Darjeeling, June 11: A reply to an RTI query has revealed that the Union ministry for tribal affairs has withdrawn the proposal of granting Schedule Tribe status to 10 Darjeeling hill communities. Khambu Rai Rights Movement for Tribal status In February-end, about a fortnight before the model code of conduct was to be imposed, chief […]
GJM met Gorkhali Sudhar Sabha in Dehradun
Bimal Gurung Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief met with the members of the Gorkhali Sudhar Sabha in Dehradun. This is the oldest non political Gorkha Social Organization in Dehradun which was started on 17th April 1938. The Gorkhali Sudhar Sabha has over twenty five thousand members spread out in forty shakhas (branches). GJM chief Bimal Gurung Addressing […]
Kirat Khambu Rai gathering on January 13 in Kalimpong
Kalimpong: The Kirat Khambu Rai Sanskritik Sansthan will hold a mass community gathering on January 13 at the Mela Ground here to celebrate the Kirati New Year ‘Yeldong’. Event Details “Calling all Khambu (rai) brothers n sisters to show their solidarity and support with zealous intentions for one common goal to reach that one common […]
Limbus demand development council
Siliguri, Jan. 6: Around 1,500 Limbus held a demonstration here today to demand a development council for the community, on the lines of the one for the Lepchas, under the state government. The demonstration by the Limbus in Siliguri on Monday. Picture by Kundan Yolmo The community members also submitted a memorandum, addressed to the […]
Khas intensify schedule tribe (ST) status struggle
In an effort to intensify its struggle for schedule tribe status, the Khas Janajati Mahasangh has undertaken the task of forming unit committees in several places in Kalimpong. As part of the process the organization today formed a branch committee at Nokdara in Lava after holding a meeting at Rampuri Mandir premises here. The meeting […]
