BJP candidates Neeraj Zimba - Raju Bista wins Darjeeling Lok - Vidhan Sabha seat
Darjeeling: It was a hattrick for the saffron camp and a "silent" defeat for the TMC in the Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency. Along with the victory the winning margin is over 3 lakhs. BJP candidate...
View ArticleBJP records historic double digit win in Bengal breaching Mamata's stronghold
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a whopping 18 seats, touching an impressive double figure in Bengal for the first time.The lotus has finally bloomed in Bengal - the birth place of Bharatiya Janata...
View ArticleAfter 25 years of undisputed rule in sikkim Pawan Chamling loses to SKM
After 25 years of undisputed rule in Sikkim, Chamling's Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) lost to Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM). In a neck and neck battle between the regional parties, SKM bagged 17 seats...
View ArticleLotus blooms in Darjeeling as BJP bags both LS, assembly seats
Darjeeling: The Modi wave that led to a landslide victory for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), securing over 300 seats across the country, made a remarkable impact in the Parliamentary elections and...
View ArticleBJP’s ‘Surprise’ Choices For Hills Score Big, Prove Bimal Gurung’s Backing...
In early-March, when the BJP announced the name of Raju Singh Bista as its candidate for the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat, the confounded question in everyone’s mind was “Raju who?”.Many scrambled to...
View ArticleBimal Gurung Gurung hopes new Modi govt will look into Gorkhaland demand
Gorkha Janamukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung, who is in hiding, Friday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the resounding victory of BJP and hoped that his new government will look into the...
View ArticleLoksabha Election in Bengal - Neck-and-neck fight in 5 seats, battle one-way...
KOLKATA: The electoral battle in Bengal was cut-throat and decisive, as far as the margin is concerned. In as many as five constituencies, each having over 16 lakh voters, the victory margin was less...
View ArticleShocker for TMC: BJP leads in 128 Assembly segments out of 294 in Bengal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier claimed during electoral campaign in Bengal that as many as 40 TMC MLAs are in touch with him. The BJP candidate who won the Barrackpore seat put the number at...
View ArticleMamata Banerjee Wanted to quit as West Bengal CM but party rejected
NEW DELHI: TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that she offered to quit as the West Bengal chief minister but her party refused to accept the resignation. "I told at the beginning of the (TMC)...
View ArticleMajor rejig in TMC at district level
Kolkata: Upset with her party’s poor show in the Lok Sabha election, Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday ordered a major reshuffle in the most of the districts where the BJP...
View ArticleWith Raju Bista's victory, Manipur's Nepali community gets its first MP
IMPHAL: As BJP retained the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal, the Nepali community of Manipur had a reason to celebrate. BJP candidate Raju Bista (33), who won the seat by defeating his nearest...
View ArticleDarjeeling native Journalist Regina Gurung releases book Heavenly Bodies and...
Darjeeling: Darjeeling native Regina Gurung, who works as a journalist in Bengaluru, Karnataka, has released her debut book, Heavenly Bodies and Human Things.The book is a poetry collection revolving...
View ArticlePawan Chamling's last Message After 24 Years As Chief Minister Of Sikkim
Gangtok: Outgoing Chief Minister and Sikkim Democratic Front president Pawan Kumar Chamling on Sunday said the people of the state have not rejected the SDF altogether in the Assembly elections, but...
View ArticlePS Golay 6th Chief Minister of sikkim sworn-in announces five-day working...
Gangtok: Newly-appointed Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, aka PS Golay on Monday announced a five-day working week for state government employees. After taking charge of the office at Tashiling...
View ArticleTMC suffers double blow in Darjeeling: Outcome underlines potency of Gorkha...
As if multiple setbacks in different parts of West Bengal during the recently-concluded Lok Sabha election were not bad enough, the result of the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat has dealt a body-blow to...
View ArticleMani Kumar Subba former Congress parliamentarian passed away
Mani Kumar Subba, the former Congress parliamentarian, breathed his last on Monday in New Delhi after a long illnessHe was 61. Subba was a three-time MP from Assam’s Tezpur constituency from 1998 to...
View ArticleBJP must fulfill demand of Gorkhaland - Binay Tamang
Darjeeling: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (Binay faction) has demanded that the BJP party, which got the mandate in both the Lok Sabha election and the Darjeeling Assembly by-polls, should fulfill the...
View ArticleGNLF demands Anit Thapa's resignation from GTA Chairman
GNLF's demand that GJM leaders, including present Chairman Anit Thapa should also resign from the GTA as they do not have the mandate. Binay Tamang stated: "It is a state subject and the state will...
View ArticleBP Bajgain GJM Spokesperson arrest, MLA Neeraj Zimba called it undemocratic
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha GJM Bimal Gurung faction present spokesperson BP Bajgain arrested today by Darjeeling Police at Municipality office without any prior notice. Supporters of GJM protest against...
View Article17 Commissioners of Darjeeling Municipality signed no confidence letter...
Following 17 commissioners of Darjeeling Municipality have signed no confidence letter against the current chairperson demanding discussion and to adopt resolution for removal of chairperson of...
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