By Various Sources on August 20,2008
 After walkout threat, a trip to Delhi - Morcha rejects bandh before Pujas OUR CORRESPONDENT - The Telegraph Darjeeling, Aug. 19: A nine-member delegation of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today left for Delhi to prepare the groundwork for ... [full story]
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By Tashi C Sherpa on August 19,2008
 Darjeeling and HIV/AIDS By Tashi C Sherpa An article in the Telegraph dated 28th July 2008 read “Queen of hills in HIV grip”. The article states that Darjeeling is “a new HIV hotspot with two persons infected in every ... [full story]
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By Various Sources on August 18,2008
Morcha sets statehood rider for talks - Gurung threatens boycott if delhi bypasses gorkhaland OUR CORRESPONDENT - The Telegraph Darjeeling, Aug. 18: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has threatened to walk out of the proposed tripartite meeting if the demand ... [full story]
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By Various Sources on August 17,2008
Hill ‘patience’ on CM lips OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT - The Telegraph Siliguri, Aug. 17: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today described the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s agitation tactics as “anti-national and undemocratic”, but said his government would be “patient” in tackling the hills ... [full story]
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By Upendra on August 17,2008
 Do We Really Want Gorkhaland? Mairead Maguire once said, “We frail humans are at one time capable of the greatest good and, at the same time, capable of the greatest evil…” I feel ashamed to say that my community ... [full story]
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By Various Sources on August 17,2008
Ghising bereaved Special Correspondent – The Hindu KOLKATA: Gorkha National Liberation Front leader Subhas Ghising’s wife Dhanakumari Ghising died after a massive heart attack on Saturday. She was declared brought dead at the hospital where she was ... [full story]
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By North Pointers on August 16,2008
Courtesy: AMONG OURSELVES (School magazine) by St. Joseph’s School. (Gorkhaland special) Beloved Gorkhaland Nirajan Shrestha 11Arts North Point School, Darjeeling “Not a hometown but a home, Not a birthplace, but a place I can call my own” ... [full story]
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By DT Correspondent on August 16,2008
 Darjeeling, 16 August: Mrs. Dhankumari Ghisingh, wife of Mr. Subash Ghisingh, GNLF supremo, has been expired today in Siliguri hospital at around 5 am. She was 69. Her dead body could not bring it up to Darjeeling as people ... [full story]
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By ST Correspondent on August 15,2008
 Gangtok: Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) President, Mr. Bimal Gurung, sees the separation of CPI(M) from the UPA government as a "good sign" for Gorkhaland movement. "At this juncture", he says "we need more support of Sikkim government", adding, "Sikkim Chief ... [full story]
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By Various Sources on August 15,2008
Salesian College Sonada Salesian College Sonada is running an IGNOU Special Study Centre for the students of the locality. This centre mainly aims at students who are dropouts from various schools because of a variety of reasons. The centre ... [full story]
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By Sonam B Wangyal on August 14,2008
THE NEVER-ENDING WAIT FOR A HOMELAND By Dr. Sonam B Wangyal The following is a chronicle of the long and enduring struggle of a peoples' movement for a separate homeland for over a hundred years. It is not ... [full story]
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By Sudarshan Tamang on August 14,2008
Walk the talk: with Birman By sudarshan Birman and I were born in the same village. His mother named him Birman hoping that he would become a bir Gorkhali someday and served the motherland. Despite all his effort, he ... [full story]
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By Various Sources on August 13,2008
Cotton wool doctor gets bail after surrender OUR CORRESPONDENT - The Telegraph Darjeeling, Aug 13: A doctor of Darjeeling District Hospital, who has been accused of leaving cotton wool inside a patient following a curettage wash-up of the uterus, ... [full story]
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By Goal.com on August 13,2008
 The Indian football team has some rising stars but one name that stands out is Delhi boy Sunil Chhetri who scored a hat-trick in a 4-1 win over Tajikistan to lift the AFC Challenge cup final at the Dr. Ambedkar ... [full story]
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By Sumanta Sen on August 13,2008
RULING THE ROOST FIFTH COLUMN - Sumanta Sen Courtesy: The Telegraph In a democratic society, all kinds of opinion, barring those against the nation itself, are supposed to be allowed to co-exist and contend with one another, not on ... [full story]
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By Various Sources on August 13,2008
Constitution of Committees for Selection of Awardees for Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards 2007 The Government of India has constituted a Special Screening Committee and the National Selection Committee for the selection of Awardees for Tenzing Norgay National Adventure ... [full story]
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By DT Correspondent on August 12,2008
Youth rowdyism versus Gorkhaland future - Thoughts from a videshi !! Both me and my wife, we are regular readers of darjeelingtimes.com and we appreciate and admire your wisdom and ability to state the real facts about the ongoing ... [full story]
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By DT Correspondent on August 12,2008
 Gorkhaland Blues The following cartoons have been drawn by a talented young man Mr. Norden from Bhutia Busty, Darjeeling.... Mr. Norden has a multi-faceted personality and Darjeeling Times team is thankful to Mr. Dipendra from Garidhura, Jorebungla for having ... [full story]
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By Vimal Khawas on August 10,2008
 GORKHALAND: ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE BASE Vimal Khawas* The proposed state of Gorkhaland consisting of the district of Darjeeling and adjoining Duar-Terai region of Jalpaiguri and Coochbehar districts accommodate over 25 lac population. The region as a ... [full story]
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By Mary Boland on August 10,2008
 BHANU BHAVAN – An opera of waste By Mary Boland Inside view of the Bhanu Bhawan where recent photo exhibition (Gorkhaland: My Dreamland) was held It was a cordial invitation to an exhibition called “Gorkhaland: My Dreamland” which ... [full story]
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By Mahendra P Lama on August 08,2008
 High Economics in our Statehood Demand Mahendra P Lama Demand for a separate statehood comprising of Darjeeling district and the adjoining Dooars is over a century old. This region has very little to do with the state of West Bengal ... [full story]
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By S T Tamang on August 08,2008
Few issue based Rationale for the creation of a new administrative, legislative and judicial set up in Darjeeling Hills and Dooars. Issue- Slavery of Tea Garden Workers since the British Raj… Dogmatic Communists have ruled West Bengal for over ... [full story]
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By DT Correspondent on August 04,2008
 A Unique Talent Darjeeling has produced numerous musical geniuses in the past, and the still trend continues... However this talent we are introducing today is unique in many respects... He is not only talented musically, but he is also ... [full story]
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By Yumita Rai on August 03,2008
THE LEGACY OF A ‘ROWDY’ I am an unemployed, thirty eight year old ‘youth’ in Darjeeling (name withheld, naturally). My education cut short all thanks to the agitation of 1986. Its as if the ... [full story]
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By Upendra on July 29,2008
 A WORD OF CAUTION Someone once said, “Snowflakes like people are all different and beautiful, but they can be a nuisance when they lose their identity in a mob.” What happened in Darjeeling Hills this past week cannot be ... [full story]
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By Udaya Mani Pradhan on July 25,2008
A Case for Gorkhaland The socio-economic perspective By Udaya Mani Pradhan Why Gorkhaland? India’s tryst with destiny began at the stroke of midnight on 15th August 1947. It ushered in a new era wherein the belief that everyone ... [full story]
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