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Mob gheraoes municipal office

The Statesman
Mob gheraoes municipal office
KURSEONG, Nov. 28: Hundreds of people from the rural areas gheraoed the GJMM run Kurseong Municipality under the banner of the Gorkha Jan Mukti Joint Action Committee, demanding a halt to all development works in the municipal area. According to the agitators, the development works were diverting attention from the Gorkhaland [...]

Bridge over troubled water

The Statesman
DARJEELING, Nov. 28: The CPRM has taken it on itself to sort out the political differences between the GJMM and the AIGL, for the Gorkhaland cause. Accordingly, an 11-member CPRM delegation led by its central committee members ~ Mr Sawan Rai and Mr JB Rai ~ met the leadership of the two parties today [...]

Centre delayed talks: LF

The Statesman
SILIGURI, Nov. 28: The principal constituents of the Left Front flayed the Centre for “delaying” the second round of tripartite negotiation on Gorkhaland scheduled to be held in New Delhi in November. “The Centre has been delaying the talks deliberately for political gains,” said the leaders of the CPI, Forward Bloc and the RSP.
It [...]

CPM leader defects to GJMM

The Statesman
CPM leader quits party, joins GJMM
DARJEELING, Nov. 28: The CPI-M suffered its first political setback in the Darjeeling Hills today in relation to the ongoing Gorkhaland struggle. Deserting the Marxists, CPI-M Darjeeling district committee member Mr Narayan Pradhan joined the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha today.
The CPI-M district leadership is yet to confirm the development [...]