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Gorkhaland: GJM says agitation not a bandh, MLAs not to attend Assembly

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 21:22

The indefinite agitation by GJM in Darjeeling demanding Gorkhaland continued for the third day on Friday even as the party claimed it should not be construed as a bandh but an expression of free will.

GJM says intensified agitation not a bandh, no diktat to people

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 15:42

The indefinite agitation by GJM in Darjeeling, which is demanding Gorkhaland, continued for the third day with the party stressing that no diktat was issued to the people and it was not a bandh.

GJM calls for fresh shutdown in Darjeeling

Last Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013, 20:05

The GJM spearheading a stir for a separate Gorkhaland on Thursday announced a fresh 48-hour shutdown over the weekend in Darjeeling.

Blame game over GJM agitation in Darjeeling

Last Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013, 18:04

In a political blame game, ruling and opposition party leaders in West Bengal on Thursday blamed each other for instigating the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, which is agitating for a separate Gorkhaland in Darjeeling.

GJM should ask, if it wants my intervention: Narayanan

Last Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013, 13:30

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung sought West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan`s mediation in the troubled Darjeeling hills.

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha calls shut down again in Darjeeling

Last Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013, 08:58

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of going on a rampant arrest spree.

GJM pins hope on Guv,accused WB govt of going on arrests spree

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 20:50

GJM, agitating for a separate Gorkhaland state pinned hope on West Bengal Governor while accusing the state government of going on an `arrests spree`.

Mamata dubs GJM agitation as political gimmickry

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 23:26

Mamata Banerjee has declared the shutdown in Darjeeling demanding a Gorkhaland state illegal.

Gorkhaland: Mamata accuses GJM of stalling develop

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 23:16

Attacking the GJM for "stalling the development process" in the northern West Bengal hills by renewing its demand for a separate state, CM Mamata Banerjee announced she would visit Darjeeling in the first week of September.

Gorkhaland agitation suspended for two days after thunderstorm

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 17:09

The Gorkhaland agitation in Darjeeling was suspended for 48 hours from on Tuesday after a thunderstorm swept through the hills uprooting trees and snapping electric wires and telephone cables.

Gorkhaland: `Ghar Bitra Janta` a huge success, says GJM chief

Last Updated: Monday, August 19, 2013, 23:40

Terming "Ghar Bitra Janta" (people inside homes) a huge success, GJM supremo Bimal Gurung on Monday said that for the next four days they would organise "Janta Sadak Ma" (people on streets) to press for the demand of Gorkhaland.

WB Governor hopes good sense will prevail in Darjeeling

Last Updated: Monday, August 19, 2013, 19:20

As the normal life continued to remain disrupted in Darjeeling by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha agitation over Gorkhaland, West Bengal Governor MK Naryanan said it was a `difficult situation`.