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More officials to join team GTA auditing in Darjeeling
Six more officials of the audit and accounts services will join the team that went to Darjeeling for special audit of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA). With six more officials joining...
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GJM calls indefinite govt, GTA offices band from monday
The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) today called an indefinite shutdown of government and Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) offices in Darjeeling hills from Monday.The GJM, however, exempted...
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एटीएममा लिंक नभएर जनसाधारण बिचल्नीमा
मङपुमा एकैवटा भएको एटीएममा पनि लिंक नभएर उपभोक्ताहरु बिचल्नीमा परेको छ | महिनाको पहिलो साता सिन्कोना बगानका मजदुर, कर्मचारीहरुको मासिक तनखा पाउने दिन पनि एटीएममा लिंक नहुँदा निराश भएर फर्किनु परिरहेको...
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सिन्कोना निर्देशालय तोडिएकोमा हिल तृणमूलको प्रतिवाद
बितेको शुक्रबार गोर्खा जनमुक्ति मोर्चाले डाकेको १२ घण्टे बन्द बारे हिल तृणमूल मङपुले समिक्षा सभा राख्दै उक्त बन्दलाई अराजक बताएको छ | आरआर ब्लक उपसभापति बीएस राईको सभापतित्वमा सम्पन्न सभामा बन्द अवधि...
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History of Gorkhaland movement: Another crisis triggered by language
The West Bengal government’s decision to impose Bengali language in all the schools from Class I-IX, has sparked a violent protest on Thursday in the Gorkha-led Darjeeling. The army has had to be...
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Alert triggers tourist scurry
A majority of tourists who had decided to stay back in the hills despite last week's turmoil today scurried to descend downhill to Siliguri, hours after Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung issued...
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Gorkhas in plains seek board
The state government is mulling over a proposal to form a separate board for Gorkhas in the foothills of north Bengal, representatives of the Terai Dooars Gorkha Task Force said here today. The state...
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TMC counters Morcha decision to allow billboards only in Nepali and English
The Trinamul Congress has decided to counter the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha's decision to allow billboards only in English and Nepali in the hills and ignore Hindi. "We have decided to take on the Morcha's...
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Arrests won't deter us - Bimal Gurung
A battle of nerves began in the hills with police rounding up five Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supporters last night and the party declaring that it wouldn't be cowed down by the arrests and would make the...
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Government Offices Record 'Normal' Attendance in Morcha's bandh
Darjeeling: The government offices here recorded "normal" attendance although some stray incidents were reported during Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM)-sponsored indefinite bandh in Darjeeling hills...
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Nepali vs Bangla in Darjeeling: Demand for Gorkhaland leaves Queen of Hills...
The demand for a separate Gorkhaland is a 110-year-old one. The Gorkhaland movement had turned violent in 1980s, when over 1,200 people lost their lives. The GJM has renewed the demand after West...
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Morcha bandh peaceful - Attendance satisfactory
The first day of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha's agitation was relatively peaceful in the hills and gave the impression that it was advantage Mamata Banerjee, but police officers cautioned that it was too...
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Sikkim Assembly Dy Speaker faces narrow escape in major road accident in...
Sikkim Legislative Assembly deputy speaker Sonam Gyastso Lepcha along with five others faced narrow escape when the government vehicle which they were riding overturned at Sevoke Road, Siliguri on...
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Darjeeling agitation Spreads, Trade Unions Join Hands With Gorkhas
Darjeeling, West Bengal: Not just Darjeeling, several places across in north Bengal went into agitation mode today. In the hills, the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha supporters were lathicharged in Darjeeling...
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अचल रह्यो मङपु, शान्तिपूर्ण बित्यो बन्द
चिया बगानका मजदुरहरुको निम्ति न्युनतम रोज वृद्धि गरिनुपर्ने मागमा चिया बगान मजदुर संगठनहरुको जोइन्ट फोरमद्वारा डाकिएको पहाड अनि समतल बन्दले मङपु क्षेत्रमा पनि असर परेको छ | बगान मजदुरहरुको हितको निम्ति...
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Hill parties unite to demand Gorkhaland
The crisis in Darjeeling seemed to deepen with the all-party meeting called by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leaders on Tuesday afternoon ending a unanimous decision to fight for a separate state of...
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Centre rushed 600 more paramilitary personnel to Darjeeling
NEW DELHI: The Centre today rushed 600 additional paramilitary personnel to Darjeeling to assist the administration in restoring normalcy and sought a detailed report on the prevailing situation in the...
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Administration ordered liquor shops close in Darjeeling
A volatile Darjeeling has almost gone dry after the district administration ordered the closure of liquor shops in the hill town. While the excise department said off-shops had been asked to remain...
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12 hour General strike observed almost across the hills
The 12-hour general strike called by an apex body of trade unions over minimum wages for tea garden workers failed to create much impact in the plains, but was observed almost across the hills. In the...
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Union Home Ministry seeks report on Darjeeling situation
New Delhi/Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) Amid repeated incidents of violence in the north Bengal hills, the Union Home Ministry on Tuesday sought report from the state government about the “Darjeeling...
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