Promises: College for hills & varsity Writes AVIJIT SINHA Siliguri, March 11: The Trinamul manifesto has promised a Nepali-medium college in the Darjeeling hills, a new campus of Aliah University and a second agricultural university among other things for north Bengal. The ruling party also promised to set up a centre of Netaji Subhas Open […]
GJM barb at Harka Bahdur on “anti-national” comment
Rajeev Ravidas Kalimpong, Jan. 31: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has alleged that Harka Bahdur Chhetri labelled Bimal Gurung’s statement on Kalimpong’s links with Bhutan “anti-national” because he was shaken by the mass support the party continued to enjoy and feared that his lie on the Kalimpong district could be exposed. On Thursday, the Morcha president […]
Low turnout at Ari Bahadur Gurung’s felicitation by GTA
Writes Vivek Chhetri Darjeeling, Nov. 26: A GTA event to posthumously honour Ari Bahadur Gurung , who had represented the Gorkhas in the Constituent Assembly, turned out to be a damp squib today with many members of the GTA Sabha and officials of the hill body keeping away. A GTA Sabha member who didn’t want […]
Gorkha Rashtriya Sangoshti / Gorkha National Symposium – Day 1
The program started at 11:40 A.M with the lighting of the lamps by a few dignitaries such as Col. Alley, Roshan Giri, Jyoti Kumar Rai, Amar Singh Rai and Binay Tamang. This was followed by a warm welcome of all the other dignitaries, especially those who had travelled from other parts of India with traditional […]
GTA delegation met Tribal Affairs Minister for inclusion of 11 Gorkha communities in ST list
GTA delegation led by Bimal Gurung and S.S Ahulwalia Hon’ble MP, Darjeeling along with GTA members Benoy Tamang, Anit Thapa, Satish Pokhrel and GJM Central Committee Member, Deven Sharma met Jual Oram, Hon’ble Minister of Tribal Affairs at Delhi for the immediate inclusion of 11 Gorkha communities from throughout India namely Bhujel, Gurung, Mangar, Newar, […]
Rajnath Singh, agreed to set up a committee to examine Gorkhaland – Bimal Gurung
Rajnath Singh, Hon’ble Home Minister has agreed to set up a committee to examine our century old demand of Gorkhaland today. Shri S.S Ahluwalia along with the GJM delegation led by Shri Bimal Gurung, Shri Rooshan Giri, Shri Binay Tamang, Shri Anit Tamang, Shri Swaraj Thapa, Shri Arun Sighchi and Shri Phoebe Rai met Shri […]
Nepali Academy and Cultural Research Centre to be set up in Darjeeling
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) chief executive Bimal Gurung will lay the foundation stone for a Nepali Academy and Cultural Research Centre on November 21, which is to be established in Darjeeling sub-division. Binay Tamang The academy will come up near Dali, 4km from Darjeeling town, at an estimated cost of Rs23 crore. Work on the […]
Gorkha Cultural and Tourism Festival 2014 to be held in Mirik
An important meeting related to the Gorkha Cultural and Tourism Festival 2014, scheduled to be held in Mirik from October 11-20, was today conducted at the community hall here. The meeting was presided over by Sabhasad Phurbi Rai in the presence of Information and Culture Department Sabhasad Binay Tamang along with other GTA officials. GTA […]
GTA wants to relocate Jamuni tourism project
Darjeeling, July 2: The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration ( GTA) has informed the Darjeeling district magistrate that it wants to relocate the Jamuni tourism project, which ran into trouble after some plot owners alleged that land was taken from them forcibly and they were not compensated. Jamuni tourism project The decision on the relocation of the project […]
GJM holds back protest over the arrest on Jamuni land case
VIVEK CHHETRI Darjeeilng, June 30: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) today did not start any agitation over the arrest of a GTA member as was expected while sources said the party was mulling approaching the high court over the Jamuni land case. GTA member Kaziman Lohagun arrested on Jamuni land case for supplying firearms The […]
Hills to get real taste of development in next 3 years – GJM
With the change of dispensation in Delhi, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha-led Gorkhaland Territorial Administration has embarked with new vigour on a development tryst for a makeover of the Darjeeling hills over the next three years. GTA members with Governor MK Narayanan at the Raj Bhawan in Darjeeling on Monday. Back from attending the swearing-in ceremony […]
Declare Buddha Jayanti state holiday demands Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has placed a demand of declaring May 14, Buddha Jayanti, as a state holiday, even as the ongoing Lok Sabha election has come as a breather to the growing demand for a development council from various communities of the hills. GJM asst secretary Binay Tamang. Taking up the demand today […]
GJM delegation called on by NDA chairperson LK Advani
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha ( GJM) delegation called on by senior BJP leader and NDA working chairperson Shri LK Advani at his residence this morning. GJM delegation called on by senior BJP leader and NDA working chairperson Shri LK Advani The delegation congratulated him for the BJP victory and apprised him of the political situation in […]
Bimal Gurung and GJM leaders to campaign for BJP in Haridwar and Dehradun
Bimal Gurung and other senior GJM (Gorkha Janmukti Morcha) leaders will leave for Haridwar and Dehradun tomorrow to campaign for BJP candidates. The delegation includes central committee members of the party Binay Tamang, Harka Bahadur Chhetri, Raju Pradhan and Diwarkar Gurung, apart from the Morcha president. Gurang meeting with BJP President, Shri Rajnath Singh tosupport […]
GTA issued an order restoring local channels in Darjeeling
The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration has issued an order restoring broadcasting of local cable channels in Darjeeling sub-division from Tuesday despite the existing restrictions imposed by the district administration. GTA executive member Binay Tamang (right) speaks to the media in Darjeeling on Monday. GTA information and cultural affairs department executive member Binay Tamang today made the […]
