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
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
Khejuri: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Saturday said that he wanted to make Nandigram as developed as Haldia and accused the Trinamool Congress of fomenting trouble there. "We want to make Nandigram another Haldia. Haldia is a booming town now. It will continue to flourish. Thousands of people are working there. We have created Haldia. But TMC has unleashed false propaganda and created trouble even after the announcement...
02:05 PM, Apr 30, 2011
Priyanka Gupta in conversation with Roshan Giri, General Secretary GJM. Giri says GJM wants a separate state of Gorkhaland but the CPM and TMC are totally opposed to it. ...
02:31 PM, Apr 18, 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
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