Morcha sends Soren signal to tribals JMM chief meet before Calcutta trip

VIVEK CHHETRI Roshan Giri, Bimal Gurung, Shibu Soren and his son Hemant in Darjeeling on Friday. Picture by Suman Tamang ...

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Plains seek govt word on GTA report

Siliguri, June 15: A forum formed to protest the inclusion of plains mouzas in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration has warned that it will launch an intensified movement if the state government doesn’t take a final stand on the Justice Shyamal Sen report tomorrow.The Terai-Dooars Joint Action Committee asked the government to declare whether it would accept or reject Justice Sen’s recommendation to add five mouzas in the plains to the GTA during the meeting between Mamata Banerjee and a delegation of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leaders tomorrow.“The...

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Landslide halt to Nathu-la permits

NIRMAL MANGAR The landslide zone that blocked the Jawaharlal Nehru Marg at 9th Mile. Picture by Prabin Khaling ...

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Mamata pushes ties to brink

J.P. YADAVNew Delhi, June 14: Mamata Banerjee today pushed her relationship with the Congress to the brink as she pitched for A.P.J. Abdul Kalam as her “formidable… number one” presidential nominee and dared the Congress to throw her out of the UPA.“Our candidate is Kalam,” Mamata declared outside the 16 Ashoka Road residence of Mulayam Singh Yadav, trying to look defiant despite the absence of the Samajwadi Party chief by her side.Sources said Mulayam was upset with Mamata for jumping the gun on Kalam. ( )Mulayam’s failure to step out with her,...

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7missing after car crash

Gangtok, June 14: Seven persons were reported missing after an SUV skid off the road and plunged into the Teesta near Mamkhola in Kalimpong last night. Another occupant of the car, Kiran Subba, 35, escaped with critical injuries and was taken to Siliguri for treatment.The accident occurred at a spot between Rangpoo and Melli along NH31A around 11pm. Police said the missing persons were Amardeep Subba, 23, Sajal Subba, 17, Umesh Subba, 25, Bikash Subba, Mohan Subba, Subash Subba, 18, and Durga Mani Pradhan, 30. Durga was driving the Tata Sumo. The...

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Barla faction joins JMM for statehood

Members of the Terai Dooars Joint Action Committee, a forum of organisations opposed to the inclusion of plains mouzas in the GTA, at a protest meeting on Hill Cart Road in Siliguri on Thursday. (Kundan Yolmo) ...

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Ghisingh’s ‘delayed’ suit in court

Subash Ghisingh at Calcutta High Court on Thursday. Picture by Bhubaneswarananda Halder Calcutta, June 14: GNLF chief...

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Sikkim nursing aspirants stuck in Bengal red tape - Physics and chemistry still in rule book for admission to hospital course

NIRMAL MANGARGangtok, June 14: Around 200 students who opted for healthcare science in Class XII can’t apply for general nursing course because of the West Bengal Nursing Council’s insistence that admissions would be given only to those who studied physics and chemistry.The SNT Nursing Training Centre, the only college that offers the course in Sikkim, is accredited to the West Bengal Nursing Council.The Indian Nursing Council, the governing body of nursing councils in all states, has recently revised the criteria for admissions to the general...

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Gurung warns hills of ‘shrewd’ lady Morcha chief rules out result at meet

VIVEK CHHETRI Morcha chief Bimal Gurung addresses party workers at Gymkhana Club in Darjeeling on Thursday. Picture by Suman Tamang ...

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मेक्स वाहन राष्ट्रीय राजमार्गमा दूर्घटनाग्रस्त

14 जून (कालेबुङ):- नाम्चीबाट गान्तोकतिर गइरहेको एउटा मेक्स वाहन राष्ट्रीय राजमार्गमा दूर्घटनाग्रस्त भएर टिस्टामा पस्दा वाहनमा सवार कूल आठजना मध्ये सातजना लापता बनेका छन भने एकजनाले वाहनबाट हाम फालेर आफ्नो ज्यान जोगाएका छन। एस के 01-4052 नम्बर भएको यो बाहन नाम्चीको कितामबाट एकजना आफन्तको शव लिन गान्तोकतिर गइरहेको थियो। यो दूर्घटना बुधबार अबेर राती लगभग साढे बाह्रमा भएको बताइएको छ। दूर्घटना बंगाल अन्तर्गत मामखोलामा भएको थियो। पुलिसको अनुमान अनुसार वाहन मामखोला नजिक पुग्दा वाहनका चालकले नियञ्त्रण गुमाए पछि लगभग 400 फिट तल टिस्टा खोलामा पसेको थियो।...

