Himalayan Times (1960)

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April 24, I960

ACTIVITIES OF DALAI
LAMA'S "ADVISER"

New Delhi, 'April 18 '
The Dalai Lama had
boen generally adviBed
''not to get entangled in
politioal matters and I am
glad to gay he has
geuerilly carried that
out", the Prime Minister
•aid in the Rajya Sabha
today in reply to ques
tions.

Earlier, Mr Bhupesh
Gupta had asked Mr.
Nehru about the activi-
ties in the U K. of Mr
D. K. Sen, who had
styled himself as 'the
representative ami adviser'
of the Dalai Lama.

Mrs. Ltkshmi Menon,
Deputy Minister, replied
it was understood that
Mr Sen had xiol been
authorized to act in the
U. K. as "the represen-
tative and adviser'' of
the Dalai Lama. In the
past, the Dalai Lama had
on a few oooasions sought
legal advice from Mr Sen
in his personal oapaoity
as a lawyer.

Mr. Gupta referred
to a report of a Press
oonferenoe held by Mr
Sen in the U. K. in whioh
Mr Sen had styled him-
self as 'confidential and
private adviser to the
Dalai Lama' and asked
whether any inquiries
had been made by the
Government about this
gentleman.

BROAD GAUGE LINE
UPTO SiLIGURI

Darjeeling, Aplil 18
The broad gauge sec-
tion between Khejuriaghat
and Malda is expected to
b* ready by July 1 this
V"ar while the extension
from Malda to Siliguri
should be completed by
December 1 according to
Mr Y. P. Knlkarni, Ge-
neral Manager of the
N. F Railway.

This broad gauge lec-
tion, primarily meant to
carry oil traffic, would
in the first phase carry
only goods, but passen-
ger truffle was exrecled
to be introduced after a
lew months The project
to extend the broad gauge
up to Oooch Behar hfd
a'r«ady been drawn tip
and if taken tip' was
likely to obviate the
bottleneck's at Siliguri
dunotion as also mske
communication* to Oooh
Behar more convenient.
He said that the N.F R.
was presently loading
about 1,2< 0 wagons daily.
The wagon position was
easy, except for the spe-
cial type of wagons to
transport heavy timber.

Mr. Kulkarni also
stressed that the streng-
thening of the Link had
been practically completed
ami we may now look
forward to an uninterrup-
ted line of communica-
tions.

TIBETAN REFUGEES
HOLD UP TRAIN
Darjeeling, April 17
According to infor-
mation reoeived here to-
day about 70 Tibetan
refugees from Kalimpong
wishing to visit Delhi
to stage anti-Chen de-
monstrations there were
intercepted at Siliguri
yesterday as they bad no
proper endorsements to
proceed to the capital,

■ In protest the Tibe-
tans squatted on the rail
tracks detaining the after
noon train from leaving
the station fer more than
half an hour.

Thoy were persuaded
to return to Kalimpong
this morning.

The Tibetan party
included 27 women. After
removing them frcm the
track to the station build-
ing the police threw a
strong cordon around
them.

The leaders of the
party, Mr. Phomichokpa,
Mr Abo Tshosbyam, aud
Mr. Dawa told reporter*
that the authorities had
informed them that they
would "not be allowed to
proceed to Delhi before
April 26.

WHILE IN KALIMPONG
STAY AT

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