
Kolkata: An historic agreement creating the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, an autonomous body that will have greater administrative powers than the existing Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council was signed on Monday. Union Home Minister P Chidambaram signed the tripartite agreement with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and the West Bengal government in Sukna. The agreement, it is hoped, will bring peace to the restive hills after over 30 years of agitation for the...

04:23 PM, Jul 18, 2011

Darjeeling: Subhash Ghising-led Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) and the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL), led by the wife of slain party chief Madan Tamang, are giving a tough fight to the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) in the Darjeeling Hills in northern West Bengal that goes to the polls on April 18. A total of 16 candidates of different parties are in the fray in the three hill constituencies -...

12:16 PM, Apr 15, 2011

Gorkha Janamukti Morcha rejects Pranab's statement on new states. ...

11:23 PM, Dec 13, 2009

Jaswant Singh filed his nomination from northern WB's Darjeeling Hills. ...

08:53 PM, Apr 09, 2009

The expenses will cover the education of 300 Dooars tribals under the BPL. ...

03:18 AM, Jan 26, 2009

Bengal Chief Minister summons all parties for a meeting on June 17. ...

04:39 PM, Jun 15, 2008