After Gorkhas’ monopoly, BJP may open account in Bengal legislative assembly with three seats Writes Madhuparna Das DARJEELING/KURSEONG: The hills look different this election season — there are lots of Trinamool and BJP flags fluttering around, indicating the mood of its people. And unlike many years of identity politics — often marred by violence — […]

Writes Vivek Chhetri and Rajeev Ravidas Darjeeling, April 17: Bimal Gurung cast his vote at Patlaybash Community Hall in booth number 23/95 here today but the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader’s mind was two hillocks away in Kalimpong. Dressed in a blue tracksuit, Gurung voted around 9.30am and during his interaction with the media and supporters, […]

A meeting was held at Darjeeling on 02 April on mobilization of joint campaigning for their chosen candidates in upcoming Assembly Poll which was attended by the Office bearer of GNLF, TMC and Jan Andolan Party JAP. For the joint campaigining a committee too was formed for streaming task in respective levels to outreach mass. […]

Harka confidence & Morcha might Vivek Chheri and Rajeev Ravidas Darjeeling, April 13: A slogan by the whistle blowing supporters of the Jan Andolan Party is rattling Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leaders in Kalimpong. “Look here, look there, its Harka everywhere,” shout the JAP cadres. Harka Bahadur Chhetri, the JAP president who has been allotted the […]

GNLF (Gorkha National Liberation Front) has decided to support TMC and JAP (Jan Andolan Party) in this Assembly Elections 2016. It is stated that GNLF will support TMC in Darjeeling and Kurseong and JAP in Kalimpong. The following is what Neeraj Zimba Tamang a senior GNLF leader had to say on the party’s decisions. Dear […]

The CPI-M-led Left Front, while it is yet to finalise its tie up with the Congress, on Saturday extended support to the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) in the West Bengal assembly polls. While the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress flayed the Left for supporting a party aligned to the Bharatiya Janata Party, the GJM which holds […]

Vivek Chhetri Darjeeling, March 24: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today said it will only support the BJP in the plains Assembly segments at a time the Left Front has not fielded any nominee against the party in the hills. Earlier this month, the Left Front had said it would support the Morcha in the three […]

“I am not anti-Gorkhaland… I have raised the demand for Gorkhaland in Bengal legislative assembly… there is a record of that, anyone can verify…. I was labelled as anti-Gorkhaland while I was still an MLA… they burned down my house… and they made my life difficult… but I didn’t give up… I am here to […]

” My Conscience Doesn’t Permit Me to Compromise on Gorkhaland Demand ” – JAP leader Bhawani Pradhan after resignation An ardent supporter of Dr. Mahendra P Lama and long time associate with DDUDF and Kurseong Sub-division Convener of Jan Andolan Party Mr. Bhawani Pradhan has resigned from the party citing differences of principals. Mr. Bhawani […]

New Movie ‘Hawaghar’ – Seeks to Tell the ‪‎Gorkhaland‬ Tale We too have our stories to tell, like every society has its own. These stories stand tall, deeply rooted with the hills and valleys, joys and sorrows, soils and flowers as a foundation to the way of life for generations to come. Realising the fact […]

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 […]

Darjeeling, Jan 4: Following the grand reception  received in Kurseong, GNLF Chief Mr. Mann Ghising became emotional. Addressing the adoring public, Mr. Ghising said, “thank you for the warm welcome, your overwhelming love today made me remember my heavenly mother, following her death, it was from Kurseong that we had to take back her dead […]

Writes: Vikram Rai Harka Bahadur Chettri’s contention Bimal Gurung’s speech on the 27th is “anti-national” shows how baffled he is after the Maha Jansabha by GJM at Kalimpong. What is the criteria for being branded as “anti-national”? Has this been defined or categorically stated in our Constitution? Yes , we read and hear of various […]

Three minor girls were rescued from the port area of the city today after they went missing from their Kurseong home in Darjeeling district, police said today. The three were rescued after a tip off from an NGO and were spotted Mallikghat Flower Market area. The girls have been handed over to representatives of the […]

This is why we NEED ‪‎Gorkhaland‬ Nepali Again Not Included as an Optional Paper in WBCS Writes Upendra for TheDC Insanity is often described as “doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results,” going by this definition people in Darjeeling are certifiably insane, not all but those who side with Bengal and hope […]

Mamata Banerjee today lay the foundation for the hill campus of Presidency University, which was not attended by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha but saw the presence of various hill development boards the chief minister had formed. Yesterday, Kurseong MLA Rohit Sharma had said he was not invited to the event. Morcha chief Bimal Gurung had […]

Mamata moves upset Morcha Writes Vivek Chhetri The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leadership is getting increasingly unhappy with Mamata Banerjee’s style of functioning visa-a-vis the hills less than a fortnight after Bimal Gurung welcomed the chief minister in Darjeeling with a bouquet. The Morcha’s disillusionment with the chief minister stems from her move to launch a campus […]

Land staff to be placed under GTA Writes Vivek Chhetri Darjeeling, Aug. 18: The state government has issued an order directing the Darjeeling district magistrate to place employees of the land and land reforms department under the GTA. Bimal Gurung  with Mamata Banerjee – a file photo Although the state had issued a notice on December […]