Hill outfit gets new ally; GPM blames govt for Hills imbroglio

Hill outfit gets new ally
The Telegraph

Siliguri, Nov. 12: A frontal organisation of the CPI (Maoists) has expressed solidarity with the statehood movement spearheaded by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha in the hills.
Led by state secretary Raja Sarkhel, a three-member team of the Ganapratirodh Mancha today said they were with the Morcha and would continue to extend [...]

The Telegraph - Tête à tête - ‘The nation now owes us justice, and a state of our own’

The Telegraph
Gorkha Janamukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung, who has been aggressively pushing for a separate state for the Gorkhas, tells Debashis Bhattacharyya that he is using non-violent means to achieve his goal

Tête à tête
A weak sun peeps out of a veil of clouds, casting a soft glow on the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha’s office in the [...]

Morcha call to shut DGHC offices -Tenders blocked to focus on Gorkhaland

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Darjeeling, Nov. 7: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has called for an indefinite closure of all DGHC offices across the hills from tomorrow. The party will, however, allow the offices to remain open at the month end to facilitate the distribution of salaries among the council employees.
Announcing the movement, Morcha president Bimal Gurung said he had [...]

Exams postponed for student participation in GJMM rally

Statesman News Service
DARJEELING, November 5: The annual exams of Darjeeling schools in November would have to be postponed as students are required to actively participate in the Gorkhaland movement, according to the Gorkha Jana Vidhyarthi Morcha, the student’s wing of the GJMM. They claim that this is for the success of the upcoming tripartite meeting [...]

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 [...]

Intensive movement after Nov. 7

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Darjeeling, Oct. 17: Bimal Gurung today told the people of the hills to be ready for a “more intensified” movement after November 7.
The president of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, who was addressing a public gathering at Chowrastha, however, refused to specify how the party planned to intensify its agitation.
“From November 7 (when the dress code [...]

India’s Gorkhas throw weight behind ”Robin Hood” for new state

Khaleej Times Online (AFP)
16 August 2008
DARJEELING, India - After two decades of an armed struggle for a separate state, a million-plus ethnic Nepalese Gorkhas in India’s northeast are hoping their new plain-speaking leader will deliver them the homeland they have long yearned for.
In the hilly tea-growing region of Darjeeling — where the Gorkhas constitute the [...]