31st March 2016 Shiva Thapa became the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Rio Olympics when he entered the final of the men’s bantamweight (56kg) category at the Asia/Oceania qualifying tournament, Qian’an, China, on Thursday. Shiva, the top seed in his weight division, defeated 2013 World Championship bronze medalist Kairat Yeraliyev of Kazakhstan in […]

Writes Tikendra Kumar Chhetry Department of Peace and Conflict Studies Sikkim University “I believe slogans like Bharat ki barbaadi or Gorkhaland should be treated as an attack on the integrity of India. I can’t say whether its sedition or not but its definitely an attack on India and steps should be taken to curb it.” […]

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has acknowledged Chandra Sharma (a gorkha from Assam) for his passion on building a Helicopter and are looking for Mr Sharma’s contact details. Mr Sharma was looking to fly his self made helicopter on the occasion of Republic day on 26th January 2016. Unfortunately he failed to acquire the […]

Assam mechanic builds ‘jugaad’ helicopter, awaits clearance Writes Rahul Karmakar Vehicles struggle to reach Shyamjuli, a village 450km northeast of Assam’s principal city, Guwahati. This was the reason why Chandra Siwakoti Sharma, a school dropout, built a helicopter that he says can carry two people 30-50ft above the ground. An automobile mechanic, Sharma spent more […]

Kokrajhar, Jan. 31: The Gorkhas living in Assam today decided to intensify their demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status and creation of a development council for the community. The decision was taken during the 4th triennial conference of the Assam Gorkha Sammelan, which concluded at Santipur in Chirang district today. Other resolutions that were adopted […]

Seventeen luminaries from across Darjeeling district and Assam will be felicitated during a historic event ‘Gorkha Talent Show of Assam 2016’ slated for the 9th and 10 February at GMCH auditorium, Guwahati organized by Akhil Assam Gorkha Kalakar Sangh (AAGKS). Gopal Khanal general secretary of AAGKS informed that the chief minister of Assam Tarun Gagoi […]

An Indian Gorkha, Chandra Sharma, from Dimow Syamjuli village in Dhemaji District of Assam, have dedicated himself to building a Helicopter on his own which he will attempt to fly on 26th of Jan, 2016 – Republic Day. According to reports on The Darjeeling Chronicle Mr. Sharma has been working on this helicopter since 2013 […]

Dinesh Sharma 09 August 2015: GYASA, Gorkha Youth and Student Association, delegates met with Shri Ram Prasad Sharma, a Gorkha Member of Parliament from Assam. We had such a positive meeting that the expected half an hour meeting stretched to 4 hours and two rounds of chai. Reminiscing his days of students politics and bhasha […]

Over fifty participants participated from various districts of Lower Assam in the audition of  first Gorkha Talent Show of Assam organised by All Assam Gorkha Artiste Association in collaboration with DY365 (Media Partnar) today at Commerce College auditorium in Kokrajhar. First Gorkha Talent Show in Assam Madhav Prasad Sharma, Deputy Commissioner, Kokrajhar graced the show […]

Gorkhas living in the Assam  have demanded Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for the community and creation of an autonomous council, comprising Gorkha-inhabited areas. Gorkhas demand ST status and  autonomous council to DoNER The demands were placed before Union minister for development of north eastern region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh here on Tuesday when a delegation of […]

Peace Rally, was organised by AMGSU on 18/04/2015 in commemoration of the 1st death anniversary of Shaheed Tilak Poudel, who was killed in Police firing during protest demonstration against the rape of an 13 year old Gorkha Girl in Imphal and  “Attrocity against women and children in Manipur”. AMGSU observed 1st death anniversary of Shaheed […]

Assam Police Constable Recruitment 2014-15: State Level Police Recruitment Board, Assam Police Headquaters Ulubari Guwahati invites online application for Recruitment rally of Armed Branch (AB) Constable against 6748 number of posts in the pay Band Rs.5200/- to Rs.20,200/- with Grade Pay Rs.2200/- per month. The eligibility Criteria such as educational qualification, age limit, how to […]

The Mir Mirey Kanchenchunga, a Gangtok based weekly journal in collaboration with the North Eastern Nepali Writers, Poets & Journalist, has decided to organise “North East Nepali Symposium cum felicitation programme in Dimapur, to be hosted by the Dimapur Gorkha Union (DGU), apex body of the Gorkhas in Dimapur district, on February 1 at Dimapur […]

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 […]

Margheritha, Tinsukia 15th Dec 2015: Sakela Udhawli the harvest festival of Khambus was celebrated at Pawai Bongoan, Ketetong near Margheritha in Tinsukia Assam organised by Kirat Rai Mahasabha, Assam supported by Gorkha civil society organisations of the region. The daylong festival began with offering prayers to ancestors and deity followed by Silli group dances. Khambu […]

AAGSU placed decade long demand of Gorkha Autonomous Council (GAC) to PM, Narendra Modi, in Guwahati. The All Assam Gorkha Students’ Union (AAGSU) the influential apex students and youth organization of the Gorkhas of Assam along with 26 community organizations and few civil society organizations yesterday met India’s prime minister Narendra Modi in Guwahati during […]

Vivek Chhetri and Rajeev Ravidas Bimal Gurung today went back on his stand of not holding strikes in the Darjeeling hills and threatened a 12-hour shutdown if police did not stop raids in the wake of the Assam arms haul. Bimal Gurung threats 12-hour strike over raids on arms haul case “We very strongly protest […]

All Assam Gorkha Students’ Union (AAGSU) has served a three-day ultimatum on state authorities to book the culprits who were responsible for the alleged “indiscriminate firing” from across the border that killed three villagers. All Assam Gorkha Students’ Union (AAGSU) AAGSU Thursday said if the authorities failed to do so, it would along with other […]