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Justice Sen: My judgement was based on Constitution, law and conscience

TAPAS GHOSHCalcutta, June 12: Justice Shyamal Sen, who led the committee that recommended changes to the territorial reach of a new Darjeeling set-up, has told The Telegraph his judgement was based on the “Constitution, the law of the land and allegiance to my conscience”.“Let people say whatever they want. I have done my duty. There was always going to be an aggrieved party. That is only normal and natural. If a person demands Rs 50 crore but is...

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Morcha counters Trinamul show - Hill leaders: switch is departure of unwanted

Siliguri, June 12: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today sent two of its MLAs to Panighata to give a boost to its supporters, a day after some middle-ranking party leaders switched to Trinamul.The Morcha leaders, who addressed the crowd from the same venue where the Trinamul event was held yesterday, tried to dismiss the switch saying that the departure of a few Gorkha workers would not affect the party or the Gorkhaland movement much.“It would hardly...

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Deaths spur day run bar - Cop aspirant from hills succumbs to endurance test

Suresh Bhujel Calcutta, June 11: Suresh Bhujel today became the second...

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Trinamul enters Morcha turf

AVIJIT SINHA Minister Gautam Deb with the newly inducted Trinamul members at Panighata on Monday. Picture by Suman Tamang ...

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Mouza strategy that failed

VIVEK CHHETRIDarjeeling, June 11: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha knew from the outset that it was nowhere near getting the 396 mouzas it had demanded but had banked on a formula followed during the formation of the Bodoland Territorial Council, among its other strategies, to see it through, party sources said.The Morcha knew that problems of homogeneity and contiguity would come in the way but had cited the BTC formula followed in neighbouring Assam to try and convince the Shyamal Sen committee to recommend the inclusion of at least 60 to 100 mouzas...

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FURRY OF PROGRAM DECLARED BY MORCHA AFTER SEN'S REPORT

MUKESH SHARMAKALIMPONG June 10: The political mercury in North Bengal has risen once again, after an unexpected blow to the Gorkh Janmukti Morcha’s (GJM) expectations. The GJM had expected at least 150 out of 398 mouzas to get recommended by the High Power Committee. But to everybody’s surprise the 10 member Committee headed by Justice (Retd) Shyamal Kumar Sen recommended only 5 mouzas i.e. 2 from Dooars and 3 from Terai. The Morcha who were...

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Strike after season ends - Morcha calendar marks shutdown after tourists leave

VIVEK CHHETRI Tourists resting at the Mall after their arrival in Darjeeling and before checking into their hotels on Sunday. Picture by Suman Tamang ...

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Staggered hill signal to govt

VIVEK CHHETRI Darjeeling, June 10: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has lined up a staggered programme of engagement and protest, giving the state government time to work on measures that can help the party offset the dismay the territory report has spread among its supporters. The agitation plan was announced a day after...

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Accident at tarkhola

RANGPO-10TH JUME 12Accident at tarkhola just six kilometres from Rangpo towards siliguri in national highway 31 a claimed three persons including one lady seriously injured. According to the news the private Scorpio no sk -01 –p-1955 going from Gangtok to siliguri uncontrolled at tarkhola plunged to 250 feet from the road to the deep of tista river .local residents rescued three persons named dr kumar ,Mr. wangchuk and Mrs. geeta and taken three...

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Sen solution: five out of 398 - Morcha rejects formula, key meeting today

June 9: The Justice Shyamal Sen committee has recommended that five out of 398 mouzas demanded by the Gorkha Janmutki Morcha be brought within the ambit of a proposed authority that will run the Darjeeling hills and some fringe areas of the plains. The Morcha has described the recommendation as “humiliating” and warned of the possibility of “a drastic change” in the situation,...

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