Darjeeling: Two agents and two other linkmen of Pakistani spy agency ISI were arrested at Kurseong in Darjeeling district. "Two ISI agents identified as Maghan Bahadur Singh, a resident of Chotta Adalpur and Mesho Sauria, a resident of Panighatta Tea Estate were arrested on the charge of spying for ISI this afternoon," Superintendent of Police Kunal Agarwal told journalists at Kurseong police station.
Two other ISI linkmen Gopal Khati of Naxalbari and Dhan Bahadur Pradhan of Panighatta Bazar were also arrested, he said. Agarwal said that 54-year-old Maghan Bahadur Singh was first arrested following the revelation of his name by one upper division clerk of Army in Jaipur who had been arrested on the charge of spying for ISI. Maghan is an ex-armyman and was dismissed from service following his jail for 58 days for killing a person and stealing his car, the police said. Three others were arrested after Maghan told the police that they worked with him, the SP said.
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12:56 AM, May 20, 2013
Kolkata: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha on Friday said the recent visit of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Darjeeling has removed the "miscommunication" between the West Bengal government and the party. GJM leader Harka Bahadur Chhetri said, "There was a miscommunication with the the state...the problem is over now with her (Mamata) recent visit to the Darjeeling hills for development work for the people there." Blaming a section of the people...
12:51 AM, May 18, 2013
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will embark on a three-day visit to Darjeeling Hills beginning May 14, 2013 during which she will meet the GJM leaders as well as hold talks with the Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA). "The chief minister will leave for Darjeeling May 14. She will have a meeting with the GTA officials and attend several government functions to announce development schemes for the region. She...
05:21 AM, May 13, 2013
Giving a stern message to the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha which has raised its old demand for a separate Gorkhaland state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said any efforts at reviving the separatist movement would not go down well with the people. ...
03:29 AM, Mar 13, 2013
An overloaded sport utility vehicle (SUV) fell into Teesta river in West Bengal's Darjeeling district on Saturday. Six bodies have been recovered while 10 people are reported to be still missing. ...
06:10 PM, Jan 19, 2013
In a shrill attack on the Centre, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on December 27 accused it of an "unholy nexus" with the erstwhile Left Front government of West Bengal, leaving the state in a "disastrous" financial situation with a debt burden of Rs 2 lakh crore, and warned that patience was running out. ...
03:35 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Darjeeling: Few people know the existence of a once-beautiful lake off Darjeeling which lay hidden behind overgrown hyacinths and other wild weeds till the other day. The Salamander Bhanjyang lake was dug by L Helegon, manager of Margaret's Hope tea estate, three kms down the National Highway 55, in 1947. People from far-flung areas used to visit the 2.5 square-mile lake after it took shape, officials of the Margaret's Hope...
04:59 PM, Oct 03, 2012
Darjeeling: Landslides triggered by heavy overnight rain in the hills caused extensive damage in six tea gardens, while the National Highway 31A which was blocked was cleared by the Border Roads Organisation on Saturday. Work had to be stopped for the day in Takdah and Lopchu gardens because of the landslide, while Bannockburn, Phoobshering, Ging and Pussimbing reported loss of tea bushes, Darjeeling Tea Association (DTA) Principal Secretary, Sandip Mukherjee...
08:14 PM, Sep 15, 2012
The last time a film triggered this kind of aching, clawing nostalgia is Satyajit Ray's 1962 complex family drama 'Kanchenjunga' set amid the dew-soaked hill ...
03:58 PM, Sep 14, 2012
Darjeeling: Railway Minister Mukul Roy on Sunday promised to restore the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, which now runs between Darjeeling and Kurseong, to Siliguri by 2013. "The Railways will make an all-out effort to extend the services to Siliguri," he said. The UNESCO heritage railway, which attracts tourists both foreign and domestic, has been running for years between Darjeeling and Kurseong as tracks up to Siliguri were damaged by landslides. The...
10:40 AM, Aug 06, 2012
Kolkata: Renowned filmmaker Anjan Dutt is planning a movie on the Gorkhaland movement in Darjeeling, West Bengal. He says it his "own story" and that he will play the lead in it. Titled 'Darjeeling er Rasta' (Streets in Darjeeling), it will be a lyrical yet a very humane love story of recent times. "It is basically my own story. I have spent my childhood in hills and this film will...
04:41 PM, Jul 17, 2012
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
