Amit Shah says BJP will settle Gorkha issue in six months if voted to powerUnion Home Minister Amit Shah stated the Gorkha issue will be resolved within six months if the BJP forms the government in West Bengal. He...
21 Apr, 2026, 07.07 PM IST
Darjeeling planters seek anti-dumping duty on Nepal teaPlanters of Darjeeling tea allege that several tea importers are passing on Nepalese tea as Darjeeling tea at much lower prices, causing hu...
29 Aug, 2022, 11.36 PM IST
Covid-induced uncertainty dampens demand for premium Darjeeling teaA few buyers from Germany and Japan have offered a marginal price hike while other buyers are negotiating for a lower price for the tea whi...
25 May, 2021, 05.54 PM IST
Darjeeling tea losing out in global tradeMajor importers like Germany & Japan, which have been buyers of first flush teas from Darjeeling for decades, first want to check the quali...
05 May, 2020, 11.03 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee urges for peace in Darjeeling hills, says ready for talksMamata Banerjee said schools and colleges remained closed in Darjeeling, the people there were not getting enough food and other essential ...
08 Jul, 2017, 07.00 PM IST
Darjeeling shutdown enters 20th day, situation remains tenseInternet services remained suspended for the 17th consecutive day as the Darjeeling district extended the ban on it in the hills for eight ...
04 Jul, 2017, 12.47 PM IST
West Bengal government seeks change of central forces in troubled DarjeelingWhile the home ministry's immediate reaction was that the demand was “inappropriate“, it nevertheless asked for a formal report on the law ...
04 Jul, 2017, 10.40 AM IST
Politics is pushing Darjeeling’s ground level problems out of attentionDespite many upgradations, the water infrastructure created long back can hardly suffice the need of highly grown up populace.
29 Aug, 2016, 04.19 PM IST
- Scottish independence talks hit Darjeeling tea producers' business
Planters in Darjeeling largely depend on the UK and European markets to export their premium teas. Both the British pound and euro have wea...
10 Sep, 2014, 04.30 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee announces development projects for DarjeelingAn IT park would be set up in Darjeeling for unemployed youths, she said. "It would take 10 months' time to prepare a project report, after...
18 Jul, 2014, 07.52 PM IST
Union Territory status is answer to Darjeeling problem: Jaswant SinghThe answer to the Darjeeling problem was to grant it the status of union territory, BJP MP Jaswant Singh said today.
04 Jan, 2014, 09.36 PM IST
- Darjeeling crisis gets further complicated with new legal knot over GTA
Despite all initiatives of Mamata, formation of GTA, is now under a legal knot. GJM is yet to come out with any workplan to handle this.
21 Jun, 2012, 08.50 PM IST
- Darjeeling problem solved: Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the long-drawn Gorkhaland statehood problem in north Bengal has been "solved".
21 Jun, 2011, 05.09 PM IST
- Mamata Banerjee solves Darjeeling hill problems
Mamata Banerjee has done a magic. Within 19 days after she was sworn in as the chief minister, Mamata solved the Darjeeling hill crisis by ...
07 Jun, 2011, 10.12 PM IST
- Darjeeling issue settled: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that the 15-year-old Darjeeling issue was "settled" but the GJM was mum on whether th...
07 Jun, 2011, 05.55 PM IST
- Mamata to woo Hills with jobs
She also promised to recommend to the Union finance minister a tax holiday for setting up industries in Darjeeling , like in other hill are...
28 Sep, 2010, 06.22 AM IST
- Gorkha agitation affects tea exports from Darjeeling
Export of Darjeeling tea is affected badly as a result of the shutdown called by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM).
20 Jun, 2008, 03.33 PM IST