मुङ्ग्रोले प्रहार गरे । जहाँ वृद्ध मङ्गरा उराँवको मृत्यु भएको थियो भने दुईजना महिलाहरू सिकिस्त घाइते भए । हाल महिलाहरूको उपचार चलिरहेको छ ।

सौजन्य : हिमालय दर्पण

OUR DAUGHTER OUR PRIDE : First lady Land Rover driver Samantha Dong honored by Darjeeling Police

Samantha Dong, the first Indian woman to drive an old series Land Rover in a snowy area like Sandakphu was honored by the Darjeeling Police on tuesday. She has also made documentary in Sandakphu with the Discovery vehicle of the Land Rover company. Representing India in the Expedition of Overland Offshore Cambridge, which is more than a hundred days from Singapore to England in September 2019,  She is the only Indian Gorkha woman to welcome the team and participate. In our Gorkha society, Samantha been able to give a special place to the Gorkha community in the world by occupying a special place in Automobiles; Magazines and became a popular face in social media as well. Darjeeling Police has honored her with a certificate and a gift for running the Old Land Rover with brand ambassador Milind Soman in the 7th edition of 21-kilometer marathon organized by the Darjeeling Police on November 21. With the aim of further supporting women's empowerment, she wished every marathon runner, including Sunanda Tamang and urged the women of the entire world to come forward in their field. She also thanked the Darjeeling Police for the honor.

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