SHOCKING: A woman was allegedly raped in Delhi for a week by her friend, she met online, who also thrashed and tortured her by ‘pouring hot dal’

A woman hailing from West Bengal's Darjeeling was allegedly raped in Delhi for a week by her friend she had met online, said the police officials on Tuesday. The police said her friend assaulted her and in one incident he tortured her by "pouring hot dal".

A case against the accused, identified as Paras (28), was registered for rape, sodomy, and causing hurt. The police police official said they arrested the accused on February 2.

"The victim had been staying with Paras for around a month in a rented accommodation in Raju Park in south Delhi's Neb Sarai area," the officials said.

According to the police, on January 30, the Neb Sarai police station received a PCR call informing that a woman was being beaten by her husband. A police team rushed to the spot, rescued the woman and rushed her to AIIMS.

The woman had around 20 injury marks on her body when she was hospitalised. She was recently discharged, they added.

"When police enquired about the matter, the victim stated that she hailed from Darjeeling and came in contact with the accused over the phone," a senior police officer said.

She befriended Paras over phone, and was in touch with him for the last 3-4 months, the officer said.

The woman was supposed to reach Bengaluru in the first week of January as she had got a job of a house maid, the officer said.

As she had a train via Delhi, she decided to take a halt and meet Paras who then asked her to stay here and even assured to help her find a job.

On his assurance, she stayed with him in a rented accommodation in Raju Park, the officer added.

However, as the days passed, the accused allegedly started beating her up and even sexually assaulted her for a week, the officer said quoting the victim.

At one instance, Paras even allegedly "poured hot dal (lentils) over her" due to which she suffered burn injuries, the officer added.

Paras hails from Uttarakhand and worked as a cook at an eatery here, the police said. 

Based on the woman's complaint, the police registered an FIR on January 30 under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 376 (rape) and 377 (sodomy) of the Indian Penal Code and arrested the accused on February 2, the police officer further said. Further probe in the matter is underway, they added.

(With PTI inputs)

तृणमूलद्वारा बंगालको ४२ वटै आसनमा प्रतिद्वन्द्विताको तयारी

तृणमूलद्वारा बंगालको ४२ वटै आसनमा प्रतिद्वन्द्विताको तयारी

                    फाइल फोटो

कलकत्ता, १९ जनवरी (एजेन्सी)। मुख्यमन्त्री तथा तृणमूल कंग्रेसप्रमुख ममता ब्यनर्जीले प्रदेश कंग्रेस अध्यक्ष अधीर रञ्जन चौधरीबारे धेर नसोच्ने सन्देश पार्टीका कार्यकर्ताहरूलाई दिएकी छन्। शुक्रवार कालीघाटस्थित आफ्नो घरमा डाकिएको मुर्शिदाबाद तृणमूल कंग्रेसको बैठकमा ममता ब्यानर्जीले पार्टीका नेताहरूलाई यस्तो सन्देश दिएकी हुन्। बैठकमा तिनले भनिन्, सबै मिलेर प्रतिद्वन्द्विता गरे अधीर कुनै फ्याक्टर होइनन्। जिल्ला तृणमूल कंग्रेसलाई ममता ब्यानर्जीले भनेअनुसार अधीर रञ्जनलाई उपेक्षा गर्नुपर्नेछ अनि तिनको कुरा मस्तिष्कबाट हटाउनु पर्नेछ।

तिनले भनिन्, इण्डिया गठबन्धनका ठूला सहयोगी दलहरूमध्ये तृणमूल कंग्रेस प्रमुख हो। तृणमूल कंग्रेसलाई छोडेर यस राज्यमा अन्य कसैलाई कंग्रेसले धेर महत्त्व दिए तृणमूल कंग्रेसले आफ्नै प्रकारले सोच्नेछ। त्यसैले राज्यमा यसपालि ४२ वटै आसनमा प्रतिद्वन्द्विताको तयारी

