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 in the hills and some opposition political parties for spreading canards, he said the recent visit of the CM foiled the bid. "We have been able to remove all hatred and animosity between the people of hills and plains," he said. Chhetri said GNLF recently clashed with GJM near Mirik to vitiate relations with the state government but failed to achieve their target.
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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
Five persons, accused in the murder of former All-India Gorkha League president Madan Tamang, were arrested by the Central Bureau of Invstigation from a hotel in Darjeeling. The five suspects had escaped after Tamang, a prominent Gorkha leader, was brutally murdered on May 21, 2010 by an armed mob in broad daylight at Upper Clubside Stand in Darjeeling town while he was overseeing preparation for a public meeting. ...
10:00 AM, Feb 16, 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: 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
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
Kolkata: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has given a call for an indefinite bandh in the Terai and Dooars region of West Bengal to press for its demand for a separate Gorkhaland state. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked the GJM to respect the terms of the tripartite agreement and exercise restraint. But the GJM has gone ahead with the bandh call following violence in the region. The...
04:06 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: During his meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured Banerjee that her concerns over the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), the leakage in Farakka Barrage and the grant of Presidential assent to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Bill will be taken care of. The Prime Minister assured the Chief Minister that he has requested Home Minister P Chidambaram to find ways...
08:52 PM, Feb 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
New Delhi: The debate on splitting larger states has once again come to the forefront with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister announcing plans for carving out four new states: Purvanchal, Bundelkhand, Awadh and Paschim Pradesh/Harit Pradesh. There have been long standing demands across India for the formation of new states and the list includes:1. Ladakh (Jammu & Kashmir)2. Maru Pradesh (Rajasthan)3. Harit Pradesh/Paschim Pradesh (Uttar Pradesh)4. Awadh (Uttar Pradesh)5. Purvanchal/Bhojpur (Uttar...
09:28 PM, Nov 16, 2011
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
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
New Delhi: There were celebrations all over Darjeeling on Monday after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Union Home Minister P CHidambaram and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung oversaw the signing of the historic tripartite agreement for the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration. The pact gives Gorkhas financial and administrative control but stops short of creating a new state of Gorkhaland. Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader, Bimal Gurung was visibly satisfied with...
09:24 PM, Jul 18, 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
Adivasi Vikas Parishad General Secretary Tej Kumar Toppo expressed fear that tribals may be oppressed. ...
03:00 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
