Tamang breaks fast

Jalpaiguri, Nov. 8: The arrested GTA Sabha member Binay Tamang broke his fast in the Jalpaiguri District Hospital this evening after he had been informed by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leaders about the “assurance” by the chief minister that he would be released soon. Tamang, who is also the assistant secretary of the Morcha, had been arrested in August on various charges and put up in the Jalpaiguri Correctional Home. He launched an indefinite...

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Region will go ‘green’ once again, says a healthy-looking Ghising

Siliguri 8 Nov 2013 Gorkha National Liberation Front chief Subash Ghising today returned from Chennai after a medical checkup. He had been earlier admitted at a private nursing home in Siliguri as he was suffering from jaundice. The GNLF chief left for Chennai on October 30 for a thorough health checkup at the Apollo Hospital, especially for respiratory problems. Hundreds of GNLF leaders and supporters from Kurseong sub-division...

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GJM yet to decide on 2014 LS polls Not to back Lama

KALIMPONG 8 Nov 2013 Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung today tried to brush aside questions about the party’s take on the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections saying it has not yet to make a decision on the matter.  Gurung was in Kalimpong today to attend a court hearing on cases against him during the statehood movement. When asked which party or person the GJM would support in the LS polls, he said, “We are not concerned...

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Quake sensor for Darjeeling - Advanced seismograph to be installed in Richmond Hill to record vibrations

Siliguri, Nov. 7: An advanced seismograph with a range of 10,000km will be set up at Darjeeling’s Richmond Hill to record earthquakes. Analysis of its data would help experts provide information about the maximum height of buildings that can be built in a quake-prone zone, gradient of terrain at which such structures should be built and material to be used. A proposal to set up the advanced seismograph or accelograph in Darjeeling was...

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Question mark on Binay Tamang’s health condition

Jalpaiguri 7 Nov 2013 A lot of speculation is going on over the present health condition of Gorkha Territorial Administration member and GJM assistant secretary Binay Tamang who is on an indefinite hunger strike in demand of bail. While district chief medical officer of health Jagannath Sarkar said Tamang is on medication, his family members claimed this is not evident judging his health condition. The differences in claims have...

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GTA adopts resolution to amend GTA Act

Darjeeling 7 Nov 2013 Executive members of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration today held a meeting and adopted a resolution for 29 amendments to the existing GTA Act. Existing flaws will be pointed out and removed and subsequently sent to the state government for its approval. After holding discussions for more than four hours at Lalkothi, the GTA headquarters, executive member Roshan Giri briefed media persons. He said,...

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GNLF flags colour Lower Bong Busty green

KALIMPONG 7 Nov 2013 Chanting slogans in support of party supremo Subash Ghising, GNLF supporters today hoisted the green flag in several villages under Lower Bong-Dungra Gram Panchayat. After a long hibernation, the GNLF has again risen to announce its presence in the area. Slogans such as “Long live Subash Ghising”, “Long live GNLF” and “We want Sixth Schedule” were reverberating in the air while supporters put up GNLF flags alongside...

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UGRF to cultivate political consciousness among masses

KALIMPONG 7 Nov 2013 The United Gorkha Revolutionary Front, which has kept its political activities under leash after its armed movement for statehood fizzled out, has decided to launch a mission of cultivating political consciousness among the people. Speaking to the media this afternoon, UGRF leader Rudra Acharya said the party will now concentrate on making the people politically aware. “As the people are the supreme force in...

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GJM’s Chettri meets Mamata over release of arrested leaders, sabhsads

PRADIP LOHAGUN KALIMPONG 7 Nov 2013 With relations between the state government and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha sweetening up once more, the latter has begun asking for a number of pending demands to be fulfilled. GJM spokesperson Harka Bahadur Chettri today met with chief minister Mamata Banerjee to convey the decision taken by the three GJM MLAs of the hills to sit in the treasury bench of the legislative Assembly. Interacting with the media later, Chettri said he also urged the CM to ensure GJM leaders and GTA sabhasads...

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Chamling off to Delhi with demands for Sikkim

BAGDOGRA 2 Nov 2013 The statehood agitation in Darjeeling since 1986 has caused Sikkim a massive loss of around Rs5,000 crore and we wonder who will compensate the amount, asks chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling to both the West Bengal and Union governments. Chamling said so this afternoon at Bagdogra airport before flying off to New Delhi to meet central ministers for a number of demands raised by his government. He said Sikkim has always remained a victim to the statehood agitation in neighbouring Darjeeling as there is only...

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BGP rejects People’s Forum candidate proposal

KALIMPONG 2 Nov 2013 The Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh has rejected a proposal by the People’s Forum of nominating five candidates for the forthcoming general elections. Terming the proposal “meaningless”, BGP national president Dr. Enos Das Pradhan today said there is no scope for considering it as the BGP is an apolitical body. “The proposal made by the People’s Forum is incorrect; this isn’t the way how candidates are selected. We cannot make any comments on the issue as the BGP is not an organisation set up to contest elections,”...

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