शुरू गर्ने कुरा ममता ब्यानर्जीले बताइन्। कंग्रेस र तृणमूल कंग्रेसको आसन सम्झौताको विषयमा मुर्शिदाबाद चर्चित जिल्ला हो। सन् २०१९ मा सर्वप्रथम यस जिल्लाबाट तृणमूल कंग्रेसले लोकसभा आसन जितेको थियो, त्यो पनि एकैचोटि दुइवटा । त्यस लोकसभा चुनाउमा मुर्शिदाबादको जिम्मावारी शुभेन्दु अधिकारीले सम्हालेका थिए। तृणमूल कंग्रेसले जंगीपुर र मुर्शिदाबाद जिते पनि सो चुनाउमा अधीर रञ्जन चौधरीलाई पराजित गर्न सकेन। यद्यपि कंग्रेस सांसदले चुनाउ जिते पनि मतको व्यवधान कम्ती थियो। यसपालिको लोकसभा चुनाउमा पश्चिम बंगालमा कंग्रेस र तृणमूल कंग्रेसको समीकरण के हुनेछ? त्यो अहिलेसम्म अस्पष्ट छ तर यी सबैमाझ अधीर रञ्जन चौधरीले तृणमूल कंग्रेसविरुद्ध प्रहार जारी राखेका छन्। शुक्रवार मुर्शिदाबादबारे कालीघाटमा आयोजित बैठकमा तृणमूल कंग्रेसका महासचिव अभिषेक ब्यानर्जी पनि उपस्थित थिए।[साभार: हिमालय दर्पण]

नेपाली साङ्गितिक जगतका वरिष्ठ गायक तथा संगीतकार योगेश वैद्यको निधन

नेपाली साङ्गितिक जगतका वरिष्ठ गायक तथा संगीतकार योगेश वैद्यको निधन

गायक तथा संगीतकार योगेश वैद्यको ७७ वर्षको उमेरमा निधन भएको छ ।लामो समयदेखि मधुमेह रोगबाट पीडित वैद्यको विहीवार राति १२ः३० बजे काठमाडौं भ्याली अस्पताल सुन्धारामा निधन भएको हो ।

वैद्यको पार्थिव शरिरलाई अन्तिम श्रद्धाञ्जलीका लागि अहिले बिहान ९ः३० बजे संगीत नाट्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठानमा राखिने भएको छ । उनको निधनमा संगीतकर्मीले श्रद्धाञ्जली व्यक्त गरिरहेका छन् ।

उनका ‘सपना भुलाइ सारा’, ‘मेरो आँशुमा नहाँसे’, ‘नेपाल मेरो उपहार भो’ आदि गीतहरू लोकप्रिय छन् । उनका नेपाल भाषाका गीत पनि लोकप्रिय छन् ।

उनको शुक्रबार पशुपति आर्यघाटमा अन्त्येष्टि सम्पन्न गरिएको  पारिवारिक स्रोतले बतायो ।वनस्पतीशास्त्रमा एमएससी गरेका वैद्यले ३३ वर्षसम्म सरकारी सेवामा बिताएका थिए । उनी २०६१ सालमा सहसचिव पदबाट सेवा निवृत्त भएका थिए ।

राष्ट्रिय गीत सम्मेलनमा प्रथम तथा छिन्नलता गीत पुरस्कार, विख्यात त्रिशक्तिपट्ट प्राप्त गरेका साहित्यकार वैद्यका विभिन्न कृति समेत प्रकाशित छन् । उनका श्रीमती, दुई छोरी र एक छोरा छन् ।

North Bengal: Tea estate comes up with mega solar power generation plant

Chengmari tea estate in Nagrakata block of Jalpaiguri district is spread over 1,800 hectares

[In Pic : The solar panels at Chengmari tea estate in Nagrakata block of Jalpaiguri. Biplab Basak]

For the first time in north Bengal, a tea estate has come up with an elaborate solar power generation plant that produces enough power in the garden for its operations and supplies power to bungalows and quarters across the area.

The Chengmari tea estate in Nagrakata block of Jalpaiguri district is spread over 1,800 hectares. With tea plantations of 1,450 hectares, it is known as the largest tea garden in Asia in terms of plantation. The garden has 5,000 workers.

“We have installed solar panels which can generate adequate power to run the factory, carry out irrigation and ancillary works and also provide power to workers' quarters, employees' residences, bungalows, offices and other similar places. This is the first time that a tea garden in this region has come up with such a large arrangement of solar power,” said garden manager Gajendra Sishodia.

In the garden, 490 solar panels have been installed on a one-hectare plot. The panels can provide 1,040 kilowatt of power. Around Rs 4.5 crore has been spent on the project.

“The panels here are bi-facial, with both sides capable of generating power. The money we spent on the project can be recovered in the next five or six years with a huge dip in our power bills. This money can be spent on garden and worker welfare,” Sishodia added.

In north Bengal, solar panels have been installed in several gardens for water heating and other purposes. But this is the first time that a garden has come up with such a major project to generate non-conventional electricity for multiple uses.

Sources in the garden said that the garden would be able to save around Rs 9 for every unit of power consumed.

“We are now using solar power to run 15 water pumps which are being used to sprinkle water in tea bushes. A primary estimate shows we will be able to save Rs 70 to Rs 80 lakh as power bill by using solar power. This means that our solar power after five or six years will be free. All we need to do is maintain the panels,” said a source.

