strikes/bandhs
GJM stir forces out tea research unit
Times of India
10 Nov 2008, 0446 hrs IST,
Ajanta Chakraborty, TNN
KOLKATA: The unique flavour of India’s best-known export, Darjeeling tea, may now be at risk. The relentless GJM agitation in the Hills has hit
research work at the Darjeeling Tea Research and Development Centre (DTRDC) in Kurseong. Concerned at the developments, the Centre has decided to temporarily [...]
Two-hour wheel jam on Tuesday
www.telegraphindia.com
Darjeeling, Nov. 9: A transport strike for two hours on Tuesday is likely to affect traffic in the hills.
The chaka jam from 11am has been called by the All Hill Transport Joint Action Committee, an affiliate of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, to protest against the setting up a “camp office” of the motor vehicles department [...]
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 [...]
GJM threatens strike if Gorkhaland talks fail
CNN-IBN
Darjeeling: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has closed down the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill council office indefinitely.
The GJM has threatened to close down government offices if the tripartite talks scheduled for December 3 fails to yield a positive result.
The GJM has declined to extend the deadline that ends on Friday for All India Gorkha League president [...]
Darjeeling faces total shutdown from today
8 Nov 2008, 0340 hrs IST, Deep Gazmer, TNN
DARJEELING: Darjeeling has suffered enough during GJM’s Gorkhaland agitation, but the worst may be yet to come. On Friday, GJM chief Bimal Gurung announced a virtual shutdown of the Hills: schools to be closed and students made to participate in GJM’s agitation, ban on political parties, all [...]
7,000 taxis to re-affix WB plates
Statesman News Service
DARJEELING, Oct. 23: Around 7,000 taxis in the three Hills sub-divisions would re-affix ‘West Bengal’ registration plates on their vehicles after the GJMM yesterday suspended the GL plate implementation programme for taxis and commercial vehicles.
“Altogether 13,000 converted to GL plates since the start of the programme. Darjeeling accounts for 6,000 of the 13,000. [...]
‘WB’ vehicles trundle up
www.telegraphindia.com
Siliguri, Oct. 23: Traffic between the hills and plains returned to normal as cars with “WB” number plates made their way up with tourists who had been stranded here because of the Citu strike yesterday.
“The Morcha announcement to soften its agitation has brought relief as we were concerned about the tension, especially after the Citu [...]
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 [...]
People shut out bandhs
www.telegraphindia.com
Siliguri, Oct. 21: The bandhs called by Amra Bangalee and the Shiv Sena today failed to impact life in Siliguri and its adjoining areas, unlike the earlier shutdowns that had been called to protest against the activities of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha.
Shops, offices and banks were open and so were educational institutions. Transport, too, was [...]
Citu-backed transport strike today
Statesman News Service
SILIGURI, Oct. 21: The Citu affiliated ‘Darjeeling District Taxi and Private Car Drivers Union’ has decided to go ahead with its proposed transport-strike between Siliguri and the Darjeeling Hills from 6 a.m tomorrow. The union however, has truncated the transport strike to 72-hour duration from that of an indefinite one as announced earlier.
According [...]
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