TEN THOUSAND WHISPERS AND NOBODY LISTENING

 Anjan Dutt At the onset let me clarify that I have no political agenda and have always refrained from politics, Left or Right. Never walked in rallies except for joining the mourners at the Maidan at 17, when the theatre actor, Prabir Dutta, was shot by the police, and more recently to escort the 80 plus director, Mrinal Sen, who wanted to join the Nandigram rally. I have great friends who are communists, people fighting for women’s rights and the gay cause. I have deep respect for those who raise their voices against social injustice....

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A day’s breather to ongoing shutdown

Darjeeling 30 Aug 2013 With virtually no progress to show from its month-long agitation despite resorting to various tactics to break the state government, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has decided to wait till September 1 to announce future programmes. The much-anticipated Gorkhaland Joint Action Committee meeting convened today failed to yield any solution even after three long hours of deliberation. However, the joint forum, of which GJM is the key constituent, did announce a number of things-to-do in the coming days. For starters,...

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छुट्टै राज्यको मुद्दा प्रति नेताहरु गम्भीर छन् के ?

कालेबुङ 30 अगष्ट : छुट्टै राज्यको मांगमा चलिरहेको आन्दोलनले गर्दा हाल सम्पूर्ण पहाड़ नै अचल रहेको छ। निर्णायक आन्दोलनको घोषणा गरेर नेतृत्वहरुले यो अन्तिम आन्दोलनले पहाड़वासीको दिर्घकालिन समस्या पुरा हुने दावी गरेका थिए। जस्को कारण जनसाधरणले पनि पूर्ण समर्थन दिँदै बन्द पालन गरेको गलभग एक महिना पुग्न लागेको छ। यो निर्णायक आन्दोलनलाई अझ प्रभावशाली बनाउन सबैदलहरुलाई एउटै मञ्चमा ल्याएर गोर्खाल्याण्ड संयुक्त कार्वाही मञ्च गठन गरिनुमा पनि जनताको ठूलो भूमिका रहेको छ। पहाड़का सबै दलहरु एउटै मञ्चमा आए अब आन्दोलन टुङ्गोमा पुग्न सकिन्छ भन्ने विश्वास पालेका...

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Kalimpong bureau chief of Nepali daily receives ransom demand

KALIMPONG 28 Aug 2013 News of demand for a ransom of Rs5 lakh from Ajay Agarwal, the Kalimpong bureau chief of Nepali daily ‘Himalaya Darpan’, has shocked many in the hill town. Agarwal today filed an FIR with Kalimpong police station as he was reportedly receiving threats since the past few days. He said a group of men visited his residence in the morning and threatened to vandalise his property, prompting Agarwal to file a police complaint. The bureau chief has demanded an investigation into the matter and the immediate arrest of the...

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CPRM team back after Gorkhaland debate in Jadavpur Varsity

A CPRM team that had been to Kolkata to participate in an interactive debate on the topic ‘Gorkhaland and National Identity Question’ organised by the All India Students’ Association of Jadavpur University, returned to Kalimpong today. Seen in high spirits, they said people from other communities discussed actively about the identity problem of the Gorkhas. The CPRM team believes that a positive atmosphere towards the Gorkhaland issue can be built among people of other communities. CPRM youth leader Arun Ghatani, who was among the participants,...

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संसदलाई नानीहरुको घोषणा पत्र

कालेबुङ 28 अगष्ट: स-साना नानीहरुको हक, हित र सुरक्षाको मांग गर्दै आज कालेबुङ बाल सुरक्षा अभियानका नानीहरुले दार्जीलिङका संसाद जसवान्त सिंगसंग भेट गरि एउटा ज्ञ्यापन पत्र पेस गरेका छन्। दिल्लीमा सम्पन्न हुने नानीहरुको राष्ट्रीय स्तरको कार्यशाला ‘राष्ट्रीय बाल सुनवाइ’ मा भाग लिन कालेबुङ बाल सुरक्षा अभियानका नानीहरु हाल दिल्लीमा छन्। यसै अवधि बीएसएको एउटा टोलीले दिल्लीको 15औ त्रृमूर्ती पथमा अवस्थित दार्जीलिङका संसद जसवन्त सिंगको कार्यलयमा पुगेर संसद सिंगलाई एउटा ज्ञ्यापन पत्र पेस गरेको छ। आज संसाद सिंगसंग भेट गरि चढ़ाएको नानीहरुको ज्ञ्यापन पत्रमा...

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फेसबुकले गलत प्रचार गर्दैछ ड़ा छेत्री

कालेबुङ 29 अगष्ट: गोर्खा जनमुक्ति मोर्चा कालेबुङ महकुमा समितिको आज सम्पन्न भएको तेस्रो दिनको जनसभालाई मोर्चा प्रवक्ता एवम क्षेत्रीय विधायक ड़ा. हर्कबहादुर छेत्रीले सम्बोधन गरेका थिए। जनसभामा उपस्थित सयौ विध्यार्थीहरुलाई सम्बोधन गर्दै प्रवक्ता छेत्रीले अब आन्दोलनलाई अघि बढ़ाउन विध्यार्थीहरुमा भरपुर क्षमता रहेको बताए। आफ्नो सम्बोधनमा तिनले सामाजिक सञ्जाल फेसबुकको आलोचना गर्दै तिनले फेसबुक प्रयोगकर्ताहरुले गलत सूचनाहरु दिइरहेको आरोप लगाए। ‘म दार्जीलिङ गएको थिए’ तिनले भने ‘तर रोशन गीरिसंग दिल्ली गयो भनेर फेसबुकमा गलत प्रचार भयो’। ‘फेसबुकले जनमत संग्रह...

