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Home secy holds meeting with GJMM
The Statesman
Home secy holds meeting with GJMM
SILIGURI, Nov. 25: The State home secretary, Mr Ashok Mohan Chakrabarty called upon the GJMM leadership today to allow the district administration and the Darjeeling Hill Council to carry on with the developmental activities in the Darjeeling hills.
Mr Chakravarty held a review meeting on the law and order situation [...]
Asok warns of replay
The Telegraph
Siliguri, Nov. 16: People spearheading the movement for Gorkhaland will face a Subash Ghisingh-like situation one day, Asok Bhattacharya, the Bengal urban development minister, today warned.
“Once Ghisingh (the GNLF chief) was worshipped like God and the hill people used to follow him whatever he asked them to do. When he had ordered them to [...]
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 [...]
Dress code clamped on students - Bail applications rejected once again - Traditional attire for ‘healthy’ college atmosphere
The Telegraph
Darjeeling, Oct 24: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has announced that college students will have to attend classes in traditional attires three days a week even after the dress code movement ends on November 7.
This dress code for students will create a “healthy atmosphere in colleges,” the Morcha has claimed. On the other hand, the [...]
GJMM refutes AIGL’s ‘secret meeting’ allegations
Statesman News Service
DARJEELING, Oct. 24: The Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha leadership has issued a 7 November deadline to All India Gorkha League president Mr Madan Tamang to prove the efficacy of the allegation regarding their secret meeting with the state home secretary Mr AM Chakraborty at Teen Chulay in Takda during the official’s recent visit [...]
Withdrawal part of GJMM’s plan: AIGL
Statesman News Service
DARJEELING, Oct. 23: The All India Gorkha League leadership charged the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha leadership today with having reached a secret understanding with the state government before the formal withdrawal of the party’s agitational programmes related to GL number plates and defacement of state government office signboards.
“The formal withdrawal supposedly [...]
‘Bring back democracy’
SILIGURI, Oct. 23: A day after the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) toned down its Hill agitation at the request of Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the CPI-M today demanded an immediate reinstatement of “total democracy” in the Darjeeling Hills.
Addressing a Press conference in Siliguri this afternoon, the CPI-M Darjeeling district secretary Mr SP Lepcha and state [...]
Governor wants early solution
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SILIGURI, Oct. 23: West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi has said that the ongoing tripartite talks on the Darjeeling Hills agitation should move smoothly so as to arrive at a solution at the earliest possible.
“As you all know, tripartite talks are in position and the government of India, the state government and the Morcha (GJMM) [...]
Traffic to hills resumes amid barbs - Drivers keep fingers crossed
The Telegraph
Siliguri, Oct. 23: The CPM and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha continued to exchange verbal volleys even as governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi appealed to all political parties to maintain peace to resolve the crisis in Darjeeling and speed up growth in Siliguri and its surrounding areas.
“The tripartite talks have started and the second round will be [...]
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 [...]
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