New Delhi: A small town, spread over the steep Himalayan mountain range, amidst lush green tea plantations, Darjeeling is a must visit hill station in West Bengal. An amalgamation of the cultures of the people
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan today lauded Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her handling of the agitation in Darjeeling Hills. “Situation in the Darjeeling Hills is most peaceful,” Narayanan said on the sidelines
Kolkata: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has moved the Supreme Court challenging a Calcutta High Court order declaring as illegal and unconstitutional its ongoing shutdown in West Bengal's Darjeeling hills, a lawyer said here Monday.Counsel
New Delhi: Trinamool members today created uproar in Parliament against Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's meeting with Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leaders without informing West Bengal government, forcing brief adjournments of both Houses.As soon as Lok
Darjeeling: All schools and colleges in the Darjeeling hills would be exempted from the purview of the agitation for a separate Gorkhaland state and reopen from September one, a top Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader today
Darjeeling: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Thursday gave a call for a two-day shutdown in West Bengal's Darjeeling Hills in the wake of the arrest earlier in the day of its assistant general secretary Benoy
Kolkata: Claiming that historically Darjeeling was never a part of Bengal, GJM supremo Bimal Gurung today said that those opposed to the Gorkhaland movement and were dubbing Gorkhas as ‘foreigners' were only strengthening the statehood
Darjeeling: Life remained paralysed in the Darjeeling hills as there was no transport on the roads and markets were closed on the first day of the two-day “Janata Curfew” announced by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha.
Darjeeling, Aug 8: A Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supporter attempted self immolation, a second attempt in ten days, in Darjeeling for a separate Gorkhaland state as the indefinite bandh called by the party entered the sixth
Darjeeling, Aug 2: A home-guard was today set on fire in Darjeeling town where incidents of arson were reported on the eve of the indefinite bandh called in the hills to demand a separate state
Darjeeling, July 31: Life in Darjeeling Hills, where the demand for a separate Gorkhaland has been revived post the Congress endorsing creation of Telangana, remained affected on the third and last day of GJM bandh
Darjeeling (WB), Jul 29 : Over ten GJM supporters were arrested when they burnt a motorcycle and a car at Rambi on the National Highway as a three-day bandh demanding Gorkhaland began in the hills
Kolkata, July 28: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tonight took serious exception to union government calling a team of Gorkha Territorial Administration in Darjeeling to New Delhi in the backdrop of a talk of
Darjeeling, Apr 18: The owner of a nursing home at Kalimpong in Darjeeling district was arrested after his wife Dr Gyalmit Lepcha accused him of torturing her mentally and physically.Dr Gyalmit Lepcha had filed a
Darjeeling, Nov 6 : Surrounded by greenery and rivers amidst picturesque terraced farmland, a small mountain village near Darjeeling has now been developed by the West Bengal government to attract tourists.Lamahatta, at an altitude of
Kolkata, Dec 25: A Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) delegation on Saturday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and demanded that Darjeeling district be declared a backward region.It also sought that the work of the
Darjeeling, Oct 23 : The death toll in the footbridge collapse incident in Bijonbari near Darjeeling rose to 34 on Sunday morning, as rescue work continued in search of survivors.More than 60 persons are injured,
Guwahati, Sept 20: Toy Train services from New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling has been suspended due to landslides in several areas along its 86-km route following Sunday's quake, a spokesman of the North East Frontier Railway
Kolkata, Sept 18: Power lines were snapped in Darjeeling and Kalimpong where this evening's tremor was mainly felt and administration has been instructed to take necessary steps, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.“Darjeeling district
Kolkata, May 13: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today said she would try to sort out the Jangalmahal and Darjeeling Hills problems within three months."I will try my level best to sort out the problems
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