Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 22:15
Accusing the Gorkhaland Janmukti Morcha (GJM) of hindering development, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday appealed to the people of Darjeeling hills to shun shutdowns.
Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 09:40
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will begin her two-day visit to trouble-torn Darjeeling hills.
Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 01:12
The trouble-torn Darjeeling hills faced a shutdown on Sunday after a day`s relaxation on the eve of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee`s two-day visit starting tomorrow.
Last Updated: Saturday, August 31, 2013, 16:18
Normalcy was on Saturday restored in the Darjeeling hills as the GJM announced a day`s respite in their indefinite stir to demand a separate state of Gorkhaland.
Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2013, 21:50
GJM said it has decided not to attend the meeting of the hill council, Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, in Darjeeling next week to elect a new chief executive.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 22:59
Even as WB CM Mamata Banerjee asked the GJM to withdraw its indefinite stir over Gorkhaland, the Left Front urged both parties to engage in a dialogue process.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 18:03
In another blow to the GJM-led eight party platform in Darjeeling, a constituent quit, saying its demand was not Gorkhaland.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 20:52
The GJM while hardening its stand that `separation` of Darjeeling from West Bengal was `the ultimate goal`.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 15:08
The Government has no plans to create new states like Bodoland, Gorkhaland, Vidarbha or Bundelkhand on the lines of the proposed Telangana state, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 22:42
As the demand for statehood for Gorkhaland grows louder, the indefinite strike called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has left the tourism industry in West Bengal dry.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 17:38
Hundreds of Congress Party workers in North Dinajpur district on Sunday joined the ruling Trinamool Congress to protest against the party`s stand on the creation of a separate Gorkhaland state, TMC leader Mukul Roy claimed.
Last Updated: Saturday, August 24, 2013, 15:21
The GJM Saturday accused the central paramilitary troopers of committing "excesses" but in an apparent softening of stand, declared it would participate in the meeting of hill development body GTA if its arrested leaders and workers were released.
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