As of now, 3,500 to 4,000 units of power are generated by the panels every day, which are sent to the factory and supplied to other places in the garden from there.

“The factory is shut now (because of the lean season). Once production starts, we are confident we can run production with solar power,” the source added.

The solar power initiative has drawn praise from tea workers. Ricky Karmakar, the secretary of the Chengmari unit of Trinamul Cha Bagan Sramik Union, hailed it as a major step by the garden management.

Source: The Telegraph

भारत जोडो न्याय यात्रामा सामेल हुन काग्रेसी हुन पर्दैन: अजय एडवाडर्स

भारत जोडो न्याय यात्रामा सामेल हुन काग्रेसी हुन पर्दैन: अजय एडवाडर्स

दार्जीलिङ 18 जनवरी: भारत जोडो न्याय यात्रामा सामेल हुन काग्रेसी हुन पर्दैन यो भनाई हाम्रो पार्टीको संस्थापक अध्यक्ष अजय एडवाडर्सको हो।काग्रेस संसद राहुल गाँधीले गत 14 जनवरीदेखि मणिपूर राज्यको राजधानी इम्फालदेखि भारत जोडो न्याय यात्रा शुरू गरेको छ।काग्रेस संसद राहुल गाँधीको भारत जोडो न्याय यात्रामा सामेल हुन हाम्रो पार्टी अध्यक्ष अजय एडवाडर्स 13 जनवरीको दिन इम्फाल प्रस्थान भएका थिए अनि उनीसंग पार्टी कार्यकर्ता एंव समर्थकहरू सामेल रहेका छन।काग्रेसको भारत जोडो न्याय यात्रा नागाल्याण्ड पूगेका छन।काग्रेस संसद राहुल गाँधीसंग संगै हाम्रो पार्टी अध्यक्ष अजय एडवाडर्सले पनि कदममा कदम मिलाउँदै भारत जोडो न्याय यात्रामा सहभागिता जनाउँदै आई रहेका छन।यसै संदर्भमा हाम्रो पार्टी     अध्यक्ष अजय एडवाडर्सले भारत जोडो न्याय यात्रामा सामेल हुन तपाई हामी कोही पनि काग्रेसी हुन पर्दैन तिनले भने।तिनले अझ भने मैले सीएए र एनआरसीको विरोध शुरूदेखि नै गर्दै आएको हो तर म मुस्लिम होइन।किशानहरूको आन्दोलनलाई पनि मैले मेरो अन्तरात्मादेखि समर्थन जनाएको हो तर म किशान पनि होइन।म जहिले पनि प्रेस स्वतन्त्रताको कुरा गर्छु,प्रेस स्वतन्त्रताको सुरक्षा हुन पर्छ भन्दै आई रहेको छु तर पत्रकार होइन।दलित र जन जातिहरूमाथि दिन प्रति दिन भई रहेको अन्याय र अत्यचारको विरोध गर्दै आई रहेको छु,महिलाहरूमाथि भई रहेको अन्याय अत्यचारको विरोध गर्दै आई रहेको छु,दलित,जन जाति साथै महिलाहरूमाथि भई रहेको अन्याय र अत्यचारको विरोध गर्न तपाईहरू मणिपूर नै जानु पर्छ भन्ने छैन, राजनैतिक दलको हिस्सा भएर खडा हुन पर्छ छैन अध्यक्ष एडवाडर्सले भने।

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कालेबुङ पुलिसले आरामदायक जीतको साथ सुकना गोल्ड कप फूटबल टुर्नामेण्टको १७औं संस्करणको क्वार्टर फाइनलमा स्थान बनायो ।

