Activities in Darjeeling today, reflected from the lens of Rabin Rai:  Photo Feature:     Hunger Strike by students at Chowkbazaar, Darjeeling   2 hours roads blocks in Darjeeling    GJMM rally in Darjeeling  Happy New Year Bridge GLP camp at Triveni  Changing ... [full story]

Darjeeling on the Day of 4th Tripartite Talk:    Photo Feature:                   [full story]

‘Interim’ proposal shunned OUR CORRESPONDENT - The telegraph Kalimpong, Feb. 8: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s revelation that the “secret document” it has sent to the Centre pertains to an interim arrangement has evoked strong reactions in the hills with ... [full story]

GJM threatens to drive out DM, SP from Darjeeling Indian Express After the Centre did not announce the date on political-level talks on Gorkhaland, which it was suppose to announce in the first week of February, the Gorkha Janmukti ... [full story]

Asha Gurung at Chowkbazar today during public meeting of GJMM CM Chamling slams pro-Gorkhaland agitationists for blockade of NH-31A DNA News Gangtok: Slamming the pro-Gorkhaland agitationists for carrying out frequent traffic disruption on the National Highway 31A, the ... [full story]

GJMM president in Dooars during the occasion of GLP Foundation Day (Photo Courtesy: Himalaya Darpan, The Gorkha Daily) GNLF clash with Morcha OUR BUREAU Darjeeling/Siliguri, Feb. 6: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supporters today clashed with GNLF activists at Panighata in ... [full story]

Posters at Chowkbazaar, Darjeeling  Siege over, DM office deserted OUR CORRESPONDENT - The telegraph The deserted collectorate in Darjeeling on Friday. Picture by Suman Tamang Darjeeling, Feb. 5: The Vidyarthi Morcha lifted its 11-hour siege of ... [full story]

Police atrocity to the hills students in Siliguri (Photo Courtesy: Himalaya Darpan, The Gorkha Daily)  Students set vehicles on fire; confine DM, SDOs PTI News Siliguri, Feb 5 (PTI) After a lull, crisis erupted in Darjeeling Hills with Vidyarthi ... [full story]

Bimal Gurung in Samthar, Kalimpong sub-division on Feb 3 (Photo Courtesy: Himalaya Darpan, The Gorkha daily) CPRM sees rationale in exclusion - Second largest party in hills wants ‘secret proposal’ to Centre to be made public VIVEK CHHETRI ... [full story]

Ghisingh’s house in Jalpaiguri. (Biplab Basak - The Telegraph) Ghising says he will return to Darjeeling PTI News Siliguri, Feb 3 (PTI) Gorkha National Liberation Front supremo and former Hill strongman Subhas Ghising, who was driven out from ... [full story]

As the February 5 deadline for the fifth round of tripartite talks among the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), the Centre and the state governments on the Gorkhaland issue nears, the Centre today said the date and venue will be announced ... [full story]

Off-shop opens in Darjeeling after the mercy of GJMM  GNLF to meet Sonia on state OUR CORRESPONDENT - The Telegraph Siliguri, Feb. 1: The GNLF will join hands with the Bharatiya Federation for New States to demand Gorkhaland. ... [full story]

Two days seminar of Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh in Siliguri (Photo Courtesy: The Himalaya Darpan, The Gorkha daily)  Morcha lifts liquor ban in hills OUR CORRESPONDENT - The Telegraph Darjeeling, Jan. 31: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has decided to lift ... [full story]

Darjeeling, Jan 30: Expounding unexpected twist of political scenario in Darjeeling hills, Madan Tamang, ABGL president (Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League) called a press conference today at his Darjeeling party office, announcing a fresh people’s movement on Gorkhaland by ABGL. “This ... [full story]

We like you SIKKIM but we love our land GORKHALAND By Bibek Sharma Recently, there have been some people both from Darjeeling and Sikkim who have been trying to gauze the political waters of both the regions by floating the idea ... [full story]

TAMANG BUDDHIST HYULBA RIMTHIM GHOOM, DARJEELING INVITATION You are cordially invited to attend the “Sonam Lhochhar” (New Year)  programme organized by Tamang Buddhist Hyulba Rimthim at Truck Maila Smrity Community Hall, Sukhia Road, Ghoom on 31st January 2010. ... [full story]

Sikkim showed money power – Bimal Gurung VoiceofSikkim 28 Jan, Darjeeling: Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha GJMM President  Bimal Gurung blamed upon the Sikkim Government for Supreme Court’s statement against the statehood agitation over the blockade of NH31 a highway, ... [full story]

Morcha blow to hill council projects - Party wants permanent job status, threat to stall tender processes from February 7 VIVEK CHHETRI Darjeeling, Jan. 27: The Janmukti Asthahi Karmachari Sangathan has decided to stop all DGHC tenders for ... [full story]

Gangtok, Jan 27 (PTI) In an embarrassment to the Congress, its senior leader Nar Bahadur Bhandari today favoured a separate state for the people of Darjeeling in neighbouring West Bengal and said it did not matter to him whether its ... [full story]

Inner Line Permit relevancy to Darjeeling District In reference to the scribes article of 22 Jan 2010 ‘The locus standi of Darjeeling District vis a vis all aspects related to the ensuing Gorkhaland statehood demand’, it is considered ... [full story]

Darjeeling district administration observed Republic Day at Chowrasta. Photo Feature:  Photo By: Rabin Rai        [full story]

The Real Back Story of the Indian Constitution Monday January 25, 2010 From - www.ndtv.com Sometimes the best stories are the back stories. So it is with the Constitution of India.   Sixty years old, the ... [full story]

Apropos A Gorkha homeland-the bigger picture 20 December 2009: Jigme Kazi. It was interesting to note from the article, failure of the Fifth Tripartite Meeting co-related to creating a state of Gorkhaland, ‘would lead to a section of peoples ... [full story]

GNLF supporters shout slogans at the Panighata police outpost on Monday (photo courtesy: Himalaya Darpan, The Gorkha Daily) GNLF show against attack OUR CORRESPONDENT - The Telegraph Siliguri, Jan. 25: Nearly 1,000 supporters of the GNLF today took ... [full story]

SC warns anti and pro Gorkhland agitators to derecognise their parties if they block NH 31A January 25, 2010 FROM ALL INDIA RADIO The Supreme Court today warned pro and anti-Gorkhaland agitators that blockade of National Highway, the economic ... [full story]

GNLF targeted two days in a row OUR CORRESPONDENT - The Telegraph Darjeeling, Jan. 24: The houses of two former GNLF leaders were vandalised at Haridashatta by unidentified people this afternoon, a day after three leaders of the ... [full story]

Netaji Birth anniversary celebrated all over Darjeeling hills, GJMM celebrates Netaji Birth anniversary in Kurseong Protests for separate Gorkhaland continue in Darjeeling OneIndia Panchonoi (West Bengal), Jan 23 (ANI): Activists of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJMM), who are ... [full story]

Sub: The locus stands of Darjeeling District vis a vis all aspects related to the ensuing Gorkhaland statehood demand.  This follows as a sequence to the recently concluded Fourth Tripartite meeting held on 21st Dec 09 in Darjeeling ... [full story]