One dead, 330 new cases recorded in Hills in a day
Darjeeling: COVID-19 claimed one life in the Darjeeling District Hospital and the number of new cases in the district in the past 24 hours stood at 330 on Saturday. A 66-year-old woman, who was the...
View ArticleBengal reports highest one-day spike of 7,713 COVID-19 cases, 32 fresh deaths
Kolkata, Apr 17 (PTI) West Bengal on Saturday registered the highest single-day spike of 7,713 COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 6,51,508, the health department said in a bulletin. The death toll also...
View ArticleDarjeeling dilemma: Gorkhaland in hearts, but ‘our bellies tied to tourism,...
From the speeches of political parties to the daily lives of voters, Gorkhaland does not echo anymore in the Darjeeling hills. What resonates, again and again, is the fear of another lockdown, and what...
View ArticleBengal Polls 2021: Old-timers recall 1982 result rerun in Darjeeling
Two days before Darjeeling votes, old-timers are suddenly recalling the 1982 Darjeeling Assembly election which had been won by CPM candidate Dawa Lama by a margin of just 309 votes.“Darjeeling’s...
View ArticleRelegated to a supporting role, will the TMC catamaran sink or sail in...
“Mann ko kura man mai chha,” said Prem Kumari Lama, 62, in between selling lollipops to a toddler at her stall near Darjeeling’s Mirik Lake. “I’m holding my cards close to my chest.”At no cost will...
View ArticleBetter roads reduce P-2 booths in Hills; only 3 exist in Darjeeling & none in...
DARJELLING: In earlier days due to the tough terrains, the polling process in the Hills required many improvisations in order to overcome communication hurdles. All this has changed now. Owing to...
View ArticleHill parties may no longer be holding sway in Darjeeling
Like the steep and narrow roads leading to Darjeeling, politics in these hills of West Bengal is marked by twists and turns. However, amidst the changing seasons, the demand for a separate State of...
View ArticleBengal polls 2021 - A small eatery in Darjeeling offers taste of loyalty
For politicians jumping ship like there is no tomorrow in the season of elections, a small and nondescript momo and thukpa (noodles) joint in the Darjeeling hills may serve a lesson in fidelity.Neeni...
View ArticleBack to Gorkha identity: Decoding the politics over Darjeeling
Identity as Indian citizens and the fundamental right of the Gorkhas to represent themselves is at the heart of the 2021 elections in the five key constituencies of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Kurseong,...
View ArticleBengal reports record 3,648 fresh COVID-19 cases, 8 more fatalities
Kolkata: West Bengal on Friday reported 3,648 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest count of 2021 so far, pushing the tally to 6,06,455, a health department bulletin said.The death toll climbed to 10,378...
View ArticlePM Modi said- Those security forces who are not afraid of terrorists, why...
Kolkata: West Bengal is going to polls for the fourth phase today. Meanwhile, PM Modi addressed an election rally in Siliguri. Meanwhile, he blamed the TMC for the Behar violence. At the same time,...
View ArticleFrom Scheduled Tribe status to battle over 'D voter' tag, Assam's Gorkhas...
Gorkha Autonomous Council Demand Committee delegation meeting Chief Secretary of Government of Assam The Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangha (BGP), a pan-India organisation and one of the parties to the NRC...
View ArticleHills protest Vijayvargiya's 'Nepal' label on Gorkhas
Darjeeling: The BJP National General Secretary and the party's central observer for Bengal Kailash Vijayvargia's statement regarding 11 Gorkha sub-communities has stoked widespread protests in the...
View ArticleHill leaders change colours
On Holi, the predominant conversation across Darjeeling was on hill politicians changing colours in the ongoing festival of democracy, the Bengal elections.Ajoy Edwards, owner of Glenary’s, the most...
View ArticleAnjani Sharma Bhujel to contest as an Independent in Darjeeling
Gorkhaland activist Anjani Sharma Bhujel has decided to contest as an Independent in Darjeeling. Anjani had earlier planned to contest in Kalimpong. There are allegations that Anjani changed the...
View ArticleBimal Gurung’s campaign in south
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung on Thursday reached Kharagpur in West Midnapore, accompanied by his second-in-command in the party Roshan Giri, to address Gorkha voters in the region and...
View ArticleALERT ! Covid 19 second wave, India back at world No 3 in daily cases,...
India reported 46,951 new Covid-19 cases, 21,180 recoveries and 212 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to health ministry's updated data on Monday07:09 (IST) Mar 23 Gujarat, for instance, reported...
View ArticleLok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Tests Positive For COVID-19
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has tested positive for Covid-19 and has been admitted to AIIMS Covid Centre in Delhi for observation.According to a press release by AIIMS, Birla had tested positive on...
View ArticleBJP promises 1 job per family, 33% quota for women in West Bengal
New Delhi, March 21: Thirty-three per cent reservation for women in state government jobs, employment to at least one person in every family, implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019,...
View ArticleFactional feud in ally GJM fritters away TMC’s advantage in Darjeeling Hills
Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee’s gambit to set aside three Darjeeling Hill seats to its allies has further fragmented the already faction-ridden hill politics.Two factions of her ally, the...
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