Darjeeling: The death toll in the Darjeeling bridge collapse rose to 34 on Sunday. Government announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for the kin of the dead and has assured to bear the expenses of the treatment. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would be travelling to North Bengal on Sunday to visit the victims. Over 60 people were injured when an old wooden footbridge over a spring gave way under...
07:09 AM, Oct 23, 2011
Kolkata: In what could be music to the ears of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, currently on a visit to Darjeeling, the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha on Tuesday virtually ruled out the demand for the creation of a separate state as is being asked for by Telangana protesters. "Telangana has a different perspective and Darjeeling has a different perspective," GJM General Secretary Roshan Giri told PTI from Darjeeling. The issue...
04:33 PM, Oct 11, 2011
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that continuous rains in the hilly areas of north Bengal was hampering rescue teams. ...
12:26 PM, Sep 19, 2011
Kolkata: Rescue operations in the quake-hit areas of north Bengal were affected on Monday after heavy rains and landslides in several parts of Darjeeling hills snapped road communication even as the death toll rose to five in the state. "Reports reaching here said two deaths were reported from Kalimpong and one each from Siliguri and Jalpaiguri and one in the tea garden of Doors," state chief secretary Samar Ghosh told...
11:58 AM, Sep 19, 2011
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
Jalpaiguri/Siliguri: With the tripartite agreement to be signed on Monday to pave the way for setting up of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, the new hill council in Darjeeling, a 48-hour bandh is being observed in the plains to oppose it. The shutdown has been called by plains-based organisations Amra Bangali, Jana Jagaran and Jana Chetana protesting the move. Private cars and buses were off the roads, and shops and markets...
11:51 AM, Jul 18, 2011
New Delhi: The Central Government has given its go-ahead for creation of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration - an autonomous body that will have greater administrative powers than the existing Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council. The decision has been taken after the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) meeting and Home Minister P Chidambaram has been directed to go to Kolkata to sign the agreement with the concerned parties. The members of the...
11:06 AM, Jul 18, 2011
Kolkata: The memebers of the West Bengal government, the Centre and the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJM) are expected to sign an agreement on Monday to create the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration - an autonomous body that will have greater administrative powers than the existing Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met with GJM president Bimal Gurung and other top party leaders on Sunday. The Left has decided to...
09:28 AM, Jul 18, 2011
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed that the Darjeeling dispute has been resolved and a formal agreement with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has also been signed. Mamata said that she has informed the Union Home Ministry about the agreement. Mamata said that the West Bengal Chief Secretary Samar Ghosh would talk to the Center and hold a formal tripartite meeting in Darjeeling and formalise the...
05:14 PM, Jun 07, 2011
It's the first time that the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha is contesting in an election and is supporting the TMC. ...
05:47 PM, Apr 17, 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
Kolkata: Deputy Election Commissioner Vinod Zutsi, who is in charge of West Bengal, will arrive in Kolkata to monitor preparations in districts where Assembly elections for the first and second phases are scheduled for April 18 and 23 respectively. "Zutshi will arrive on April 10 and go to north Bengal and visit Darjeeling, Coochbehar and Jalpaiguri and have meetings with district magistrates and superintendents of police," state Additonal Chief Electoral...
11:14 AM, Apr 07, 2011
Darjeeling: Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), which has been spearheading the campaign for a separate Gorkhaland, on Friday declared the names of their candidates in Darjeeling hills of West Bengal. "Tilak Deowan, Dr Rohit Sharma and Harka Bahadur Chhetri will contest in Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong seats respectively as GJM candidates in Darjeeling hills in the coming assembly polls," GJM president Bimal Gurung told a press conference in Darjeeling. Meanwhile, one...
05:19 PM, Mar 25, 2011
Siliguri: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday ruled out any possibility of the creation of Gorkhaland. He firmly told the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha that its demand for a separate state would never be conceded and asked it to instead concentrate on development of the region. "Stop your movement for a Gorkhaland. It will never be fulfilled. Concentrate on all round development of Darjeeling as it is the only...
09:24 AM, Feb 21, 2011
Darjeeling: GJM activists protesting the police firing in Sipchu on Monday courted arrest at Kalimpong, Kurseong and Mirik police stations of the district even as the indefinite bandh called by the outfit entered the sixth day disrupting normal life. Scores of GJM activists gathered before the police stations as part of the programme protesting against the Sipchu firing that has claimed three lives. However, the number of those arrested or...
02:08 PM, Feb 14, 2011
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