DARJEELING 5 July 2016 Gorkhaland Territorial Administration sabhasad Roshan Giri today said the state government has given a positive response to the demand for regularising teachers serving on voluntary basis in various high schools and higher secondary schools in the hills. Today, Giri and the three MLAs from the hills called on state education minister […]
Gorkhaland : Support, Opposition & Lip Sympathy
Writes: NN Ojha Gorkhaland 18th July 2016: It is precisely five years since the tripartite agreement setting up GTA was signed between the Government of India, Government of West Bengal and the GJMM. Incidentally 18 July 2011 too was a Monday like it is five years later today. As the hills prepared for celebrations to […]
Panchayat election in GTA area claims hill TMC president Rajen Mukhia
TMC hints at rural elections Writes Vivek Chhetri Darjeeling, July 1: The Trinamool Congress (Hills) president today hinted that the state was planning to hold the panchayat elections in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration area by the end of this year. Although the state Election Commission has not made any announcement regarding the polls, Rajen Mukhia, […]
Bhanu Jayanti and the Endless Mamata Hypocrisy
Writes: Upendra Darjeeling 12th July 2016 Tomorrow we celebrate Bhanu Jayanti, in honour of the 1st poet to write and publish in what is today known and regarded as Nepali language. This will be the first time that Bengal government is officially celebrating Bhanu Jayanti since India became Independent. There is a reason behind it. […]
Darjeeling MLA Amar Rai on the debate on the Governor’s address
Writes Amar Singh Rai I was allotted 5 minutes to make a presentation on the debate on the Governor’s address. I thanked the Speaker for giving me the opportunity to address the august House. I started my speech on the ” charm” of Democracy. It’s this” charm” that gives us the opportunity to express our views, […]
Darjeeling Everest girls Trishala & Suloxchana to get grand homecoming reception
Report by Swareena Gurung DARJEELING 13 Jun 2016 The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) has planned a grand homecoming reception for Everest climbers Trishala Gurung and Suloxchana Tamang who will be arriving at Bagdogra airport from Delhi on June 15. The two girls from Darjeeling scaled the world’s highest mountain on May 21. GTA Information and […]
Darjeeling – another heritage gone, GTA pulls down Sailabash
Darjeeling, May 31: Darjeeling’s rare connection with present-day Bangladesh and a part of the hill town’s rich history has been reduced to rubble. The GTA has pulled down Sailabash, the over-a-century-old summer retreat of the raja of Digapatia, to set up a modern hotel management institute and guesthouse in one of the last few available […]
Who is Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh Batting For? Why are they demanding OBC status for Gorkhas?
The Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh (BGP) which claims to be the “apex body of Gorkhas in India” seems to be trying to undo all the good work done by the Govt of Sikkim and Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) who have pushed for all the Gorkhas to be recognized as Scheduled Tribes. In a meeting with the […]
Mirik holds Scholarship distribution programme for Madhyamik and HS
MIRIK 1 Jun 2016 Mirik Higher Secondary School in collaboration with Bantawa and Sons today organised a scholarship distribution programme for Madhyamik and higher secondary students at the School Auditorium Hall, Mirik. The programme was inaugurated by school principal YN Dhakal who was the programme chairman. The chief guest, Arun Ghissing of GTA constituency 24, […]
GTA’s borewells to overcome water crisis meets opposition from environmentalists
Vivek Chhetri and Rajeev Ravidas June 3: The GTA’s move to overcome water crisis in the hills by digging borewells has met with opposition from environmentalists who say machines shouldn’t drill the fragile land without a proper study. The Darjeeling district magistrate deputed a hydrogeologist under the state government to submit a report on three […]
Pathetic condition of schools under GTA shame on concerned authorities
WAKE UP NETAS – Especially Sabhasad In-charge of Education Writes: Kiran Subba Seeing these pictures, what can we say? No shame to Managing Committee, no shame to Headmaster, no shame to area Sabhsad, no shame to Education Department Sabhsad Mr Roshan Giri, no shame to GTA Chief and especially no shame to education department District […]
“GTA cannot be Dissolved” says Darjeeling MP S.S. Alhuwahila
MP to Voice Gorkhaland. Not to Defend GTA. Writes Neeraj Zimba Tamang The historic mandate bestowed by the people of Darjeeling Hills to Shri. S.S. Alhuwahila, MP BJP, is only for a Single Point Agenda of Gorkhaland. He is expected to deliver the wishes of his electorate, to be the advocate of the Gorkhaland cause and […]
Janmukti Asthayi Karmachari Sangathan confines GTA officials to their chambers at Lal Kothi
DARJEELING 15 Jun 2016 Members of the Janmukti Asthayi Karmachari Sangathan (JAKS), an umbrella organisation of casual workers, today confined the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration chief principal secretary and a sabhasad to their chambers at Lal Kothi pressing for enhanced incentives. More than 200 Group A and B employees comprising doctors, engineers, managers and curators of […]
GTA Casual workers threaten agitation over regularization issue
Darjeeling 12 May 2016 Casual workers employed in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) today threatened to start an agitation next month to pursue their long-pending demand for regularization. The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha-affiliated Janmukti Asthai Karmachari Sangathan (JAKS), today held a ‘pratanidhi sabha’ or a representatives’ meeting and passed a resolution to take up the regularisation […]
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha poll winning margin down by 50%
Writes Vivek Chhetri Darjeeling, May 20: In a span of five years, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s winning margin has come down by more than 50 per cent but the party says its not unduly worried. “Whether we win by one vote or by one lakh votes, an election win is a win,” said Morcha president Bimal […]
Morcha to plan movement demanding land rights to tea and cinchona workers
Writes: Vivek Chhetri The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has decided to start a movement demanding land rights for tea garden and cinchona plantation workers and minimum wages for tea estate labourers. The party will form a 50-member committee that will have Morcha representatives and apolitical people from tea gardens and cinchona plantations, to chalk out the […]
Gorkhaland is only our Solution & “NOTA” is only our Option !
Writes Gorkhas N Gorkhaland No Candidate Deserves My Vote! No State No Vote ! Beware of Vote ! Vote is our Enemy ! Gorkhaland is only our Solution & “NOTA” is only our Option ! NOTA, (None of the Above) also known as “against all”, is a ballot option in Indian electoral system, designed to […]
GJM Bimal Gurung upset with leaders, might reshuffle organisation
Darjeeling, April 29: Bimal Gurung has expressed dissatisfaction with the functioning of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s municipal councillors and GTA Sabha members and said the organisation might be reshuffled from the grassroots level, said sources in the party. The Morcha president held a closed-door meeting with members of the party’s central committee and subdivisional committees […]
