ZSI confirms sighting rare Satyr Tragopan after 170 years
The male Satyr Tragopan (Tragopan Satyra) is one of the most beautiful birds in India and also of the rarest
The male Satyr Tragopan (Tragopan Satyra) is one of the most beautiful birds in India and also of the rarest
Talking to reporters in Kurseong today, the Assistant Superintendent of the Sub Divisional Hospital, Dr Krishna Ghosh, said that nine of the 13 children had been referred to the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Siliguri, while the remaining four were sent in home isolation under the request of the parents, as the children did not have any major complication.
To raise the funds, Pradhan took part in a 21-km half walk marathon--'London Summer Walk Challenge 2021'. "I felt the need of doing something for my hometown during the Covid pandemic and took this initiative to collect funds by organising a walk. With the funds collected, my team back in Kurseong bought some medical equipment and other stuff for two medical facilities there,"
Notably, both the Bimal Gurung and Binoy Tamang factions of the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha are politically in league with Mamata Banerjee's party, but they have not yet finalised the candidates.
Addressing his party activists from Kurseong at his home village of Patleybas in Darjeeling some days ago, Mr Gurung had compared Kurseong town to a 'toilet.' Also, a short video clip of his statements went viral on social media.
“He has been admitted in hospital and the remaining have been sent for institutional quarantine. We are tracing others who came in contact with him,” said a health department official.
Kurseong Divisional Forest Officer J Sheikh Fareed has expressed concerns over such a situation in the forest areas.
The deceased was a permanent resident of Kalimpong but for the past several decades he had been staying in Delhi, running a music-institute 'Parikrama'.
The sudden hailstorm accompanied by rain, brought intense cold in Tindharia as well as in and around Kurseong region.
Heavy rainfall with thunderstorms was witnessed in Haldia and Kalimpong with 24 mm and 15 mm of rainfall respectively.
