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Dharamsala, Apr 25 (PTI) The Chief Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration will announce the final results of the elections of Prime Minister and the members of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on April 27. Chief Election Commissioner Jampal Choesang and Additional Election Commissioners Geshe Rigzin Choedak and Yangkho Gyal will announce the results, a spokesman of the Administration said today. The final round of polling for the 15th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile and 3rd directly elected Prime Minister (Kalon Tripa) was conducted on March 20 this year. The Tibetan community in India, North America, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Poland, Japan, Russia, Taiwan and Australia had participated in the process. A total of 83,399 Tibetans had registered to exercise their franchise. Earlier, in the preliminary round held on October 3 October last year, out of 79,449 registered voters, 61 per cent of voters cast their ballots.

A model state of the country and next Switzerland of the east, these are the part of a vision that State Government has set for itself by 2015. But that line of vision still seems to be blurred. Why? NARESH CHETTRI reports. Just 2 kilometers away from the bustling capital comes a dallying, Luing busty at Bhotay Gaon. This place is yet to see any developments that are the benchmarks for Sikkim becoming a model state. The area faces the unavailability of drinking water for past one year. Locals told reporter that the taps installed in the area completely dried up no more throws water. “It is like a beautiful body without a soul” stated an elderly local. They locals informed that they have taken up the task on their own hand and have bought their own rubber pipe coils and taken the water from the natural springs from Devithans and elsewhere and sharing among various households around the busty. The locals have made various water tanks entirely on their expense at natural sp