Archive for October, 2008
In the middle of nowhere
The Telegraph
It is time the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha engages itself in responsible politics, writes Vivek Chhetri
The demand for a separate state is being heard loudly again all over the Darjeeling hills for more than a year now. But the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, the party at the forefront of the movement, seems to have landed itself [...]
GJMM youth wing bans sale of gutka, pan-masala
The Statesman
KURSEONG, Oct.28: From today onwards, the sale of Gutkas and Pan-Masalas have been banned in Kurseong, imposed by the GJMM youth wing.
The GJMM Kurseong branch, youth wing, president, Mr Pemendra Gurung said: “Keeping in mind the fatal health problems resulting from chewing of Guthas and Pan Masalas and the rise of consumers by the [...]
Flower ’showdown’ in the Hills
Statesman News Service
Kurseong, Oct. 27: The directive of the Janmukti Asthai Karmachari Sangathan might hamper the observation of rituals and the people alike in the hills this festive season.
Recently, the JAKS had issued a directive that they will not allow the sale of flowers from the plains in the Hills. Following this, the plains flowers [...]
GJMM suspends two rebels
Statesman News Service
DARJEELING, Oct. 27: Two Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha leaders from Takdah-Teesta Valley of Darjeeling have been suspended from the GJMM for anti-party activities and flouting party discipline.
The Takdah-Teesta Valley president Mr Narbu G Lama announced the suspension decision served against the unit president of Teesta Valley Tea Estate Mr Dinesh Pakhrin and Darjeeling [...]
Morcha plans conduct code
The Telegraph
Kalimpong, Oct. 27: The central committee of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has suggested the setting up of a panel to prepare a code of conduct to ensure discipline in the party and streamline its functioning.
The recommendation that came at the end of a meeting of the 43-member committee at Deolo hills last night will [...]
Tamang walks for ‘democratic voices’ - Proof will be provided at the right time: ABGL president
The Telegraph
Darjeeling, Oct. 26: A day after nearly 300 Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supporters demonstrated in front of his house for two hours, Madan Tamang walked 3km to his office, instead of taking the car, to “reaffirm the existence of democratic voices”.
Tamang’s house is at INA Bypass and the office is on Ladenla Road.
The protesters yesterday [...]
Three days a week, dress traditionally!
www.thestatesman.net
DARJEELING, Oct. 24: The ‘good influence’ that the traditional dress has had upon the college students has prompted the GJMM to issue yet another fiat. They have made the *daura-suruwal and chaubandi-faria (Nepalese traditional dress for men and women respectively) compulsory even after the dress code programme ends on 7 November.
“Students in traditional dresses not [...]
Dress code clamped on students - Bail applications rejected once again - Traditional attire for ‘healthy’ college atmosphere
The Telegraph
Darjeeling, Oct 24: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has announced that college students will have to attend classes in traditional attires three days a week even after the dress code movement ends on November 7.
This dress code for students will create a “healthy atmosphere in colleges,” the Morcha has claimed. On the other hand, the [...]
GJMM refutes AIGL’s ‘secret meeting’ allegations
Statesman News Service
DARJEELING, Oct. 24: The Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha leadership has issued a 7 November deadline to All India Gorkha League president Mr Madan Tamang to prove the efficacy of the allegation regarding their secret meeting with the state home secretary Mr AM Chakraborty at Teen Chulay in Takda during the official’s recent visit [...]
Chargesheet filed against firing accused
The Telegraph
Chargesheet on firing
Darjeeling, Oct. 24: A chargesheet against 26 people accused in the firing, which killed a Gorkha Janmuki Morcha supporter, was today submitted in the chief judicial magistrate’s court here.
The bullet had been allegedly fired from the house of GNLF leader Deepak Gurung on July 25 and had killed Pramila Sharma on the [...]
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