Separatists to boycott govt taxes
;Statesman News Service JALPAIGURI, 29 DEC: The Separate State Demand Committee, an apolitical platform comprising nine pressure groups, vociferous in the demand of separate Kamtapur and Greater Cooch

Two excise dept officials draw salary for the same post
;Romit Bagchi BALURGHAT, 29 DEC: In what can be called an incredibly bizarre state of things, two persons have been drawing salary for the same post of the South Dinajpur district superintendent in

Two one-horn rhinos keep forest officials puzzled
Statesman News Service JALPAIGURI, 29 DEC: The forest department was in the dark for a long time today about the whereabouts of the two one-horn rhinos which had strayed out of the Garumara National

GJMM extends roadblock
SILIGURI, 29 DEC: To intensify its agitation, the Gorkha Jan Mukti Vidyarthi Morcha today extended the duration of its roadblocks up to five hours at several places on National Highways 55, 31 and 31A

Hospital accused of replacing child
;Statesman News Service SILIGURI, 29 DEC: Alleging that the hospital staffs had replaced a male child with a female one, relatives of the patient who had delivered the child, agitated in front of the