Darjeeling police develop special force for security reasons

Statesman News Service
DARJEELING, Nov. 11: The Darjeeling district police have fashioned a special commando force to deploy during possible riots and to cope with unforeseen incidents in any part of the district.
“There is a general perception among the public that the police are not doing enough to ensure their security. That is why we created [...]

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 [...]

Exams to be deferred for GJM rally - Board selections spared

Morcha spares board selections
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Darjeeling, Nov. 10: The annual examinations in hill schools will be deferred by at least a week to facilitate students’ participation in the movement for Gorkhaland being spearheaded by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha.
The student agitation, which includes relay hunger strikes from tomorrow, is likely to continue till the third week of November [...]

Tamang plans new Opposition Front

‘New front’ to pitch for Gorkhaland
Statesman News Service
DARJEELING, Nov. 10: As a culmination of the recent development in the Hills pro-Gorkhaland democratic forces from Darjeeling and Dooras region and the rest of West Bengal will possibly unite to form a political Front for the political demand of a separate state in the initiative of All [...]

Tamang gets ultimatum to prove allegations

Express News Service
Kolkata, November 09 After barricading All India Gorkha League president Madan Tamang in his Darjeeling home on Saturday, the Gorkha Janmukti Vidyarthi Morcha (GJVM) said on Sunday that he has time till November 12 to prove his allegations against Bimal Gurung.
The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) and its student wing had initially set November [...]

CPM worried at Hill situation

Statesman News Service
SILIGURI, Nov. 9: The CPI-M Darjeeling district committee has expressed serious concern over the recent turn of events in the Darjeeling Hills.
Following a meeting of the district committee held in Siliguri today, the district secretariat member and the state urban development minister Mr Asok Bhattacharya accused the Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha of spearheading [...]

Morcha piles up more charges

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Darjeeling, Nov. 9: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has accused Madan Tamang of misusing people’s money, the latest allegation in the war of words between the ABGL president and Bimal Gurung’s outfit.
In a news conference in Darjeeling, Gurung today flashed a Rs 100 receipt of the People’s Democratic Front which had allegedly collected donations for its [...]

Students’ demand action

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Eight students have filed a General Diary (GD) against some unknown persons alleging that they flashed arms at them from the premises of AIGL president Mr Madan Tamang’s residence. “We want the administration to take action against those who showed pistols at the students by 11 November. If not we will announce our next course [...]

AIGL, govt in cahoots: GJMM

Statesman News Service
DARJEELING, Nov. 9: The GJMM leadership has alleged that a statement issued by CPI-M leader and state and urban development minister Mr Asok Bhattacharya of providing security to any opponent leaders, clearly suggests a nexus between the AIGL leader Mr Madan Tamang and state government.
“He has not been so protective towards his own [...]

Hill hunger strike

The Telegraph
Darjeeling, Nov. 8: College students in the hills will hold relay hunger strikes from November 11 till the second round of tripartite talks begin in Delhi in the third week of this month.
Schools would not close during the strikes, Kismant Chhetri, president of the Gorkha Janmukti Vidyarthi Morcha, said. “We will try to work [...]