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Narbula backs Hill Cong’s stand for Gorkhaland

Statesman News Service
SILIGURI, Sept. 4: The Darjeeling Congress MP Mr Dawa Narbula today said that the Darjeeling district Hill Congress had done the “right thing” while siding with the Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha and its pro Gorkhaland allies. “It is in the fitness of things that Mr Chhabi Rai, the joint secretary, Darjeeling district Hill [...]

Lama new chief of hill civic body

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Kalimpong, Sept. 4: Senior Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Norden Lama was sworn-in as acting chairman of the Kalimpong Municipality here today, thus setting in motion the process to elect a new chief of the civic body.
Lama, the councillor of Ward 7, was administered the oath by the Kalimpong subdivisional officer, P.T. Sherpa. The officer had [...]

‘Deal’ to end boycott gets first taker

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Darjeeling, Sept. 4: A former GNLF councillor has been granted primary membership of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha. N.B. Pradhan’s house, however, was searched in his presence before he was inducted into the party.
Pradhan’s induction into the Morcha is the first such instance since Bimal Gurung announced that it was time the social boycott of the [...]