Bimal Gurung takes oath as GTA chief

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 14:49

Setting aside separate statehood demand in Darjeeling, GJM supremo Bimal Gurung today on Thursady oath as the new Chief Executive of the hill council in Darjeeling, from where he had resigned in July agitating for a separate state.

Bimal Gurung elected GTA Chief Executive

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 20:05

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) president Bimal Gurung was today elected as the new Chief Executive of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration at a special meeting of the GTA Sabha here.

Gurung to be GTA chief again, to take oath on Dec 26

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 21:32

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supremo Bimal Gurung on Friday said he would return as chief executive of the Darjeeling hill council at the request of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

GJM president welcomes back GNLF chief in Darjeeling

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 16:27

GJM president Bimal Gurung has said that he welcomed back GNLF chief Subhas Ghising who had spearheaded the agitation for a separate Gorkhaland state in the 1980s, to the Darjeeling hills, while asking him to stay away from politics.

Withdraw cases against members, implement autonomous status: GTA to WB govt

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 21:48

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration told the West Bengal government that the autonomous status given to it should be implemented immediately.

GJM chief meets Pranab, seeks release of jailed party men

Last Updated: Sunday, November 10, 2013, 22:45

GJM Chief Bimal Gurung met Pranab Mukherjee here and urged him to arrange for the release of over 150 party leaders and workers who were taken into custody during the recent agitation in the hills for separate Gorkhaland.

Gorkhaland demand will not be dropped: GJM

Last Updated: Sunday, October 27, 2013, 20:25

GJM on Sunday said the demand for separate Gorkhaland would not be dropped though it has been decided to carry forward the movement through dialogue and not bandhs after a truce with West Bengal government.

Mamata turns attention on KLO

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 21:09

With peace returning to Darjeeling after the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha called off its agitation for Gorkhaland, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday turned her attention to a militant organisation in the adjoining plains.

Mamata Banerjee makes GJM eschew shutdowns in Darjeeling

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 21:04

With Gorkhland movement mothballed in Darjeeling, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee scored yet another success in making GJM eschew politics of bandhs which shut down the hills for three months.

GJM holds out olive branch to West Bengal government

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 16:26

With the Gorkhaland agitation going slow following strong measures taken by the administration, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha on Friday held out an olive branch to the the West Bengal government, saying it wanted to clear `misunderstandings` with it.