डीएसए को चुनौती पार गरी कालेबुङ पुलिस क्वार्टर फाइनलमा

सुकना, १७ जनवरी (निसं): म्याचकोदुवै हाफमा प्राप्त भएको मौकाहरूलाई काममा लगाउँदै कालेबुङ पुलिसले आरामदायक जीतको साथ सुकना गोल्ड कप फूटबल टुर्नामेण्टको १७औं संस्करणको क्वार्टर फाइनलमा स्थान बनायो । सुकना गेम्स एण्ड स्पोर्ट्स एसोसिएशनको आयोजन अनि युवा मामिला एवम् खेलकुद विभाग, जीटीए (गोर्खाल्याण्ड क्षेत्रीय प्रशासन) को सहयोगमा जारी यस प्रतिष्ठित टुर्नामेण्टअन्तर्गत दर्शकहरूका उत्साहजनक उपस्थितिबीच बुधवार सुकना हाई स्कूल खेल मैदानमा भएको टुर्नामेण्टको दोस्रो प्री-क्वार्टर फाइनल म्याचमा कालेबुङ पुलिसले दलसिङ्गपाड़ा स्पोर्ट्स एकाडमी (डीएसए) लाई २-० ले पराजित गर्यो। कालेबुङ पुलिसले म्याचको दुवै हाफमा गोल दर्ता गर्यो। विजेता टोलीबाट सप्तक शेर्पाले ४०औं र रोहन (मेस्सी) तामाङले ६९औं मिनटमा गोल गरे। म्याचमा डीएसए को टोलीलाई असल स्ट्राईकरको कमीले सतायो अनि टोलीले गोल गर्ने केही असल मौकाहरू गुमायो। विजेता टोलीका मीडफिल्डर रोहन तामाङलाई प्लेयर अव् द म्याच चयन गरियो। अब बिहीवार खेलिने तेस्रो प्री क्वार्टर फाइनल म्याचमा दार्जीलिङ पुलिस र युनाइटेड फूटबल क्लब दार्जीलिङबीच जम्काभेट हुनेछ। टुर्नामेण्टमा उत्तर ब‌ङ्गाल, कलकत्ता, सिक्किम, उत्तर-पूर्व भारत, नेपाल र भूटानका २० वटा शीर्ष टोलीले हिस्सा लिएको छ। संसोधित कार्यक्रम अनुसार टुर्नामेण्टको दुईवटा सेमिफाइनल २४ र २५ जनवरीमा खेलिनेछ। यसरी फाइनल २७ जनवरीमा हुनेछ।

टुर्नामेण्टमा विजेता हुने टोलीलाई आकर्षक ट्रफीको साथमा ३ लाख रुपियाँ अनि उपविजेता हुने टोलीलाई आकर्षक ट्रफीको साथमा २ लाख रुपियाँको नगद पुरस्कार प्रदान गरिनेछ। यसको साथमा अन्य आकर्षक व्यक्तिगत पुरस्कारहरू पनि रहने आयोजक सुकना गेम्स एण्ड स्पोर्ट्स एसोसिएशनका महासचिव नेहाल गिरीले बताएका छन् । साभार: हिमालय दर्पण

Protests against Bengal government’s decision to grant up to 5 decimals of land to tea garden residents

Writes : Vivek Chhetri

Darjeeling | Published 11.09.23

Protests against the Bengal government’s decision to grant up to 5 decimals of land to tea garden residents rocked Mirik in Darjeeling hills on Sunday.

The newly formed Chia Shramik Surakasha Samiti (CSSS), which is working on various issues related to the tea gardens, organised a rally in the hill town some 35km from Darjeeling. It was attended by Opposition leaders as well.

Pratap Khati, leader of the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL) and one of the prime movers of this samiti, urged people to organise another massive rally in Darjeeling soon.

“People must organise another massive rally in Darjeeling to protest against the decision to grant 5 decimal of land. Anit Thapa (chief of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) must pass a resolution in the GTA Sabha seeking a modification to the notification,” said Khati.

On August 1, the state government issued a notification to distribute land with a 5-decimal cap to tea garden workers and other residents in estates of north Bengal.

But the decision has evoked protests from various quarters. The management of tea gardens is against the distribution of land rights to the workers.

But Opposition parties and several workers are also opposing this scheme because of the 5-decimal cap, saying many tea garden workers or garden settlers have more than 5 decimals in their possession and they should get rights to the entire land. Many leaders are alleging that the state government might distribute land to private players after recovering land in excess of 5 decimals from settlers.

Some opposed the use of the word “landless” in the notification and argued that the hill residents had been in possession of land for generations but only lacked documents.

Ajoy Edwards, the president of Hamro Party, was also at the rally which converted into a public meeting. “Our party’s elected representatives from the Darjeeling municipality to GTA Sabha are with you,” he said.

GTA chief Anit Thapa, also the president of the Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM), has already taken two steps back on this issue after witnessing the protests.

A few days back Thapa “requested” the district administration not to visit the tea gardens for any land survey but instead keep forms at the land reforms offices so that only those people who were willing to accept 5 decimals could fill up the forms.

On Saturday, during the third foundation day celebrations of his party in Kalimpong, Thapa said he would work to get documents for the entire land that the tea garden people possess and added that he would "take up this issue with the chief minister".

The massive crowd at Mirik on Sunday, however, suggests that Thapa was not able to pour oil over troubled waters.

The 5-decimal cap apart, some speakers at the Mirik protest also raised the Gorkhaland statehood issue. Some speakers also hit out at the tea union leaders, accusing them of working for the interest of the tea management and not the workers.

source : The Telegraph