गोटाफोको दिल्लीमुखी सम्मेलनमा राष्ट्रीय जनआन्दोलन गर्ने प्रस्ताव

कालेबुङ 26 जुलाई :‘नयाँ राज्य नयाँ भारतको’ नारा लिएर आज गोर्खाल्याण्ड टाक्स फोर्सले दिल्लीको कन्स्टीट्सूसन क्लबमा एउटा राष्ट्रीय सङ्गोष्टीको आयोजना गरेको थियो। पूर्व लोकसभा स्पीकर पीए संगमाको सभापतित्वमा सम्पन्न भएको उक्त सङ्गोष्टीमा देशमा अलग राज्यको माग गरिरहेका क्षेत्रहरु बोडोल्याण्ड, त्रिपूरा, बुन्देलखण्ड लगायत तेलङ्गना आन्दोलनका जनप्रतिनिधिहरु उपस्थित थिए। अलग राज्यको माग प्रति देशमा राष्ट्रीयस्तरको मत सङ्ग्रह गरि सरकारमाथि छुट्टै राज्य निर्माणको...

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Thrash finger at Morcha

VIVEK CHHETRI Darjeeling, July 26: Two GNLF supporters were injured when alleged Gorkha Janmukti Morcha workers thrashed them in Kurseong today, a day before Subash Ghisingh’s party is scheduled to observe martyrs’ day across the hills for the first time since 2008. The GNLF alleged that their workers were attacked...

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Telangana nears D-day - Cong conveys decision to Andhra

New Delhi, July 26: The Congress high command today told the Andhra Pradesh leadership that a Telangana state would be carved out soon, putting the lid on the ceaseless speculation and tug-of-war in a party still split vertically on the subject. Any public announcement is expected to have immediate implications for Bengal, where the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha had iterated a few days ago that it would be compelled to revive the Gorkhaland movement...

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Consultations over, Time to take decision on Telangana :Congress

TIMES of INDIA NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD: The process of consultation over the Telangana issue is over and the time has come for a decision, Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh said on Friday. "We shall let you know the decision taken," he said in New Delhi amid hectic activity of the party leadership to take a final decision on the issue of separate statehood to Telangana. Digvijaya Singh, in-charge of party affairs in Andhra Pradesh,...

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Madan Tamang case

Calcutta, July 26: The case moved by Madan Tamang’s wife Bharati Tamang seeking cancellation of bails of five accused of the ABGL leader’s death came up for hearing before the division bench of Nishita Mhatre and Justice Kanchan Chakrabarty today. Appearing for the CBI, advocate Himangshu De supported the petition and alleged that a bench of a Darjeeling court had released the five accused without his client’s knowledge. “Out of the total...

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Pestered, aged voter dies in queue - Family blames Trinamul quartet for forcing ailing septuagenarian to step out

Siliguri, July 25: A partially paralysed septuagenarian rickshaw-puller who was pestered by alleged Trinamul activists and taken to a polling booth this afternoon fell ill while in the queue and died of a suspected cardiac arrest. Seventy-five-year-old Mahendra Burman’s wife and daughter blamed a Trinamul quartet for the death. When party activists were asked why an elderly, ailing man was pushed to go out and vote, an account of Trinamul...

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Last round relief from north Bengal Reasons for a peaceful poll

July 25: Polling in the four north Bengal districts was peaceful overall, a respite from the earlier three phases of elections. Incidents of bombing were few, no incident of mob violence and few complaints of booth jamming were reported from North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar in the final phase of elections. The demand for repolling, across all four districts, is also only six. “This phase was relatively peaceful...

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Dooars decider for Gurung today Plains test of Morcha’s statehood campaign

Darjeeling, July 24: The Dooars vote, to be cast tomorrow, would be the first indicator of the success of Bimal Gurung’s campaign for Gorkhaland outside the hills after the GTA’s formation. Gurung stayed and campaigned in the Dooars for a whole month. Wherever he went, he assured voters that the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha had not forgotten its people in the plains after the hill autonomous body’s formation. Dooars, with its tea garden tribals...

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Morcha at Shinde door

VIVEK CHHETRI Darjeeling, July 23: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Roshan Giri said the hill party team he led told Union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde that the outfit would be forced to start an agitation if Gorkhaland...

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CM violence blame on multi-phase poll

ARNAB GANGULY July 23: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today said a one-day panchayat election across Bengal could have helped control violence in the rural polls. Ending her campaign for the fifth and final phase of...

