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Demand for Gorkhaland gains momentum in Darjeeling
Guwahati: The demand for Gorkhaland has begun to reverberate in the hills of Darjeeling, Terai and Dooars with the signing of Bodo peace accord in New Delhi earlier last month which created the...
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Police helping hand for hill runner, Rs 7,500 a month for Darjeeling’s Preity...
Darjeeling police have decided to provide a “special monthly honorarium” of Rs 7,500 to hill runner Preity Rai, who has outpaced financial hardship and a kidney ailment to put up a trailblazing show in...
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Police Seize 4.9 Kg Brown Sugar in Darjeeling
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], Feb 9 (ANI): Police arrested a person and seized 4.9 kg of brown sugar worth crores of rupees from his possession in Ghoshpukur area on Saturday.The accused has been...
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Saying Time to analyse BJP, Binay Tamang, clears objective of his...
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Binay Tamang has said time has come for Gorkhas to analyse what the BJP did for them despite sending three MPs of the saffron camp to the Lok Sabha and accused the Centre...
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Tea tourism policy lacks clarity, says Bista
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista has said the “tea tourism policy” announced by the Bengal government recently lacked clarity and was drafted without consulting the stakeholders of the industry. “The decision...
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Subramanian Swamy tweeted Gorkhaland should be made a Union territory
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy tweeted on the day the party lost the Delhi Assembly polls that time had come for the organisation to look at the promises it had made and Gorkhaland should be made a Union...
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Tea Board announces dates for plucking
The Tea Board of India on Tuesday announced the dates for commencement of plucking of tea leaves and production for the coming season in what appeared to be a clear sign that there would be a leash on...
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Registered Bengal homestays to get Rs 1.5 lakh incentive each
Kolkata, Feb 13 (PTI) In a bid to standardise the homestay sector, the West Bengal government will give an incentive of Rs 1.5 lakh each to the ones that get registered, state tourism minister Goutam...
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Hill schools seek to allay coronavirus fear
Many schools with international boarders in the hills have started requesting guardians to obtain medical certificates for their wards before they rejoin after a three-month winter vacation in order to...
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Darjeeling: Women’s Exploited Labour Behind Our Cups Of Tea
Popular culture has romanticised the idea of the women workers in the tea plantations, as the camera lens zooms across the slopes dotted with the tea bushes, while women are busy plucking tea leaves...
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Gorkha Parisangha calls for land rights protection in BTR
GUWAHATI: The Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangha has called for protection of land rights of the Gorkha community in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) in the same manner as they were safeguarded in the...
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Plea for curb on fake Darjeeling Tea
The Darjeeling Tea Association has written to the Tea Board of India seeking intervention to enforce its order in 2014 to prevent illegal import of brew made in Nepal.Kaushik Basu, the secretary...
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Darjeeling hawkers get rehab at Motor Stand
Darjeeling: Hawkers who were removed from Nehru Road near Chowrasta in Darjeeling were rehabilitated along the Hill Cart Road on Monday. They can now set up temporary stalls at the Motor Stand area in...
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Ten Nepalese nationals arrested from Sandhakphu for taking photograph using...
Darjeeling, Feb 17 (UNI) Darjeeling Police have arrested 10 Nepalese nationals and confiscated a foreign made drone and other digital equipment from them while they were taking photographs from aerial...
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Subramanian Swamy bats for Gorkhaland, meets Gorkha Janmukti Morcha members
BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Monday met with a delegation from the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM). Swamy who had repeatedly reiterated his determination to ensure the formation of a separate 'Union...
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Bimal Gurung claims Swami Gorkhaland promise
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s Bimal Gurung camp has claimed BJP leader Subramanian Swamy promised that he would demand creation of “Union territory of Gorkhaland” in Parliament soon and “will not give...
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Tea Board push for quality check of Nepal brew
Kolkata, Feb 18 (PTI) Amid concerns that CTC variety from Nepal was being sold as Darjeeling tea to the consumers, Tea Board has asked the commissioner of customs, Kolkata (land), to check the quality...
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No election in Darjeeling municipality till April 30
February: The Calcutta High Court Circuit Bench in Jalpaiguri has ordered that status quo be maintained and elections not be held in the Darjeeling municipality till April 30. Challenging the state...
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GTA to inaugurate Jamuni tour project near Darjeeling
A tourism venture whose foundation had been laid by GNLF leader Subash Ghisingh and pursued by Bimal Gurung as his pet project is finally getting operational during Anit Thapa’s period, almost 13 years...
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Posters Effect: Government to hold meet on school fee: Partha Chatterjee
Education minister Partha Chatterjee on Saturday said the Bengal government would soon convene a meeting with guardians and school representatives to discuss the issue of “tuition fees” charged by...
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