In yet another show of solidarity with the Trinmool, the recently formed STGVM which was formed by dissidents from GJM has extended their support to TMC. Attending the TMC rally in Siliguri, the STGVM delegation led by Mr. Sanam Giri, Samvhu Rai, Uttam Gurung and Ram Chettri yesterday said that “we have placed our demands […]

Writes: Upendra for TheDC FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016 Much has been going on in the Darjeeling political scenario of late, for anyone remotely interested in politics these are an exciting time for the people in our region. We are literally spoilt for choices, issues range from the promised “development” to “Sikkim merger,” from formation of […]

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha general secretary Roshan Giri today said the party wanted John Barla to contest the Assembly polls from Jalpaiguri’s Nagrakata , a seat the tribal leader wanted to fight for. Barla had said he would certainly contest from the seat but whether he would be a candidate of a party or contest as […]

RAJEEV RAVIDAS Kalimpong, March 25: The Jan Andolan Party headed by Harka Bahadur Chhetri has listed the statehood demand on top of its election manifesto and said the outfit will work towards it by carving out Darjeeling district and parts of the Dooars by building consensus both at the Centre and the state. When Kalimpong […]

Darjeeling 25 Feb 2016 The youth front of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today said it plans to organise a motorcycle rally from Darjeeling to Siliguri in the first week of March to rekindle the demand for Gorkhaland among the general public of the hills, especially the youths. Gorkha Janmukti Yuva Morcha general secretary Amrit Yonzon […]

Vivek Chhetri Darjeeling, Feb. 26: From China to Canada, Delhi to Darjeeling, a motley group of people networked across continents to unite a 22-year-old woman with her family almost three weeks after she lost her way from a Dooars tea garden. Chunnu Tamang went missing from Tulsipara tea garden near Birpara on February 7. She […]

Ms. Rangu Souria is one of the 100 top women achievers of India, and yesterday she received an award at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, New Delhi, in collaboration with Facebook had launched 100 Women Initiative last year to recognize and acknowledge women who are making a difference […]

Indian Gorkha, Miss Bibechana (Gungun), one of the finalists of India’s Best Dramebaaz Season Two is the pride of gorkhas in India. 12 years old Bibechana Gurung hails from Kurseong and also studies in Dow Hill School in Kurseong.  Her mother is from Bharnabari Tea Garden, Hasimara in ‪‎Dooars. What is India’s Best Dramebaaz? India’s Best […]

Writes: Former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar A group of Kathmandu-based Nepalese lawyers has filed a petition before the World Court at The Hague challenging India’s sovereignty over the Darjeeling hill areas. It bases its case on Article 8 of the Indo-Nepalese treaty of 1950 which cancels all previous “treaties and engagements” entered into between […]

The political legacy of Subash Ghisingh i.e. “Treaty of Sugauli, Article 1 & 8 of Indo-Nepal Treaty of 1950, Article 1 (3) C, Article 2 of Indian Constitution and International court of justice Hague ” are being used by The Greater Nepal Activist in Nepal to claim its old legitimate Territory from India. I, still remember […]

Gurung to extend walk to plains Vivek Chhetri Darjeeling, Oct. 4: Bimal Gurung has decided to extend his ongoing padayatra to cover more areas in the hills as well as Siliguri and the Dooars in two new phases. According to the original plan, the procession was to end at Darjeeling on October 7. However, Binay […]

SILIGURI GORKHA MANCH – SUCCEFULLY CONDUCTS FREE MEDICAL & BLOOD DONATION CAMP The Siliguri Gorkha Manch is doing an incredible job of connecting communities in Terai and Dooars region. Through their efforts, they are not only helping the Gorkhas, but also all the people from other communities as well. Siliguri Gorkha Manch successfully organized a […]

Patkapara Tea Estate in the Dooars which was closed in November last year will be reopened on February 8. Patkapara Tea Estate in the Dooars – pic via Telegraph The decision was taken at a bipartite meeting held yesterday in the office of the Dooars branch of Indian Tea Association at Binnaguri. Trade union leaders […]

People of North Bengal and Siliguri in particular are going to enjoy a ‘cultural’ beginning of 2015, since the Gorkha Saajha Pariwar, Salbari, Siliguri will bring back the Gorkha Sanskritik Utsav from January 7, 2015. Gorkha Sanskritik Utsav to be Held from January 7, 2015 The 2015 version of the festival will also include the […]

Untold stories of hunger & starvation deaths of Tea garden workers in Darjeeling ,Dooars & Terai! Behind the idyllic hills, the scenic gardens, the “romance of the two leaves and a bud”, and the “smiling faces” of the workers, what remains carefully hidden is the ugly truth of subhuman wages, more than a thousand starvation […]

Darjeeling-Dooars United Development Foundation (DDUDF) , while strongly condemning the incident of sexual harassment of a Sikkimese girl student at Visva-Bharati University, has asked for immediate inquiry and also urgent justice to the victim and the affected family. It has demanded the most stringent and potent punishment to the perpetrators, so that it acts as a […]

The BGP ( Bharatia Gorkha Parisangh)  president Enos Das Pradhan on the bifurcation Siliguri from Darjeeling district said that with the GTA ( Gorkhaland Territorial Administration) settlement the separation was on the card. The seed of separation was not shown in 1988, it was rather confirmed in 1988 and reconfirmed when GTA agreement was signed in 2011. GJM […]

Writes: Upendra Dear Surinder Singh Ahluwalia Ji, Foremost on behalf of the people of Darjeeling, please accept my heartfelt congratulations and kudos for not only winning the elections, but also our trust and respect. We – the Gorkhas, much like the Sikhs are simple people who are caring, honest, sincere, and trusting; and I hope […]