Siliguri, June 23: Teachers of St Joseph’s Convent Matigara today distributed leaflets among students, which said the institution would consider restructuring of fees if the state government assured in writing to grant additional ex-gratia.
The leaflet also described the confinement of five representatives of the institution on June 18 on the subdivisional office campus and the alleged verbal abuse hurled at them by some parents.
Sandeepan Bhattacharjee, the president of the Guardians’ Forum of North Bengal, said the parents wanted an early solution to the impasse and would never resort to confinement of teachers in the school.
Siliguri: Asit Chakraborty, a member of the Darjeeling District Power Lifting Association, has been selected for the Indian team to participate in the Asian Bench Press Power Lifting Championship to be held in Punjab’s Chandigarh from August 19-21.
Siliguri: Darjeeling district magistrate Surendra Gupta and police chief Rahul Srivastava held a meeting with the block development officers and police officers of Siliguri subdivision here on Tuesday. The meeting discussed the arrangements for the Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad elections scheduled for Sunday. After the meeting, Srivastava said armed constables would be deployed in the booths.
Jaigaon: Three persons were injured when a pick-up van turned on its side on VIP road near Hasimara on Tuesday. Police said the driver lost control after the steering wheel jammed. Police and the local people rescued the passengers. The injured have been hospitalised.
Jalpaiguri: Foresters trapped two leopards, a male and a female, within a span of three hours in Zurantee garden in the Dooars around 8.30pm on Monday. Both the animals were released into Gorumara National Park.
