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
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha on Sunday is expected to decide on how to push its demand for a separate Gorkhaland. The party is likely to renew its agitation in the Darjeeling hills. The leadership has also threatened to take up arms to ensure that a separate state is formed. ...
06:49 AM, Jan 20, 2013
Kolkata: Election to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration would be held prior to formation of its board, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said. Making a statement in the state Assembly, she pointed out that the delimitation notification had already been issued. The chief minister admitted that Justice(Retd) Shyamal Sen had submitted a report to the government which was not liked by some. But in a democracy some may like...
04:09 PM, Jun 22, 2012
Siliguri: Ahead of her meeting with Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) top leaders on Saturday on the Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said she did not support separatists. "We do not want any division (between the hills and the plains). But we want unity among the hills and the plains. I do not support separatists," Banerjee said while inaugurating the week-long North Bengal Utsav...
10:54 PM, Feb 10, 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: The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) Bill will be placed for discussion in the West Bengal Assembly on Friday even as the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has expressed its unhappiness with the exclusion of certain powers including the transfer of financial and administrative powers in the draft bill. The West Bengal cabinet on Thursday, endorsed the GTA Bill seeking more autonomy for the body, ahead of its tabling in the...
07:55 AM, Sep 02, 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: One of the big issues at stake in the hills of Darjeeling is a separate Gorkhaland. This is the first time that the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha is contesting in an election and is supporting the TMC. It remains to be seen whether Mamata Banerjee's promise of turning the hills into Switzerland will work. When one enters Gorkhaland, every home tells that one has entered a state within a state,...
05:22 PM, Apr 17, 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
Siliguri: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday 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 solution to the issue," Bhattacharjee said while inaugurating a biscuit...
06:51 PM, Feb 20, 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
Darjeeling: The hills of Darjeeling should have been alive with the sounds of workers plucking tea leaves. It is the season when half of the 9 million kg of premium tea is plucked. But these acres are lying unattended, following the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha's bandh call. For Darjeeling which depends on revenues from the tea economy, it is a big blow. Chairman of North Bengal Zonal Council Ram Gopal Jajodia...
10:06 AM, Feb 12, 2011
Darjeeling/Kolkata: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha on Friday said it will not sit for talks unless Gorkhaland issue is discussed and ruled out an interim council for Darjeeling even as the situation in the hills remained largely peaceful on the second day of the party's indefinite bandh to protest Tuesday's police firing on its supporters. In a reaction to Thursday's appeal by Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to sit for negotiations, GJM...
01:47 PM, Feb 11, 2011
Darjeeling: West Bengal government has sought the help of Army to control the situation after three people were killed in a series of clashes between the police and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters. However, sources say that the Army is reluctant to be involved in civilian operations. Army headquarters is New Delhi clarified that no unit has been deployed in Darjeeling even as the situation remains tense in the area....
12:05 PM, Feb 09, 2011
Darjeeling: Relief has come Darjeeling's way as the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) suspended its bandh on Tuesday. This came after the police assured GJM members that their leader Nicole Tamang — one of the prime accused in the killing of Gorkha leader Madan Tamang — would be traced and arrested. The outfit's infinite bandh that began on Sunday stranded several tourists in the city and forced vehicles off the roads...
03:46 PM, Aug 24, 2010
Darjeeling continued to be tense on Saturday even as a massive protest rally was held to protest the killing. ...
11:12 PM, May 22, 2010
GJM has asked for political level discussion at the next round of talks. ...
03:31 PM, Dec 21, 2009
He asked GJM to leave their demand for a separate state for Gorkhas. ...
03:10 PM, Dec 20, 2009
Two activists participating in the fast unto death have been hospitalised. ...
11:39 AM, Dec 14, 2009
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