In Cooch Behar, Rajbongshis’ demand of ‘sena’ and ‘bhasha’ takes centre stageTMC is wooing Rajbongshis back to its fold, claiming that the BJP's promise of honouring the ‘Narayani Sena’ is false. It is citing a reply...
Good days of the community will come soon: Ananta Rai after meeting HM Amit ShahAmit Shah was accompanied by the convenor of North East Democratic Alliance Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass, BJ...
Shah meets Koch-Rajbongshi leader in Assam; package for community likely after pollsRoy, who calls himself a descendant of the Coochbehar royal family in West Bengal, told mediapersons that the Union home minister held talk...
Amit Shah will visit my house in Chirang in Assam, says Ananta RaiAnanta Rai is the self-proclaimed king of the Cooch Behar and descendent of royal Koch Rajbongshi family. Koch Rajbongshi has a substantial...
No difference between Left Front, Trinamool Congress regimes: Rajnath SinghThe TMC came to power five years ago with a promise of 'parivartan' but West Bengal saw no change as law and order situation continues to b...
Blockades and agitation has severely effected railway services in Northeast IndiaAccording to Northeast Frontier Railway in view of Jat agitation and agitation by GCPA in North Bengal trains have been severely affected.
Demand for Union Territory status: Cooch Behar 'rail roko' enters fourth dayBangshi Badan Barman said they were not satisfied with the meeting and would not lift the blockade till a Home Ministry representative arri...
Banshi Badan Barman-led Coochbehar movement gains momentum, three days onBarman said that the blockade will be withdrawn, once they get a written assurance from the union home ministry to discuss the issue with t...
Rail roko movements in Cooch Behar, Kokrajhar affect train movementRailway services were today affected due to blockades on separate issues at Cooch Behar in West Bengal and Kokrajhar in Assam.
Rail roko : ER cancels four express trains to north BengalThe trains cancelled for the day were 15959 Up Howrah-Dibrugarh Kamrup Express and 12345 Up Howrah-Guwahati Saraighat Express, ER sources s...
Re-consolidation of separate Coochbehar statehood demand may influence W Bengal politicsErstwhile princely state Coochbehar state was included within India on the 28th Aug 1949 under a treaty between the then GoI and the King o...
Rail Roko movement enters second day in Cooch BeharThe Greater Cooch Behar People's Association agitators were demanding that representatives of the Home Ministry should come here to talk to...
Greater Coochbehar statehood movement gets fresh blood from Telangana development“Formation of Telengana is an example. If center can allow that, why not statehood to Coochbehar that has been kept as a district illegally...
Re-ignition of yet another separate statehood demand in BengalThe activists demand immediate attention of state as well as center with the legal angles of incorporation of erstwhile princely state Cooc...
Greater Cochbehar activists in West Bengal now demand Union Territory status"We are citizens of erstwhile princely state of Coochbehar. It was included in India under a treaty between the then GoI and King of Cochbe...
- Yet another old separate statehood demand in West Bengal all set to have a new life soon
With the legal angles of incorporation of erstwhile princely state Coochbehar within union of India in 1948 as the basis, the activists dem...
- First undertrial prisoner in West Bengal files nomination
The Greater Cooch Behar Democratic Party (GCDP) leader Bangshibadan Burman filed a nomination for the Cooch Behar Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday...