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Gurung blames Asok for Bangladeshi migrants
Statesman News Service
KURSEONG, Nov. 23: State urban development minister Mr Asok Bhattacharya’s life is not long as nowadays with the way he is promoting and giving shelter to the Bangladeshi nationals in the Terai region, Dooars and Darjeeling hills, aiding communal organisations like the Aamra Bengali and Jan-Jagran Manch, said GJMM chief Mr Bimal Gurung. [...]
Ethnic violence may erupt in Hills: Intelligence
Times of India
20 Nov 2008, 0302 hrs IST, Debashis Konar, TNN
KOLKATA: The Centre has asked the state government to find out if there were any chances of ethnic violence in the Hills post the second tripartite meeting due in November-end.
Sources said the ministry of home affairs has information that there could be large-scale violence in [...]
Thousands walk as Citu runs riot - 90-year-old forced out of ambulance
The Telegraph
Siliguri, Oct. 22: Three vehicles were ransacked, the tyres of at least 10 others were punctured and a 90-year-old was forced to come out of an ambulance as the Citu today went ahead with its transport strike.
The ambulance was intercepted at Dagapur here around 2.30pm by picketers, who alleged that the passengers inside were [...]
GJM suspends agitation in Darjeeling
outlookindia.com
DARJEELING, OCT 22 (PTI)
The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha today suspended its programme of changing car numberplates and renaming of official signboards till the next round of tripartite talks, following a request by West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi.
“The governor requested our president Bimal Gurung to create an atmosphere conducive for the second round of tripartite talks,” GJM [...]
‘Worried’ Buddha mum on Morcha
The Telegraph
Calcutta, Oct. 21: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today broke his silence on Darjeeling, saying the signs were “extremely worrisome”, but did not name the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, the prime mover of the agitation in the hills.
After meeting hill affairs minister Ashok Bhattacharyya at Writers’ Buildings today, the Bengal chief minister said in a statement: “What has [...]
GJMM to decide next step after November talks
www.thestatesman.net
DARJEELING, Sept. 21: The Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha’s decision to relax its non-cooperation movement which involves non-payment of taxes in all forms to Centre and state governments will depend upon the next round of tripartite talks in November.
“We will sit for talks with government officials of different departments regarding this issue. But the outcome of [...]
GJMM students’ wing to start for Kolkata today
Statesman News Service
DARJEELING, Aug. 29: Five hundred students under the Gorkha Jana Vidyarthi Morcha (GJVM) will head to Kolkata tomorrow to fight for Gorkhaland.
“We will hold rallies and demonstrate at the Metro Channel in Kolkata on 1 September. It is an effort from the students to generate support for the Gorkhaland demand and to make [...]
Priya asks state for Hill proposal
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SILIGURI, Aug. 25: The Parliamentary affairs minister Mr Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi has asked the West Bengal government to proffer a definite proposal at the proposed tripartite meeting on the Darjeeling imbroglio scheduled soon in New Delhi. “Unless the state government puts such a proposal, the dialogue may turn into a meaningless exercise,” he said.
“The respective [...]
CPM protests Congress ‘flip-flop’
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Siliguri, Aug. 22: Darjeeling district CPM leaders have come down heavily on the Congress leadership, accusing it of double standards on Gorkhaland.
The district CPM was referring to the meeting that the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha delegation had with Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi yesterday. The Congress MP from Darjeeling had said that Mukherjee told the delegation [...]
Hills jittery over CM message
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Siliguri, Aug. 19: Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s prescription of “showing patience for peace” has not gone down well with a section of CPM leaders in Darjeeling.
During his visit here last week, Bhattacharjee had asked the party leaders and supporters to be patient and not to foment any trouble with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha members.
“We will [...]
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