Kalimpong
Pratap Khati arrested - interim bail granted
Interim bail for ABGL youth leader - Khati asked to surrender before Delhi court
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Kalimpong, Nov. 18: Pratap Khati, the president of the ABGL’s youth wing, was today granted an interim bail by the assistant chief judicial magistrate’s court where he was produced a day after a Delhi police team arrested him in connection with a [...]
Khati grilled
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A four-member team of Delhi police arrived in Kalimpong today with an arrest warrant against ABGL leader Pratap Khati in connection with a fraud case. Khati was grilled till late in the evening.
In November 2006, another Delhi police team had visited the town in connection with the same case in which Real Service, a placement [...]
Morcha appoints youth leader
The Telegraph
Kalimpong, Nov. 6: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president Bimal Gurung has appointed Sunil Pradhan as one of the three men to look after the party’s youth affairs in the Kalimpong subdivision.
Pradhan, who is from 6th Mile here, replaces Basant Singh who had been suspended from the outfit for his alleged anti-party activities about two months [...]
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 [...]
Blot-out ‘WB’ mission meets no resistance
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Oct. 17: Groups of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supporters in traditional clothes today marched into state government offices in the hills, blackened the “West Bengal” on signboards with paint and pasted papers with “Gorkhaland” printed on them in their places.
At the end of the day, nearly 10 signboards in Darjeeling town read “Government of Gorkhaland”.
True to [...]
Shutdown fear haunts govt officials in hills; No use of force: DM; A plea with flowers for gorkhaland
The Telegraph
Siliguri, Oct. 16: Senior administrative officials have hinted that they may have to shut down the offices in the Darjeeling hills if they are forced to carry “Government of Gorkhaland” on signboards from tomorrow.
District magistrate Surendra Gupta said the administration would not under any circumstances apply force to curb the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s drive [...]
Blaze finger at Morcha mob
The Telegraph
Kalimpong, Oct. 15: Two houses were torched, a Maruti van turned on its side and a motorcycle set ablaze here today, allegedly by supporters of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha reacting to the circulation of pamphlets critical of the party and its leader Bimal Gurung.
The victims were Pratap Khati, the president of the Tarun Gorkha [...]
GJMM supporters ‘vandalise’ houses
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DARJEELING, October 15: The houses of Mr Prabhat Khati, president of AIGL’s youth wing (Tarun Gorkha) and Mr Basant Singh, a suspended GJMM member were allegedly vandalised by GJMM supporters in Kalimpong today.
In the incidents that took place around 11 a.m., people in large groups surrounded their residences located at Lower Gumba Hatta and RC [...]
Morcha proposes tourism board
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Kalimpong, Oct. 14: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has decided to put in place an umbrella organisation — Gorkhaland Tourism Board — to promote and protect the interest of tourism in the hills.
The board is expected to be ready before the spring tourist season.
However, Morcha president Bimal Gurung made it clear to a delegation of Eastern [...]
GJMM public meetings to discuss Tripartite talks
From Delhi to Darjeeling…
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DARJEELING, Sept. 11: The GJMM has decided to go to town with the outcome of the 8 September tripartite talks on Gorkhaland in New Delhi. The party would organise a series of public rallies from 13 to 15 September to apprise the people of its accomplishments in New Delhi.
“The meetings would be [...]
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