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शहरमा विध्यार्थीहरुको जुलूश अनि जनसभा जारी

कालेबुङ 28 अगष्ट: दलको पुर्वघोषित कार्यक्रम अनुरुप आज पनि कालेबुङमा गोर्खा जनमुक्ति विध्यार्थी मोर्चाको जुलूश अनि जनसभा सम्पन्न भयो। तेलेङ्गना राज्य निर्माण प्रक्रियाले तातिएको पहाड़को आन्दोलनलाई थप प्रभावशाली बनाउन मोर्चाले कार्यक्रमहरुमा फेरबदल गरि हाल विध्यार्थी मोर्चालाई सड़कमा उत्रारेको छ। पार्टी हाइ-मकानको निर्देश अनुसार छुट्टै राज्यको मांगमा हाल विध्यार्थीहरु पनि उत्साहित बनेर सड़कमा उत्रीरहेका छन्। विमोको सड़क आन्दोलनको आज दोस्रोदिन पनि छुट्टै राज्यको समर्थनमा हजारौ विध्यार्थीहरु सड़कमा उत्रेका थिए। कालेबुङका विभिन्न क्षेत्रहरुबाट आएका...

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कालेबुङमा विमो-को जुलूश र जनसभा, हजारौ विध्यार्थीहरु सड़कमा

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bail granted to Morcha leaders Benoy Tamang

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Joint Secretary and Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) Sabha Member Benoy Tamang has been granted bail in the Sibchu case. Chief Judicial Magistrate Choudhary Hifajat Karim accepted the bail appeal made in behalf of the plaintiff by Swarup Mandal, Sandeep Dutta and Dinesh Rai. It may be noted that on 8th February 2011, GJM cadres and supporters led by party president Bimal Gurung had marched from Kumani near Kalimpong and defying Section 144 and breaking barricade set by the Police. The ensuing melee...

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Mirik holds ‘janta sadak ma’ rally; Ghising invited to Hills

DEEP PRADHAN MIRIK 26 Aug 2013 The GJM’s ongoing ‘janata sadak ma’ programme, backed by the GJAC, was marked today by a massive rally in Mirik. All GJM affiliates joined the huge rally shouting slogans in demand of Gorkhaland and against the state government and police administration. The rally ended at Krishnanagar where the participants were addressed by GJM youth leader Arpan Rai and students’ front Mirik unit secretaty Rabin...

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National-level movement needed: Shestha, Pradhan

The spirit of the statehood agitators is on a high after nearly a month of the renewed agitation. Parties have come together on the GJAC platform pumping new energy in the public. Amid such an environment, the leadership must take the Gorkhaland movement to the national level rather than limit it in the hills only. These views have been presented by well-known dramatist and intellectual CK Shestha, who doesn’t owe allegiance to any political...

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District Cong wants GJM to aim agitation at Centre

Report by:  PRADIP LOHAGUN KALIMPONG 26 Aug 2013 Amid the ongoing statehood agitation in the hills and the attempts by the state government to suppress the movement, the Darjeeling District Congress has appealed to Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leaders to focus on taking the statehood agenda directly to the centre. District Congress secretary Dilip Pradhan, while addressing the media in Kalimpong today, said despite the constant...

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आन्दोलनलाई दिल्लीमुखी बनाउ - हिल्स कंग्रेसको अपिल

कालेबुङ 26 अगष्ट : छुट्टै राज्यको मांगमा हाल पहाड़मा उठिरहेको जन-आन्दोलनलाई राज्य सरकारले चारैतिरबाट दवाउने प्रयास गरिरहेको समय दार्जीलिङ जिल्ला कंग्रेसले आन्दोलनलाई दिल्ली केन्द्रीत गर्नु पर्ने आह्वान गरेको छ। जिल्ला कंग्रेसका सचिव दिलिप प्रधानले आज कालेबुङमा सम्पन्न भएको जनसभालाई सम्बोधन गर्दै उक्त मनाशय प्रकट गरेका हुन्। प्रदेश कंग्रेसको कटु आलोचनाहरु सहेर पनि हाल दार्जीलिङ जिल्ला कंग्रेसका प्रतिनिधिहरु गोर्खाल्याण्ड संयुक्त कार्वाही समितिमा रहेर...

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Invitation for talks with eye on LS polls: Harkabahadur Chettri

Report by:  PRADIP LOHAGUN KALIMPONG 25 Aug 2013 The renewed agitation for statehood in the hills that has been on since the past one month does not seem to have move the central government much. But at the same time, it is ready to sit for talks with those demanding the new states of Karvi Anglong, Bodoland and Kamtapur, among others. In the backdrop of such a situation, the strategy for the Gorkhaland agitation must...

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GJM seeks proactive participation of youngsters in statehood movement

Darjeeling 25 Aug 2013 The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has begun using every bit of arsenal at its disposal to thwart the state government that is breathing down its neck, attempting to crush the ongoing statehood agitation. Already, more than 800 party leaders and activists have been detained by the police since July 29. In a fresh, GJM president Bimal Gurung today made a call to youngsters aged between 12 and 18 years to come forward and participate in the separate state agitation. The development is not surprising given the fact...

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