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West Bengal government prepares a comprehensive plan for Darjeeling“Altogether 7,000 acre land is available in the hills and a central hub can be built with small parks. We will focus on agriculture, hortic...
India-Bhutan border trade via Bengal suspended due to lockdown in Himalayan kingdomEven though three districts of West Bengal -- Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri and Kalimpong -- share a border with Bhutan, the major chunk of trade ...
How the three-month lockdown threatens brand DarjeelingThe tea gardens employ 55,000 as permanent workers and around 35,000 as contractual staff. With the shutdown, around 3.5 lakh people includ...
GJM activists burn copies of GTA accord in hillsSome GJM activists were seen participating in the demonstration bare-chested and broke tube lights on their backs leading to injuries.
Stone pelting, pellet guns become the new battle strategy for Gorkhas in DarjeelingA quick analysis of Gorkhaland movement of last three decades reveals that using pellet guns, pelting stones and holding national flags in ...
Mamata Banerjee government promises rice and wheat at Rs 2 per kg"Seven crore people will get rice and wheat at Rs 2 per kg. We are giving it so that people get food security," Banerjee told reporters.
Landslide damages NH-55 in Kurseong, DarjeelingNo injury or casualty was reported due to the landslide in the 77 km national highway that connects Siliguri and Darjeeling.
Another landslip occurs in Darjeeling even as people return home from relief sheltersPeople who had taken shelter in the three relief camps in Tingling and Lamagaon villages are gradually returning home, the officials said.
Darjeeling, Siliguri to get a Rs 200-crore tourism makeoverThe GTA administers the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision, Kalimpong subdivision, Kurseong subdivision and parts of Siliguri.
Jumbo's head chopped off for tusks in north BengalIn yet another elephant poaching case in north Bengal this year, carcass of a full-grown jumbo, with its head missing, was found on the out...
Mamata Banerjee visits Darjeeling on two day trip amid political chaosTo attend a social function officially, the trip of CM is being considered as her major tactical step with cast equation of hills to go aga...
Normalcy in Darjeeling Hills as GJM suspends stir for dayNormalcy was restored in Darjeeling hills as the GJM announced a day's respite in their indefinite stir.
Agitation continues, life disrupted in Darejeeling HillsNormal life was paralysed in the Darjeeling Hills as the indefinite agitation for a separate state of Gorkhaland entered the sixth day.
Agitation continues, life disrupted in Darejeeling HillsNormal life was paralysed in the Darjeeling Hills as the indefinite agitation for a separate state of Gorkhaland entered the sixth day toda...
Normal life paralysed in Darjeeling; only talk to Centre: GJMGJM workers were on the roads in the hills and were seen checking vehicles with emergency stickers on them. All other transport was off the...
Bimal Gurung resigns from GTA to press for GorkhalandGorkha Territorial Administration chief executive officer Bimal Gurung resigned from the post today to press for a separate Gorkhaland.
GJM demands for Gorkhaland if Centre concedes TelenganaGorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung said if the Centre announced a Telengana state then it should also declare one for Gorkhaland.
- Gorkhaland to be umbilical link between Bengal, Assam: Jaswant
'It is the aspiration of the Gorkhas to create a new state. They will have to decide their own economic, political and social destiny.'
- BJP to field Jaswant Singh from Darjeeling, gets GJM support
The political scene in Darjeeling has suddenly taken an interesting turn with the BJP’s decision to field party stalwart Jaswant Singh in t...
- GJM cuts off Sikkim on Day 2 of strike
A key highway to Sikkim was blocked and normal life in the Darjeeling Hills was paralysed.