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आईसीडीस सेन्टरहरूमा अत्यन्तै निम्नगुणस्तरको खानेतेल

कालेबुङ, २४ जुलाई| कालेबुङका आईसीडीस सेन्टरहरूमा अत्यन्तै निम्नगुणस्तरको खानेतेल वितरण भइरहेको घटना आज खुलासा भएको छ| जनसरोकारको समस्याहरुमाथि आवज उठाउँदै आइरहेका  माकपा (मार्सवादी कम्यूनिष्ट पार्टी)का कालेबुङ आञ्चलिक समिति सचिव तारा सुन्दासले उक्त घटना प्रकाशमा ल्याएका हुन्| हालै यहाँका आईसीडीएस केन्द्रहरुलाई विभागले वितरण गरेको खानेतेलमा  विभिन्न प्रकारको प्रदुषित तत्वहरुको मिलवाट रहेको माकपा नेता सुन्दासको भनाइ छ| आफ्नो भनाइलाई पुष्टी...

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शहीद कप फुटबल खेल

कालेबुङ,24 जुलाई: कालेबुङको मेला ग्राउण्डमा हाल सम्पन्न भइरहेको शहीद कप फुटबल खेलले यहाँका फूटबल प्रेमी दर्शकहरुलाई  उचित मनोरञ्जन दिइरहेको छ। जम्मा 17 वटा टोलीले उक्त प्रतियोगितामा भाग लिएको छ। यस शहीद कप फुटबल प्रतियोगिताको फाइनल खेल आगमी 3 अगस्तको दिन हुनेछ। फूटबल प्रेमी दर्शकहरूको भीड़बीच  आज कञ्चनजंघा क्लब सिलगड़ी वनाम जीआरसी कालेबुङबीच खेल सम्पन्न भयो। जसमा 1 को विरूद्ध 3 गोल गरेर कञ्चनजंघा सिलगड़ी विजयी बनेको छ। प्रतियोगिताको दोस्रो...

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Teesta & enclaves on Mamata lips - Treaties to happen with Bangladesh only if people want it, says CM

Mathabhanga, July 22: Mamata Banerjee today picked on Teesta water-sharing and border enclaves during her panchayat election campaign in Cooch Behar, which shares a border with Bangladesh. At a rally in the Mathabhanga College grounds, the chief minister reiterated her firm “no” on both the issues the Congress-led UPA-II government wants settled, unless she gets the nod of the people of North Bengal. “Teesta’r jol tokhoni debo jokhon...

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जीटीए, विमल र विफलता

कालेबुङ, २१ जुलाई| राजनीतिमा नेतृत्व तब विफल हुन्छ जब उसको कदम जनआकांशाविरूद्ध जान्छ| पहाडको वर्तमान राजनीतिमा मोर्चा अध्यक्ष विमल गुरुङले जीटीएमा सम्झौता गर्नु जनआकांशा विरोधी कदम भएकोले नै आज उनी विफलतातिर गइरहेको एकथरिका राजनैतिक जानकारहरूको मत छ| गोर्खाल्याण्डको नाममा आन्दोलन गर्दागर्दै राज्य अनि केन्द्र सरकारसित आम सहमति भएको जीटीए व्यवस्था दुइ-चारवर्षसम्म पनि थाम्न नसक्ने स्थितिमा पुगेकोले मोर्चाले हराउँदो जनसमर्थनको अभावमा नै गोर्खाल्याण्ड...

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कालेबुङमा शहीद कप शुरु सिक्किम पुलिस अनि सिलगढी विजयी

कालेबुङ, २१ जुलाई|कालेबुङको शान र खेलप्रेमी स्थानीयबासीको ढुकढुकी बनिसकेको रोचक अनि प्रतिष्ठित शीहद कप फूटबल टुर्नामेण्ट आजदेखि मेला ग्राउण्डमा शुरु भएको छ| गोर्खाल्याण्ड आन्दोलनकालका शहीदहरूको नाममा शुरु गरिएको निक्कै लामो इतिहास बोकेको यो प्रतियोगिताको आयोजना कालेबुङ स्पोर्टस् एसोसिएसनले गरेको छ|टुर्नामेण्टमा सिक्किम स्पोर्टस एकाडेमी, सिक्किम आर्मड पुलिस, हिमालश्री क्लब कालेबुङ, मर्निङ फुटबल क्लब बंग्लादेश, मेची फुटबल क्लब नेपाल, एसएसबी...

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GTF lauds youth initiative for Gorkhaland,GTA completes two Years

Kalimpong,Pradip Lohagun: The Gorkhaland Task Force has welcomed the call made by the youths and students in getting the Gorkhaland Territorial Agreement quashed.  At a press meet today, GTF coordinator R Moktan expressed his happiness over the youths’ move. “The youths and Vidyarthi Morcha have stressed on Gorkhaland and demanded for the boycott of the GTA. We heartily welcome this step taken,” he said Moktan also appealed to all parties...

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