Darjeeling, March 20: SS Ahluwalia, BJP candidate for Darjeeling constituency, started its election campaign today by extending its hand to local political party CPRM. Ahluwalia today went to his old friend Mr. R B Rai, president of CPRM at his residence cum office in Darjeeling town, who is sick for last few days. Alhuwalia was […]

Alleging misuse of administrative machinery by Trinamool Congress, BJP today sought “urgent intervention” of Election Commission of India to prevent the arrest of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leaders and supporters who are supporting BJP’s candidate S S Ahluwalia in Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal. BJP’s candidate S S Ahluwalia in Darjeeling Lok Sabha In […]

GNLF chief Subash Ghisingh today claimed that Darjeeling’s BJP Lok Sabha candidate S.S. Ahluwalia’s camp had contacted his party seeking support. Ghisingh waves at his supporters from his house in Darjeeling on Wednesday. Ghisingh, who returned to his house on Dr Zahir Hussain Road here for the first time after May 16, 2011, said all […]

GJM chief Bimal Gurung appeals  Dr Mahendra P. Lama an independent candidate to come forward and support BJP in this Lok Sabha (2014) election in Darjeeling constituency.Feeling the heat this time around in Darjeeling for Lok Sabha seat, GJM chief , Gurung calls for unity in the hill for the sake of Gorkhaland and support […]

BJP state president Rahul Sinha today said the party MP, if elected from the Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency, will address the problems of the people in the Hills, but will in no way work for a bifurcation of the state. Rahul Sinha BJP “We are happy about the BJP-GJMM) tie-up and we are hopeful that […]

Rapid Action Force Occupy School – Children Forced to Study in the Open A glaring example of government apathy and neglect can be seen across Darjeeling hills, but none more prominently than in how our future i.e. our children are being treated by the government. [Photo: Himalaya Darpan] Since December 2013, Sunsari Primary School in […]

Shri S. S. Ahluwalia has been announced formally by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha ( GJM) as the BJP candidate from Darjeeling constituency. Bimal Gurung the chief of GJM officially made an announcement that he would like to thank Shri Narendra Modi for nominating Shri S. S. Ahluwalia who is vice president of BJP as the […]

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today announced it will extend support to the BJP in the state, including in the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat from where the Trinamool Congress is fielding footballer Bhaichung Bhutia as its candidate. The BJP wants Bappi Lahiri there, but the GJM wants to field someone itself. “GJM president Bimal Gurung called […]

Darjeeling : The former Indian Football captain, Baichung Bhutia all set to contest Lok Sabha elections 2014 from the Darjeeling constituency of West Bengal on the ruling-Trinamool Congress(TMC) ticket.37-year-old Bhutia’s name was doing the rounds for the Darjeeling hills seat from quite a long time. Baichung Bhutia TMC candidate for LS polls in Darjeeling This year in January, […]

An unknown man assaulted a 25-year-old woman from Darjeeling and allegedly attempted to rape her in south Delhi’s Munirka on Sunday night. The woman, a former call centre employee, was walking with two female friends in a lane near Baba Gang Nath Temple when she was accosted from behind by the accused around 10.30 pm. […]

It is Darjeeling hills- at the vortex of turmoil political dynamics. The latest major element in the political game here is formation of a series of development boards, tagged with almost every single ethnic community. No matter how far this can cool down the hills – burning with separate statehood movement, but it can definitely […]

An association of Tamangs, a community that is the largest in number in the hills, has said it will support a Trinamul candidate for the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat. Since the years of Subash Ghisingh’s influence in the hills in the 1980s, no community outfit has been known to separately declare allegiance to any party […]

Here are some of the Photos of the Snowfall in Darjeeling Tiger Hill on 16 feb 2014.Tiger Hill in Darjeeling recieved about 45 minutes of heavy snowfall. Soon, the local people and tourists started hiring taxis for Tiger Hill. Source:dt, vof, telegraph

Meena Gautam : A Darjeeling girl becomes heart beat of Darbhanga Bihar viewers for her role in Maithili language film “Gogh Mein Chand”. The audiences of Bihar have praised the role of 24 years old Meena Gautam in the movie as lead actress directed by Sughan Arts. Meena Gautam The movie was released on 15 […]

Local businessman Niraj Chettri, who owns a large fruit business company named Himalayan Florica in the national capital, is now looking to initiate similar business ventures in his hometown of Darjeeling. Chettri, a resident of Lapchu in Darjeeling, will be opening a new outlet in Darjeeling in March that will sell regional agricultural and horticulture […]

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 […]

Temperatures dipping to a minimum of 3 degrees Celsius in Darjeeling has not only aroused hopes of snowfall soon, but also tourists have increasingly started to flock in, points the tour operators. Darjeeling –  Mall Road covered with snow… In addition, the ongoing Darjeeling tea and tourism festival that kicked off yesterday being held at […]

Darjeeling, Dec. 20: The third edition of the Darjeeling Tea and Tourism Festival will be held here from December 24 to January 1 and the organisers have decided to make “diverse culture of the hills” the main theme of the event. Lt. Col (retd) Ramesh Allay, the deputy chief executive of the GTA, said: “The […]